The Special pump track

 The special pump track 

In the first week we have been  writing on Google Docs about something special and the teachers picked what we first had to write about and that was the pump track. What we were learning to do was  to use passive voice and present tense. I think I used passive voice because I didn’t really see ‘I, am, we.’

 What I could do better next time is to use more present tense in my writing.

For example, ‘I liked Fortnite but now I like Roblox and Minecraft.’

I hope you enjoy reading my writing and can I please have some feedback. Writing link

Free standing Newspaper Towers

                                

In the first week we have been making newspaper towers for our steam challenge.

We were learning that the base has to be bigger so the tower could free stand freely. We had to use two pieces of newspaper and one 30 cm piece of tape.   

What I could do better next time is to try to think of better ideas. When it was time to see how tall it was, one of my friends went up and tried to make it stand but we had already tried and it didn't stand but he still tried to see how tall it was.

How could I write better next time? Feedback welcome.

Hope you enjoy Reading : ) 

Swim safety

In Te Ngahere we had a swim safety person called Tracy come in and talk about Six things that can help you stay alive if you are on a boat or when you are swimming. 

Six things that keep you alive...

• Bring swim safety tools with you just in case you get lost, 
• wear a life jacket when you are on a boat or when you are swimming, 
• Bring an adult with you if something happens, 
• Bring a electrictronic Epirb,
• bring a parachute flare if you get lost and
• Tell an adult where you are going how many people you are taking with you and what time you will be back.

There are all the Six things that keep you alive.

Oral Hygiene

Kia Ora, today I will be doing a blog post about Oral Hygiene DLO. In this DLO  we are writing about brushing our teeth to keep our teeth clean. I learnt that we should brush our teeth in a circle motion. I also learnt you have to brush your teeth every night and morning because it will be healthier for your teeth. What I could do better is brush my teeth in a circle motion.

Kapa haka

On September the 19, the Paihia School kapa haka group went to Kaikohe Memorial hall  to perform in the Cultural Festival. I was learning to focus on singing and facials, making sure I was smiling and doing a strong pukana. We went with parents, Teaches and teacher aids that supported us. When we went on stage I got scared because there was so much people watching us and cheering. After a couple of minutes, I didn’t have stage fright because I focused on singing. When we were doing the haka with  our rakau I made some mistakes because some of my timing was too early when we poked our rakau to the side. Once we got off the stage I was so happy because I think we all did good performing in front of other schools. SEE YOU IN THE NEXT BLOG POST.

Story beats

Today I’m writing about ‘story beats’. If you don’t know what story beats are it’s planning 

how you are going to lay out your story. Here is an example of a story beat. 

Once upon a time...

Every day…. 

Until one day...

Because of that...

Because of that...

Because of that...

Because of that...

Until finally...

And ever since then….

The moral of the story is…

             The beats are like the bones of the story and then I flesh out the rest to make a body of writing.Once upon a time I opened a fortnite account. Every day I played fortnite for a long time and sometimes got frustrated. Until one day I got so angry I threw my controller. Because of that it didn’t work properly. Because of that I got more frustrated.Because of that I broke my controller more. Until finally it wouldn't work at all. Ever since then I have been asking my papa for a new controller but he knows how I broke my first one. The moral of the story is look after what you have because you might not get it again. In story beats it is easier to plan your story and write down the stuff you know and that has happened, BYE!!!

Character dimensions

 Today I am writing about character dimensions. Character dimensions
are things about a person. First their appearance, how they look.
Second their history, fears and dreams. Finally who they really are;
choices, needs and desires. 

           For example; Appearance, “he wears a blue T-shirt, black shoes,
green jacket and he has hair all over his face”. Backstory is number
two.
To explain, my fears are spiders and heights but I don’t  want anyone
to know my weaknesses. Dimension three is their decisions, needs
and wants. Who they really are. I am going to show that by explaining
about  
Mr  Twit. He thought that if he had hair he could look like a strong
man. Mr Twit doesn’t want to clean his brush. He didn’t want to ever
shave his hair on his face because he wanted to grow a lot of hair. 

              We are learning this because in t-shaped we had to write
about people and what we think their dimensions are. The easiest
the
part for me was writing down the description of dimension one.
The other two are much harder to work out.

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