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

Orana Park

Orana Park

On Tuesday the 25th Most of the year 7 and 8 went to Orana Park with st Josephs Rangiora who fund raised for it. it was a great time we stayed there for the whole day and learnt lots about animal and there life in the wild.

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.

Praying With The Pictures

Praying with the pictures

My buddy and I made a slideshow on how to pray with pictures.
Once we had finished we had to go to a younger class and share what we had learnt