My reflection

My reflection

Math:

In math this week I did F.I.O and we get into groups every mourning and do a question that Mr Gemmel puts up on the board.  

Writing:

In writing this week I finished publishing my camp black water writing piece and all of my blog updates.

Reading:

In reading this week we didn't go to the library but I'm still reading counting by sevens  and I finished Addie accident. I finished doing all the must (handwriting, spelling sentences)

My reflection

My reflection

Math:

In math this week we did decimals and how to times them by tens, hundred and thousands. We also did the twenty five questions and I got twenty five out of twenty five. We did a division line thing and I got that wrong because I put three into twelve and not twelve into three.

Writing:
In writing this week I published my long story about a camp and some kids who went missing. It was really fun to write because we could write about anything.

Reading:
In reading this week, the books that I got out from the library were counting by sevens and Addie accident. I also finish handwriting and spelling sentences.

Senior Athletics

Senior athletics

High jump:

Our first activity was high jump. High jump is definitely not my favourite activity, but I did do pretty well.

Middle distance:

Our next activity was middle distance and we had to run two laps around the venue. It was really tiring, everyone was really supportive and encouraging, I came fifth, it was really fun.

Discuss:

Discuss is not my strong one of my strong points so I wasn't very good at it.

Sprints:
In sprint in the heats I came second against my sister and in the real the thing I came fourth.

Long jump:
In long jump I came fourth and got two metres sixty eight.

Shot put:
In shot put I also came fourth and that was our last activity.

Relay:
I got chosen to start the kiwi house relay and my sister finished it and kiwi came first.

My reflection (book week)

My reflection

book week

Monday:

On Monday we had the quiz which we came tie fourth. Some of the questions were hard but we managed and got thirty-five out of fifty.

Tuesday:
on Tuesday we met Stu Duval and he did a writing work shop and we learnt how to name our characters and how to start and end the story. After the writing work shop we did a drawing work shop and he taught us how to too draw things out of shapes, letters and numbers. After we did all the work shops he read us his newest book that he hasn't even written yet.

Wednesday:
On Wednesday we dressed up as our favourite book character, I was the White Rabbit. after morning tea we had a special person come and read to the class, my grandad came to read so I got to go to room six. After that was the picnic and my Grandmother came.

BOOK WEEK WAS REALLY FUN!

My reflection

My reflection

Maths:

In maths this week we did the 25 math sums and I got 25/25, we also did card picture questions and our group got 5/8. And we did a word story and I got that correct.

Writing:

In writing this week we got to do a free writing piece and I did mine about a camp and some children go missing, it was really fun to do this because we could pretty much do it about anything. My story was five pages long.

Reading:

In reading this week i got two books from the library one of them were Addie accident and The summer lion. The book that I shared for book talk was Here`s to you Rachel Robinson by Judy Blume.

My reflection

My reflection

Maths:

In maths this week I did the decimal work sheet, I'm not the biggest fan of decimals but I did like doing the work sheet. We also did the math cards and we got six out of eight. We also did word problems and I had never done that before and it was really fun.

Reading:

In reading this week we explored the new OPAC and we also did a character worksheet and I did mine on Friday Barnes. We also did proof reading on Dr Seuss. The book that I'm reading is Heres to you Rachel Robinson by Judy Blume.

Writing:

This week in writing we did hand-writing which I'm not very good at and need to improve. 

My reflection

My reflection

Maths: 

This week we didn't do much but on Thursday we did around the world and I got to three places and we also did twenty-five questions and I got twenty-one out of twenty-five.

Writing:

In writing this week we did a short story of one of our camp experience's and I did when I was going on the rock-climbing wall. We also did letters to parents who went on camp.

Reading:

The books that I got out of the library were Double fudge by Judy Blume and the book that I'm reading at home is Friday Barnes Under suspicion by R.A Sprat.

2017 camp

2017 camp

Kayaking:

Our first activity on day one was kayaking, luckily I have had some experience so I knew what I was doing. We had a race I came third which I was pretty happy about.

Rock-Climbing:

The next activity was rock-climbing and I am mortified of heights so me and rock-climbing do not go together, but Warren Shaw and Mrs Hobbs were very encouraging and said that I should only go up to the top yellow rock but I got pulled the rest of the way and started screaming my head off. Mackenzie who was very good at rock climbing, was also very encouraging and helped convince me to have another go but I only managed to get to the top yellow rock.

Scavenger hunt:

The scavenger hunt harder than I thought it was going to be but we still managed to do it in only ten minutes which was the best time. We found it hard to find the toi toi, but it was still really fun.

Raft building:
I was really exited for our group to do this because I wanted to see if our boat would sink or not, luckily it did not sink and we got our whole group on the raft after we built our raft we had extra time to play in the lake.

Slug-gun shooting:
One of the activities that I had never done before was slug-gun shooting, at first I didn't even know how to hold the gun properly, or load it, but luckily Mackenzie was there to help me because she already knew how to use a slug-gun because she has one at home. In the end I shot three ducks (fake ducks) and it was really fun.

Orienteering:
I didn't know how to use a compass before we started orienteering and I also didn't know how to walk in a straight line with my eyes closed, but after a half an hour of practising how to use a compass I started to get the hang of it.

Mud run: 
Our next activity was the mud run which I was really exited about but also nervous, it was really fun and I kept falling over which was hilarious. Chris (Hinerangi`s dad) was really helpful, and moved all the rocks and logs out of the way so we wouldn't trip over them. At the end you have to jump into the lake and it took me and Mackenzie ages to jump in but after a long time of running up and not jumping in we finally jumped in at the same time and both got a mouthful of water, It was really fun.

Horse riding:
Horse riding was really fun, the horse that I rode was called Haley she was really mischievous and she started walking away from all the other horse's and started cantering down a steep hill and rode me into several bush's and trees. Over all horse riding was really fun and I would definately try it again.

The tough guy challenge:
The tough guy challenge was optional but we did it anyway, there was lots of obstacles and lots of mud. we still took a long time to jump in the lake but after a long time we finally bombed in and started the next obstacle which was walking across ropes and the ropes were above the mud. after the tough guy challenge we all jumped in the hot pools.

Conclusion: 
In conclusion the camp was really fun and all the activitys were amazing. 

My last reflection of term 3

My reflection

Maths:

This week we have been learning about percentages, decimals and fractions. I really enjoyed doing this because now I understand how to transfer decimals to fractions and percentages to decimals. At the beggining of the year I didn't really understand how to do any of them.

Reading:
I really enjoy doing reading and going to the library to get out books. This week I got out Candyfloss and Dream on Amber I'm almost finished candy floss and I'm really enjoying dream on Amber.

Pj day:
This week we had PJ day on Thursday and I wore my fluffy bunny onezie and it was really fun.

My Speech (term 2)

My speech

This year I wasn't as nervous about doing speeches as I was last year, because I hadn't really spoken in front of a big group of people before, but this year I think it was much easier this year because I had done it before.

Room eight heathens

Music

Last term, Kahikatea team did music and room eight did the song heathens. I really enjoyed doing this because I got to play the keyboard. I also enjoyed playing at assembly. Heres a video of us playing, enjoy and thanks for watching

My reflection

My reflection

Maths:

In maths this week I have  enjoyed doing the times table chart which I got 100% in all of them. I also liked timesing three digit numbers such as:

752 times 10 = 7520

because you have to times 700 by 10 which = 7000

and 50  times ten which = 500

and 2 times 10 which = 20

and then you add them all together,

7000 + 500 = 7500 + 20 = 7520

I really like times tables and timesing bigger numbers. I also like doing the set tasks on mathletics and doing RISK, the area game and Yahtzee. 

Reading: 

In reading this week I finally finished my weekly spelling and brain bank.

Inquiry

Inquiry😜

Inquiry:
Inquiry this term has been really fun, learning how to play the guitar and make up games for the year one and twos, we also learnt about the Treaty of Waitangi.

Room eight:
In room eight this term we have been learning how to do a few chords on the guitar, we also learnt what tempo, dynamics, rhythm, pitch and timbre. Once we got to draw what we heard with our eyes closed. I really enjoyed learning about music!!!

Room nine:
With Mrs Strathern we learnt about the treaty of waitangi, we learnt that not all the Maori chiefs signed the treaty. I liked doing our video here is the link               hope you like it!

Room ten:
In room 10 this term I enjoyed making up integrity games, which means we were making up games for the year one and twos. our ( me and Mackenzie) made up a game called "fours" which they really liked.  

End of term reveiw

🍉This term🍉

This term i wasn't here for most of the term because I went on a seven week holiday to Ireland, but I was here for the amazing production choices of life, in the play I was a tree and I really enjoyed getting in costume, but getting the head peace on was a challenge. I'm really exited for next term because camp is on the first week. Over all its been a great term and I can't wait for next term.

2017 kahikatea production

Choices of life

In the production this year, I missed out on audition for a main part because I went to Ireland for seven weeks and wouldn't be able to practise my role so instead they put me as a tree, but it was still really fun and I liked the headpiece.

My reflection

My reflection

Production:

This week we did production, everyone had practoused really hard and all the shows were amazing. I was a dancing tree I was going to audition for one of the fairys but I was going to Ireland. My mum came on tuesday matinee.

Reading:
In reading this week we didn`t do much because of production, but the books that i`m reading candyfloss, unlikely friendships:dogs and  funny kid for president.

My Reflection

My Reflection

Monday:

Because its the last week of term we got to do all kinds of fun stuff, we all got to choose where we sat I stayed were I was but everyone else moved.

Tuesday: 

On Tuesday we buddied up with room three and made matariki art. Firstly Mrs Miles Took a picture of us pretending to climb a ladder and the we had to cut us out of the picture and then we made a mini ladder with match sticks and stuck it onto a black peice of paper and glued the cut out picture of us onto the ladder and then we drew stars and painted them in the backround.

Wednesday:

On wednesday was gymsports and we did beam, valt and floor we also went to the YMI and Mrs Bryant helped me to be flipped over a pole.

Thursday:

On Thusday we made up our own mad libs and it was really fun we also got to go on the website and do them on there as well.

Friday: 

Today is the last day of school and we get to perform our song Heathens at assembly. I`m also going to Ireland which I`m really exited about and I`m going for seven weeks.

My term reflection

My term reflection 

Music:

This term with Mr Gemmell we have been doing music and the song that we are going to perform is Heathens and I'm exited because I get to play the keyboard.

Ball skills:

With Mrs Hobbs/Mrs Gibson White we did ball skills and the first two weeks we did basketball and the next two weeks we did netball and we were going to do rugby but it was to wet.


Gym:
With Mrs Strathern we have been practising for gym sports and I don't really like doing the beam but I'll still give it a go. we are also going to gym sports on Wednesday. 

My reflection

My reflection

Maths:

In maths this week... 

we have been doing more on division and I'm getting Better at it. I did both of the pages in the the FIO.

Reading:                        

In reading this week...

Today we are going to the waipa district library and the books that I would like to get out some of the Jacqueline Wilson books. The book that I shared for book talk was the Lottie project and the one I'm going to read after that is Small steps and that's the book that comes after Holes.

Writing:

In writing this week...

I presented my speech on Monday and I was really nervous but I also did it last year so that took some of the nerves off but I was still pretty nervous but while I presented it I was more relaxed.

My reflection

My reflection

Maths:

In maths this week we are still doing division and I think I'm getting the hang of it and I finished doing all of the the equations in follow up work.

Writing:

In writing this week I have been trying to perfect my speech by practising it over and over and i've taken a couple of sentences out that didn't really make sence and I've also added some things in to replace them.

Reading: 

In readin this week I read ten books for the fiftey book challenge and I'm also going to finish The girl with the broken wing and The lottie project. 

My reflection

My reflection

Maths:

In maths this week I enjoyed learning more about long division and instead of doing the times table grid we long division.  I like setting up the divion thing and I also like doing it.

Writing:

In writing this week I practiced my speech one million times and I'm trying to improove  on looking up more and then not loosing where I am on the cue card.

Reading:

In reading this week we haven`t gone to the library yet or done book talk because it's teacher only day tomorrow so I'm doing it today (thursday)

My reflection

My reflection

Maths:

In maths this week I have enjoyed learning about long division and how to set it up properly and I really liked doing this because it makes it a whole lot easier to to find the answer. The answer you get is called a quotient and the number you dividing is called the divisor and the biggest number is called the dividend.

Reading:

In reading this week from the library I got two books one was called The girl with the broken wing and the other one was called then again maybe I won`t I also finished all the tasks that I was supposed to do.

Writing: 

In writing this week I finished my speech which I am really happy about and I`ve practiced it at home a million times and I also put it on cue cards.

My reflection

My reflection

Maths:

In maths this week I have enjoyed learning about division and learning how to do the easier way that and the number that your dividing is called the divisor and the answer is called a quotient and the bigger number is called divisor.

Reading:
In reading this week I started reading Iggie's house and for the fifty book  challenge I`ve read eight books and I also finished everything else that I was meant to finish.

Writing:
In writing I finished three paragraphs in my speech and I`ve done half of my conclusion. But I haven`t started writing it on my computer.

my reflection

My Reflection

Math:

I was sick most of the week so I didn`t learn much.

Reading: 

In reading this week when we went to the library and I got out Pippi Longstockings, wich I am really exited to read plus i`ve already read 5 books and I really want to finish.

Writing:

In writing this week I was sick most of the week and we didn`t really do anything on the days that I  was here.

My reflection

My reflection

Maths:

In maths this week I really liked learning how to times bigger numbers properly...

75 x 3 =

(70 x 3) + ( 5 x 3)

210 + 15 =  225

we also did...

75 x  3 = 225

210 + 15 = 225

and that means that we took away the first stage and did that in our head.

I also got 100% on my times table chart and I know most of my times tables.

Reading:
In reading this week I finished another book for the 50 book challenge and so now I have read 3 books and I`m really exited to finish. And I almost finished all my tasks for reading.

Writing:
In writing this week I liked doing research and I`m exited to start writing it, I`ve got loads of information on my topic but I need a little bit more. 

Reflection

My reflection

Maths:

In maths this week I like doing mathletics because I got a choice of the new mathletics or the old mathletics we also did graph for statistics and I really like graphs because its a really good way to figure out the amount of things.

Reading: 

In reading this week I finished The naughtiest girl ( in the school) and I put it on my 50 book challenge sheet. We also did book talk and I really like doing this because I think its a really good idea.

Writing: 

In writing this week we did speech's and I coudn`t decide which topic I should choose but in the end I chose smoking and I did lots of research and I can`t wait for writing it.

Other:
In the morning I liked doing music, ball skills and gymnastics, I liked doing gymnastics and doing forward rolls. I also liked doing ball skills because we learnt that when you dribble the ball you have to look at your player. And I really like doing music because I know how to play the piano and in our song I get to play the keyboard. And on Thursday we did jump jam and I really enjoyed doing that.

My reflection

My Reflection

Maths:

In maths this week I liked doing tidy tens, reversing and place value plus I know most of my times tables but I still need to work on my 8`s and 6`s. I like doing the times table charts and I REALLY like getting 100% on it. We also learnt what a 360 turn was, I really liked the part where we got to demonstrate doing a 360.

Reading: 
In reading this week I really liked getting my 50 book challenge sheet because I like to read and I really want to complete it this year, plus I got to put my first book on the sheet today. My least favourite part of reading is that we didn`t get to go to the library and I really wanted to get new books.

Writing:
In writing this week we are starting to go into speechs and last year I wasn`t a big fan of them but this year I feel more confident. I want to do my speech on poverty but I also want to do smoking and I`m not sure which one to do.
   

all about me

All about me 😉

Hi I`m Ella, i`m a year 6 in Mr Gemmell`s class and I think 2017 is going to be awesome. I`m exited about going to camp.  Favorite subject is reading .My favourite animal is a dog, and I have a dog called Daisy she is very crazy. I also have a cat and a pig, my cats name is smokey and my pigs name is paddy.                                  

Ella`s reflection

My reflection

Maths:

In maths this week I have enjoyed timesing big numbers and doing the times table chart. I`m also getting better with doing the family of facts every morning. I like going on Mathletics and doing RISK, Yahtzee and the area game.

Writing: 

In writing I liked editing and recrafting our similes and working on our slide for our learning conference.

reading:

In reading this week I enjoyed going to the library, but I find it hard to find the right book. I also like doing book talk and rotations.

Inquiry:

In inquiry this week I liked to set up, demonstrate and play our integrity games and start my treaty of waitangi slide and learning how to do a few things on the guitar. 

My Reflection -Ella

My Reflection

Maths:

In maths this week I have enjoyed learning how to times bigger numbers and going on Mathletics, doing Yahtzee and the area game. I have also enjoyed doing the time tables and getting 100% in all of them. I`ve also know most of my times tables.

Reading:

In reading this week I have enjoyed finishing Mr nobodys eyes and starting Scrap. I also enjoyed doing book talk and going  to the library, but I find it hard to find the right book.

Writing: 

In writing this week I enjoyed finishing off my learning conference and publishing my simile story. And writing my inquiry poster.

Inquiry:
In inquiry this week I enjoyed filming us (Mackenzie, Te Marama and Me) speaking about the treaty of waitangi, it was really fun.

Ella`s reflction

My reflection

Maths:

In maths this week I have enjoyed doing times tables and learning what makes them. I have learnt most of my times tables but I still need to work on my 8`s and 6`s.

Writing:

In writing this week I liked learning about similies and metaphors. I think similies are easyer because it`s easy to compare things than say they are somthing there not.

Reading:

In reading I like to go to the library and do book talk, but I find it hard to find the right book.

My reflection-Ella

My reflection

Maths:
 In maths week I have enjoyed doing Yahtzee and adding up all my points. I also enjoyed doing Mathletics  and gaining more points. It`s always fun to play RISK, and do F.I.O (figure. It .out).

Reading:
In reading this week we have been doing rotations  I really like this because we do brain bank and Steps. I like to do book talk and going to the library.

Writing: 
 In writing this week I have enjoyed learning about metaphors and similie and how to use them. I liked writing sentences useing similies and metaphors with our writing buddys.

Inquiry:
In inquiry this week I enjoyed makeing up games for the year 1 and 2`s and learning about history in room 9 and music with Mr Gemmell.