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Kea patrol writing

I strongly believe that we should have kea patrol at schools  because it saves lives on the main road. Karoro School is situated on State Highway 6 and even though the speed limit is 40 km/hour from 8:30-9 and 3:00-3:15 every school day, people still speed.  The two main reasons for having a kea crossing are safety and responsibility.

Firstly, safety is key for all schools.  By safety I mean young homo sapiens arriving at school and getting home untouched. Did you know two children get injured each week by getting hit on New Zealand roads! It is vital to have kea patrol because kids are thinking about nothing but getting home and they might spontaneously run across the active state highway.   Without road patrol we may have two or more children being hurt or even killed every single day.  

Secondly, kea road patrol gives year seven and eight students responsibility, leadership and an understanding of road safety.  By responsibility I mean year 7 and 8 students are trained by NZ Police to put other people’s children in their hands.  23,000 students do this every year by putting on their high visibility vest, getting the flags, picking up the lollypop signs and heading to the roadside.  Before any children cross State Highway 6 outside Karoro School the caller states “check” and when it is clear of traffic or traffic has stopped the other student calls “clear” and “cross now.”  Students ensure the teachers return safely and then state “off patrol” and take the signs out.  Did you know in England the adults do road patrol and are called Lollypop Man and Lollypop Woman?  In New Zealand the children always do it!  Road patrol provides our young people with a sense of road safety for themselves and others.

Kea patrol is a brilliant thing.  It keeps our kids safe from road danger and enables responsibility and leadership for year seven and eights.  I am very grateful that this is enforced and I have the opportunity to save lives on the road!

By Daniel 

Space Timeline Reading Tasks

Space timeline Reading tasks.

Term 2 Weeks 5-6

Purpose of this reading activity is to: increase our knowledge of
space exploration and understand how our knowledge and ideas
about space have changed over time (science). We are also learning
to read non-fiction texts and use our writing skills to share our
understanding of this topic and our ideas (literacy).
Throughout this task we will need to use the skills of ‘Thinking’
and using ‘Language, Symbols and Text.’

Learning Intentions

I am learning to skim and scan text to identify the main ideas.

I am learning to locate the key sentences and questions in texts.

I am learning to use sub-headings to guide me to the main ideas in text.

I am learning to summarise the main ideas in the texts I read.

(from the Karoro Programme of work for Reading)

Success Criteria

I will be successful when I can show….

-I have have scanned text to find key ideas.

-I have summarised the main ideas from the reading.

-I have put my answers in chronological order.

Focus

We are looking at using non-fiction text to increase our knowledge in our science topic; SPACE.
Your aim is to read and understand the timeline reading and use this knowledge to complete the
reading activity below.

First, Read the timeline cards. Click here for the space timeline pdf

Second, We will discuss what you have read. This will be a good time to ask questions about
anything you are unsure of.

Third, do your reading tasks.

Fourth, complete your reading activity. Remember to proofread, check spelling and punctuation.
Then do a self assessment and a peer assessment. Check it with a teacher.

Reading Activity

View and read the space timeline on the classroom walls. Think about how
our theories/ideas and understandings about the universe and Earth’s
place in it has changed over time.

Answer the following questions.

Your answers need to be full sentences.

After you have answered all the questions please put them in
chronological order (time order, oldest first)

5) What are two things that Galileo discovered? Moons of jupiter and phases
of venus

9) Who discovered the first asteroid? Giuseppe Piazzi

2) What was Sputnik 1? The sputnik 1 was a  Satellite

3) In what year was NASA founded? And what does NASA mean?1958  and
it stands for (National Aeronautics

Space Administration)

6) Who was the first woman in space? And where was she from? Russia
valentina tereshkova

4)Where did Mariner 4 fly past? Mars in 1965

7) In what year did Apollo 11 land on the moon? In  1969

10) What country launched Voyager probes 1 and 2 into deep space? America

8) What happened that led to all space shuttles being grounded for 3 years?
In 1986 Space shuttle challenger exploded after launch

11) When was the international space station completed? 2010  1986

1)How long did it take for the Cassini probe to arrive at Saturn?

7 years

12) What was interesting about New Horizon’s information about Pluto?   
that Pluto is fifty

miles larger than was first thought. 2015

YOUR OPINION

After reading this information...

1. Who do you think made the biggest contribution to our understanding of
2. space? Why? (summarising key ideas) Galileo Galilei because he found
3. the rings of saturn and he discovered jupiter's moons. He also made the
4. first telescope.

    2) What do you think was the most important machine or        invention in
helping us investigate space? Why? (summarising key ideas) Lunar rovers
because they have the technology to find out pretty much anything. We have
now had lunar rovers on mars.   

    3) What would you like to investigate about space? Why?  Black holes and
the oort cloud because there fascinating.

Planet Writing

Create and Describe Your Own Planet - Description writing task

Term 2 Weeks 5-6

Purpose of this piece of writing is to:

Learning Intentions

I am learning to use language features to make my writing interesting and engaging
for the reader.

I am learning to use topic-specific vocabulary.

I am learning to include Te Reo Māori words in my writing.

I will be successful when I can show….

-I have used some language features to make my writing interesting and
engaging (simile, metaphor, alliteration, onomatopoeia, rhyme)

-I have carefully chosen some topic specific words to include in my writing.

-I have used some Te Reo Māori

Focus

We are continuing to look at descriptive writing. This week you are writing a
descriptive piece of writing to promote your imaginary planet. You aim is to convince people
to move to your planet.
You want your writing to allow the reader to be able to imagine what it is like on your planet.

First, we will look at an excerpt of a video describing the moon from the
Avatar movie. Click here to get to video= Pandora.

Second, we will discuss together what you will need in your work
to make it successful and look at how to plan our work. Then you will plan your work and check
with a teacher before you start writing.

Third, do your piece of writing.

Fourth, complete you piece of writing. Remember to proofread (check spelling
and punctuation) and edit (does it make sense? do you need to change any sentences?) yourself
and with a buddy
and fill in your self and peer-assessment. Check it with a teacher.

The Veneno

On this planet you get there by flying through the portal aka  a black hole on
a Boeing 747 - 800 i . This planet is in the galaxy called Veneno. This is located in the
asteroid belt.
This planet formed when some of the Venenos magnetic field mixed with the nitrogen
gas to form nitro magneto. Nitro Magneto is a  fuel used to power to magical supercars
that live there. In the center of the veneno there is the huayra which is the source of
heat and light it is kind of like our ra (sun).

In  Veneno there are four planets Pagani , P1 , Huayra  and Koenigsegg.
Pagani has 2 moons and is the coldest . P1 has 7  moons and has rings made of rock
and ice and is the hottest. Huayra has no moons but it is the source of heat and light.
Koenigsegg has 1 big moon.  

The magical supercars have any type of tool you could ever need.
If you ever need one  of the magical supercars to come to you you just have to shout
boongly bingle bongle and they will come. If you need a tool you just think of it and the
magical supercars will give it to you and you can keep it forever and it will never break.  
 They are very friendly and intelligent. It only takes a minute to get here
so instead of going down to Mitre 10 MEGA and paying $100 on tools you need to build
you could come here and get them for FREE.

By Daniel

AKA the creator and lead owner of Planet Super Cars.   

747

Black hole aka the portal

classroom kupu

We have been learning how to say the name of classroom objects in Te Reo Māori. Here is the slide show  I did to show my learning.

Persuasive writing-Why is it a good idea to have pets

We have been doing persuasive writing about why we should have pets. Here is my persuasive writing about pets.

Title A Short Statement about the topic. eg. ‘Rugby League Is A Great Sport’	Pets
Overview/ Statement of position A brief statement of your view about the topic.  What you believe or want to argue.	I strongly believe we should have pets.
Series of Arguments Reasons Your points supporting your view about the topic.  Your arguments to support your statement and information to support these arguments. Remember -argument -supporting detail, reasons, examples	Firstly ,  it is a great idea to have pets!!!.  They give many people comfort  like they can give you cuddles and you can pat them.  They are funny like my dog eats teabags.
	Secondly, they are very fun to play with when you are bored. For example , you can  play ball  or  run  together.   Other things you can do with your pets are playing jumping barrels or going to the dog park.
	Thirdly,  some dogs are specially trained for people with disabilities . Also they can sniff out when  you are going to have an epileptic fit. If you are blind they can help you know where to go.
	Finally, pets are good to have because they can give you food like pet chickens give you eggs and goats and cows give you milk.
Concluding statement Summing it up.  A summary of your arguments and your view on the topic.	I strongly think having pets is a good idea because they give many people comfort,  they are very fun to play with when you are bored,  some dogs are specially trained for people with disabilities and pets are good to have because they can give you food. I strongly believe we should have pets!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Persuasive Writing Why We Should Fix Our Field

We have been having a go at writing a piece of persuasive writing 
Here is my piece of my writing about why we should fix our field.

Title A Short Statement about the topic. eg. ‘Rugby League Is A Great Sport’	FIX OUR FIELD NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW!!!!!
Overview/ Statement of position A brief statement of your view about the topic.  What you believe or want to argue.	I strongly think we really need to fix our field NOW NOW NOW !!!!!!!!!!!!
Series of Arguments Reasons Your points supporting your view about the topic.  Your arguments to support your statement and information to support these arguments. Remember -argument -supporting detail, reasons, examples	I think that we should fix our field because we need to keep fit,train for cross country, rippa rugby, soccer,and much more. So please  fix  our field.
	Secondly, we might not have the gala because we won’t  have   space for the bouncy castle etc. + We need drainage so we can have the delicious hangi but if it is boggy all the time we won’t be able to have these lovely things and we won’t be able to get enough money for the school to upgrade.
	Thirdly, we don’t have enough space to play and have fun. Only being able to use the concrete is a hazard for injuries and also we are crowded into the little space that we have.
	Lastly some of the equipment in the PE shed can’t be used. We have expensive sports gear that isn’t being used and that's a waste of money.
Concluding statement Summing it up.  A summary of your arguments and your view on the topic.	In conclusion we need to  fix our field now  because we need it for the  gala, training for sport  and for space to play.  For these reasons we need to fix our field.