SLJ Lesson 3

SLJ Lesson 1

Japan

 For the Summer Learning Lesson we had to choose a country to study on. I chose Japan! Japan’s Capital City is called Tokyo. It is also one of the main cities in Japan. There are 5 main cities in Japan which are Tokyo(Capital), Kyoto, Hiroshima, Sendai and Osaka.

 Japan is one of the countries in the Pacific Ocean. Japan is located to the east of Russia, China and Korea. Japan’s population is 127.1Million. Most people in Japan speak Japanese since it’s their official language. Their money currency is called a Yen [JPY]. Some relating population/Subgroup are Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Filipino, Brazilian Vietnamese and other.

 Some of Japan’s national sports are Sumo wrestling, Baseball, Football(Soccer), Judo, Karate, Kendo. Japan’s National Icons are The Cherry blossom tree, Koi Fish, The red-crowned crane(Bird) The lychee fruit. Tokyo’s temperature in January is 10° / 2°. It is the start of winter on December all through February. Tokyo is in the middle part of Japan. The most commonly spoken language spoken in Tokyo is Japanese.

 Did you know that Japan has 6,852 islands? Also due to the gases produced by power plants, Japan sometimes suffer from Acid Rain. I would love to go to Japan because of their Cherry Blossoms and their foods like Ramen and Sushi.

Where I got the information from!
https://sites.google.com/site/summerlearningjourney/activities/japan

Splashy waterslide

WALT: Compose a poem about the Waterslide. 


Splashy waterslide
 Laughs and Screams filled that one spot. The waterslide.
 People patiently waiting for their turn and talking to their friends.
 The air was just filled with excitement feelings. 
As people slid down, water splashed.
 People began to get muddy, laughs were heard as they shrugged off the fact they were muddy. 
This moment was one of the memorable things I observed during camp.

Can I do it?

WALT: write a descriptive recount about Senior camp.

For 3 days the Seniors went to camp. We went to Woodend camp. 
We did some activities like Archery, Rock climbing etc. We had to write about something we thought we couldn't do but achieved it when we gave it a try. 

Aero Jump

Aero Jump I wasn’t really looking forward to doing Aero jump. When we came to where the aero jump was held, we got given a number. I was a 7. Me, Zipporah, Siale and Dion were talking about doing backflips. I asked how to do it but I didn’t really get it. Dion says it was easy because he’s done it 2 years ago. I told him I would do a front flip instead.

 It was Siale’s turn next. She kept on saying it hurts her thighs when she jumps. She promised she would do a front flip but she didn’t because of how the harness hurts her thighs. After about 2 people it was finally my turn. Dion told me to do a backflip but I didn’t have the guts to. I got on and started to jump. At first I tried to do a front flip but the harness was on the way so I got stuck(I got back on my normal form though) Then I did the backflip. I kept on telling myself “Lean back and tuck” it helps. Once I did it a rush of excited feelings came to me. “I DID IT!” I yelled out. Dion and Siale asked “What you did it?” and “Do it again!” So I did it again and it was fun! My friends encouraged me to do the backflip and it gave me the guts to do it. One of the funny things that happened was in Zipporah’s turn. Zipporah jumped like 2 times and did a backflip she wasn’t high enough so she face planted but we all laughed it off. Dion also wanted to do a backflip but then lost the guts to do so, so I encouraged him like what they did to me. After everyone was done me and Siale had another go and I did more backflips.

 If it wasn’t for my friends giving me encouragement I wouldn’t have done a backflip and enjoy the Aero jump activity, I really thought I couldn’t do a backflip since I’m kind of scared of heights but my friends helped and I achieved what I wanted to do.

Kararehe I spy

WALT: use our knowledge of layering images to create a "Kararehe I spy."

See if you could find....

1 raiona(lion)

3 kakīroa(Giraffe)      

3 kurī (Dog)

1 peā mauri (panda)

2 peatea (Polar Bear)

4 hipi (Sheep)

5 hipohipo (Hipo)

3 Pea (Bear)

In the Museum

In the Museum….

 “Mum! Where are we going for my birthday?”I asked
 “Oh we’re going to the museum!” My mum replied
 “Ooo yay!” I said
 I was excited to go to the museum, I haven’t been there for a really long time. I didn’t know that when we go to that museum, it could change our lives.

 After about 10 minutes car drive, we finally arrived at the museum.
 “Mum! It’s so big!” I said excitedly
“Yes yes I know.” My mum replied back
“Let’s go in….” I said.  So we went in the museum. When we walked in we saw this huge robot thing. It’s got claws it. “Wow…. “ I said speechless. I was so amazed about this robot thing. I wanted to touch it and stay with it. I felt protected. I didn’t want to leave but I also wanted to explore the rest of the museum so I said “I’m just going to explore the rest of the museum Mr. Robot. I’ll be back!”

 I looked at the art on the walls, information about what they were. It was interesting. I thought about the robot again “what if it’s real?” I asked myself. “That would be ridiculous” I laughed. I looked at the rest of the art in the museum and some historical things. I got bored later on so I went back where the robot was.

 When I got there I stared at the robot then something surprising happened. The robot moved it’s eye! “What was that?!” I said panicking a little. I then realised that the museum was closed and that no one was there anymore. I started to get worried and panicked. “What why hasn’t my mum looked for me?!” I asked myself panicking. I ran. I ran anywhere but where the robot was. “Thump Thump!” there was a loud noise. I started to cry. What would happen to me?! Is that the robot?! I hid in a room and curled up in a corner. Crying. I felt protected when I was with that robot but now….. “Thump Thump!” there was that sound again! I panicked, I needed my mum but she’s not here… Where could she be?

 (unfinished)

The Haunted Painting

It was on a Saturday morning when my family moved to a new house. I didn’t like it. Why? Well it looked kinda creepy. “Do you like the new house Anna?” Mum wondered. “Uh it’s okay I guess.” I replied. “Oh? You could go and wonder around the house while we get set up.” Mum suggested. So I did what I was told. There was a corridor. A long corridor with paintings displayed. I looked at one. There was a man and a women. “What?” I asked myself and walked off. I looked at more pictures but they weren’t the same as that one picture with the man and women. The other paintings were bright and colourful, but the one painting. “I wonder why.” I wondered.

 “Anna! Time to go to bed!” Mum shouted from downstairs. “OK!” I replied back. It was 9pm I didn’t feel sleepy but I did shut my eyes for a bit. At least I thought it was a few minutes. I woke up in the middle of the night. Nothing to be heard. “I wonder if anyone’s awake.” I said. I went out of my bedroom and tiptoed to the stairs.When I saw the creepy painting I froze. It felt like someone was watching me. Because there was someone watching me. The eyes of the painting followed me down the corridor. Every step. I didn’t know what to do then “Thump! Thump!” there was a loud sound. “What was that!?” I said feeling panicky. I saw a shadow “What is that?!” I said. I ran downstairs not knowing where to go. I closed my eyes hoping it was a dream. But it wasn’t “Thump! Thump!” There’s the sound again! I didn’t want to go back upstairs because of the shadow I saw. I locked myself inside a room. “What am I going to do?!” That time I regret getting up from bed. I have no idea what to do. “Knock Knock” I heard a knock on the door. I gasped “What if that’s the shadow?!” I panicked. I tried not to scream. When I felt like the person went away. I went out when I saw the man in the picture. “AHHHH!!!” I screamed as loud as I can. “No one will help you…” The man said. “MUM!!!! DAD!!!” I screamed again. No one was coming….. I have no one now. “Hey look!” I said trying to trick him. He looks. I run away. I went to my parents’ room. No one. “Where could my parents be?!” I said panicking. I walked back. There was a sound when I walked by. It’s like a knocking on the floor. I lifted the carpet up. “There’s a trap door!” I said feeling excited. I opened the trap door. It was my parents! “Mum dad! There’s a man….” I said “We know and we need to get out of here!” They both said. There was a window on the secret room where my parents were, so we got out that way. I saw the man on my room. I ran before he could catch up.

Information Report

WALT: write an Information Report


Sacraments 

 Sacraments are a part of the church. You could receive all of the during your life here on Earth.

 There are seven Sacraments which are Baptism, Eucharist, Reconciliation, Confirmation, Marriage, Anointing of the Sick and Holy Orders. Jesus is also a Sacrament of God because he mostly revealed what God was like when he was living here on Earth. Baptism,Eucharist and Confirmation is the three Sacraments of Initiation.

A Sacrament is a sign that people can see, which tells us something about the power and love of God whom cannot we cannot see.

 Baptism, Eucharist and Confirmation are the three Sacraments of Initiation. Baptism is the time when you get welcomed into God’s family and it is also the time when the original sin gets washed away(The original sin is the sin Adam and Eve made years ago.) Eucharist is when you get given the Body and Blood of Christ and receive him inside you. Confirmation is the time when you become a full member of the Church.

 During these events they do some Ritual actions some of them are the Laying on of the hands which gets done by the Bishop in the Sacrament of Confirmation. The Laying on of the hands is not only done when you are confirmed, but it is also done when you are getting a blessing. Another Ritual action is pouring the Holy Water over the forehead, this is done when you are getting baptised. When you are receiving your First Holy Communion, one ritual action is turning the bread and wine into the body and blood of Christ.

 Throughout your life you will receive these Sacraments which shows you the power and love of God- Te Atua. As you receive the seven Sacraments God is watching over you and guiding you to successfully receive the Seven Sacraments.

Teachers

WALT: write a persuasive writing.
Today in room 8 we had to write a persuasive writing about why teachers need their original holiday and why they don't deserve a strike.

Reflection- Something I found hard was trying to figure out what the solution will be and something I found easy was writing my different ideas about why teachers need their original holiday and why they don't deserve a strike.


5-7-18
 To Whom It May Concern,
 It has come to my attention that the teachers need will only have 4 weeks of the holidays and keep working the next and also they might be getting a strike.

 I think that the teachers need their original holiday because half of their holiday they might be working and preparing the work for the students the next term. They also need time with their families because as I said they might’ve spent half of their holiday doing school work and hasn’t been able to spend much time with their families. They need the time to do some school work and they also need time to spend with their family.

 I think that the teachers don’t deserve a strike because some of the children’s parents might be working that day and they can’t look after their children during the day so they might need to hire a babysitter and it will cost money, or they might have to not go to work that day.

 Another reason I think that the teachers don’t deserve a strike is they have prepared school work for the students and if they get a strike the school work might not get finished on time and the work that they prepared will just not get finished.

 The solution might be allowing the teachers to have their original holiday time because they deserve it and not let them have a strike because it doesn’t only affect them but it also affects the children’s parents.

 The teachers already work for 8:00am to 4:00pm and they deserve their holiday and they don’t need a strike. They have prepared school work for students and that might not get finished on time if they get a strike.

 Yours Sincerely,
 Antonette

Angles Poster

WALT:make a poster about the different angles.

 In Room 8 we have been learning about different types of Angles and make a poster about it.

 Reflection- Something I found hard was figuring out the degree of the angle. Something I found easy was making the poster and putting the angles in.

Why is Matariki so important?

WALT: to write an explanation writing about why Matariki is so important.

In Room 8 we have been learning about the constellation of Matariki and the myths behind it. After we learned about how we celebrated Matariki and what the myths are we needed to write an explanation writing about why Matariki is so important.

Reflection- Something I found hard was trying to figure out what to write for my Introduction and conclusion. Something I found easy was putting new ideas to my paragraphs.

Why Matariki is important

Matariki is important to the Māori people because in this time of year it is the Māori new year. It is their chance to be with their family and celebrate.

Family
 During this time Māori people celebrate the Māori new year and be with their families they share their gifts eg: Time, Friendship, Love. They also have a meal together as a family. This is also a time for them to remember their loved ones who have passed away and they also tell stories to each other during this time.

 The New Year
Secondly this is also a time for them to set new goals for the New year and try to achieve it. They also need to plant food so they have something to eat during winter time. We are also reminded of the happy times from the past year.

 Past Year
Lastly this is also the time to reflect about the past year. We get reminded about our loved ones who have passed away. We can write new goals to try and achieve for the new year. This helps us look forward for the new year. We can celebrate the Māori new year with friends and families and write new goals for the upcoming year.

 By: Antonette

Class Camp Budget Plan

WALT: create a simple budget.

In Room 8 we needed to figure out a simpler budget for the class camp. We created a slideshow with the information about the class camp with a buddy.




Reflection- Something I found hard was figuring out what the item will cost for the 2 days because the instruction wasn't there. Something I found easy was finding key words for the slide.

Te Tiriti o Waitangi

WALT: Identify key information about Te Tiriti o Waitangi. 

In Term 1 at Room 8 we learnt about The Treaty of Waitangi(Te Tiriti o Waintangi)We needed to know what the Treaty meant and why it was made. We had to make a slideshow saying what the Treaty of Waitangi is.

Matariki Starry Night

WALT: Recreate a famous artist's painting, while incorporating New Zealand themes and celebrations.

 In Room 8 we have been learning about Vincent Van Gogh and the Matariki constellation. We had to learn about the Matariki constellation and some koru patterns. After we learnt about Matariki and some Koru patterns, we had to sketch our own Matariki Starry night. After we sketched our Matariki Starry Night we had to create a poem about our art work. We also needed to use descriptive words in our poem.

Jerminu's Day

WALT: See some differences of how we live in our country and how people live in Timor Leste.

Kei te pehea koe?

WALT: share our knowledge of te reo Maori kupu in an animation.

We learnt how to express how we are feeling in te reo Maori. We created an animation to help us remember how to say this. Enjoy!!!

The Strange Appearance

The Strange Appearance
 It was dark I couldn’t see anything until I saw this bright light at the end of the room, I ran to the light but something grab my foot while I was running. I touched my foot and the thing grabbing my foot felt like it had leaves on them I couldn’t quite figure out what was grabbing my foot but I knew it was some sort of plant. As I was running the plant that’s on my foot got tighter… then I fell everything was spinning….

 The last thing I remember was I was in a tunnel that was all black, I looked around the bright light I remember was gone and everything was pale and there were trees everywhere so I thought I was in a forest. I was curious and I was bored just standing there so I looked around the woods and saw a swing between two trees I walked closer and saw a girl at the swings, her hair was really long and it was black and she was wearing a white dress that has some ripped bits, I said “Hello?” then the girl disappeared! I was shocked I didn’t know where she went, I thought well if she wasn’t in the swing then I guess I could go on it, so I walked to the swing and sat on it, then something weird happened the girl appeared again in front of me she said “Why are you here?” in a whisper I was speechless, without thinking I ran as fast as I could I looked behind and saw the girl following me then everything turned black again..

 I came out of the black tunnel still running I stopped to catch my breath, I sighed in relief she was gone… I woke up only to see her again as I realise it wasn’t all a dream she was with me the whole time she tilted her head and screamed “AHHHHHHHHH” and vanished. Then my room turned dark I heard a knock on the door “Knock Knock” I got out of my bed and opened the door and saw……

 TO BE CONTINUED……

Fat Cactus

WALT: Write a limerick with a buddy.

Fat Cactus

There once was a Cactus
Who had a hat
He was very very fat
The cactus ate a praying mantis
and then died because of laying lantis