When finished work students should be allowed to play computer games

When finished work students should be allowed to play computer games

WALT...
- I can write two well devolved paragraph about my topic.
 - I can research my topic by asking a question, searching for sources and putting the information I have in my writing.

we had to write a persuasive essay on one of four topics miss Sutherland picked out for us, there was 1) Year 7&8 students should have an afternoon break 2) We should learn a language at school 3) We should have Summer Sport Tournament 4) We should be able to play computer games after we finish our work. i chose number 4 because I like playing computer games so i thought it would be fun to write about it.

Next Steps: research for more ideas
What I Enjoyed: looking up the pictures to show some of the games that are educational.
What I Found Challenging: writing the information I found in my own words.

Sometimes kids just want to play, a break from work. There are many games to play and some are

educational. Letting kids learn while having fun is a great way for children to learn, what do you

think.

When there is lots of work kids get bored. They would just like a break, a time to play games time

to have fun and enjoy themselves at school making them want to come. Sometimes they just need

to have time to play games to help themselves get back on track and continue learning.

Some games are educational but also fun making kids want to play and learn. There are lots of
educational games around the corner and lots of good ones like education academy which is a
game where you can go on adventures and compete quests by yourselves or with friends, you can
even customise your character to fit your personality.  

Playing computer games after work helps students learn more and want to come to school to learn

and finish work so they can play more games. So when they want to come to school it makes it

easier for parents to get them ready or get them to school and easier for teachers to teach

because the children can’t wait to start, it is very motivating, so they can finish and then play

more.

Research shows that games like education academy has helped kids learn while having fun and

parents are happy that they signed their children up for it. Education Academy is an amazing

game the helps children want to learn because they get to learn while having fun.

Now you can see that there are lots of benefits to playing computer games after work, thank you

for reading this essay.

Why an Electric Vehicle

Why an Electric Vehicle

WALT...
- I can write a shorter persuasive Post by making a claim and backing it up with reasons - I can plan for a longer persuasive post by identifying the topic, audience and genre - I can research my topic by asking a question, searching for sources, identifying information and paraphrasing
the facts.

We had to write a persuasive text on a topic of our choice. the topic I chose was why buy an Electric Vehicle, the reason why i chose this topic was because gas cars are destroying the environment and puncturing a hole into the ozone layer. I think this mistreatment to nature should stop and we can start by buying an electric vehicle.

Next Steps: add more information to persuade the reader more.
What I Enjoyed: researching reasons why people should buy an electric car.
What I Found Challenging: writing the research i found into my own words.

I believe that you should buy an electric vehicle, what are your thoughts? The reason why I think you
should buy an electric vehicle is that it cost less to run and because its better for the environment.

Electric vehicles are great for the environment because to charge the car you use electricity that
does not produce greenhouse gases other than gas cars that do produce greenhouse gas that
punctures the ozone layer. 

Electric vehicles are great for the environment but they are also amazing because of the pricing of
charging it compared to buying fuel for a gas car. The pricing of an electric vehicle is between 50,000
to 100,000 in NZ dollars and 3 to 10 dollars to charge taking between 20 min to 1 hour to charge
depending on the model of the charger.

Electric vehicles are made from lots of different dealerships like Hyundai and more. There are also
lots of new charging points that have been made for electric vehicle owners.there are some all around
Christchurch and one at the warehouse in the Rolleston square.

In conclusion, electric vehicles are better than gas cars because they are better for the environment
and cost less to run.

The Three Little Pigs

The Three Little Pigs

Walt...

- make a gruesome nursery rhymes like the ones Roald Dahl made.

we had to read a few of Roald Dahl's nursery rhymes and then recreate one into our own. the own I chose was the three little pigs.

Next steps: go back through and fix my punctuation

What I enjoyed: reading Roald Rahl's nursery rhymes

what I found challenging: coming up with rims in my nursery rhymes

There were three little pigs one named Charlie, one named Sam

and there big brother Daniel who was leading the fam

They were kicked out to feed for them self with nothing but each other for help

A man walked past with rotten hay what for

And Charlie cried out can I have some i'm poor

The man said yes the stock won’t eat it anyway

So he stocked Charlie up and gave the rest away

Charlie built all day and all night

Clickity clack he was all done

He had a building a place he can call home

His brothers asked please may we come in

And Charlie said Not by the hair of my chinny chin chin

So they snorted and snorted and blew his house down

And off They went homeless still

Another man past with wet and socked wood

And Sam cried out can i have some

The man said yes why not i don’t need it

And through it on the grass for him to use

Sam built all day and night

Clickity clack he was all done he had a building to call home

His brother asked can i come in

And Sam said not by the hair of my chinny chin chin

So he snorted and snorted and blew the house down

Daniel went off still homeless indeed

A wolf cried out are you alright

Daniel said no I have no home and i'm cold

So the wolf said come and live with me its nice and warm there indeed

So Daniel followed him down the road shivering cold

When there got there he was nursered up

Knock knock it was the door

It is my brothers he cried out scared

So the wolf grabbed a shotgun and said

Stand back don’t be scared

The two pigs barged down the door

And bang bang they were dead

Daniel found a home and a brand new friend

And he lived happily ever after in his brand new den.

Paragraph Writing

Paragraph Writing

WALT...
- Use paragraphs to link similar ideas together
- write in structured, well developed paragraphs that flow well from one to the next within the text
- use linking words and phrases to link paragraphs for effect

with the following picture we had to write paragraphs with links between each of them. first we had to write down the five senses which were see, hear, feel, taste and smell. once we finished filling the senses out we had to start writing. it was hard especially linking the paragraphs but in the end I think it turned out great.

Next Steps: To get more ideas down and make it longer
What I Enjoyed: Writing down the paragraphs
What I Found Challenging: to link the paragraphs together.

His girlfriend dumped him in the middle of a  jog through the woods at 6:00. His heart shattered to
pieces, he didn’t want her to see his emotions so he ran, as far away as possible tears built in front
of his eyes making it hard to see, then he tripped and landed in a river losing a shoe he continued
stepping on prickles that stabbed his foot. He was so distracted he didn’t see the cabin. 

He tripped and fell to the floor, He staggered with pain into a corner bitter tears flowing from his eyes.
A window flapped open and hit him on the head sending him forth into another corner, some tears
slithered into his mouth. The taste was not pleasant. The trees got angry and started attacking the
cabin scaring the life out of him, he jumped back into a spider web a spider bit him on the arm. He
felt woozy and fell to the ground.

He woke up and put his hand on his forehead then he noticed the spider bit from last night it was
swollen, he had to get to a hospital but he had no idea where to go. He was lost, he wandered around
the forest looking for a way back to town. The poison from the spider bite was getting to his head he
couldn't walk properly and felt like he was going to fall, he had to find help.

He woke up a man leaning over him. It was his dad,he sat up he was in a hospital room, he looked
at his arm it was better the date was 1 may 2017, he was in a coma for 1 month. He remembers
when his girlfriend dumped him, his face changed from confusion to sadness. His life has changed
forever.

By Samuel Hadfield

Deepening our characters

Deepening our characters:

This week I enjoyed making my own character

It was lots of fun and I could use as much creativity as I liked and with that it made it way funner and easier. First we had to answer question about our character and we were aloud to answer with anything.next we had to right a script on the characters greatest fear or their most favourite memory. writing a script was very hard but the more I worked the easier it got.

I enjoyed answering the questions because they could be random  and did not need to be true.

next time I will make my character a living being not a teddy.

What I found really interesting was how funny my script came out.

Name: Lamb_lamb

Age: 100 (teddy years)

Interests (hobbies): Stupid

1.       What’s your characters favourite memory? Be specific.

 Going for a ride in the washing machine

2. What’s the worst thing that has happened to your character? This will impact your characters
personality, their relationships. E.G, the worst thing that happened could be, their parent/sibling passing
away when they were younger. This would then affect the way they relate to people and make friends. OR,
they broke their arm really badly when they were younger. This involved hours at the hospital and a lot of
pain. Nobody rushed to help them and now, they are terrified of the hospital and refuse to go. Be specific.

 Being terrorised by a vicious creature called a dog meaning that he is stupid.

3.    If they could have anything in the world, what would it be? Be specific.

 A bag of Doritos

4. What is your characters greatest fear?

 Lamby eating his Doritos

    Choose one of your answers (1 or 2) and write the script surrounding the experience

Lamb_lamb: Lamby he has me by the but.

Yogi: Woof woof woof

Yogi runs around the house bashing Lamb_lamb on the walls and floor.

Lamby: I’m Coming Lamb_lamb, man it takes forever to run oh wait i’m a teddy i can fly.

Lamb_lamb: Hurry up! He's about to rip off my head and then I'd have to go to the sewing room.

Yogi: Woof woof

The TV turns on because at 12:00 is when Lambys favourite TV shows on

Lamb_lamb: what are you doing Lamby.

Lamby: Shh My favourite TV show is on Dora the explorer.

Lamby said with a mouthful Lamb_lamb’s Doritos

Lamb_lamb: are those my Doritos, when I get away from this, I will kill you

Lamby: you can’t kill me i'm a teddy. Now shush I’m trying to watch my show.

Yogi:woof woof

As Lamby was watching his show Lamb_lamb got thrown into the muddy puddle outside in the
driveway.

Lamb_lamb: yes now I get to go on the cool washing machine ride.

Mothers Day character Description

Mothers Day character Description

WALT:

• Write a Character description
• Use ‘show not tell’ in our writing

In class we had to wright a poem about our Mother or a special women in our life for mothers day ad below is the poem I wrote for my Mother.

You are my mum and will always be
I just hope that you will stay with me
You are great and that makes me pleased
Can you just continue please
I love you and that is all
Because you are better than them all

Carector derscition

Pig the pug’s skin is all wrinkly. His snout isn’t to be seen. his eyes are bulging red looking in both directions. He is big and his legs are small how does hold his wait I don’t know.

Pig is the centre attention and hogs the spotlight. He always tries to get what he wants. He is mean and selfish, with his toxic tongue. He will never share with anyone but himself. In the end, he always gets what he deserves, and that’s a trip to the hospital to get patched up.

When pig wants centre attention he takes it from Trevor leaving Trevor with nothing. Pigs selfishness makes everyone around him sad because he is only caring about himself and not others. when pig shoves Trevor into his Trevor's rocket the consequence is that the rocket will fall and hurt someone.

Pigs room is a dump there are clothes on the curtains and stains on the walls. Bugs crawling around the floor and over food scraps, The mattress is half on the floor and the sheets hanging over the door. Broken glass on the bedside table and the light bulb hanging by a wire. His toys are stacked in a corner behind mouse traps to keep them safe.

The incident of Pig the Pug

The incident of Pig the Pug

“We are at the scene of the crime were The one called Pig the pug fell out a window or was he shoved. We are here with his closest friend Trevor the sausage dog”. “I didn’t push him he piled up his toys in a huff and climbed it making it wobble side to side then he fell out the window”. “He sabotaged me” said pig in a wheelchair rolling towards us. Trevor was so angry he jump on pigs toys and push them into the bin and laughed and laughed and laughed while pig cry and screamed. Trevor and pig went to court and that's were a big disaster will unfold.

Writing to describe

Writing to describe

 

Descriptive writing

The Lightning flashed before my eyes, there were a thousand thunderbolts streaming down from the dark night sky. I was shivering from the cold like I was in Antarctica. It was pouring down with wet soggy rain, then a cow fell to the ground did it get hit by the lightning.

Where is the l❤️ve

Where is the l❤️ve

 Where is the love? Please tell me where did it go, we only have one life so we need to use it not hating each other. We just have to be friend with all people especially other religions. If we can get along then we can live a happy life because we have only got one world.

Description - We were learning to write a quick write from a song called where is the lie by the black eyed peas.

Reflection - this was very hard but i didn't get many ideas down but i gave it my best shot.

Camp thank you letter to parents

Camp thank you letter to parents

Walt- write a thank you letter.

Wednesday 21 November

Dear Mum & Dad

Thank you for letting me go to camp because I had a great time doing cool activities with my friend and have fun learning new games like ga ga dodge ball. I love you both.

Yours Sincerely

Your beloved 11 year old Samuel

Waterslide

Waterslide

 WALT: compose a poem about the ‘Waterslide’

 I stumbled up the steeps ready to go.
 I sat down waiting till the last person was off.
I let go, I zoomed down the black watery surface.
And splashed in the puddle like a huge boulder sliding down.
“I want another turn”, I said and raced back to the top to have another go.

The Third Wall

The Third Wall

 WALT - Write a descriptive recount about senior camp.

Camp Woodend is the best.All the activities we did and all the fun we had. I tightened my safety harness and slid on the helmet ready to climb. I stood in front of the third wall ready so I climbed.

 I did very well until.The wall went outwards I was scared out of my life I couldn't do it but my team cheered me on so I continued I made it I can’t believe I made it I touched the pole and called down to my team “ready” I yelled “yes” I heard all three say so I let go and they lowered me down.

 This achievement made me feel that I could accomplish anything but first I had to wait till my arms are ready because they were aching.

Description - When we went to camp we did all kinds of activities and this is one of them I did. 

Reflection - camp was a very fun experience that I think others should try.

Blue Pill Adventure

Blue Pill Adventure 

 Bump bump went my heart as I slowly opened my eyes last thing I remembered was picking up rubbish then tripping over a swallowing a blue bean before I was knocked out. I Looked up to a two slimy blue eyes looking back at me it was slime like in Minecraft but blue and not square. “Are you okay”the slimy creature said “you have been out for a while” “WHAT!” I said in panic “why did they just leave me here what time is it” I looked at my watch and it read “8 o’clock AT NIGHT they left me here for 8 and a half hours”. The slime creature looked at me and said “that is why i'm here and you have to find out what had happened to them” “okay I better start looking for clues maybe i should see if my parents are home” I said scared “oh yeah I forgot the pill you ate when you fell and got knocked out” “PILL” I said in surprise “yes that was a blue pill to give any human superpowers for 24 hour so you only have 11 and a half hours” ‘What are the powers” “the powers are to fly,swim and teleport to any areas while being impervious to any physical damage” “WHAT” I was so amazed that I tried to test it by teleporting to the class room.”it worked it worked” so then I started to be serious and teleported home to see if I could find any clue, in fact there was a clue at the gate “oil Spill” I said then I decided to follow them. I lifted of and flow to where they ended by the mall I searched the mall finding that it was completely ransacked but were where my parents then all of a sudden I heard voices so I listened to the conversation “where could that last human be” “I don't know but I think we should start heading back to big boss” “okay let's go” I followed the back to a the foster park and then they knocked on the grass and a door lifted and they walked in so I followed they turned into a room so I started snooping around for my parents. After awhile I found a room with a metal sliding door so I teleported in and sore everyone in tubes so I started opening them then someone came in so I told my parents to help the rest of the people out of the tubes and then I teleported back to the entrance of the base and sore him getting away on a jet ski going through the sewers so I teleported after him but I was to late he got on a spaceship and flew into space. Suddenly I felt all wheezy and started glowing I sore a light coming down the tunnel then blanked out, I woke up better in the hospital but the pill had ran out from that adventure but I don't know if it was a dream or not so I didn’t ask just in case they fort I was crazy.

The killer babysitter

The killer babysitter

“Blop blop” went my tears hitting the cold hard wooden floor, I was in a pitch black room the lights were flickering. My mum was going out, “ding-dong”, “oh know that the baby sitter”. I jump to the door click there's know way i'm going out there not as long as she's here. I sat in the corner next to a crack in the floor I looked down to see a cloaked man with a long stick with a sharp stone on  the end. After thinking I realised who it was I boarded up the door this was the end.

The Beast of the Haunted House

The Beast Of The Haunted School 

The floorboards creaked as I slowly eased closer to the door at the other side of the hallway. There were blood picking Hooke's were bags were hung up by children rushing into school. The floors were wet and soggy like a big beast drooled on it. I could hear birds flapping in the bushes it sounded like a horror movie. I Finally reached the door, I slowly creaked it open to see a beast about two foot tall with fur all around the body like a big mutated dog. As soon as I looked in its big black bleeding eyes I slammed the door and raced back down the hall suddenly I trip and fell. My leg was wrapped in sharp prickly wires. The beast slashed through the door down and race up to me this was the end of my life.

St Bernadettes (Information report)

WALT-Write an Information Report

St Bernadette

St Bernadette's is a lovely school for all catholic children from around the area to attend to and learn about God and what Jesus’ would do. This year the classes are,Room 1 Year 1-2,Room 2 Year 3, Room 5 Year 4, Room 4 Year 4-5, Room 8/3 Year 6-7 and Room 6 Year 7-8. Outside at lunchtime is a great time for children to play and have fun .There are three playgrounds, they are called the adventure playground,the senior playground and the junior playground.The ball bin has all types of balls to play with and the areas to play with them is the netball court, the basketball court,the soccer field and under the shade that are only up in the summer. At lunch and morning tea two teachers go out on guty and the rest relax and have a cup of coffee in the staff room. In there they can talk with other teachers about their day or what their going to do after school or in the weekend. The amazing principal of the school is Mr Norman.His job is to make sure that all the supplies are there needed for the school to function and ready for the teacher to use. He also has to make sure that val the children are behaving nicely. I hope you take your children to our school to learn while you work. If not get a permission form from your priest to start now at St Bernadette school,Hornby.

 By Samuel

 Description-we had to learn about how to make an information report then we choose a topic and rote about it from our heads.
Reflection-it was easy after i got the facts down on the idea.

Why Is Matariki So Important

WALT - wright a explanation writing about why Matariki is so important


 Why Is Matariki So Important? 

Matariki is important because it is the start of the Maori new year. Firstly it is important because when Matariki happens it tells us that the Maori new year has just begun and that we have to plant crops and come together to eat last years. Secondly telling stories is a good time to spend with family members and talk about those who died. Another reason is that Matariki brings us closer to nature as we watch the stars. Lastly when it is Matariki the adults tell their children about the gifts of the seven sisters and what their lesson in life is. Matariki is good for farmers because they know when to plant crops and when the Maori new year has come.

 By Samuel


 Description - we had to read a book about Matariki and then we had to wright in our word why Matariki is so important.

 Reflection - the easy part was listening and taking in the information so that i can wright about it. The hard part was to put the writing into my own words.

Starry Night

WALT-Recreate a famous artist's painting, will incorporating New Zealand themes and celebrations.


Description- we had to repaint a painting of starry night painted by Vincent Van Gogh with koru and the stars of Matariki. after we had finished repainting starry night we had to come up with a poem describing the stars that we see in the sky every night.

Reflection-What i found easy was repainting starry night with koru's and the Matariki stars. What i found difficult was writing the poem because you have to have descriptive words and you can't use your imagination that much.