Ice Candles

 Yesterday we made Ice Candles.

My favourite part was opening the ice candle because I had know idea that a lot of water was going to pour out of the sides .

All you need to make this is

Old candle wax

An empty milk carton ( washed out )

Oil

ice

Long candle

Here are the steps to make an Ice candle.

1. Cut open a milk carton

2. Rub oil all over the inside of the carton

3. Put the long candle in the middle 

4. Fill it with ice

5. Melt the candle wax

6. Pour the candle wax into the carton

7. Wait 24 hours for it to harden

8. When its dry rip the carton off

9. Make sure all the water is out

10. Enjoy!

I found it really hard to rip the carton of because we didn't rub the oil all over the sides properly.

Here are some Photos.

November Reflection

Today I did my November Reflection.

I enjoyed Writing about wild lab because I really wanted to share it with you because I had an amazing time there.

I found it challenging to remember how much points we had.

My learning object show that I can reflect on my learning last month.

Next time I would add some colour to the background.

Art Coloring Book

Today for Cybersmart we use a tool called Art Colouring Book .

The art work I recoloured was by Elaine de Kooning.

She was born on the 12 March 1918. And died on the 1 February 1989.

She was influenced by her husband Willem de Kooning.

The first thing I had to do was watch 3 videos then go onto Art colouring book and pick a famous art work to recolour.

I enjoyed recoloring it in my own way.

I found it tricky to get all of the small details.

My learning object shows that I can change things creatively.

Here is my art work.

Here is the original art work.

Rat Island

WALT- To infer.

Today I was  doing my hypotheses about a book called Rat Island.

I enjoyed telling you my hypothesis about the book.

I found it challenging to describe my thoughts on how the book might go.

My learning object shows that I can think about a story before I read it.

This is what my was.

look at the cover design and illustration and read the title and blurb of the story. What appeals to you? What does not appeal to you? Do they make you want to read the story? Why or why not? Write your thoughts in the boxes below.

Blurb

I think that Tam is going to be loyal to his crew and take risk and face a captin by having a sword fight.

Cover

The cover shows a pirate. I think that the pirate comes to the island infested with mutant rats.

Title

I think that it's called rat island because there are just rats  and they are evil but they look after the island from people and animals.

I think that the story was set in 1936.

October Reflection

Today we did our October reflection.

I enjoyed  telling about what activities we did on camp.

I found it challenging to remember how many points we had for class dojo's.

My learning object shows  that I can reflect on my learning this month.

Next time I would add a background.

Camp Goals

Last week we went on camp.

Today we finished updating our camp goals.

I enjoyed telling you what I have achieved in camp.

I found it challenging to go  high for the high ropes.

My learning object shows that I can update my blog.

Parihaka Feather

This week we have been learing about Parihaka.

Today my buddy and I finished making our albatross feathers.

I enjoyed adding the detail.

I found it challenging to find some of the information cards.

My learning object shows that  I can learn more about my culture.

The 5th of November 1881 is the day the soldiers invaded Parihaka.

Parihaka is located between Mount Taranaki and the Tasman Sea in the North Island of New Zealand.

Here are the feathers.

Thank you letter

Last week we went on camp to Tui Ridge. We did many fun activities like high ropes, the rope maze, Gondolas, sling shot paint ball, luge, indoor rock climbing and other activities. 

Today I finished writing my thank you letter to my dad, thanking him for all of the things he has helped me and other people with on camp.

I enjoyed writing him a letter because he is an amazing person.

My learning object shows that I can write a thank you letter, and meet the success criteria. 

Here is my letter.

Morgan T

40 Campion Rd

Gisborne

5 November 2020

Dear Dad,

I am writing to you to thank you for all of your hard work.

You made camp a blast because you are just a fun person to be around.

You are the best person at playing the virus in Survival.

Thank you for encouraging me to go higher on the high ropes even though I was scared out of my mind. But you made me feel safe when you said that you wouldn’t let me fall.

  

So thank you Dad for being a fabulous leader and being really fun and amazing to hang around with.

Ngā mihi

Morgan

Camp Rules 2020

Today I did my Camp Rules for 2020.

Next week we are going to camp at a place by Rotorua called Tui Ridge. We will be doing the high ropes, the rope maze, Gondolas, sling shot paint ball, luge, indoor rock climbing and many other exciting things.

I enjoyed telling you some of the rules for camp.

I found it challenging to remember the rules for respecting ourselves.

My learning object shows that I can remember most of the camp rules.

Camp Goals 2020

Next week we are going to camp at a place by Rotorua called Tui Ridge. We will be doing the high ropes, the rope maze, Gondolas, sling shot paint ball, luge, indoor rock climbing and many other exciting things.

We have set some goals for camp. I enjoyed writing my social goal.

I found It challenging to write a personal goal because I am really confident about everything.

My learning object shows that I can set goals for myself.

Letter to the Editor

Today we wrote a letter to the Editor of Gisborne's News papers.

We told them about how we would like them to spray the black berry and mow the long grass so that we can plant more native trees, plants and bushes .

I enjoyed writing the letter.

My learning object shows that I write letters.

Here is my letter :

GÖe moira Editor,

St Mary is a Green Gold Enviroschool. We have been trying to keep our Rerenga Awa (River Garden) clean and are trying to encourage native birds and insects to come to our garden down by the awa. But it’s hard because we can’t plant any more trees or native plants because the Council has stopped mowing and now there is blackberry in the way. We have called the Council and asked if they could spray the blackberry and mow the all the tall grass so that we can plant more native trees, plants and bushes. Some people have visited them. Someone has used the Fix It app. But there was no response to any of this. We need to plant trees close to the Rerenga Awa to provide shade to encourage freshwater creatures to come and live there. We also want to provide places for native birds and insects to stay at our Rerenga Awa. I firmly believe the Council should come and spray the blackberry and mow the tall grass so St Mary’s School can keep planting native trees and bushes for our wildlife.

Yours sincerely, 

Morgan

 

Pop Art

This art was inspired by Andy Warhol.

Today we use a tool called Luna pic.

I enjoyed finding new effects.

I found It challenging to put my 4 photos evenly on a google drawings.

My learning object shows that I can use Luna Art.

Next time I would use the flame effect  because it look like real flame.

The first thing we did is we took a photo then put it onto luna pic by clicking the green upload button. Then we got to pick the effects. When we found an effect we where happy with we went to file and save Image and click save as Png. After that we had to click upload it the top left corner and then it would take you to your original photo. When you click your original Photo you can start all over again.

The effects I used Beauty, Dreaming, Floating, Nouveau.

Five things you can do in Gisborne for free

Today I finished making a animation on scratch about five things you can do in Gisborne for free.

I enjoyed making the animation.

I found it challenging to find some of the buttons that I needed.

My learning object shows that I can make an animation on scratch.

Click the image to go and try the animation. There are instructions on the page to help you.

September Student Reflection

Today we did our September Student Reflection .

I enjoyed telling you about how I felt when I was doing my speech.

I found it challenging to pick something from our  Enviroschools because every thing is so interesting.

My learning object shows that I can reflect on my learning this month.

Next time I would add more detail to what I was reading at home.

Book Creator and Te Wiki o te Reo Maori, Maori language week

This week is Te Wiki o te Reo Maori. Maori language week.

I enjoyed  picking the backgrounds for my book.

I found it challenging to pick a font that would be easy to read. 

My learning object shows that I can create a book about Maori words and how to pronounce them.

Wevideo

Last week we learnt how to make a wevideo.

I enjoyed picking out the photos.

I found it challenging to put the wevideo altogether.

My learning object shows that I  can make a wevideo and put it on my blog. 

My topic was based on our Rat Traps.

Advertisements

This week we have been reading about advertisements.

I enjoyed picking my topic as a bedroom because there was alot of things that belong in a bedroom.

I found it challenging to pick a prise for the bed and the lamps.

My learning object shows that  I can make my own advertisement.

Next time I would make more advertisements.

August Reflection Newsletter

Every month we reflect on our learning.

Today we have been doing our August Reflection Newsletter.

I enjoyed telling you about what we were reading becasue the books are very interesting..

I found it challenging to do the Trivia questions because I am still learning about things around the world.

My learning object shows that I can reflect on my learning this month.

Have you ever done a Reflection Newsletter?

Sacrament word wall

This week we have been learning about the sacraments.

I enjoyed learning about the sacraments because I didn't know them before.

I found it challenging to find the definitions and put it in my own words.

My learning object shows that I know the 7 sacraments.

Our teacher set us a task to work with a buddy and put the sacraments in alphabetical order.

If there wasn't a sacrament starting with A we just went straight to C same with the others .

My  buddy and I  decided to put our work into a google slide and then turn it into a GIF by using TallTweets.

Tracey Tawhiao Art Work

This week we have been doing our Tracey Tawhiao art work.

I enjoyed painting and combinding colours.

I found it challenging to do the small designs because the pastel was too big.

My learning object shows that I can present my culture in art form.

Firstly we had to pick out a newspaper that had words that meant something to us.

Then we had to paint around the words we wanted to keep.

After that we put patterns of our culture. My culture is Maori.

Did you know  she is a writer, poet, filmmaker, qualified lawyer and a practising artist.