Year: 2022

Narrative Writing – Magical Cave

Hello blog viewers/welcome to my blog! This is my writing task for this week. A couple of weeks ago we learnt about explanation writing and now we are doing narrative writing. We wrote about a certain picture, used the narrative structure and used some keywords. I hope you have enjoyed this post. Please leave a positive comment on my blog.

Kiwi Kids News – Dame Valarie Adams announces retirement

Hello blog viewers/welcome to my blog! This is an article from Kiwi Kids News about Dame Valarie Adams. I hope you have enjoyed this post. Please leave a positive comment on my blog.

 

Olympic shot put champion Dame Valarie Adams has announced her retirement from competition. In the 22 years of competing she has won she has won four Olympic medals, four world indoor and outdoor titles, first world title at the youth level in 2001, won the first of three Commonwealth Games gold medals in 2006 and her first Olympic title in 2008. She has also been named sportswomen of the year seven times. She says her heart, mind and body decided now was the time to leave her shot put career.

MeMe and Me

Hello blog viewers/welcome to my blog! Today is my first day back at school. I’m enjoying it so far, seeing my friends and teachers again. This was our literacy task for this today “MeMe and Me”.  We had to read a story and do the activity. I hope you have enjoyed this post. Please leave a positive comment on my blog.

Writing Challenge – Dark Hallway

Hello blog viewers/welcome to my blog! Today in home learning we did a writing challenge. We had to write about a picture. We could only write 6 sentences and use keywords that consists of never, because, eerie, Suddenly,. Here is my writing piece. I hope you have enjoyed this post. Please leave a positive comment on my blog.

As the high school student entered through the gate, an eerie noise echoed through the hallway. Never has he been this alone before. Silence occurred in the dark misty area. The silence was interrupted when the gate shut down behind him. Because of this he was frightened and fell on his knees. He slowly raised his head and saw a strange figure in the distance.

Home Learning WK4/T1 2022 – Literacy 3

Hello blog viewers/welcome to my blog! This is one of my literacy task for this week. We had to read two articles from Kiwi Kids News and write a four sentence summary about each article we read. I read and wrote about BMW ix and Kiwis need to leave Ukraine. I hope you have enjoyed this post. Please leave a positive comment on my blog.

  1. Car manufacturer BMW has created world-first technology that changes the colour of a car with the press of a button. The new car was displayed for the first time at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas earlier this month. The technology works by bringing different pigments to the outside when energised by electrical signals. These signals are controlled by a button in the vehicle or on a phone app. The car changes shades, designs, and colours giving different patterns in black, white, and grey combinations.

  2. The government is calling to New Zealanders in Ukraine to leave immediately, heightened military tension in the area, foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta made the announcement last week. The New Zealand Government is advising New Zealanders in Ukraine to leave immediately while there are flights able to get them home,” Mahuta said in a statement. New Zealand’s government’s ability to help people in Ukraine is very limited. New Zealand’s advice has also been followed by Australia, the United States, and the United Kingdom.

Homework WK3/T1 2022 – Literacy 2

Hello blog viewers/welcome to my blog! This is our Literacy Homework for this week. We had to read two articles from Kiwi Kids News and write a four sentence summary about each article we read. I read and wrote about Peter Jackson and Proshka the dog. I hope you have enjoyed this post. Please leave a positive comment on my blog.

  1. New Zealand director, Peter Jackson is named world’s highest paid entertainer. Peter Jackson has made NZ$870m last year, mainly through sale of part of his visual effects in business Weta Digital to Unity Software, he sold it for $2.4bn. He is now the third person in history to become a billionaire from making films. Top 10 entertainers are all male and three women made the top 20.

2. A grumpy dog with insane fur has gone famous all over the internet. The dog’s name is Proshka and is two years old. He has been gaining attention and followers of Instagram because of his appearance. Proshka has been compared to Chewbacca and other characters.

Whakatauki/Proverbs

Hello blog viewers/welcome to my blog! This morning in Exstention we learnt about Whakatauki (first lesson of Term 1 2022). Whakatauki is Proverb in english. We resrached Maori Proverbs, ones especially about the sea. I hope you have enjoyed this post. Please leave a positive comment on my blog.