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KAURI’S FANTASTIC FISHING TRIP

On Monday, Kauri class went to The Groynes to release our babies and to catch their older relatives.

To explain: In Term 2, Peter from Fish and Game brought about 40 salmon eggs into class and taught us about their life cycle. Peter also came to school and taught Kauri how to tie knots for hooks and how to cast a line. We were amazing!

We looked after the eggs and fed the young salmon as they grew. Because we are awesome, about 30 survived.

After we released ‘our babies’, we spent the next 90 minutes fishing. In total, we caught 15 salmon to take home to eat and 2 salmon that we released. We also enjoyed watching the fish getting gutted by Peter, Emma and Neil. A huge thank you must go out to the parents and grandparents who came along and made the trip possible. Every student now has a fishing licence. Need more? Just ask.

Here are some pictures of the day. There will be some writing and photos on the learning blogs soon.

Photos from Kauri fishing day on October 17th.

https://youtu.be/1MrOxMeWmIQ

Electricity Learning Journal

We have also been learning about metaphors this week. Here is a metaphor poem that we wrote as a class about our class. Enjoy.

METAPHOR POETRY

LEARN: Metaphor – compares two things but does not use the words ‘like’ or ‘as’.

CREATE:

KAURI CLASS  

Kauri is a fire

Burning with great learning

Kauri is a herd of elephants

Charging into the class

Kauri is a Mastermind

Moving things with their brains

Kauri is a thunderstorm

Yelling everywhere we go

Kauri is a bunny

Caring for others

Kauri is a snail

Moving so slowly down to the mat

Kauri is a kangaroo

Bouncing with ideas

Get to know us because we are awesome

HERO interviews. If you like these, have a look at the full interview on the student learning sites.

Kauri have been learning to use similes in their writing. A simile compares two things using 'like' or 'as'. Here is the simile poem about our class. As you can tell, we have a sense of humour.

Kauri is as ….

Quick as a sloth

Slow as a tortoise

Large as a fully grown rhino

Happy as a maniac

Nice as Santa

Weak as a pencil

Strong as a baby

Loud as a room filled with elephants

Quiet as a thunderstorm

Brave as a soldier

Wild as a tiger

Lazy as a cat in the sun

Busy as a rat

Put it all together and you’ve got Kauri class!

Kauri dressed up as their HERO from the past.

People who have changed the world.

Kauri have been LEARNING about people who they admire and who have changed the world. They have then CREATED treasure chests and artifacts that could have belonged to that person. 

Using green screen, the class are filming and posting interviews with their HERO. Here is 'Steve Irwin' being interviewed as an example. 

Look forward to Kauri SHARING their interviews on their blogs over the next week. 

KAURI News, June 17

Kauri YMS #1 and the Kauri News Hub have been working hard to develop their writing and presenting skills. Here is the first edition of  weekly news from YMS.

Cool shared writing from the STORY TELLERS

Getting Started Story

Once upon a time there was a robot called Frank and a giant

(Describe character) Frank - metal, round, shiny     Giant - covered in hair, can change body size

Who lived in a spooky house in the forest

(Describe setting)   Spiders all over it. Dust everywhere. Vines and spiderwebs everywhere.

One day a man came to the house to rob the house

(Something happened to start the story) Robber steals a couple of rats, jewellery and robots spare parts.

And so they try and catch the robber but he is too fast.

(What does the character do next? Why?) The robot and giant make a trap covered with leaves to catch the robber.

However the giant tries to catch him with his hands and makes a big bang on the ground.

(Something goes wrong) Which causes an earthquake and splits the earth in half, into a chasm of death.

Then the giant steps on the trap and is caught.

(How does the character try to solve the problem?)

Eventually Frank the robot saves the giant

(Do they succeed? Why?)

In the end the robber was caught by Frank

(Bring your story to an end)

Once upon a time there was a round, shiny robot called Frank and a giant who could change his body size. They lived in a spooky house covered in spider webs and creepy crawlies. Rats the size of cats walked everywhere.

One day a man came to their house to rob them because he needed rats, jewellery and robot parts. And so they tried to catch the robber by making a trap and covering it with leaves. Sadly, the robber was too fast. However, the giant tried to catch him with his hands and made a big bang on the ground. The bang was so powerful that it made a chasm that split the house in half.

Kauri Cooking, Term 1

Bon appetit, Kauri

At class meeting, Kauri decided that they wanted to do some cooking. Each University group then had a series of meetings. They decided what would be on their menus, what they needed to bring and who would bring what.

As you can see, the  results were spectacular - and delicious.

Kauri Kitchen Chemistry

FITNESS TESTING: The students who took part in the university fitness testing last week received their certificates.

 

KITCHEN CHEMISTRY

Kauri have been exploring what happens when kitchen chemicals are mixed together.

ACIDS, BASES and RED CABBAGE WATER: Here are some photos showing what happens when red cabbage water is mixed with: baking soda, sprite, vinegar, cordial, toothpaste and human spit (theirs). We then organised the results from strongest acid to strongest base.

EASTER HATS

For the first time, YMS all made their hats during school time. Here are our creative and interesting results.

Hanmer Camp, 2016

Quotes from famous people

“This has been my number 1 favourite camp and when I heard the fire was in Hanmer Springs I was sad and hoped that it would still be on.” (Billie)

“This has been my number one first camp.” (Julia)

“It was amazing. I really liked the hydroslide.” (Koby)

“ Camp was super cool. I really liked the hydroslides.” (Eze)

“We got food from Rusty Carrot and it was delicious.” (Lucy)

“It was a great camp. When we were going to camp I lost my tooth. When we got to Hanmer Camp it was more fun that I imagined.” (Mika)

“I had an excellent time at Hanmer Springs. The part I enjoyed most was going swimming.” (Parwin)

“I really liked the paint game.” Abby

“I really liked the cabins because they were nice and cozy because only two people were in each one.” (Catie)

“I really enjoyed Hanmer camp because it was fun in the hotpools and the hydroslide.” (Nikoli)

“The camp parents were nice because they respected us.” (Saxon)

“That was the best camp EVER!” (Mr M)

Kauri are learning to write a recount using paragraphs and detail to make it interesting for the reader. Here is a recount that we wrote as a class. Wait until you read our camp recounts. they will be outstanding.

Kauri Go to Beach Education

Two weeks ago, Kauri and Rimu were on the bus going to South Brighton beach to learn about rips, beach safety, to be sun smart and to have fun.

When we got to the surf lifesaving club, we were met by Leah, Harry and Cam, young lifeguards who were full of energy. We learned about lots of things about the beach in a humorous way. Brayden nearly drowned inside but got saved by Shukoor.

After that we went down to the beach to play games and swim. The game we played was seagulls and trashcans. The lifeguards got us to make a rip in the sand. The first couple got washed away but then it worked. We learned how to wade into the water, duck dive and body surf. The water drift was very strong.

At the end we had a lot of fun but we were also cold, wet and tired.

As part of our writing, Kauri wrote a ‘We Are ….’ poem about the class. (Mr M would just like to say that he is not really crazy at all)

WE ARE KAURI

WE ARE:  Enthusiastic Super heroes

We wonder if we will age as well as Mr M

We hear noisy children and happy voices

We see pixel art and our work

We want a pet rat for company instead of handwriting

WE ARE:  Enthusiastic Super heroes.

We pretend to drive imaginary cars in the classroom

We feel happy for the year in front of us

We touch the walls because they are interesting

We worry about earthquakes and Mr M’s moustache

We feel sad when someone teases us

WE ARE:  Enthusiastic Super heroes.

We understand that Mr M is a bit crazy

We say “Yay!” when we go on a field trip and camp

We dream of a good class and hot milo

We try to persuade Mr M to give us gumballs

We hope our university will win and for the world to be a better place

WE ARE:  Enthusiastic Super heroes

Kauri get rescued in the pool

Here is Kauri after they were rescued by a lifesaving boat in the pool.

Kind and caring is what we are

Always listening and using positive kind words

Unique individuals and we like it that way

Responsible citizens because we are respectful to others

Interesting when you get to know us.

Class CollageKauri

Kauri 2016 ALL love to eat brussell sprouts