Animals, Animals, Animals!

Hey bloggers!

On friday it was....

Pet Day!

When the bell rung for the start of school, everyone was to start making their Veg Sculptures or Sand saucers. We had been told ,on thursday, to bring whatever fruit/veges (if we were going to make a Veg Sculpture) or flowers, stones, sand, shells and little pieces of wood (if we were going to make a Sand saucer) we could.

On thursday, we also had to make an inspiration slide and put pictures on our slide (that we got off the internet) as inspiration. Then make a 'shopping list' of the stuff we needed for tomorrow (whatever we needed to make our creations on friday). I had also asked Mum if we could take our dog, Rex.

Then, on Friday, we all got to work making our Veg Sculptures or Sand saucers.
Everyone did an amazing job with their creations.

This one is mine. I chose the Banana Dolphin Skeleton (the image circled on slide 2 in 'Pet Day Ideas'). But it didn't turn out exactly how I wanted.

Later, at about 1:30pm, the pets came along.

There were cats, dogs, horses, goats, sheep, budgies/birds, and, my favorite marine animal....

A turtle! Mum and Rex were one of the ones to arrive.

All of a sudden, it was 3:00!

By then, most of the pets (and kids) were leaving.

Anyway, that's all for now.

Bye!

My Favorite Movie/TV Show

Hey bloggers!

Today I have another post.
I'm supposed to write about my favorite movie/TV show.
Enjoy!

The reason why I'm saying that it's a movie/TV show is because each episode is about 40 - 45 minutes long.
What is your favorite movie/TV show?
Anyway,
bye!

My Free Write

Hey Bloggers!

Today my class did an E Asttle test.

When we completed the test, we were allowed to do a free write.

When I finished, I still has quite a lot of time before everyone should have been finished.

So, this is the free write that I did.

I'm really proud of the fact that I've made it really interesting and given it a few cliffhangers.

I think I have created a lot of effect using the cliffhangers.

I'm only wanting feedback right now though.

What do you think?

What do I need to change about my story and why?

Anyway, that's all for now.

Bye!

I NEED feedback!

Hey, Bloggers!

Today I've got another post.

I'm supposed to write a poem (it doesn't have to rhyme) and create a picture to go with it.

Hope you like it.

I didn't know what colors to use.

Can you please tell me what colors you think should go where.

That would be very helpful.

Anyway,

bye!

The Computer's Code!

Hey Bloggers!

On Wednesday we did some Computational Thinking.

This week, it was to do with binary (binary is a name for computer's code).

We used the numbers 1, 2, 4, 8, and 16.
To help us understand, Mrs Taylor five of us (she calls us guinea pigs) to hold some papers with numbers and dots printed on them.
She told us that a computer adds up the numbers. Did you know, a computer even counts 0 as a number.

She gave us a few examples. She set a challenge for us: How many numbers can you make only using two of the numbers shown above. Also, if we finished that there was another challenge for us:  How many numbers can you make only using three of the numbers shown above. She got us into groups of two or three and we were off.
I went with Nikita and Hana.
We worked quite hard and did a great job.
Mrs Taylor said that we'll be continuing this next week.

Us working hard.
Anyway,
  Bye!

Books Can Be Confusing!

Hey, Bloggers!

My new book for Novel Study is...

How To Train Your Dragon!

The blurb (the writing on the back of the cover):

Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III was a truly extraordinary viking hero, warrior chieftain, awesome sword-fighter and amateur naturalist. He was known throughout Vikingdom as 'the Dragon Whisperer' on account of his power over these terrifying beasts.

But it wasn't always like that...

I started reading it about a week ago and I'm already at chapter nine! Every chapter is around 15-20 pages long. But, this book is really confusing. In the 'How To Train Your Dragon' movies, they never said anything about a smaller version of the dragon, Toothless, before Hiccup trained the Toothless we all know.

 Besides that, it's a great book so far.

Have you read this book before?

If so, then from 1-10, how do you rate this book?

Anyway, bye!

Books Make Our World Bigger!

Hey bloggers!

Today I have got another Home Learning blog post.
It's about...
Books!
Well, one book.
Read on to find out more...

I would suggest reading the book first, then watch the movie.
Have you read the book and watched the movie before?
Anyway,
bye!

Wishes

Hey bloggers!

Today I am doing another Home Learning blog

It's about what I would wish for if I had three wishes!

Read on to find out...

My mum's three wishes would be to pay off her debts, build her own house, and have a job that she will enjoy.

So, what would be your three wishes?

Anyway, blog you later!

Come Dine With Me

Hey, bloggers!

Today I am going to be talking to you about...

The three celebrities I would choose to invite to dinner!

Well, lets get on with it...

Did you like it?

What three celebrities would you choose?

Anyway, that's all for now.

Bye!

A Picture Paints A Thousand Words

Hey, bloggers!

Today I  am doing a Home Learning Blog.

It's about a picture that I drew.

I don't really know what else to say, so, here is my Home Learning Blog.

Do you like my idea? Well, I'd say I did a good job.

Anyway, that's all I have for now.

Bye!

Epro8

Hey, bloggers!

Last week, Teegan, Mikael, Mia, and I went to Epro8. Epro8 is a challenge; an engineering and problem solving race. Every year, about 10,000 students from about 900 schools from throughout New Zealand take part. 

We had to get a little ball that Mia twisted open. Inside it said that we had to build a Rat Wheel that would generate electricity; and I guess that was a good thing because it looked like every other team got the Elevator or something similar. Well, apparently, the other teams got the Elevator and the Lighthouse.  We had to get our Rat Wheel measured. It was meant to be one metre in length, but at one point, we made it a bit too big. It took us three hours to build.  We ended up coming in at ninth place.

Overall it was a great experience.

Anyway, that's all for now, so, bye!

Novel Study

Hey, bloggers!

These past two weeks, A Novel Bunch (one of my class's many reading groups) have been doing a novel study. We got to choose what book we wanted to do a novel study on. The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas or My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece.

I The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas. Apparently, My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece is a really good book. People keep telling me to recommend this. But personally, I recommend The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas. The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas is filled with wonder and emotion.

Anyway, hope you enjoy reading these two books

Bye!

Synonyms Antonyms and Homophones

 Hey bloggers!

Last week my class has been re-learning synonyms antonyms and homophones.

So we made a DLO (digital learning object), and this is my DLO.
Enjoy!

Hope you enjoyed!

If you can't get the link in the slide then here's the website: https://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/cw-there-their-they're-quiz.htm.

Well, that's all for today.

Bye!

Tree Sentence Poems!!

Hey bloggers!

Oh, do I have news for you!

Treeday I have done some poems about...

Trees!

*Yay!*

These are my two best poems so far (I'm wanting feedback please).

I'm still working on this though.

Have you done this sort of thing before?

Send me your poems for feedback!

Anyway, Bye!

THE MIRROR...

Hey bloggers!

I'm back with something that I don't usually blog about...

Last week my class did a long write.

Check it out.

She had found it lying alone, deserted, abandoned in the attic. After making the discovery, Anna had gazed and marvelled at it for some time. Where had it come from? Why had no dust settled upon it, as it had done over everything else that resided in her attic? A layer of the thick dust blanketed the attic floor, and as the sunlight glared through the attic windows, the dust particles yet to settle were illuminated as they danced in the stuffy air. Yet, the mirror looked flawless, untouched by age, not a finger print in sight.

Anna propped the mirror up against one of the thick, timber beams that jutted from the attic floor. Settling down into a comfortable position, she tentatively placed a finger against the glass…

As she touched the the glass, it rippled as if it was water. ‘Huh? What the?’ She thought as she touched the mirror again. She touched the mirror again. it felt like, well, glass. This time she didn’t just touch it, she stuck her whole arm through it. It felt as if she had stuck her whole arm into water, but when she dragged her arm back out, her arm wasn't wet. ‘How weird’ she thought. She touched the glass one more time. Then she got up, went backwards until she was right in front of some boxes of old stuff and looked at her watch. 3:13 pm. Suddenly, she dived into the ‘magic mirror’.

“Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!” She screamed as she fell. She was falling from a sky. She was gaining speed. Suddenly, she felt happy. She’d never done Skydiving, parachuting, bungee jumping or, as a matter of fact, anything. She hadn’t even gone on on a plane before! But her happiness didn’t last long because she passed out as she hit the ground.

“Huh? Where am I? Who am I?” She stood there in the darkness. She was scared, but she could tell she wasn’t alone. She had a bad feeling. Out of nowhere, two, no, four, no, six blood red eyes stared out at her from the darkness… Suddenly, the ground started pounding. Then she saw a...devil. The devil had blood red scales covering his body, a sharp arrow or spear like tail and wings that look too big for his body.

I'm still working on this so you may want to come check it out sometime again. This peace of writing is in between the start and the middle ( well, more towards the start than the middle).

Oh, and go ahead and go to Mia's blog at http://ymsmiay.blogspot.com/.

Anyway, bye!

Blog Activities Term 1 2019

Hey bloggers.

This is another Home Learning blog post.

I hope you have been enjoying my Home Learning posts.

What are the three most important things for you in life?
Write you answers in the comments below.
Anyway, bye!  

Response work (for friday's incident)

Hey bloggers.

My class has been doing some response work (well not really work) because of friday's incident.

We've done all sorts like: Word Art, animations, paintings, music, poems etc.

At home I did a poem about how I was feeling at the time.

Poetry (for me) is a good way to express yourself.

Now last week on friday I accidentally left my work at home and because I didn't have much time left I make a quick card and it was a bit of a rushed job.

I did my best in the little time I had. 😑

Did you do some response 'work'.

If you have any questions please comment.

Anyway, bye!

Blog Activities Term 1 2019

Hey bloggers.

Today I have another home learning blog post.

Here:

What would your animal be?

Write your answers in the comments below.

Anyway, bye!

Wonder

Hey bloggers.

This term we are reading 'Wonder'.

This is the summary:

'My name is August.

I won't describe what I look like.

Whatever you're thinking, it's probably worse.'

This is my 'Wonder' work I have to complete.

Enjoy!!

  

You should read the book and watch the movie ( it's based on a true story).

Anyway,

bye!!

My Free Writing

Hey bloggers.

We have been writing our own autobiography. When we were were

finished with it we were allowed to do a free write. This is my free

write:

I'm still working on it though. I'll keep updating this blog post so you should probably check this post daily. But I'm not sharing my autobiography for good reasons.

Anyway, that's all.

Bye!

Blog Activities Term 1 2019

Hey bloggers!

I'm doing another activity for Home learning.

Have a look!

What three things would you save?

Write them in the comments below.

Well, that's all.

Blog you later!

Blog Activities Term 1 2019

Hey bloggers!
How many ways can you make 25?

Can you think of any other ways to make 25?

Write them in the comments below.

That's all.

Bye!

Blog Activities Term 1 2019

Hey bloggers.
What three things would I want if  I were on a deserted island?
Find out now.

If you were stranded on a deserted island, what three things would YOU want and why?

Write your answers in the comments below.

Bye!

Who Am I?

Hey bloggers, who am I? 

Well, I'm Dion of course. You want to find out more about me?

Here I'll show you

Now you know more about me.

Anyway, bye bloggers.

Blog Activities Term 1 2019

Hey bloggers, I have a question, how well do you know Egyptians and mummies?

As you can see, on the second slide there are instructions for my activities I have to do each week.

Answer these eight questions in the comments below.

See if you can get them all correct.

Well, that's all.

Bye!