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