Babysitting guidelines

A couple of weeks ago room 6 started working on keeping ourselves self as a topic program , learning about how to keep ourselves safe by choosing the safest options and learning about different types of abuse . At one point we looked at a story about a boy who was babysitting and we decided to make a DLO about babysitting guidelines and the steps parents can take to ensure that everything is good at home . While doing this i enjoyed making my own images , next time I will add in more information .

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Ballad Poem

Over the past couple of weeks Room 6 has been looking at and making our own ballads , I made a ballad about School and how this girl was having a horrible day , In a ballad you must have a rhyming sequence like AA,B,C,B,C and in the poem . We looked at /studied the ballad of Ben Hall and based our ballads off of that . We tried to include language features in our ballads . This is my Ballad . My ballad has the rhyming sequence of A,A,B,B,C,C . meaning the first line rhymes with the second the third line rhymes with the fifth and the sixth line rhymes with the seventh . During this time I enjoyed coming up with the story line and watching it grow into a poem , Next time I will try and include more language features . I could work on the syllables being the same . 
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I wake up with a fright
And oh what a sight
School is such a pain
Who needs to grow their brain ?
I flew into the car and we speed off into the distance
I finally arrive and I fight with resistance .

Once in the door i feel so weighed down
I just stand there with a gloomy frown .
Everybody shouts and everybody pushes
I just fight for a spot next to the cushions
Oh no It's time to hand the homework over
I think I left it in the range rover

The teacher says go around the field
While the rest of us play swords and shields
The bell rings and now its morning break
There's these two bullies called blake and Drake
My best friends name is Kyla
But Kyla left me for delilah

After spending morning tea alone
All I want is to go home .
We all do some work
And the class goes berserk
The bell rings again and it’s time to leave
I hope this isn’t make believe

I begin to walk home without looking back
And all of a sudden crack, smash, smack
I’ve fallen over on the sidewalk
And I’ve fallen on some now  broken chalk
I think I’ve broken 4 million bones
I just have to think of watching the flintstones

I sprint home at 4000 km per hour
I’m running with so much power
Once i get home I look for my key
I can't find it so i sit under a tree
Waiting for Mum at 7 o’clock
Finally she’s here with my brother Brock

I try to be good and make them dinner
But then i remember i’m only a beginner
I try to cook burgers but i’ve started a  blaze
I hope we don’t have to live at aunty mays
We grab the extinguisher and we put it out
Then we go through the scenic route

We get dinner , from a takeout shop
When we get home my whole world stops
I’m suddenly not hungry , i’m suddenly not tired
I feel like nothing in the world I desired
I roll into bed i place my blankets over me
And i realise i’m carefree .

Refugee

W.A.L.T... Use a wide rang of comprehension strategies to understand text , using prior knowledge and using information in the text , to interpret ideas , increasingly complex plots and sophisticated terms .
- Apply Criteria to evaluate texts , such as accuracy of information ; presence of bias
- Use appropriate skills and technologies to find and use a range of texts for specific purposes .

This is a ongoing task , meaning that this task will be continuing for a while . Refugee is room six's serial story about three refugees from three different timelines . One of them is called Isabel she is escaping from Cuba and her story is based in 1994 which is the time that  Fidel Castro  was the president of Cuba. Another is called Josef he is a Jew in 1939 which is when Hitler was in power . The most recent refugee is Mahmoud and his story is based in 2015 in Syria . This story is following these three families journeys to find a happy environment to grow up and live .

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Awesome Angles

W.A.L.T... Identify and construct right , acute , and obtuse angles - Know the degree value of angles that are simple fractions of a whole turn . 

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Over the past couple of weeks room Six has been doing learning about angles and how they are everywhere around you . Also how to measure angles using out compasses . During this time I have enjoyed learning something new and learning how to measure things . next time I will make my DLO more interactive . I am proud of the effort I put into this by creating all of my own images including the angles .

 

Groovy Gazing

This week Room Six had been writing recounts about there holidays .What I enjoyed about this is trying to remember the names of the stars . This was one of the best trips ever . I hope I can do it again . 

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Grooooovy Gazing 

It was a very chilly night and My Nana decided that the next day we would drive to mount cook in her camper van . She did some research and found a perfect place for us to stay . SO we packed our bags and went to sleep . The next morning my Nana was up with the birds and she was ready to drive , however the rest of us were still in pajamas at lunch time … 

But once we were off , we were driving at the speed of light  and there was no turning back , we waved farewell to my grandad and we sped off into the distance . We Sang songs , we slept , we stopped for snacks until we reached a popular tourists spot . Lake Tekapo I awoke with a spring as if I was a jack in the box and we looked around the site we were at . Immediately we went to the nearest supermarket it was a tiny four square but there was so many people in there all of the tourists were lining up to stock up their camper van (which was exactly what we were doing ) . After being in line for what felt like forever we went back to the camp grounds to explore the outdoors . My Cousin , Sister , and I walked off to look at the Lake and we took a bundle of photos . Once we had finished we went back to the van to find my Nana and Younger sister were awaiting us with dinner . Once we cleaned up my Nana and Little sister went to bed while us three big girls stayed up listening to music and eating snacks we had brought earlier that week . My cousin got tired and went to bed at around 11:30 so my Older sister and I were left in the front seat , We had a deep conversation about everything and we ended up rolling into bed at around 1:30 .

The Next morning we woke up to the sound of my little sister crying because she wanted Eggs for breakfast . Because of that we got up and my Nana made bacon and eggs while we set up the table outside for a lovely view of the lake . After our breakfast we were on the road again singing and sleeping once again .  Off to Aoraki , Mount cook we went to a lovely holiday park where there was showers a kitchen a living room and many other things . This is where we spent our night . At the receptionist’s desk we saw a flyer for stargazing . Ariana , Kowhai and I took a big interest in this and we decided to go along . 

When it was time to go we got all suited up in 500 layers of warm clothes . The first thing we did was get seated underneath a dome in a dark room . the dome show told us a lot about the stars and the constellations . As soon as that was finished we went on a short bus ride to a place that looked like it was in the middle of nowhere . At the door we were offered hot chocolate’s and fluffy jackets I grabbed a mug of hot chocolate and a huge fluffy jacket and outside I went . 

To find Five Gigantic Telescopes our tour guide Taylor Told us what was in each telescope . The first one was Alpha centauri and Beta centauri the next what the four stars creating a diamond shape . I learn that if you go from the middle of Alpha centauri and Beta centauri and the middle of the diamond then draw a line where the line meets you will find the northern star . In the third Telescope was the northern star . The fourth was Jupiter which was out the night we were there . also later that night Mars and Saturn were going to be out . The fifth Telescope we saw the moon . The moon was so big in the telescope and some people joked about seeing a man on the moon . After that we went back to our holiday park and lay on the table looking up at the stars to look for Mars and Saturn . Sadly we didn't see anything . 

That was the end of the Groovy Gazing so off we went home in our little camper van home to see our grandad who had been awaiting our arrival .

This was by far one of the best experiences I have had and I really want to look into constellations and stars a lot more .