Brooder box story

Brooder box story

In Room 5 we hatched chickens so we had to get the brooder box into the classroom this is when the story of the brooder box started. First we got the brooder box into the classroom with some of the strong people from our class. We had to put in three layers of newspaper into it because otherwise the chickens would pretty much be standing on wood, hay and sawdust. After that we had to put in some sawdust and then we put the light and blocks in to the brooder box. The light was for keeping the chicks warm otherwise they could die. We then got the chickens that hatched out of the incubator and put them into the brooder box. At first the chickens were scrambling around but then they started to walk.Then we had to get the food and water ready so we got a feeder and put some chick starter in it, we got a water bowl and put some water in it, but they kept standing in it so we had to put some marbles in it to protect the chickens. Then the chickens started to get bigger and bigger until the  time they were too big, so we had to put them in the big coop with Fluffy feet. They got along very well but then 3 of our chicks died. Their names were Storm, Inky and Milagros (which means miracle in Spanish). After a while we were getting used to them, now the ones that are still alive are called Legally Blonde, Sean, Geoff and another chick which I don’t think has a name. I hope you enjoyed reading all about the brooder box and I hope if you have chicks in the future that you have fun and enjoy.

New handwriting goal

My new handwriting goal is to keep on sloping my letters consistently and also working on the size of my letters.

To achieve this goal I am going to practice everyday at school and at home. 

Interview questionaire

Parent Interviews - Yearly Reflections

My writing goal is (have you changed it, why?) -  My new writing goal is to start to attempt more difficult punctuation - apostrophes for possession, commas for clauses, semicolons and ellipses I have changed it to this because I think I need to have another goal.


I practise this by - Doing a lot of vocabulary work in class and also doing writing  in my own time that is how I have got to the stage I am at now.


A piece of writing I am proud of is - My bike safety recount because it is a very interesting story and I also put a lot of effort into it.


In maths I am currently learning (how do you feel about this, what are your next steps? Give your parents a rundown of what we do as well) - We are learning how to solve subtraction and addition word problems by stacking I feel that it is making me a lot smarter my next step would be to do stacking but with multiplication problems.

Reading - Share your reading work (talk about some of the things you do in reading.) Over the last few weeks in reading we have been researching about the rainforest to warm our self up about researching for our businesses.


Do you have any other goals you would like to share, what are you doing to achieve them? My handwriting goal which is to keep on sloping my letters consistently and also working on the size of my letters.To achieve this goal I am going to do it everyday at school and home.

Pick 3 more pieces of work from your blog (write why you are going to share them and what you were learning to do)
-Bike safety because it is a interesting recount and I want to show it to my family.
-Handwriting Reflection because it reflects on what I have been improving on in handwriting .
-Calf and lamb day reflection because it will show my family what I think about a calf and lamb day.

New Writing Goal

Goal - My new writing goal is to start to attempt more difficult punctuation - apostrophes for possession, commas for clauses, semicolons and ellipses.

I chose this goal because I need to start using it in my writing and also because I think it will make my writing better.

End of year Reflection

What has been the best part of 2017 for you
My best part of 2017 was going  to Konini lodge because we learnt a lot about the wildlife and got to do a lot of challenges.

What is something you have been proud of in 2017?
I am proud of being in charge of the chickens because it is a very big and responsible job.

What do you think that good learners do?
Good learners listen to the instructions and they also finish their  work on time. They get a high place in exams and they also give me five to the teachers.

What is one way that you show that in class?
Always listening and and not getting distracted or mucking around. They don’t listen to other people on the mat and they concentrate.

What is one Toko Learning Star that you would like to work on and why?
I would like work on Learning to Learn because I want to work on searching for information because I am not very good at it.

What is one learning goal you are currently working on, what are you doing to achieve it?
I am working on sloping my letters consistently and doing neatness and care in presentation in my handwriting. I am doing this by taking my time and sloping my letters consistently.

If you were going to give yourself a message for learning in 2018, what would it be?
It would be to try my hardest in math even when it gets hard.

Spelling list Test

Bike Safety

Bike safety with Senior Jono

Goal- Recount what you learned at bike safety
- Always use poetic language to add description.

Bike safety was on the seventh of  November with Senior Jono, one of the police it was at Toko School.

First Jono showed us all the safety parts of the  bike, he also told us that it is a 55 dollar fine if you cycle on the footpath and if you don’t have a helmet on and your cycling without a helmet it is also a 55 dollar fine. Jono also talked to us about what the holes in the helmet for they are there to get more air into your head when you are sweating.He also did a skid on the carpet because we needed to know what you need to do when you need to stop in a hurry.

Then we went out onto the the court that felt like it was on  fire we went out there because we were going to do some riding around a roundabout and doing work on hand signals the signals were stop, indicating to the right and indicating to the left.

Next we learned that you need to have reflectors on your bike at night.

After that we went out onto the back field to do some racing on the back field first we did a slow race it was very hard to stay stable Sam won that one. Next it was the fast race I came about seventh and Declan came first.

Finally we put our bikes and helmet over by the bike area. I think bike safety was  fun and I learnt quite a lot from it.

Reading podcast

That really stinks story

 Goal- Choose and retell my own story

-Write a story with a clear beginning,middle and end

- Always use poetic language to add description

• Sam is play on his sisters phone on a farting app then he kept laughing

• Then suddenly long slimy tentacles came out of the toilet and it got the phone from Sam because it heard Sam laughing
• But then when it got the phone and went down the toilet Sam flushed himself down the toilet into the sewers
• He got a ride on a crocodile to catch up to the sewer monster
• Then he got into the sewage monsters cave sewage monster about a agreement it was if I have the iPhone back then he would show the sewage monster and his family a even funnier trick
• He put his arm under his armpit and did a fart
• Then the sewage monsters laughed at him
• And then that is how they became friends

    

  Sam was playing on his sisters phone on a farting app to think that his family would think he was on the toilet. He kept doing that and cracking up every time he did it but he didn't notice a long slimy tentacle coming out of the toilet, it was long, it was also very green. It came out because the sewage monster had heard him play the farting noises on the iPhone. So it leaned out of the toilet and grabbed the iPhone out of Sam’s hand and then he flushed himself down the toilet so Sam flushed himself down the toilet as well and into the sewers.

When he was in the sewers he hopped onto the nearest crocodile and chased the sewer monster into it’s cave. Then when he got into the cave he had to be extra quiet. But when he peeped behind a boulder the sewer monster saw him so he had to come out of his hiding place. When he came out the monster gave him a scary grin it was very scary. But then he decided to do a deal “if you give back my sisters iPhone then I will something even funnier so he did he did a armpit fart and the sewage monsters cracked  up laughing and tried doing it and it worked. So from that day on they became best ever friends.

That really stinks - Complete story from Ministry of Education on Vimeo.

Business Reflection

Business Reflection 

Over the last few weeks we have been researching and looking at websites about our business. My group has been looking at selling chickens. I have learned that we are going to sell the chickens on 
trade me.I also found out that we are going to sell the chickens for twenty or twenty five dollars. We have decided that we will work together as a whole class to use our personal best to work at businesses so we can get further. We will be trying to sell chickens,make graphs,make grain,compost,build nesting boxes and grow food.

Maths blog reflection

The name of my fraction is - one eighth.

I know my answer is correct because - I took one from the whole which is split into 

eighth's.

Robot lawn mower story

Runaway Robot Rampage – Complete story animated video from Ministry of Education on Vimeo.


Goal: Use poetic language to add description.
-Retell a story in my own words.
-Develop a creative conclusion.

Every week  Hemi’s dad told him to mow the  lawns. He had to do it by the weekend otherwise he would not get his pocket money for that week. Hemi said to himself  “ I would rather be making my latest robot invention than mowing the lawns”. That was it, Hemi decided to go and to the shed and try and try and make a robot that would mow the lawns for him.

So he went to find the tools he would use he picked a blender, some steak
knives, his dad’s nose hair trimmer, a old computer, some old scissors, a laser and some old guitar strings to tie it all up. “Right” said Hemi  “lets get this thing started”. So he stayed up all night and made his first invention. But it blew up when he tried it. So he had to stay up the rest of the night making another robot. In the morning when he had to do the lawns he pushed out his mystery invention onto the lawn. When he had uncovered it he got the control out then he pressed down the word lawn mower then he presses the word go and the invention starts mowing the lawns by itself. He then went and grabbed a deck chair and some lemonade and he sat down on the deck chair and he drifted off to sleep to the sound of the lawn mower. After an hour of sleeping  he woke up to the sound of shouting and he couldn't see his robot lawn mower anywhere “oh what has my robot  lawn mower done”.

So he went of to the neighbours and saw his robot lawn mower there so he went over and saw the lady screaming “it’s cut all my grass” “did you want your grass cut” “ well I did want my grass cut”. Then Hemi pushed the button stop when it came near him. But just then Hemi got an idea what if I made some more robot lawn mower. So Hemi decided to sell robot lawn mowers and he got very rich.

Calendar art Reflection

Goal - Produce a piece of art using mixed media.

What I did - First I did a background of yellow orange and red then we diluted it with water because they were very strong colours. Then we waited for it to dry. Once I knew it was dry I drew my trees and background, then I painted it with black Indian ink paint. When it dried we did our leaves and fruit on the tree. Finally we got our pictures taken with a book then they were printed and cut out and stacked with a glue stick on to our paper then we were finished.

What I liked - I liked how I painted my tree because I did it with nice thin brush strokes.

Writing goal settings

Goal - Always use poetic language to add description (simile,alliteration,exageration,personification).

Reason- I chose this goal because I forget to use similes,alliteration exaggeration and personification in my writing and I also think it will make my writing more interesting.

Speech board reflection

Speech board reflection


What I spoke about - I spoke about a highland dancing championship. I did where  you can focus and smile. and what I won and what I think is an  opportunity.

What I did well -I spoke very fluently and I was very confident when it happened because there was only the person judging me  and Leah.


How I would improve my presentation next time - Put a little bit more of
information into it.

Big vs Bigger

Big vs Bigger - Complete story from Ministry of Education on Vimeo.

W.A.L.T - retell stories in our own words.


- Organise our witing with a clear beginning,middle and end.

- Use google apps for online writing.

In Huntly village  there was a big kid called Sean,he ruled the neighbourhood. He was a bully because he lifted a bus and tipped out all the kids and then he stole the chicken nuggets out of the kid’s lunch box. That was until Big Steve an even bigger kid moved into the neighbourhood. Big Steve was bigger than a rhino, he was utterly huge.

Then Big Steve saw that Sean had chicken nuggets so he started to yell “BIG STEVE WANTS THE CHICKEN NUGGETS” but as quick as a whip Sean gulped them down.When Big Steve saw the chicken nuggets were gone he looked in his bag and saw a can of pink paint so he paid back Sean by tipping the pink paint all over him. Big Steve saw the kids laughing and he said “stop that laughing or you will be next.” After that the kids knew they had to make a plan because the big kids had been bossing them around for too long. So they huddled up and made a plan. Once they had thought it out they put their plan into action. They called up the inflatable chicken nuggets company to deliver some to them right away. Then when they came, Sean and Big Steve they guzzled them up. When they had finished they burped and started to blow up. When the kids saw they were blowing up they said “now we can play volleyball”, but when they started playing Sean and Big Steve started to float up into the air. They were far up in space and were scared They said to each other “we are going to have to help each other, see that satellite there we are going to go straight for it three, two, one that's go”,so they did. Then as soon as they had touched the satellite they popped and flew back down to earth again. When they landed, they were smaller than before. The kids were surprised to see them back  so soon. Then they heard loud footsteps. It was a even  bigger kid than Big Steve. His name was big Stuart.

The end

Chicken writing

Handwriting Reflection

W.A.L.T complete a piece of handwriting displaying my best work.

 Set learning goals to improve my handwriting.

What did I do well? I Formed my letters in the correct shape and I neatly ruled off on the line in my work.

What are my next steps? Slope my letters consistently and show neatness and care in presentation.

Calf and Lamb Day Reflection

W.A.L.T- Reflect on our  calf and lamb day work.

What  I did-  This year I made a rock art ladybird. First I had to get a rock and then Mrs Fergus put white spray paint on it. I had to find a picture of a ladybird and drew it onto my rock. The next day we coloured them in with felt. We also used a white paint pen. We also had to name them I called mine Leafy.

What  I would change-I would change the colours like a pink to a red because pink doesn't stand out.

Other comments- I am proud of myself that I finished in the limited time.

Speech board poem

Isabel met an enormous bear,
Isabel, Isabel, didn't care;
The bear was hungry, the bear was ravenous,
The bear's big mouth was cruel and cavernous.
The bear said, Isabel, glad to meet you,
how do, Isabel, now I'll eat you!
Isabel, Isabel, didn't worry.
Isabel didn't scream or scurry.
She washed her hands and she straightened her hair up,
Then Isabel quietly ate the bear up.
Once in a night as black as pitch
Isabel met a wicked old witch.
the witch's face was cross and wrinkled,
The witch's gums with teeth were sprinkled.
Ho, ho, Isabel! the old witch crowed,
I'll turn you into an ugly toad!
Isabel, Isabel, didn't worry,
Isabel didn't scream or scurry,
She showed no rage and she showed no rancor,
But she turned the witch into milk and drank her.
Isabel met a hideous giant,
The giant was hairy, the giant was horrid,
He had one eye in the middle of his forehead.
Good morning, Isabel, the giant said,
I'll grind your bones to make my bread.
iIsabel didn't scream or scurry.
She nibbled the zwieback that she always fed off,
And when it was gone, she cut the giant's head off.
Isabel met a troublesome doctor,
He punched and he poked till he really shocked her.
The doctor's talk was of coughs and chills
And the doctor's satchel bulged with pills.
The doctor said unto Isabel,
Swallow this, it will make you well.

She took those pills from the pill concocter,
And Isabel calmly cured the doctor

Hayley-purple outline,black writing

Chicken incubation diary

It was a cold Monday morning and guess what? Mr Dillon brought the fertilised eggs to school. Then we put them very gently onto something for a day or two. I felt really excited to have eggs to hatch and a incubator. I thought it was a really amazing and awesome time.

A few minutes later Mr Dillon came back with a big cardboard box that said "Fragile". Then Mr Dillon started to open the box and inside was shredded paper and guess what? The eggs were inside. Then the bell rang. It was inside play so Mr Dillon decided if you want to you could help put the incubator parts together. Then a couple days later we put the eggs in the incubator. We had to mark the eggs before they went in. Unfortunately two eggs got broken,so we only had 22 eggs. Then they got put in the incubator. Then we had to wait 21 days for them to hatch. I had a funny feeling that some might crack.

We are finally able to name some chicks. I'm thinking of calling some Daffidol,Bluebell,Snowdrop,Mustard and Yellow. We all are really excited because we have a blue egg and we might get a blue chick. I am a tiny bit worried that some might not hatch.I can't wait till the day they will hatch,Monday!

Cleaning the Toko School chicken coop

Cleaning the Toko school chicken coop
Equipment / materials
-Spades/shovels
-Broom/brush
-Gloves
-Wheelbarrow/bucket
-Hay
-Sawdust
-Old clothes/overalls
-Gumboots
-Dust mask

Steps
1)The first thing you need to do is to put on some old clothes or you could wear overalls.Then you put on some gumboots and gloves.You can also choose to wear a dust mask so you don't breathe in dust and germs.

2)Next we went to the coop.We started to pick up plastic .What we picked up we could tell that it had either been thrown in or it was there from the past.What we did pickup we put it in the rubbish bin.We did this because we didn't want the chickens to get sick.

3)After that we found out that we needed to clean the poop of the ledges.What we needed to use was a wheelbarrow,shovel and also a broom and if you want some gloves.Now we will clean it off the ledges.What you do is you have your wheelbarrow under the ledge you want to clean.Then you start scraping the poop off the ledge.And if any falls on the ground you put on your gloves and pick it up or brush it into a spade/shovel and lift it into the wheelbarrow.And after that you put in the compost.

4)Then you clean the hay out of the nesting boxes.You should have gloves to prevent germs getting on you.Then you need to clean the dirty hay out.Any spider webs/mould need to be cleaned out.And you also have to clean the poop out.You also need to beware that there might be a few hidden eggs among the hay.

5)After that you need to get some shovels/spades to clean out the hay because it is dirty.So you also are going to need a old box to put the dirty hay in.Then you get a broom and brush all the dust and fine bits of hay into the old box then once the old box is full you put it into the compost to rot down.

Newsletter blurb

At Toko School on the Enviro stand we are selling amazingly,delicious eggs.
You must buy our eggs because they are scrumptious and eggcellent.
They are very amazingly fresh and strongly recommended.
Our free range eggs start at 2 dollars and 50 cents.
Come and buy our amazingly scrumptious eggs before they all run out.

Weekly Reflection - week 8 term 2

Weekly Reflection 

What-We went to Mrs Stark's class. We did animal slides. I did a shark slide with Declan.It was pretty cool.

So What- I want to know how to make a shark slide more interesting.It was really fun learning about sharks and putting it on a slide.

 

Guess What - It was really fun collecting information for mine and Declan's shark slide.

All about me

Mid year reflection

Mid year reflection

My favourite  activity so far this year was - Camp because it was really fun doing the walk to wilkes pools.

I was helpful to someone else when - Leah hurt her arm.I did this because she is my best friend.

Something I have learned so far this year was - Fractions in maths because Mr Dillon thought we needed a little more practice.

The piece of work I am most proud of is - My google slides because in the end I just thought they looked really good.And I thought the chicken gifs page looked really catchy.
Something I am looking foward to is - Guitar lessons because I have been waiting for a long time to do it but now I can finally do it.
My next learning step is - To have my writing a little nicer.

Toko Tv

Chicken video

Hayley and Jessicas chicken interveiw

Chicken food

Bio poem

Bio poem

Hayley

Fun,friendly,kind,sporty.

Daughter of Deidre and James.

Sister of Aimee.

Lover of family,cousins and animals.

Who feels happy when animals are not hurt,sad when my sister is grouchy,angry when somebody talks about me.

Who needs furniture,food and company.

Who gives money to the Salvation army,who gives time to be a Billy buddy,who gives time to do jobs like doing the dishes.

Who fears the dark in the morning when I am letting out the chickens,who fears robbers in the night,who fears whitetail spiders and also red backs in New Zealand.

Who would like a caravan,my own bedroom and some nice toys.

Maclennan

Chickens 2017

camp 2017

Weekly Reflection- Term 2,Week 2.

Weekly Reflection -Term 2,Week 2.

What-This week we have been learning about fractions.I learn't that the smallest number is always at the top and the biggest at the bottom.

  So what-But I still have to finish my chicken interview videos.But lucky I only have one more left.

Guess what-This week I got my silver medal on mathletics but everyday I am goingto try work on it.

Interview questions

These are some questions that we want to now about the chickens.

Who looks after the chicken coop?
What type of food do you feed chickens?
When do you collect eggs?
Why do we clean the chicken coop out every month
Where do you pick a chicken up?
How much do you feed a chicken?
Describe how you clean a chicken coop out?
Tell me about what equipment you need to clean a chicken coop out?
What type of breed are the chickens?
Why do chickens lay eggs?

Term 2 - goals

Term 2 goals

My  Personal goal -is to improve my problem solving by doing my maths every week in my homework book.

My Academic goal-my academic goal is to try to make my writing sit on the line. I plan to do this by taking my time  when I am doing my writing.

Hayley's Graph

Room 5 school camp by hayley

It was the second day camp excitement buzzed around like a wasp.

First we got our bags packed with all the things we needed like a rain coat a hat ,over trousers and a water bottle.

Then we got put in groups my group was me Jessica and Charis with are adult Roxy.

Then we started the hike to Dawson falls.

When we started it was mostly flat with steps then it started to get steeper and steeper.

It was wonderful all the trees ,ferns and soft moss.

Finally we were at Dawson falls.

When we got there we got a fruit burst,mine was a yellow fruit burst.

Then i started throwing rocks into the water fall.

The waterfall was beautiful.

Finally it was time to hike back.

On the hike back i saw trees and hen and chicken ferns.

Finally we were back at the lodge.

When i got there i changed into some new clothes and changed my shoes.

After that i got into my bed and i just lied there and listened to the birds singing their song.

whole class at Dawson falls.

Week 7 - Reflection

week 7-reflection

what-Last week we learned the new triathlon course.I am a bit nervous for the school triathlon.I learnt the swim is two laps.

so what-I want to get better at freestyle when I`m swimming for the triathlon.

Guess what-I got my first learning star for 2017.