Christmas Invitation

We are learning to communicate with other people around the world using an invitation. I know I have learnt this when I have created an invitation to our christmas concert

Dear Mum and Dad,

I would like to invite you to the school hall for the Christmas concert, it will be held in the 17th of December at 6:30  pm. The Christmas concert is a play of how Jesus was born. There will classes singing and the year eight’s will perform how Jesus. The Year ones to the year sevens will be singing songs when the year eights are acting. The nativity scene is a special time of the year because it's Jesus birthday and Jesus birth, so please come to the concert if you can make it.

My Reflection

We are learning to reflect on what we have done this year. I know I have learnt this when I have made a presentation of my Journey through this year. This is My Presentation.

My Christmas Card

We are learning to communicate with others and with people around the world using a card. I know I have learnt this when I have created a Christmas card and put a message, 2 pictures and a front cover. This my card

Persuasive Wasive Writing

      We are learning what the structure of a persuasive writing. The structure of a persuasive writing is, a thesis, three main reason with three examples or facts and a conclusion. We have to complete a conclusion for a persuasive text. I know I have learnt this when I have completed a text for a conclusion. This is a picture of our persuasive text.

Maori Instruments

We are learning about the Maori instruments and other traditional Instruments. I have chosen a lute to be my traditional instrument.Here is a picture and 5 facts about the lute.

1. In Europe lutes were very popular for a few hundred years it was most popular in 1400-1800.
2. There are a lot of wood you can use to make a lute these are the woods.For the neck block you can use Sycamore, Mahogany, Lime Wood, Cedar of Lebanon, Yellow Cedar and Poplar. For the ribs you can use RoseWood, Indian RoseWood, Kingwood, Ash, Yew, Plumwood, Cherry wood, Hornbeam, Goncalo alves, Walnut, Cocobolo, Padauk, Ebony, Plane, Sycamore, Maple, Birds eye maple and Holly.  
3. Lutes were one of the most famous instruments in the early days, they were played in church, in courts, in towns, in streets and in theatre’s.
4. Lutes have courses, there are 5 courses, 6 courses, 10 courses and 15 courses.
5. Lutes are medieval instruments.

Freddie's Factory

We are learning to persuade people build/not build a factory on our courts. I know I have learnt this when I have created a persuasive story and made a blog post. This is my story.

                                                      Saint Patrick School 

Freddie Fletcher
Fletcher Food Factories
Auckland
30/08/13
Dear Freddie,
I think you should not build a factory in our school. Having  a factory in a school is horrible, having factory in school is bad, having a factory in a school is crazy.

Fletcher's company should not build a factory because they will take away our courts. We wont be able  to play any sports. All the people that like basketball wont be able to play. Having no court in our school is the worst thing in the world that could happen.

They should not build the factory because it will be noisy  and will disturb the other children that are learning.Would you want your learning to be disturbed every day? I wouldn't. The factory would affect our learning because we won't be able to hear the teacher. If that happens we won't learn and we will become dumb. Not concentrating is bad , not concentrating is terrible, not concentrating is awful.

Another reason not to build the factory is because the factory could cause a fire . The fire might be caused if a worker leaves something hot on a wooden bench over night. If theirs a fire it will destroy the school hall and church. It will also destroy our learning tools like our Chromebooks and it will be gone forever. Fire is bad, fire is fierce, fire is terrible.

If you put the factory our courts it wont be fun and if you make a lot of noise we wont be able to learn.

My Reflection Of This Year

We are learning to reflect on the work we have done this year. I know I have learnt this when I have reflected on things we have done this year. Here is my reflection of why it is better to use chrome books than books.

How has having a net book, connected to the  internet, helped my learning this year?

Having a net book connected to the internet helps us with our learning because we can teach people how to work out equations using our blogs. You also don’t have to find words in a thesaurus because you can just find words by going on the online thesaurus. You also don't have to look in a dictionary to find the definition or the correct spelling of a word because you can use the online dictionary to find the definition and the correct spelling. Another good thing about having a Chromebook is you get to use Google chrome which is faster than the internet and Google.

Living On A Star

We are learning to discover the the different types of stars and communicate what life would be like as a tourist there. I know I have learnt this when I have written a post card to my family about what life would be like on a star.

Peace In The World

We are learning About the people of advent. We talked About Isaiah and what he said the world would be like when Gods and Jesus's ways are completely on earth.

My Challenging Goals For Term Three

We are learning about goals, we had to make new challenging goals for writing, reading and maths. I know I have learned this when I can persuade someone using interesting words , read texts and understand them and get my division correct. These are my goals for term three

My goal for writing is to persuade people by using interesting words. This is important because  I will be able to put it on my blog and persuade people around the world to do something. The steps I will take to achieve my goal will be to write interesting persuading sentences.

My goal for Reading  is to understand what the texts mean and read other sorts of stories. This is important because we will be able to understand other books that have really big words.The steps I will take to achieve my goal will be  to read chapter books everyday and reread the text if I don’t know what a word

means

My goal for Maths is to learn my division and use two types of strategies to solve problems. This is important because I will be able to get my division  right when I do a speed test. The steps I will take to achieve my goal will be practice my division and solve maths problems with two strategies every day.

Maori Cloaks

We are learning to understand the importance of a Maori cloak and what it tells us. The Maori cloak tells a story about the wearer or the maker. They are made for special people like Maori chiefs to show that they are important. We have chosen to put our learning on our feather. This a picture of my feather.

My Learning Journey

Maori Instruments

In room 5 for social studies we are learning about maori instruments and other instruments from other cultures. I know I have learnt this when I have chosen a instrument and found five facts about my instrument. These are my facts and my instrument is a Lute.

1. In Europe lutes were very popular for a few hundred years it was most popular in 1400-1800.
2. There are a lot of wood you can use to make a lute these are the woods.For the neck block you can use Sycamore, Mahogany, Lime Wood, Cedar of Lebanon, Yellow Cedar. For the ribs you can use RoseWood, Indian RoseWood, Kingwood, Ash, Yew, Plumwood, Cherry wood, Hornbeam, Goncalo alves, Walnut, Cocobolo, Padauk, Ebony, Plane, Sycamore, Maple, Birds eye maple and Holly.  
3. Lutes were one of the most famous instruments in the early days, they were played in church, in courts, in towns, in streets and in theatre’s.
4. Lutes have courses, there are 5 courses, 6 courses, 10 courses and 15 courses.
5. Lutes are a medieval instruments.

The Talking picture

We are learning about saints and inspiring people. Saints are different to inspiring people because they have had the Eucharist and they pray. I know I have learnt this when I have made a video of a Saint. This is my video of my Saint and My Saint is Saint Mark.