Shirley's Blog

 Today I made a mini-sized ice cream shop but not just any ice cream shop a Koala ice cream shop! I made lots of little detail I made a plant it was a little hard but it looks good. I made holes to make the ice cream. When I was nearly done I made a coloring competition and I made ice cream cones I love this so much because I put a lot of effort into it and it looks really good!  I worked by myself! I made a little sign that said 50% off and the other side said Koala ice cream!

 Today we did Play, Make, Create! Today the book was called We Are All Equal!  Today I worked with Haven I think that I and Haven worked really well because we got our thing finished and I hope I could work with Haven again! I and Haven did Create we did something that could help a panda get food from a tall Bamboo tree. So I and Haven made a hella copter it was really hard sticking the helicopter altogether but at the outside, we got a sign to pay here the pandas have to pay with leaves and we got a little basket! I love the top because I made a propeller and it can move! Inside we have got pandas in thair sets and the driver has buttons to push! There is a wall between the passengers and the drive! I would not change anything because I think it is perfect! I am really proud of myself and Haven and I would love to work with Haven again.  

 Today for Play Make Create I did a collage I used a magazine I drew a face that was facing Sideways Then I Got the Magzine and cut it into pieces! The book that we had to see before and do our thing was called Rain Before  Rainbow! It was a really cool book! I work by myself and I think I did really good by myself! I did design! I put some bubbles on top of my head because I write something inspiring!  I think this is really good because I use my independence and I did not give up with my hands got sticky!  what are my quotes w Never keep your head down stick up for yourself! I really like how I did this by myself! I am proud of myself!

 Today for Whetu Challenge! We did a build-it challenge Where you had to build a tall tower with newspaper and tap! We have done it before but the teachers Thought that we could do it again so we do it better! I worked with two boys and one girl! I think we worked well together because our tower was really tall but not that tall because other people had a better chance because the selling was a little bit higher! But in the end, ours did not stay up and we had to put it down! It was really fun! Mis Mac tout us to make it tighter and I did that and that really helps! So now I know next time know what to do better!

 Today we had to make a poster about Brushing your teeth. We had to make one help other people that do not know how to brush their teeth! For my poster, I had some steps on how to brush your teeth Like step one wet your toothbrush stuff like that! I really like my poster I am proud of myself!  We put pitchers on I put like teeth pitchers and a toothbrush and a strong tooth! Remember Brush your teeth for TWO MINUTES! 

 Today it is Play Make Create and I worked with Tayla The book that we had to copy was about this lion that could not make decisions. One of the things that we could do was for Make so I and Tayla chose to make and we made a chair for a king! The book was called Theodore the Unsure. I made some pillows it was hard making them because I had to stay pill the fabrics together but it was not letting me do it like I wanted to! We made a rug out of flowers on the floor next to the chair we put the chair on top of a platform. The pillow on the top of the chair was there because it is a headrest! For the King! I did make a little staircase but it was a bit too small for the platform but I could not change it because it was clean up! We typed the back so the set would stay up but it did not work because it keeps falling down! Tayla covered the chair with wool so it would be comfier! It was soft! I think that I and Tayla worked good together! 

 On Friday we had a day that we had to make Kites it was very fun!   For my Kite, I used sticks for my base! It worked well I used newspaper for my top bit I cut it out like it was a fox head. I worked by myself but I think I worked well without anyone it was a change! At two O, clock we flew the Kites parents could come but mine could not because they had work but it was fun without them anyway because I had my friends with me! My Kite did not fly on Friday Because I think I might have been better at making the fox's head a bit bigger so it covered more of the Kite! We all had a chance of keeping our Kite at school and trying to fly it on a more winder day! After the weekend's ended it was Monday and it was more winder than Friday So we tried to fly our kites and mine flew just a little bit but I was proud of myself because I worked really hard on it and it was fun making it! The tail was really good I made little bows at the end it helps the Kite fly! If I could change ...

 For today we all had to work with someone we did not work with so I worked with Maia! Maia and I made a painting of like a happy and bright side and a sad and dark side and I wite that if you are down you can like always get up because sometimes can make you happy when you're sad! I think me and Maia worked great together and we should more! I painted with watercolors and it worked really good! I think I worked really well with watercolors! 

 Today I and Marley worked together!   Today the thing we had to like copy off was Be YourSelf! We did Design make Create! We pasted the piece of cardboard as a rainbow It was hard sharping over the pasted! We both made butterflies and Colored them in and Write about us like what we are! We glued it on the sides. We sharped on the pasted what we loved and Write BE YOU! I think the hardest part was getting it finished because we had to do the talent show at the same time for like ten minutes. But We got it finished!!! We decided that I will take it Home I really wanted to! It looks! I wish we could change that the sharpy worked and was brighter! I think me and Marley should work more often because I think we are really good at working together!  We did really good! I think that The pastels worked really well and bright!

  Term 2, Week 1 2021 During Term 1 we have been practicing our addition and subtraction knowledge through the online program called NumBots.  At the start, it was super easy but progressively got more challenging. I am now on the Gold level of NumBots. I think that it is hard to get to level Gold because you have to do 18 bots you have to pass to get to level gold! I think I have worked hard to get to this level. I enjoy NumBots because it is fun when you get the right answer. Some levels are really easy to get though. what I find challenging is doing some level I don't know remember what levels they are! This week we have started TTRockstars.  This is an online program which helps us to learn our timetables. First, we had to complete 10 Studio games which were really hard because they had basic facts right up to 12 x 12. Now that the hard part is over we can play in the Garage and start learning our tables. I think that TTRockstars is a bit harder now because I ha...

 Today Haven and I did Play Make Create! The story that we had to do it on was... UP THE CREEK! I worked with Haven and We made a submarine. Haven made the bear and the moose and beaver.  I made it like a creek by making a rectangle with cardboard and filled water in it at first it leeked! so we decided not to have water in it. I and Haven used teamwork and I think the best part that stayed together was the submarine.  If I would choose that would be different it would be that the water did not come out!   

  Whetu Fun Day Last Thursday we had a Whetu Fun Day as our camp was postponed.  Our teachers planned a fun day for us instead!  We participated in a Whetu Amazing Race, a range of different fun rotations, a BBQ lunch, and play on the council playground then we finished the day with an Easter Egg hunt and an ice block. My favorite part of the Amazing Race was running around Ngatea with my friends it was so fun and  The hard part was cracking the code at the end. My group (the bunnies) got a little mucked up because we did not have a parent but we had some help from the teachers and we got back on track and we did not give up! I had a great time. It was really fun hanging out and shoving stuff with my friends because some of them I do not play with much and I got to know them more. It was kinda hard because we did not have a parent but we got tongue anyway. I am so glad. The code at the end that we had to crack was hard because we were all hungry and tired but it was ...

 For play make create I worked with  Tayla and Marley Today we did not have a book to do this on but we did have one word to copy off and the word was...  CAMP!! The teachers did that because we are going to camp this week and I am so excited! This is how and why I work with Tayla and Marley its because we all had the same idea and we made like a whole stack and did the back would the night time with a moon! I think the hardest bit was making the tents because we had to put sticks together! and we made a river but at the end when it was pack up the time it kinda licked Marley made the river it was good before the spill. We made a fireplace and for the fire, we used Clear red and orange paper and we got lots of stuff from outside and around the fire we used rocks from outside and we got lots of leaves and trees! I made some decorations and made some stuffed toys for the kids that come to our campsite! and I made little marshmallows on sticks and colored some of the brown s...

 Today we did a Maths mystery With Olivia and today we got Mollie for the Trophy thief! I think that this one was really easy. We did not have much time because at first, we were backing cookies for CAMP! For clue one we got the thief had a metal drink bottle!   Clue two we got that the thief was a female! In clue three we had to count up coins and we got 4 one dollar 40cs.  Clue four we got the thief's shoe size is size nine! Clue five we had that the thief played for team BLUE!!!! and we got MOLLIE!!!!!!! I think that we did Supernova effort!

     PLAY, MAKE, CREATE!!   For Play Make Create the book this time was called Graffs can not dance! But that was not true becaouse in the book the Graff started to dance!! For play make and create we made a Collage with lots of color full papper and some news papper in  my head it looked AMZING but when we started to do it and end it it looked way better than in my head. I worked with two friends of mine that I normaly do not work wiht and we all had so much fun working together. And those two paople are MARLEY, AND LOLA!! Marley darw the graff head and Lola darwd the eyes for the graff and I stuck on leafs and sticks and did the moon and I love it so much!                                                                                      ...

  Week 5, Term 1, 2021 Monday was our school Swimming Sports. On the day I did 4 events one length of breaststroke, one length of freestyle, one length of backstroke, and two lengths of breaststroke! I feel really proud of myself because I have not done two lengths before and I think I did really well and I am going to haiku plans!   We had two art sessions this week and I think that my art has gone really well so far. I am with miss mac and we are doing college and then doing an animal face. I am up to glueing the pieces that we have cut out with materials, paper, and basically using anything else. I am so excited to see what it is going to end up like! In reading this week we have been ready The Magic Finger! And we have drawn summarizing and something else. We are the book detectives! It has been really fun so far a lot to look forward to! Part of our maths program is NumBots and I think I am doing a lot and I know I have improved a lot so I am really proud of myself i...

  Week 4, Term 1, 2021 The most interesting/fun thing we have done during class time this week is takaro because we were allowed to play on the playground, look at clouds, and do anything really! I and my friends had the bags and we pretented that we were bags and went to the teachers and it was really fun and weird!! Numbots have been really fun because I have been really good at my maths and I think I have really improved myself! We started our art this week and I have chosen to do art with Miss Mac Our art is going to be really good and fun because we are doing a collage of an animal of any kind you like and I think it is going to be really fun to do. I'm going to do a snake for my animal. I chose it because I think that having the tongue hanging out would be really cool! We created our Whetū stars on Thursday and they look amazing. I can't believe that I could fit all my photos on a little star and my mum or dad could not make it but I had Tayla my friend to be my mum and t...

  Week 3, Term 1, 2021 Someone who has helped me with my learning this year is Haven because last week we did a Whetu challenge and we had to be in groups and I was with Haven and when I was writing  Haven was telling me what to write and help so much with everything else. One time I was doing Nmbots and Tayla helped me because I was stuck on this challenge. I did not know what to do and she helped me.  The most interesting/fun thing we have done during class time is on Friday because we did three challenges and dressed up in our house colors. One of the challenges was that we did an obstacle course and it was so fun doing it and screaming for my team! The most fun thing that I have done at a play or lunchtime this year is playing with Crocodile with all of my friends! Crocodile is a game that one person is in and they start on the floor and try to tag the other people if you are in and want to get up on the playground you have to close your eyes!  One word that desc...

 We are back from the holiday and when I got to school we made an avatar for Numbots! I made a whole different avatar than last year because I have changed a lot. It was way easier to make one than last year because I did it last year! Here is my avatar!