Ski Trip Thank you letter

Kia ora

This is an activity we did when we were learning how to write a thank you letter.

Something I think I have done well  is thinking up good things to say.
Next time I think I could improve my spelling as my teacher had to give me 3 tips about spelling.

Ka kite ano

6 September 2016

Room 9

Ohaeawai Primary

Tennyson Street

Ohaeawai 0472

Dear Mum and Dad

Thank you so, so, so, so, so much, for letting me go on the amazing, wonderful Ski Trip.

It was the best time ever. It was so much fun learning how to ski. We were zooming like cheetahs.

I think I was good at turning,but maybe next time I should work on jumping. It would be awesome if we could go back again.

Love from Jessica:)

Ski Trip

Hello everyone,
Last week on the 29th of August 2016, all the Year 5 & 6 kids from Ohaeawai School went on a SKI TRIP!! We all met up at school to catch the bus down. It was 6:30 am and we had had to get up really early. It took us nearly 10 hours to drive from Ohaeawai to National Park. For some of us it was the furtherest we had ever been from home.
 On our second day we went skiing. It was the best time ever. We  got split into groups and had little lessons about how to ski. It was very tricky especially if it was your first time. We got taught how to stop, skid, slide, ski without poles and how to go faster. It was really cool.
 Then, we had to ski down a slope.  It was so hot  I had to take off some gear, including my  gloves. So when I skied down......... I tripped up on my skies and my hand slid through the cold snow. I eventually got up but now my hands were freezing.
Anyway, I started skiing again happily until my skies got faster and faster. I was trying to stop but it wasn't working! I was going  as fast as a cheetah..... I was about to trip but......... I didn't.
"YAY!"  I screamed with joy.
 Next,we lined up for the ski lift. I went with my ski teacher. I forget her name but I think she was French but she could speak English. Finally, it was our turn. We had to quickly turn and then jump onto the chair lift. On the way, the ski teacher gave me some chocolate.
Then, we had to ski off the chair lift which was scary at first but you soon got used to it.
Next I tried the Magic Carpet which is kind of like a moving footpath. We skied onto it and then suddenly it just stopped. I nearly fell straight forward onto my face. Skiing is tricky!!!

Amazing Taniwha Art

Hello everyone,

For the last couple of weeks we have been learning about Taniwha's. So we decided to do some art about Taniwha's. I have made a Slideshow how to make the artwork. There are 12 steps you have to follow through. I really enjoyed how we got to draw our Taniwha how ever we wanted. Next time I could work on my blending. We drew koro's to represent our family. Here is some advise for those who want to do Amazing Taniwha Art.

Holidays

During the last school holidays my whole family got a family pass to Action World but my mum lost the family pass so she had to pay for a new one. We met up with our good friends there. I was excited because it was my first time.

First, I went on this wacky thing. So basically, you're on a pole and you have an inflatable bouncy thing underneath so you don't get hurt when you get wacked off. I got smashed off by this big kid which was really annoying.

Then after that I went on a big inflatable slide or should I say the tallest inflatable slide in the whole world! But basically, I went on it like the whole time we were there, and this is how many times I went on the big slide...... 22 times!

 It was a amazing day.

82% On my weekly revision

Kia Ora,

This is my first maths weekly revision test for term 3 in year 6. I think I did Pretty well because I got the score of 82% and my target was to get over 80% so I am really happy. The questions I got wrong was about what type of angle the shape was, and conversion. I need to work on  conversion, what type of angle the shape is.

My Basic Facts for Term 2

Hello

This week we had to re-do the basic facts test that we did at the start of the year to see what improvement we had made. Last time I got a score of 50/60 at level 2 stage 5. This time my score was 36/60 at level 3 stage 6.So, I'm doing real good because I have gone up a level and am working at the right level for National Standards at the end of the year. I need to learn my Multiplication and division facts and my Groupings within 1000.

Recrafting to Describe

This week we have been doing Recrafting to Describe work. Our teacher had made us some work to do about monkeys. We had to colour code up the sentences to match the sentences in the correct order.

27th June, 2016

To place descriptive sentences in correct order.

Introduction

Who or what are you describing?

Monkeys

Attributes                              E= elaborate, explain, example

Looks like?
Moves Like?
Lives Like?

Place these sentences in the correct boxes:

Monkeys have to search for their food every day in the forest.

Most monkeys have very clever hands but they do not have fingernails.

Monkeys live in family groups and feed their babies milk.

Monkeys can climb trees easily, swing from branch to branch and leap from tree to tree.

They run along branches and sometimes walk or run along the ground.

Many monkeys have soft furry bodies and long tails.

Most monkeys are omnivores, although they prefer seeds and fruit to meat.

Most monkeys tails are very long.

Most monkeys look a bit like a skinny, hairy human with a tail.

Monkeys live in the forest where the trees provide food and shelter.

There are 264 different species of monkeys, and they are all different in size and colour.