Cross Country Day

On Friday the 24th of August 2017 all 9-11 year old went to Minogue Park in Hamilton to do Cross Country.

It was a hard time running, as we had to run 2500m without stopping.

Most people thought of just winning for their priority but mine was just to finish, without being last.

I felt like a turtle, the turtle you find taking the short way and actually beating the rabbit, but i didn't come at least 5th or higher, but i'd say everybody did a great job running.

We came back to school at about 2:20 I liked walking back because it gave me a big rest.

Year 6 Art Painting Day

On Tuesday the 21st of August 2017 all of the year 6's in Room 15, 7 and 4 went to go paint a memory piece of art so people don't forget the special year 6's that leave.
First we all had to sketch an outline of our characters, most of us finished before morning tea.
After morning tea, we had to paint our characters with a variety of paints, like gray, blue, black, forest green, sage green, red, crimson, indigo, and many others.
After the painting block, we had to sharpie our outlines to make our paintings able to stand out much more.
All of this took us 4 hours and 45 minutes which is the whole day, excluding lunchtime and morning tea.
I really enjoyed this experience, and next time I want to do another one, but at Maeroa!

Trees For Survival day

On Thursday 23rd of August 2017, Room 15 and a class from Pukete School completed a project called Trees For Survival.
We planted the trees because they help New Zealand grow and supply the land with fresh oxygen, but most of all, it helps stop water pollution in the Waikato River as the roots of the plants stablise the soil.
The staff from fonterra showed how we should plant like green fingers.
Before we had to put the plant in the hole, we had to make sure a little tablet was in that hole. This 'tablet' acts as a fertilizer for the plants to make them grow fast, strong, and overall better for the environment. We had to make sure to carefully take the plant out of the bag, then level the stalk with the ground.
Everyone had to check that it wouldn't pull out, so we had to stomp the loose dirt around the plant so it could get a better grip onto the soil.
Room 15 and Pukete had to plant about 600 plants around the Fonterra factory.

My speech reflection

On the 7th of June 2017 i had to present my speech to my whole class.
I waited for my name to be chosen on the slot machine that had tons of names.
Luckily, i was first on the list!
Miss Wyllie chose some people to do a assessment on me, and i started to prepare to talk about my speech.
I was not very nervous, as my audience knew from last year i was extremely prepared for what i was going to do.
I liked the part where i said: "There was a cockroach on the floor!". Everybody looked, and then after i said that there actually wasn't.
I think i could of made my speech shorter, as the recommended length was 2-3 minutes.Mine was 4 minutes.
Everyone enjoyed my speech and i think i was very proud of myself, because i had a natural stance and a good expression.
After 4 minutes of speaking, I was relieved that i wouldn't do it again, other than if i had to do it in the semi finals WHEW! I was done with my speech, everybody enjoyed it and I did too.
If you didn't know my speech was about boredom, and I talked about many different topics and how hard it was to find a good topic at home, it was such a pain.

Poem poetry week

Roses are red
Violets are blue
Nightmares creep me out
and so do you!


I like this poem because it is funny and can motivate more people to make poems.



By Matthew

Tabloid sports reflection

On the 20th of february 2017, I attended tabloid sports.

 My favourite activity is the animal throwing were you throw bean bags but they are shaped like animals. You had to score points and to get points you had to throw the little animals at the specific place and score points from 1-2-3-4-5.

My second favorite activity is the sponge race where we had to grab wet sponges and make it so we had to transport the water from the pink bucket all the way to the green bucket.

My third favourite activity was a collaboration activity where we had to grab an ice cream box filled with water and then we place it on a wooden piece with ropes tied to it.Then we had 4 team members to grab one side of the rope and transport it to the bucket.To win you needed to fill the bucket with water. Thanks for reading my reflection on tabloid sports!

2017 Term 1 week 2 reflection

What i found interesting so far: Our puzzle art as we had to blend colours and decorate our puzzle piece.

What i found challenging: The brain teasers because it made me think why are these specific words are there and why are they in that specific order.

What i am looking forward to: Starting official subjects like Maths, Writing and Reading and home learning.

What am i going to do with term 4?

Term 4, a term with many choices to choose from like, being a school council, be a road patroller, or maybe even a trained milk monitor.

In term 4 i want to achieve the title of the school council, and help everyone cross the road safely without harm, and hand out milk to people so they can keep their muscles and bones strong!

With these 3 helpful achievements i can help people in any way i can, even if i have to take on something huge.

How do i achieve these titles?

 Well, one member of the school council, Oliver, has been very good this year, accepting even the problems he doesn't like solving overall, i wish to walk that path and achieve the title he has.

i always look to him for help, otherwise, i shall politely ask Miss Wyllie, so she can tell me what to do, and if i cant understand, i always think for a minute or two to help me understand.

Milk monitor?
I always like to have milk, as it is cold and tasty.

It shall be my bone hardener and make my muscles stronger, and i wish to help the milk monitors, and sometimes i can, as it is fun and beneficial.

My Cross Country experience

On the 30th of August 2016 Room 15 went out to the field to participate in Cross Country, we had a breath-taking experience on the field.
Room 15 ran and ran around the field, above is a picture of me running/finishing a lap.
I felt like i was going to faint at the end!
My mother told me i came around 10th place, and there was about 20 people running at the same time.
The 9 year olds have to run 4 laps, 10 years old 5 laps, 11 year olds 6 laps.
I loved how everyone tried even if they didn't want to run around the field.
Sadly, we couldn't go to Minogue Park to run there because we needed much, much more parent help to help us walk there.                      

End of Term 2 Reflection

End of Term 2 Reflection 

What i found most interesting:

The Report that Miss Wyllie wrote for me as of i couldn't predict how i was behaving in class and how i work.

What i Enjoyed:

Book week as i loved to read books at home a lot and i also i bought 2 books.

What i found Challenging:

That in R.A.T.T i knew a lot of my times tables and i didn't pass the ones i know really fast. 

Turtle

The murky water is a dark turtle's shell.

The vines are the colour of its lime green eyes,

The plankton are the victims it devours in the lake,

Its shell is as hard as steel.

Crawling on the beach like a crab out of reach,

It lays its eggs.

Broken shell like a snail that is down,

It moves along the beach.

Written By Matthew

A circle is round

it has no end

thats how long I

 want to be your friend

Unknown Author 

Topic-Collaboration

Recently In room 15...
We had to do a hard,  fun collaboration experiment, our group and others had to build a long tower, using only scissors, tape, and 3 cardboard pieces.
Currently, our group had the lead with the tallest, and stable tower.
The interesting fact about our tower, is that we did not cut our paper, a pretty easy thing we did was combine our 3 pieces of paper into one big tall tower.
Pretty interesting to me.
We also had to collaborate, meaning we show resilience, resourcefulness,
keep our roles, and stay awesome!
It was a super fun and collaborative activity!
In the photo: Chris, Matthew (me), and Alex! 
Make sure if you want to see other group's tower, go visit other blogs and stay awesome!

Thinglink Poetry

WALT: Write a cinquin poem. Today we had to collect a leaf and use the leaf to create a picture. Then we had to write a poem about what we turned the leaf into. Hover over my bullet point to read my poem.

Kiwi Kids News- Reading Comprehension

Taken from KiwiKidsNews.co.nz

The Pen Collector

Created on March 11, 2015

Do you ever have trouble finding a pen? Dennis Hamilton doesn’t – he has a collection of 50,000!

51 year old Dennis from Southland has been collecting pens since he was 5 and his garage walls are now lined with his impressive collection.

Dennis collects any and every type of pen, including regular ballpoint pens, themed pens and pens camouflaged as other objects such as lip gloss. His favourite is a carved lion pen.

No two pens are the same and many come from all around the world, collected from journeys or as souvenirs from travelling friends.

Dennis has been unable to find a record for the biggest pen collection in the Guinness Book of Records but he says that he hopes to one day hold the title.

Article written by D Mulhern

1.     What does Dennis Hamilton collect?
pPens that might be useful when he has mastered pen licence!

2.    How many years has he been collecting pens for?
o46 years that is a really long time!

3.    What is his favourite pen?
tCarved lion pen it might have fur on it!

4.    Why do you think friends might buy Dennis a pen when they go travelling?
bSo he doesn't spend so much money on pens.

5.    Would you like to go and see Dennis’ pen collection, why or why not?
yNo because its just pens nothing awesome like a rubber egg here!

6.    Is his garage a good place for his collection, why or why not?
nNot it is not so good because someone could just sneak into his garage and steal them all.

7.    If you started collecting something what would it be and why?
i I would start on badges because it makes me feel good and makes my family proud!

Soldier-Moment in Time

WALT: Use adjectives (describing words) to make our writing interesting to the reader.
We pretended we were a soldier in the war, using our senses to describe what it was like.

I saw...very bright gun flashes and a lot of bullets flying through the air. I saw blood dripping down from other allies.
I heard...blood dripping down from my arm and guns reloading.
I felt...pain all coming from the bullets stuck down deep in my arm.
I wondered...if I could survive this giant field of blood and escape safely.

Training for cross country

I rushed around the school field.When I was training for cross country my class ran  as well. Some of the class did 6 laps, 2 laps, 3 laps and 4. I did 2. It was warm up time we did fast feet. Some/most of the boys did push-ups plus we did invisible seats.Finally we ran.I was like a cheetah. Some other people were as fast as a lighting bolt.I did my best, but others were faster than me but I don't care I did my best thats why.
After our run our teacher asked us if we walked when we ran, if you walk you have to run  at lunch time.  
I noticed alot of grass flying all around me when we were running.
I felt like a burnt potato when I finished the run.
I thought I was a turtle but I was as fast as a lighting bolt.

FLIGHT

Lift makes the plane/aeroplane go up and take off.Works with thrust.
Gravity makes the plane/aeroplane land.
Drag makes the plan/aeroplane slow down to land.
Thrust makes our plane go forward and faster.
Control means you need to have control because control makes the plane move in different direstions. Planes can not move backwards in the air.

matariki hangi

So when i had the hangi i had meat stuffing and apple sauce and i grabbed one more plate for mum.I did not like the apple sauce but i liked the meat stuffing. When i was peeling i peeled pumpkin and a kumara the hangi was really really really yum (LOL).  Later i was full of stuffing in my tummy that was after the hangi i had an awesome time eating with mum and friends.When i saw the hangi when it was cooking it looked yum so we had photos when room 9 was looking at the hangi cooking.  The photos were awesome the meat was at the bottom because it took longer to cook it so it was at the bottom.

Green

Green is the grass swaying  in all directions .

Green is the paint splating rapidy on the canvas.

Green is the vomit trying to get out of my mouth.

Green is the hyper sword  that sounds like a lightsaber.

Green is the dino egg waiting to be hatched.

Green

By Matthew

Blue

BLUE

Blue is the sapphire gem hanging from the bottom of the sword.

Blue is the hyper swords sounding like a light saber.

Blue is the  lasers hitting my chest.

Blue is the glowworm lights lighting the cave up.

Blue is the refreshing water going down my mouth into my tummy.

Blue

By Matthew