Clued up Kaniere Kiwis!!

Quite a while ago on Friday, we went to the Boys Brigade hall which is a big indoor court to 'Clued-up Kids.' which is a program set up to teach kids about various organizations.

The fire brigade was there, St John, Land SAR ( Search and Rescue), safety in the home, Kiwi Rail. Alpine Fault awareness, animal safety, and 4-wheeler motorbike safety

Here are some photos.

 

                                              This is me pretending that I have a knife stuck in my arm and my friend is 

Thank you for reading about the clued-up Kaniere Kiwis!!

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Kaniere’s early days

This week my reading group has been looking for some of Kaniere’s History on Google. We learned that Kaniere used to be spelled Kanieri. We wanted to learn this because it is quite cool and fascinating to see old photos and newsletters of the school.

I think this is a great opportunity for my reading group to see Kaniere’s past photos.

Have you ever done a task like this at school?

My book on google slides is almost finished!!

 Today I wanted to show you my progress on my E-book.      It has been going so well.

Two posts ago I showed you the start of my E-book. 

This is what I have been doing since the last E-book post. 

How do you rate my E-book? 

Could you make one yourself?

My typewriter!

 This is my typewriter. It is my Great Grandfathers Typewriter.

He gave it to me. It is quite old. My Grandfathers nickname is 

Chop Chop. I call him Chop Chop. I write a lot on it.

Chop chop used to write newspaper articles and wood chopping posters on his Typewriter. Chop Chop got his nickname because he was a famous Woodchopper. Shout out to Chop Chop!! Have you ever seen a typewriter in person? 

Making a book on Google slides.

 This week for writing we are making an ebook.  We are learning about "Show don't tell."  Show don't tell is about describing things so well that it paints a picture in the reader's head.  Examples are, Don't just say Patricia was angry, instead say,  "There was steam hissing out of her nose, horns started to immerge out of her head and she was wailing around like a little girl."

This week I also learned how to use google slides to make an eBook.

We did this by turning the slide into portrait mode.

Our eBooks will be a story that we have created ourselves. 

My story is called Kaboom and it is a plane story. 

These are my first two slides of my story.                                                                  

This is my story so far.....

I hope you will enjoy it when you see it.

Summer Learning Journey , Kick Start

 For the Summer Learning Journey 2020 & 2021 Manaiakalani Digital Learning are running it.  

They have given us a kick start which is a practise activity. The activity is that you had to make a google picture's colour change by using Art colouring book. 

I have made the Christ of Redeemer from normal to much more colourful.

       Before

                                                             After

I hope you enjoyed my art!

Our fun reading task

 Today in reading we made Paper-copters which is based on this story.

Bart and Orville by Hilton Ayrey 

Orville was Bart's much-loved cat. From the very first day,

when Bart found him curled up in a basket beside his bed,

Orville made it very obvious that he was different from

other normal, everyday cats. When  Bart arrived home from

school, Orville would be lying in wait, in the tree overhanging the

driveway. He would pounce on Bart and they would tumble to the

ground in a wild play fight. When Bart collapsed into his favourite

bean bag to watch TV after a hard day at school, Orville always sat

on his head, purring loudly. They both seemed happy about that. 

Orville was also a very curious cat. Many, many times he had to be 

rescued from the strangest places. He was fearless and never thought 

for a moment about the consequences of his actions. There was the 

time Bart's mum went on a shopping trip to the supermarket. She got 

out of the car and found Orville clinging to the car roof with a wild 

look in his eyes. His fur was swished back against his body from the 

ride. Then there was the time he took a nap in the tumble dryer. 

Someone loaded it up and turned it on without noticing him.

He  seemed to be delighted by that. 

Unfortunately, Orville’s colourful life came to a sudden end one day 

when he was run over by a car. Bart decided to do something special 

to celebrate Orville’s adventures. After a few days of mourning, Bart 

began work on his project.

Many may think that there is something  seriously wrong about stuffing

a beloved cat and turning it into a

  remote controlled helicopter. But Bart was sure that Orville would 

have approved. 

This wasn't such a difficult project once he got started. Bart took his 

dead cat to the taxidermist and explained that he wanted Orville to be 

stuffed with his legs spread wide apart. Then he fixed Orville to a 

frame for stability and attached upwards-facing propellers on each of 

Orville's outstretched paws. After a number of trials the day came 

when Orville lifted off. With Bart manning the controls, Orville hovered 

above the ground and then rose into the sky. The legend of Orville

the cat would live on.

This is the photo of me and my friends dropping the helipapers. I liked doing it because it was really fun to make and they spun well.

Thanks for reading.