Book Character Day at Paparore School

My character was a pink Bunny.
I look sooo cute when I'm dressed up. It was fun
The name of my favourite book is Bunnies are happy because they’re getting rehomed. I like this book because it’s happy and it is about Easter and I got it before easter. The bunnies are cute.

This is my picture made from blocks.

It represents the story of Rona and the Moon.

Rona and the Moon - A Maori Legend

Carrie

I am the moon you made me angry argh grrr.

Godwit poster and summery

I have learnt that Godwits can fly from New Zealand to Alaska and back again every year.

Godwit Arrival In Alaska
Make a nest	Crabs	Fluffy chicks	Family

Pohutukawa

My Reading group was reading all about the pohutukawa tree. Did you know that pohutukawa tree blooms into beautiful bright red flowers at Christmas time in New Zealand.

Pōhutakawa Junior Journal 45 ✓

Because the pōhutukawa has red flowers and it blooms in December, it is often thought of as New Zealand’s Christmas ✓ tree. The pōhutukawa is special to Maori, and it provides a  habitat   ✓        and food for many creatures. 

Pōhutukawa prefer to grow in warm places by the sea, and they have special  features     ✓            which help them grow in sandy soil. The top of its leaves are shiny and green with a          waxy   ✓     coating which helps protect them from the salt, sun and dry conditions. 

The   bark    ✓           is rough which protects the tree from losing water through its trunk and branches. New flower buds have a special covering which helps  Nectves  protect         them from wind and salt. The roots grow deep into the soil or sand. They take water from the ground to help them grow and stand up. 

Pōhutukawa provide a home and food for birds,  leaves  insects          and other creatures. Some  sea birds such as shags make their nests in their branches. Other birds, like the tui, eat the nectar  from the flowers. Lizards and pekapeka also like to eat the nectar. Insects such as weevils and moths eat the leaves, flowers, wood and bark, and live in the dead   insects leaves    under the trees. 

protect	Christmas	habitat	waxy	insects
seabirds	Nectar	leaves	features	bark

Geometry shapes table

Geometry is all about shapes. This is my graph about shapes. I had to find the right name for the shape explain how it looks and then find a picture of the shape.  It was lots of fun. 

Geometry - Shapes and their properties

Shape name	Shape Properties	Shape
I am a Triangle	I have 3 sides
I am Circle	I am round
I am a Square	I look like a diamond
I am a Rectangle	I have two pairs of equal sides
I am a Rhombus	I have  four equal sides
I am an Oval	I look like a squashed circle
I an a Pentagon	I have five sides
I am a Hexagon	I have six sides
I am Decagon	I have ten sides
I am Octogon	I have eight sides

Swim4life

In summer our class does swimming every day. We learn how to swim and be safe in the water.  Our school is close to lots of lakes and beaches.  Being safe in and around the water is a good thing to learn.

Swim for Life - Recount

I love to swim.  Whaea Rhonda showed us how to put our hand up straight above our head when we are in trouble in the water. 

It was fun learning how to be brave and not to panic. I want to learn to put my head under the water next.

Carrie

What I would like to be

This is my story about what I would like to be when I am older.

Task - Write about my personal thoughts ✓

When I finish school I would like to…

I would like to be a Doctor. 

So I can help people to get better.

When I was in hospital the Doctors were kind and made me better. I felt safe. I think Doctors are awesome.

I can help my mum when I am a doctor. 

There are  lots of kinds of doctors. I would like to take care of children in starship hospital.