The Apple Tree Dilemma

For Reading we have been reading The Apple Tree Dilemma. It's about a brother and a sister who have an apple tree outside their property and some neighbours moved next door. The neighbours claimed it as their tree. The brother and sister got upset because the neighbours put a side near the tree saying 'No trespassers or you will be prosecuted." Dad told the brother and sister that the tree wasn't theirs because it was outside both properties. In the end they shared the tree.

We had to compare dad with another character of our choice from another book. I chose Mr Large from The Recruit. They were the same because they both strict and frustrated. They were different because Dad was nice and Mr Large was mean. You can see more about their personalities in my diagram.

Have you ever compared characters from different books before?

Camp Goals 2020

Today we did a two google slides about our camp goals and camp rules for this year. We haven't gone to camp yet so we are leaving the bottom bit out on our camp goals. Once we get back from camp we will update our blog's with the reflection. With the camp rules we are saying what it looks like, feels like and sounds like.

Here is my camp goals and camp rules!

Letter To The Editor

Today for writing we wrote a letter to the Gisborne Herald. We wrote about why the blackberrys should be sprayed and taken away and about the water being clear for freshwater creatures. 

I enjoyed writing to the editor because I never have before.

My digital learning object is to make more letters to editors.

Here is my letter

Dear Editor, 

At Saint Mary’s School we are a Green Gold Enviro School. We have a river near the school (Taruheru River) where we plant our native trees and plants. But the problem is that we can’t plant more because of the blackberry bushes near the river and we want to get rid of them. We have tried contacting the Council so they could get rid of them but they wouldn't respond. We also want to get the water clear so it is healthy for freshwater creatures to live in. We want to plant more trees so the awa can get shade and also we want to let other insects and freshwater creatures like freshwater crayfish. We also want native birds to go down to the river and sit on a branch in the shade. I firmly believe that the blackberry should be removed by the council so we can keep planting more native trees and plants for our birds, insects and freshwater creatures to live in.

Pop Art

 Today for Cybersmart we made a pop art digitally with a website called Lunapic click this link to get to the website! Click me. This was inspired by Andy Warhol who made pop art of famous people.

If you were wondering how to use this website all you need to do is click on the link then press upload photo then select a photo of something you want to change. Then pick any effect, Filter or Art then choose anything you want.

Here's Mine

September Reflection News Letter

Today we made a September reflection newsletter. 
Every month we do this to reflect on our learning. It has all the things we have done this month. We reflect on it to see what we have accomplished and what we still need to learn. 

I enjoyed choosing the background.
I found it tricky to write about enviroschools
Next time I would change the fonts
Here is my Reflection Newsletter!

5 Holiday Things To Do

This week for Cybersmart we were learning to engage the reader, make them do something digitally and Sisomo which means Sound, Sight and motion. We could use Canva, WeVideo, Book Creator and google drawing. I chose google drawings because I knew how to use it better. We are trying not to use Google Slides all the time.
I enjoyed choosing fonts and backgrounds because they looked really good and they were all different.
I found it tricky to choose the best places I know because there are loads of good places to choose from in Gisborne.
Next time I would change the background and colours so they stand out more.

Here is my poster:

Biosecurity Ad

This week for reading we read about biosecurity. Biosecurity is making sure pests don't come into New Zealand. We had to design an ad telling people to check their gear and the reason why. I made a poster about biosecurity explaining about how pests are bad to come into our country and that pests live inside some fruit and dairy products.
I enjoyed making the colours for the background,
I found it tricky to explain about biosecurity. 
Next time I would change the fonts and colours.

Here is my poster!