Haiku Poetry by Lesieli

This week our teacher decided that we needed some fun in our learning.

So we decide to do a Haiku Poetry. If you don't know what I am talking about, well you a just about to know. An 575 Poetry is a Pome that has only 5 syllables in the first line, 7 in the second  and 5 in the third line.

eg : MY - TA - LAN -TED - FRIEND.


HAVE A LOOK AT MY PICTURE AND TRY WORK IT OUT IN A 575 WAY!

Swiss Blue Bayou - Animated by Room 14

Swiss Blue Bayou - Room 14 from Team 4 Pes on Vimeo.

Room Fourteen were given the task to creatively animate lyrics to Swiss' Blue Bayou. Each kids was given a line of lyrics that they had to illustrate using hyperstudio.

It only took two days to put together, thanks to Room Fourteens hard work!

Enjoy :)

Netbook Reflection 2012 by Rebekah

During year four I was using paper and pencil. “Boring Right!” But now I use my a really cool netbook. It is kind of like a laptop but more amazing and more fantastic than pencil and paper. 

Pencil and paper was the only thing that I could only use when I was small and a little bigger. “That is it! I don't want to use paper and pencil ever again”, I said to myself. I was really sad that time when I was using paper and pencil but, now I could smile because I have a brand new netbook. Woo hoo!

When I first got my netbook I was thrilled but I was frustrated at the same time too
because I didn’t know how to use my netbook but a couple of teachers helped me and then I was so very happy!

About my netbook being a learning tool is great anyway and so very exciting because I get to learn how to write narratives and also recounts that I could share to people around the world. They could see it on my cool blog!

Next year I will not play games I will do my work and homework to because it is more important than a game.

Hope you like my netbook reflection.

Jumping The Number Line 3 by Josephine

 

We did Jumping the Number Line again! But now, I we three digit numbers and got it just like a snap! Actually, I expected it to be like a snap but no need to worry I got it in the end. 

Subtracting In Parts by Cezar

I am learning to subtract in parts with double digit numbers.

Retelling The Butter Trap by Chris

There was a girl who was told to get some butter. She went to the corner store, when she got the butter she was swinging it and it fell out. The butter land on the gutter. 

When she got home she lied to her mum that there was a nasty boy who chased her down the road. Mum was so nice because she believed her. 

Dad arrived home for lunch, they went to the nasty boy’s house to solve the problem.
But the nasty boy wasn’t there! He was at boarding school. And dad knew that she was lying.

Toy Making by Kevine

On Tuesday after morning tea, Room Fourteen kids had to make toys using, balloons, straws, bamboo sticks, paper,plastic bottles, string, sizes, cellotape, and lots of other things. We used lots of materials that some of us got from home. It was difficult to pick a toy because all of the toys looked so cool. I picked the square paper spinner.

Then we got started I tried and tried to make the square paper spinner but it was too hard. So I decided to make another toy that was easy, I looked and looked for an easy toy. Finally I found it, a coin centrifuge. The good thing about the coin centrifuge is that you only need a coin or a counter and a balloon.

I got started. I got a coin and a balloon it was kind of hard to put the coin into the balloon so I looked for a little plastic coin. I found one in the counter jar. I put it in and it fit. I started to blow my balloon I tied the top so the air doesn’t come out, I did it really tight. Finally it was done I shaked it then I stopped and the coin inside was spinning really fast.

Overall I enjoyed making toys. Next time I will look for a easy toy to make. I will try to work faster. The bad thing about my balloon is that is popped.

If you would like to make this toy click here.

Adding Ones and Tens by Karmana

Maths is  a wonderful and helpful thing because it will help you when you get older. I have been practicing how to add ones and tens.

Making Donuts by Rave

"Who would like to make some donuts?" my teacher said. "I do, I do", everyone said. On golden time today my class and I had a chance to make some donuts with our teacher.

The things we needed were cooking spray, pancake mix, a donut maker, sprinkles and icing. First we had to get the pancake mix and poor some water in it to make it a batter. 

After that we poured the batter into the donut maker one by one and we closed the lid of the maker and they cook. 

Then they came out looking fantastic and amazing. When they were all brown and looked cooked, it was time to decorate them. There were yellow and black sprinkles, rainbow sprinkles and yellow and orange sprinkles. I put all of them on to make it look like a rainbow.

In the end my one looked amazing and I had  lovely experience.

Jumping the Number Line by Byron

LI: I am learning to jump through a tidy number on a number line to solve problems like 17 + □ = 91.

How to Make A Balloon Rocket by Emmy

                                       I hope you like it.

Lizara's Toy Story

This animation is about a girl named Lizara who is playing with her favourite toy. I hope you enjoy.

Great Things Take Time - Maniakalani Film Festival

Do you like Harry Potter? J.K. Rowling took five years to write her first Harry Potter book and sold over four hundred million copies! She took her time, she believed in herself, and she never gave up. Rowling has showed us that Great things Take time!

Today we have a special movie for you that based on hopes and dreams. This movie has a group of talented kids in Room 14 who want to make their dreams come true! Watch as they tell you about their ambitions and the journeys they have planned in order to get there.

Sit back, Relax, and remember: Great Things Take Time!!!!

Room 14's Toy Stories

Room 14 have made animations sharing their toy stories. Look and listen as they show and tell you all about their favourite toys.

Goku and Gohan's Day Out

Unknown Sounds by Rave

Bella and Kelly's Trip to the Forest by Quasia

No Place to be Found by Josephine

Ian had a school trip today at the forest he spotted a bush and his class took no notice. Will Ian get back to his class or be living forever at the forest?

The Hungry Homeless Man by Calvin

The Grizzly Bear by Christian

This is the edited version of my Narrative Writing Sample. I hope you enjoy it!

The Girl Who Got Hit by a Tree by Nikki

Play Dough Fractions by Nikki

Did you know that today room fourteen  had a session of fractions with play
dough? We had to make eel’s  with the play doh. The play doh felt nice.

It felt nice because It felt gooey, smooth, squishy, mushy and sticky. The play doh was orange like the sun setting. It was quite challenging to make it equal. We had to make halves, thirds, fourths and fifths.

I liked the smell of the play dough because it smelt like donuts and salt. “Yay”, I said when I got to hold it. It ran through my fingers which was nice. When I punched the play dough It was smooth and soft.

After that we had to put the play dough away in the ice cream container and I felt sad because I really liked making fractions with play dough!

Play Dough by Chris

This morning we made fractions out of Play Dough. Room fourteen made them into eels. We had to cut them into two halve parts and then we made it into three third parts. After that we cut them up four fourth parts, then into five fifths.


The Play Dough felt gooey the color of the Play Dough was neon like the sun. It smelt like salty donuts!


It was so fun playing with the play dough. I hope we get to use play dough next time we learn fractions.

My Gymnastics Animation and Keynote by Rave

Here is My Gymnastics Keynote and Gymnastics Animation. I hope you have a nice time and be blown away.

Mixed Numbers by Cezar

I am learning how to change mixed numbers into improper fractions. I have shown my learning.

Improper Fractions by Korobeau

I have been learning to change improper fractions into mixed numbers.

Retelling by Rebekah

A Bowl of Rice by Peh So

I have been reading a story called A Bowl of Rice. It is about how to make rice and I have made a presentation for it.

I hope you like it.

All About Spiders

I have made a presentation all about spiders! I hope you enjoy it.

The Olympic Flame and Torch

The traditional Olympic flame was burning during the Olympic games were happening. They will light the flame every 4 years for the Olympic games.

In the past the olympic flames represented greek hero's rebirth and death.

In 1963, the first torch relay stared in Berlin, Germany. The torch was lit in the stadium in olympia and got carried around different countries.

The torch is carried by many people that might carry it by walking, running, riding horses and many other transports.

The last person who runs back to the stadium gets to light the big torch. At end of the olympic games the torch gets put out at the end of the closing ceremony.

In another four years there will be a new torch designed for the Olympic Games.

Tekoteko by Chris

The tekoteko has scary blue eyes, a big tongue, and sharp teeth. It is a carved in the shape of a human. A tekoteko is seen in a marae and protects the marae from the harm.

The Paralympics by Cezar

There  are sporting events in the Paralympic games. Paralympic games is help after the Olympics. 

To be a Paralympic Athlete you must have a Disability like be in a wheelchair,be blind and others things. Paralympics is in Summer and Winter.

The Paralympic Games includes goalball sitting volleyball and, Para Equestrian. Paralympics has the same rules as Olympics expect it is changed how it plays. It is very hard.

There are around 4200 athletes competing in the Paralympics. There are 20 sports. 11 days is how long the Paralympics go for. It starts today and finish 9 September.

Cross Country by Jonson

Last Friday, we had Cross Country. Mr Burt took the year five boys to the reserve, it was a bit muddy on the grass. We couldn`t go first because the girls had to go before us. 

When we were running it was a bit sloshy and wet. There were puddles that my shoes got caught in when we were running on the path.

It got a bit freaky when I got to the creek. There was a lot of mud and a long river. I nearly fell down on the mud. The part that I didn't like was going down and going up the stairs in the creek. When we went out of that first lot of creeks, there was another lot.

When I got to school people were cheering for their house colours. I hung out with some of my friends, telling them what they came but they didn't know what they came.

I didn`t come first, I came seventh, but I really enjoyed that Cross Country!

The Olympic Flag by Faafetai

Baron de Coubertin designed the Olympics flag during 1913 to 1914. The Olympic five rings represent the Olympic flag. Did you know that the rings represent five parts of the world joined together in the Olympic movement? They are Africa,the Americas, Asia, Australia and Europe.

Interesting Olympic Events

Room 14 have been learning about interesting Olympic Events. We have focused our research on the origins, rules, equipment, space, and skills needed on a particular Olympic Event. 

Have a go at guessing what different events we have animated!

London Olympic Opening Ceremony by Rebekah

Mike Mcroberts was reporting at the Kiwi House in london for the Olympic opening ceremony in last night. New Zealanders were cheering and were waving their flags at the Kiwi House.

Did you know that there were fireworks, dancing, singing, instruments, medals? The fireworks were so amazing and fantastic that it blew me away!

Mr. Bean was playing an instrument at the opening ceremony and he was so bored that he fell asleep and had a perfect dream.

It would be so cool going in a helicopter because I heard that James Bond and Queen Elizabeth went into a helicopter so they can see the olympic opening ceremony.


If I was in the audience or crowd I would be so thrilled and maybe fainting already and I will be cheering and screaming for my team NZ! When you were watching the olympic opening ceremony did you see the fiery olympic rings on prime?

PES Blogger Awards 2012

Miss Ouano and Room 14 are very proud of two smart and ambitious young ladies in our class! These wonderful girls stole the show at the the PES Blogger Awards today, winning 1st and 2 nd place for posting the most blog posts at out school!

Nearing the end of Assembly, Mrs Burt appeared to help give out the Reading Support Graduation Awards, no one was expecting anything else. Mrs Burt told us about her amazing trip and how she travelled FOUR continents. She then went on to say that she had met some researchers who gave her some fantastic statistics about the number of blog posts some children were making!  The fantastic result of the these statistics lead to a school acknowledgement to those who dedicate their time to write amazing and exciting blog posts!

Josephine and Lesieli were called up to the stage to received their awards for "Most Blog Posts". Josephine came in first place with a whopping 36 posts in Term One! Following closely behind came Lesieli at second place!

Lesieli and Josephine have been doing so well! They are always wanting to share their learning and experiences on their blog, even in their free time!

Well done Josephine and Lesieli! We are all very proud of you!

Miss Ouano :)

Blogger Awards Winner! By Lesieli 

Think left, Think right, Think low and Think high! Oh the things you can do when you try your best! I use my blog to tell my story and hopefully inspire my readers to break out of the box and feel comfortable to follow their dreams.

Today was a very special day and a lucky day for me and my friends. Today in assembly I have been given a Blogger Award for the most blogging in Term 1 at Pt. England School. This award was given to me by our head Maniakalani Teacher, Mrs Burt. I really appreciated it!  

Listing and Looking, Mrs Burt came out and said here are some blogger winners. Sitting there I though to myself, there is not way that it would be me. Then the next thing you know... my name is called out ..."LESIELI" ... I froze and looked.There was Mrs Burt waiting for me to come up. I got a prize pack and my friend JOSEPHINE got a prize pack too.


THANK YOU MRS BURT!

Lucky Awards by Josephine

Today was a very special and a lucky day for me and my friends because in a assembly I have been given a very special blogger award which is very cool ! This award was given from Mrs Burt, I had made the most blog posts at Pt. England School!! I really appreciate that it was given to me!

It  all began when it was time for the very special blogging awards! I was sitting down and thought that it couldn't possibly be me! I listened to Mrs Burt! "The person with thirty six posts is... JOSEPHINE!", She shouted as my blog appeared. I was amazingly shocked and froze. I stood up to get my award!  "Come and get your very special VIP award", She  said! Then I crazily froze for a little bit! She placed it on my neck I felt so special! Sela and Lesieli got their awards too!

When it was done we had to get the rest of our prizes! like... pencils and pens! Then we got a photo! We were feeling so happy!

THANK YOU MRS BURT!

Going Fishing by Mohammed

Me and Dad went on the rocks. We had a fishing rod each I said, “I’ve got a huge fish.”
“Well done son,” Dad said. “You should be proud of yourself.” Then dad got a little fish. I said, “Let’s go and cook the fish”
“No,” said dad. “First we need to remove the scales and clean them.”

BMX Cycling by Jonson

The Olympic event I have chosen is Bmx cycling. You have to cycle fast to come first. You also have to stay in front of the race so you can win the gold medal!

 
BMX cycling was started in the1960's in California.

BMX first appeared in the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008. A man called Latvias Maris Strombergs won the first BMX olympics race.

You need a BMX bike if you are going to ride on the tracks, and you have to have protective clothing. It might be handy to have a helmet for your head!

If you want to win your bike has to be light so it can go quite fast. You need to know how to do bunny hops so you can have a better view when you get to a ramp. It is also important to be smart and know were the tracks are!

London Olympics 2012 by Quasia

This year the Summer Olympics is going to be hosted in London,England. The opening ceremony is going held on July the 27th. There also will be are closing ceremony in August the 12th this year.
The Korero for the London Olympics is "Inspire a generation".

Olympic Themed Cupcakes

Here is a video tutorial of how to make Chocolate Cupcakes. The recipe makes 12-15 cupcakes, if you want to make a cake just double the ingredients!

To decorate your cupcakes cover with white icing and add five M&M's that represent each ring of the Olympic Flag!

Chocolate Cupcakes - Makes 12-15 Cupcakes

Ingredients:

1 cup flour
1 cup sugar
¼ cup cocoa powder
2 teaspoons baking powder
A pinch of salt (optional)

1 egg
½ cup milk
¼  cup oil
½ cup hot water (if you can't use hot cold water is fine)

Method:

1. Preheat your oven to 180C.
2. In a large bowl, sift the flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
3. Add the egg, milk, oil and vanilla essence and beat with a fork for about two minutes.
4. Add the boiling water and mix until combined.
5. Pour the batter evenly into the cases, around ¾ full.
6. Cook in the oven for 10-15.
7. Let the cupcakes cool completely before covering with icing.

Easy Vanilla Icing

1 cup of icing sugar
2 tablespoons of butter or margarine, softened
1 tablespoon  of milk
1/2 teaspoon of vanilla essence

Combine ingredients in a small bowl and mix with a fork until smooth and fluffy.

I hope you enjoy my recipe!

Happy baking,

Miss Ouano :)

Olympic Rings Mosaic by Lesieli

Mosaics can be images you create with small pieces of coloured cardboard, glitter, or other materials. Some Mosaics are usually made by small pieces of glass or coloured stone. Today in Room 17 we made a Mosaic out of Cardboard, glitter, materials and paper.

The image we had to do were The Olympic Rings. The reason why we did this was because our Inquiry is about The London Olympics 2012.

After all our pieces were finished and we put it together and it became the Five Rings of the Olympic Games. There was one piece missing and that was part of the green as you can see.


Overall, I had a great time creating our mosaic! Doesn't it look fantastic?

Term Two Reflection by Faafetai

Multimedia/ICT:
This term I have learnt how to make an IMovie by myself.

I have been making a Pop Art face and and making some animations.

What I haven’t done so well in Multimedia is not putting my work on my IMovie.

Next term I will improve putting my work on my IMovie.

Maths:
This term I have learnt my strategies with my teacher and decades with tens.

I have been good at counting back in tens and adding tens.

What I haven't done so well in Maths is not adding ones but I add the tens.

What I will improve next term is to write in my Maths book properly and not rush.

Reading:
This term I have learnt how to read books and complete my work in time.

I have been going up to the next level of my reading age and doing well with my reading comprehension.

The thing that I have not done so well in reading this term is not finishing off my work don’t do the answers of my reading sheet.

Next term I will improve my reading by finishing off my work and making sure I listen to my teacher when we are working together.

Miss Ouano's Birthday by Rave

Not Long after free time our teacher said to me and my friend “Could you Please go and get the GIANT Cupcake out of my car? ". Me and my friend replied “Okay”, so then we went to the carpark. When we got there we found her car and we saw the GIANT Cupcake! It had blue icing with hearts and stars sprinkles. 

When we got back to class we had a shared lunch. There were lots of chips and biscuits on the table, it was filled with goodies! In our class there are 30 children, so everybody had to bring some food. Some people bought biscuits and chips, I bought Jelly and Biscuits.

When me and my friend finished putting the goodies on the table we sat down and gave out the plates and napkins. After we finished handing out our teacher Miss Ouano cut the GIANT cupcake and asked us to come up to the table. She handed out some pieces to people. Meanwhile other people were lining up to get some food from the goodie table.

People lined up one by one and chose their food. After they went up to the table, more and more people went to go get their food. My class sat down on the mat and ate. We could go get more food if we wanted to and we could get more cake. After we ate there was a big mess so some people stayed and help my teacher clean up.

I hope next term we can have another shared lunch and bring more food. I hope it will be my teachers birthday again and we can have another GIANT Cupcake! It was yummy!

Roy Lichtenstein Presentation by Cezar

Quasia's Pop Art

Hi this is my movie I made showing a time lapse of my face. I hope you enjoy it!!

Clay Workshop Presentation by Peh So

I hope you like my Clay Workshop Presentation.

Gallery of Fine Art by Siutaka

This morning we went to the art gallery. I saw lots of cool art. I felt excited because it was my first time going in the art gallery, all of the art was excellent! When I got to the front of the hall I saw more fantastic art.

I saw my classmates artwork, it looked fantastic. I saw lots of good art work in the hall, there were lots of different types.                                                                        
                                                                                    My favorite

art work was by Taniela from room 15, he did lots of good bright colors in his painting.

I felt happy that I went to the art gallery because it was my first time. I hope we go there again and see all the beautiful artwork.

Youth Town by Korobeau

Did you know last week When I got to school I was so excited because Room 14 was going to Youth Town? When the second bell went I ran to class to go to the hall. At the hall we got into our groups and hopped on the bus.

When we got there all of us were happy to get in. Miss Ouano lead us to the room that we make clay ornaments in. The instructor was showing us how to make the ornaments then we started with the clay.

We were happy with our work that we made when were were all done. Then time was up, we all said bye because it was time to move on and get ready for the next thing. We got ready to swim.


I thought Youth Town was cool and exciting because we got to make clay and to swim in a heated pool. I hope next time we get to go there again!

My Pop Art Movie By Christian

I made a Pop Art animation of myself. I used the same colours just like Andy Warhol did.  I hope you enjoy my movie.

Spider Facts by Peh So

I have made a presentation all about spiders for my reading. I used my journal and a website to find information for my presentation. I hope you like it.

The Evil Tohunga by Damien

The seven whales went out to find food for them.

The evil Tohunga wanted them to get some news.

One of the whales was resting all day.

Seven whales turned into mountains.

Swimming by Lesieli

Filled with anticipation, we walked to the pools. I was really thrilled that we went cause I am kind of like a water freak. Like most people say 'First one in last one out'. I am always the first one in and I am always the last on out.  

Starring longley at the pool I wanted to dive in. "Slip in now girls” the Instructor said. My Feet slipped into the pool like a dolphin’s tail. Lying on my back my feet were kicking, the water was warm and relaxing around my body. As we slipped into the pool I dived like a dolphin. Coming up from the water our eyes were stinging red. We blinked away the burn.

In my group we did big strokes and kicking underwater it was really exhausting. Then we had to do three laps of the pool without stopping. If we did stop they cant mark us off. We went one by one without no stopping and when we finished our legs were numb. It was really weird because it felt like we didn’t have any legs.

My final feelings on swimming is that I need to get better at doing 'frog legs'. When i get better it will be Superb! I still need to get better at things and learn new skills. By the end of the year I will be a good swimmer.

My Dinosaur by Cowan

Last Tuesday we drew a dinosaur. It is a Tyrannosaurus.

It was cool drawing the Tyrannosaurus but I found it hard.

I helped to paint the background.

Andy Warhol's Style of Art by Nikki

Did you know a man called Andy warhol was a very good artist. He made a film about a man that was sleeping for six hours, that's why it was called 'SLEEP. Andy warhol did Pop Art and he did it in America where all the popular people lived. Andy painted Marilyn monroe who was an actress in movies. Andy also did pop art of the famous boxer Muhammed Ali.

The main reason why Andy Warhol is famous is because he was on of the first people to do POP ART. No one can do better pop art then him.Andy warhol’s POP ART is very famous and nearly everyone  knows how famous his art is. He takes photographs of celebrities and then he does pop art over it. If you do not know what POP ART is, pop art is when Andy Warhol does art of popular brands, popular people, and popular food and drinks.



Warhol’s art looks real and when he was doing his art he was using bold outlines and bright colours. In Andy Warhol’s art he inverted his colors. Andy Warhol used Silk Screening for some of his artwork. When Andy Warhol was doing his art he was doing it with concentration that's why his art looks real. His art is wonderful because when he did his pictures of Marilyn Monroe he made her eyes sparkle.



I like that Andy Warhol uses bold outlines and he uses detail. I think that Andy warhol would have loved creating art!

Andy Warhol's Pop Art by Jonson

There was an american artist, and his name was and Andy Warhol. He calls his art pop art.

He also painted and screen printed over photos of celebrities (famous people) like Marilyn Monroe and Mohammed Ali.

Andy Warhol  is so famous. His style of art is pop art. Pop art means popular art. Andy Warhol is so popular he draws things popular, like celebrities.

Did you know that Andy got shot three times by angry lady in 1968? He still survived. Warhol always draws simple strong shapes and then he screen prints it. He uses bright colours for his paintings. He made very popular paintings every time he painted. He uses a screen printer when he does his prints.

Overall, I think that was amazing what Andy Warhol has done in his life. He has done an excellent job. Andy Warhol is very popular, famous and so fantastic!