My artifact

Last term we started doing pbl, Project based learning. We had a lot of things to choose from they were Ancient Olympics, Ancient Greece, Paralympics and much more. I thought it was hard when I was writing my report for my artifact because it had to be perfect or we had to start over and try again. At one point I found my self in the learning pit so I had to ask Mrs Ramsay to help me get out. We sat together and she  helped me get back on track so I was able to catch up like everyone else.
Something that challenged me was trying to research information about the olive leaf crown because I could not find any on line or within book's.
I am proud of achieving my report writing and my artifact because I found my report writing tricky but I learnt how to write a good quality report. 
I was using my perseverance muscle while making my artifact, I was not put off being stuck and I keeped on going and ignored the people around me.

Olympics Email to athlete

Dear Pippa Hayward

How many games have you won before? I think that the Rio Olympics is a cool experience to  meet people all around the world and compete in amazing sports like Hockey, Gym and Swimming also a whole lot more. I usually don’t watch sport on t.v but I thought I would watch  the Olympics and shout and screaming  at the t.v saying “GOO PIPPA HAYWARD.”

My class has been talking all about the Olympics and who would win the Rio 2016 Olympics this year. We were told to go and find an athlete that is competing I scrolled down and  sore Pippa Hayward I click on you and read about you I thought wow you are competing for the Olympics for the first time. And I found out you play for the Black Sticks hockey team. You have inspired me to try hockey even though I’m not that much of a fan of hockey. Opps I forgot to say we have one thing in common it is our name mine is Pippa Osborne and yours is Pippa Hayward. I hope you have a great time in Rio and play your best.

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Pippa Osborne

Parkvale School

HASTINGS

I have been learning to write good peace of work to my athlete using vocab and my perseverance mussel (muscle) to get all the good information about my athlete.

What challenged me was going back adding more information about her and putting in things we have in conman like our name. Also adding in things I like in the Olympics and about her sport.

The most fun bit was writing in all I know about the Olympics and Pippa's sport and about how I hope she gets a gold medal.

Seven kites

Long before PS4, there were Seven sisters that lived in a whare (house) in a pa (village) in Heretaunga (Hastings) , Aotearoa.The whare was small but not bad it was cozy and warm. The seven sisters loved playing out in the opan where the shimmering sky like river comes and goes.

One sunny warm day in autumn, the Seven sisters were getting ready to celebrate Matariki They passed the tradition down from grandparents to parents down to children, they were doing what they have done for years making kites.

The oldest sister made a big kite out of shimmering green paper for her kite with the eyes of shining tuatua shells. The weirdest sister made a kite out of glowing orange kite with eyes of mussel shells. Another sister made a pink shinny manuka kite eyes with a scallop shells. One pretty sister made a blood red feather kite With eyes of pipi shell.

Fifth sister made a fish skin kite with eyes of whelk shells.

The eldest sister made a while-grass plumed kite, with eyes of periwinkle shells. The youngest kite was made from Ururangi the youngest made a rainbow kite with eyes of paua shells.

The Seven sisters started to walk over the stream where the bubbles drift down like the lasy river and like flowing blue sky.

They past trees with lanterns until they came to grandfather Totara “where is all the wind?” said the Eldest little sister but nobody answered. One by one they drifted off to sleep, Seven minutes later they were all asleep, They did not wake to see the wind bursting its bubble over the village and grandfather Totara but as little Ururangi slept she sore saw her kite fly all the way to space and turn into a star. Ururangi awoke and to her surprise she saw all the kites flying up to turn into stars but where was her kite? After The six sisters went back home but Ururangi stayed because she wanted to see her kite. After one month she finally sore six stars in the sky, But where was Ururangi’s  kite?

By Pippa              

What challenged me was while making my story I had to use my muscles and go back and change sentences so they make scene.  I changed my sentence starters to.                                                       

What am I proud of my work because I use my revising muscles and went back to make it better and better.

What did I do to make my writing better I used the thesaurus to change words to get better. I also used my thinking muscles to add more detail to make seance and make a better story.

Matariki

            
               Matariki

 Hello today Totara Whanau had learnt about Matariki. If you dont know what  Matariiki is I will tell you. lets go . Matariki is a time were crops start to grow and eels get big and juicy. Let me tell you about what we did for Matariki. We all sat down on the soft carpet but hard carpet we could not  holed the excitement in us we all started to talk about Matariki and how we really just wanted to get started, and have a super day.  I was doing sowing, Let me tell you how it challenged me At the start when we were told to go by the window to trace our peace of paper. The piece of cotton we could choose were cool I choose a inside of a pawa(paua) shell.After we had traced our shape we had iron it onto the cloth and cut it out. Then we had to place the patterned cloth onto a piece of black cloth where we thought each piece went. If it was not right, the teachers would tell us where it needed to go. Then we peeled the paper off the back of the coloured material and ironed the patterned and the black material together. Then we stitched around the outside of the patterned material. We then cut out small stars to add to the black material and stuck them on. The stars represented the seven sisters of Matariki. I hope your matariki was as fun as mine.

What challenged me was when I was tracing my work by the window and we had to be very care full .

What was hard when I was doing the sewing I got into the learning pit for a little bit then made it out because I used my perseverance muscle when I was cutting out my sewing. 

How to wash a dog

   How to wash a dog

Do you love dogs? Well I do but not when the smell of a rotting monster is creeping around my room, that probably means your monster of a dog needs a wash. I no I no dogs are the worst when it comes to having a wash but come on you don’t want a stink floating around you. Do you? Here are some ways to help you wash your dog.

Stuff you will need

• Hairbrush
• Shampoo
• Dog spray
• Treats for the dog (Once it has had its bath)
• Bubbles (if you want)

Method

Step 1 Get a nice bath ready for your pet but make sure your pet won't drown so if your pet is a little dog full it half way from your own dog, If your dog is a big dog full the bath half way.

Step 2 Put the bubbles in the bathtub (only if you want)

Put a soft colored towel next to the tub.

Step 3 make sure before putting the stinky dog into the tub make sure the dog is Calm before putting it in bath tub.

Step 4 Plop the dog into the bath and wash it all.

And that is that now you know how to wash a dog.

Does your dog now smell like roses or like a dump? Guess what your dog can now sleep at the end for your bed because she or he will no longer stink and smell like a pit of plop, So your dog can do way more things like having a pat by its favorite person.So now you and your little angle will be best not smelly friends.

I am learning to write a nice clear peace of instructions to tell the reader how to wash a dog and why you would want to.
I am proud of my work because I had tried hard and I have gone back to fix my mistakes when my work was orange on the tracking sheet and I went back so it had a interesting ending that connected to the introduction.

International Licence

We were all siting down on the mat in home room 4. Crossing our fingers tight to see what we would get, First was full licence the name came, Kali,Shontae, Angus, Joseph, Camden, Summer, Rosie, keisha , Liam, lachlan, Claire, Max, Olivia, Te au, Jack, Keiron, Pagie, Chris, Ballin, Isabella, Lealou, Daniel, Ashley, Beau, Aotea, Jack, Aspen, Jhavarneahan Emma.B  I thought to my self I'm diffidently not going to get a international licence  but maybe next time I will get a full. "Everyone give the people that got a full licence a clap and then we will move on to international licence" Mrs Jacket said "Clap clap clap" I said the names came they were Charlotte(Clap Clap Clap),Megan(Clap Clap Clap),Hannah(Cla Clap Clap Clap),Kayla(Clap Clap Clap)Ellee(Clap Clap Clap) Tyler (Clap Clap Clap) Jada (Clap Clap Clap) Georgina (Clap Clap Clap) Faith (Clap Clap Clap) Terenzo (Clap Clap Clap) Pippa(Clap Clap Clap) "an that is everyone so can everyone gives these people a big clap. A while later web were all working and helping and reading me and Ellee and Kali where doing our work and talking "well done pippa and ellee for what you got" Kali said "Well done to you to" I said.



I am proud of getting my licence because when first found out about the licence I tried even harder than I have ever done and I think that I deserve it because I am a hard worker sometimes I get off task but I do a pretty good job at managing my distractions and I always go back to fix up my mistakes or make my learning better.

My Poem

  I am…

Success Criteria

Use a thesaurus to choose the best vocabulary

Choose the best nouns for the poem

Choose the best adjectives to describe some nouns

Leave the reader thinking about your poem by sharing what it inside you

I am a girl that tries her best

I wonder what I could be when I grow up?

I hear loud and proud voices of my family surrounding me.  I see the clear bright sky with shining puffy clouds.

I want to make the world a better place.

I am a girl. That tries her best.

I pretend that I have wings and I see rainbows in the sky.

I feel the fresh air falling upon me and the hot air burning me.

I touch the soft fur from my english bull terrier with my hand.

I worry about what others might say and do.

I cry about puppies that have been hurt or have passed away.

I am a girl. That tries her best.

I understand that people sometimes get things right and sometimes wrong.  

I say that not everyone is right and not everyone is wrong we are all in the middle.

I dream of being me but I have a pet unicorn and I can fly and talk to animals.

I try to work my best and I show pride.

I hope that one day I could see the bright and shimmering  stars.

I am a girl. That tries her best

I am learning to write about my poem and me and want I want to be and what I hope and things like that.

Something that challenged me was Putting in my ides in the poem I could not think what I wanted to use so I asked the teacher and she helped me get some ides for my poem.

I am proud of my poem because I put my personal best in it and I tried with all I could,I also put me in the poem so who ever reads it I hope they feel the same way I do when I read my poem.

What I found hard was When I was doing I hope, Because I could not think of what I could do then I thought about writing there's a puppy at the end of my bed but then Mrs H said I should do something that I really want. Like I want to see the stars because I cant see much stars at night like when everyone else see millions and I see one or two or sometimes I get lucky and I see four or five.

By Pippa

My Art

This is my scotcher of me

What do my letters stand for P stands for Pippa and on the letter P I have drawn symbols  for Minecraft. on my letter I i have drawn doggy paws because I love dogs, I have drawn some paint  on my P because i love painting, I have drawn bones because I love dogs and they love bones and I have drawn hearts because I love hearts. 

What did I learn while I was making my art how to make this amazing piece of art, and how to not give up when it gets tough, Also when I was about to give up Mrs Hill came and helped me and I was not going to give up after that. I had to paint over again and again because it all went crazy.

What challenged me was when I was painting and the paint kept going on the other side were I  was going to draw on. I tried wiping the paint off with baby wipes but it did not work so I just drew over it. It was lucky it did not show hat bad on the side I draw on.

What I enjoyed about making my art was when I was painting and everyone 

was going past giving people advice and everyone helping each other. Also when I was making my art I was having trouble cutting my letters out and Nevaeh helped me shape them so I could cut it out. 

Camp Omatua

Had fun at the park with everyone on they way to camp it was a fun break.

While waiting for our dessert to cook we all
were asked to pull our funny faces and Mrs Jackett
took our pictures. 

One of our challenge was football for my group it was
Girls V Boys but this is not my group in the photo. At
I first through it would be really boring but when we
started playing it got really fun. I really enjoyed playing
Football.  

Dressing up the adults to be mummies and
Martin walk down the path and gave as such I
fright we all screamed. We each got an adult to
dress up I got Fiona we dressed her up but not all
the way. I really like dressing up the adults
it was really fun. 

Had so much fun at the pools hanging out and swimming and playing.

Making back packs in the hall it was very hard but fun as well
I really liked making them and having to work as a team.
I really enjoyed camp thank you
Mrs Jackett Mrs Ramsay and Mrs Hill.  

My biggest challenge was  fear factor because it was scary. I got butterfly's in my tummy having to were (wear) a blind fold over my eyes and then having to eat the creepy food. It was really cool to watch the people taking the challenge to eat the food. I thought that our hub showed really good pride in taking risks.

One of my favorite parts at camp was spending time with everyone and getting to know them better . I did like the back packs challenge that we did it was fun and really enjoyable. 


My biggest achievement was at football because I did not want to do it, but I tried and really enjoyed it. 
I am really proud of myself because we won the game at football, I hope next time I might win again. It was fun at football slipping and sliding on the wet grass as well as the
cold rain was dripping on us.  


What I enjoyed was the challenges at camp, it was really fun.  I can't wait to go again .  

              

My trap Door writing

Shivering me and Ellee walked back from school. It was cold as winter the trees were wrestling and the ground was like icey snow. “Pippa its like 0 degrees out here” yelled Ellee. I didn't speak a word I was like an ice cube. Then a big gush of wind made Ellees bag go flying.

“Ahhh quick my bag, get it,” yelled Ellee. I jumped up and caught it by my finger.

“Here you go,” I said.

“Wait what's that you're standing on Pippa” asked Ellee. “Oh this, um I dont know,” I answered.

“I will open it,” Ellee replied.

“ahh okay,” I shivered.

She opened the trapdoor “What! theres nothing in here but dirt,” Ellee yelled in disapointed.

They walked in. Ellee was right there was nothing but dirt. Ellee leaned against the wall and a crack bang bong the dirt disappeared.They looked through it was beautiful there were pine trees sand and fruit for days it had a sign they read it it said welcome to hawaii. They both gasped

“Hawaii but how” Pippa said.

Ellee shrugged her shoulders. They keeped looking around they found dens and tents even pet cages. It was extraordinary. It was like a dream. They walked and came to a big house it was even beautiful than their own house. It had two doors there was a pond and a tree house. Suddenly they heard a voice it sounded like a old old person “Hello my name is tom i live here” he said kindly “Okay” Pippa said “let's go play” Ellee said “okay why not” i answered. They went off to play. Next day they walked back to the house he was nowhere to be seen they looked all around they found a paper in a bottle they opened the bottle and read it <Follow the railway then it will take you  to a cave go through the cave and you will see> (the rest was rubbed out). They decided to find the railway. It took one hour to finally find the railway they followed it for 10min when they finally found the cave it had cob webs and spiders and mossy stone steps they crept in the cave slowly they walked in. They started to see a little glow as they crept closer it got brighter and brighter. When they finally got there they saw gold iron even diamonds also my favorite amethyst. They both gasped “Look at all this treasure were going to be rich” Ellee said happily. Just as Pippa was about to say something a key necklace jumped on Pippa and Ellees neck. “Wow look at these cool necklaces” Pippa explained Ellee said “it feels so--just then Ellee disappeared” Pippa touches her necklace and she disappeared just like Ellee. They were back where they started by the trapdoor “wow all we need to do is touch our necklace and we will go back there” Pippa said with a smile. Then Ellee noticed something...




I have been learning to be a better writer and go back an re-read it so it makes senses. 
I am proud of because I tried and did not give up and I did my personal best to add detail.
Next time i could make changes to some words to be more exciting.
I really enjoyed making my trap door writing and using my imagination.  

Presentation

I have been learning to add detail and about sisters also to structure my ideas. I am prod(proud) of it because I worked on it a lot and I can teach people about sister. Something that challenges me was explaining it in my own words. Next time I could do nothing because I worked my hardest and I did my best. I really enjoined making my presentation and learning more about how to and making it.