Sir Edmund Hillary (SLJ Week One)

Kia ora this week is the beginning for the SLJ. this week is week one we are learning about the people who changed the world through sport and exploration. This blog post I am going to learn more about Sir Edmund Hillary and why he wanted to climb the heights mountain. Sir Edmund Hillary was 33 when he climbed Mount Everest and was 81 when he died. Sir Edmund Hillary died on 22 April 2008 and was born on 11 January 2008. Sir Edmund Hillary liked to climb mountains he was a New Zealand mountaineer explorer and philanthropist. My favorite piece of information about Sir Edmund Hillary is he liked to climb mountains he didn't do it because he needed to get fit he did it because it was his passion.

The Summer Learning Journey

Kia ora. This week in Te Ngahere we have been doing the Summer Learning Journey. The Summer Learning Journey is to help us kids get better at Blogging. If we don’t do our Blogging or Writing we could go down in Writing or Blogging that's why there is the Summer Learning Journey. I am doing the Summer Learning Journey because I don’t want to go down in Writing, Blogging and Reading. This week is Teaser week. For Teaser week we are learning about Lorde, Taika waititi and Roald dahl. For day one I am doing Lorde. Here is my information.

Action World

Kia ora. On Tuesday 3 December’ Paihia School went to Action World. Action World is a place you go to have fun with your friends and family and more. Action World has a water slide, fighting ring, climbing wall and a tightrope. I was so nervous because it was my first time being there. I didn't know what it would feel like if I fell down but luckily we had a lady to tell us what to do and how to land. My favorite part of going to Action World was the fighting ring because it was fun when you fall down. What I can do better next time is listen more carefully to the lady who was talking to us.

Camp

Kia ora. On the 11 of november we went to Wellington I am going to be talking about Thursday. On Thursday we went back down to the National library to see the real Treaty of Waitangi we weren’t able to see the real Treaty on wednesday but we got to see it on Thursday. About 30 minutes later we went to the westpac stadium. We met a man called Dave he showed us around the westpac stadium the locker rooms and the field but we weren’t allowed to go onto the field. The next activity we did was the weta workshop we had some people show us around and talk to us about some of the statues and characters. We learnt a lot about how to make things look heavy and real. We even got to look at some amazing swords and feel some of the examples of the characters they were creating. On our last activity we went to Capital E. Capital E is a place where you can go to film a movie or a tv show. We chose to film a tv show. Our tv show was called Eye On The Hive it was about the prime minister banning the internet. We all got rolls to play or be something. For The Eye On The Hive my roll was the location manager.

What do you think about my writing ?

Kia ora. This week in Te Ngahere we had an e asttle test. For this e asttle test we were writing about a Special place in our community. What I chose to write about was the the Waitangi Treaty Grounds. Here is my writing.

The Waitangi Treaty Grounds is a special place because in 1840 the first Waitangi Treaty was signed.That’s why there is a flagstaff there because that’s where the Treaty was signed.




Do you have a community place where your family can go to find out more about you town? For many families in Paihia it is the Waitangi Treaty Grounds because you get to know more about your town and more about the Waitangi treaty.




The Waitangi Treaty Grounds is special to the Paihia community because in 1840 the first treaty was signed in waitangi and the meeting house in the Waitangi treaty grounds was built on 1940 to mark 100 years since the treaty was signed. The same is true for Ngatokimatawhaorua the waka.




The Waitangi Treaty Grounds is used to keep history and to help us kids learn about the treaty.




Why the Waitangi Treaty Grounds is there because the first treaty was signed there. We also want people to learn about the Waitangi Treaty Grounds so there is history about it.What I think I did well on this piece of writing was trying to not use I me we. What I can do better next time is find more information about the Waitangi Treaty Grounds.



What do you think I can do better next time? Comment down below

What is the one thing I need to change.

Kia ora. In Te Ngahere we have been doing writing. For our writing this week we were writing about why the Paiha School pump track is special to our community. Our focus is passive voice and present tense. If you do not know what passive voice and present tense are I can explain it to you. Passive voice is not using I, me we. Here is an example. Rocks are like the bones of the earth,and water represents life. As you can see I am not using I me we. present tense is something that is present now. Here is a example for present tense Some of the descents of the early Moriori still live on rekohu. That sentence is present because of the word live. If you want to give me feedback about my writing comment down below. Here is my writing .

My writing:


What I am writing about is the paihia school pump track
Do you have a special place were you and your family can go and have fun?. For many families it is the Paihia School pump track. The pump track at paihia School is special because it’s free for anyone who comes here and it is the only safe pump track in paihia for the little kids. The paihia school pump is special to the paihia community because keep us nice and fit, it is safe for all of the little kids like my sister and it .The paiha school pump track is a community pump track it is for anyone who comes here and it is opened any time to anyone.

The best work I've ever done

Kia ora. In Te ngahere we have been doing this activity called the Steam challenge. For this Steam challenge we were making a two sheet newspaper tower. We were learning how to make a free standing paper tower with limited equipment. We were doing this Steam challenge because we wanted to see who could make the tallest tower with two sheet of newspaper and 30 cm of tape. What we had to do first was get into groups of two or three. I was with Zhynaliyah. Once we finished getting into our group and we had 20 minutes to build our paper tower. What we did first was figure out how we were going to have our tower. Next It was time to put our tower together we only had one minute and 30 seconds left but we finished just on time. Me and Zhynaliyah had the tallest tower it 118cm. What we learnt about this paper tower challenge was how to make a paper tower out of two sheets of newspaper and 30 cm of tape. What work well for my group was listening to all of our ideas, not one person's idea.What was hard for our group was Trying to make the paper because it wouldn't stand. What we did well was Working as a team and listening to all of our ideas.What could we do differently next time is make the tower stand properly.