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Monday 17 December 2012

My Xmas poem

Christians are very holy
Hall mark is a time for fun.
Relegious celebration
It is celebtrated in churches, houses, town centers,etc
Santa claus is coming to town.
The time to come together and celebrate Jesus
Massive celebration which is celebrated everywhere
As fun as opening the Xmas presents
Safe with your friends and family

Thursday 13 December 2012

The day I went fishing... ALONE. By Quaid



My family never went fishing. Basically we did nothing besides walking up to the road to get some hot chips for lunch. My Dad was an electrician, my mum is a stay at home Mum and my brothers and sisters are a nuisance. Once for my birthday I asked my mum
“ Mum,  I want to go on a fishing trip with Papa”, but she wasn't convinced.
“ No! you're too young. What if your Papa says Boo and you'll go flying into the sea just like a dolphin.” She went on and on and said even more than she said the last time I asked. But I was done with it. I said happily but I was still angry “ No. I am going to fish and you can`t stop me.”

I stormed out the door with my fishing gear and I had a angry face on. I went down to the lake and made sure that I was out of site. I could still hear mum in the back of my head saying “STOP”! I put my rusty fishing rod in the water. It was silent. I fell into the lake and I was scared. I was like superman and I jumped out. I ran home and I cried in my room until we had dinner.

The next day I tried again. This time I made sure I had a life jacket on. I never knew about life jackets until the minstrel came and talked all about fishing for the future and how to measure fish (from the head to the middle of the fin). So when I was down at the lake I jumped in and I started to bob up and down, faster and faster. Until it got a little out of hand. I realized the life jacket was going to pop. BANG! It exploded. I was flying. But it was all a prank from Mr and Mrs Minstrel. I forgot that they told me to never go fishing alone.

The end.

Wednesday 12 December 2012

My Tasks to complete - By Quaid


Term 4 tasks to complete

Written Language
Highlight the features of a narrative
“Three Billy Goats Gruff Story”
Topic
Complete a Popplet on celebrations and festivals
Topic
Complete a Wordle on Celebrations and Festivals
Topic
Complete your what I know about certain festivals and celebrations
Create questions on the festivals / countries that interest you
Topic:
Participate in Voice Threads on celebrations and festivals
Written Language
Narrative Writing
Retell the Three Little Pigs Story in your own words - remembering the narrative features
Topic
Choose a festival from your country that you are studying.
Topic
Use Wall Wisher to write questions on your countries festival.
Art
Use the painting examples from the Art tab to create your very own abstract art work
Reading
Complete this term’s Reading follow up activities
Topic
Create a keywords list to use as search terms.
Topic
Research your festival using a variety of sources - books, internet, people.
Topic
Put the information into your own words.
Reference your sources you have used in your research
Topic
Create a presentation on your international celebration
Written Language
Write your own narrative
Art
Research our focus artist this term: Friedrich Vordemberge-Gildewart. Click on the art tab.
Make a Popplet on what you have found out about him.
Embed your popplet into your own blog.
If Popplet does not work, use Google Draw or Wall Wisher. You can also use Google images and find some of his other artworks.
Written Language
Self Assessment-
Self assess yourself against the Narrative Checklist.
Use your own narrative to assess yourself against.
Take a screenshoot and upload it onto your blog. Write an explaination, explaining what your strengths were in your writing and what your next learning steps are.
Written Language
Peer Assessment.
Ask a friend who is up to the same stage as you to peer assess you against the Narrative Checklist. Get them to click Share and get them to email you the document so you can screen shot it and put it onto your blog. Then get your friend to write on your post what your strengths and next learning steps are.
Reading
Complete this week’s follow up reading sheet.
Maths
Complete the requirements for Maths Whizz - 20 minutes a day
(online maths programme)
Topic
Create your own presenter notes for your presentation. This can be done under Google presentations or on the cue cards
Art
Complete your grid (sketch) using a ruler, pencil and rubber. This needs to be done as I want everyone to be painting.
If you are behind, ask a friend who is up to date with their art to show you
Written Language Narrative

Character Description

Describe any of these Shakespeare characters from Shared Story

Romeo
Juliet
Hamlet
Community Service - Participating and Contributing
Make comments on the blog of the week blogs that have been featured in the assemblies this term

Also the Junior School have been creating a lot of posts recently visit their blogs and make comments. Remember to take a screen shot of your comment and upload it onto your blog
Art Reflection

Complete your art reflection on the abstract painting based on Friedrich Vordemberg Guildewart
Topic
Upload your international Topic Celebration onto your blog
Topic
Upload your International Celebration Rubric onto your blog
Topic
Put your International Comic Life onto your Blog
Topic
Put your New Zealand Celebration / Festivals presentation up onto your blog
Topic
Put your New Zealand Celebrations Rubric onto your blog
Topic
Complete a Comic Life poster on your New Zealand Celebration
Art
Plan / measure Endless Rhythm Artwork
Art
Paint Endless Rhythm Artwork
Art
Complete Endless Rhythm Art Reflection
Art
Research the Endless Rhythm Artist: Robert Delaunay and answer the questions about him. Present your information on a Popplet or on Wall Wisher
Written Language
Complete Bio Poem
Written Language
Enter into the Minstrel’s competition. Write a story on a favourite Fishing trip you have experienced
Written Language
Complete 2012 Netbook Reflection
Written Language
Complete recount / procedure on the Traffic Light Jelly experience
Maths
Take a screen shot of your Maths Whizz Progress.
Write a reflection on how you’re going
Maths
Complete Volume and Capacity sheet
Life Education
Complete Life Education Tasks
End of year
Take part in the class item for our sharing assembly. Learn speaking parts and practise dance movements
Christmas Crafts
Complete crafts and activities related to Christmas
Endless Rhythm Art Reflection

My Art Reflection

 
Art: Reflecting on my Endless Rhythm Painting


1. Are you pleased with your Endless Rhythm painting? why / why not?

Yes. Because it really stands out.

2. What did you find easy when you created your Endless Rhythm painting?
the painting of the half circles.
3. What part did you find tricky when you were creating your Endless Rhythm painting? -think about painting, ruling it up tracing plates, cups, etc.
Ruling the middle of things because you really had to use your maths.
4. Who / What helped you when you were painting?
Miss Paton and the ruler
5. What would you do differently next time? Think about: colours, painting, ruling up, etc.
The colour choice . I would change the background from blue to silver/gold.

6. What frustrated you when you created your Endless Rhythm painting?
The time where I painted out of the square because I had to wait for it to dry until I can go over in white.

Tuesday 11 December 2012

Quaid and Aryan Diwali

Diwali is the festival of lights. The people who celebrates Diwali is Sikhs and Hindus.
Lord Rama was the first person to celebrate Diwali because he created it. Thank you for watching my Video

Wednesday 5 December 2012

My Comment to Cody


My Comment to Taryn


My Comment to Tevita


My Comment to Isabella



My Comment to Caitlin


My Comment to Angel


My Jelly Procedure - By Quaid


How to make Traffic Light Jelly - By Quaid

Serves 13-14

Ingredients

*2 packets of Green, Orange and Red Jelly Crystals
*2 cups of hot water for every 2 packets
*Ice

Equipment

*Measuring Cup
*Bowlx2
*13 Plastic Cups
*Wooden Spoon
*Jug/Kettle

Method

1. Wash your hands
2. Lightly bash the Green Jelly Crystals on a hard surface.
3. Pour the contents of Jelly packet into a bowl.
4. Boil the Kettle
5. Pour the hot water carefully into the bowl after kettle has boiled.
6. Stir the jelly mixture that is in the bowl.
7. Wait for the jelly crystals to dissolve.
8. Place 2 cups of ice into the bowl and stir softly.
9.  Let the Ice melt and then pour mixture into the plastic cups.(DO NOT FILL TO THE TOP. ONLY FILL 1/3)
10. Move all the cups from table/where you are working to fridge and let it set for 15-20 mins.
11. Repeat all the steps going from 2-8 but change ‘Green’ for ‘Orange’
12. After the green jelly has set, use the wooden spoon and carefully pour the orange mixture onto the wooden spoon inside the cup.
13. Let the Orange and Green set also for 15-20 minutes.
14.Also repeat steps 2-8 for the Red Jelly.
15. Pour into cups with the wooden spoon.
16.Let the jelly set and then your done.

My Netbook Reflection - By Quaid



Plus
Commenting
This year I have found this year using my netbook to be successful.
I have learnt to comment and show others how to comment and how to make good comments with positive and negative feedback on it. I think that making comments allows me to help with my E-learning and also others learning because it will help them what to do next and how to fix their work so they can do better next time. I love receiving comments from classmates, family and from lots of people around the world.

Minus
Problems with Netbooks
The barriers in using my netbook are the problems.
This year we have had lots of problems using our netbooks like Flash Problems, Connectivity issues and Applications that require downloading stuff like Adobe Reader Player etc. There is also problems like having stupid and ridiculous burglars that have broken into our class this year. They took 4 netbooks and 4 chargers as well. They stole my friend Tim`s netbook and that made him very upset.

Interesting
Miss Paton being able to check our work
The interesting aspects to using my netbook are having Miss Paton being able to check our work night and day.
Miss Paton can also check our work and she is able to see how much work we have been doing using the Teacher Dashboard. I think that now she can check my work from her desk has allowed me to be motivated and finish more work and be at the top of the class and if she asked who has not finished their work I do not have to say I haven`t .

Monday 3 December 2012

My Maths -- By Quaid

  Volume and Capacity
1 Tablespoon = 15 mlsYesterday you used or are going to use 6 Tablespoons of jelly for each colour. How many ml’s does six tablespoons measure. 6x15  5,30,45,60,75,,90 mls    3x30  30,60,90 mls ✔
  Show your working out hereWrite out your strategy here:My strategy I used: I halved the first number and doubled the second number to make it easier . The answer is 90✔


Present your answers in this table
Colour
Number of Tablespoons
Number of Millilitres (mls)
Red
6 tsp✔
90 mls✔
Orange
6 tsp✔
90 mls✔
Green
6 tsp✔
90 mls✔
Total-calculate each row
18 tsp✔
270 mls✔



Yesterday we made 13 pottles of Rainbow Jelly.13 students will be the first to enjoy the jelly. How many more students need to make jelly and have this yummy privilege. We have 31 students.
Show your strategies you used:13+ _=31  I rounded 13 to the nearest 5 which is 15. Then I added what I needed which is 16.I then added the two back which is 13 so the answer is 18I halved 13=6.5 than I kept on adding on.6.5, 13, 19.5,26,32.5
Yesterday we used:2 packets of green jelly2 packets of orange jellyThe jelly will serve 13 students
How many packets do we need for 31 students?You will need 5 packets and have 1.5 cups left.✔I  kept on  making groups and then add the rest.Show your strategies you useRecipe: - serves 13 students4 packets of Jelly(orange and green)2 cups of hot water2 cups of cold water
1 cup = 250 mls2 cups = 500✔____________________?I doubled 250If you combined the hot and cold water together how many mls do we need?Show your strategies:I Doubled 5001000___ Convert this amount into 1_____  litres

If you were making Traffic Light Jelly for 31 students - write out the list needed for this amount.
Include total including the colours9__10____ packets of jelly9____5___ cups of hot water9____5___ cups of cold/chilled water/iceHow many litres would you need of hot and cold water?2.5 lWork out the number of total tablespoons needed. You can do it by colour first or combine colours together186Show the strategies you used: 31 x 6 = 186


My Comment to Cody, Raymond and Tevita - By Quaid



These are My Comments to Cody, Raymond and Tevita

My Maths Whizz Result - My Quaid

My Maths Whizz Result. On Maths Whizz Console I am coming 1st with 634 Credits and I have been on for 102 minutes. On My School I am coming 6th.

My Procedure on Traffic Light Jelly - By Quaid


How to make Traffic Light Jelly - By Quaid

Serves 13-14

Ingredients

*2 packets of Green, Orange and Red Jelly Crystals
*2 cups of hot water for every 2 packets
*Ice

Equipment

*Measuring Cup
*Bowlx2
*13 Plastic Cups
*Wooden Spoon
*Jug/Kettle

Method

1. Wash your hands
2. Lightly bash the Green Jelly Crystals on a hard surface.
3. Pour the contents of Jelly packet into a bowl.
4. Boil the Kettle
5. Pour the hot water carefully into the bowl after kettle has boiled.
6. Stir the jelly mixture that is in the bowl.
7. Wait for the jelly crystals to dissolve.
8. Place 2 cups of ice into the bowl and stir softly.
9.  Let the Ice melt and then pour mixture into the plastic cups.(DO NOT FILL TO THE TOP. ONLY FILL 1/3)
10. Move all the cups from table/where you are working to fridge and let it set for 15-20 mins.
11. Repeat all the steps going from 2-8 but change ‘Green’ for ‘Orange’
12. After the green jelly has set, use the wooden spoon and carefully pour the orange mixture onto the wooden spoon inside the cup.
13. Let the Orange and Green set also for 15-20 minutes.
14.Also repeat steps 2-8 for the Red Jelly.
15. Pour into cups with the wooden spoon.
16.Let the jelly set and then your done.