Matariki Blubots and QR Codes

For Matariki we learnt about the stars.

We made a special Blubot mat.

On the mat we had QR codes and when you scanned them you learnt about the stars. The kids had to code the Blubots to get to the QR codes.

Elephant Seals

Sam’s Writing Task 

Term 3 Week 2                                   

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Writing Term 3 2020

WALT (we are learning to) : write sentences in our own words about something we have either watched, read or done.

Success Criteria

-write at least 8 sentences about Elephant Seals and read them aloud to Miss Ireland to check them.

-use the correct punctuation. Have you got a capital letter at the beginning of the sentence and a full stop at the end? 

Elephant Seals 

Elephant Seal eat Octopuses and squid and small and sharks and eels and flash.

The males have Long noses and make loud noises to scare off other males. 

They put sand on themselves. 

They can hold their breath for 1 hour. 

They lie together in big groups. 

Sam's bmx writing

Sam’s BMX Writing Yesterday after school I went to the BMX track to meet my friends. Kade, Flynn, Charlie,Luken,Ariki and his brother Kahu. We did a few laps on the BMX track and Flynn fell off his bike and thought he broke his leg. We all brought our BMX bikes to do some jumps on the BMX ramps. The sun was shining when we did our jumps. We all did some jumps. We have to wear our helmets when we are on our BMX bikes. And here is a helmet.

	What kind of journey has taken place?   Explain.	What was the purpose of this journey?	What challenges did the character face?
Baby bear went fishing	Walk. Outside to explore.	To catch some fish and to see if Baby Bear was big enough to go fishing.	Trying to catch the fish.  Another challenge was for Mama Bear to let baby bear go fishing in the first place!
Jolly Roger and the coconuts	They went on a row boat to the island.	The purpose was so that they could get some coconuts.	Climbing up the tree. One of the pirates was worried that his coat and boots would get very dirty.
A bird in the Classroom	A bird flew into the classroom and the bird had never been there before so it was a new place to explore.	It was by accident.	The bird didn’t know how to get out of the classroom.  It was too hard to pick up.
Sam Goes Riding	Sam and Dad walked to see if there were any rides.	Sam wanted to ride a pony.	Sam wanted to ride a camel with Dad.  He didn’t want to ride a camel on his own!
The Leaf Boats by Annette Smith	Walk to the water. A stroll, exploring, Slow walk.	Watch the big boys race. Have boat.	They didn’t  have a boat.

I have been learning to read and summarise information about journeys

	What kind of journey has taken place?   Explain.	What was the purpose of this journey?	What challenges did the character face?
Baby bear went fishing	Walk. Outside to explore.	To catch some fish and to see if Baby Bear was big enough to go fishing.	Trying to catch the fish.  Another challenge was for Mama Bear to let baby bear go fishing in the first place!
Jolly Roger and the coconuts	They went on a row boat to the island.	The purpose was so that they could get some coconuts.	Climbing up the tree. One of the pirates was worried that his coat and boots would get very dirty.
A bird in the Classroom	A bird flew into the classroom and the bird had never been there before so it was a new place to explore.	It was by accident.	The bird didn’t know how to get out of the classroom.  It was too hard to pick up.
Sam Goes Riding	Sam and Dad walked to see if there were any rides.	Sam wanted to ride a pony.	Sam wanted to ride a camel with Dad.  He didn’t want to ride a camel on his own!
The Leaf Boats by Annette Smith	Walk to the water. A stroll, exploring, Slow walk.	Watch the big boys race. Have boat.	They didn’t  have a boat.

cause and effect

Walt:we are learning causes and effects in the environment.