Summer Learning Journey Teaser!

Tolafa Bloggers!

On Tuesday 3rd Decemeber, my hub got introduced to a Summer Learning Journey. This is where we pick a task out of three, do the task and then post it on our blog. Today's day\group of tasks was all about Art and Entertainment. One of the tasks was to write about Lorde. (The Singer).
Down below is my poster about Lorde. (Like an Infographic) 

Have you ever done a poster about someone famous before?

Idea To Supercharge Your Swimming!

Ciao Bloggers!

On Friday 29th November 2019, the year 5-8's at SFOA went swimming at Waltham Pool. This was a big day out. (Sort of known as a treat for us.) When we arrived, we got into our togs and slapped sunscreen on ourselves. (Even though it wasn't that sunny.) When everyone had that done, that's when we got to jump in the pool and have an amazing time! We got to have a play in the pool and have turns going down the water slide. (which was really fun!.) Later on, we all got out of the pool and had our lunch for around 20 mins. When that was done, we put more sunscreen on and jumped back in the pool for a little longer. Later on, we hoped out and headed back for school!
This was a great end of year treat and hopefully get to do it again soon!

Have you ever been swimming before? 

Smart Strategies To Connect!

Bonjour Bloggers!

This week for our reading create task, we had to pick 2 sentences out of 2 poems and then make connections to your own life experiences. The 2 poems that I chose were called: The Embarrassement Expert and Giving My Father Frights.

Down below is my create task from my reading workshop. 

Have you ever made connections with text before?

Achoo.....

Kia Ora Bloggers!

This week for our Writing Task (For Workshops), we have to create a poem. This poem can either be a Limerick Poem, Haiku Poem, Using Comparisons in Poetry or a Cinquain Poem. I have chosen a Limerick Poem. In the Limerick poem, you have to include 5 lines. Lines 1,2 and 5 must include a word that rhymes and 2,4 must include the same. (Words that Rhyme)

Down below is my Limerick Poem!

The sun in my hair blowing through the air. 

The clouds in the sky make me wanna cry

As I sat in my chair wishing to be there

All I ever wanted to do was stare

Have you ever done either a Limerick Poem or one of the above before?

The Best Solutions For Activities At School!

Hello Bloggers!

On Friday 22nd November 2019, the year 5-8's at SFOA had a visit from Top Team. Top Team is a group of people who create different activities for us children to take part in and have loads and loads of fun. These activities involve lots of team work and having fun! Some of the activities involved water and sporting equipment that most of us had never seen before. Even though this is a fun activity to do, you still get to earn points at each station and try and come either 1st, 2nd or 3rd place.
This was so much fun and hopefully I get to do this again soon!

Have you ever participated in Top Team before? 

Savvy Ways To Get Wet And Muddy!

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On Wednesday 20th November 2019, the year 3-8's from SFOA competed in Tough Kids. (Like a Mud Run) Tough Kids is an event that kids from all different schools take part in and have heaps of fun. There are around 17-18 fun and challenging courses\activities to take part it. The activities invovle: jumping over things, go under things, getting wet, muddy and more!
Some of the activities that we all took part in were:

• Running\walking through water. (The Sea)
• Jumping over tyres.
• Crawling under ropes, decks etc..
• Completing a Bouncy Castle (That had obstacles and was wet!) 
• Slipping down the Slippery slide while getting sprayed with water. 
• Walking Planks

This was a really great thing to take part in and I can't wait to do it again sometime soon!

          Have you ever competed in Tough Kids before? (Or a Mud Run?) 

(I'm not sure if there were any photos taken at this event or not but if there were, I will post them up soon!) 

How To Create The Perfect Object Out Of Rubbish!

Zdravo everyone! (Language: Croatian)

This week we had another Create task for Reading. Our Create task was to choose a story from the connected books and write what we thought the story was going to be about from the title. Then we had to read the story and write down what we found interesting\didn't know about. Finally we then had to write about our new understanding of the book. The story that I picked was "Turning Old Into New!"

Down below is my Create task from the story: "Turning Old Into New!"

Have you ever read the story "Turning Old Into New" before?

Do you think we can make changes to this world? 

Tips For Effortless Sport!

Kia Ora Bloggers!

Over the last couple of weeks on Thursday afternoons, me and my hub have been doing sport rotations. These sport rotations consider: Korfball, Lawn Bowls, Cricket and Softball. Here is a quick description of each of those sports.

• Korfball: Korfball is a sport just like Netball and Basketball. You team starts off with the ball and you can do multiple things with the ball. (E.G. Throw, Run, Walk etc..) After a while, the coach changes up the rules and makes it a whole lot more challenging. 
• Lawn Bowls: Lawn Bowls is a sport where you use a ball and roll it down the track to get points. The Lawn Bowls that we are doing isn't like the real one. We did it on concrete. We rolled it into the middle and tried to get our team points, then we went into groups of 3 and went around rotations where we could get points. Finally, we got into another lot of teams (that was different) and had a competition where we had to roll the balls first into the hoops and then be the first team to get that done.
• Cricket: Cricket is like the normal Cricket. We get into teams (Fielding Team and Batting Team) and play agasint each other to win the round.
• Softball: I haven't done Softball yet but will update this blog post when I have! :)

Have you ever played one of these sports before? 

(Photos coming soon!) 

Under The Sea....

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Welcome Back!

We are right now in Week 5 of Term 4 for 2019. (4 weeks to go! :)) Anyway, we have again started workshops and today I will be sharing with you my Create Task from Reading.
So, we got to read a story called "Under The Sea." This is a story about divers putting a camera 23 meters from sea level and capturing features and moments of the animals swimming by. 
Our Create task was to answer the 4 questions given on a document. 
So... down below is my Reading Create Task based on the story "Under The Sea" 

Have you ever read the story "Under The Sea" before? 

What Do You Really Know?

Ciao Bloggers!!

Around 2 weeks ago, we had two people called Emma and Rory come to talk to us (The Year 7&8's) about Puberty and Relationships. (From Attitude)
On the first day we had Rory and he covered the basics of Puberty. Then on the second day, Emma came as well as Rory and we broke off into genders (Girls with Emma, Boys with Rory) to talk about puberty and relationships.

Two important things that I thought were really inportant that Emma spoke about was:

1. Don't be rushed into things that you don't want to be in straight away.
2. Don't be afraid to talk about things like Puberty and Relationships with your parents. 

Have you ever talked about Puberty and\or Relationships before?

Did you think it was a little bit awkard like me? 

Clever Tools To Simplify Your Holidays!

Bonjour Bloggers,

A few weeks ago was the School Hoildays. My whole school got two weeks off which was pretty cool. I didn't do a lot of things but I did have a lot of fun. This is what I did:

Monday: Grocery Shopping
Tuesday: Stay at home day
Wednesday: Morning Tea at the Mall & Bingo with my Mum
Thursday: Walk up the Hill.
Friday: Catch up with my Family for my Aunties Birthday.
Saturday: Chilling
Sunday: Chilling
Monday: Grocery Shopping
Tuesday: Walk around Town
Wednesday: Stay at Home day & Bingo with my Mum.
Thursday: Catch up with Friends
Friday: Catch up with Friends.
Saturday: Chilling
Sunday: Chilling

Bye for now!!

Question: What did you get up to in your Holidays? 

Heart Warming Stories of Camp!

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In Week 3 of Term 4 2019, the year 7&8 hub went on camp to Wainui. We went on Tuesday 29th October and came back on Friday 1st November 2019. The day all started when we went on the 2 hour bus ride to Wainui which for me took ages! Anyway, when we arrived, we went on this 2 hour hike to our campground. We went up hills, down hills, through forests, through mud, on roads and more. When we finally arrived at the campground, the fun began. We gathered our bags from the bus, went to our cabins and started unpacking. I was in Cabin number 3 with Beccy, Roza, Joanna, Neila, Maia, Harriet and Ella. 

Later on we started our first activity for the afternoon. Before we went on Camp, we were put into activity groups which we would do all the activites with. In my activity group was: Myself, Beccy, Harriet, Olivia, Isabella, Dylan, Sam, Finn, Andres and Leo. This was a great activity group! Anyway, the activites that each group would have a go at were:

• Coasteering
• Kayaking-Singles and Doubles
• School Led Orinteering
• School Led Activity
• High Ropes
• Raft Building
• Outdoor Living
• Search and Rescue
• Archery

Down below is the timetable of what activties my group did on which day: (In Order)

Tuesday: Coasteering

Wednesday: High Ropes, Archery, Kayaking 

Thursday: Outdoor Living, School Led Orinteering, School Led Activity

Friday: Search and Rescue, Raft Building 

On Thursday Night, we had some down time to write a reflection on Camp that was based on 4  Questions. Those 4 Questions were:

• Favourite\Enjoyable Part?
• Grateful For?
• Challenging Moments?
• Learnt?

Down below is my reflection on those 4 Questions above: 

1. Favourite\Enjoyable Moment?

My Favourite\Enjoyable Moment on Camp was getting to have a go at new and exciting activities as well as having a great time in my bunk room\cabin with my friends. 

2. Grateful For?

I am Grateful for being able to go on this amazing trip, having an amazing time, getting to have a go at new activites, exploring new things and more.

3. Challenging Moments?

For me their were quite a few challegning moments but I managed to get through them all. Some of them were: Being afraid of heights when on the High Ropes, Missing my Family, Getting restriced on some activites and more. 

4. Learnt?

I learnt that being away from home is a big challenge, how to belay on the High Ropes, How to shoot in Archery, Learning about the different trees, bushes, plants etc.. on Outdoor Living and lots more. 

Have you ever been on Camp before? If so, where have you been? 

(Photos of us at Camp Coming Soon!)

Map of Wainui!

How To Quickly Make Cupcakes!!

Ola Bloggers!

Over the last few days, me and my hub have been writing Recipes based on different Countries. On the first day of term 4, we got given the chance to pick a Country out of a hat. Then, we had to make a dish from that Country and bring it to our shared lunch which is happening tomorrow. (Friday 25th October 2019) The Country that I picked out of the hat was: Mexico! I did quite a bit of research on this country and in the end, found a Recipe on how to make "Churro Cupcakes!"
Down below is my Recipe on how to make "Churro Cupcakes!" 
Enjoy!!

  Churro Cupcakes:

Ingredients: 

(For the Base)

2 1\2 Cups. All Purpose Flour

1 Tsp. Baking Powder

1\2 Tsp. Baking Soda

1\2 Tsp. Salt

3 Large Eggs

2 Cups. Granulated Sugar

1 Cup. Canola Oil

2 Tsp. Vanilla Extract

(For the Icing)

2 Tsp. Vanilla Extract

100g Butter

6 Cups. Powdered Sugar

2 Tsp. Cinnamon

250g. Cream Cheese

Equipment:

Medium Bowl

3 Large Bowls

3 Wooden Spoons

Regular Size Muffin Tins (Add up to 24) 

Piping Bag

Electric Mixer 

Instructions:

Step 1: Mix flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt into a large mixing bowl, then set
aside. 

Step 2: In a large bowl, beat the egg and sugar until thickened. 

Step 3: Next add the oil and vanilla extract to the egg and sugar mixture. 

Step 4: Then mix until blended.

Step 5: Add the flour mixture, then mix the batter until smooth.

Step 6: Pour into regular size muffin Tins (That add up to 24). 

Step 7: Bake for around 18-23 mins and on the heat of 350 Fahrenheit. 

Step 8: Cool Completely. 

Step 9: Prepare frosting by combining butter, cream cheese and vanilla extract in a large
bowl.
Beat on low speed for around 1 min. 

Step 10: Add the powdered sugar and cinnamon. 

Step 11: Mix with the electric mixer until smooth, then beat on medium speed for around
1-2 mins or until mixture is light. 

Step 12: Grab a spoon and spoon the mixture into a piping bag.

Step 13: Then frost cupcakes as desired.

Step 14: Once done, sprinkle with cinnamon and\or sugar and then enjoy!

Little Known Ways To Connect!

Aloha everyone!

In the first week back of Term 4, we got straight into our Workshops. (Reading, Writing and Maths etc..) For my Reading Workshop, our task was to read a story that was given and pick out the Similarities and Differences we had within the book.
Down below is my Reading Create Task.

Have you ever done something like this before?

Are You Still Hunting For Games To Play?

Ciao Bloggers!

Have you ever wanted to play a game that's from a different Country or City? Well, today I have some instructions on how to play a game that is called "The Hat Dance!"
This game has come from Mexico and is very popular around Mexico. All you have to do is Dance!
Down Below is a little bit of a brief about the game and some instructions on how to play it! 

The Hat Dance Instructions:

Materials:
Hats for everyone (Individual-NO SHARING)

• Phone\Laptop\DVD Player etc.. to play the music on. 

Players: (4 or more)

Debrief: There is nothing quite like the Mexican Hat Dance to invoke all the images and
specialties of Mexico. It can be performed by anyone and any sort of way as long as it is a
type of dance that fits into the theme of the song or sound. 

Step 1: Get together family, friends, anyone who is around and get them all into a circle.

Step 2: Someone from the group is in charge of the music\sound that is from Mexico, which
means they will be in charge of the game. (This might not be a step but it’s a useful piece of info.)

Step 3: Get one player to step into the middle of the circle (wearing their hat) and to start
dancing to the music. 

Step 4: Done! (Now just start rotating the players and make sure that everyone has a go
and has a blast of a time!)

Have you ever played this game before?

Think You Know How To Celebrate??

Bonjour and welcome back!

This term for PBL, our driving question is: "How Can I Celebrate Who I Am?" We have so far been unpacking what it means and what some of the Sub Questions are behind it. Those Sub Questions are:

• Who am I?
• What is Culture?
• What types of ways do people celebrate Culture?

At the end of the term, we will be showcasing our learning either Digitally or Manually including a Music theme\part and a choose what you want part. So far, I haven't decided on what I am going to do yet but I will let you know soon.! (Maybe in another blog!)

Have you ever done something like this before?

When You Feel Hungry!

Ciao Bloggers!
Coming up very soon is the end of term. This means that PBL is coming to an end but the exciting thing is that we get to present it to the other hubs and whanau. One task that we had to was some Artefacts. This Artefact that I will be sharing is about our Phamplet that we will be sharing. 

Down below is an image of 1 (one) of me and Ellen's Artefacts!
(Sorry about the writing, there is not a lot to talk about!)

Have you ever done a PBL Showcase before?

Questions You Should Ask Before Reading This!

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On the 25th September 2019, me and my hub will be presenting our final project on this terms PBL. (PBL=Project Based Learning) (Driving Question: "What will the future ask of us?")
One of the things we always have to do is create an invitation to send out ot our whanau. 

Down below is my Invitation!

Have you ever created an Invitation to send out to someone before?

Give Me 5 Minutes And I'll Give You A Smoothie!

Hello Everyone!

Have you ever craved a Smoothie but then don't like to make it? Well, me and Ellen have created a Smoothie that is very Healthy as well as super quick. Today I will be sharing with you our Main Artefact for this terms PBL. This Artefact down below is a picture of our Smoothie and what it looks like.

Down below is an image of our Main Artefact. (Smoothie) 

Have you ever done PBL Before?

Have you ever made a Smoothie before?

How to Permanently Stop Eating All Day Even If You Have Tried Everything!

Talfoa Bloggers!

Have you tried to stop eating a whole lot of food a day but it's not working? Well for my PBL this term, me and my friend Ellen are creating a Smoothie for Breakfast that should fill you stomachs up for quite a while. (Maybe till lunch depending on what time you had it!) Anyway, this term our PBL driving question is "What will the Future ask of us?" (Probably know that already but I might as well say it again!) We got to choose our buddies and what we would be creating that relates to the Future. Me and Ellen have decided to create a Winter and Summer Smoothie that should fill you up to lunch.  These Smoothies will include (Like I said before!) We have been filling out our planning template and now will be starting our final product.

Down below is me and Ellen's PBL planning template. 

Have you ever done PBL like this before?