Camp rules and goals 2020

Next week we will be at camp and the place we will be going is called 'Tui Ridge' It is near Rotorua and that is the place we will be going next. Also we have been reflecting on our goals for camp and our rules.

The things we will be doing at camp are: slingshot, paintball, laser tag, high ropes and a lot more.

Letters to the Editor

 Today we were learning to write a letter to the editor about our Rerenga awa because we want it to have beautiful native creatures. So we have been busy and writing a letter to the editor. Here is my letter. The letter goes into the news paper.

Saint Mary's is a Green-Gold Enviro school, and we want more fresh water river creatures in our awa. But there is one problem; there is long grass down near the Rerenga awa and big blackberry bushes have grown. Some of the people from our school have emailed the council, been to visit the council and used the ‘Fix It’ app to tell them about it but they didn’t reply. The school has already cleaned up the awa, and we need to plant more native trees there. But we need the council to mow the grass and take out the blackberry bushes. Our school has already done our part so now we need the council to do theirs. We want more fresh water creatures in our awa, and native birds in our trees. Freshwater creatures only like the rivers by shady places. Because the sun just beams onto the river, it makes the water hot, right? The creatures don't like places that are hot. They only like shady places like under trees. So come on council - do your bit!

Pop art - Andy Warhol

 Today I was learning how to use an online digital site, Which is called LunaPic. I found it very easy and fun to use because you can: Take a photo or use any photo, upload it onto the site and start playing around with it. The only hard part was when I was looking at what tool I should used. But It was really fun to use with. 

Andy Warhol is the man who teached and made this kind of art. Click here to find out more about him.

Biosecurity - reading

 This week we have been learning about biosecurity, it is one of the reason why New Zealand is a very amazing country. Here are some reasons why. Did you know that some bugs are very helpful to our country? Well if you didn't knew that than here is another one, do you know that dogs in the airport are specially trained for snapping out goods like food and any living creature. That's what dogs are good at if you want to use that for you next year speech, I found it hard to catch up to everyone else but got there, I really need to go back into the book and read more facts to add up to my wevideo about biosecurity. Anyways, here is my wevideo.

September Student Reflection Newsletter

 Today, we were doing our September Student Reflection Newsletter, it is about a newsletter on what we have been doing this mouth. We do this because we need to know how to reflect on our learning. I found it really easy to write in the boxes to show you what we have been learning and how we are going.

How to say the days of the week in Māori using Book Creator - update

 Last week we have been learning to make a book from Book Creator and the book has to be about learning about Māori. Because it was Māori language week. I found it very easy to make the book because I enjoyed a lot of things like, putting an audio so that the kids can click on the music button and listen, but I could not publish the book onto my blog because it's got my last name on it and I must be cybersmart, it is apart of our learning. I also found it hard to get the audio onto the slides, so the audio won't work even if you click on it.

Update; I have learned how to take my last name of my book from book creator so you don't have to worry about the voice. Just click on it and you will learn Te Reo. Click here for the video.

Maara Kai Master Chief

 On Wednesday, we had our own Maara kai master chief, and it was a BLAST! Because it was tasty, team working and last, it was a great sunny day to do it on.

The people in my group was Charlie M, Ciara, Catalina and me. But their was 2 more people in our group, Morgan-maire and Josh. But they were at rugby league. Visit their blogs too! Charlie M, Ciara and Catalina.

Anyways, our group, we made hamburgers and smoothes. In our burgers, we made our own patties, we had vegetables from our school garden. Here are some photos.