Wednesday 16 December 2015

Thank you...

This is something that has never been done for me before.  I thank you from the bottom of my heart.  It really wasn't what I thought you were doing!  The song, cups and dance at the end is gorgeous...
Year 6s, especially the girls who put this together, thank you.  Please come back and visit!


(feel free to leave a comment below if you'd like to)

Monday 23 November 2015

Complex sentences

1) I have discipline, while I'm still fashionable.

2) Malfoy is in Slytherin as he is pure-blood, while Harry is in Gryffindor because he asked to be.

3) He was studying psychology, while locked up in a room, and always got good grades.

4) There was pollution everywhere, until Superman blew it away.

5) I was going on an adventure, my throat was dry, and I was going to kill the chocolate princess.

6) Once my family and I went to the aquarium, I got to swim with sea turtles.

7) My sister's got a story book, which she got for Christmas, and we read a brief story everyday.

8) I do gymnastics, as it is fun, and I also do competitions.



Tuesday 4 August 2015

Monday 3 August 2015

Speech Timetable / order

Tuesday speech makers (4)

Samantha
Isabella
Liam


Wednesday speech makers (14)

Alex
Josiah
Sam
Leo
Thomas
Sanggun
Jaasleem
Jessey
Claire
James
Ashleigh
Phillip
Hajun
Charlotte
Victory

Thursday speech makers ( 10)

Jacq
Amber
Brie
Jasmine
Om
Sofia
Mack
Archie
Keeara
Munopa
Sarah
Hunter


Friday 31 July 2015

Speech presentation criteria

For you to check the criteria when you are practising at home...


Monday 22 June 2015

Book Trailers

With Pinehill's Readers and Writers Festival rapidly approaching, we've created our own book trailers based on some of our favourite books.  We were inspired by the trailer created for the book, "Trash", by Andy Mulligan.

Click here to visit our trailers.  Feel free to leave a comment below letting us know of your favourite books.  Perhaps you could make your own trailer!

Wednesday 10 June 2015

Speeches...



What do you think your topic could be?




Do you want to entertain, inform, recall, persuade, inspire...

Who do you think will be interested in your topic?

Leave your ideas in the comments below.

Visit here if you're stuck for a speech idea

Monday 8 June 2015

Scientific creature names

4. Invent a Creature!

Using the list of words provided in the chart below invent your own animal using Greek and Latin root words.

I have included the latin names of some insect orders and New Zealand examples of them because they are really interesting! For example : kolossosgastrosbindentismareequus Is my name for the giant bellied two toothed sea horse!

What would be the common name for Lineatio similus tigris? What about Micro tri cephalo bi ped?

Try to translate into english each others invented animal.

List the Scientific name of your animal as a comment.  Can you guess the English name of what other people have created?

Friday 5 June 2015

AAAWWUBBIS!

From https://sites.google.com/a/tas.tw/the-great-comma/aaawwubbis

AAAWWUBBIS!



A....after
A....although
A....as
W...while
W...when
U....until
B....before
B....because
I......if
S....since


Subject + Verb
Okay, dependent or independent clauses need to have a subject (noun) and predicate (verb.) A subject is the noun that is doing the main action in the sentence. Bob cried. Bob is the subject. The predicate-verb is cried.
Independent Clauses and Dependent Clauses
Clauses can be independent (complete) or dependent (incomplete). If you add an AAAWWUBBIS word to the beginning of a independent clause, it becomes dependent.

Ricky broke both legs = independent clause
When Ricky broke both legs = dependent clause

In the comments section write a sentence that has an AAAWWUBBIS word, a dependent clause,  a comma, and then an independent clause.
AAAWWUBBIS + clause + comma + clause + period (full stop).

Examples:
If you do not understand the directions, you can read them again.
Before you write the sentenceyou should read other people's sentences.
After you have read them all, you can try to use a different AAAWWUBBIS word.
Although you may not understand all this, you can follow the examples.

Wednesday 22 April 2015

ANZAC spelling words


ANZAC
New Zealand
Australia
Gallipoli
soldier
corps
shrapnel
grenade
battalion
remembrance
commemoration
commander
campaign
trenches
corpse
Egypt
donkey
peninsula
Suvla Bay
Dardanelles Strait
Ari Burnu
truce
cemetery
Chunuk Bair
Lone Pine
gullies
ridges
amphibious
invasion
Anzac Cove
disease
machine gun
advance
retreat
rifle
Turkish
snipers
withdrawal
cliffs

Tuesday 31 March 2015

Famous Haiku

  • An old silent pond...
    A frog jumps into the pond,
    splash! Silence again.

    - Bashō


    • Toward those short trees
      We saw a hawk descending
      On a day in spring.

      - Shiki


      • Winter seclusion -
        Listening, that evening,
        To the rain in the mountain.

        - Issa


        In the cicada's cry 

        Written by: Matsuo Basho  
        In the cicada's cry 
        No sign can foretell 
        How soon it must die. 

        Read more at: http://www.poetrysoup.com/famous/poem/23473/in_the_cicadas_cry

Wednesday 18 March 2015

Aerobics Teams

2015 Aerobics Fitness Teams
Term 1Term 2 (Weeks 1-9)Term 2 (Weeks 10/11), Term 3Term 4
Brie2Leo2Caleb22Druv22
Munopa2Anna10Kamryn10Kim7
Samantha2Sammy18Anna7Emma7
Eva7Alice22Kayla18Ayat7
Louisa7Ashley B7Julianne7Ashley S.7
Ciara18Charlie7Shelby18Amber10
Hannah14Charlotte14Eric14Tiana14
Tai14Ryleigh21Rose21Zia21
Team Amazing Team Brilliant Team Cheerful Team Dynamite Team Extraordinary Team Fabulous Team Groovy Team Hardworking
Weeks 3-6Weeks 7-9Weeks 1-4Weeks 5-9Term 2 - weeks 10,11 Term 3 - weeks 4-6Weeks 7-10Weeks 1-5Weeks 6-10
Gizelle 10Jasmine 2Muhan 7Isabella 18Catherine 18Laura 10Sarah 2Keeara 2
Holly 7Isabella 2Claire 7Riley 18Lela 21Soyeon 22Suki 22Jae 22
Somin 22Nicole 22Jacob 7Victory 2Bella 9Katiya 21Brearna 18Tiffany 7
Jimmy 22Annabeth 18Amber 2Erin 14Claire 11Theo 11Bethany 14Elizabeth 21
Henna 21Kyel 21Simon 10Heidi 9Madisen 6Annalise 11Fiona 11Setareh 10
Lincoln 9Tayla 11Angel 14Briena 9Leo 12Kiera 4Juliet 11Jayden 22
Emmy 11Zara 11Sione 9Ryen 6Anaya 4Sara 4Celine 11Tania 22
Chaezelle 1Alex 9Maia 6Onyx 4Clara 22

Tuesday 24 February 2015

'What ifs' for Journal writing

Here are some 'what if' statements you can use to inspire you for your writing.  Consider using the six thinking hats to help guide your ideas.

What if the world was Cadbury?
What if deer took over the world?
What if every person spoke a different language?
What if fairy tales were true?
What if it was always sunny?
What if there was an eclipse for an entire year?
What if the world was invaded by aliens?
What if there was no Christmas?
What if we were still in the stone age?
What if dinosaurs took over earth?
What if we were all wizards or witches?
What if we didn’t have to go to school?
What if animals could talk?
What if there was no money?
What if there were no cars?
What if we were all immortal?
What if we had no food?
What if we had no legs?
What if pigs could fly?
What if we never grew old?
What if humans grew eight more eyes?
What if it was our birthday every single day?
What if there was no fun in the world?
What if we lived in trees?
What if we had four arms?
What if there was no electricity?
What if the only food was fruit?
What if we were all blind?
What if insects were bigger than humans?
What if Miss McNae took over the world?
What if there were no electronic devices?
What if the sky was green?
What if the Earth collided with the Sun?

Tuesday 10 February 2015

Trash, by Andy Mulligan

We are about to read a novel called 'Trash'.  Here's the link to the book trailer.

We think the miraculous thing that Raphael Fernandez finds could be...

  • a house under the trash
  • hope - for a better place to live, fresh water, fresh food
  • treasure - gold?
  • a key to a secret door 
  • a computer that still works
  • a magic crystal that takes him to another world, where they live in luxury
  • a purse with lots of money (thousands) and the purse is valuable too
  • Nintendo
  • KFC
  • a rusty, musty hennessy venom
  • a shining box with magical powers in it
  • a magic locket that when opens, it travels to another world
  • a globe that controls the earth
  • something that could grant wishes
  • a genie that gives him a massive tower to live in
  • a broken down money machine, clogged with money
  • petrol station
  • a chicken that lays golden eggs
  • an underground world