David Walliams (Audio Book)

Hello Bloggers, Todays Task For My Home Learning Is to listen to and Audio read and written by David Walliams. If you didn't already know he is going to be reading different chapters from the original Worlds Worst Children Book. I have listened to three audiobooks so far which are (Grubby Gertrude, Peter Picker and Tandy's Tantrums) I know in the near future I will be listening to one of his books for each day as he releases. The very best book for the world's best child! A wickedly funny and wonderfully surreal collection of ten stories about ten delightfully dreadful children, The World's Worst Children is David Walliams' unique take on the classic cautionary tale. David Walliams has been writing many awesome books for years which all children enjoy reading. In David Walliams Books, there are many different colourful and exciting images. He intrigues you immediately about the way his layout and drawings. Have you listened to any of David Walliams Books so far? 

Essay (Writing)

Hello Bloggers, Today's Task For My Home Learning Is To write your Essay. In class, before the LockDown occurred we were focusing on writing our Essays which were entitled by the film we watched called Remember The Titans. Remember The Titans was such a great and motivational movie about A football team and two coaches. One of the coaches got replaced and it changed everything. These boys on the Football Team are not communicating and are not friends, although along with the near ending of the movie everyone begins to start coming together as a team and respecting each other. Coach Boone also has a very tremendous job, after he took over Coach Yoast's Job he had to put a mix of two different races (Black and White) together, which would have been very difficult to manage. In around the early times, Both Black And White were segregated and went to different schools. And know if we look at the years 2020 all Black And White people attend the same schools and are integrated. Have you ever seen the movie Remember The Titans?

Learning A Song

Hello Bloggers, Todays Task For My Home Learning is if you play a musical instrument learn a new song. Some people may not know although I have a Ukulele and I learnt how to play "Just The Way You Are" By Bruno Mars. The song was so much fun to learn, and because I already know most of the chords it was quite simple to follow along. In the song, there are many different instruments that match the beat. Playing a musical instrument can improve your health in many different ways. Researchers have found that learning to play a musical instrument can enhance verbal memory, spatial reasoning and literacy skills. Playing an instrument makes you use both sides of your brain, which strengthens memory power. Playing a musical instrument makes people in many different ways also, it builds confidence. But the single most important benefit of playing an instrument is that it makes you happy. It can pick you up when you're down, calm you when you're angry. Can you play in Musical Instruments?

Kahoot

Hello Bloggers, Todays Task For My Home Learning is to complete a Kahoot with your family and friends. We had such a fun time completing these Kahoots, although partly times got very Competetive. Kahoot! is a great way to keep students engaged because it focuses on social learning and makes it fun. Most importantly, it's free for teachers and students. If you're looking for a new way to reinforce class content or keep your students engaged, Kahoot! is the solution you're looking for. Kahoot provides real-time results that can be downloaded for use. Teachers can create games or use games in the public area.” Learners of all age can benefit from Kahoot. Today, many students possess smart devices, and by using Kahoot on their own devices, students can actually make group learning fun.

Why Mike King Started Gumboot Friday

Hello Bloggers, Todays Task For My Home Learning is to write another article. This article is named "Why Mike King Started Gumboot Friday". Gumboot Friday encourages people to wear gumboots and give a gold coin donation to help fund free counselling for kids. Comedian Mike King started Gumboot Friday as a fun way to talk about mental health his goal is to raise $5 million through the initiative. Alize Rasmussen, 11 years old from Linwood Primary School, meets Mike and asks him about Gumboot Friday and why counselling is so important. In a past life, Mike was one of New Zealand's most well-known entertainers, but that role has changed dramatically since the conception of the radio show The Nutters Club in 2009. The show evolved from Mike's own experience of mental illness and addiction and has become a huge success with it now airing Sunday evenings on Newstalk ZB. These days, Mike is better known for his work as a prominent mental health educator and Ambassador for both I Am Hope and the Key to Life Charitable Trust. 

Book Review (Seekers)

Hello Bloggers, Todays Task With My Home Learning is to write a Book Review. I chose to write mine about Seekers which is A polar bear cub in an era of disappearing ice loses her mother to orca whales. A grizzly cub's mother abandons him after his sickly brother dies. And a black bear cub, who lives in a zoo, escapes finding the grizzly after meeting his captured mother. All three must learn to survive in the wild on their own, and all three are drawn by the North Star toward a mysterious fate. Includes maps of the bears' journeys. As I read this book for the first time, I was unaware that it was part of a series. I was shocked and upset to discover it at the end of the book! The first chapter of the second book that is included in the first was a bit of appeasement, for which I am grateful. I loved it, but as previous readers have said. Read it slowly, there are a lot of details. This novel is written by Erin Hunter. Have you ever read Seekers Before? 

Plan And Prepare (Roast)

Hello Bloggers, Todays Task For My Home Learning is to Plan, Prepare and Cook Dinner for your family. I nicely set out the Place Mats with Knives and Forks also a Coaster to place your mugs on. Tonight I made a Roast for my family, my mum also helped me. The first thing we did was preheat the oven to 240 degrees. Wash and roughly chop the vegetables there’s no need to peel them. Break the garlic bulb into cloves, leaving them unpeeled. On our Roast, we added many different combinations of Vegetables, such as Carrot, Potato, Red Capsicum, Peas in a Pod and Broccoli. The Roast didn't take that long to cook and when we were ready to eat it was delicious. A healthier roast dinner is a great place to start when it comes to cutting back on the calories a little. Families around the country are bound to appreciate a meal with less fat, lower cholesterol, fewer calories, and more nutrients. What is your favourite Dinner Meal Eat?

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David Attenborough (Documentary)

Hello Bloggers, Todays Task For My Home Learning is To write a documentary about David Attenborough Nature Documentary Series (Seven Worlds One Planet). All of David Attenboroughs Documentaries are so educational and effective. David Attenborough is an inspiration for others and he has a heart for all wildlife living in their habitat. He was born the eighth of May in London, England nineteen twenty-six. After studying the natural sciences at the University of Cambridge, broadcaster David Attenborough began his career as a producer at the BBC, where he launched the successful Zoo Quest series. Attenborough was made controller of BBC Two in 1965 and later was named its director of programming. During his tenure, the station crossed over to colour television, and Attenborough was instrumental in expanding its natural history content. Attenborough left the BBC to begin writing and producing various series, including the smash hit Life on Earth, which set the standards for the modern nature documentary. Since then Attenborough has written, produced, hosted and narrated countless award-winning, nature-focused programs and has devoted his life to celebrating and preserving wildlife. Not only can you watch Documentaries about David Attenborough and about how this wildlife can fetch food for themselves you can also see all of the lovely scenery of the forests and the world. This series is focused on Antarctica, the coldest region on earth, and the place where the warming of the oceans is having a profound effect on the weather patterns. Have you seen any Documentaries On David Attenborough?

Tesselation Art

Hello Bloggers, Todays Task For My Home Learning is to create a piece of Tesselation Art. I remember creating Tesselations last year in my Numeracy Group. If you are wondering what Tesselations are A tessellation of a flat surface is the tiling of a plane using one or more geometric shapes, called tiles, with no overlaps and no gaps. In mathematics, tessellations can be generalized to higher dimensions and a variety of geometries. In my Tesselation Art, I used two different colours Blue, Pink and Purple and they are in Triangle shapes. Have you ever created Tesselations for any use for your Numeracy? 

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Reading

Hello Bloggers, Todays Task for my Home Learning Is To Read for thirty minutes, I chose to read Heroes Of The Holocaust. Maria Andzelm was a Catholic teenager growing up in Nazi-occupied Poland. One by one, her Jewish friends and neighbours were hauled away to undisclosed locations, never to be seen or heard from again. Then Maria's family took in two Jewish men. They hid them in a box underneath the floor of their barn. Every day, Maria brought them food to satisfy and feed their stomachs and books to feed their minds. She did this every day for two years and paid a terrible price from what happens after the story. What is your favourite book to read?

Puzzle (Horse)

Hello Bloggers, Today's Task for my Home Learning I decided to complete another JigSaw Puzzle and see if I can get an improved time. I did a horse which was sixty pieces and it took me ten minutes and sixteen seconds to complete. There was a variety of different Puzzles, some in which had a certain level you can choose from. If you are still trying to complete Puzzles and you find it quite difficult you should go to the easy section, where there are some puzzles that are twelve or twenty pieces. If your average at Puzzles, I would recommend completing a thirty piece Puzzle. And finally, if you are an advanced Puzzle Person you should complete over one hundred or two hundred pieces. What websites do you use to complete Puzzles?

Haiku (Poem)

Hello Bloggers, Today's Task for my Home Learning is to create a Haiku which is a traditional form of Japanese poetry. Haiku poems consist of 3 lines. The first and last lines of a Haiku have 5 syllables and the middle line has 7 syllables. The lines rarely rhyme. I first wrote a Haiku when I was a year seven in my Literacy Group. Writing, speaking, and understanding can all be greatly influenced and nurtured by the use of poetry. Speaking poetry aloud with its beat, rhythm, and rhyme can loosen the tongue and craft a firm foundation for verbal communication. I'm sorry I have written my Haiku although my screenshot will not show on my screen. Do you like writing poems If so you should try writing a Haiku?

Les Mills (Born To Move)

Hello Bloggers, Today's Task for my Home Learning is to complete a "Les Mills" (Born To Move) workout. When I went on the website it was very intriguing, upbeat and the instructors Dez and Lucy were keeping everyone motivated before the workout. Lucy first introduced us about her neighbour who is a carpenter, we then started doing moves to do with what Lucys Neighbour does. Les Mills is a team of passionate, positive professionals who have been making a difference in New Zealanders' lives since Olympian Les Mills opened the Auckland club in 1968. They love what we do, and they're committed to dramatically improving health and happiness and helping people to become the very best they can be.

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Matific (MatheMatics)

Hello Bloggers, Today's Task for my Home Learning was to practice and focus on your maths. My teacher has set me up with a website called "Matific" There are many very creative and fun games on Matific, although they require Problem Solving Skills and thinking. On Matific there are many levels and you can earn points and stars if you get the question correct which then leads to you opening special chests. Matific is a collection of online Mathematics activities that teach students problem-solving and critical thinking through discovery. Studies show that Matific has been academically proven to improve test scores and to reduce anxiety. What websites do you use for your Numeracy, Have you ever used Matific for your learning?

Virtual World

Hello Bloggers, Today's Task For my Home Learning Tasks, is to go on a Virtual Field Trip of your chose of selected options. The first Virtual Field Trip I chose to go on was "The Louvre" The Louvre is a museum in Paris, which attracts millions of visitors every year because of its art collection. It is the most popular art museum in the world. There are also statues inside the Louvre. The most famous statues are the Venus de Milo and the Winged Victory of Samothrace. The next Virtual Field Trip I decided to take was the "Animal Cameras" I chose to take the Monterey Bay Aquarium. The first camera was of a Panda which was so cute. I recommend using the Virtual World Website because it is a great way for you to explore the world when you are at home or would love to visit somewhere. 

Speed Skills (MatheMatics)

Hello Bloggers, Today's Task for my Home Learning is to complete and spend some time working on your bricks or your speed skills on MathsBuddy. Speed Skills is so much fun, it also has a variety of many different levels of different math skills. These levels you should choose would depend on the right level for you. The level that I use is Level Four which is the hardest level is mixed, Multiplication and Division. You have a timer set for thirty seconds, and you need to see how many answers you can get correct within that certain time frame. Do you enjoy maths, have you ever used speed skills to help improve your basic facts before?

Math Playground!

Hello Bloggers, Today's Task for my Home Learning is to have some time to play on Math Playground. Math Playground is not like playing games it involves problem-solving skills. Basic math skills help you to solve general math problems in your life, including simple addition and subtraction.  Practising and learning mathematics on a daily basis develops your ability to think critically and to reason. It sharpens your mind and applies to all aspects of your day-to-day life. I enjoy doing maths and I recommend this website for learning purposes only. What is your favourite subject at school?

David Williams (Audio Book)

Hello Bloggers, For today's Home Learning Task is to read or listen to one of David Williams Audio Books. He is going to be releasing thirty audiobooks each day. I have recently been listening to one which is an audio story from the Worlds Worst Children book, it is called "Grubby Gertrude". It is such a great story and it also incorporates many strange and funny characters some named such as (Berther The Blubberer, Brian Wrong Who Is Never Wrong, Dribbling Drew, Earnest Ernest, Grubby Gertrude, Miss Petula Perpetual Motion, Nigel Nit Boy, Peter Picker, Sofia Sofa and Windy Mindy). Have you ever listened to or read this book before, if so who is one of your favourite characters in the story? 

Kea Kids News (Alligator)

Hello Bloggers, Today's task for my Home Learning is to read an article from Kea Kids News. As soon as I hopped on the Kea Kids News website, there were many very astonishing articles that looked like something that I would personally love to read. The news article that I chose was called "How To Move An Alligator Across The North Island". The article was about an Alligator Named Cheryl, The National Aquarium Of New Zealand in Napier has been borrowing Cheryl from Butterfly Creek in Auckland for over nine years when they should have had Cheryl for two years instead of nine. The National Aquarium was very sad that Cheryl had to leave although they were very happy that she was going to be in her own habitat environment especially with her family. Butterfly Creek's Ryan Gedye showed KEA Kids News the long circular crate that he used to bring Cheryl back to Tāmaki Makaurau, and even let our intrepid reporter India George pop inside and have a look. Ryan showed us how exactly the Alligator will go inside of the crate and then leave the crate once she got home. The reports from Kea Kids News today were great they were also very confident and intriguing. I would love to have the opportunity for Kea Kids News to come to my school and we could report something of our own. Have you ever seen Kea Kids News before, Or have you ever been on the show before?

JigSaw Puzzle! (Cat)

Hello Bloggers, Today's task for home learning is to complete a Jig Saw Puzzle. This task was so much fun because I enjoy puzzles. The Jig Saw Puzzle I chose to complete was a Cat, it took me five minutes and fifty-two seconds to complete. On this website, there are many varieties of different Jig Saw Puzzles that you can choose from which is astonishing. If you were wondering about what website I was using it is called (Jigsaw Planet). I recommend that you should at least two puzzles a day because of Improved Memory. Solving puzzles help reinforce existing connections between our brain cells an improved mood and it can help relieve stress. Do you enjoy puzzles if so what type of Puzzles?

Play A Board Game (Snakes And Ladders)

Hello Bloggers, Today's home learning for my Distance Task is to play a game with your siblings. I have many board games in my cupboard although I chose to play Snakes and Ladders because it is a game I enjoy playing. We played for a while, I went down many snakes and my sister managed to climb up many ladders but yet somehow I still won the game by reaching one hundred. If you would like some instructions on how to play Snakes and Ladders here they are, what is your favourite board game to play in your spare time? 

 Each player should roll one die to see who gets the highest number. Whoever rolls the highest number gets to take the first turn. After the first player takes a turn, the person sitting to that player’s left will take a turn. Play continues in a circle going left. The ladders on the game board allow you to move upwards and get ahead faster. If you land exactly on a square that shows an image of the bottom of a ladder, then you may move your game piece all the way up to the square at the top of the ladder. If you land at the top of a ladder or somewhere in the middle of a ladder, just stay put. You never move down ladders. Some versions have snakes on the board, while others have chutes (slides). Snakes (or chutes) move you back on the board because you have to slide down them. If you land exactly at the top of a snake or chute, slide your game piece all the way to the square at the bottom of the snake or chute

If you roll a six, then you get an extra turn. First, move your piece forward six squares and then roll the die again. If you land on any snakes or ladders, follow the instructions above to move up or down and then roll again to take your extra turn. As long as you keep rolling sixes, you can keep moving!  The first person to reach the highest square on the board wins, usually square 100. But there's a twist! If you roll too high, your piece "bounces" off the last square and moves back. You can only win by rolling the exact number needed to land on the last square.

Emma Watson!

Hello Bloggers, Today's task for home learning is to create a presentation about someone you look up too, in which it has to be a famous person. I chose to write about Emma Watson (Hermione Granger) Emma Watson is best known for playing the character of Hermione Granger, one of Harry Potter's best friends in the 'Harry Potter' film franchise. Emma Watson was born on April 15, 1990, in Paris, France, but raised in England. The actress got her big break as a child with Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, growing up on the screen as she reprised her role of Hermione Granger through the franchise's eight films. Watson went on to enjoy success in the fashion and modelling industries and continued to prove her abilities as an actress. Who is someone you admire and look up too that is famous?

Treasures Of The Snow Book Cover

Hello Bloggers, Today's task is to create a book cover and then create a blurb on the back of the book. This task was so much to create. On my book cover, I have created lots of different designs, colours and patterns And write a blurb about the story. You may or may not be able to read the words I have written on their so I will share with you the blurb now. The main characters are a girl named Annette Burnier and a boy named Lucien Morel. They're best friends but they fight sometimes. On Christmas, Annette's mother gives birth to a boy, whom Annette names Dani, but the mother dies after he's born. Five years pass. But after a series of misunderstandings, Lucien is angry at Dani and threatens to throw his pet kitten, Klaus, into a ravine. But Klaus bites him, and Dani falls into the ravine after him. He's alive, but his leg is so severely injured he can't bend it and has to use crutches for the rest of his life. Annette is furious, so much so that whenever Lucien tries to do something nice for them, she deliberately ruins everything he makes. Neither children are happy and have to forgive each other sometime.

What I Have Been During The Week!

Hello Bloggers, As you have all heard of the Corona Virus and we all have to keep safe at home for four weeks. Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by a new virus. The disease causes respiratory illness (like the flu) with symptoms such as a cough, fever, and in more severe cases, difficulty breathing. You can protect yourself by washing your hands frequently, avoiding touching your face, and avoiding close contact one meter and three meters with people who are unwell. Most people infected with the COVID-19 virus will experience mild to moderate respiratory illness and recover without requiring special treatment. Older people and those with underlying medical problems like cardiovascular disease, diabetes, chronic respiratory disease, and cancer are more likely to develop serious illness. The best way to prevent and slow down transmission is to be well informed about the COVID-19 virus, the disease it causes and how it spreads. Protect yourself and others from infection by washing your hands or using an alcohol-based rub frequently and not touching your face. During the week I have been doing my set tasks like art, reading, maths and many more. What have you all been doing so far throughout the four week period?

Care Packages For Homeless

Hello Bloggers, This week I have my school camp and we are staying at the Forest Camp in Hanmer Springs. I will be staying in Hanmer Springs for two nights and three days and I'm really looking forward to participating in all areas of the activities and most importantly spending the most time with my friends. For inquiry this week we have created posters for our Care Packages and are going to print it out and put the posters on the door of each classroom. As you know there are many Homeless People scattered all around the world, and that is why our group are going to take charge and create these Care Packages For The Homeless People that really need it. Have you ever donated things or created Care Packages for the Homeless people before? 

Pepeha

Hello Bloggers, How has your week been? Today we are celebrating our one year anniversary since the mosque attack (March 15th 2019). Today's task is to create our very own Pepeha. Pepeha is a way of introducing oneself. Using a set structure it identifies who we are, where we're from and where we belong. Pepeha is used in a Māori context and has a formal basis, but the idea is universal. Everyone has a Pepeha which links them to their ancestors. We also had to include our bitmoji to our Pepeha, I really love mine and I'm so proud of it. Have you created a Pepeha before? 

Mean, Median, Mode (Coding)

Hello Bloggers, We have been learning about Mean, Median and Mode. As a way of showing our learning, we have created a Scratch programme. Scratch is a coding programme and teaching a lot of computational thinking skills. To code, we need to learn to have inputs, output, sequence, selection, iteration and storage. There is some problem solving and debugging that we need to do too, because there may be errors that stop the code from working properly. When you ask my cat what Mean, Median or Mode is please make sure you use a capital for the first letter. Have you ever used scratch for your learning before?

Samoan Counting -10 (Coding)

Hello Bloggers, Today after we finished Technology, our task was to create an animation using Scratch about how to Count to Ten in Samoan. Coding is a skill where you take instructions on the steps in a task and translate it into a language the computer understands since computers do not communicate like humans. They communicate in a language called BINARY and it is using 0's and 1's. Here is my Samoan Counting from 1 - 10. Type a number you would like to learn and my clever cat will translate the language for you. 

Statistics

Hello Bloggers, Numeracy for this term in Mrs Davies Class, we are focusing on Statistics and Drawing proper Bar Graphs. I have completed my Statistics Presentations. A couple of weeks ago we had a competition to see who could hold the longest wall sit with either our Shoes on and dominant foot off, Shoes on dominant foot on and lastly Bare feet. There are many comparisons and differences, for example, Majority 50% of Mrs Davies Class have different grips on each shoe some might not have any grips. I was the record holder with a whopping 1.57 seconds. My task was to make a histogram of all of the results of everyone's recorded time. How long can you complete a wall sit for?

Coding (Binary)

Hello Bloggers, This Morning After Tech I had a nice lunch. After lunch, we did the role and then we got split up into too two groups. The first group I got put into was Coding (Binary) Our task was to create pixel art, I chose to do a biscuit. You have to make it on a google doc make the squares 10 by fourteen and make the squares black and white. For Binary there is on and off On represents White and Off represents Black. Here is my coding I hope you enjoy. Have you ever learned Binary or something similar before?

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My Sestina (New Zealand Writing)

Hello Bloggers, Today's task in Shaw Literacy was to create a six-line poem also known as the Sestins (New Zealand Writing) A sestina is a form of poetry that has thirty-nine lines, although our one was shorter. It follows a pattern of repeating six words throughout the six stanzas of the poem. To write a sestina, start by brainstorming ideas and studying the structure of the poem. Then, use sensory detail and imagery to make the poem come to life. We had to include (About something you saw on your journey, Something you remember, A person who was with you, A wonderful imagined thing that didn't actually happen, The reason for your journey, Your own six-word sentence) This is my Sestina for New Zealand Writing. We will be sending it to a school in Hamilton (Fairfield). I am definitely looking forward to reading theirs. Have you created a Sestina in writing before?

I was watching a fairy dreamily 

While the fairy was prancing gleefully

With my best friend forever Lilly

As hours past I was dreaming

Because I slept in my bed