My Reflection End Of The Year

My Reflection

This year I’ve had so many opportunities and it was the best year I’ve had in Saint Mary’s. I’ve had many challenges and many awesome and fun activities such as Camp and Athletics. Something I have improved on is reflecting which I am really proud of. I have learnt to project my voice to an audience in the speech competitions and that was an amazing opportunity.  In OPS I have really improved in my problem solving skills and I went to Bay Maths which was really awesome. In Maths I have learnt the common factors up to a hundred. Also in my maths families, we were focusing on decimals and collaborating together.

I have really done well on Athletics for going through to South Cluster and then going to Western Bay.

One of the most remarkable highlights of the year was Camp. As a year 6, I had more activities and challenges too. My favourite activity was the foam slide.

This year I had an excellent time and I will always treasure these memories forever.

Healthy Hearts Reflection

Healthy Hearts

Term 4 Week 4 Monday

Morning Tea:
• A Mandarin
• Yogurt
• A Mixed Berries Muesli bar

Lunch:
• Sausages

For Morning Tea I think that the Mandarin is the healthiest becuase it is a fruit and we should always be eatin more fruit and vegetables than any other type of food. Yogurt is very good too because yogurt has good bacteria and we need that good bacteria. Secondly yogurt is made out of milk and milk contains a very high quality of protein. There are many other nutriens like calcium and vitamin B-12 in the yogurt. The Mixed Berries muesli bar I think is also good too because it has dried fruit which contains carborhydrate and fibre.
For lunch I had sausages and they were good for protein, vitamin B-12 and Iron.

Austin's Butterfly

Austin's Butterfly

Austin was a first-grade boy that was asked to draw a Western tiger swallowtail butterfly. This butterfly was going to be on a card that was going to be produced by the school and sold. Austin didn't have great drawing abilities so he stopped looking at the picture and started drawing an icon from his brain of a butterfly. He looked upset because his drawing didn't look like the real one. So then the man gave him very specific instructions to draw like the real butterfly.
I have learned that if you give someone very specific instructions, they would be able to do it. This is like the Growth Mindset.

 

End Of Term 3 Reflection

My Reflection 

One thing I have learnt this term is to write a descriptive writing. The purpose of a descriptive writing is to describe a person, place or a thing. In a descriptive writing, you must use figurative language to add detail, such as similes, metaphors, onomatopoeia, emotive words, alliteration and personification. Another one is to 'show not tell.' An example of show not tell is: 'Sam tries his hardest to hold on. His hands are sweaty from his fear. He tries to grab on with his other hand but fails. His mind races while he saw rocks falling underneath him. He can't hold on any longer, he is about to meet his very own death...' Rather than saying, 'he is nearly falling off the cliff. 

Another thing I have learnt this term from my literacy group are food webs. There are food chains and food webs. A food chain has only one chain that is in order but a food web is a more complex chain that has more chains connected to one thing. In a food chain, there are always producers, consumers and decomposers. A producer is mostly a plant that takes energy from the sun which makes food. The food gets eaten by the consumers and then the decomposers break down the waste. Some types of producers are flowers, seaweed and trees. Some consumers are humans, koala and eagles. And decomposers are bacteria, fungi, worms, bugs and mold. 

                        

Art Gallery Reflection

Art Gallery Reflection

Tahi went to the Art Gallery last week. The two artist that did the art were Jae Kang and Bob Jahnke. Jae Kang's artwork is called the Waves of You Breath. Jae Kang comes from South Korea and the things that she used to make her art were, a paintbrush, ink and a ladder. Jae Kang is also a tomato grower. She says that her art is like growing tomatoes which requires a huge amount of repetitive actions. Such as the swiping gesture for cutting of tomato leaves, the winding gesture for twisting off tomatoes, and also the small act of pinching. This repetitive training is translated in Jae Kang's current work.Bob Jahnke's artwork is called ATA which means a third reflection. Bob Jahnke used fluorescent tubes and mirrors that lets you see on one side but on the other side, it mirrors it. So it looks like it keeps on going forever until your eyes can't see it anymore.
I have enjoyed going to the art gallery and learning all these things. This also has inspired me to make my own artwork one day.

Caritas

Caritas

Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand is the Catholic Bishop's Agency for justice, peace, and development. Caritas is working on behalf of the New Zealand Catholics Bishops for a world free of poverty and injustice.  

Their Mission:

Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand will be known as love in action. They will unite communities, especially in parishes, colleges, marae, religious orders and schools in Aotearoa. Caritas will untie them to overcome poverty, protect lives and to calm the ones from suffering.
Their vision is to approve lives of dignity and hope by erasing injustice and poverty. Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand is inspired and guided by the Gospels of Jesus and Catholic social teaching.

Caritas' Values:

Compassion and Empathy- Aroha

Human Dignity- Te Tapu o te Tangata

Equality- ōritetanga

Hope- tūmanako

Justice- Tika

Two things I will remember about what I have learnt is that Caritas, they unite communities to overcome poverty, protect lives and calm the ones from suffering. Secondly, they want to approve lives of dignity and hope by erasing poverty in Aotearoa.

Practice Blogger Video Upload

Practicing To Upload a Video into my Blogger