Celebrations in Different Countries

We are learning about Celebrations in Different Countries like Diwali, Chinese new year, and Matariki.

We had to compare and think if we wanted it to be a public holiday in New Zealand.

Do you think Matariki, Diwali, or Chinese new year should be a public holiday in New Zealand? Why?

Real or Fake?

 Another tool I explored was "Which face is Real?".

You try to guess which face is real.

It was so hard and I only got it correct 2 times.

Do you know how to spot the difference?

Do you know how its fake?

Photoshop or wax figure maybe?

The Great Wave of Kanagawa

 In Cybersmart we explored a new tool called Google Experiment- Colouring book Digital.

Basically, you choose a painting or colouring to do then you can colour it.

I chose the The Great Wave of Kanagawa by Katsushika Hokusai, a famous Japanese painting of a huge wave that resembles crashes into the oceans and tsunamis.

I learnt that it was called The Great Wave of Kanagawa.

I really like this painting and I found it tricky to recall the colours of each detail.

I found it easy to choose a painting.

You can do it too here.

This is mine

This is the original.

Rat Island: Language Features

 In Rat Island they use language feature we learning use in our writing like similes, metaphors, aliteration, and personification. 

We had to find in the book similes, metaphors, and personification. 

I only found a few simlies because I've only read chapter 1 & 2.

Here are the examples and the ones I found.

Simlie: His black moustache was as sharp as a stingray's tail. His single eye would burn into your soul like a fiery cannonball.

Metaphor: Captain Tombs was seated in the corner of his cabin. A black spider in the web.

Personification: Through stroms and seas that'd make a cannonball weep.

Rat Island Prediction

 We predicted what would happen in the new book for the week:Rat Island by Stu Duval.

This is the Blurb:

Scary right?!

Here is my Prediction:

I think the captain asked Tam to spy on his ship mates because he suspects they will turn against them and take the treasure for themselves. I wonder who the person on the cover is. I think it is the  Captain Ezekiel Tombs or one of the shipmates that might be leading the rebellion. I think maybe Rat Island (if I haven't read the chapter one) it would be where the treasure is. Maybe the book might be set somewhere between the 1920-1940s. The clothes to me look old fashioned but  pirates are usually like that so I'm not sure. 

Camp Thank you Letter #2

 Here is my second camp letter.

This time I am writing to Jane, the High Ropes instructor.

Dear Jane ,

I am writing to you to thank you for all of your hard work in making our Year 5 & 6 camp go ahead. Thank you for showing us how to keep safe on the high ropes.

The High Ropes were one of my favourite Tui Ridge Activities along with rock climbing. Before I was really scared of heights but now I find it easier to cope with them now that I went on the high ropes. At first I wasn’t sure if I could get up the rickety bridge but I did! 

So thank you Jane, for your perseverance, time, and energy to help keep us safe on the high ropes.

Nga Mihi

Catalina

Catalina's October Student Reflection Newsletter

 Here is my reflection for October.

I was excited to write in it because so many things happened in October like Camp, the council cutting the blackberry, and the recruit!

I found it easy to fill it in because I am comfortable doing it now.

I found it tricky to take a photo with a cybersmart background.

Parihaka

 Parihaka, a place in the North island by Mount Taranaki of New Zealand, was a peaceful place where families could live. Maori children sang and danced, women baked and boys brought in the crops. But when the Pakeha came they moved in and wanted to take the Maori land. They warned the Maori to go out and move somewhere else. As more pakeha moved in, the other English sold the Maori’s land without their permission. They put pegs in the land to mark where they were going to sell the land. But it was the Maori’s land! The Maori didn't understand that so the Maori pulled up the pegs but the pakeha didn't understand so they shot the Maori. Then on the 5th of November 1881 the pakeha came and the Maori children sang and danced with their pois. The women baked loaves of bread for the pakeha. Te Whiti and Tohu, the Chiefs welcomed them with open arms but the pakeha army just went past them and ignored them, burning down their village. 

Our task was to think, do you really think all of more than fifteen hundred pakeha soldiers would really want to walk past the children singing and the women greeting them? How do we think they felt? Guy Fawkes is also on today but it happened in England. Parihaka is today but it happened in New Zealand. What do you think we should celebrate and how do you think we could celebrate Parihaka.

Thank You Camp Letter

 We are writing thank you letters to the people who made this camp possible.
I chose Shaun, our group adult and Francesca's dad. 
He did belaying for the Rock climbing and high ropes. Belaying, is the person who moves the rope when you are in a harness high up.
Rock climbing was my favourite, and though I was really scared that I would fall, I knew I wouldn't hurt myself. It took a lot upper and lower body strength.

Catalina C
40 Campion Rd
Gisborne

5 November 2020

Dear Shaun,
I am writing to you to thank you for your help and work to make the Year 5 and 6 camp possible, just like every single adult that helped. This camp was one of my favourite memories out of my time at St Mary’s School. You looked out for everyone, including our group (Fran, Ciara, Selina, Elena, Jorja, and I), our buddy Group (Jason, Corin, Noe, Arcangela, Mikaela, and Unaise), and even people who weren’t in our group. It wouldn’t be the same without you!

I enjoyed the rock climbing the most out of the Tui Ridge activities. You were the best at belaying! Thank you so much for encouraging me to go further even though I really didn’t want to. Flying fox was hilarious when you zoomed down. 

So thank you Shaun, for taking your time to do this, look after us, and help the teachers cope with all of us 69 kids, which they probably couldn’t keep an eye on for 4 days all on their own! I hope you keep the St Mary’s Year 5 and 6 camp in your memories.
THANK YOU!

Ngā mihi
Catalina

Tui Ridge Camp 2020 GIF

 I got back from Camp on Friday and it was AMAZING because all the activities were definitely not what you could experience everyday.
We did loads of activities at Tui Ridge (which you can see below) then we went to Paradise Valley, Kuirau Park, and the Aquatic Centre separately.
I used Tall Tweets for my GIF by converting it from Google Slides.
I found it tricky to download all the Photos because there were so many of them!
I found it easy to use tall tweets because I have used it before.

Can you guess where I went?