Christmas Holidays & New Years

YAY! 5 more days until the christmas holidays! I can't wait for new years! Its been an awesome year at Pt England! This will be my last post until 6 WEEKS!! MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR!! I can't wait until next year. I'm gonna miss everyone (mostly my chromebook!) Have an phenomenal holiday, I wish you all the best! Stay safe and good luck for 2015!!! 

The Victorian Era

Here is an animation of the Victorian Era a.k.a The 1800's. Enjoy and leave some feedback in the comments.

Holiday Activity Poster

We are learning to summarise and combine information from across multiple texts.

My weekend

Last week on Friday I didn't go to school, so instead me and my sister stayed home. It was really boring because we had to do all the chores. Later in the afternoon we started watching movies. We watched House Of Magic, Insidious Chapter 2, Gravity and Rio 2. My favourite was Insidious Chapter 2 because it was really scary.

The next day on Saturday me and my family went to Papakura to watch one of my family members play softball. I think they won because after the game everyone from her team started celebrating. We stayed at the Papakura Softball Club for a really long time but there were other kids there so we weren't that bored. There was also a shop across the road from the club so we never got hungry.

The very next day on Sunday my brother visited us. He needed to catch the bus early to work on Monday and we had the closest house to the bus stop he needed to go to. But he left really early in the morning so I couldn't say goodbye, but thats ok because I saw him on Tuesday, he went with my mum to come get us from the shops.

Dimante Construction Poetry

Here is my diamante construction poem.  

The History of Kawau Island

Kawau Island is one of the largest islands in the Hauraki Gulf. Kawau was named after the Kawaupaka. Did you know Kawau is one of the most beautiful islands of the Hauraki Gulf and one of the richest in history. Kawau Island was purchased by Sir George Grey in 1862. Sir George Grey had an interest in the natural sciences, and was an enthusiastic collector of plants and animals from around the world. At the time Sir George Grey was serving his second term as governor.

Kawau Island / Camp Bentzon Vocabulary Task

This is a Vocabulary Task about Kawau Island / Camp Bentzon

Kawau Island / Camp Bentzon Postcard

This is a postcard of where we are going for camp.

Map Work

Breadfruit

Breadfruit Chips

Here are my steps on how to make breadfruit chips, breadfruit are usually found in the cook islands or Tonga.

elisabeth and brooklyn Breadfruit chips Explain everything (1) from Team 4 Pes on Vimeo.

Paragraph Doctor

WALT Recraft a Paragraph

Being Fit.

Dictation

Did you know your body is an amazing machine? It just needs to be used everyday to keep it working well.

Exercise keeps your body strong and fit. Fitness means having the energy to work, play, and do all the things you want to do easily. Your body can not store fitness, so you need to exercise regularly to stay fit.

Exercise makes you feel and look better. It keeps your body a healthy weight, it helps you relax and sleep better, and when you exercise your body produces chemicals called indorthams which go to your brain and make you feel good.

Exercise for strength makes your muscles stronger so you can work different parts of your body without feeling weak. Exercise for stamina makes your heart and lungs stronger, and helps blood flow easily around your body. Stamina is the ability to exercise for longer without getting tired or out of breath.

So you need to move it!

Full stops	10
Capitals	10
Commas	6
Question marks	1
Explanation marks	1

How To Answer a Multi Choice Question.

1. Read the question carefully.
2. Write down what you know and don't know.
3. Look at the answers and see if your answers were correct, and if their not right then keep trying.

Capitals

Capitals - what are they and when do you use them in writing?

WALT: Write an explanation telling people what capital letters are and when you use them in writing.

People often don’t use capital letters when they are writing emails or other messages, but it’s important to use them in stories and newspaper articles because when other people read your work they want to see tidy and quality work.

Capital letters start the beginning of names, so for example. My name is Elisabeth. The capitals are used in names because when you write your name on paper some people usually forget to use capitals.

Capital letters have to be used when you write I, I’m, I’ll and lots more. Its important to do that because its makes your writing look tidy. Its also important because when people see that you use capital I's they will know that you are a proper kid and take writing seriously.

Capital letters are also for the days of the week. Monday has a capital in it because it’s similar to a month. It’s similar to months because their both dates. People usually use capitals like this. On Thursday my cousin is coming over to my house.

• Monday
• Tuesday
• Wednesday
• Thursday
• Friday
• Saturday
• Sunday

The names of cities and countries have capitals in the too. This is an example for how to use capitals in these kind of sentences. Next week me and my family are going to Brisbane, Australia to see my sister. Here are a few countries and cities.

• Auckland
• Christchurch
• New Zealand
• Australia
• Perth
• Brisbane
• Sydney
• And many more

There are many more reasons why people use capitals. I hope you learned something new and remember KEEP USING CAPITALS!

Clauses Poem

This is a poem that me and my friend made on imovie hope you enjoy 

WALT: make a rap or poem about compound and complex sentences (Clauses)

A complex sentence has two or more clauses

in them are commas especially for the pauses

in a simple sentence there are one

they are small just like run

a verb is a doing word

like a flying bird

thats the end of our rhyming fun

remember not to play with guns

Uniform Upgrade

Uniform Upgrade

Pt England School - Elisabeth

Pt England School’s year 5 & 6 students are going to intermediate and want to find out why the Intermediate students get jackets.

The idea of the schools uniform came from the students, they all agreed on the jackets to make the seniors stand out and feel all grown up, the students also agreed on the juniors uniform. This was chosen by prefixes and discussed by the prefixes  when Point England was turning into a intermediate school. 98% (nearly every child) bought the jackets.

Here is Lucy from class 6 to tell Pt England what she thinks about the uniform upgrade, “I like the jacket and I think they are cool, I also cant wait till i'm older so I can wear the jacket and feel older and more mature”, then Lucy said how she would wear her new jacket when she gets one “When I get the new jacket I will wear it with pride and not around my waist”.

This time is Katareina also from class 6 who tells Pt England what she thinks about the prices for the jackets “I think the prices are a little bit too high but still really cheap, I would still buy the jacket even if it’s a high price”. Also Elizabeth from class 8 answered the same question “I think the jackets so great, but the price is really high but its kind worth it though”.

In 2029 the jackets might evolve and people might sell them all around the world. The government might use the jacket as a sponsor for other schools learning with chromebooks. Even movie stars might wear them in their concerts. The jackets might be such a big hit everyone would want them…but that probably wouldn't happen.  

The United Kingdom Quiz

Dimante War Poetry

This is my poem explaining war using adjectives, participles, nouns. Hope you enjoy :)

Canada quiz Answers.

Canada quiz answers. 

1. 4

2. 1930


3. 34.88 million

4. Maple leaf

5. Ottawa

If you haven't tried our quiz here is a link.