Welome to Totara Whānau we are a year 5 and 6 class at Oruaiti school in the Far North. Our teacher is Whaea Jorja.
Friday, December 10, 2021
Monday, December 6, 2021
Friday, November 26, 2021
Re-purposing Jeans + Tents
We had some visitors come to Puriri. They taught us how to make pencil cases and bags and phone holders,tool belts, aprons. And we were up cycling. And the opshop gets rid of 2 wheely bins of old clothes once a week. And we had to have a buddy. And I luke and cattalaya.
Tuesday, November 16, 2021
Friday, October 29, 2021
te wiki o te reo maori
Rahina- tapiri
Ratu- ika ika
Raapa-whui
Rapara-ngoi ngoi
Ramere- He aha taku nama?
And we do poi.
Enviro award
Oruaitit school wined the Env
iro award. Got 20,000🤯🤑. And I was saw happy. I won to send it on a biger siming pool.
Monday, September 27, 2021
Monday, September 20, 2021
Friday, September 10, 2021
Tuesday, September 7, 2021
Monday, August 16, 2021
Wednesday, August 11, 2021
How to make a Hot Chocolate.
How to make a hot chocolate.
Ingredients
- milk
- water
- Milo
- marshmallow
- sugar
Equipment
- bench
- water jug
- cup
- spoon
Method.
- get a cup.
- get a spoon of Milo then put the spoon of Milo in the cup.
- Then pour milk a quarter way.
- Then pour hot water half the cup.
- Then use your spoon and stir.
- Please enjoy your drink.
Friday, August 6, 2021
Tuesday, August 3, 2021
Green Gold celebration assembly.
Yesterday our school got given our green gold celebration assembly.
After lunch we went to hall and listened to the councillors who gave us a award. Then they showed us a video about our school and that we are helping the outdoors. Rob was on the video and some of the kids from our class. Then the hole school got a cupcake each.
Friday, July 30, 2021
Pygmy Seahorse
facts about pygmy sea horse
Pygmy seahorses are one of the smallest in the world; they are only 2 cm.
Seahorses are camouflaged or sea horses well be eaten.
Monday, July 5, 2021
my teina
Questions for my teina Codus
How old are you? 5
What is your favourite colour? blue
What is your favourite dessert? chocolate
What is your favourite thing to do at school? play
What is your favourite book? dinosaurs
What do you want to be when you grow up? mechanic
Wednesday, June 30, 2021
my octopus teacher
Craig Foster is from South Africa.
It was hard to start going into the water. The water temperature was 8 or 9 degrees. He had no wetsuit. 3 dimensional forest. The kelp forest was satisfying. He observed the octopus. The kelp forest was a misty forest. The pyjama sharks are predators to octopus. The octopus can change their colour to their background. they can fit into tight places. this man who filmed this interesting documentary is craig foster. This incredible creature has 2000 suckers.They eat Koura (crayfish). Octopus play with fish. Then she mated with a male and then she had eggs and then when the eggs hatched she died. Then she got eaten by a pyjama shark and fish. Then Craig Foster sees a baby octopus and he remembers her.
By Eli
Tuesday, June 29, 2021
maths
Tue,29,jun 2021.
1) 3,530.
2)1,880.
3)4,427.
4)8,953.
5)5,943.
6)1,668.
7)5,787.
8)7,736.
9)7,684.
10)8,189.
11)8,679.
12)7,263.
13) 2,350.
14)6,118.
15)3,286.
Monday, June 28, 2021
Friday, June 18, 2021
Thursday, June 17, 2021
Tuesday, June 15, 2021
Sunday, June 6, 2021
the production
Today the school is doing a production. I had butterflies in my tummy. And it was a hard to get on the stage. at the end of it I felt happy.
Monday, May 24, 2021
This is our rotational symmetry
WAL what rotational symmetry is.
We created colourful shapes that were rotated 4 times.
A shape has rotational symmetry when it can be rotated and it still looks the same. The order of rotational symmetry of a shape is the number of times it can be rotated around a full circle and still look the same.
Author visit
Today Liz Van der laarse came to our class.
She talked to us abut cuz and answer our questions and we also showed her our art work from her book.
Liam - Is it going to be a movie? no.
Sam asked Why did You call it cuz? Because it is about two cousins.
Bella - How old were you when you Started writing? she was 50.
Tuesday, May 18, 2021
Hungry Hens
Today we read the activity of how to make a hungry hen. (well it was actually a rooster because it has a comb).
We made a hungry hen out of plates, feathers, coloured paper, a stapler, glue and felts.
Liam said it was fun to make the hen. Eli said it was excellent, Luke wanted to know how to cut out the comb, it was really hard. Bayden thought it was great.
Monday, May 17, 2021
my speech
People all over the world understand that pets are really important. Hi My name is Eli and I am going to be talking to you about pets and why they are an important part of my family.
Firstly pets teach us responsibility. To look after a pet They need good food and clean water.They need Exercise and you need to teach them tricks. I have a dog called jag I teach her tricks like to sit and lie down.
Do you have a pet? They catch pests. For example cats catch mice, rats. Dogs catch bunnies and possums. This is good because pests eat our wild life and hurt our trees.
They clean up after you. For example if you drop food on the floor they will eat it up. And dogs will eat it off your plates. Ewwww gross don’t let them do that. And they are good cops because if you are searching for food they will bark.
While you are asleep, they might come and snuggle up with you. Some pets might lie on your lap & have a nap while you watch tv or do your homework.
Did you know dogs can help with disabilities? Guide dogs help with blind people and some dogs are trained to tell you if you are going to have a seizure.
Then why can’t pets come in schools? Because they can get hurt and who will pay the vets and who will feed it and who will take it for a walk.
Then they are cute and cuddly. They are fun to play with. They are silly because when they sneeze is funny. They can go crazy. When we take them for a walk they can go fast. I love pets.
Then I am going to get two more pets - that are kittens. Do you have a kitten?
Friday, May 7, 2021
Friday, April 16, 2021
Term 1 reflection 2021
Term 1 reflection 2021
This term I have been proud of the following achievements.
In reading i falt good because I can read chapter books and I can read more on my own.
In writing this term I am doing good, I am learning my spelling words.
In maths I feel nervous, but I like the maths games.
In PE this term I have been trying to swim far and now I can swim 1 length of the pool.
In art I finished my lantern, I did a colourful self portrait and my collage of sailing.
During activity week I did snorkling and I loved it the best.
Wednesday, March 24, 2021
our class trip.
Yesterday our class went for a hike. At puketi forest. It was 2 hrs walk. on the way back I fal to seppe.
Wednesday, March 17, 2021
Goodness in Totara
Edmonds Scone recipe
INGREDIENTS
3 cups Edmonds standard flour
6 tsp Edmonds baking powder
¼ tsp salt
extra Meadow Fresh milk
75g butter
1 to 1½ cups Meadow Fresh milk, approximately
METHOD
Preheat the oven to 220ºC. Grease or flour a baking tray.
Sift the flour, baking powder and salt into a bowl. Rub in the butter with your fingertips until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs.
Add the milk and quickly mix with a round-bladed table knife to a soft dough. For light and tender scones the mixture should be quite soft and a little sticky. Scrape the dough onto the floured baking tray and flour the top.
Working quickly, pat the dough out to 2cm thickness and with a floured knife cut it into 12 even-sized pieces, then separate the scones to allow 2cm space between them. Brush the tops with milk.
Bake for 10 minutes or until golden brown. Place on a wire rack to cool, wrapped in a clean tea towel to keep them soft.
Tuesday, March 16, 2021
How to play ki-o-rahi
It is a type of sport. A mix of rugby,netball, softball and ripper.It came from NZ. You can play inside and outside. You need 7 (pou) (1ball) (1drum) (10 cone) you need 2 Teams. called taniwha and kioma.
Friday, February 26, 2021
Lantern festival
In Totara we are doing a lantern competition and there is sky lanterns. And On the lanterns there is endangered animals from new zealand. our class had a option and these are the options reptiles or birds and sea animals. And I picked reptiles. what one would you pick?