Kapa Haka

I walked through the school gates ready to perform at my best. I carried my dress to the hall bathrooms and got changed. I ran to Koka Barb to get my moko stamped on my face. With pressure I pushed forward so I could get as much ink as possible onto my chin. A yellow feather got placed in my hair.

We were at alert level 2 so no parents could come and watch. Matua Canaan yelled "camera are rolling." A wave of excitement gushed through my body. The kaia yelled the first command and we sung as confidently and loud as we could. 

I was really proud of my rupu because we learnt three new songs and covid hit so we didn't have much time to practice. My favourite song was definitely Kapana because the girls got to be strong for once. All the boys supported the girls with the singing.

Overall I feel that we were relaxed, confident and loud. It was so fun dressing up and performing. I think we did an amazing job and performed at our best. I can't wait to see the video.

Speech Finals

A rush of excitement went through my body.  All of the speech finalists got to sit on chairs. I was a little bit discouraged because everyone's speeches were impeccable. Y6 finalists were Finn, Rio, Ella, and me.  I stumble on one of my words but that's ok. 

I memorised my whole speech. Everyone had finished their speeches, so now was time to see who won. Y4 winner... Izzy. Y5 winner...  Bridie. Last but not least Y6 winner... Charlotte. I have done it. I WON. When I got home I could not stop thinking about it.

BEDMAS

In my maths workshop I have been learning about BEDMAS. BEDMAS stands for Brackets, Exponents, Division, Multiplication, Addition and Subtraction. I found it tricky at first but it got easier the more I practiced. You have to work it out in the order of the bedmas. This means check if their are any brackets then exponents and so on. Here is an example.

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Going for Gold Speech

Going for Gold is our speech topic. It is a pretty open subject because you could do Olympics, Green Gold, Sport and more. My topic is Lisa Adams. I don't want to spoil the rest so I hope you enjoy.

Artist Study

For Artist Study there are four groups and all different styles. I am in Pete Cromer's group.  We are doing native animals. I have decided that I am doing a Pukeko or a Piwakawaka. Here is some examples of what Pete cromer does on the slide.

Jean Batten

Jean Batten was the first woman to fly over the english channel. She didn't set just that record she set many more. Louis bleriot was the first person ever to fly over the channel and he was Jean's biggest inspiration.

Cooking

As you know we have been in lockdown for 1 week now. I love doing maths and the only maths I get to do is over a google meet so I decided to put my measuring skills to the test. I have backed Anzac biscuits, banana choc chip muffins and caramel slice. 

I had never baked banana muffins so they were delicious for the first three days but then the icing just went all soggy after that.  My anzac biscuits turned out great but they only lasted two days because my sister ate them all. The caramel slice changed my life. It is rich and silky and falls to pieces in your mouth.

I probably won't be able to bake anymore so I might start cooking dinners like pizza. I am eyeing out vanilla cupcakes because they're easy to make and my mum can't resist.  The caramel slice came in handy today because my grandparents came out for brunch. Overall I have had a scrumptious lockdown.

Lockdown 2.0

Delta had arrived. Getting a head start on us we went into level four lockdown. Auckland had a few cases then spread them to Wellington.  Here's how it's going.

                                                                             Day 1:

I woke up excited and ready to go on google meet. I did a stretch then did a small core workout. Google meet went well. A few questions got answered and we were off to do school work. I made a report on Mangaone farmand another of Alphabet of my Bubble.

                                                                            Day 2:

I carried on with doing a stretch then workout. The workout I did today was for my arms and legs. I jumped onto the couch and started working on steps web. I decided to make banana chocolate chip cupcakes. I iced with vanilla icing and sprinkles. I smashed through all my work because I didn't have everybody screaming in your ears.

I hope that lockdown keeps going as smoothly as it has been.

Story about Cooties ( Made up Germ)

This is my story that I wrote about Cooties. Cooties are a made up type of germ. My goal for this story was to try and be more creative and use descriptive language.  I hope you enjoy.

Have you ever had a group of kids in your class that tell you that you have Cooties? I am apart of that group. Well today started off when Bob and I gave Rebecca Ritz a diagnosis for Cooties. She told us "You bunch of fools Cooties are extinct." We snapped "NO THERE NOT otherwise how did you get that diagnosis." I firmly told her not to touch anyone otherwise they will be at risk to get Cooties.

Rebecca Ritz being her weird self licked her hand and slapped it right onto Bob's face. "AHHH" cried Bob. I wasn't taking any chances to get the disease so I sprinted off the deck and ran up to the playground. R R was right on my tail but I new she wasn't going to catch me because I'm Usain Bolt, Cheetah girl and she's just a dandy lion waving in the wind but not moving.

BOOM, CRASH, SMASH I tripped over a piece of bark and went plummeting into the ground. She caught up and was almost about to catch me but then I herd. "you two go to my class I'll meet you there." Of course it was Mrs McDiarmid. When she made it to the class she told me that cooties went extinct in 1994 and that I have to apologize. Rebecca and I forgave each other.

Sheep in a Paddock

In level  three maths strand we played a game called sheep in a paddock. The rules are, if you look out a window you can only see nine sheep, and it has to equal 25 overall. The main rule is you have to have one in each square. Here is an example.

Mr Archimedes Bath (the orange)

Using Mr Archimedes we learned what volume, mass, capacity, average, weight, and units of measurement is.  We read a book about Mr Archimedes so we could start off our learning. This is my slide. Hope you enjoy!

Art

Watching a video of Sandra Silberzweig. She is a famous artist for creative art. I tried my best but I didn't have time for any little detail. Room 1 did abstract Picasso. Koka Katie and Koka Kathleine were so nice, because they let us be free with our art.

The chin of my art makes my whole face look extremely fat. I did about 10 tries and only got 1 right. In my opinion block colours make your art pop more which I like better. I spent a lot of time getting the face shape right so the colours don't work well together.

A grade Gymnastics and Rythmical

Flying over the vault creating a gust of wind behind me. I stuck the landing. 5 girls are in A grade. While we were waiting for Koka Ngaire, we tried to do aerials. (NO handed Cartwheel). We are making up a routine for floor my music is Confident by Demi lovato.

Alivia and Lola both got their front handspring. We learned the beam routine. Their are jumps and leg holds. For the end of the routine, my dismount is a Round off. 

For Rhythmical we are going  to be doing backflips. Lola is the ringleader, I think she will be amazing. Creating a Rhythmical routine would be hard, but with a group of year 6 girls is amazing so Jacks is a cool teacher. Gymnastics and rhythmic has been so fun.

Kawa of care

Kawa of care is a topic that MLH has been learning about. Kawa of care is about staying cybersmart on your device and putting it away properly. Alice and I created this poster to show how to stay safe online. I hope you follow these steps so you know how to stay safe.

Easter

Springing out of bed and running into my parents room. My dog comes running in and snuggles under the covers. I made a treasure hunt clue for my brother & sister, the prize is two massive easter eggs. They found most of the clues fast but one of them was super hard for them to find.

I got a easter bunny, 15 medium size eggs, and one big easter egg. I didn't eat any because I wanted to save them for a couple of days. I gave my mum some of my easter eggs because I didn't get her any. The waves were pumping. The swell was clean and big.

After Surfing, I got feijoas off our tree; I collected the reusable bags full of feijoas. I was running round with a chocolate in my hand because I was playing soccer. Overall Easter was an amazing time to spend with my family.

Amazing year ahead

Hugging, screaming laughing. Getting back into school was so fun. Walking up maungaroa was super duper HOT. Klara was my buddy, we were the fastest walkers. Chugging down two bottles of water. The view was impeccable. We had brain break at the top of the hill. Running back down was the funniest thing because everybody was screaming, all the teachers were telling us not to run. 

Year 6 surfing was CRAZY. There is 4 groups beginner, novice, intermediate and confident. In the group with me is Rori, Neko and Oska. I caught one wave. I got a few tips from steffan, Matua Nic stayed on the beach. 

Walking our school pepeha was so fun. We walked to Hamantua and had a picnic. Everybody had a big talk about what happened in the past of hamanutua Millie, Te Atawhai and I all made a surfboard out of sand to practice our pop ups. Screaming and yelling catching right and left hander waves. 

This year has been a BLAST so far.