Senior School Triathlon

Last week we did our senior school triatlon for some fun.
I enjoyed doing the whole triatlon because my team came second.
I found it tricky to do the bike against the wind because it was hard on your legs.
Senior Triathlon


WALHT:  Use powerful verbs and adverbs
Success Criteria  🌝 🌝 🌝
I can use powerful verbs.
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I can use appropriate adverbs
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I can begin some sentences with a verb or adverb.
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BEEP, BEEP, BEEP my alarm clock goes off I just realise it's the day of the senior school triathlon. I’m extremely excited because it’s my last year at St Marys and I’m doing it in a team. In the team there is Johnny and I, I’m doing the bike and Johnny is doing the run and swim. I went and had breakfast scrambled eggs and toast. It was delicious. I love scrambled eggs.

Nervously I go and put my blue house colours on and get my bike ready by the car. We arrive at school and I see all different colours blue, red, yellow and green, I see all the bikes layed on the ground. I go and see all my friends and see if they're excited for the triathlon.

Johnny starts the run and I’m just waiting for the tag I start shouting to keep Johnny going for the run. I see Johnny. He's in first place but people are catching up. He pulls through and is back in first place and I’m ready for the tag. It's the last 50 meters of the run and he speeds up and tags me.

I start the bike and I stand up. I'm coming first but I start looking behind me just to make sure that there is no one catching up. I think I won by 25-50 meters and I tag Johnny and he sprints and starts the swim. But Josh, the other team's swimmer, catches up to Johnny and passes him. It's the last stretch of the swim and he’s out of the pool.
We both sprint to the finish line and I hear cheering and we come second. I’m very happy with our place as we only had two people in our team

St Patrick's Day

This month we have been learning about St Patrick's day because it was his feast day.
I enjoyed learning new things about him because I didn't know all this stuff.
I found tricky to find interesting fact because I was hard on google.
Next time I would try and finish on time.

Writing Learning Pathway

This week we have been creating our writing learning pathway because we need to set our writing goal for the next two terms.
I enjoyed writing in my goals because I found out what I needed to work on.
I found it tricky to decide my goals because there were a lot of good ones.
Next time I would change my goals.

Zealandia

This week my class have been learning about Zealandia because that's are learn create share.
I enjoyed learning new things about Zealandia because I had never heard of it.
I found it tricky to write the facts on my doc because it took so long.
Zealandia

Success Criteria
Self Assessment
I will write my opinion 

I will include a rhetorical question

I will introduce what I am writing about 

I will include three main ideas

I will conclude my writing with my opinion. 



Dear Mum and Dad,

Is there an eighth continent, some scientists say that there is a sunken land called Zealandia. It sank a million years ago, nearly 200 million and only some of it is above water today. Zealandia is 2.25 square kilometer it includes New Zealand and islands to the south and north all the way up to New Caledonia. It sank because when it split from the other continents the crust began to stretch and thin at the same time water began to fill the gap between Australia and Zealandia as the crust got thinner and the sea got larger the water started to cover it and then it sank.

In Zealandia there are all different types of animals like the Morepork, Little Spotted Kiwi, Kaka, Kakariki, Tui, Tuatara and much more. When it sank a lot of the animals would have died that's why there's very few left right now. The long tailed bat is one of 15 species of bats in the genus. Zealandia would have been very different then it is now.

Zealandia is the closest thing to real life Atlantis. Recently, a team of 32 scientists, from 12 different countries, embarked on a two-month expedition to study the lost continent. The idea was to study these specimens in order to identify how the continent’s geography, climate and volcanic activity has changed over the last 70 million years. So this is why I think Zealandia should be the world’s eighth continent.

From Billy

Stop Motion

This week James and I have been learning about stop motion because that was are reading task.
I found it tricky to redo everything because it took a lot of time.
I enjoyed doing the stop motion because it was really fun

Goal setting

This week we were learning about our goal setting because it's that time of year.

I found tricky to do my social goal because I didn't know what to do.

I enjoyed doing my academic goal because I knew what to put.

Next time I would change my goals.

Seaweek Chart

This week it is sea week so we have been learning about different animals in the sea and ocean.
I found it tricky to make the third slide because at first I didn't know what to put there.
I enjoyed watching the video on young ocean explorer because I learnt new things that I didn't know.
Next time I would change the animal I'm researching.

Swimming Sports

This week we have been writing about swimming sports because we had them last week.
I found it tricky to find the right adjectives because I didn't know what ones I should in the writing.
I enjoyed publishing it onto my chromebook because I could do it very quick.
Next time I would change my adjectives.


WALHT: use THE BEST adjectives.
Success Criteria  🌝 🌝 🌝
I can find examples of the senses
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I can find ‘simple’ adjectives.
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I can find interesting adjectives
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Swimming Sports

Nervously I wait in line for my heat. I look at everyone in my race and feel frightened. I hop up onto the block as I wait for the whistle.

First race 25 meter freestyle. I can smell the strong chlorine as I look around at all the people sitting on the stands watching. Beep! I hear the whistle and I dive like a rocket and I feel the warm water. I’m tired and I start gasping for breath.

I start my butterfly race, I dive in and start swimming but I see people in front of me and so I start swimming even harder and I think to myself I can do this and in the end I finish 3rd. I am very happy with my placement because I’m not that great at butterfly.

This is the most tiring race of all the 50 meter freestyle. I hear people cheering so I was even more enthusiastic to try and win. Splash. I open my eyes in the crystal clear water, I swim like a bullet. I do a tumble turn and now I’m even more tired. I come 4th or 5th place and I am very tired.

Beep. I dive in for my final race the 25 meter breaststroke. I think I could come at least 3rd because I’m quite good at breaststroke. I see a white trail of bubbles in front of me so I bullet off and come 3rd so I’m very happy with my placing.

40 Days Of Lent

This week we have been learning about lent and ash wednesday because it is the 40 days of lent.
I found it difficult to make the whole poster because I had to keep removing the background and take pictures.
I enjoyed thinking about what I'm giving up because I thought of so many things.
Next time I would try and get it finished on time.

Waste Free Wednesday Poster

Today I was learning about waste free wednesday because there is a lot of rubbish around our school.
I found it difficult to get the photos because I had to get the right ones and remove the background.
I enjoyed making the poster because it was really fun because we did it on google drawings.
Next time I would change the photos.

Two Truths And A Lie

I was learning about different people  because we did two truths and a lie.
I found it difficult because it was hard writing the stories because I had to write three.
I enjoyed publishing it onto my slides because it will be fun for people to play.
Next I would try and finish it on time.