Hapori o Manutahi

Over term 2 in our Hapori o Manutahi (Lepperton Community) unit we investigated whether or not kids at Lepperton School were bored at morning tea and lunchtimes.  We also found out what types of activities kids wanted to do at school, and ran activities at morning tea and lunch for all the students at school to participate in if they wanted to.  There were activities such as lego club, soccer, chess club, crafts, dancing and obstacle courses.  We then surveyed students again to see if our activities had any effect on how bored kids were.  Chace and Caylib's graph shows that our Hapori o Manutahi activities had a positive effect on how bored kids feel at break times at school.  We hope to continue these activities next term, to provide lots of different options for all students to participate in, and to give our Kotahitanga students leadership opportunities.

Writing

We are posting a excerpt (snippet) from our writing this week, so we can share with an audience.

Savanna:

Hi my name is Leah so dairy Im about to tell you my secrets but first the basics I have 5 sisters by the  names Vea ,Lavender,Sophie , Daffodil ,Jorja

And they are  a about 12 to 18 . I am 16 my  parents are Wendy & Robin .

I have just moved to London right now  I am on a double bus on the way to my new school New Heart high it has 8000 Girls there Bye this is my stop.

Katie:

When Bun Bun knocked on the door I ran over and said “what's wrong  sweetie?” I asked. Bun Bun pointed to his poor mouth “ohh, you are hungry, wait there I’ll get a carrot for you” I say.  After Bun Bun got the food he ran back to the cage and gave some to his brother floppy.

Mason:

The pterodactyl did a barrel roll I clinged on by my fingertips finally the pterodactyl trusted me I couldn’t believe it I had flight. I few around the island the wind was between my toes and in my long thick hair. When I landed I realized how did I get here I flung myself back on the pterodactyl and flew around the Island looking for a raft.

Loreal:

“Mum what is it?” mum said “well you’re father and I we both agree with this we are going to move”

“MOVE” lily did not like that idea mum said “yes hunny we know that your not that keen but we still want to go and move so lily ran to her room “SLAM” she slammed the bedroom door behind her jumped onto her bed and SLOWLY started to cry.

Austin:

Max jumped in his bed and duke had to sleep on a blanket. Duke pushed Max out of his bed so Max had to sleep on the blanket Max sat down on the blanket. At Max’s surprize Duke pulled the blanket out from under him. Then he used it as a cover hey!Max yelled.

Paddy:

My life is pretty difficult like everyone else's. But pretty much every person I know works for places like mcdonalds. They all have normal lives but my job is a soldier for the british army. We train hard everyday. My story starts in the middle of training when we are just about to go into battle.”Mike your up for obstacle A”.

Zak:

I sleep in very tall trees.I see a very very yummy person I am going to eat him.Roar.He is as juicy as juice.There is blood everywhere.There are poachers they are trying to kill me but I ran away they are as slow as a sloth.

Liam:

Waking up in my grey house I see myself exhausted. I step downstairs and see my pokemon aren’t there. “Where is my Lucario” I wondered. I went out my house and saw my name. I’m not YoLiamisajedi2. I was worried. I was as worried as a human getting shot. I was JediKillerSithLiam9087. “NOO!!” I shouted.

Jessa:

Tap, tap, tap! There was the sound again. I started to creep towards the window, TAP, TAP, TAP! The sound got louder every second. I pulled up the shutters, AHHHH! I screamed. There at there at the window was a huge green creature. His dark beady black eyes stared right at me as though he could look right through my head. His body was a tub of green gooey slime. His teeth were as sharp as fangs and it made me petrified.

Libby:
They arrive at 5:00 am and get a taxi to take them to there holiday house which is a mansion they arrive at the house at 5:45 am they grab the key and walk in. On the right there was a  kitchen the sink was filthy the fridge did not even work the family was like omg what in the world!!!. You could tell by their faces that they were not happy.

Jarim:
Now it was big pressure on Croatia because if they don’t score they will lose. Croatia scored the goal and they were still in it. Denmark took a shot but hit the post. Now it was croatia’s chance to win. He aimed in the center of the goal and shot, the goalie dived right. IT WAS A GOAL!! Croatia won, the crowd was screaming with happiness.

Rhiannon:

I woke up. I was handcuffed to a pole, in a light yellow room. My feet were tied together, and my waist was tied to the pole. I looked up and there, standing on a platform, was Justin and Lucky.

“Like I said, you ain’t going nowhere without us!” Justin said with a smirk.

He jumped off the platform and landed feet first on the floor with a thud. Lucky rushed out of site and appeared 5 seconds later, beside Justin.

Arley:

“Who are you” I ask

“Zen” he replies “and that’s Willow” he says pointing to the girl.

“Anyway, the monsters heading off to egypt they say he’s climbing the great pyramid of Giza”

“How do we get there” I say

“teleportation pipes” he replies.

Euan:
Once there was a little boy named David De Gea. He lived in Real Madrid in spain. he lived in a little cottage inside a village named Sergio witch was named after a football legend called Diago Sergio.who is David’s idaul He had been always looking up to him and wanting to be just like him , the best goalkeeper in the land.

Kassia:

“Hello” says the man in a deep voice . I didn't answer…..

“I want your ipad!” says the man.

“No way” I yell. Suddenly the man grabbed my ipad and ran away as fast as he could. I slammed the door and ran as fast as I could  to my bedroom. A few minutes later: Knock!Knock !

Caylib:
I walked onto the train looked left and right to look for the killer and in relief…. he wasn’t there. By the time I got to the place I ran to a hotel, asked for a room and went inside the room. I slammed the door shut and had a shower.

Games for Learning

We played Fraction Wall today.  It helped us to learn about equivalent fractions, adding fractions and thinking creatively.  Games are a great way to apply knowledge to real situations.

Things to Remember This Week

This week you need to:
-Do a maths workshop.
-Do a reading workshop.
-Put a post on seesaw showing what you have learned for your maths goals.
-Put a post on seesaw describing what you have learned about reading this week (hint: the strategy we are learning about this week is finding the main ideas in a piece of writing).
-Have a piece of writing of your own choice ready on Friday for us to put on the class blog.
-Genius Hour reflection done by Friday morning.