My Inquiry Presentation!

I researched Maori education from past to present as part of our topic 'Whanaungatanga'. Did you know that in the past, Maori was not allowed to be spoken at school? Neither did I! Check out my presentation below!

My First Movie!

Miss Hansell set a challenge of making our very first movie using iMovie! We had to take the pictures, add transitions, add music and edit it all ourselves! Here is the end product, I hope you like it.

WALT - Find information

We were learning to find information about harakeke. I learnt that the harakeke plant is like a whanau. You never cut the rito because that is the baby of the whanau.

My Learning Goals for Term Two

My Reading goal for Term Two is to:
To read three chapters every night to my dad.


To achieve this goal I will need to:
Make sure I return my books to the library so that I can always get new books out.


My whanau can help me achieve this by:
They could read with me until my three chapters have finished.

My Writing goal for Term Two is to:

To use punctuation and adjectives in my writing.

To achieve this goal I will need to:

Make sure I at least use more than three adjectives and work with a buddy to edit my work.

My whanau can help me achieve this by:

Reminding me to use the right punctuation in my writing, if I don't have it and also reminding me to add in interesting adjectives.

My Maths goal for Term Two is to:

To use my basic facts to solve problems in maths.

To achieve this goal I will need to:

Practise my basic facts so that I can recall them quickly and use them to solve problems in maths.

My whanau can help me achieve this by:

Helping me answer my questions using my basic facts.

My Personal goal for Term Two is to:

To get faster at typing on my netbook.

To achieve this goal I will need to:

Practise my typing skills using tux-typing.

My whanau can help me achieve this by:

Telling me to go onto the computer and practise my typing using typing practice websites.