Minecraft Extravaganza

Last week we did a monthly challenge on Minecraft. Our challenge was to make stuff on a desert island and then write about it. We did this task because we were trying to convince the rest of the school that Minecraft was good and could be used for teaching and other stuff like that. I think this was cool because I got to work in a group with my friends and we got to build whatever we wanted. We built lots of different thing but I think the hardest thing to build was the dock with the boats. Have you ever used Minecraft at school before? What do you think we could've done to improve our island?

Beyond Earth, The Great Ebook

The other day at school our whole class had to write an Ebook. Mine was about a boy that was able to travel to worlds beyond earth just with the click of his fingers. We were writing the Ebooks because we needed to do some writing and we were also learning to recraft our story's. Recrafting a story is when you look through your story and make the sentences more descriptive and longer if you can. I did quite a bit of recrafting but there were some peices that didn't actually need recrafting because they were already quite descriptive. I thought writing the Ebooks was cool because I got to write about whatever I wanted to.  It is going to be even cooler because we are going to turn them into auido books. Have you ever made an Ebook or book? If so, what was it about? 

Amazing Olympic Extravaganza

This is a slideshow about the Olympic athlete Valerie Adams. I have made this because recently we have been learning about the Olympics. We have also been watching the Olympics and supporting our country. I thought that this was cool because I got to learn some things about some Olympians that I never knew before. I chose to do Valerie Adams because she is one of the best Olympic medalists in NZ at the moment. Did you learn anything new about Valerie Adams? Who is your favourite Olympian?

Kereru Write Letters Home from War

 We have been learning about ANZAC(Australia New Zealand Army Corps) Day and its meanings. We also learned about Gallipoli and Chunuk Bair the hill that the Anzacs captured. We learned about this because quite a few people don’t know about the true meaning of Anzac Day. We made our own letter to our parents about what happened when we were in the war.  

This is my Letter. 

Corporal Liam Cuff

Dear Mum                         86 Kaniere Road                   19/12/1915

I hope you are well and not worrying. I have been on the battlefield for 7 weeks now and I have ranked up to the position of Corporal. On the boat, we had boxing matches and did a lot of training. What I didn’t know was that we were actually heading to Cairo. 

It was December 21st when we got there. All we did was walk and train, and walk and train. In between, we also played cricket but it was too bloody hot. We hated it, all we wanted to do was go out to war. Finally, after 4 long months, we set the course to Gallipoli. 

It was April 25th when we got there. It was like nothing I had ever imagined. There were bullets raining down like hailstones and men falling left and right. I felt the adrenaline rush through me so I ran for my life, then we all realized the fools had sent us to the wrong side of the island. This one had a big steep slope. We had to dig a trench to get away from the bullets. When we got into the trench I went looking for my friend James but then one of the other soldiers told me he got caught in the crossfire. 

We stayed in the trenches for ages. It smelled of sweat and vomit and the sea was crimson red from the blood of our comrades that died. We wanted to give up because we lost so many soldiers on the first day during the crossfire. But we went on to claim the hill Chunuk Bair. We had the high ground for a while but the Turks came back and outnumbered us. While on Chunuk Bair my Comrades and I shot about 9,200 Turks but we don’t know how many died. We also had around 2,500 of our soldiers hit and around 800 of them died, sadly one of the losses was my other friend William.

After they outnumbered us we went out to a new trench and set up some guns that randomly fired using water, buckets, and string. While they were going off the Turks were distracted so we ran away. They didn’t know we were gone for quite some time. 

After you have read this please share it with the rest of our family.

I thought it was pretty cool getting to make a letter about the war. I learned a lot of things about what happened to the Anzacs, why they wanted to go to war and where they went, and what they did.
 

Do you have any relation that went to war or fought for their country?

Our Infomercial Invention!

This is a slide about Seth and I's infomercial invention. We decided to create a cool and wacky invention called the pizza gun. My favourite part about his was creating our own cool and wacky things. 

Character Story:The Days of The Devil

This is some writing that I have been working on for a while it is my 3rd story that I have written that has my chosen character The Devil in it. I love writing story from my imagination. If you want we to write more of these story's please tell me in the comments. Did you like this story, if so tell me what you liked about it the most.

Fishing In Nature

This is a story from a few months ago when My Dad, My Grandad and I went fishing at Lake Kaniere. It was really fun because I got to spend time with my Family and we even caught a fish!!!

My Halloween at Shanty Town

This is my writing about my Halloween at Shanty Town. We went there for Halloween because we weren't aloud to go trick or treating. It was fun! Did any of you go to Shanty Town for Halloween? If you did tell me in the comments.

Monsters

This is a few story's that Jack and I have made about our chosen monsters. HOPE YOU ENJOY!!! 

The Bank Robbery No.2 Character Story

This is the second story that Cody and I have made using the characters the Devil and Jake. This is also a very good story so I recommend you to read it. Leave a comment down below if you want to see more character story's with the Devi and Jake.

The Big Showdown No.1 Character Story

This is a story that Cody and I made. We made this with the Characters that we made and drew from watercolours. I am really proud of this story because this is my first ever story but it is still very good.

Peer Mediation 2

I think I could have done better because I didn't do as much writing as last time. It was really fun doing peer mediation again with Mrs Zuckerman and I am looking forward to doing it with her again. I learnt all about peer mediators and I also learned that conflict can't always be bad. Conflict can strengthen a relationship if you manage to figure the problem out.

A Great Classmate.

We were learning what a great classmate is and what a great classmate is not. I think I did really good because I added in a few extra words that I could think of. I got a little carried away with the backgrounds so then I just changed the background to something simple.

My Narrative Writing

My biggest area I improved on was writing my own story that I thought up. I am most proud of my effort because I did really good and I have never made my own narrative story. I would like to improve on getting more writing done in the time I get to do it.

Tigers jungle

I am most proud of my effort because that was the best picture that I have done on pixel editor. My biggest area I improved on was writing a report. I would like to improve on finding out more facts about the Tiger.

What I didn't do in the holidays.

My biggest area I improved on was using more information in my writing. I am most proud of my effort because I did a lot better than I normally would. I would like to improve on writing bigger sentences.

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