My Netbook Reflection

Hi, My name is Moses, I am a year 5 student at Glenbrae School and I am in Room 9. My

Teacher is Mr. D. Nath.

This year was an exciting and fascinating year for me because I started using a Chromebook  as  tool in the classroom.  I was really fascinated by the thought of doing so many cool things on my Chromebook but it took me some time to really start using it effectively, it was an awesome experience and it was a pleasure using my Chromebooks this year.

On keyboards I am really good at typing so basically I know all of the shortcuts. It was a bit hard trying to learn the new generation keyboard techniques. But eventually I got the hang of it so that was cool. There were so many things to learn and tried my best to learn as much as I could from my Teacher I really appreciate what Mr Nath has taught me this year.

I have learnt a lot about each subject in class especially Maths. This has helped me understand a lot about the world and made me even smarter than I was before. I have learnt how to use my time tables in dividing problems and it has helped me in a lot of topics.

I have learnt how to use the Chromebook for my blogging, social skills and to do a lot of work starting from Term 1. I have helped my friends in class spell, answer Math problems and I helped them out with Reading through the learning sites on the internet.

I  am able to think about the multiple topics I am going to research on and write questions, using gmail, google docs and sharing my work on the blog. I am able read more online books, stories and articles while looking for information and deciding which sites are safe for me to access and use information from. Also sharing my learning on my blog and class blog.

Manaiakalani Film Festival

Manaiakalani Film Festival

Yesterday the whole school went to watch the Manaiakalani Film Festival at the cinemas. We all went by bus it was a green, new school bus.

When we got there we assembled outside. Later on we walked up the escalator and went inside.

When we got in, there were already lots of people there. There were 4 different schools for us to watch, including us.

It was really funl. The classes that participated on making the films at our school were room’s one, two, four, five, eight and room ten. The films were really interesting to watch. But the film that I really liked was Room 10’s film.

A few of hours later that films were over. Then we went outside and waited for the bus to arrive. Finally the bus driver got here and then we rode back to school.  

WALKING SCHOOL BUS

A walking school bus is just like a school bus except children walk to and from school under the supervision of adult supervision, creating a safe and good journey to school.

Under the supervision of adult volunteers sometimes parents and children are collected from bus stop and dropped off at the school gates and somewhere parents want to go.  Along the way they learn how safely the road and have an opportunity to to see and share stories with their friends and neighbours.  What a great way to travel to school! Walking school buses also make an effort to reducing the amount of traffic around schools - in Auckland there are more than 200 working walking school buses, with over 4,000 children regularly walking to school. That’s a lot of active feet on the street.

Walking buses usually begin at 8.30am, but this depends on length of the route and the stop that the children get on at. Routes vary in length, usually about 1.5 km and/ or a maximum 30 minute walk. Most walking school buses walk the reverse route in the afternoon.

A walking school bus can operate all five days of the school week or as little as one day per week, depending on if the bus is okay for the people who goes inside the walking school

Taste Buds

 TASTE BUDS

Twisting on your tongue every day are your taste buds

Along the day tastes buds judge what each food tastes like.

Sweet, clean, healthy and fresh, is your taste buds always slick

Taste buds are small and thick.

Eating food after lunch makes you want to eat a brunch

Brushing your teeth makes it nice and clean.

Under your teeth are your taste buds waiting to taste

Drinking makes your taste buds jump up and down

Scrunchie food makes your taste buds go kapow.

By Moses

Story Reveiw

The Sun and Other Inventions by Simon Cooke

WALT:  Write a review of stories we read.

This story is about Grandpa Sid who goes to a Science Fair with his grand daughter. Grandpa Sid always wanted to be the best. Then people thought he was but actually he wasn’t.  Grandpa Sid said to the audience that he created the sun. Everybody believed him but actually he was lying. The other scientist became angry when the audience did not pay attention to them so they called the security guards.  

When grandpa Sid knew he was in trouble he took his grand daughter and ran away before the security guards could get him. This story takes place at the hall where the Science Fair was  held.  I liked this story because Grandpa Sid was so creative and brave.

By Moses

Article Review

The Vege Car By Peter Stevens

WALT:  Write a review of stories we read.

This article is about James Nui who made a car that doesn’t use petrol or fuel. James Nui’s son, James Iti wanted to be included too, so he helped out. James Nui and James Iti made the new generation Vege car. I like the Vege car because it doesn’t need any petrol. This car doesn’t affect any people around the world. The sicknesses a normal car causes people around the world to die are asthma and cancer. This new generation car  is a highly brand new version of a normal car.

I like this story is because it is a wonderful car James Nui and James It have created.  When the car is going on the street, it smells like soup.  

By Moses

STORY REVEIW

Title A passion for Ponies by Donna Cherry

WALT: Write a story review.

This article is about a girl named Chelsea who loves her pony named Teddy. After school Chelsea goes home quickly so she could play. She looks after her pony Teddy everyday  when she comes from school. Chelsea had a friend named Sarah. She had a pony too.

Sarah also played with Chelsea and they groomed their ponies together. Chelsea and Sarah also cleaned up their ponies droppings which is gross and it looked like little tennis balls. Sarah loves her pony as much Chelsea loves Teddy.

Chelsea and Sarah do a lot together with their ponies like grooming, playing, brushing and a lot of other stuff. Sarah and Chelsea care a lot for their ponies body parts. If I had a pony I would do the same thing that Sarah and Chelsea did to their ponies. I would be dedicated like them.

I liked the bit about when Chelsea’s least favourite job was picking up the droppings it was really funny.

Mahina-a-rangi’s Perfume By Rawiri Piripi

Author:Rawiri Piripi

Title:Mahina-a-rangi’s Perfume.

WALT:Review the stories we read.

The Story is about a warrior who fell in love with Mahina-a-rangi because of her scent,conversation and good looks.The people at the Kahungunu district admired what he did, like is hunting skills and planting. Many young women, including Mahina-a-rangi were fascinated by his good looks. So Mahina-a-rangi and Turongo got married.

I like this story because it is very interesting. From the story I now know how to make a kawakawa perfume.

Beetles

Title: Beetles

Author:Philippa Werry

This story is about a family that goes tramping in the bush and they have nothing to do, so Sam went outside and collected firewood from the forest. When Sam brought the firewood back they found a Huhu beetle just sitting on a log. They were so amazed when they found the Huhu beetle on the log.The story takes place at a house in the bush when they were going tramping

So Dad made up a game about the Huhu beetle. Everyone was happy that they could do something. They had to draw a beetle with all of it’s body parts. Matt had a lot of knowledge about the beetle so he won the game. So after that they carried on playing. The characters in this story are Phoebe, Dad,Sam and Matt.

I like this story because it describes the beetle and it’s body parts. I like the way the author wrote this story. I liked the way the author used strong, powerful and interesting words in the story.

Mighty Muscle By Sue Gibbson

Mighty Muscle By Sue Gibbson

The article is about Muscles and how to keep yourself healthy and strong. It is also about exercising and healthy food and part of your body.

I like this article because it shows how to build healthy muscles and food that helps you to get stronger I hope you like my article review Thank you.

BEN 10's Photo

During term two at Glenbrae School Room 9 was able to learn a few soccer skills from our soccer coach named Ben Cortellis from The Auckland Football Federation. We learnt how to dribble, pass, stop, kick and throw the ball. We also learnt games called Octopus, flag tag and truck and trailer. Thank you for giving up your time to teach us Ben. It is much appreciated.THANK YOU!

STUDY LADDER LEARNING!

I went on Study Ladder today and I played a game called English Greetings. It helped me with my language Skills!. It is a very cool site. You can also go on this site called www.studyladder.co.nz to play a variety of different learning games. 

THANK YOU FOR VIEWING MY BLOG I APPRECIATE IT BYE.

The Day Mary Shook the Karaka Tree By Jan Farr

WALT:

look for clues in the text to help answer questions based on the text.

This story is about a family that goes tennis every Thursday and Mum lost the ball inside the Karaka Tree. Mary tried to climb the tree and tried to get the tennis ball down from the tree. Mum was so scared when Mary climbed the tree because she thought Mary might get hurt.

The characters in this story are Mary, Mum, Dad, Kids and Dana.

This story takes place at the house and the tennis court.

I liked this story because Mary was very brave and very confident, and this story is very enjoyable as well.

Big Shift By Jacqui Brown

Big Shift by Jacqui Brown

This story is about a family that splits up and Dad stays at home in the country while three children move to Wellington with their  Mum.

The characters in this story are Mum, Dad, Cherie, Terei, Tomo, the storyteller and Meilai.

Part of this story takes place on a farm in the countryside and part of it takes place in the city of Wellington in New Zealand.

I liked this story because it is very enjoyable, interesting and it’s about Country life and City life.

Procedure Writing

WALT: write a procedure on giving directions

Success Criteria:

My writing will have a title, goal, materials and steps as the structural features and nouns, action verbs, adverbs and words that show time sequence as the grammatical features.

ACTIVITY:

open a street map of Glen Innes.

Write a procedure on giving directions to a visitor who would like to go from Glenbrae School to Sacred Heart College on West Tamaki Road.

STEPS:

1.Walk out of the gate of Glenbrae School and turn left and stop at the crossing.

2.Cross the road and turn left to walk up Leybourne Circle.

3.Keep walking until you come to Mansfield Street.

4.Cross over Mansfield and keep walking up on Leybourne Circle.

5.Keep walking until you get to Courtland Avenue.

6.Turn right into Courtland Avenue and walk up to West Tamaki Road.

7.Turn left into West Tamaki Road, cross the road and turn left until you come to the gate.

8.Turn right and walk into Sacred Heart College.

My Cool Reading

     Story Review

Title:As Smooth as Silk

Author:Paul Mason

This story is about a girl who found an octopus while she was snorkeling.

The characters in this story are Dad, Mum, Rachel, The Fishermen and the Octopus.

This story takes place at the beach.

I liked this story because it was so enjoyable, interesting and fun.

StarWork

         Room 9’s Trip to the Stardome

On Thursday, the 9th of May, Room 9 went to visit the Stardome in Greenlane to learn about traveling in outer space. The classes that participated were Rooms 5, 8 and 9. All the classes went by bus.

When we got there we went inside the Observatory room. First we watched a movie about an ant family trying to relax on another planet.They checked every planet and the planet they picked last was the planet Earth.

After the Observatory room we went around and looked at cool space things.Then we went inside the space room and the Educator talked to us about the Earth, the Sun and the Moon.

After that we got into the bus and came back to school.

My Best YET

                                                 Story Review

Catch of The Day by Kathy Taylor

This story is about a family going out fishing. The characters in this story are Dad, Polly, Josh and Campbell. This story takes place at the wharf next to the sea. I like this story because in the end Polly caught a fish after all and the boys didn't get any fish.

By Moses

The Future Me

We have been learning to create a positive digital footprint. We have been imagining our future footprint in 10 years time.

Moses - All About Me

Talofa Lava, my name is Moses. Thanks for viewing my blog. I appreciate it. I am 9 years old and my favourite band is Big Time Rush. My best friends are Levi R, Samuel, Fraser, Fineasi, Jahsiah, Taki, Sam, Nga, Fusi, Chris, Jayden, Levi F, Owen and Levi G.

My favourite sports team is the All Blacks. My favourite rugby player is Dan Carter. I am good at playing rugby. My favourite subjects at school are reading and art. My favourite food is Carl’s Junior. My goal is to learn all my times tables.

My favourite movie is Wreck it Ralph.  My hobbies are playing with the Xbox 360, the PlayStation and the trampoline. Thank you