NZ Native Birds

In the past few weeks in reading we have been learning about Native New Zealand Birds.

Name:	Conservation Status:	About Them:	Photo:
Kiwi	Critically Endangered	Kiwi’s are mostly Nocturnal.
Fantail	Least Concern	Fantails follow you when you walk because your feet move the dirt to reveal insects.
Kea	Threatened	Most Keas live on the South Island of NZ
Albatrosses	Least Concern	The Albatrosses is a large Seabird around the North Pacific
Bitterns	Endangered	Bitterns are part of the heron family.
Black Robin	Endangered	The Black Robin comes from the Chatham Islands which is located of the coast of New Zealand.
Grey Ducks	Least Concern	In the 1960’s they Grey Duck was 95% of the ducks found in New Zealand

New Classroom

Recently we moved into our new classroom.

From the start of the term room 1 & 2 moved into the library because our classroom was getting renovated. From the start of the year room 5 & 6, 3 & 4 all had their classroom renovated and now it was our turn.

The Journey 

It took us into term 3 to until we finally moved out of our classroom and into the library. On the first day of term 3 we were all set up in the library. Our classroom had the wall half knocked down in the two weeks of the holiday.

We spent 5 weeks crammed in the small library space until finally in week 6 we  moved out of the library and into our new classroom, Yay!

Now as it is still week 6 I am really enjoying our new classroom, I have hooked into it like it has been here all the time, but it still feels brand new. 

This classroom allow's us to have more space to work and learn, and we can work more collaboratively.

Layout:

Northcross

Yesterday most of the year six's from Long bay primary, Torbay School and 5 from Dairy Flat went to Northcross intermediate for a visit to which may be their Intermediate. I was one of those year six's and I know that I am going to go to Northcross Intermediate next year. My brother already go there but sadly he is moving on next year.

When we got of the bus we were welcomed by the Kapa Huka, next we got told all about the school by the principle, deputy Principle's.

Soon after that the student leaders showed us around the school, ( we got put into groups with 1 or 2 student leaders ), my group was with the Deputy Head Girl.

After the tour we were sent to the courts to play some sports. I played some netball, warm ups, YAY! Next we went back and had a little snack.

Once every body had finished we went back inside and watched some performances of singing and instruments.

Sadly after that we had to go because the tour had taken up a lot of time.

When I walked in I felt quite nervous but walking out of the school I had gained a lot more confidence well I was there, I am super excited for next year.

Learning Conservations

Recently we did our Learning conversations. This year we quite different to all the others because there was 6 or more people having a conservation at once.

This year my mum came with me and we talked about my learning and what I have been up to. I showed her a video I made of my maths and explained my goals. I showed her our language features and my example.

I found it better that I got to explain to my parents what I have been up to, not the Teacher.

Math Week

This week in math we did a math week challenge week. Every day we got a different challenge to and complete. In pairs we created a document to do our answers on.

This is our working document:

Click Here to see our workings: Workings