Recount Writing

We have been focussing on writing recounts in our class lately getting prepared for our upcoming writing assessment in a couple of weeks. The writing assessment will be on our ability to write effective recounts.  

Here are some different types of recounts we have been writing. We have have been writing recounts that are on real life experiences we have had and are recounting the experience and we also have been writing imaginary recounts on being stuck in a natural disaster as we are exploring the topic of natural disaster as part of our learn, create, share inquiry studies at the moment.  

Rotoroa Island (By Joanna)

On Monday all the year 6 to 8 went to Rotoroa Island in the golf harbour. 

First we all went in a bus to get to the Auckland harbour and as we got

there, there was a biosecurity dog who sniffed our bags to check if there

was anything bad. 

We went on a really cool but huge ferry and it had a very cool bow it was really big

and when you stand near the railing then it will feel like your going to fall off but it

was safe to go there and then there was a cafe but it wasn’t open until it was time

to go back home.

As we arrived at Rotoroa Island we had a really long walk. At first it

was a quick short walk to the beach and then we went on the sand

where we had to identify bugs and all types of creatures and bugs there.

When we finished doing that activity any who brought their togs had a really

good swim in the beach I didn’t swim because I didn’t bring my togs but I

still put my feet in the water and me Maia and my sister made a sand pool

we basically made a base and then water came in it and then it became a sand

pool, it was really cool.

 Afterwards we all packed up and continued our walk. This time it was really long

and we went up so many hills I felt like I was going to fall down. I literally

couldn’t feel my legs!

 We had lots of breaks but it still wasn’t enough for me because I was really tired

and exhausted  but I still kept on going because I had to! While we were on the

beach I collected really cool rocks and stones, one of them was white and clear

and the other was dark forest green.

 When the walk was finished we went back to the ferry. The ferry ride was really

long, maybe about 1 whole hour and 45 minutes! When we got back on the bus it

was a long ride but not as long as the ferry ride and as soon as we got back to school

I was running around and then suddenly my green stone dropped and it cracked in

half. I didn't even know that stones could break that easily!

At the end of the day I was really happy I went on that trip because I learned a lot of

new things and it was a really fun but exhausting experience.

Survival Kits

We have started Term 4 by exploring the topic of natural disasters and are studying the different types of natural disasters. This week we created a list of items we think we could need in an emergency in a survival kit. First we discussed in groups what a survival kit is and then we shared our lists with other groups in our class and compared and contrasted our lists with them. 

We will be making a class survival kit in the next few weeks and also individual survival kits. 

Here are some photos of our draft survival kits.