Classcraft

In Te Maunga we have been playing this game called Classcraft. Classcraft is a game where you have to collaborate. You lose points but on the bright you also win lots of points. We also have a random event that our morning starts off with. The random event can be good or bad. I think classcraft is actually a good way to make kids behave better. I think I did well with classcraft because now I am making more quality pieces of writing.

Here are some photos.

Ghost Poem

In Te Maunga we have been doing this thing called Chapter Chat. If you want to find out more about Chapter Chat press this link. So I have made a poem about the main character Ghost (It isn't a ghost) I think I did well writing this blog post but I could do better by asking a sensible person to check my blog post.

Here is my poem.

Going to bed,

Staring at the roof,

Mum crashing in the door warning him,

Running as fast a Usain Bolt,

Thoughts scattering around his mind,

What is happening?

Who am I?

What will happen next?

Everything is so confusing,

Stealing, Hurting Why?

Bad thoughts, Bad feelings, Bad, Bad and Bad,

Watching over my shoulder every second,

Mind is racing,

What is happening?

Who am I?

What will happen next?

The world feels like it is at its end,

Drama, torture and hatred,

Why, help and save me?

Hope, friendship and kindness is a stranger,

Is this going to stop?

What is happening?

Who am I?

What will happen next?

Waitangi Treaty Grounds Recount

In Te Maunga we have been writing a recount about Waitangi Treaty Grounds. It didn't take me that long to finish it but it was a lot of fun. I think I did well writing this but I could do better by explaining more what I did.

Here is my writing.

   School Trip To Waitangi

Kids all zoomed off to class lining up with their drink bottles. We all sat in front of the library and waited until we could go. When we could finally go our drink bottles were half empty because of how long we were waiting. Well we were walking cars were zooming past and all the adults were shocked with the size of our senior school.

When we got to Waitangi we got into our groups and headed of with our games. The first thing our group got to do was some weaving. It was a lot of fun. We had to go over under over under over under over under over under over under over under over. At the end of the weaving it turned great. I worked with my cousin Lilli-Rose and we had a competition to see who can throw the furthest. Lilli won.

The next activity we did was Maui Matou Te Whanganui. It is a game where you have two ropes and if the caller calls out Maui then you go on the left side of the rope but if she calls out matou then you go on the right side. But if she calls out Te Whanganui then you go in the middle.  It was so much fun when we did the elimination round I won YAY.

The last activity was planting. For planting we went to the exit area and talked about different trees. We talked about what types there are and how they can benefit us. We had to get into buddies and plant 1 plant it was fun and very easy.

At the end of the day we all lined up and walked back home. When we got there all of us were hungry so the bus people were late ah oh.

Persuasive Writing

In Te Maunga we have been learning to write a piece of persuasive writing. Our topic is Why Chromebooks Help/Don't Help Our Learning.   I think that I did well going  against what all the people said in my class. I think I could do better by putting more reasons in.
Here is my writing.

Why Chromebooks don’t help our learning.

I feel that chromebooks does not improve our learning because kids at the age of 5 are already staring at tablets for far too long.

My first reason is going on our chromebooks for too long is going to ruin our posture. Especially on the bean bags the chromebooks are sitting on our lap just waiting to destroy our body. If we are sitting at a table we are hunching over imagine what our backs are going to be in 50 years. TERRIBLE!!!!!

Secondly our sight might be affected by all the screen time. It will be on full power (all the brightness is on). If we are staring at the screen for a extended amount of  time we could become sightless.

Lastly some exams are written so we need to get the pencil grip before we do an exam otherwise we will not kill it.  So that means that we have to focus more on our handwriting so we can become awesome writers on a chromebook and in a book. Our hands are a very first-class part about our body so it needs all its muscles to be pumping.

What would happen if 5 yr olds were allowed to have a chromebook. I still think eight is too young. I am saying that parents they need to bring there time limit down. So what I am trying to tell you is that chromebooks do not help our learning and our health.