Our Klaus/Christmas contract

Our Christmas contract

This week we have based our learning contracts, we watched the movie Klaus now he have a contract based about it. The theme of the movie is Christmas there is 4 key words that we describe the movie with Christmas, giving, kindness, friendship.

The contract activities are based on multiple things from the movie like writing a letter to a friend draw a map of the island make a sleigh making the sleigh is what I am currently up to.

What I have been enjoying throughout the contract is not that its a movie I mean that's still cool but I really enjoyed making the map and sleigh. I recommend that you watch the movie and see all of its joy I mean its almost CHRISTMAS.

Should the sale of Guy Fawkes/fireworks be banned in New Zealand

I disagree that fireworks should be banned in NZ because most of us use fire works and it would be a shame that we lose Guy Fawkes even though we have celebrated it for years.

If you go to a show based on fireworks people will pay to go that money can go to charity, cancer society, the food bank or for kids who need the money for food and clothes.

If someone new comes to the neighbourhood you can invite them to your house or somewhere open and have fun with fireworks that is a good way to welcome someone into the neighbourhood.

My family and I always like to have one night a year based on fireworks and we loved it. One year it did back fire and sent only a small portion of bushes on fire but that was our fault.

The main reason why we celebrate Guy Fawkes is because the person Guy Fawkes tried to blow up the English parliament, but someone heard  about it and told the police and found Guy Fawkes guarding heaps of gunpowder he was taken to jail while also giving up the names that helped commit the crime.

In conclusion I think we should keep Guy Fawkes we've had it for ages you would think we would still keep it.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

Instructional writing

 Instructional writing 

At school this week we have been learning how to follow instructions.One half of the class was to draw a monster and the other half the group i was in was drawing aliens it ended up as
Aliens v Monsters

Step one we got into pairs and we chose what side of the the room we went to and we had Aliens and once we were done we had to write instructions on how to draw a alien and my partner Lucy had to draw an alien and make instructions so i can follow the Instructions on how to make a monster.

Mine did not work well but it was close that is all that matters.

But then today we did the laces,mine was specific but not as much as i had intended it to be.
My friends did the same mistake as others like make a bunny ear or tie it around the other oh and another get the closest one to you most of us failed but we are making progress to follow instructions better.
There will be more in the future keep looking at my blog.

Picasso Art

At school our teacher told us about a famous artist called Pablo Picasso. He was a unique artist that liked to make a painting out of shapes, called Cubism Art. He liked to make his art in different angles and 3D. When we did our art (I'm not really a big fan of art) but I'm not saying I hate it all just saying I am not good at art.

Mine turned out like this

To make the art we had to roll a dice and we had  a paper that told us what we got with the number we rolled, I got some what lucky. We used pastels to colour it and Indian ink if we wanted.  

School holiday catch up

School holiday catch up

On the first day of school our teacher told us to think of 3 things during the school holidays that related to amazing scary and relaxing, this is what I came up with. 

Amazing😂

Mum and I both went to the Coopers beach reserve for a long walk. We saw lots of good sights of the ocean and the beach.

Scary😈 

Both of us wanted to get a picture of each other on a log that was    hanging of a small cliff. Also in the Coopers beach reserve .

Relaxing😎

I got to watch the new Hobbs and Shaw movie. I've waited months  to see the movie.

fair and equal

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Filming with Harley

Filming with Harley.

 On Thursday the 22 of August 2019 a person came to our school not just any person but a person who could teach us how to make a film his name is Harley Alexander.

On that day we did a funny scene  where there is a kid who is late for class there was another kid who found him and explained that the teacher was mad he said the  jacket makes him invisible, the other kid said that he could see him, when he found out that he  was visible he freaked and end of the scene CUT.

During that scene we all took turns being certain people my favorite role that I played was being the boom pole person, the boom pole person is the one who captures all the sound there was also a clapper board person and the video person.



It was cool

Mahi Tahi

Mahi Tahi 

This year we have been having sessions called Mahi Tahi. Mahi Tahi is a session that uses the 4 cs, the 4 cs consist of Collaboration, Communication, Creativity and Critical thinking.

Today is the worst well not the worst but it is still bad enough, today was a taste test something I never thought I would do. There was Marmite, Mustard, Lime juice, Rice bubbles, Golden syrup, Salt, baking soda, Marmite, icing sugar, coco powder, camperz seed and chili sauce.


Maybe you should try this to challenge yourself I know it did for me.

A new way to go on holidays

For the past 2 weeks we have been learning about landmarks and how they are famous. This week we found a website called Google Earth, Google Earth is basically a website that can take you anywhere you want, you can go to America, China, you can even go and see national monuments like the Terracotta Warriors and the white house. If there is somewhere where you want to go that you have been wanting to go just type up Google Earth and dreams will come true, not really because it would be better if you go there but you get it, it's still nice.

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Why I want to go to Samoa

Samoa is a wonderful place but I have not even been to the main island. I want to learn about the other tourist attractions that I have not been to.  The island is beautiful the people are wonderful people the food is amazing. I want to see more.

My Blog about Taj Mahal

                                   

           This week we have been learning about famous landmarks. I chose Taj Mahal because I do not know much about it and the history of the building, for instance the Taj Mahal started to be built in 1632 and ended I 1653 it took 20 years maybe you should go there you might like it.

Imformation report

An information report about Samoa.

Samoa is an island in the Pacific region. It is a small country that is got two islands that makes the  country whole. Samoa is much warmer than New Zealand,imagine not wearing jackets everywhere you go. If you do want to go to Samoa it is only 3 hours from Auckland city in Samoa. In Samoa the food is like other country's you can get burgers you can get pizza but the way they cook it adds a whole different taste I recommend trying the food. Over all I want to go to Samoa.  

The 200 dollar note

This week our class was learning about the people who are the New Zealand currency. On the currency of NZ is based on people who changed the world in many ways, and the best part about the currency is that there all based on people from New Zealand. The group I was in was learning about Ernest Rutherford the person who split the atom. In New Zealand he is on the 100 dollar note.



Ernest Rutherford won the  nobel prize in 1908 for Chemistry. Ernest Rutherford considers him to be the greatest experimentalist  scientist during world war 1, he worked on a top secret project.

Of all created comforts God is the lender you are the borrower not the owner.  Something Ernest Rutherford said.

He was born August 30, 1871. On October 19, 1937 he died.

My holiday to Samoa

My holiday to Samoa

Monday July 1

We left the house at 12:30 PM and headed to Kerkeri airport. We waited until 2:00 PM at the new terminal. As usual we were the first ones as always. Our plane came at 3:00 PM and then the trip to the International terminal started.When we arrived at the airport we walked through the doors and there were thousands of people just sitting waiting for their plane.

We walked from the Domestic terminal to the International terminal,when we got to the International terminal we stayed at the Novotel Hotel for a night. My cousin came over and we went to the food court in the airport. There were more people in the International terminal then the Domestic terminal.

The next day we woke up and walked straight to the International terminal where we went to get our boarding passes. We had to go through security, then we began our journey to our gate where we had a long wait but then we were on our plane. I have not been on a plane since Christmas last year so looking at the plane was crazy and it was massive.The flight was not long like going to the Philippines. Philippines  trip is 18 hours! We were lucky going to Samoa the flight was only 3 and a half hours, it was sunny, I saw a lot of cool stuff like the ocean and clouds.

When we landed at the airport it was quite big. When we got our bags we went through security. After security we stepped out of the building and without the AC if hit like a punch and was boiling hot but then not long after I was fine.

When we came to our resort I just realized that this is where the movie Return to Paradise was filmed.  It is a very popular movie, it is older than my dad! and he is turning 57 this year. On July 23 the ashes of the second most important actor in the movie is getting her  ashes buried here on this beach and maybe Hollywood stars might come?

On the first night we were greeted by Samoan singers that are relatives to the people who own the hotel,they had loud voices it was amazing.

  The second night we were amazed by seeing world champion fire dancers. But it turns out the staff here get top ten in the fire dancing, and an 8 year old did something  I could never do with fire on a stick, his name was Simote.

One the third day we went to 3 waterfalls, 2 were as big as the Sky Tower and the other one was small. My favorite trip was when we went to TO LE SUA the Samoan ocean trench. There is a big staircase that leads to 150 feet down the trench. There was a ladder that was about 25 feet long and led us down to the trench, a trench is a giant hole with water at the bottom. The ocean current was strong as a rip, you had to hold on to a rope to keep still.

On the fourth day it was just hanging out with my new friends, 3 from Auckland and 1 from Australia, they were all grandsons of the owners of the resort. We were just chilling at the pool, playing on the pool table and having fun all and all.

 Then the pacific games was on and we watched the sevens  Rugby, Samoa beat an island that we were not familiar with, the score was 85-0 but that was the last game we stayed for.

After the sevens rugby we went to a place called the Sliding rocks,the rocks were so slippery they made it into a slide, but at that time we got there it was shallow so we left.

 The next couple of weeks it was pretty much the same, dad went to auto parts shops to go check on future business, and I was practicing for my performance. I was practicing for the Fia Fia I'm pretty sure Fia Fia means dance I think. I really wanted to do the fire dance, In fact I did get to do it, I burnt my fingers but after a few hours my fingers started to get back to normal. The fire dance was so cool I want to do it again when we go back. Technically I was not allowed to do the fire dance until 1 year of training but 3 weeks was all I got.

On Wednesday mid day we went to my trainers house. He was the guy who trained me for the dancing and a little bit with fire dancing work. We did not expect to be fed but were surprised when we did. We had chicken, taro, Samoan noodles, and the local Samoan tea which is basically water with chocolate  in it, which was actually quite good. That evening I did the fire dance and the local Samoan dance, it was the best night ever until I realized that we were going back to NZ tomorrow. I was so depressed but when my dad told me we might go back next year maybe January that lifted my spirits somewhat higher. But I made so many friends including  the staff and my trainer Lomitusi. But I had to move on and put the tears back. It was hard even now I am still sad, but knowing that I'm going back is much better for me.

We stayed Thursday night at the Jet Park Hotel in Auckland.Their we met the three boys and their parents from Samoa, they live in Auckland. My cousin was there and the four of us spent some time catching up. When I looked at the time it was almost midnight so we all said our goodbyes and then I went to bed.

Woke up in the morning and took a plane to Kerikeri drove back home and got back to my normal life.  

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Moment in time

 You would hear a lot of silence,you would probably be thinking  if you would take the final step and slip or not.There wouldn't be that much people up there but there would be a a lot of wind and maybe rain.I wonder if I will make it  every  time.                                                                                           

 Imagine what an Elephant cry sounds like probably not that great even for him.Think of made it cry maybe his family died to people who were greedy for money.

I wonder what was that hurtful to make it cry.                                                                            

boom done

Yeah

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Raidon adventure with clay birds

Adventure with clay birds

This term we started making clay birds ,we first learned how to to stick  clay to other pieces of clay without clay  to other pieces of clay without falling off, then we chose what bird to pick,then we got a piece of  paper and drew the bird that we wanted to shape i chose the little blue penguin and drew it out, and now i'm up to shaping. It was cool

Raidon animation about sustainability

                                        In Tui class we have been learning about sustainability 

so we created an animation to share a message about an environmental issue in NZ/world and give people some ideas on how to help.

I chose to make mine because we need to step it up the world is not going to be good if we don't recycle more that's why I made this animation.

Something I learned in this week

                           MAHI TAHI NIGHT 

Mahi Tahi night was a night where our parents come to school to do what we do every Tuesday.    

Mahi tahi is a phrase where we come together into groups that the teacher calls us to  but lets back it up before we do that we get a task to do, that's when we split into our groups,when our parents came they had to make sure a egg can drop 2 meters,as us kids we were the judges we judge who's did not crack. 

After that we head home and talk about how fun that was.

                    

Blog for 2019

                                                             Hello my name is Raidon

                                                                       
If you read last years blog I've changed a lot I'm very very sporty, I have changed Teachers
my teacher is Mrs. Cutler

I've moved to being a year 5 to a year 6.

I lost all my friends to another class but better for me no distractions  but we can still catch up at playtime's.


Now i can move on with my goals my most important goal is to push myself to the limits

                     Im gonna have a good year 

Suzanne aubert