Telescopic text

Science fiction writing

Are they on the moon?
These people are astronauts who are hovering around earth and the moon. They are about to land on one of Saturn's moons and research the aliens that live there.

Are these creatures aliens? 
Those people are people who look at the moon and the earth to measure how big it is.

Are they going to live in the spaceship?
They live like astronauts. They have rocket-boots attached to them. They sleep in their space room and float in their sleep. They eat food from a computer.

Food technology - Inquiry model

We think food is... something you eat to keep you alive.

We think technology...something that is invented to make things better/easier/faster.

We think food technology could be...

5 images (acknowledge) to show food that could be made better.

Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori

This morning we have been writing stories in Te Reo. Watch out for these posted on our individual blogs soon.

Here is some of the vocabulary we can recall:

waewae - leg
awa - river
nui - big
kakariki - green
whero - red
aporo - apple
aroha - love
panana - banana
ārini - orange
te - the
whakamataku - awesome
haere tonu - keep going
reka - delicious
ataahua - beautiful
tenei ra - today
pāngarau - maths
tama - boy
tuhituhi - writing
rā rima - daily 5
hui - meeting/team talk
waiata - song
korero/whakaronga - oral language (talk/listen)
kura -school

Parkour Google Drawings

We are becoming experts at Google Drawing to illustrate our writing. For more examples have a look at our individual blogs.

Korero about outdoor art

We are learning to use precise language.

There were hedges along the bank of the mural - Isla

There were hidden butterflies.

I saw the little mushroom houses that are made from cardboard - Hassan

I saw a spider, it had 7 legs not 8 -Nishant

I saw the 3D mushroom houses. They were made from something I don't know. Nicholas

Kauri Team Assembly