Persuasive Writing - Letters to Mr Bradbeer

We have been learning about persuasive writing.  We used the prompt of the new hub to share our ideas with Mr Bradbeer about what we thought would be good things to include in the plans.  Please read our letters to see how we are giving reasons for our ideas.

Hub Whenua's Manaiakalani Film Festival Entry

This year we explored our passion for handball as more learners explore how to play the game during break times.

Our movie is about two boys who want to play handball and two girls who wanted to join in. But the four of them didn’t know how to play so they collaborate to research and practice.

We chose the song ‘Thunder’ by Imagine Dragons as we felt the lyrics helped explain our journey.  See if you can make a connection!

Stand Up by Jasmine

This is a poem that Jasmine wrote after seeing a performance:

STAND UP

Be firm like a brick.

Don't be like dust.

Be courageous.

Stand up!

You are born to fight.

You are not worthless.

Don't let others put you down.

Their words might seem like a stab in the heart.

Stand up!

Don't let the meanies get to you!

It's ok to ask for help!

Remember you are not alone!

We join hands and we'll hold on tight!

Be strong!

Have your friends as a troop to help you!

Have faith and trust again!

When Nobody Is Watching

Congratulations to both casts for performing in this year's production - we are so proud of each of you for taking a risk and performing in front of an audience.

Please find photos from this week in this file.

CAST A:

CAST B:

KAPA HAKA:

Information Reports - New Zealand Animals, Birds and Insects

This term we have been investigating how to create information reports.  We have been able to make connections between our reading strategies where we are locating information and then paraphrasing so we can write about these animals.  We have been experimenting with our punctuation (check out how we are using commas!) and using a combination of both simple and compound sentences.

Mr Lewzey helped us create these reports using Thinglink - we were able to make connections with our Cybersmart learning where we found images that we are able to use for our learning.

Hannah:

Tyler:

Tobias:

Roy:

Riley:

Hayley:

Maxim:

Hudson:

John Paul:

Gabby:

Book Reviews - Clever Crazy Club and Party Pack Reading Groups

The last week we have been practicing our summarising and retelling skills with creating a book review for other learners to learn about the series that we are currently reading.

Take a look at our reviews and see what book you might like to pick up!  If you have any feedback for us, please leave us a comment!

Cross Country

What a fun day we all had at cross country.  Look at us all excited to get it underway!

The teachers tried to take photos of everyone participating so please look in this file to see if you can find yourself!

Congratulations everyone, you did so well!!