The Presentation

One week before Wednesday the 13th, my class found out that we had to make a presentation to explain to parents and teachers from other schools how we used our Chromebooks. It took a long time, but eventually we finished making all of the slides. Every body in my class had to talk and explain at least one thing that we used on our Chromebooks. This slideshow (above) shows what slides I made If you go in to present mode, click the settings symbol then click speaker notes, you should see what I had to say about my slides.

Animation

Today we have been learning to animate with google slides. Here is mine

Interactive information report

We have been learning to write an information report. To make it more
interesting we linked our information to a picture. Click on any part of my
picture to find information on that part.

Mt Hutt Camp

Mt Hutt Camp

On the 23rd of July Tuesday morning the year five and six kids from Kokatahi
School left for Mt Hutt retreat. When we arrived we did some activities and went
to bed. On Thursday morning When I woke up and got dressed in to my ski gear
and we took a bus up to Mt Hutt ski field. Our class was split into three groups.
Two groups of people who haven’t skied before and the other group had skied.
I was in the group that had. Both groups had an instructor. Our instructor renewed
our skills on the learners slope because none hadn't skied in a while. Once wehad gone down the small slope we started to get bored. We asked if we could go down the steeper slope and we
were allowed. Before we went down he said remember to turn but caleb wasn't
listening and as we went down he thought doing the pizza would stop him but it
didn’t and he sped down and hit the side. He didn't go down after that. After the
instructors left, the experienced group were allowed on the steeper slope but none
of us were allowed on the chair lift so we used the magic carpet (it's a conveyor
belt). We started skiing down the slope and it was so fast and fun that you had to
turn and brake or you will smash into the fence at the bottom of the hill. We skied
down the steep slope all day until it was time to leave.

Shanty Town

Shanty Town On Thursday the class went to Shantytown to learn about the valley in the old days. We learnt lots of cool stuff about the old days. First we arrived and they told us what to do in an emergency then we got dressed in olden day shirts and waistcoats with a cap. After that we had morning tea. After morning tea we learnt that the Maori came over to the west coast for pounamu using the Noti raureka (Browning's Pass) and the Europeans came for gold. We learnt that the gold miners needed food so farmers came and cleared the trees for land. That was the start of farming on the west coast. Since there was lots of flax on the west coast flax mills were made to make rope. Dairy farmers drop off milk to the butter factories and most of that butter was used for the miners. They also supplied milk to the dairy factory that opened in 1901.

Rocco's Anthology

descriptive writing

I’m in the desert climbing the tallest rocky cliff I can find at sun set and the clouds are golden orange and I am hanging off a cliff. Despite the cold wind I are determined to get to the top. My hands feel like they are burning because the hard, rough, sharp rocks.

My harness and climbing gear is very tight and I am high off the ground. I can hear rocks tumbling
and fear they will hit me but they pass safely. Everything is dark with shadow except the ocean
coloured sky and the golden clouds. I am a little bit frightened but keep on climbing. I smell clean
fresh air

Spider War 3

We were lucky to be alive. There was blood, sweat and tears on the battlefield. Sorry I'll start again. I was sitting in the chair with Seth (my best friend) beside me in our tree apartment that we put our money together to rent. We were dangerous white tails from World War ll. One cold Monday morning I was woken by the sound of a earthquake. I went out to investigate to see if Seth was okay. It was lucky he was, but the apartment was not. half of Seth's apartment was gone! It had been ripped out and easily tossed away into the distance. Seth and I scuttled down the tree and barely made it past the big beasts with two long legs and lots of hair. We went around our neighbourhood telling our fellow spiders there is a emergency meeting in the hall at exactly 10:00. when all the spiders came we had a talk and some spiders had a similar experience. We had a vote and we were going to make a army of the most dangerous spiders. Seth and me are leaders of the army because we came up with the idea and we are white tails. We had to put up with them for months while we were building web guns to fight against them. This was the plan. When we had everything we needed we attacked. First the ground troops would foot trip the big blue beasts then the air troops will jumped off the trees and sky-dive to the beasts and land on them, then they will throw web ropes over the big beasts and pulled them down the big spiders came with web guns and shot them until they were completely webbed like a mummy. Then we rolled them away to a place where no one find them. When everything was in its place we got ready to attack. The air troops climbed the trees and ground troops were ready. Boom! Thunder exploded and a rain storm started and lightning struck. The beasts were angry. We tripped them up okay and the air troops did great but the web guns failed and ended up mummifying the spiders who were operating them. We were going to retreat but we heard a extremely loud bell then something amazing happened. They all ran into a building and they were gone for the rest of the day. We all were confused but we decided that we scared them off. So we had a party the next morning just as everyone was inside we heard the noise none of us thought we would again. The loud footsteps came so close and loud some spiders fainted. For the second time our apartment was ripped out and the war started again. A huge beast called the principle came out and said something the little but big beasts and they went away and never came back. Hooray! We had a party as soon as our apartment was fixed. VICTORY!!!

The nursery

The nursery

Last year at Kokatahi Kowhitirangi School, the envirogroup planted trees and plants around the school, but the plants were getting ruined from rain and people standing on them. So the teachers and Principal decided that there should be a nursery. Not long after that someone came up to the school and built the nursery.

Not many students knew what it was when it was getting built, but then soon after, it was done we all knew it was a nursery. When the plants are older they could be used for lots of things like selling to the community, planting flax around the wet spots, for planting along the fence and to stop erosion. At first, they planted young plants, but weeds grew as well, so the envirogroup had to empty out all the pots with weeds in them.

After a little while, not many students took much notice about the nursery because nothing was happening with it. We got flax and we sold some to the community. They used some to plant in the muddy patch in the corner. We also used some for The sides of the fences where the drains are.

If the school has enough money they could buy more plants to use for the nursery so there will be no wet patches, no erosion and so birds can live in the plants when they are big.

MULTIVERSE

 This game is pretty cool because it helps you learn times tables and everyone in my class thinks it is fun.

The Active Playground

The active playground is interesting, because lots of people are running over the bumpy, rocky, uneven surface. It's always so noisy, except the weekends. Most people that are on the playground are in a cheerful, happy and fun mode. They can climb, swing, run, walk, slide and jump up and down. Some people stay there the whole day and some are just passing by. There are lots of playground equipment like: monkey bars, two forts, a net, a climbing wall, ladders, a flying fox, a bridge, a slide, and three poles - straight down beside each other and one on an angle. I think that someone thinks that the playground is traditional, but I think it is thrilling and awesome playful place. Some people drag their feet along the ground and make small paths. Lots of people play crazes like playground tag, busted and other games.

Me in my Environment

Apple tree  

Bees

Cows  

Doc Leaves  

Envir onment

Fields  

Grapes

Hot House

Ivy

J

Kale

Lemon Tree

M

Nail

O

Plants

Q

Rubbish bin

Sky

Trees

U

V

Water

X

Y

Z

Apple trees give us apples to eat and oxygen to breathe.

Bees make sweet honey that we can eat and when they collect pollen they spread it to other flowers.

Cows eat the grass and provide milk for us and the stuff that they don’t need is good for the plants.

Doc leaves grow everywhere and the cows eat them so they are healthy and produce better milk.

Environment is what we live in ,the natural environment is good because animals can live in it but the man-made environment is not as good for nature.

field is good because cows can graze and stay in one place.  

Grapes are a delicious fruit so animals can eat them and they grow from a plant so the plant is good for the air.

hot house is good because plants can grow freely and it will stop the plants

from getting bugs.

Ivy grows up on trees and helps them grow straight and when ivy dies it if good for the soil.

J

Kale is a vegetable that is very healthy and most people do not like the taste.

Lemon Trees grow lemons that are sour and if you give it good soil it could grow 3-5 feet.

Monkey bars are good because it helps you get stronger and it is fun to play on.

Nails are holding the deck together so it doesn't collapse when we walk on it and it is high off the ground.

O

plants are good because we can pick food from some and they breath in carbon dioxide and breathe out oxygen

Q

 

Rubbish bin is useful because we have a place to put our rubbish so our school has no litter and nature is clean.

Sy is great because at night there are stars but is also good because that is where the clouds are and they make rain.

Trees are plants so they breathe out oxygen ,that means that they are good for nature and for climbing.

U

Vegetables are extremely healthy so eat your veggies but they all grow from plants so they are all are extremely excellent for nature.

Water is amazing because it hydrates you and it can be used for so many things like for making power.

Xylophone is in the music cupboard and it is a musical instrument that makes a ding sound.

Y

Z

Tom Rivers

Tom Rivers

Tom Rivers has a dark gray detective coat and some hidden spy gear. Tom has black floppy hair and freckles. He wears jet black jeans and old red shoes. He also wears a jet black T-shirt with a spy on it. Tom wears a black leather belt that is hidden from view because of the detective coat and on the belt are some spy tools.

Tom Rivers acts like he is scared but he is atcherley very brave and adventurous. He also acts like he is a normal kid but at night he is a spy to stop criminals. Tom is always curious about things and he is always willing to help others.  

Tom is 12 and he loves machines. He also likes to draw and he hates boring homework and bullies.Tom loves to prove people wrong and he loves to run. He also likes to make his friends laugh.

Tom Rivers is an excellent spy at the oss secret agents.

Look After The Environment

Looking After The Environment

I believe that you should look after the environment because if people don’t, bad things will happen. If nobody keeps the earth clean it will be a polluted dump.

I feel that if we don’t look after the environment and keep emitting greenhouse gases, our planet will get hotter. When the sun's energy comes down to earth it hits earth, gets turned into heat and bounces off. Then when it goes into the atmosphere the greenhouse gases hold the heat back. That is how our planet gets hotter.

Some people think it's okay to litter, but it's not. If people litter animals might eat it and die. Even if you put rubbish in the bin it’s going to end up in the sea or landfill. If people pollute creeks you won’t be able to go fishing because the water would be contaminated.

I believe that we shouldn't clear forests because animals live there and if we clear all plants. We will have no oxygen and we’ll die.

If everything is gone, what will you do? That is why you should look after the environment.

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The Principles

The principles

On Wednesday some principles came from Auckland to see what we did with our Chromebooks and how we used them. The school was split into five groups and each group had a principal with them. My group had a principal called Chris and first, we showed him our pepeha. Then we showed the things we did on our Chromebooks.

Some of the things that we show him was our blogs, learning sites, team drive and other stuff. When we showed him all the things he showed us a video of him jumping off the Auckland sky tower. The video was cool and entertaining.

There were two groups in the kea class and three groups in the hohio class. My group was in the Kea class.

The Magic Show

The Magic show

On Wednesday a magician came to our school and it was awesome. His name was Vas Kolovski and when the show started he had a glass box. Then he put a knife through it and Vas Kolovski put a red fan over the box so it was out of our view, suddenly there was a red bird inside the box.

Another trick was when there was a yellow and red box then he put a teddy rabbit inside the box. Then the magician pulled a real rabbit out of the box.

My favorite part was when he got some cloth and put it in water, squeezed it, blew on it and threw it up into the air. It turned into hundreds of paper butterflies of yellow, orange and purple.

The main message was healthy eating. You should always eat dairy, vegetables, fruit, protein and grains. It's okay to eat some treats but not every day.

My weekend

My Weekend

                                             

On Saturday Daniel was going to have a birthday party and I was invited. It was at his house and I couldn’t wait.

First mum dropped me off at Daniel's house. Seth, Dom, and Daniel biked down the road to the sawdust pile. I biked off with them.

When food was ready we all raced back to it and got our plates. There were three drinks and the drinks were fresh up, sprite and coke. Matthew [Daniels brother] put his lollies in his coke and drank it.

After that we played limbo. It was hard but I won and got a fidget spinner and a tiny candy dispenser. Then we played musical chairs and I’m not sure who won that.

Finally mum came and picked me up before I had cake!

We also picked up Jack and then left.

Riparian Planting

Riparian Planting

Riparian planting is when someone plants trees and plants around a creek or river. When you have done that you should fence the creek if it is in a paddock so you keep the cattle out.

It is good because it soaks up the nasties that cattle leave behind so they don’t go into the river/creek. If it goes in the river it will go to the sea.

The second good thing is that the shade from the trees and plants keep the fish cool so they don’t get too hot and die. Would you like to have dead fish in your rivers and creeks?

The last good thing is how the roots of the plants hold the land together so erosion doesn’t happen. Erosion is when the banks fall into the creek or river.

Riparian planting is when you fence around a creek or river if there is cattle around.

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Water Cycle Informtion Repot

The Water Cycle

Have you ever heard about water cycle? The water cycle is something that never stops and creates rain. It makes rain by using evaporation, condensation, transpiration, and precipitation.

First, Evaporation happens. The sun heats up the sea or lake and the water turns into water vapor. It also happens to plants when the water gets heated up and it goes up from the leaves. That is called Transpiration.

Then, the water vapor goes up and turns into clouds and clouds are made up of tiny bits of water. Water vapor spends ten days floating in the air. This process is called condensation.

Precipitation is the final step when it falls down as rain, hail, sleet, and snow. When it falls down it seeps into the ground and becomes groundwater and the rest of the water collects in the rivers and the sea. Rain droplets are not like a teardrop, they are shaped like a hamburger bun. Did you know, in some countries, there is acid rain where there is water and acid is mixed together?

In summary, the water cycle keeps on going and going forever. We will never have any more or less water but we can still pollute it.The water that we use is the same water that we use today.

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