Speeches ! :-)

 The year has come around to the time of year when speeches are starting up again ! The topic is " Going for gold " and I am writing " Does everyone see things the same way? " This connects up to going for because once someone realizes that they see things differently they might get glasses to whatever they need to release their full potential and can go for gold ! 

This is my speech so far.

My speech is about going for gold, or is it yellow or orange ? How do we know that we see things the same way as the person sitting next to us ?

There are like 1, 2, 3, 4, ( counting off on fingers ), Whatever! Thousands ! Of reasons why people all see things differently, but I will only be sharing 3 reasons today otherwise, you will be sitting here for 3 hours and will be fast asleep. 14% of the population has Irlen Syndrome, What I have the coloured glasses thing. 46% have reading or learning difficulties including dyslexia. Now that I have got the hard numbers out the way, let's break it down.

That means out of all of us there are most likely 4 people who have undiagnosed Irlen, 3 counting me because I KNOW I have it. Irlen is just one of many different ways people see things differently, most commonly it’s diagnosed as ADHD or Dyslexia, because not many people know about Irlen, or other kinds of things like Irlen. My point is that there are so many people who have trouble doing things because they don’t know  that the words on a page aren't meant to float or move. My cousin didn’t know that the lines on the netball court were straight. She thought they were wavy. Things like this happen to EVERYONE.

Let's get down to the nitty gritty, how does Irlen and other things like Irlen work ? You would think that finding it hard to read  would mean that the problem  comes from the eye. WRONG. For Irlen the problem actually comes from the brain.

People with Irlens, brain just can’t handle some light waves, kind of like it’s allergic to some lights. It can cause headaches, problems with depth perception and tiredness. The part of the brain that is affected is the visual cortex ( the part that sorts through what you see ) and incredibly the only thing that sorts it out is coloured overlays or coloured glasses. The colour of your glasses and overlays changes as you get older. I had orange lenses, then pink, then berry tea, the colour I have now ( I called it berry tea because I couldn’t decide whether it was pink or purple. )

I still have to work on my intro, last reason, explanation and conclusion. So far I think I have done kind of well, what do you think ?

Green Gold Reflection day.

 On Tuesday WBS had their Green gold reflection day. WBS is an Enviro school and there is different levels of Enviroschools, Bronze, Silver and Green gold. Green gold is obviously the highest level so far so it was a big deal to try and get that level. 

The day started off with a powhiri for the people who will see whether we could be a Green gold school, but of course because of Covid the whole school couldn't participate so only the front rows, some extras and the Enviro team came. After the powhiri the Enviro team gave there presentations as Izzy and I presented ours. It went really well! Ours was about the school pepeha. 

After all of the presentations we gave them a tour of the school. This took quite a long time so it took us to lunch. We went to Hamanatua for a picnic lunch and we got to eat the leftovers of the Quiche and bacon and egg pie ! Then we went back to school to start working on the guiding principles of Enviroschools. There was pieces of paper that had sentences of them like, 'The guiding principles enrich our daily routines', and then we would put sticky notes on the pieces of paper with examples of this sentence at school.  At the end we voted whether the sentences described WBS and we voted that all of the sentences described WBS so the judges said that we are now a Green Gold Enviroschool !

`Thank you for reading my blog !

-Klara🐈‍⬛

Life Education

 On Wednesday we did our last Life Education lesson. Life Education ( LE ) comes each year and teaches about different things.  This year it was about change; change in your body, change in you life and things like that. LE comes in a big bus, kind of like a school bus but with the school inside !

 The first session we did was on Monday and we wrote on a white board who are our " Superheroes "; who we can go to when things get tough. We also learnt a bit about neurons. Neurons are cells in our brain that make connections about things. For example you learn a new times table then your neurin would make a connection with another neuron, that knows about that sort of stuff and each time you practise that new times table your connections get stronger. If you are wondering how this all connects up to change, I will tell you. When you are going through a time of change your neurons are going CRAZY !! Making an uncountable amount of connections !

Then we watched a video on change. There was a boy called Billy who was moving from the country to Wellington and we saw how he dealt with this change. Fast forward to our second and last sesion. We learnt about characteristics that make a nice person to go to if you are struggling with change. After that went on a journey to  a newly discovered plant via rockit. Just kidding ! We actually watched a video that made you think that ! We were the first class EVER to watch this video and see how good it was. The planet was a place were there was no change at all, and we saw pictures of their daily life. The video was in animation so it wasn't that realistic but when we were taking of the camera shook and I started feeling like I was actually in a rockit. So all in all Life Education is a fun experience !

Cross country

 Our class had been preparing for cross country for weeks on end, and today we finally could do it ! In practises I had been coming second most of the time, so I felt kind of confident. Year 6 girls were first up, so I lined up with my friends ( more like rivals ! ) and tried to loosen up my muscles because I was cramping up I was so nervous. 

Koka Sue took a picture of us in our starting poses and then counted us in, On your marks, get set , GO ! I sprinted up ahead with Charlotte M ( a very fast girl who usually wins sprints and cross country and things like that ), Charlotte A ( my friend  rival ) and Kale'a my other friend  ultimate rival ! Soon we had blown the pack apart and the people who weren't up front with the sprinters had already sort of tired themselves out trying to catch up with us. 

We soon settled into our normal pace and continued on. After the second hill Josie had caught up to me and passed me and I made a mental note to pass her once I caught my breath. Turns out Josie was faster than I thought or I took longer to catch my breath but anyways she finished in 4th. The run was as groeling as user well but there was a light drizzle so I didn't over heat that much. 

It was a race for 5th between Charlotte A and I. She would gain a little ,then slow down, I would pass her and then she would catch up to me again. This repeated a few times before she had to stop to tie her shoe lace. I took this opportunity to try and catch up to Josie. I failed. Charlotte caught up to me but then had to tie her shoelace, AGAIN ! I tried to speed up a bit to make the gap between Josie and I smaller. Nearing the end I heard panting and a slight stomping of feet I looked behind me to see Charlotte A,  AAHHH !! I sprinted to the finish to get 5th place,  Charlotte close behind me. 

Charlotte M got 1st, Kale'a in second, Lola in 3rd , Josie 4th and me in 5th. I think that I ran as hard as I could and had fun. My favourite part was the big hill because there was a downhill and then the uphill and I love pushing myself up the hill. 

MMM solved!

 On Thursday we solved our M.M.M ( murder mystery maths ) case! 

To do it we had a set of numbers, eg 123 456 and we would add 1+2 and that equals 3 and then we would add  3+3 and our answer would be 6! Then we would do the same for the other set of numbers, unless the number goes over 10. 456 goes over 10 so I will explain what you would do with this set. 4+5 is 9 then 9 + 6 = 15 but then we do 1+5 = 6, do you understand were I got the 1 and the 5 from? 

After you get you answers ( 6 and 6 ) you use those numbers as cordernets on a map but instead of it leading you to a place the cordernets bring you to a letter and you use those letters to make a sentence! 

In the end the sentence said " Diamonds  in  toilet cistern "  

Murder Mystery Maths

Murder Mystery Maths ( M.M.M ) is a fun maths program where you teacher hands out "clues" ( different codes that include maths ), and once you have figured out the clue you mark off suspects from the suspect list.

 This weeks clue revealed that the murderer was Simon Robinson, but now we need to figure out the other clues to find out were the Diamonds are hidden!  

Term 3 !

 Term three started with a bang and already I feel like I have been at school for weeks! The timetable hasn't changed much for me, so it is quite easy to get to workshops on time. I have moved up from writing Early Level 3 ( EL3 ) to Level 3 ( L3 ) which is great because I have been in EL3 for ever. 

Quick writes have changed a little, instead of having heaps of different topics now there is just story starters.  I quite like writing in narrative style and using lots of creativity, so the story starters are perfect for me! I wrote an interesting quick write yesterday, and the story starter was, There was smoke everywhere, so I thought I would put it in my blog. 

There was smoke everywhere. I HAD been reading  peacefully in my bedroom, but now my peace had been destroyed. That younger sibling of mine is a real handful sometimes. No, I change my mind ALL of the time, but this time she and my parents had gone too far. For starters who in the world would trust a pyromaniac seven year old to set the bonfire alight safely? Now because of my crazy younger sister all of Mum's prized Dalias are burnt to a crisp. Well done little sis, even I couldn't do that at your age plus blame it in me. 

I had to put out the fire, wash all of Izzy's ( my sister )  soot stained clothes and explain to Mum why her prize Dalia's are as dead as a dodo. I really had a good day to day! ( NOT! ) 

Do you like the story? I like how it is short, sharp and has humor and good ideas.

 

Year 6 Surfing !

Now that I am a year 6, I can go surfing on a Friday ! Only year 6's can go surfing on Friday, it's like a mark of a high rank. Basically what I am saying is that I am excited, very excited. 

The first time the year 6's went surfing was in Week 3 and we went to Northerns ( If any of you know where that is ) and in Week 4 we went to Roberts Road ( If you know where that is ). Northerns was kind of choppy and there was no clean breaks. Roberts Road was awesome ! The sun was shining and it was beautiful. 

Aurora Drama

Aurora is a program where they choose children from multiple school from around Gisborne to work on different school subjects and work with kids they usually wouldn't work with. The subject that I am working on is Drama ! 

The first session that we had was on 14 of May. We went to Makaraka school and they told us  about their Pepeha and we went for a walk around the school to look at the murals they had created about the Maori gods and Whirikoka. We had morning tea and then got on a bus to go to Whatatutu. Once we got to Whatatutu we went to a Marcus's property. Marcus's property was a Pa site but then the influenza epidemic forced the Maori to another spot. The Iwi that lived there was Whirikoka's Iwi and he was the chief. 

Now you are probably wondering Who is Whirikoka ? I will tell you. There is a Maori legend that where the Waipawa river and the Mangataikapua stream connects, it creates a sacred or tapu place. Whirikoka was friends with a seal named Oioi and Whirikoka invited him to play with him at this tapu spot and to bring all of his friends. There was one rule at the tapu spot, that you had to be gone before sunrise.  Whirikoka was playing so much with his friends that he fell asleep and once he woke up the sun was shining !  Oioi and the other sea animals writhed about in pain wich split his blubber and his oil seeped into the ground. That is why there is oil springs there. 

We are going to present a play about Whirikoka and it's going to be so much  fun!

Year 6 Camp !

On March the 15th the year sixis of Wainui Beach School left for Camp Kaitawa. We stayed there for a week and it was so much fun. Once we came back we all created slides about camp and this is mine .... 

Cooks Cove

All the year 6's from Wainui Beach School did the Cooks Cove walk on the fourth of March. We did the walk because in week 7 ( In one week ) we are going on camp ! 

The Cooks Cove walk is six kilometres and is mainly in the open. We were all divided into groups and each group had an adult.

Kapa Haka Performance

 On Wednesday the 18th the whole of Wainui Beach school went to the Showgrounds in Gisborne. When we got there the seniors  ( year 6, 5 and 4 ) who were in the front row put on piupiu - Flax fiber skirts - and went on stage. 

The Kaias were Bay, Materia and me ! I was really surprised when I was told I was going to be a Kaia because Materia was away so I did the leading and then I was told that I was going to be a Kaia. 

Speeches !

How many of you have done a speech ? This is my first speech and the topic is 'Changemaker' so it could be about a person, object or activity. I am doing my speech about Kate Sheppard, in case you don't know Kate Sheppard was a leading suffragette. 

Here is my speech. 

The two major parties, Labour and National are currently led by women and some  local candidates are also women. Now imagine that you are in 1890 and my mother and your mother can’t vote but my father and your father can vote  ( point to some women in audience and say you can’t vote now point to some men in the audience and say you can vote )  and half the population are not allowed to vote, why because they are women, Kate Sheppard changes all of this by starting petitions to prove that women should vote and that people want women to be able to vote 

 

Hi, my name is Klara and I am going to share with you how Kate Sheppard was a real change maker.

One way that Kate Shepard campaigned was starting 2 petitions to prove that people did want women to be able to vote.  When Kate unrolled her 2nd  petition it was, drum roll please, 270 meters long!!  The first year she started a petition, it was signed by 9,000 women - the second year she did another petition, it was signed by 19,000 people, Proving that more and more people wanted women to be able to vote. Kate also had the support of the Prime Minister - who was a man -  and the Governor GenKate Sheppard completely changed the amount of women  in politics. There are now 120 members of parliament  in New Zealand  and nearly 48% of those are women - the highest number of women in positions of power in New Zealand since 1919.eral, who was also a man. 

Why was women having the vote so important?  Well first of all voting needs an array of opinions because if the only people who vote all have the same opinion the other side doesn't have a chance, but if people who all have a different opinion and the majority vote for one side it proves that the winning side is the best for the people.

Thanks to Kate Shepard and  other women and men like her, New Zealand was the first country to let women vote, proving that women and men are both just as equal as each other. Kate is also on the 10 dollar note putting her in the ranks of Edmond Hillary who climbed Mount Everest with Tenzing Norway and Lord Rutherford who split the atom. 

“Do not think that your single vote does not  count, the rain that soaks the parched ground is made of single drops” Kate Shepard said.

Do you like it ? I think that I did well.

Term Rap Up

This term was completely out of control so I will only choose one topic to talk about... umm umm I don't know what to talk about! I know Kapa Haka! 

In case you do not know Kapa Haka is a form of Maori dancing which includes poi.  

This is a Poi.

This year Moana syndicate is doing a few Haka's ( war dances ), a few songs and a poi song. My favorite is the poi song because I enjoy learning the steps to the poi. The name of the poi song is Aue Rona E. 

Farm Trip

    On Monday the 15 of September Room 4 and The Shade House crew - a gardening group at Wainui Beach School - went to Mangaone, the Lands farm. We went there to plant up the wetlands with the trees that The  Shade House had grown in the Shade House we also were tidying up the trees that had been planted last year. 

Also on Tuesday Wainui Beach school went to Pihitia station to learn about where your food comes from. There was multiple little workshops like butchering the meat, technology on a farm, dairy, shearing, dogs and sheep, conservation  things like that. 

PBL

PBL stands for play based learning. PBL is a group of students who will chose a project to help students and the community it could be a fundraiser, art or something else.  

More Maths :-)

 This week  MLH has decided to start Maths-Whizz, anyone know it ? Well it's like a math thing where you do a game version of a math skill and then you do the same skill with different equations  but with just a blue background. I like the blue background better than the game one because then there is nothing to distract you while you are doing maths (that may have something to do with my Irlen Syndrome). 

When you are doing the maths, if you get the questions right, you earn credits (money) and buy things like pets, pet food, clothes and furniture. Also, if you don't feed your pet, they get rehomed !

When you go past a certain amount of skills you get parts of a gem and after you get a certain amount of gems you go up levels. Rookie, Pro, Master and Superstar . You also get to design a character to go as you in your home ( I chose Jungle for my theme. The other theme you can choose is Space )

This is my home 🠉

🠝This it were you can buy things like pets ( the paw print button ) , Pet food ( the dog bone button ) , Plants   (the leaf button ) you get the picture. 

I learnt in Maths Whizz a new times table skill like this 6x70= 6x10x7 =420 and I also practise old skills which helps a lot because then I don't forget the old skills.  

Maths

This week in group maths Level 3 maths has been working on maps. Everyone divided into pairs and each pair had a map of Wainui Beach school BUT without the labels so we added the labels. 

Quick write

Quick write this week was about a healthy lifestyle. There was 4 questions you had to answer, the questions were: 1 What makes a healthy lifestyle ?, 2 What are the benefits of a healthy lifestyle ?, 3 What are your favorite healthy foods and why ?, 4 What are your favorite forms of exercising and why ?   In the next paragraph, I will write one of my answers. 

1. A healthy lifestyle is made by having a healthy diet and active lifestyle. A healthy diet is when you swap out unhealthy things like biscuits and chocolate for salad and fruit. Fruit and vegetables also have more vitamins and dietary fiber. Dietary fiber keeps you fuller so you can work mare at school and have fun doing sports !     

Holidays :-)

Wow

 Term just whizzed by and already it's holidays but Wainui Beach School has done sooo much learning during lockdown and at school.

My favorite part of learning at home was the Google meets because on Fridays we could dress up in a particular theme  like the African big five and a famous person.