Sentence Practice

Walt: be able to stretch out of sentences

Finishing off the Story

WALT understand simple, compound, and complex sentences.

WALT edit our writing, ensuring we have a range of sentence types.

Sentence Types

WALT understand simple, compound, and complex sentences.

WALT edit our writing, ensuring we have a range of sentence types.

Protecting our Kaimoana

Walt: Locate and share in my own words information from a variety of texts.

Walt: Explain what it means to respect our oceans and everything in them.

Year 5/6 Camp

Walt: use what we already know to make meaning within a story




Task Description: Tell people what Year 5/6 camp is about and some of the things you are looking forward to.

Saving Poormans Stream Postcard Activity

Walt: Understanding and explaining what pollution is.

Walt: Being able to find the main points from a reading and write these in my own words.

Task Description: Write a postcard to a friend, pretending you are a character
in your story.

Saving Poormans Stream

Walt: Understanding and explaining what pollution is.

Walt: Being able to find the main points from a reading and write these in my own words.

Saving Poormans Stream

Questions about the reading:

Question	Answer
What did Mitchell see in the stream?	Mitchell saw lots of rubbish in the stream like 4 broken chairs, chip packets, glass and plastic bottles.
Where is Poormans Stream?	Poormans Stream is behind Stoke, Nelson.
What is a SHMAK?	A SHMAK is a Stream Health Monitoring and Assessment Kit.
What is the care code for Poormans Stream?	The care code for Poormans Stream is don’t litter, don’t walk through the stream unnecessarily and don’t move rock as this may disturb the bugs and they may be swept away.
What did Mitchell organise his school to do? Why do you think this is important?	Mitchell organised his school to clean up the stream on world environment day.  I think this was important because they probably helped to make the mess.
When is world environmental day?	World Environment Day is always held on June 5th.
What is world environmental day?	World Environment Day is a special day to give us a chance to think about how we can help protect the planet.
What did the Nelson Council decide to do to help?	The Nelson Council offered to pick up any large items and get rid of them at the tip.
Why do you think Mitchell wanted to clean up the stream?	I think Mitchell wanted to clean up the stream because he wanted to do his bit to look after the planet.
Do you think what he was doing will help?	Yes I think it will help because now others can help too.
Is there a stream by us that we could clean up?	Yes we have the Omaru Creek near Pt England School.
How do you think we could do something like this with our school?	We could try and do the same thing that Mitchell did with his school, a big clean up.

True or False?

Statement	T/F	Evidence
The stream has no rubbish and is completely clean.	F	Pg 26 - it was full of rubbish.
Most of the rubbish found were plastic bags.	F	Pg 26 - There were 4 broken chairs dumped in the stream. There was other rubbish, too, mostly chip packets and glass and plastic bottles.
World environment day is held every 5th of July.	F	Pg 29 - World Environment Day is held on 5 June every year.
Mitchell organised a group of his classmates to help clean up the stream.	T	Pg 28 - So he decided to organise a group of his classmates to clean up the stream.
The SHMAK is a kit used to collect information about the streams health.	T	Pg 27 - This kit is used to collect information on a stream’s health.
The stream runs past no schools in the area.	F	Pg 26 - When Mitchell Chandler biked past the stream that runs alongside his school.

Duffy Book Term 1

 My book is called Wipeout. The characters are called JJ, Yismen, Andy, and Dylan. The first chapter is called Andy & Dylan. Andy,Dylan, JJ, Yismen and trying to figure out the Seven Signs. Here is a picture of my book, I am excited to read it. 

About My Group - Gumboots Fact Sheet

Walt: Explain in my own words what my group name means using the readings.

Walt: Follow instructions and complete work to a high standard and learn about my group name through reading

Task Description: Create a fact sheet that you can share with other people using all of the information you have found out about your icon.

About My Group - Gumboots True or False

Walt: Explain in my own words what my group name means using the readings.

Walt: Follow instructions and complete work to a high standard and learn about my group name through reading

Statement	True or False	Evidence from the text
Taihape is the Gumboot capital of New Zealand	True	Pg 18 - at the start of the article it is written at the top that Taihape is the capital.
The Gumboot Festival only happens every four years.	False	Pg 18 - Every year, at Easter, Taihape holds a Gumboot Festival.
No one in the town puts in any effort or time to practice.	False	Pg 18 - The whole town puts in lots of practice for the world-famous gumboot-throwing competitions.
The first gumboots were made in New Zealand in 1843.	False	Pg 19 - Gumboots were first made in New Zealand in 1943
The Duke of Wellington’s boots were made out of leather.	True	Pg 20 - The Duke of Wellington’s boots were made of leather.
Most farmers still prefer to wear black gumboots on the farm.	True	Pg 21 - Most farmers still prefer black gumboots.
You can only buy gumboots in one colour and that is black.	False	Pg 21 -  but these days gumboots are sometimes made of plastic, and you can buy them in any colour you like.
In the book there is something called a rare gumboot tree. (Take a picture of this one and place it in the evidence box).	True

Task Description: Fill out the table and answer true or false to each of the statements and then provide evidence from the text.

About My Group - Gumboots - Poster

Walt: Explain in my own words what my group name means using the readings.

Walt: Follow instructions and complete work to a high standard and learn about my group name through reading.

Task Description: Create a poster advertising the annual gumboot throwing competition in Taihape. Make sure to use information from the reading to help you create this. Also make sure that is appealing to the people who will be looking at it. A poster should be eye catching but it should also be informative.

About My Group - Gumboots Questions

Walt: Explain in my own words what my group name means using the readings.

Walt: Follow instructions and complete work to a high standard and learn about my group name through reading.

GUMBOOTS - Janet Pates
1.Where is the Gumboot capital of New Zealand?

Taihape.

2. Why do you think they call it the Gumboot capital of New Zealand?
Because they have a Gumboot Festival.

3. How often do they have a Gumboot Festival? When in the year is it?
The Gumboot Festival is held every year at Easter time.

4. What are some of the competitions listed in the book?
Best decorated gumboots, gumboot art awards, gumboot-throwing.

5. How long ago were Gumboots made?
In England about 200 years ago.  Gumboots were first made in NZ in 1943.

6. Explain the story of the first Gumboots in your own words:
The Duke of Wellington needed some boots made that he could go thru mud

and water, boots that look good and were comfortable.  He went to his

bootmaker and asked him to make these kind of boots.

7. When were Gumboots first made in New Zealand and why?
1943 - for farmers to use on their farms.

8. What is the difference between The Duke of Wellingtons boots

and the boots made for farmers?
The Duke of Wellingtons boots were made from leather and famers

boots were made from rubber.

9. Why are they called Gumboots in Australia and New Zealand?
Because they are made from the gum of the rubber tree.

10. In YOUR OWN WORDS describe why gumboots are black:
In the olden days to make the rubber gumboots strong, carbon was mixed with the rubber.

11. What is one goal you have for reading this year?
To be better than last year.

Task Description: Read the story Gumboots by Janet Pates and answer the questions above.

Duffy Assembly - Recount

WALT: Write a recount with the right structure

WALT: Use interesting words to make your recount more exciting

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Have you ever been to a Duffy assembly before? You don’t know what you are missing, aye.

Pt England School were lucky enough to enjoy our first Duffy assembly for 2018, last Wednesday.  As we walked to the hall, I wondered what story we were going to see acted out.

We sat in the hall in our classes.  The actors introduced themselves, Melanie, Ashley and Duffy. We tried to sing the Duffy song.  It was pretty sad, not a lot of people actually sang.  The actors did the sign language version of the song. That was pretty cool.  

The story they acted out was about a girl named Melanie and she was being bullied by Ashley.  Ashley would say unkind things and take her lunch.  It was really sad.  Melanie liked to read especially when she couldn’t sleep at night.  

My favourite part of the assembly was when Duffy stood up for Melanie.  I think that was cool and the right thing to do.  It’s just like the Pt England way.  

I learned that being a bully is not cool, but being kind is.

I can’t wait till the next Duffy assembly!

Task Description: This week we wrote a recount about the Duffy assembly that we had a school this week.