Spanish Learning!

SPANISH!

For the past two weeks, Toroa hub has been learning the basics of Spanish. So far we have learnt alot from using peardeck, and from our teacher (Mrs Davies). I am proud of what I have learnt.

I have learned how to count to ten in Spanish. I had already known how to, but it was good to revise. I hope to learn how to count to 100 some day!
Uno
Dos
Tres
Cuatro
Cinco
Seis
Siete
Ocho
Nueve
Diaz

I have also learned some ways of transport (such as vehicles), this would be helpful if I were to be in Spain and needed to get somewhere.

I have also learnt the days of the week and the months of the years. We used a word search to help us remember the months better, that was fun! My favourite day is lunes (Monday) because it is quite easy to remember (luna = moon). I find each day really interesting and the meaning behind each day. A lot of the days represent planets, or important things to the Latin culture such as religion or gods.
Monday - lunes
Tuesday - martes
Wednesday - miercoles - Mid week is a easy way to remember!
Thursday - Jueves
Friday - viernes
Saturday - sabado
Sunday - domingo
An interesting fact is that the days of the weeks or months do not use capital letters at the start of the words!

I learnt basic conversation, you can see what I have learnt by looking at the blog post below!

We also learnt all the colours. This was interesting to learn because you had to understand the feminine and masculine ways of saying each colour.


Learning the feminine and masculine ways of saying words was interesting. For example, the word 'Blanco' is a masculine word. This because it ends in a O. And the word Rosa is a feminine word because it ends in a A. If the word is feminine the sentence begins in a different way to what a masculine sentence would. There is so much to talk about for it, but It is hard to explain on a blog post. I'm happy I understand.


Thanks for reading bloggers!

Basic Spanish Conversation!

BASIC SPANISH CONVERSATION ANIMATION

In the past 2 weeks, our hub has been learning Spanish as part of our weekly tasks, that we have to complete while the others are swimming. This week we have been given the task to create a animation using google slides, and then to screencastify us speaking over top of the animation in Spanish. This is my video/animation, it is pretty basic. I hope you enjoy!

If you would like to just click through the animation itself, here is the slides to do so, 

Do you know any Spanish? Comment down below if you do!

AFRICAN CULTURE

Kia Ora Bloggers,
This term for inquiry we are learning about the cultural significance and importance of different cultures. So far my home group have learned about Japanese and African culture. My previous culture learning slides for Japan is the post below this one. This week we have learnt about the African cultures, stating what makes the culture thrive. I made this webpage using Adobe spark. To access the Adobe web page, just click on the image below (the one that says AFRICAN CULTURE). I hope you learn a few things from my Adobe webpage!

If you were to learn about any culture... What culture would you want to learn about? Comment below!

JAPANESE CULTURE

Here is my Japanese Culture Slides. Feel free to flick through the slides. These slides includes depictions of Famous art Pieces and some of the history of Japanese Culture, such as culture, living spaces and food. Would you move to Japan? If so what part of Japan would you move to? Comment below!

GOONIES CHARACTERS

  GOONIES CHARACTER DESCRIPTIONS!

This week our literacy class watched the Goonies. We had to write quick character descriptions about each of the main characters. Enjoy reading!

Geoff the Giraffe!

Maia the Moa Animals.

This week in Gillstrom maths, we had to create a animal using google sheets, and state obvious changes in their appearance as they age. This was a interesting task and was quite fun. My animal is a basic giraffe and below I have stated the changes made between my Giraffe at the age four and two. I have displayed these changes on a table.

At the end of last term we were learning about Linear equations, this task was set to see our knowledge on Linear equations. The tasks we had to do last term were similar to this weeks, as we has to repeat patterns.

If you were to do this math task, what animal would of you done?

Linear Equations task example:

SWAMP MEDIA!

SWAMP MEDIA

This term for inquiry Toroa has been focusing on Media. We got to chose from an array of media platforms and types, here are the options we got to chose from:

- Online Media - This means posting things on a online website for the nation to see, and to learn about the meaning behind social media platforms and informative news websites.

- Print Media - This means to create our own newspaper, this including comics and local interviews about people in our community, and school, these interviews being turned into articles.

- Television Media - Our hub made a news program, an informative news source, that addresses and gives opinions on a broad range of topics.

- Radio Media - This is a media based on radio. Students in Toroa hub created a radio show called 'Swamp Radio'.

I chose to be apart of Swamp Media! I was picked to be a editor of the website, this meaning that I had to check thoroughly through each post that was published to the website. Here is the link to our website! Feel free to have a look through it! Tell your friends about Swamp Media!

SWAMP MEDIA LINK 

Horror Video Essay

Hey Bloggers!

This term in Shaw lit, we created video essays, showing what conventions and themes are in our chosen genre. I chose horror because I believe that horror is a interesting genre, and there is ALOT of cool and spooky themes and conventions. Down below is my video. Watch and enjoy!

Toroa 'Google Doodles'

TOROA 'GOOGLE DOODLES'

This is my 'google doodle' for our hub 'Toroa'. I choose to get everybody in our hub to sign the piece of my google doodle because, in my opinion, we (the students) are what Toroa is. Without the students there would be no Toroa! On this sheet of paper, every single person's name is written down, these people are Toroa.

If you were to do this for your class, what designs would you do?

All Genre Conventions!!

Hey Bloggers!
This term in Shaw literacy we have been focusing on all the conventions in each genre. In the slide below is all my work from each genre when we were asked to state all of the conventions of each genre. My favorite genre to write about was Fantasy because 'The Princess Bride' is one of my favorite fantasy movies. I will hopefully add more to this slide so stay tuned for more genres on this slide! 
 What is your favorite genre? Comment down below!

Horrifying Horror Poem

Hi Bloggers!
This week for literacy we had to create a horror poem. This poem had to include some horror conventions, as this term for literacy we are focusing on Genre. This poem is what I think of when I hear the word 'horror'. I hope you enjoy my horror poem!

The Basement, a forbidden place

Where my mother hides

As her safe place

It smells like rotting meat

A pungent nauseating stink

The rotten stench on my mother

And the foul air she left in her wake as she left

I crept down the stairs 

And opened the door

There before me

Were dead bodies galore

They were disembodied and decomposed to a horrifying feat

They were skinned, they were burned they were left in a heap

I tried to run, but my feet were tied down

“You're next,” she said

And I was already dead

Thank you for reading my poem.

Can you think of a plot twist to this poem? If so please feel free to comment it down bellow.

Mia

Flock of Plastic: Our wearable art Inquiry project

Flock of Plastic (Toroas Inquiry for Term 2)

This term we were given the task to create a wearable art piece that shows our knowledge of plastic
pollution. We chose to create a dead bird to show the damage peoples plastic can cause,
please read the writing below. I hope you learn something from it.

This is our wearable art modeled by Scarlett Noble. Our title for this bruised, bloody bird is called Flock of Plastic. We named it Flock of Plastic because we are afraid that when we look out our windows instead of seeing beautiful birds flying together in flocks, we will see plastic bags and other plastic products. We have been focusing on the concept of the many birds who die because of our toxic rubbish. Approximately 1 million seabirds die from plastic each year. A 

a plastic bag can kill multiple animals because the soft plastic takes so long to disintegrate.
Many of these birds accidentally eat plastic and other debris floating in the ocean, mistaking it for food.
It’s probable that it injures or kills the birds by cutting their stomachs or taking up space,
making them feel full when they are actually starving for real food.

The skirt and wings are made out of plastic bags because plastic bags are the main cause of death for the birds,
especially the albatross.
The top half of the creation of our wearable art is made out of spoons to create a feathered effect.
Spoons are also a danger to the birds because the pointy handle end of the spoon will cut their stomach lining,
and intestines, resulting in the bleeding, that is why we have added the blood.
It is dripping down her body because it is a cause of the plastic ripping her apart, starving her.
The bruised heart in the middle of the chest represents the pain it feels from the plastic, killing her kind,
some even being her own children. 

The Albatross is critically endangered because of the decisions we are making. There is an estimated
population of only 100, of one of the 22 species.

This is a representation of what happens to birds when they are getting a drink of water or just looking for some food.
I hope you see this, and hopefully, it had persuaded YOU to make a change.
It only takes one person to make a difference. 

Marvellous Map Marks

Term two, week seven

This week we are learning about the specific features of a map. Bellow are my answers and the image underneath of that are the questions I had to answer. This task was quite easy and we also got to learn about the layout of Newzealand by using a cool google app called 'http://www.topomap.co.nz/. I recommend checking it out because it will give you a better understanding of where you can go to tramp and adventurous things like that.

I hope you enjoy seeing what I came up with. Me and my friend Grace both worked out these questions together, so make sure to check out her blog. margraceo.blogspot.com. Comment if you think any of the questions I answered are wrong, and if so what could I do to improve?

Math Geometry Post.

Math Group Geometry Tasks!

Hello fellow bloggers!!!

This week was the first week of term, this first week has gone by so quickly. This week for math's we have been assigned the task to create a google poster that shows heaps of different quadrilaterals and triangles. We had to show how even each sides are by lines on each edge. And we had to name each individual shape. If I got something wrong please let me know by commenting! 

Here is a rough copy of the poster I created:

Thanks for taking the time to read and have a look at my post about triangles and quadrilaterals!

By Mia Edkins

Hungry - A horror ebook

Hungry by Mia Edkins

Super Survivor Toroa!

House Survivor!

Last week my hub did survivor. We had to complete an array of house challenges to win house points for our houses.

Harakeke Won.

Whitau came second

Koriwai came third

And Kahu Kiwi came last!

Here is some information about the week:

Does your school do stuff like this? Comment your reply! Thanks

Goal ladder progress!!!!!

Goal Ladder Progress!

Hey fellow bloggers!

At the start of this term each student in Toroa created a person goal ladder. The purpose of the ladder was to see if we could achieve most/or all of the goals by the end of the term. Personally I think that I achieved lots because I achieved quite a lot this term.  

This term I feel that my writing has improved a lot because my friends and family have been more interested in reading my writing. My story now flow. My spelling and punctuation has also improved.

I am also now double checking my work more often and putting a lot more effort into it. 

To be honest I haven't read as much as I should have this term. But I have been reading here and there on my kindle. I have found myself to be reading different types of genres to. Not just mystery story's. I am now also taking my time to read a book, not rushing. 

In math's I've been taking heaps of notes, I now can reflect on all my work. I am also more organised and I hand in all my work on time. I am also not rushing anymore, not worrying about people finishing before me. 

My behavior has always been fine. But its nice to think that I've been a role model to kids in my class by being the house captain in SURVIVOR TOROA.

What goals did you achieve this term?? Leave a comment! 

Michael Phelps Biography!

Kia Ora fellow bloggers,
Thank you for choosing to read my blog post! This term our hub is focusing our inquiry on a inspirational or powerful person, I choose do base my inquiry on Michael Phelps because he is a huge inspiration to aspiring swimmers and to other sport players/community to try their best and that you can accomplish amazing things.
Michael Phelps also has a charity called the Michael Phelps Foundation. Where his goal is to improve and expand the participation of swimming sports. And to make the water safer for kids.
Here's a quote.
"I wont predict anything historic, but nothing is impossible"

Sorry for it being sideways, I'm not sure how to fix it :)

Who do you find inspirational and why???

Cool Maori Slides!

Dear fellow bloggers, I hope you like my slides of art displaying what I would say in maori to a seller in a shop. Thank you for taking the time to read my post. :)

Prefixes and Suffixes

These are some examples of prefixes and suffixes.
 
Did you know what prefixes and suffixes are? Well you know now :)

Word Art Pictures

These are some over used words in peoples writing. The commonly used words are the ones in all capitals and the other words around the main words are synonyms.




What word do you use the most in your writing?

My Pepeha

Today at school we had to create a pepeha using comic creator. This was really fun to make and interesting to find out some more about our mountain, tribe and river!
This is mine:

Whats your awa?

The 5 R's at Amazing Wainui Camp!

Last week (week 3) Toroa went on a amazing school camp in Wainui! This is a slideshow of some examples of Toroa showing the 5 R's! I hope you like it! 

When are you going for school camp this year?

2019 Goal ladder!

Today we were set with a task to turn our personal goals for 2019 in a D.O.L. Some of these goals were set at the end of last term and re-evaluate them. Every time I achieve one of these goals, I will out a check mark in one of the white spaces. I am hoping to have ticks next to every single box.

What are some of your goals for 2019?


Mia

The five R's

At Marshland school, we have school values called the five R's. Each R has a important meaning to it, which is important for our school.

Respect : Being respectful to the enviroment, your peers and teachers. For example this means, pushing in chairs, opening a door for somebody and just being kind and thoughtful of your actions.

Resilience: Resilience means never giving up even if its hard, to be resilient you must also have a growth mindset and a can do attitude. 

Resourcefulness: Resourcefulness means using things around you to help with your learning, for example, talking to a fellow student for advice and not only just using a device for help, be creative.

Reciprocity: Reciprocity is basically just including others and being responsible with decisions and who you chose to work with.

Reflective: To reflect on future goals and how you could of improve for the future.

What school values do you have?

We made a imovie showing the five r's. 

PART ONE

PART TWO

Thank you for taking your time to watch and read our work, 
By, Mia E, Grace O, La'Niyah M and Holly H.