Rat, Mouse and Eagle

The Three Eagles

3 eagles appear as I’m awaking. Is it a dream, no it wasn’t? I was about to face my worst nightmare! I look into the darkness to see where to escape. Suddenly another one of my hunters comes out, the tarantula.  
I run around in circles, until I find a hidden tunnel. I run through, but to my surprise it didn’t make a difference if I went out this on or the other one! 

I start running for my life, I pretend like I’m in a movie scene. I trip over a stick. I thought that it was over for good, but no, I managed to pick myself back a up and keep running. I leaped over a fallen cacti and bounced off a ledge of a stone. I came to a rock cave.

It’s time to decide. Do I want to die and get put out of my misery, or do I want to run for my life and die another day. I know that one day I‘m going to die, but when? Not today! I begin searching for spots to escape. In the meantime my nemesis, the eagle, is watching over me, waiting for me to come out into the open. “Don’t die, not today” is what I repeat in my head as I keep searching. But I was too late, the eagle managed to get to my cave and pick me up and fly away with me. 

I thought she was going to take me to her nest. “No , no, no!” “ Not today!” I was surprised when she carefully landed with me on the ground to drop me off with the rest of my mouse friends.

And that’s how my story ended.

The Go Kart Derby

                                          

Animation Time!

Wellington Camp Video

Today I worked on sisomo  creating a DLO about our school camp in Wellington.
I learned that

• I really enjoyed putting the photos on the slides because I liked looking at all the cool and funny photos.
• I found it hard to get the timing just right.
• I found it easy upload all of my slides to Spark Adobe.
• Next time I would not make as many slides because it slows down the whole saving process.
• This blog post shows I am a Smart Blogger.

Wellington Camp

Sunday - 4.11.2018

Today we had to take a big bus for 7-8 hours. We watched 3 movies and stopped off at three places. It was really handy that the bus had curtains, so that it could block out the sun while we were watching the movies. The first place that we stopped off at was Wairoa, just to have a quick toilet stop. Next stop was Napier, we went to the Sound Shell to have lunch. The last stop was Dannevirke, to get some fuel and go to the toilet. Then finally after a long bus ride, we arrived at Silverstream Retreat. 


Monday - 5.11.2018

Soon after a very filling breakfast, we were off. Off for an adventure. First we went to New Zealand’s Parliament. We started off in the Beehive and worked our way around the whole of the Parliament house with our awesome educator, William. My favourite part of our time at Parliament was pretending to be a minister, a cabinet minister to be exact. A cabinet minister is a minister in charge of all different areas. For example police minister, health minister and roading minister, all of those kind of areas, they are in charge of. When all of them come together it is called a cabinet meeting.

Next we went to Te Papa. My favourite part of Te Papa was exploring the art gallery and the Gallipoli expedition. It was amazing! Did you know that Weta Caves made the whole of the Gallipoli expedition. The statue looked so realistic, I thought that one of the dead soldiers was going to jump up at any second, that’s how real it looked!


Tuesday - 6.11.2018

Today was my favourite out of the days so far. Do you wanna know why? Well here’s why. First we went to Weta Caves Studios. This is one of the activities that  I was really looking forward to the most. I learnt that it normally takes around 6 - 8 weeks to build and sculpt on piece of equipment and it takes 6 hours to make one eyebrow. My favourite part of the experience was getting to see how they make the heads and full body suits and how the make up was done so well.

Our last spot that day was Wellington Zoo, my favourite. I loved the giraffes, so that is why I bought a giraffe key ring and bookmark. We also got amazing information about different animals like spider monkeys and gibbons. I learnt that spider monkeys have very gripy tails, and that gibbons are tan color when there are born, then turn black after a couple of years males stop changing colour but females change back to a tan colour.

Wednesday - 7.11.2018

Zealandia time! We were a bit early so we had to wait outside in the cold, but the kind lady that worked there let us in, because she didn’t like us waiting out is the cold wind. My favourite part of Zealandia was getting to spot the tuatara and looking at all different kinds of weta.
Next was the… city adventure! We all got into our different camp groups, I was part of Tumeke Poneke. We had two hours to explore the main streets of Wellington that had meet up with Mr Knight at 2:30 at the train station. To then get on the train to go down to Lower Hutt. I was sitting by Sophia we took lots of selfies. Don our bus driver meet us there and we went to a trampoline park, I re - learnt how to do a front flip on the trampoline. 


More coming soon.

Imagine Wellington

Recently in Room 4 we have been writing about Wellington, because we are going for our Room 4 camp there in 2 days. I really enjoyed writing the I imagine a night because it was just taking out parts of our Imaginative story about Wellington. Mine was about Wellington Zoo. I found it hard to stop, because I enjoyed doing it so much.
Here is the imagine a night writing.

Imagine a night . . . 

Imagine a night . . . When a flash in the corner of your eye takes your whole class away.
Imagine a night . . . No one, anywhere, all gone, enclosed in the jaws of the lion's cage.
Imagine a night . . . On the wrong side, of the wrong fence.
Imagine a night . . . Swinging through the tree with the playful monkeys.
Imagine a night . . . When fast becomes slow on tired legs.
Imagine a night . . . Waking up under a quilt of playful monkeys.
Imagine a night . . . Waking up for a time of adventure.
Imagine a night . . . Playing with mighty elephants, fisty lion’s and the playful penguins.

Imagine a night . . . That ended with the time of your life.

Here is the imaginative writing.

My Playdate At Wellington Zoo

We had just finished the tour of the zoo, when I saw flash in the corner of my eye. I went around to have a look. But what I didn’t notice is that the whole class left and they didn’t even notice that I was missing. Time had past, the zoo had closed, no zookeepers, no nothing, only animals.

I started to get quite tired so I climbed into the sleeping lions enclosure. I thought that it was going to be safe to sleep in the corner of the cage, until I realized that I was on the wrong side of the fence,  I was now in with monkeys and no they were not quietly sleeping like the lions they were wide awake swinging around on every vine in sight. I tried to scurry away but legs started to fall asleep so I just keeped going slower and slower until I decided to hide in a bush and sleep.

The next morning I was out of the bush lying on the ground with 5 monkeys piled on top of me. I kicked them off and got out to see that the zoo was closed. Yes, there were zookeepers but they were all inside having a meeting. I told myself that it was time. Time for adventure. I started by getting control of the massive Indian elephant, I rode around the whole of the zoo feeding feisty lions, yeah, I was going to ride them too but they didn’t seem to friendly at all. The elephant got put back and it was time to slide on ice with little blue penguins. I got a bit cold so I moved on to eating a sandwich for breakfast with my friend the brown capuchin. I wanted to visit the monkeys again so I got some exercise and swung on their vines.

In the end I had the time of  my life. I mean who wouldn’t like to race a cheetah, bounce with kangaroos. Slide down giraffes long necks, sit on warm rocks with baboons. And best of all, sit in the sun with sun bears.

Reflective And Rotational Symmetry

We had a task to create a pattern and then make it reflective and the year 7 & 8’s had to include rotational symmetry. I found it hard to get both sides symmetrical so went quite slow, but in the end I got it finished! I found it easy to pick my pattern. We started by drawing a pattern with our rulers. Then we made it symmetrical by drawing the same pattern of the other side.

Here's a photo of what I did.

Google Doc Ninja Challenge

Today I worked on the Google Doc Ninja Challenge.

Today I earned the white, green and red belts.

I am aiming to get the black belt.

I found it hard to start the black belt.

I found it easy to do the white and green belts.

Visit To Gisborne Intermediate

The visit to Gisborne Intermediate was very overwhelming but t the same time an amazing experience!
I would love to come here again some day. I didn't feel too nervous because I already knew some girls from my dance studio. The class we visited was Room 1. I really enjoyed the shop day, I thought it was a very fun and cool way to raise money. For the shop day each class set up a stall to sell there goodies at morning tea and lunch time. My favourite goody from the shop day was the sherbet, I love sherbet.  In the end it was such a fun experience to collaborate with another school and look at what they do differently to us at Matawai School.

5 Kid Friendly Activities To Do In Wellington New Zealand

1. Take a tour of the Weta Workshop.
2. Go to the national museum of Ne Zealand, Te Papa.
3. Make a splash at Oriental Bay beach.
4. Look around Wellington Zoo.
5. Visit Zealandia.

My Favourite!

Wellington Zoo

Because... I love animals and there are lots of animals that have been rescued.

Birthday Party!

Today was my little cousin Ruby’s birthday, she was turning 2! I really enjoyed the party food and of course the cake.

Here are some photos of the party.

Wellington Zoo Information Report

We were learning about how to write an information report.
I found it easy to decorate it, to make it look eye catching.
I found it hard to make everything the correct size so that it all fitted.
I really enjoyed researching a specific place that we are going to visit later on in the year.
Next time I need to make sure that everyone in the team has an equal contribution to finished product.
My Blog Post shows I am a Smart Learner.

Now here is the finished product.

Wellington Zoo Abstract Noun Poem

We were learning about how to write an abstract noun poem.
I found it easy to think of the 'looks like' because we have just done a study on the place, so I had a pretty good idea in my head of what it looks like.
I found it hard to think of ideas especially for tastes and smells like.
I really enjoyed writing a poem, because we do not write poems that often and I love poems.
Next time I need to be more descriptive.
My Blog Post shows I am a Smart Learner.
Now here is my poem,

Looks like bees to a flowery meadow, as tourist from all around the world come to admire animals  from the safari.
Smells like the lions fleshy meat torn apart by their sharp canines.
Tastes like the strong freshly brewed coffee at the exploring cafe.
Sounds like the mighty roar of the lion and the sweet elegant chirp of the birds.
Feels like the soft fur from the bouncing kangaroos.
Lives in Wellington Zoo.

Wellington Zoo Imaginative Story

My Play Date At Wellington Zoo

We had just finished the tour of the zoo, when I saw flash in the corner of my eye. I went around to have a look. But what I didn’t notice is that the whole class left and they didn’t even notice that I was missing. Time had past, the zoo had closed, no zookeepers, no nothing, only animals.

I started to get quite tired so I climbed into the sleeping lions enclosure. I thought that it was going to be safe to sleep in the corner of the cage, until I realized that I was on the wrong side of the fence,  I was now in with monkeys and no they were not quietly sleeping like the lions they were wide awake swinging around on every vine in sight. I tried to scurry away but legs started to fall asleep so I just kept going slower and slower until I decided to hide in a bush and sleep.

The next morning I was out of the bush lying on the ground with 5 monkeys piled on top of me. I kicked them off and got out to see that the zoo was closed. Yes, there were zookeepers but they were all inside having a meeting. I told myself that it was time. Time for adventure. I started by getting control of the massive Indian elephant, I rode around the whole of the zoo feeding feisty lions, yeah, I was going to ride them too but they didn’t seem to friendly at all. The elephant got put back and it was time to slide on ice with little blue penguins. I got a bit cold so I moved on to eating a sandwich for breakfast with my friend the brown capuchin. I wanted to visit the monkeys again so I got some exercise and swung on their vines. 

In the end I had the time of  my life. I mean who wouldn’t like to race a cheetah, bounce with kangaroos. Slide down giraffes long necks, sit on warm rocks with baboons. And best of all, sit in the sun with sun bears.


Reflection
We were learning about how to create an imaginative story about our Wellington location.
I found it easy to write my story.
I found it hard to come up with an interesting ending for my story.
I really enjoyed writing an imaginative story, because we do not do this that much.
Next time I need to brainstorm right from the beginning.
My Blog Post shows I am a Smart Learner.

Seeking Help

We were learning about 5 steps to get rid of cyber bullies.
I found it easy to write everything that you need to know.
I found it hard to work to the 15 minute time limit.
I really enjoyed the design part of it because we got to do it how ever you would like to do it.
Next time I need to work more efficiently.
My Blog Post shows I am a Smart Learner.

Do's and Don'ts

• We were learning about the do's and don'ts about netiquette.
• I found it easy to think of the do's and don'ts.
• I found it hard to incorporate maori into my work.
• I really enjoyed designing the google drawing.
• Next time I need to work more efficiently
• My Blog Post shows I am a Smart Learner.

Collaborating Online

We were learning how to use sisomo..
I really enjoyed how if you messed up on the voice over then you can delete it then redo it.
I found it hard to make the slides long enough.
It was easy to put the music in the video.
Next time I need to make it more interesting.

Sisomo is about getting sight, sound and motion into a digital learning object (DLO).

Criteria for assessment: Key: 👍 = beginner          👍👍 = stepping up         👍👍👍 = smart learner
My buddy and I used “comments” to collaborate	👍 👍👍
My buddy and I made decisions together using “comments”	👍 👍
My buddy and I wrote 3 important Cyber smart messages	👍 👍👍
My buddy and I created a character in Google Drawings	👍 👍👍
My buddy and I designed our slides so the messages were easy to read	👍 👍👍
My buddy and I used design elements in our slides	👍 👍👍
I was able to upload my slides into Spark Adobe to make a video	👍 👍👍
My DLO (digital learning object) has “SISOMO”	👍 👍👍

The Everglades - The River Of Grass

The Everglades - The River Of Grass
In Room 4 we have been focusing on inquiries. We started off with writing inquiries then we moved on to reading. This post is about my reading inquiry.
Our class goal is to take the key information then summarise.
I personally think that I did a pretty acceptable job doing it. My favourite section of the whole thing was reading the book, because I love reading! I had trouble finishing because I was also trying to finish my second writing inquiry at the same time. I took a bit longer to finish because, I took most of the info and summarized it, instead of just taking parts of the info.
Have you ever been to the Everglades? Let me know down in the comments below.

The Bike Outing - Adrenaline Writing

The Bike Outing - Adrenaline Writing

Room 4 were given a video and were told to write about it. I chose to write about a person that was doing an extreme bike ride.

Our class goal for this activity was detail, like adding in adjectives, nouns and verbs. My favourite part of the whole experience was actually writing about what I saw. Ms Dods helped me out with most of my writing, but soon I got the hang of it and was up and going again. We also did another piece of adrenaline writing, this one I called Lunch. It was about a lion trying to catch its food, the buffalo. I had trouble along the way making it 3 paragraphs and adding detail, but in the end at least it got finished.

Have you ever been on an extreme bike ride before? Let me know down in the comments below.

Zac Efron - The Star Of High School Musical

Zac Efron - The Star Of High School Musical

This term Room 4 have been focusing on the arts e.g singing, dancing, acting, cooking.

I decided to do an actor called Zac Efron.

The easiest part for me was collecting the information, because there were so many websites about him.

Our class goal was to grab the key information then summarise. I think that I did a pretty good job

summarising my info. After came the decoration for Zac Efron I wanted to watercolour an old

fashioned camera. I think that it looked awesome.

Quick question, can you guess how many movies Zac Efron has been in?

Let me know in the comment section below.

Anna Pavlova - The Greatest Ballerina Known

Anna Pavlova - The Greatest Ballerina Known

Lately Room 4 have been working on the arts writing inquiry. I personally chose a lady called Anna Pavlova.

Our class learning goal was to get the key information then summarize. To summarize you have to get the key info the turn it into your own words. Plagiarism is the word for when you copy and paste strait onto your own work.

My favourite part was the design segment. Something that I learnt along the way, is that you don't always have to have a capital letter for mum and dad. Sentence structures are also very important.

Can you guess how old Anna Pavlova was when she died. Comment below if you know the answer.

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Hello, my name is Ella and I am in a year 7 at Matawai school. I come from Christchurch New Zealand but I've now been living a Matawai for 3 years. I absolutely love the school. My culture is New Zealand European and I'm also half Australian. I live in a family of five, I have two younger brothers and a mum and a dad. I live in a rural community. I do not live on a farm I just live in a cottage.

My family have a dog named Duke, he is a chocolate Labrador and he's turning 8 this year. I enjoy to dance a lot, in fact I've been dancing since I was only 2! It’s my favourite hobby. Another one of my hobbies is hockey. I’ve been playing for 3 years now. My fondest food isn’t really a food as such it’s dark chocolate mint, chocolate. In school the subject I like the most is reading. My goal for this year is to improve in everything that I do.

Someone I look up to is my Mum and Dad, they are both so amazing in everything they do. I am really looking forward to going to the Aims Games and running the cross country against Intermediate schools across New Zealand.

Nau mai, haere mai ki tēnei taonga

Welcome to my blog for learning.

I look forward to sharing my learning with my school,

my whānau and friends anywhere.