Passport 4

Today I made a album for topic and it was on a New Zealand artist. The artist that I did was Kimbra because I like one of her songs and the album that choose from her was vows that was made 2011. My favorite part about this topic was using the craft knife for cutting up my disc. Here is a photo of my of my album.

Sherbet

Today we made sherbet for science and my group was Bella, Joey, Max, Peter and ME. First we had to taste all of the ingredients first we tasted icing sugar it was very sweet. Then we tasted Baking soda it was very bitter. After the very bitter baking soda we tasted citric acid it was very painful there was only one ingredient left and it was drum roll tactic acid it was more painful then the citric acid. When the whole class tasted all of the ingredients we made sherbet our first type of sherbet was very sour because of all the tantric acid and the citric acid. We tried 10 times to get the right type of sherbet so we added one of more tsp of powder sugar then we added all our bad sherbet it became our best one yet.

My favourite part about making sherbet was tasting all the ingredients.

Year 6 Gradution

Yesterday we had a year 6 graduation mass and we had been working on a piece of art for the past few weeks and our Deputy Principal hung it up in our church so all the year 6 parents and other community members could see it. Here is a photo of my art.

Passport 3

Today we did an ad for our passport activities. It was on New Zealand music with the following people: Jayden, Mia and I. I helped them with all of the sound of effects in the video you could see part of my head in it then Mia moved the camera. I also played the celebration song in this ad. Here is the video.

Passport 2

The past few weeks I have been working on a writing for Christmas in the park for my topic it is about when Christmas in the Park started and why it was made. Here is my writing.

Christmas in the park is a big event for 250,000 people to attend. There are lots of people who play music at this event. There are different locations for where this event can be held at Auckland Domain, Auckland and in Christchurch Hagley park and this event starts Saturday 24th of November to Saturday 8th of December this event is also sponsored by Coca-Cola and Youthline. This event has been going for right around 26 years by a lady that goes by the name of Annette Chillingworth. The reason why she made this event is because she said “I want to bring family and community all together and also over the past few years the Christmas in the park has changed a lot like cola sponsoring them is well and each performance draws gets right around thousand dollars.

Making shapes

The past few days we have been making shapes for Math's. The three shapes I did was a cube, Egyptian pyramid and a cone. The cone was very had to make because I couldn't clue it together so I had to use cell tape and I finished my cube. It was very fun to also help someone with the cone and it was also fun to have a new learning experience.

Pollution

The past few weeks I have been working on a writing topic on pollution in air and sea. Here is my writing.





Pollution

The ocean and air are some of the greatest things ever known to man but it has a secret. It is full with filth and has diseases. This is because of us humans using plastic bags, plastic water bottles and even plastic straws and gases also spray paint. All of this stuff is put inside our ocean and also goes into our air and pollutes. There is over 12 Million plastic inside our ocean and we need to stop more plastic going in the ocean.




Firstly pollution is one of the most devastating and affecting killers for more than 100 Million people worldwide. For more than 1 Billion people can not have access to clean water more than 5 thousand people die every day from drinking dirty and filthy water. All of the garbage that is dumped into the water is over 6 billion kg.




Secondly air pollution is when non wanted chemicals, gases and particles that enters in the air and the atmosphere that is also harming wildlife and is damaging natural cycle of the earth. A few sources of air pollution come from nature. This also includes eruption of volcanoes, Dust storms and fire storms.




Lastly Human activity is a huge cause of air pollution especially in very large cities. Human air pollution is caused by things such as factories, Spray paint, Cars, Airplane, Ships and trucks. Inhaling these chemicals can also cause health problems. People with a heart disease and have lung cancer, elderly adults and children are at greater risk from air pollution.




We must stop pollution by using reusable plastic bags. Either than using cars we can walk, bus but that is just a few things on how to stop pollution either in the ocean or air pollution. Another way on how to stop air pollution is to have more electrical cars that doesn't use gas.




In conclusion air pollution and pollution is technically not good for sea life and humans. We must stop polluting the ocean and also the earth's atmosphere. We must stop air pollution cause it can cause heart disease and can also damage the brain, nerves, liver and even the kidney. Do your part to save the world now!

Spud Gun

Today and last Friday we did a science experiment on Potato spud guns the first time we did the experiment it didn't work. This Friday some of my group shot there potato into the air and it worked for them it did not work for me because when I was going to shoot I put the sharp end when my teacher clearly told my whole class to put the blunt end in first. I tired shooting the potato six times but my teacher also told my group it alright because most of the science experiments we do wont work and its also a learning experience. 

St Peter's Orchestra

This week the St Peter's Orchestra came to good shepherd school to perform all types of songs. The family strings were there and the woodwinds. The string family performed very lovely songs and a scary song which was a bit too loud. The woodwinds performed all types of songs.

Personally my favorite was the Pink panther performed by the saxophone.

 

War world one

Today we got to learn about people whom actually served in the war. My buddy was Setaita and we got a picture of a woman called Harriet Simeon who was a part of the WROF. That stands for Woman's Royal Air Force. Then we also had a man called Matuha's birth certificate. Some of the information was not filled in like when his birthday was and he also did not know the name of his parents back then people were very racist. Our teacher got an exclusive pack from some school kit.

Science

Today for science we did a topic around birds to see which Forceps would be the best for picking up the gummy worms, paper and skittles. We only got to eat one skittle and gummy worm but the the worm was cut up into little pieces. So then we had to make a prediction on which Forceps would be good to pick up the skittle , paper and the gummy worm other groups had much different prediction than my group of six. At the end my group split up the gummy worms and the skittles to eat.                           

Passports

This term we have been doing passports. These passports have activities around New Zealand Music and the aim is to hit 200 points. There are 6 topics and 5 activities in each row so far I only have ten points because I started a bit later than others but to get points you need to finish as much activities as possible and then check with teachers to get your points. 

Athletics Day

On Wednesday the whole school went to Three Kings Reserve for our athletics. For most of the races I came third for each of them and in discus I came second. For the other sports I did not place. Once when all of the field activities were finished we had relays for the girls v girls and the boys v boys. My team came third but it was fun to try something new.

Saints

The past few weeks we have been doing a topic on All Saints Day. The saint I chose was St. Cecilia.  The reason I did St. Cecilia is cause she always helps me in music because she is the patron saint of Music and because also my sisters name is Cecilia. We also wrote down a prayer to St. Cecilia.

Here is a photo of my project.

Bike Safety

Today and Yesterday we did a Bike safety course the first day was about learning the things you need to wear while ridding your bike and adjusting your helmet. Today we got to ride a bike the thing I learnt from the first day was you need to do the 4 check on your bike the 4 steps are 1. check your reflection light 2. check your brakes 3. check your if your tyres are pumped 4. check your quick release levers. Once we finished all of the checks we went riding. We learnt how to indicate on the road while on your bike.

Comics

The past two days we have been doing comics with Mrs Drummond's husband who is the best artist I have seen in my life because he can draw a really good person with a whiteboard marker. He is really good. After all of the tips and tricks he gave us, we all went off and did our own comic. I did a man who made toe jam when people thought it was jam for bread.

My favourite part was getting to draw our stories because I like to draw.

All saints day and All souls day

On Thursday we had mass for all Saints day and on Friday we had all Souls day for R.E. We did a prayer to those still in purgatory or those whom already made it to heaven. For all saints day we already did a project on them early this week the saint I chose was St.Cecilia the Patron Saint of music and we also wrote a prayer to our saint.

Kia Kaha

This week we did a shield on why my class is special and why I am unique. My whole class got a shield and wrote down why there unique and also wrote down why our class is special so I wrote down my class also has a smile on our faces every day. I wrote down for me why I am unique , I am unique because I am a different culture to most of the people in my school. Here is a Photo of the shield.  

Sport

For the past weeks we have been doing rotation sports. That means every third week we switch sports. For the first week we did Ripper Rugby for two weeks. For the third week we did hockey. After hockey for two weeks we went on to softball then we moved on to soccer and after we went to our teacher which was netball. This type of sport is only on in term 3.

Calendar Art

The last view weeks we have been doing calendar art. This is about art for our 2019 calendar. You can buy the calendar or you could not buy the calendar. The drawings I did for calendar art was a Peacock, Dolphin and a Bird. The whole class did a coloring in poster and stuck on the piece of paper. Here is a photo of mine.

Prodigy

Our Teacher gave us a Math game called Prodigy is a game were you fight wizards and go on adventures you can fight your classmates and you can get pets. They will tell you math questions that are at your level.  Here is a photo of the Login.

Fan Mail

Yesterday we did Fan Mail. Fan Mail is where we wrote some mail to the person whose name we got from the bag. The person I got was my best friend Molly H. The person who got me was Maggie. She wrote me the most nicest letter I've ever had. I liked writing the letter to Molly because I explained how I feel about her. Here's a photo of my letter from Maggie.

Crosses

A couple of weeks ago we started our crosses. To put up around the school so other people could see our beautiful art we did in class the whole school did crosses. The colour I did my cross was purple. At first I thought it was going to be hard because the things I drew on my draft was going to hard to draw on the cross  so I drew something simple. Here's a photo.

Social Justice Week

Today was Social Justice Week. So what we did for this week was our teacher gave us a leaf  to decorate and a piece of paper about bullying. There was a link on the piece of paper that lead to a video about a young cube that was disabled and felt left out cause he is disabled. The video's message was treat people the way you treat yourself. So back to that leaf you got to write a word. (Not some random word ) Our teacher stuck all of the classes leafs together. Here is a photo:

Mini BB Fair

Today we had the Mini BB fair. The double BB stand's for books and baking. I was part of setting up the books and baking. The Principal put me on the book stand with some other kids and the others went to the Baking stand. We raised up to $700 dollars. After we packed up and went back to class we also got a leadership badge out of it.

R.E

Today we did some art where we had a word that was important to us and could draw something next to the word. The word I did was Love and I drew a dove next to it and a hand pointing at the word. The reason why we did this topic  is because the R.E lesson was about keeping a promise and what you need to keep to keep a promise. Here is a picture of my draft.

Abraham and Sarah

Today we did a slideshow about Abraham and Sarah. Half of the class did a play and half of the class did a slideshow. I did the slideshow. Setaita, Maggie and I did slide 6. The story of Abraham and Sarah is from the bible and was about the two who wanted a baby but could not have one so angels came in disguised and Abraham and Sarah gave them food to eat and then Sarah overheard that she was going to have a baby. At first she didn't believe it so then the normal people changed into angels. Then they had the baby.

Grandparents Mass

This week we had Grandparents Mass were our grandparents come to school have some lunch and go to Mass my grandparents did not come but I did have some food with my friend Setaitia. After Lunch we had some performances year 1 to 2 was doing some Maori songs. After that we had the Ukulele group performed a Samoan song and had 3 people dance behind them next was choir they sang two songs. When that finished all the grandparents left then Setaitia and I with some other guys went to take the tables back to the hall. Then we went back to class.

Animal Classification

Today we learned about how animals are classified into groups. Animals are either vertebrates ( which means they have a spine) or invertebrates (which don't have a spine).

Invertebrates are animals like jellyfish, carbs, insects and octopus.

Vertebrates are put into five groups. They are mammals,birds,reptiles,fish and amphibians. mammals have fur or hair and give birth to live young. Birds have feathers and lay hard eggs. Reptiles are clod blooded and lay soft eggs. Amphibians breath through their skin and need to keep their skin moist. Fish breath through gills and have fins.

 5 examples of each type:
Mammals: Panther, Cow,Kangaroo, Dog and Rhino
Birds: Eagle, Peacock, Woodpecker, Ostrich and Rooster
Reptiles: Snake, Sea turtle, Lizards, Tortoise and Crocodiles
Amphibians: Frog, Newt, Toads, Salamander and Caecilian
Fish: Seahorse, Stingray, Shark, Swordfish, Blobfish and Goldfish

Learning New things

Today our fill in teacher taught us how to use Google Draw and Sketchpad they both do they same thing but there work in different ways with Google Draw is better with graphs and Sketchpad you can change the background and add on's like pictures of Cats, Dogs, Sport Balls and many more.

Production

This week we had Production and it lasted for 2 days and both performances were at night and one was 1:30pm. Our production was about toys and we did a performance about Barbies and Kens. My partner
was a boy and he was barbie and I was ken. During all performances we watched movies and at the end we all went on the stage and sang Zip Zap Avenue. We had great fun at the production.

Hauroa

This week we learnt about Hauroa (wellbeing) and we sketched out our hand and wrote down Hauora Who can help? and all people who can help us through difficult times. I wrote down people who can help God, Teacher, Family, Pet and Friends. Here is a photo of all of our sketched hands.

Matariki

This week we learnt about Matariki. Matariki is a bunch of stars and they're also known as the nine sisters. It used to be seven sisters but then scietensts discovered 2 other stars. All nine stars have meanings. One of the star's (Pohutukawa) meaning remembers those who have passed. Another one (Waiti) watches over our freshwater and environments and one welcomes winter sky and waters.

That's not all, there are more meanings to all nine stars.

Science Road Show

This week we went to Edendale Primary for Science Road Show. We learnt about temperature, fire and water and there were lots of projects there. One of my favorite projects were you put a coin in and it spins around and goes inside a hole or another one were there is about 100 reflections of you. My favorite part about Science Road Show was when there was fire and then the sprayed some toxic stuff and the fire exploded.

Shared Lunch

Today we had shared lunch and we ate very healthy food the reason why we ate healthy food not junk food because in health we learnt about eating healthy. So we had a photo all of room 5 with the healthy food.

Cross Country

This week we had cross country and we did 2 and a half laps around our school. Once I got to my second lap I got tired of running so I stopped I bit then I kept running. After all the laps it was time to finish off cross country so I sprinted as fast as I can and finished cross country I was full of pride and happiness.    

Roll and awnser

Today in maths we played a game called Roll an Answer. It tests the skills we have learnt this year like rounding, place value, addition and subtraction. My group did a board game about place value. Here a photo of my group working out the problems.

Pepeha

Ko Aotearoa toku whenua

Ko Tamaki Makaurau toku toane

Ko Maungahu toku maunga

Ko Tamsen Sea toku moana

Ko Tonga toku waka

Ko Liku toku iwi

Ko Kohe toku papa

Ko Pipiena toku mama 

Ko Tupou toku ingoa

Country Project

At school we did a Country Studies. I  did the country Jamaica I found out a lot of thing about the country I learnt that the Flag it self means Rich in springs.  

All About Me Presentation

On the first day of school we wanted to find out about everyone so we did a all about me. We learnt heaps of things about everyone what they like if they had a superpower.

Mantra

A goal without a Plan is just a wish.

In writing our teacher gave as a piece paper to write a Mantra. A mantra is basically like a quote that you want to live by, and I wrote this.

Good Friday

This Week is Holy Week and today we learnt about Jesus and how he died on the cross and why Good Friday is called Good Friday and The gospel by John.

Year 6 Camp

On Monday 29th January 2018. All Year 6's went to camp at Long Bay MERC it took 20 Minutes then we had to get our bed ready.After we had Morning Tea while finding out our groups I got into Swordfish there 3 groups Sharks Stingrays and Swordfish (the best group of them all) First we had was Giants Ladder were everyone wears a harness and then there are anchors to hold the person climbing to pull them up. After Giants ladder we had lunch I had a packet of cookies I shared the cookies with my friends then a few moments later my deputy Principal took them of me and said "this is ridiculous eat this" that is what she said so I ate it and it was disgusting. After all the disgusting food we had stack em so there is a man called Dave where he has a harness on with a rope then we wear a harness and on the end of the rope we have a helmet on then we start stacking the people who got the highest was Molly,Noah and more at first I got 10 on my second try I got 13 after all that we had free time I went up to the girls dorm and read my book after we had dinner was hash brown and more things. After that we had more free time I kept reading my book until supper which was Milo and Biscuits and that was then end of my journey on Monday at camp.  

  

All about me

Hello my name is Tupou and I am 9 but turning 10 in 23 of Feb. My favourite thing to do is play sports but most of all Soccer goal keep. The food I love the most is pizza and candy. The school I go to is Good Shepherd the class I am in is Room 5. The job I got for school was Secretary I am a Year 6. My favourtie subject is Maths because it gets me to really think. I have 2 sisters ad 3 brothers I am the youngest in my family.