Catching the Sun retold by Sapphire

 We have been learning about narrative writing. We rewrote a story called Catching the Sun. Here is my story.

Grandparents writing

 We have been learning to use descriptive language in our writing. We wrote about our grandparents for Greats and Grands day.

Creating a game

This week, to end our procedure writing topic, we have been creating our own games. I made a paper board game. My theme is the back yard.

Cross country

 Here is my  cross country recount from yesterday.

Maunga art and writing

 

My speech

My speech topic is kiwis. I chose this topic because to let people know that kiwis are in danger and to protect them. When I presented it I felt happy. What I did well was I used expression and a bit of eye contact. I could have been a little bit louder. 

Here is my speech:

Why are kiwis important? 

Do you know why Kiwis are so important? Kiwis are important because they are our New Zealand icon. A kiwi is a flightless bird with small wings, a long beak and they are nocturnal. Kiwis are important to us because they are native, we as New Zealanders are often called kiwis, we see kiwis everywhere like on money, sports teams and posters for New Zealand. 

Firstly kiwis are native birds to New Zealand. Kiwis have been in New Zealand for hundreds of years,  before people were here. Some legends say that some Kiwis had wings and they disappeared when people arrived. Lots of kiwis are in danger and are dying because they are being attacked by dogs and wild animals. 

Secondly I think that kiwis are important because our nick name is Kiwis.  Some sports teams are called kiwis. Kiwis are known to be friendly, loyal people, just like the bird. Kiwis have been friendly people for hundreds of years.

Finally the kiwi symbol or a picture of the kiwi is used as our national icon. We see the kiwi on our money. Our currency is sometimes called the ‘kiwi dollar. The Kiwi is also used on posters for advertising or as a mascot. Koru the Kiwi spreads important messages about water safety.

I believe that we have to look after our kiwis and protect them from dying and getting extinct. We need to protect them from cars, predators, dogs and other things. If kiwis weren’t alive we wouldn’t be able to be called kiwis.

By Sapphire 

Persuasive writing

Today we listened to a story called Rufus goes to school. We had to decide if  the principal should let Rufus  come to school with reasons.

Persuasive Writing

We listened to the story and gave reasons for or against the pigeon driving the bus.

Rocket poems

For writing we had to write a acrostic poem and a shape poem about rockets. We had to use  descriptive language.

Bubble writing

This week w played with bubbles. we blew bubbles outside. Mrs Clarke had some really big bubbles. We used juicy words to write a piece of writing. Here is my work.

Hand washing Procedure

this week we have refreshed our learning about how to wash our hands effectively. We completed a procedure to show the steps. Here is my writing.

My Mother's Day writing

Here is some Mother's Day writing I wrote this week.

My leaf story

Lockdown Diary

This is just to say writing

Here is some naughty writing I did in class. I wrote a poem called This is just to say.