WALT know what a rip looks like at the beach. The difference between a rip and no rip is if it is green it is mean and if it is white it is alright. We also learnt how to save someone with out getting into the water. Another way to stay safe is if you are on a patrolled beach, you should stay in between the flags.
Last Monday three classes named Te Kuaru, Te Puawai and my class Te Manga went paddle boarding at Lake Ngatu. We had two Guides called Joe and Scotty, they talked to us and when they finished talking then the first group went out to go for paddle boarding and the rest of us went to play in the shallow water and play on the sand to make some huge puddles and rivers. When it was our turn we got to jump off in the middle of the lake. After a while there was a sausage sizzle and a swim.
Three days after camp we started to write thank-you letters to some of the helpers from camp. Some letters were long some were short but they all were fantastic. All of the parents that came on camp will love the thank-you letters.
WALT predict and explain what is happening during our science experiments.
Last Friday my class and I did some science. My favourite science experiment was the lava in a cup because it was like a real volcano, we used water, oil and salt to make the amazing effects, the effects were like a real volcano, the salt was dissolving which made the lava like bubbles. My second favourite experiment was the magic milk we had Te Pihi one of the junior classes came to watch us do the magic milk, the ingredients were milk, dish wash soap and food colouring. My last favourite experiment was the crawling colours, the ingredients were water food colouring and paper towel. 
Our camp was super duper awesome because it was full of excitement. I really, really, really enjoyed camp, camp was one of the greatest experiences of this year.
We have had a new teacher helper called Whaea Gee. She was a great teacher we miss her very much and we appreciated her helping and teaching us for four weeks. We will really, really, really miss her and she was amazing!
We are learning to use visual language features to support our understanding of the ideas and information in the text.
We are learning about traditional sailing and navigation methods used by early Polynesian voyagers.
We are learning about voyaging and learn about some new stars. At the Tuia Mataurang roadshow we got a pence and a booklet with a joiner bingo in the middle of it. there was also a vr with a pig on the waka that the Maori's used for food. We also got cool bandannas and we got to make wakes. We learnt about tow new stars and one new constellation.
WALT tell the time o'clock and half past.
WALT present a persuasive speeches. my learning speech reflection is that I did a loud and clear voice. what I did well was my eye contact and a loud voice. I can work on learning my speech of by hart next time. I felt nervous and exited at the same time.
Do you care about the environment? Do you care about all the animals dying? We can all help to prevent this if we act now and start recycling.
Recycling helps save animals in the water and on land and birds in the sky. We can help clear the skies from lots of dust and smoke for birds like the Southern Albatross which is the biggest seabird. Recycling plastic will prevent it from landing up in the ocean where turtles will think it is their favourite food named jellyfish and whales mistaking it for cril. If more people recycle their plastic, there will be less plastic and more animals.
Recycling saves our planets resources. By recycling 1 ton of paper, we save 17 trees. Recycling oil prevents water pollution.
Another positive thing about recycling is that it creates jobs. There are a lot of recycling depots all over New Zealand where numerous people sort through the paper, cardboard, plastic and glass that is brought to them and then sent to different places to be reused or recycled.
We can all help our planet by starting recycling everything, from food scraps for compost to every last bit of plastic. Up here in the North we only recycle number 1 plastic and our milk bottles, all the other plastic ends up in the rubbish. We as a community should look into ways to recycle all our plastic.
We only have one earth so let's take care of it.
WALT to plant trees here with Ngati Kahu. We planted manuka and kanuka. We are cleaning piking up rubbish to clean lake Ngatu. If you go to a near by ocean or lake pick up some of the rubbish that you see even if it is not your rubbish. we had tow other class with us one was our year six class Te Kauru and our year five class Te Puawai. We had a blast picking up some rubbish and planting some trees. At paparore school we have five values Excellence, diversity, integrity, community and partnership and kaitiakitanga. We were showing kaitiakitanga yesterday.
WALT use different strategies to understand what we are reading.
WALT write a reading response
I was reading about the winning side. Their are tow mane characters Nia and Sefina. Sefina side'' we should have a agenda." An agenda side Nia." "Why?" " Because it's what you stand for. You need to focus on some kind of issue . And have a plan." Nia likes the bush bloke behind the library. she likes it because of the beautiful beards sing in the trees and the fresh air. there is also another girl called Poppy that also likes the bush bloke. she likes to draw there. Poppy side"hope they don't cut down the trees." Nia " do you think they well cut down the trees." Poppy " ya the people that speak the loudest normally gets what the want." On Friday, there were speeches from more candidates. Nia found her seat. Her hands were sweat, but she was sticking with her plan. most of these students side the same thing. There was a lot of talk about the bush and using it for sport. the audience booed and cheered, depending on which spot they played. Then it was Nia's turn. She kept her eyes on her feet as she went up to the stage, forcing herself on breathing slowly. Then she looked up. Sefina's mouth was hanging open like she was watching Mrs lamb do a tap dance. Nia begin with the bush bloke and how beautiful it was. She talked about the names on the trees and the kids who used the space and why: to draw or chat or just hang out.
WALT use our reading strategies to find information in the text and explain it to others.
We are learning all about Matariki.
We have been learning about Matariki and how Matariki was so important in the olden days. Something that interested me about Matariki was that they made kites instead of making a cake.
I found that they did not use fireworks to celebrate was interesting.It surprised me that there are five hundred Matariki stars, but only seven can be seen with the naked eye. I enjoyed learning about Matariki and what they did to celebrate it.
I found reading some Maori words tricky to read. I did my scratch project really well and I can do some more code for my avatars.
