Tui ridge - Camp thank you letter

  Last week we went on a  camp to Tui Ridge which is in Rotorua. we are writing thank you letters to the people who helped make this camp possible. I chose Tracy, our groups adult and Sione's mum.

My favourite activity was the Flying fox. The flying fox was not only fun but it was amazing and it felt relaxing to be above the trees and I can see why its called the flying fox because it really feels like your flying! I found it easy to choose who I was going to write to and to copy and paste it onto my blog. I found it challenging to finish on time. Here is my letter and photo collage.

5 November 2020

Dear Tracey,

I am writing this letter to you to say a big thank you for volunteering to come to our school camp at Tui Ridge with us. You have been truly amazing. We wouldn't have been able to do all these activities without your help. We all had an amazing time but you made it even better!

One of my favourite moments at camp was zooming down the flying fox leaning back and letting go of the rope. Miss Hickling ran after me to grab my legs and I got a big wedgie from the harness.

So thank you so much Tracey for being so great to us and helping the teachers look after 70 kids.Your amazing!

Ngā mihi

Joan U

Summer Holidays!

In room One we have been Writing about our Summer Holidays
I found It tricky to use a similes
I enjoyed making it into a google Drawing
Next time I will try and Challenge myself

Speeches

This week we presented our speeches in room one

I felt nervous I was shaking the hole time.

We had to include our pepeha, use a clear voice,stand still,

   speak loudly,go at your own pace,look up at the crowd,

 use expression and be confident.

our speeches needed to include a rhetorical question, 
 and be persuasive.My speech was on Climate change.
You can see this on my previous post. 
here's my pepeha...

Tihei Mauri ora (let there be life)
Ko pepeha ki ahau
Ko Titirangi Te maunga  (my mountain is)
Ko Waimata  Te awa (my river is)
Ko Horouta Te waka  (my waka (boat/plane) is)
Ko St Marys star of the sea Te marae (my meeting house is)
No Turanga-nui-a-kiwa ahau  (I am from e.g No Gisborne ahau)
Ko Hato Maria toku kura (my school is)
Ko Joan ahau (I am)
No reira, tena koutou, tena koutou, tena koutou katoa.
                                                                                              

Caged Chickens Should be BANNED!!!

In room one we have been arguing about 

if Chickens should be Caged or not 

I found it easy to finish on time. 

I found It hard to use the right words. 

here's are success Criteria...   

write a title that tells the reader
 about the issue being argued✅ 
use a rhetorical question✅
write an introduction that
 includes my three main points❌ 
organise my ideas into paragraphs ✅
make sure each paragraph has a
 main point and two examples✅

write a conclusion that includes 
my three main points❌
edit for spelling and punctuation❌
present my work to a peer for assessment✅

 here's my work...

Would you want to be stuck in a cage with lots of other chickens?!I firmly believe that caged chickens should be banned!!!

One of the main reasons is that they can't move and get squished. Each chicken only has the space smaller than an A4 piece of paper.82% of hens that lay eggs in New Zealand are caged. Chicken Farmers can fit 45,000 chickens in one shed. 

Another important reason that chickens should not be caged is they cant act like a chicken should act. They like to Scratch for food.And Like to have dust baths but when they're locked up in a cage they can't!!! They can’t stretch their legs. or flap their wings. 

Also they get lots of diseases. One of those diseases are weak bones A.K.A  Osteoporosis. They get fatty liver disease. And they also get Ricketts which is a loss of vitamin D.

                    In conclusion I believe that Caged chicken should be banned. Because of the diseases they get how squished they are and they can't act like a chicken. 

By Joan!