Zariah's Time on Planet Earth

( I am pretending I am from another planet)

Hi Mum and Dad, 

I am having a great time on planet Earth. I have found
incredible things on this planet. The sun shines on my face,
fresh air blows through the sky and weird colours grow on
the grass. From space, the blue looks like water and the
white looks like marshmallows that are made out of small
drops of water. I’m just going to call them clouds. I dug
down and Earth is made out of, Nickel, Iron, Silicon,
Magnesium, Aluminum, Oxygen, and other minerals. When
I was studying this planet, I found out that planet Earth
was formed 4.54 million years ago. I am not the first person
to visit planet Earth. I heard a guy named Adam and a girl
named Eve visited this planet first. On other planets, they
have more than one moon but surprisingly Earth only has one
moon! Earth is not a perfect circle and it has mountains and
islands. They are called landforms. Us humans could live here
, it's perfect! They have plenty of food. Planet Earth has
plenty of fresh air that we breathe and could live on. It has
been fascinating learning about Planet Earth. 

From, 

Zariah

Little Red Riding Hood Play Starring Cleo, Tausala, Betty and Huia

This afternoon my group and I performed an re enacted the play Little Red Riding Hood. This movie was created by Tausala, Cleo, Huia and Betty. It took us two days to practise our words off by heart. I  played as the wolf, Cleo  played as Little Red Riding Hood, Betty  played the Narrator and Huia played the grandma. This was a really fun experience and I hope to do it again.

One Shot Wonder Silent Movie

Today we learnt how to make a One Shot Wonder movie. The requirements were to create a movie within one shot and it had to be one minute long. We also had to create a silent movie as well as a movie with sound. It was such a fun project to do. Our theme was on Winning the Lottery Draw.

Ana's time on Planet Earth

Dear Mum, 

I am on Planet Earth and I am having a great here.
There are hot countries and cold countries here.
I have learnt a lot from visiting Planet Earth. Earth has a lot
of strange and beautiful creatures. We have blue oceans.
The green is full of nature. The white are clouds which are
made out of water. Earth is pretty warm. It is the third planet
from the sun. I have the sun shining on my face several times.
Earth is 149.6 million km away from the sun. The name Earth
is derived from both Engish and German words. Planet earth
is made out of many things. It is made out of nickel, iron, rock
containing silicon, magnesium, aluminium, oxygen and other
materials. The earth was formed 4.54 billion years ago.
The first people on earth were Adam and Eve. Earth has
1 moon. Here are some facts about Earth:

It's not a perfect circle.

It has landforms.

It's the only planet we can live on.

Earth is the third planet from the sun.

Animals can live on planet Earth.

I have really missed you here on Earth.
I wish you could come and explore my journey with me. 

From, Ana

Anna's time on Planet Mars

 

Dear Dad and Mum,

I am having a boiling hot time on Planet Mars. My bag is stuffed with bottles with water. I am

proud to be the first human to step on the dusty surface of Mars which was formed 4.5 billion

years ago. Only robots and spacecrafts have visited Mars. As you know Mars’ nickname is

“The Red Planet, but do you know who Mars was named after? Mars is named after the

Roman God of war, Ares. Mars is 227.9 million kilometres from the sun. There is something so

amazing about Mars. Mars has glaciers! There are 1300 glaciers on the surface of Mars. 

Like Earth, Mars have moons, but not only one but two called Phobos and Deimos. I have

some work to do now. 

See you when I come back from space. 

Bye!

Anna 

Juliana's Postcard from Mercury

Dear Mum and Aaron,

I am having the hottest time on Planet Mercury and I really want
water! I can see the sun so close to me. It feels like am standing on

hard rock. I see 763 craters on Mercury. I am not alone, as I am with
my friend Athena. I am trying not to jump much because then I
will sweat even more. I heard Mercury is 4.503 billion years old. It
looks like it is 3032 miles long. It is almost as big as the USA. I feel
like it is spinning slowly. I can't wait to get home and see you. 

Love from,

Juliana

Years 7 & 8 Girls Cluster Zone Volleyball

Today the Years 7 & 8 girls represented our school at the cluster zone Volleyball competition. They played at the North Shore Event Centre. They came eighth overall and won one of their games competing against a large intermediate school. The girls played very well and gained confidence at striking and defending throughout their games. At the end they were so exhausted that fell asleep on the way to school. Scroll down and check out the sleeping tigers.  

Ako Hiko Film Festival Malala -Years 4 & 6

This is a short film reviewing the life of Malala Yousafzai. It talks about the activist's life and why they choose to fight for women's rights.

Ako Hiko Film Festival - Mother Teresa Years 5-6

This is our Mother Teresa movie. It celebrates her life and the great things she has done for people. We hope you enjoy our movie.   

Ako Hiko Film Festival - Malala Years 7 & 8

For the Film Festival the year 7 & 8's made a movie on Malala Yousafzai. It took us about 3 weeks to film and edit. We are very impressed on how the movie came out and we are proud of ourselves.  We are very excited that our movie is going to be displayed on the big screen. We hope you enjoy watching our movie.   

One Shot Wonder By Astyn, Jireh and Naia

Here is Astyn, Jireh and Naia's One Shot Wonder Movie. They had to create a one minute silent movie on winning the first division Lotto Draw. Check out their movie.

Ana's talk on Waterfalls

This is Ana's talk on waterfalls. She had to find out how waterfalls were formed.

Misganaw's talk on Volcanoes

This is Misganaw's talk on volcanoes. He has researched this topic thoroughly and did an amazing job on his presentation.

One Shot Wonder

Today during Digital Learning we made a one minute silent movie. We had to film our movies within one camera roll and not use any editing programmes. The theme was on winning the first division prize in Lotto.


Here is Reupena, Matthias and Patrick's Film. Check out their film.

Volcanoes Presentation By Tausala

This is my presentation on volcanoes. I learnt that a volcano is an opening at the side of a mountain / hill and that magma stems  up to the earth's surface and forms lava.

Character Traits of the Boy from the Giving Tree By Rhianne

This is my Character Trait of the boy. He is from a book called The Giving Tree. He is spoilt, greedy and wants more from a tree. 

Glaciers Presentation By Carolyn

This is my Digital Learning Object on glaciers. I have learnt about how Global Warming effects Glaciers.

The Giving Tree Character Traits By Betty

This week Miss Paton read to us the story - The Giving Tree. These are my character traits poster on the boy and the tree. Over the years the boy grows up to be a spoilt. He is always wanting more. The tree is the opposite to the boy as she cares too much to make the boy sad.  

The Character of the Boy from the book - The Giving Tree By Melita

In Room 1, for Reading this week Miss Paton read to use the book: The Giving Tree. We looked at the character traits of the boy. We had to come up with words to describe the boy. 

Stella and Zariah's Talk on Glaciers

Check out Stella and Zariah's talk on Glaciers. The talk was part of their inquiry learning on landforms.