Book Review on Hushed

This week and last week in our literacy groups we have been reading a book called Hushed. It has 2 parts and it is a really good story. It's about a boy called Tre who's Mum and Dad got hushed, which means that the spark inside of them has been removed and they have no emotion and not a lot of memory, so he got sent to a new town. He went to his classroom and has to build a plain boring tower while struggling to fit in. Tre moved from Region G which is a little village that everyone thinks is really bad but it's actually beautiful with the blooming flowers and one of a kind wind chimes that his Mum makes. In his classroom, there is a girl called Muse who has been Hushed and all she does is sit and stare. Tre goes over to her and see's 1 threatening word. RUN. He and Muse run away on an adventure trying to find Region G and Tre's parents but it all takes a big turn. If you wanna know what happens next go read the book. I give it a 4 out of 5 because it was very interesting but a little boring but it was good and go read it now. Also one of my tasks was to write part 3 and it was really fun so yeah.
Haere Ra.
Bella.

Book review on Funny Kid- Prank war.

My book that I'm reading is called Funny Kid-Prank war. It's really funny and hooked me in straight away. Basically, it's about a kid called Max who thinks he's famous around town and call's himself the funny kid. A new girl, Pip, moves to town with her twin brother, Tyson, and Max gets a crush on Pip. They all go to camp and Max and Tyson start a prank war while Pip and Abby, Max's enemy, get distracted by a made-up animal called a Gunker Dragon. At the end of camp after all the pranks, Pip's suitcase goes missing in the forest so Pip, Abby, Max, Tyson and Hugo, Max's best friend, go looking in the spooky forest. If you want to see how it ends go look at it. I recommend it for people ages 7 and up. I give the book 5 stars because I can't think of anything it needs to improve and I really like it.

Word of the week

Today we started doing Word Of The Week/ Wotw again. Our word was precocious. I enjoyed looking for pictures and I found it hard figuring out why the teacher had written the word on the board wrong. I found it challenging not to be to rude in the end sentence thing and I could have been BTB (Better Than Before) by putting more synonyms and antonyms.
Haere ra.
Bella the Best *Drop the mic* peace out brrooooooooo.

Climate change- How it's affecting us

Today we had to make an information report about the subject on the book we read. Mine was climate change. I enjoyed writing the bits that I knew. I found it challenging to write the bits I didn't know. I could have been BTB (Better Than Before) by knowing more facts. K byyeeeee.

Climate change- How it’s affecting us

Climate change is killing our ecosystems and environments. Climate change is melting ice in the sea and oceans rapidly and affecting the food web. Climate change is taking over the world little by little. Some people think climate change is still coming and we don’t have to worry about it but they are wrong… Climate change is already here and it’s doing a lot of damage. And you may not know what climate change even is! Well I’m gonna tell you right now. 

Climate change is a big problem in our world that not enough people are worrying about. The earth is getting too hot from greenhouse gases and icebergs and glaciers are all melting. Greenhouse gases are gases that hold all the heat from earth in places called underground geologic formations. Lately the amount of greenhouse gases has increased and it’s getting trapped in earth making the earth way too hot for us to stay on and climbing at an alarming rate.

Also glaciers and icebergs melting are a big problem. First of all it’s proven that if all the ice from Greenland melts, the sea will rise 7 meters!! When water gets warmer it expands more and makes a lot of places all around the world’s seas rise. Scientists predict that the change in sea waters will be a metre by the end of the century.

We can’t completely stop climate change. The rise in the greenhouse gases in the atmosphere are gonna stay there for thousands of years still but if we reduce our emissions, we can limit how serious the effects will be.

Orographic rain cycle

Today for Inquiry we had to make a drawing explaining the orographic rain cycle. I was a little bit confused at the start but I get it now. I enjoyed doing the raindrops on the rain and I found it challenging doing the raindrops as well. I could have been BTB (Better Than Before) by explaining it more.

My Outdoor Adventures Poem

This morning for poetry we made a poem based on my other poem a little bit down. We chose 10 sentences that we liked and wrote it down. Then we described how we felt when we were doing that and then we put it into smaller words and now its a poem. It makes no sense at some bits but yea. I enjoyed describing it and I found it hard to put the words into smaller more descriptive words. I could have been BTB (Better Than Before) by changing the descriptive bits but anyway hope you like it. Oh and also we had to add I am in front of everything so yea that makes it make no sense k byyeeeee.

I am my family having fun, It's great to see them happy.
I am "It's not my fault I'm so beautiful", Shows my unhumbleness.
I am playing king of the mountain, So fun yet so scary.
I am swimming in the harbor, Nice, refreshing water.
I am Great Grandad is really nice, I want to spend lots of time with him.
I am driving on the beach. It's nice to take the wheel.
I am fishing off the wharf, I love the feel of bites on my rod.
I am diving for Kina and being brave, It's so pretty underwater.
I am playing with my friends, They are nice and cool.
I am biking everywhere. I like the wind blowing my hair.

Water Cycle Animation

This week our class has been learning about water cycles. In our desk groups we had to choose how we present it and we chose an animation. In my desk group is Emma (Who wasn't here the whole week so she didn't do it), Lucy, and Meka. It was really fun and I especially enjoyed using the app called remove where it removes your backgrounds. I found it hard to do the lying down bit at the end cause it was really complicated. I could have been better by adding Emma in even though she wasn't here. I hope you like it.

Matariki True Or False Quiz

Today for Literacy Medals we had to write a set of true or false questions about Matariki. It was hard because I had to think up 6-10 questions that were really good. I enjoyed writing the answers at the bottom. I could have been BTB (Better Than Before) by adding better questions. After you have answered these questions scroll down and see how many you got right and then comment that number.

 1. Matariki is a star constellation?
2. Matariki has heaps of different names all around the world?
3. Is there a star called Waiparangi?
4. Matariki is also called Pleiades?
5. Matariki is normally celebrated with praying?
6. The Star Cluster is 480, 000 years away?
7. Subaru is another name for Matariki?



















1. False. Matariki is a star cluster.
2. True.
3. False. The stars names are Tupu-a-nuku, Tupu-a-rangi, Waipunarangi, Waiti, Waita, and Ururangi.
4. True.
5. False. It is normally celebrated with gathering with your Whanau, Reflecting on the past year, Remembering Ancestors, Singing, Eating, and heaps more.
6. False. Matariki is around 4.8 billion years away!!
7. True. Subaru is the Japanese way of saying Matariki.

My "Trip Up North" Poem

This morning we had to do poetry and we got to choose a subject and then write a 40 sentence poem about it!! It was really challenging to find words to rhyme so some bits probably don't make much sense but it doesn't matter. My subject is about when I go Up North around Kaitaia and all my family and friends get together and we have lots of fun. We had to do 20 lines and 2 sentences in each but I got to do 15 lines because I was taking to long. Each sentence has a really big story behind it and each one means heaps to me. I enjoyed bringing back some great memories and I probably could have been better by taking a little bit longer to get better words. We also had to add the word My in front of everything so yeah.

 

My socializing. My sitting and crying.

My drinking smoothies. My watching movies.

My swimming in the Harbour. My skin feeling like lava.

My catching the biggest wave. My diving for kina and being brave.

My driving on the beach. My getting spoiled with treats.

My eating lots of food. My "How very rude!!"

My going to the park. My flounder hunting in the dark.

My biking everywhere. My family lives so near.

My "It's not my fault I'm so beautiful." My jumping off the waterfall.

My Jet-Skiing in the ocean. My doing bike jumps in slow motion.

My family having so much fun. My trying to get the motorbike to run.

My playing king of the mountain. My swimming in the fountain.

My playing with my friends. My driving fast around all the bends.

My great Grandad is really nice. My "I hope I don't get lice."

My fishing off the wharf. My amazing trip Up North