Peace

Samantha

Acrostic poem

Refugee

Howling out for a hand

Enduring pain and suffering

Laughter fills my ears as

People torment me. Somebody, anybody, HELP!!!

 

By: Jasmine Teina

 

 

 

H elpless people getting killed or used in thi –

E r own country because of their skin cou-

Lor or cause they could be gay

People stop this and let there be peace!

By April Miranda

Having  a  hard  time  leaving  your  country.

Everyone will miss you.

Liking to be away from war. Not

Participating in the war.

Liam Cullen

 

 

 

Picture books

We have been studying picture books and how some of these books have sophisticated messages. Currently we are working in groups to create our own picture books.

Watch this space for our published books.

 

 

Week 6 home learning

Read the pacifist story.
Identify the key ideas in the story and then retell it as a comic strip.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/nelson-mail/news/9985000/World-War-I-pacifists-story-stirs-debate

Writ a letter to the editor stating your opinion on pacifists in WWI.

Archibald Baxter

Archibald Baxter refused to serve in WWI.
Read the following links:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archibald_Baxter
http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/3b19/baxter-archibald-mccoll-learmond
http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/people/archibald-baxter

Use the information to create a comic strip.
http://bitstrips.com/create/comic/

The 1914 Christmas Truce

We have been learning about this famous ceasefire.

These links contain more information.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1173933/Lets-truce-The-diary-extracts-cartoons-shed-new-light-amazing-events-No-Mans-Land-95-years-ago.html

http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/trenches.htm

http://spartacus-educational.com/FWWchristmas.htm



By Violet

By Justus



By Jasmine

By Angel

By Veronica
 

By Ebony

By Tyson

 

By Priyanka

 

Week 5 home learning

Guess What it Says?

• mill1on
• another           one thing
• least

Complete the text using these words.

achievement exciting exhausting go

horse learnt play ride speak try
 

I’ve always enjoyed doing (

1) exciting things.

I learnt to (

2) a bicycle when I was

three and a (

3) when I was four. I’ve

been on adventure holidays so I’ve ridden a motorbike

and been kite-surfing. It was (

4) – you

know, really tiring. My greatest (

5) was

when I (

6) to speak German. It was

really difficult but now my German’s quite good.

Next, I’d like to (

7) skiing again or

(

8) bungee jumping for the first time. Oh,

and learn to (

9) the piano, of course. And

I haven’t learnt to (

10) Chinese yet, but

I’m going to start soon. There are so many things I want

to do!

Shark Cloze   Fill in the blanks with the words in the boxes.
Sharks: Basic Facts
rows	fish		gills			scales			fins
Sharks are _____________________. They have _____________________ to help them breathe and _____________________ to help them swim. They have _____________________ on their skin and _____________________ of teeth in their mouths.
Sharks Pups
birth	eggs		ashore			pups			mermaid
Shark babies are called _____________________. Some sharks give _____________________ to live pups. Other sharks lay _____________________  in hard cases. Sometimes these egg cases wash _____________________. If people find them on the beach, they call them _____________________ purses.
Monsters of the Sea?
attacks	mistake		harmless			afraid			vicious
Many people are _____________________ of sharks. They think sharks are _____________________ monsters. But in truth, shark _____________________ are very rare. Most sharks are _____________________. Often when sharks do attack, they _____________________ people for seals or other prey.
Endangered Animals
breed		endangered			soup			overfishing
				Many sharks are _____________________ because of _____________________.That means they are close to becoming extinct. In some countries, people use the shark fins to make _____________________. Sharks _____________________ very slowly so it takes a long time for some species to increase their numbers.

Writing:
Create  an acrostic poem for each of the seasons (summer,autumn,winter,spring)

 

Home learning week 4

Current Events Reading  Tasks

For each article you read complete the following tasks:

1.       Read the headline. Predict what the article will be about.

2.       Skim and scan the article. Jot down the key ideas.

3.       List all the facts in the article.

4.       Give examples of opinion in the article.

5.       Use your notes to rewrite the article in your own words.

6.       Pretend you are a news reporter. Create 5 questions you want to ask to find out more about someone or something in the article.

       Extra for experts: Research the answers to your questions.

7.       Create a glossary for 5 (technical/jargon) words used in the article.

8.       Create a collage or poster based on the article you have read.

 

Some useful links

WWI

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/last-post-first-light

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world-war-1/news/headlines.cfm?c_id=1503669

 

General news

http://www.timeforkids.com/

 

 

Tesselations and Escher

Follow the link below to find out more about the art of Escher.

Write an article about Escher.

Create your own tesselations.

http://www.tessellations.org/tess-escher1.shtml

 

Home learning week 3 term 3

This week marks the centenary of the start of WWI.

Research ideas: (see http://www.nzhistory.net.nz)

• Why NZ joined the war.
• New Zealand troops who won the Victoria cross for bravery.
• The ANZACS

Flags

Underline the countries that do not have a Union Jack on their flag.

Australia

New Zealand

Canada

Singapore

South Africa

Cook Islands

India

Falkland Islands

Pakistan

The flag of which Commonwealth country/territory has:

1. a ring of small white stars? _________________ (hint: This country is located in the South Pacific Ocean)

2. a red oak leaf? _________________ (hint: This country is located in North America)

3. a green tree? _________________ (hint: This island is an external territory of Australia and located between Australia and New Zealand)

4. a red circle on a green background? _________________ (hint: This country is in South Asia, very close to India and Burma)

5. a white crescent moon and white star on a green background? _________________ (hint: This country is located close to India and Afghanistan)

Writing based on "Silas the stretcher-bearer"

Continuous

Over and over again

Not wanting to join

So unlucky when your name is         

Called either

R.I.P , join or

Into prison you will go, a

Place you would not want

To go, just

Inside, locked behind cells

Only the walls to talk to and

Not a friend in sight

By Revival

Stood up for what he believed

In. Even though they would

Laugh

And call him a coward. But he

Still stood tall with his head held high.

By Ezekiel

 

By Veronica

Terror

Racing through

Every vein. Trying

Not to

Create noise.

Hearing

Every

Shot and every cry for help!

 

By Ebony

By Samantha

 

WWI

Our writing based on "Sky High"

A place where the war
Ravaged through to try and
Run
Arras and where people
Strongly fought for their country.
By Angel Philavong

Where they rested underground.

All the food is bully-beef and hard tack.

It’s not the best food they have eaten but at least they ate some food.

Having masks to protect from acid.

I’ve respected their sacrifice by wearing poppies on my shirt.

 

By Michelle Nielson

 

Men dig under ground

In sweat and exhaustion

Narrow spaces they squeeze

Exhaustion froze their eyes working 

Really hard and

Searching for a way to freedom.

By Lorraine Tupou

Waving goodbye to friends

And family as we walk off

Into our new lives

Helping in war

In sadness but with hope.

By Lorraine Tupou

 

A:PLACE IN FRANCE

R:aging with war

R:AIN POURING DOWN

A:s men fight for their

S:URVIVAL

By: Mustafa & adam