Learning Journey Term 1.

Hi,

We have started doing our learning journey.
I think I have already improved since last year and it's only term 1.
I am doing really good with my grades.
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My Narrative.

We have been learning how to write narratives. Narratives are a style of writing which tell a story usually following this structure: Introduce a time,place and good character/s. Then introduce bad character/s and a problem. Have the good character solve the problem.End up with a solution to the problem which is satisfying for a reader and which might teach a lesson. All the way through the story, use descriptive language to help describe the places and characters well. Because we are also learning about myths and legends, some of us decided to use the myth genre. Myths are imaginary narratives which use a story with a message to try to explain a natural phenomenon such as rain, wind or earthquakes.My story is a narrative but it's also a myth. My story is a myth because it is an imaginative way of trying to explain why we have tides and tar.

Water Dragon

A myth by Tylah Ratahi.

Once upon a time there was a dragon. His home was the mountains and

is bed was a soft mountain side.His weight made the mountain split in half and form a sea where he drank water daily.

He was a tall, hairy dragon with smelly feet who always had a big smile which made wrinkles on his chubby cheeks. His nose was as big as a mountain and he was known as the Water Dragon because could bring the tide in and out. He used to drink the water and spit it back out because it was salty, and that also made waves.

On a sunny Friday, Water Dragon went to go get a drink.He noticed the water tasted different, grossly different. He had swallowed polluted water and he had already taken a humongous gulp.He spat it all out. I can never drink water again he thought. But the people said, “ if there are no more  tides  the fish will die!”

The people scream at Water Dragon,“Drink up, make the tides keep working!”

Just then along came a fire dragon and said, “What’s the problem?”

“ I can't drink the polluted water and make the tides anymore,” said Water Dragon.

“Well, I can take care of that,” said Fire Dragon. He gulped up all the polluted water and then did an enormous poop. He pooped out a humongous pile of sticky black tar and then he spewed back all the water sparkling clean again.

He became the town hero and so did Water Dragon because he could carry on making the tides again. They became a team and were best friends forever.

And that is why seas have tides and why we have tar on Earth.

Triathlon Training.

Kia Ora.
Today it's Friday,
we are doing the school triathlon.
We're swimming biking and running.
I'm only doing biking and running because of my ear.
I'll be keeping you updated on whats happening.

From Tylah. ♥♡♥♡♥

I Wrote Team Moanas Weekly News.

Kia Ora,

I'm am now Team Moanas news writer.

My deadline was Thursday and I made it,

sadly I was away on Thursday to see my work in the school news paper.

I also had help from my best friend,

 Mia.

Here is my writing.

Kia Ora,

This is the first Class News written by our new editorial team of Tylah Ratahi and Mia Williams

This week we have been very busy and also had some bad weather.

Thursday there was heavy rain,which ended up turning into a storm and cancelling hockey and swimming coaching. Kerikeri ended up getting flooded but we stayed inside drawing Thunder Gods while the storm passed.

We had another wet day on Friday,some children were sent to do wet day duties in junior classrooms at lunchtime. We had at least ten people away due to a bug that was going around.

But, on Monday, we were lucky. We got to see Tracy from Swim For Life.She talked to us about five ways to be safe in the water: One: Never swim alone, Two: Safety first, Three: If in doubt stay out, Four: Always tell someone where you are going, and Five: Always check the weather. We also started learning about fractions and that that will be our focus for maths for the next couple of weeks.

On Wednesday we had the Swim for Life program back on with  Beth.

We had to see how many lengths of the pool we could swim without touching the bottom, and how long we could  float on our backs with clothes on. Braeden was brilliant, he floated on his back for over two minutes and swam the most lengths. He did 8.

Well, that’s our Thursday to Wednesday report for Week 7 Term 1 2017. Our deadline was 2pm this afternoon and we made it!!

Chimera Writing.

Kia ora,

Last week I done a piece of artwork,
it was a mythical creature with my face on it.
We had to do a piece of writing to go with your piece of art work and glue it on.
This is my Chimera Writing.


This is my chimera.
A chimera is a mythical creature that is made up of two or more kinds of creature.
My chimera’s name is Pixeme.
Pixeme is a teeny, tiny, humble Pixey.
She has a beautiful yellow dress.
She is as tiny as a piece of dust.
She can camouflage with the honey bees with her yellow dress.
She flutters through the sky with her wings,
she was self taught to fly.
She has an undersized bit of leg jewelery that dangles from her leg.
By Tylah Ratahi

Christmas

This is my writing about my Christmas.

Myths And Legends.

This year we are learning about myths and legends. Our theme is 'Learn from a Myth Become a Legend' We had to explain the difference between a myth and a legend I chose a Myth. It was - What happened to the                                                                            Unicorns.