Study Ladder

Today I played a new game on Study Ladder called Homophones. It was really interesting trying to get the right answers. I had a lot of goes trying to get all of them right. But this is the one that I got all correct.

Facts about the animals that lived in the forest 3000 years ago

1. The Kiwi is a native bird to New Zealand.
2. The Kiwi are nearly extinct
3. The Kiwi cannot fly
4. The Kiwi are rare to find
5. The Kiwi  are better off in captivity

http://www.doc.govt.nz/conservation/native-animals/birds/birds-a-z/kiwi/facts/

• The Kakapo is the world's longest living bird. They can live up to an average of 90 years to a maximum of 120.
• The world's heaviest parrot
• The world's only nocturnal parrot
• A polygynous lek breeder
• A non-flying bird
• A parachutist from trees because it cannot fly
• Featured in the documentary from BBC 'Last Chance To See'
• Critically endangeredhttp://savethekakapo.weebly.com/fun-facts.html
  
  
  
  
  • The Weka can be found in forests, grasslands, rocky shores, sand dunes.
  • The Weka liked to eat worms, beetles, ants, slugs, frogs, spiders, mice, rats and even small birds.
  • The Weka weighs approx 5 KG's.
  • The Weka lived in South New Zealand in the forest.
  • The Weka is sized like a chicken.
    http://www.wild-facts.com/2010/wild-fact-688-with-the-good-comes-the-bad-weka/
    1: The Moa is one of the largest species its about 3.6m (12 foot) high!
    
    
    2: It weighs about 250kg (550lb)
    3: Most of them died out around 1500 AD, however there are still believed to be some hiding in deep parts of New Zealand
    4: Their only predator before humans was the World's Largest Eagle (Haast Eagle)
    5: You can still find their bones today if you look in the right places in New Zealand (caves, swamps and sand dunes.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moa
    
    
    

My Bio Poem

Moses

Sporty, A gamer, and a physical person.

Who loves his family and loves going to the movies.     

Who likes having a shower

Who is able to play sport really well

Who fears God and his parents

Who would like to be a future NRL Rugby League Player.

By Moses

                                                                                                                                                              

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