Until we meet again

Dear Emily,

Thank you for being such a great student. I have appreciated all your help and support this year.

I hope you have a great Year 6.

Here is our video so that you never forget Room 32.




-Miss Cooper

Stop Walk Talk

Here is my group's video from our Year 5 Movie Afternoon:

 

My Dreams

Published Recipes

Bath Bomb Recipe

Squiggle story- Princess

This is Princess. She is a dapple grey. She lives at Blainford Academy. Her owner is Georgie Parker. Princess is a polo pony. She has a dark grey mane that is hogged. When she plays casually, her tail is in an Argie knot. But, when she plays professionally, her tail gets taped. Her hooves are as black as coal. 

My Speech

My Speech

Did you know that    horses die a year because of whipping?! Well, today I’m going to talk to you about why we should stop whipping horses. By whipping them, you are not only damaging the horses health but you are also putting yourself at risk. Riders may look professional whipping their horses, but it just makes the horses upset.

Firstly whipping a horse damages it’s health. Can you imagine doing cross country and 400 metres away from the finish line you start getting whipped? Well, that’s what happens to the horse. A jockey starts whipping their horses in the last 200-400 metres of the race when the horse is most tired. Horse skin is thicker than human skin but only by less than a millimetre. Although their skin is thicker, they get hurt easier. One man decided to whip his leg as hard as people whip their horses and after half an hour, his leg was swollen.

Now you know how it can damage your horse's health, you’re going to find out how it can damage your own health. Sometimes when you whip a horse it scars. If it scars the next time you try and whip it, it will bolt. When a horse bolts, it goes into a flat gallop and you can’t control it. It can also rear up or buck. If this happens, you could flung out of the saddle.  If it is a movie horse, you are in a bit more danger. If the movie includes whips or wooden broadswords, you need to be extremely careful. Whip a horse gently and you are in less danger. In the book Stardust and the daredevil ponies, Stardust was terribly scarred. If you put something near her she would react.

Lastly, it doesn’t actually work. Studies show that hearing the sound of the whip is what makes the horse move. Feeling the pain actually slows it down. Therefore whipping a horse is useless. It just makes the horse upset. If you whip a horse before a jump, the horse won't jump properly. If you shorten your whip and whip the saddle, you might just get a better sound. You won't be hurting your horse either.

I urge you to think about all of those poor horses getting whipped and suffering. BE SMART AND STOP WHIPPING HORSES!!!

Winter Field Day

On Tuesday the 18th of August, Meadowbank, once again, went to Winter Field day with at least 11 other schools. 

Freya was injured but still went and watched her team. "We won 4 games." she said. "Some of the teams were St. Kents, Kings, Victoria Ave and Cornwall Park." All of the teams played really well. Even the 4 teams that lost against her did really well. 

They will be going to the summer field day next summer so you better watch out!

The paddock

One sunny Saturday, a piebald Clydesdale walked into and lush green paddock. At the very same time, a skippy chestnut gelding entered at the other end. The exhausted Clydesdale bumped into something soft in the dead centre of the paddock. Annoyed, the Clydesdale pushed the skippy chestnut gelding back towards the gate. The piebald pushed the gelding back even more. Angry the skippy chestnut pushed the Clydesdale back towards the other gate. The Clydesdale stuck a hoof out, gesturing for the gelding to get out of the paddock. The gelding happily refused and held his head high. The gelding gestured for the Clydesdale to get out. Angry at the gelding, the Clydesdale reared up. He felt a tug on his tail. Confused, the Clydesdale turned around to see a little chestnut colt standing at his plaited tail. He politely stuck his hoof out asking to get through. He waved at the huge Clydesdale. Annoyed, the Clydesdale stomped on the colts tail. All of a sudden, the colt was swiftly kicked out of the paddock. Then, the chestnut colt, trotted off to get the Clydesdale's owner. Thankful his little pest had gone he continued rearing up and bucking. The gelding felt a big kick on his rump. An annoyed little Lipperzzaner  gestured for them to get out. He annoyed the gelding so much, that the gelding stomped on the little filly and kicked him out of the paddock. She went to get his owner. They continued fighting until the gelding and the Clydesdale heard their names being called. Worried, they turned around to see their owners holding lead ropes. Their lead ropes got clipped on, and a second later they were lead out of the paddock. At the same time, the colt and the filly entered. They stood in front of each other wondering what to do next. The colt decided they should share. The gelding and Clydesdale were never seen again.  

The End

My new reading goal

My new reading goal is to re-organize information to answer questions. To succeed in my goal I need to look through the WHOLE story to find my answers, skim and scan, pull out answers from different places, and make sure I find all the information that answers the question.

I hope I achieve this by the end of the year. 

My new key competency goal

My new key competency goal is relating to others by looking after children who are new at school. To succeed in my goal, I need to check if the new kids have people to play with, help them in class and include them in games.

I hope I achieve this goal by the end of the year.

My new maths goal

My new maths goal is to solve division and multiplication problems involving decimals. To succeed in my goal I need to make sure I read the question carefully, use what I know to answer the question and check my answer using other strategies.

I hope I achieve my goal before the end of the year.

My new writing goal

My new writing goal is to use paragraphs all the time. To succeed in my goal I need to plan my work, always start each paragraph with a topic sentence and check my ideas in each paragraph relate to each other.

I hope I achieve this goal by the end of the year.

Term 2 reflection!

1. What are you most pleased with in your learning this term? Why?
Writing because I now use paragraphs a lot.

2. What have you enjoyed most in Term 2? Why?

Using new apps on the iPad because I can use them at home as well. 

3. What did you find difficult in Term 2? Explain.
Doing one thing at a time on the checklist because I keep finishing half of each activitie.

4. What do you feel like you need more help in? Explain.
Reading because I didn't achieve my reading goal.

5. Tell us one or two things you would like to do in Term 3 and why.

Science because I like doing experiments.

6. We have been using a Must do/Can do list. What else would you like to add to our list? Out of the things we do, what do you enjoy most?

I would like to add a colouring page. The thing I enjoy the most is blog writing.

7. Make one personal goal for yourself (in class) for Term 3.

Concerntrate on my work!!!

The Three Little Wolves

Garden Project

Autumn Leaves

Here is my Autumn Leaves Poem:

Writing goal reflection

Writing
I have improved in using language features because now I am using them a little bit more in my writing. I have improved in it because now I am trying to remember by writing it at the top of the page. Miss Cooper sometimes says I use them.

The Clock tower prequel

Once upon a time there lived a girl who was sad and lonely. Her little cottage was as small as a orange. Well not exactly but you get the picture. All she did was sleep, eat, drink and dance. Her name was Lucy. Lucy taught her self ballet. Most of the time all you would hear was, " ooof," or " ouch." One day she was in her small cottage practising ballet when she suddenly spun out of control and hit a wall. Lucy looked down at her little feet. They were as lit up as New York at night. Lucy thought they were beautiful. She glanced up to see if she could find what lit up her feet. A small pane of glass was located at the top of the wall. But Lucy didn't know that. Lucy jumped under her bed and came out holding a box that looked like a overweight man who got rolled into a box. She used all her strength to push the box all the to the window. Lucy jumped up as high as she could and landed on the very top of the box. In front of her face a big white light shone. It was as white as a new piece of paper. Lucy went blind for 5 seconds. She fell backwards off the box. As Lucy opened her eyes she thought I need my bright light glasses. So she went and got them. Again she jumped as high as a kangaroo. Again she landed neatly on top of the box as if she were a gymnast. Now with her bright light glasses Lucy could see this mysterious thing. All that was there was a small pane as big as a pencil case. Next to it a small green button labeled 'open' was glued. Curiously Lucy gently tapped it. Nothing happened. Again Lucy tapped it but this time a bit harder. Clunky noises filled the room and slowly but steadily the pane opened. A little sparrow flew in from nowhere and landed on the windowsill. It chirped. Lucy jumped down and ran to a small purple door. Quickly Lucy ran out of the small purple door and followed the bird. It led her to a clearing in a jungle. All of a sudden a witch appeared. " I see  you followed the bird. And now you have ended up in my genius trap! Maw ha ha ha ha! Now I shall put you where you can dance all day! In a clock tower! Maw ha ha ha ha! Maw ha ha ha ha!" Zap! That is the story of how Lucy ended up in the clock tower.

Maths goal reflection

Maths

I have improved in my maths goal groupings within 1000 because I have been practising it at home and a little bit at home. I know I have improved in it because now I can do 10 questions in less than 2 minutes.

What might be the worlds smallest dog

http://www.dogonews.com/2009/4/6/this-cutie-may-be-the-world-s-smallest-dog
In West Dunbartonshire, Scotland Susan and Archie Thompson own a four inch tall and three oz dog called Tom Thumb. Tom Thumb might set a new world record for being the smallest dog. His mother is a Chihuahua named Spice. His father is a Jack Russell named Oosie. 

Pirongia Clydesdales

On Sunday I went to a cafe called Pirongia Clydesdales. There were horses everywhere.

When I arrived at the cafe I couldn't wait to see all the horses. The owner introduced herself. She told me I could pat a little dark brown pony covered in mud and dirt. After, the lady showed two racehorses. They had long skinny boney legs. After watching them nibble on some grass for a few seconds, we walked across the gravel driveway. Through the metal gate I saw two identical horses. "These two are twins. " said the owner. The gate next to the twins belonged to a cheeky chestnut. It was adorable. 

My mum let me get a hot chocolate. While my mum order my hot chocolate, I followed my Popa to where some people were tacking up a horse called Angel. The ladies tacking up Angel offered me a ride. I said yes and ran back to tell my mum. 

Noel got on Angel and I sat behind her. Angel started walking down the path to the arena. When we got to the arena Angel started trotting. It was almost as fast as a Clydesdale cantering. After one lap of trotting I got off. I thanked Noel and finished my hot chocolate. I gave the pony one last pat and went home. What an awesome experience. 

My ANZAC poem

Anzac day

In the trenches dark and dusty,

All the guns are going rusty

All the soldiers are dying,

More and more planes are flying

Just remember they sacrificed their lives for us.

Term 1 reflection

1. What did you enjoy most in the term? Why?

Everything because everything was fun.

2. What did you enjoy doing most in the classroom? Why?

Everything because every thing was really fun. 

3. What have you found hard in your learning this term? Explain.

Maths when I did alphabet algorithms.

4. What are you most pleased with in your learning? Why?

Maths because I learnt lots of new things in maths like fraction to decimal to percentage conversions. 

5. Tell us one thing you would like to learn about in Term 2.

Multiplying decimals.

Cafe for dogs

Every week I'm going to find a news article to share with you.

In Busan, Japan, there is a dog cafe. The cafe is made for homeless dogs and you can come in, play with the dogs and eat food. This is also for people who work a lot of the time or don't have enough room to take care of dogs to bond with them. The people who own the cafe got the idea from a cat cafe.

Something special

This is something special

This is Caramel. He was my 4th teddy. I got him for Christmas from my grandma. I sleep with him every night. I've had him ever since I was 5 years old. He is as special as my family and friends.

A-Z paragraph about me

This week our weekly challenge was to write a A-Z paragraph about ourselves.
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

I am amazing, bubbly and creative. I love to dance and eat. I like to be funny and grab things I'm not allowed to get. I always say "Hello my name is ice cream". I jump all day, and only sometimes I get a Kit-Kat. Scrumdidilyumptious lollipops mmmm. Nothing can stop me! Olivia's nickname is Livi so please let me talk to the Queen. I am ridiculously silly human being. Tutus are annoying and once I wore underpants on my head. I have verbal diarrhea according to my mummy. I am a wonderful xylophone player. I enjoy eating yogurt at the zoo.     

My key competency goals

My key competency goal is managing self,

To do this I will tidy my desk and keep it tidy.

I also will do my homework every night, and return it every Friday.

I hope to achieve these goals before the end of term 2.

My writing goal

My writing goal is language features. 

I will do this by using things like similes, metaphors and personification.

I hope to achieve these goals before the end of term 2.

EOTC week Youth town

Wednesday was epic. Youth town came and they had a whole load of awesome activities planned for the day.

First Miss Cooper called the roll. The whiteboard people stood up and wrote some rules on the whiteboard. Then we went outside and Miss Cooper told us our groups: Group A, group B, group C, group D, or group E. I was in group A.

Next we did tipi building. Freya's grandma and 2 other adults helped us. We got split into 3 groups. In my group I had Hannah, Livi and Rebecca. Freya's grandma told us to find 3 bamboo sticks and a piece of string. She helped us tie a knot around the top of the bamboo sticks. We stood the tipi up with the help of Ruby's mum, the group leader. We chucked the tarpoline over it. There was enough time to play in our tipi. I watched the other group scream while they rode on the cart they made. 

Then we did archery. The man teaching us archery split us into 2 groups. He taught us how to load the arrows and how to shoot. Then the two people at the front of the lines picked the bows up from the stands, clipped the arrows on, aimed and shot. Everyone had thier go. Next we had the competition. The first boys stood forward and shot three arrows each. Favion, the man who taught us archery, recorded the scores. The next 2 people stepped forward got the bows and shot. We got through everyone else very quickly. Favion announced the scores and my team won!!!

After that we went back to the field and started building a flintstones car. First the man taught us how to do a carpenters hitch. He tested us and then taught us the glove hitch. Then we started putting the cart together; carpenters hitch, lashing and lastly, glove hitch. Next we got into groups of 3. There were 4 groups. Group 1 got on and rode to the other side. They got off, then my group got on, and so on. We each got 2 goes. We took the cart apart and played on the playground. 

Next was problem solving. Roman's mum Abbie and Jacob's mum helped. First up minefield.  I tried first but I only managed to get one circle. Once we hade finished that, we moved onto a game where you each have 1 pipe and you had to get a golf ball from one side to the other without letting it touch the ground. That was hard. After that we did a huge puzzle. One group had yellow and one group had blue. We had to hide the pieces and find the other colour. My team won again. The next game was where one person put one plank on a dot and connected it to another dot. You only had three planks and you had to get everyone to the other side just by walking on the planks. Last but not least was the shrinking island. We had a piece of tarpaulin. You had to fold it and keep everyone on it.

Lastly we went down to the gully and did Wilkie talkies. Tintin told us the rules and put us in pairs. We got to run around and have a little play with the Wilkie talkies. Then tintin called us back to base. Next we played hide and seek. That was fun. Lastly we played naughty and crosses. We gave the walkie talkies back. 

That was the end of Wednesday. 

EOTC week reflection

1. How are you feeling after EOTC week? Explain.

Really happy because I went to Rangitoto for the first time.

2. What did you enjoy most during EOTC week? Explain.

Youthtown because I got to do real archery and a whole lot of other awesome activities.

3. What was your least favourite thing about EOTC week? Explain.

The pools because it was really cold and now I have a cold.

4. Tell us about something new that you learned.

I learnt how to make lemon barley water and how to be pool safe, beach safe and how to use life jackets.

Hot dog maths

For problem solving we had to find as many combinations with hot chocolate maths. After that we had to make our own one. I did hot dog maths.

Hot dog maths

Bread roll: bap, plain, grain

Sausage: pork, frankfurter 

Toppings: tomato sauce, mustard

See how many combinations you can make. Please leave them in a comment.

If you are stuck here's how I solved hot chocolate maths.

Please leave your answer in the comments section below. 

Citizenship cup

Today our class got to give out the citizenship cup. Miss Cooper chose Hannah. I would like to say CONGRATULATIONS HANNAH! She is a great friend. Well done.

My reading goals

These are my reading goals

Expanding vocabulary

I can tune into interesting words and use these in my speaking and writing.

I will be trying to achieve these throughout the year. I have this goal because I always read all these interesting words and I never use them in my writing and I also never really use them when I talk.

EOTC week reflection

1. How are you feeling about EOTC week? Explain?

I'm really excited about it because it will be my first time going to Rangitoto and I get to go back to the Orakie marae.

2. What are you looking forward to most in EOTC week? Explain.

Going to Rangitoto for the first time and the pools on Friday.

3. What are you not so excited about in EOTC week? Explain.

Nothing because everything sounds exciting.

4. Is there any activity that has you feeling a bit anxious/worried? Explain why.

Going to Rangitoto because I don't really like going on the ferry.

5. In Room 32 we are working on managing ourselves - that means being responsible and making good decisions. Tell us how you could make good decisions and be responsible during EOTC week.

I'll listen to my group and my leader. I'll include everyone.

6. Make 3 goals for EOTC week. They could be simple goals like I will listen to my team leader or they could be something like I will take care of my belongings.

My 3 goals for EOTC week are   1. Listen to my leader. 2. Take care of my belongings. 3. Have fun!!!

I think this will be the best week at school ever!

My maths goals

These are my maths goals:

1. Groupings within 1000

2. Fraction to decimal to % conversions

An example of groupings within 1000 is 389+?=1000.

An example of fraction to decimal to % conversions is 1/5 of 20 is 4.

I'm going to try learn these fast before the end of term 2.