Camp Omatua fun

Totara had a wonderful time at camp Omatua even the rain started to pour down.

Thanks to the teachers and parents for supporting Totara whanau.

On the first night at camp Omatua everyone had made apple desserts
with chocolate chips, brown sugar and cinnamon. While they
were cooking the hub was playing spotlight.

My biggest achievement was making a catapult with Aspen and Lealou.
While Aspen was making our catapult Lealou was creating a catapult and
then we started playing with her catapult.

My biggest challenge was the fear factor because when you had put a
 blindfold on,  you had been given something yuck
or yum to eat.

I have enjoyed spending time with my friends Keisha and Aspen.
It was fun playing with them.

Here is a photo of me, Jharvarnah, Ben M and Lucas.
This is a photo of me and my group winning the back pack challenge.

Something I really enjoyed at camp Omatua was going down the water slide

because when you pass the black plastic you got to get a lollie pop.

Here's me, Jacob v, Isabelle washing and drying the dishes and
Ryan Taylor-Gee was also helping but he just didn't get in the photo.
The parents were so hungry, busy and helpful they needed a break.

Here is Totara Whanau exploring the down low area by the fire pit.

Here are a bunch of friends playing head bands. Kasaiyah Ellazay,
Aotea Isabelle, Emma and me (Of Course)

People waiting excitedly to go on the water slide.

One of my favorite things were tubing along the river with my friend Jharvarnah.

Keisha is enjoying a mouth full of chocolate.

Isabelle is enjoying tubing along the river.

The girls being artists.

Look at Mrs Ramsay playing twister with Jada.

The girls and boys playing hand ball.

Everyone waiting to play spotlight.

Henrietta, Emma and Charlotte Orr are doing the back pack challenge

Something that I enjoyed was the chocolate game because when ever you had rolled number 6 you had to dress up crazy with the spider-man glove and cut as many chocolate pieces as you can, until the next person had rolled 6. The chocolate was delicious but I only got to eat a little bit.

My biggest challenge was the fear factor because you had to put a blindfold on and eat something yum or disgusting. It was quite fun because when I had the blindfold on I had chocolate icing. It was funny watching the other people having a turn because they didn't know what it was and because they were stuffing it in there mouth to win.

One of my favorite parts of camp was tubing along the freezing cold water. As me and Jharvarnah were tubing our bottoms were scraping on the huge big rocks. As Daniel was pushing me and Jharvarnah we were spinning and spinning and I got so dizzy.


My biggest achievement was hiding in the pitch black. It was sore when I had to bend on my knees it was like It was like I was falling asleep. It was fun play spotlight but it was tricky finding the groups. As my group was creeping at the top by the kitchen I could smell our desserts cooking and I just wanted to eat them so bad I forgot my group was gone.

Vocab word

I have been learning to do a vocab word for one of our learning experiences.

A vocab word is when you choose a word from your reading book and you write information like write synonymy, word, meaning, add a picture, write your own sentence and the sentence from the book with the word in it.

I am proud of my vocab words because I take my time for writing things but it gets hard for me to write and think when people are talking. I am also proud of my vocab words because I have put detail in and I have also took my time instead of rushing.

Next time I could get more information, put punctuation in and take my time. I could also remember my iPad number because one time I forgot my iPad number and I had to restart my vocab word.

Something that challenged me was getting a photo and finding the information quick. It is also hard to find synonyms for the word.

I really enjoyed doing my vocabulary word because I liked writing all my information onto the page, putting in the detail and writing what I know about blood - curdling.

Here is a photo of one of my vocab words. This vocab word is Blood - curdling

The secret message

This week I have been learning to write a about a secret message in a bottle for my writing. This is a learning experiment for Totara hub.

Something that has challenged me is writing all the punctuation, detail, adding powerful words and sentence starters.

I am proud of writing this story because I think I have put heaps of detail, powerful words and good sentences in for my writing.

Next time I could  add more writing, stay on the same paragraph, think about good words and write chapters.

I have enjoyed writing about this story because when I read over it I am creating a picture in my head and it is making me wanting to add more sentences and paragraphs so that I get more detail and create a bigger picture in my head.

All about dogs

I have been learning heaps  about dogs because I think they are cute and soft . I choose dogs because I know about dogs and because I have my own dog at home. I am proud of my writing because I have put information in, detail and punctuation. Punctuation is when you have capital letters, full stops, commas and more. Something that challenged me the most was spelling big words and thinking what to write. Next time I could try to work harder, don't talk to the person next to me and think more for my information. I really enjoyed making this presentation because I put heaps of information and detail in each slide. I like to create presentation because when I already know what my presentation is about I don't need to search things up on the internet I could just write all the information down

India

What we done this week in the modern learning environment.

This week has been different because Totara hub is going in one room for modern learning.

I enjoy getting to know new people and its fun because you get to do fun activity's like genius hour, blogging, fitness, weighing things for maths and writing about your holiday.

Thanks Mrs Milne, Mrs Hardaker and Mr Ford for helping out three home learning classes. All three home learning classes enjoy having you as our teachers.

Art blurb

My artwork is of a tui (my house at school). The korus represent each person in my family (my sister, mum, me and my dad ). My graceful bird is nestled on a branch amongst trees waiting to sing. The trees are covered with bright red berries and green flax.