Christmas Decorations

Hello everyone,

For the last two days, we have been creating Christmas decorations to sell at our school
Whanua House day. We are doing this to get parents to buy our decorations so that we
have money for next years Ski Trip. 

Kelly and I created a reindeer (Rudolph), Snowman and we each created a toilet roll snowflake.
For our creations we used toilet rolls. To make our reindeer we cut slices on each side of the toilet roll.
Next, we made some earmuffs using pipe cleaners and pom poms. We hot glued them together.
After that, we glued googly eyes on and a big red pom pom for the nose.  We had to make sure
that it was quality over quantity. 

I loved making my snowflake because I could design it myself.
I think I needed to improve my hot gluing skills.

Here are me and Kelly’s creations:

Essential List Spelling

Hello everyone,

Yesterday, we did an activity for our spelling. We were getting prepared for the Essential List Spelling Test. We had to choose 10 random words from list 6, 7 and 8. Next, we made a slideshow. After that, we wrote; how many syllables in the word, a sentence and the root word. My favourite part was choosing the words.  The hardest part was putting some of the words into complex sentences. The learning behind this was to practice the Essential Spelling Lists.
Here is my slideshow:

Thank You Letter

Kia ora,

This week, we wrote thank you letters to our grandparents that came to our school Greats and Grands Day. We thanked them for coming. We included a thank you paragraph, enjoyed paragraph and a question. I enjoyed writing the letter. The learning behind this was to learn how to write a formal letter to someone.
Here is my letter;

Ronan Leung

122 Showgrounds RD 

Waimate North

Northland

New Zealand

Northland

Kerikeri

New Zealand

12 November 2019

Dear Narnie and Grampy,

Thank you very much for coming to Greats and Grands Day. I am truly honoured that you attended the beautiful and terrific day. Thank you for taking part in the fun and exciting games that were played on our lush green field. Also, thank you for the baking that you treated me with and the big smooches you placed on my little cheeks.

The day wouldn't have been as good without you two amazing, loving and funny grandparents.

I am sure you will thank me soon enough for the delicious, oozy fudge that melts in your mouth?

I enjoyed your company on that sunny day.

I truly enjoyed the day with you. I hoped you liked the amazing book about special times with you. I also enjoyed your cheering in the games and the warm, snuggly hugs you gave me.

Did you like the ukulele performance from your (handsome) grandson?

Did you enjoy Greats and Grands Day as much as I did?

Also, did you enjoy the tea and baking?

Your Sincerely, 

Ronan

Animal Report

Kia Ora,
For the last few days, we have been researching about an animal we would want as a pet. I chose a majestic golden pheasant. We first wrote the information which included; diet, scientific name, class, size, life span, description, special trait, home (habitat) and reproduction on a paper template. Then, we transferred it to a slide or draw. My favourite part was learning about the pheasant. The hardest part was learning to say its scientific name Chrysolophus Pictus. The learning behind this was to learn how to write an animal report and to learn about an animal we would want. Mum, this a message for you, BUY ME THIS BIRD!!!!!!!
Here is my animal report:

Margaret Peters Spelling

Kia ora everyone

Today, we sat the Margaret Peters Spelling Test. I scored 46 which gives me a spelling age of 12.9.

At the beginning of the year, I scored 43 and had a spelling age of 12.6.

So, I improved my spelling age by 1.3 years.

I think I got this result because I am reading harder and more complex books. I also think I got this score because I I am always on task.

Hot Air Balloon

Hello,
Last Friday, Miss Fletcher came into our class to do science with us.  The experiment was hot air balloons. We wrote a prediction of what would happen when we put some water in a bottle with; yeast and sugar and then put a balloon on top. The balloon inflated! We wrote observations. After that, we did some research about our wondering questions. We discovered that CO2 was the gas inflating the balloon. My favourite part doing the research. The hardest part was doing the prediction, because I already knew what was going to happen. The learning behind this was to observe about chemistry.
Here is my presentation: