Wednesday, November 29, 2017

School Concert 2017

School Concert
On the 29th of November 2017, Dawson Primary had our school concert !

Each Year, every year level syndicate perform a dance representing a culture. This year since I was year six, my syndicate was performing Kapa Haka !

Mr D and Cj [ Our instructors ] came and helped our group get ready. Before we went on stage, my heart was feeling like a drum beating and beating over and over again !

When we started, we sang He Honore, then afterwards, was performing the actions for[ Ka Pi oioi , and E te Iwi E ]. The boys finished it off with the Haka !!

Finally, we all got changed back into our normal clothes and watched the other performances with our families !

Sunday, November 12, 2017

How Is An Investigation Done ?

What is an Investigation ?
An investigation is where the  F.B.I or policemen use their knowledge to find clues and information to find the murderer or a break in !

Clues
One of the most important things policemen need is clues and hints to bring them closer to the robber or murderer. They look for
  • Fingerprints/Footprints
  • Dna like hair,saliva,spats of blood ETC
But sometimes the DNA is washed away by water,blood or other people’s fingerprints. Also some DNA you can’t see, but policemen have a blue light torch. The blue light helps you to see the hidden DNA/clues.

What they do/How they do it
When policemen found Dna or bones, they place it in a clear sample bag and take to the Laboratory for the experts and the anthropologists to discover and work out who’s DNA or bones it belongs to.

Once the Anthropologists have found the murderer’s face and have discovered who’s evidence it belongs to, the policemen/FBI go on hunt to find him/her/other!

Thursday, November 9, 2017

Ferguson Intermediate Visit

On the 9th of November, the year 6 syndicate jumped on the bus to Ferguson Intermediate.

Year 8 students there were our leaders ! they gave our group a tour of the school to see if we were wanting to go to Ferguson Intermediate !

Our group were able to do a majority of things like 
- PE
- Cooking
- Robotics
- Reading 
- Languages
And More !

In cooking class, we baked chocolate chip muffins! 
In PE we played a game of Tic Tac Toe but different .
Robotics was really fun because Lahteesha and myself were in front of a BIG screen, playing this ICT learning tasks.

Before we jumped back onto the bus, each person recieved a muffin from cooking !

THANKS FERGUSON INTERMEDIATE FOR THE VISIT !!

Thursday, September 28, 2017

Art Exhibition

In Term 4, Dawson Primary School will be having a Art Exhibition.

This occasion is when each class in our school make a piece of art to hung on display.

When the art piece are hung on display , your families are allowed to look at them after school

To get your art piece is costs $2.00.

If art is your talent , and if you are lucky you get chosen to be in the art extension,and in art extension, you make another piece of art with your age syndicate ..... also with MRS NORTHEY !!

Monday, September 18, 2017

What To Do When There Is A Earth Quake !

When there is an earthquake, there are certain things you will need and certain things to do !

  • Things You Need
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  • Canned Food
  • Table
  • Torch
  • Radio/Phone

  • What To Do :

  • When you start to feel the ground shaking, stop what you’re doing IMMEDIATELY !
  • Quickly pack these things. 1. Canned food to eat,2. A torch, and a radio or cellphone so you can listen on the radio what’s happening !
  • Find the nearest table and go underneath so your body is protected.
  • Hold on to the table leg so the table doesn’t move away, because if it does your body is not covered !
  • Just be patient and wait for the earthquake to go away.

Sunday, September 3, 2017

How Our Weta Inquiry Is Going .


  • 20170526_090700.jpgOur Weta Project has been improving lots!

20170526_091018.jpgOur weta house designs are coming together and Josh [Our Expert Helper] has been coming in our class on the previous Tuesdays to help us with our designs .

For our designs we had to think about a majority of things like
  • How is the weta going to go inside the house
  • How are we going to stop the rain from dripping on the house
  • How are going to attach to the trees
* That the fact Weta's are nocturnal.  And other things as well as those !

Thursday, July 27, 2017

Auckland Zoo

On the 27th of  July, We had a free trip to the Zoo!

The reason Rm 18 is going to Auckland Zoo is because we are working with South Sci about Weta's becoming extinct and they helped us with our project by funding our trip .


In this learning space at the Zoo, Zookeepers were talking to  my class & Aorere College about everything and anything you would need to know about our New Zealand insect the WETA !

                              Also to help us was our science experts
                                           - Josh & Mark
 - Dr Sarah Morgan
 - Dr Victoria Metcalf


1. Did you know that a Giant Weta is one of the most biggest insects in the world!?



After the learning experience, we headed outside to explore a life of zoo animals !! My absolute favourite animal I got see was the Red Panda and the Tiger . 

On Behalf of Rm 18 Dawson Primary, We Would Like To Say A Big Thanks To Our Science Experts, South Sci And Auckland Zoo !! 

Wednesday, July 5, 2017

Market Day



Prep
On the 6th of july ,   Our whole senior syndicate had a prep market day. Prep
is when our senior school syndicate get  into business groups and make products/services .
20170705_095524.jpg20170705_095516.jpg my group the Ballerz were running a movie service, which meant we started our service before the actual market day. We got all the customers settled and started the movie. When the movie started, we handed  out the food packs and enjoyed the movie.


On the actual day, all the groups started to set up their products. I was apart of the BANKstERS A.K.A bankers. When it started, I ran straight to the Gamer crew  group,with danielle,tim,hazel,daiara and suzy. I went to throw the ball and… MISSED !
After buying some products,Tayge and myself were running the bank. We were exchanging other customers change. When it was over, everyone helped tidy up and clean.

THAT WAS A SUPER EXPERIENCE TO SEE!

Sunday, July 2, 2017

Maritime Museum

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  On the 30th of June, our year 6 syndicate went on a bus to the Maritime Museum.
When we had arrived, our tour guide [Leichelle] was telling us about the schedule for that day. I was put in Group 1 with room 16 and others from my class.

Our group was sailing first , I was just sitting on this long chair holding onto the bars and watching the waves crashing  down. The waka went underneath the harbour bridge, then we went a little longer down then turned around and went back to the museum.

Next, we swapped over with group two and headed to the workshop with Leichelle.  In the workshop we watched some small clips about the polynesian Voyagers and how they traveled on the ocean. After that, at 12.00 pm this golden cannon goes off so the other workers know it was half of the day gone. And also since the voyager never had clocks, the would fire the cannon other villager knew.

Finally - LUNCH !! Our syndicate came together to have our lunch.  We had enough time to split into groups and explore the museum.  But at 1.45pm  we had to leave.


THAT WAS ONE OF THE MOST COOLEST TRIPS EVER!

Sunday, June 11, 2017

Vans

Vans – Wikipédia
Screenshot 2017-06-12 at 12.09.38 PM.pngVans is my other favourite brand. Most people in class don’t like vans accept me.

Here are 3 facts about the brand !

  1.  The company was originally founded by brothers Paul and Jim Van Doren. They had two partners along with them, Gordon Lee and Serge Delia.
  2. Vans was founded on March 16, 1966 and opened at 704 E. Broadway in Anaheim California.
  3. The first 12 customers were asked to return later in the day to pick up their shoes as a problem had arisen. They did but the brothers hadn’t any change and then asked the 12 customers to return the next day to pay, and all 12 did

Tuesday, June 6, 2017

Fisher and Paykel

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A guy named Josh came to our classroom and talked about his job. He works at Fisher and Paykel Healthcare. We were designing a toolbox that has 25 tools and is light and is able to be carried.



Josh came around and looked at our plans, and he said my groups idea was a very fantastic idea. We were designing a briefcase design for tools.

Next time he comes to our class, we will be designing weta houses and getting his feedback!

By Alana

Wednesday, May 31, 2017

Colour Poem

            Free stock photos of ocean · Pexels    Blue
-  Feels like a squishy blueberry being eaten.

  - Tastes like a delicious blueberry cheesecake being served on a silver platter.

-Smells like the ocean scent.

-Sounds like the waves  crashing onto the sand.

-Looks like the sky drifting across the world.
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Thursday, May 25, 2017

Cinquain Poem

                                                      Shoes
                            Stylish,New
                                                        Seeing it displayed
                                                       The scent is unbearable
                                                                  Life
                                                    

Tuesday, May 9, 2017

*Making SpaniKopata Pasta*

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Today, my class had cooking&gardening. Today I was cooking. YIPPEE!!!
1st instruction we had to do was chop of the stem of the silverbeet with a knife.

TIP- Always have a parent with you .



Next , I had to finely cut the garlic, while Suzy,Irene and Danielle
were ripping up the silverbeet. When we had finished the cutting parts, Irene was tipping the ingredients into the pan an\d started stirring. 

As soon as the food was all cooked, it was time to switch our cleaning powers on !  Girls were sweeping and washing dishes,
while the boys were setting up the table.

When the gardening group came in , everyone settled down, Hazel and Mele said the Thanks speech and they blessed the food.



Finally Tasting Time !

It was extremely tasty, but  just wasn't enough !



Tuesday, May 2, 2017

Book Review

George’s Marvellous Medicine Review !
                              Author- Roald Dahl


Genre- Fiction,Funny


Summary- George Kranky is home alone with his grouchy grandma. Since grandma is behaving like a witch, George wants to teach her a lesson. So when grandma has finished drinking George’s Marvellous Medicine, she’ll sure be huffing and puffing!
Out of 5 , I rate this book a 3/5 .

Sunday, April 30, 2017

Basketball

Basketball is one of my most favourite sports in the world!
I am not that good but still like playing.
My favourite NBA stars are Stephen Curry&Lebron James.

Wardell Stephen Curry II (born March 14, 1988) is an American professional basketball player for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). ...

Curry is the son of former NBA player Dell Curry and older brother of current NBA player Seth Curry.

Lebron Raymone James was  born December 30, 1984)  he is an American professional basketball player for the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Here are some basketball moves


  1. Tip #1 – Locate Your Target  Earlier.
  2. Tip #2 – Always Hold Your Follow Through.
  3. Tip #3 – Finish with a Relaxed Wrist.
  4. Tip #4 – Use a Colored Ball to Improve Rotation.Tip
  5.  #5 – Don't Shoot like Kobe (By Hanging In The Air)




Sunday, April 9, 2017

Tennis Trip

On Friday 7th April 2017, our yr 6 syndicate was invited to watch a international tennis match at the ASB Tennis Arena.

While we were waiting ,other primary schools started to arrive. We were given these inflatable sticks for free from the employees that organised our trip. We were watching players practising tennis, it said New Zealand and Korea on each shirt which means we are watching NZ vs Korea play tennis. Guess what happened the started starting pouring it's tears again! " I think we are just going to watch the rain, instead of a live tennis game." I said in a annoying voice.

Finally when the rain stopped, men started to sweep away the water away from the court. When they started playing, Korea was in the lead. I was too busy focusing on the scores.  So far Korea was winning by 30 points. To be honest it was actually starting to get really boring. Finally NZ scored a  point .( crowd roaring with excitement) I was just starting to enjoy it when... " Pack your gear" 
Teachers shouting. On our way back to school, I was just chatting to friends and laughing. 

Finally at school my classmates were just chatting, Miss Pesaleli dismissed us because it was home time 



 

Friday, April 7, 2017

Nike

Nike is my favourite brand because it has cool and stylish type of shoes.


Here are some facts about the brand
The Nike swoosh was designed by a Portland state university student for just $35.She was later given some stock now worth more than $640,000.  

Nike shoe designer Tinker Hatfield designed the Bat Boot in the first "batman" and Michael J. Fox's hover boarding shoes in the"back to future" part ||

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.Nike has won 2 Emmy awards for it's commercials, in 2000 and 2002.

Tuesday, April 4, 2017

Weather Description

The wind sweeping houses off the land.Whoosh!
Clonk Clink!Hail knocking on your window while you are sleeping.
If you look out your window,you can see lightning dancing across the night sky.
Families after families losing homes,because of the furious floods drifting away broken homes.
Cyclones travelling to each country,causing major problems.
Cars sinking to the bottom of the ground while the rain is filled with tears.Drip Drop!


I could hear the tree branches brustling along the walls,so I flicked the light on and.. there was no light!
The ugly,horrible weather ruined the power!
The wind starts to growl, knocking trees of their feet.
People hearing sirens on the roads.
Thunder rumbling with rage.
The thunder goes to each neighbor hood, waking families up annoyingly.


The next day ... ugly weather continues!

Monday, April 3, 2017

Cricket Tournament

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On Wednesday 15th of March, I participated the Cricket tournament at the Papatoetoe Recreation centre. On our way there,my brain was full of thoughts,like are we going to win?,what if I stuff up,?But I just started to calm down and think about just having fun with my team . When we arrived, we were strolling around the area looking for the boys team,suddenly someone came to and that someone was.. THE ONLY...MISS PESALELI!
She showed us where our tent was,and off the girls went to our first game.
We were playing up against the Readoubt north girls cricket team.We did well but we lost by 1 point. SO CLOSE! Next round, we were up against
St Johns girls team. We lost again. Our team was all thinking we would lose our 3rd round,but.. We Won!!!! After all our games, we had lunch,the boys were telling us that they had won all their games accept the final round.

At prize giving , I was feeling disappointed because I thought our girls team would come last,but..  WE CAME 2nd! Woohoo! And also the boys placed 2nd as well. Our coaches were shocked and proud of both teams.

Monday, March 27, 2017

Alana

                              All About Me
Hi,my name is Alana and i’m half Tongan and half Maori. I go to Dawson school. This year I am yr 6, my class is a E learning class which is like instead of doing reading in your books we do our work on laptops and ipads. My favourite food in the entire world is... SUSHI!!! I enjoy playing many sports like hockey,touch,ripper tag and many more. If I could travel anywhere in the world I would love to visit the one and only DisneyLand. When I grow up I would love to be flight attendant so I can make money and travel the world !
Sushi


DisneyLand

Thursday, March 23, 2017

International Friendship Day

  International Friendship Day
Rm 18 is participating in the international friendship quest.
We made a short movie about New Zealand & about us. Many other schools around the world joined this quest as well like Australia, Taiwan, USA, South Korea etc. Remember to respect and treat people friendly!

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Check out our video below...
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