Thato S's Blog

In IT we have been learning about instant messaging and how we should be careful of the messages we send.When someone sends a message we can not see their facial expression and we can not here their tone so we do not know how they are feeling. We were partnered with one of the Grade 4s from the Pheasants class. We spoke to them about instant messaging and how we can't see the facial expression or here the tone. We also explained what facial expression and tone meant and how we should use more words to explain how we are feeling or someone might take your message wrong. We have learnt a lot on instant messaging and I hope the Grade 4s did too.      Created in Google Drawings 

Last week the Grade 6s had a poetry ILT. ILT stands for Integrated Learning Task. In the ILT we had 6 tasks to do and a self reflection. Our teachers divided us up into groups of three. For task 1 we had to make a video explaining the definition for poetry words. The second task was poetry writing. We had to choose a theme and we each chose a form of poetry and we wrote one poem each. . My group chose galaxy. This is one of our poems: Blue: Blue is the sky full of stars Blue is the sky reflecting onto to the sea Blue is the beauty write from afar Blue is the colour of me for I am the galaxy  For task 3 was black out poetry. We took a page from a book and we chose words from the page to form a poem. Then we used whiteboard marker to go over the words we didn't need. Task four was the poetry slam. I quite enjoyed that task. We wrote a poem and practiced it to perform it to the rest of the grade the next day. For task 5 we chose a poem and answered questions on it. Task 6 wa...

I am so glad that it is 2017. Grade four and five went by quick and now I am ready to start a new year. I will be in The Little Mermaid production and I am very excited for that.  I want o try make this the best year since it is my last at Senior Primary. This year I  would like to learn to play piano well and try make it to the A team for hockey. I would like to try and get  95% as my average this year. I am looking forward to Grade 6 camp. All camps have been really fun so I  am sure this on will be fun too. I am hoping there is also a choir camp this year like there was last year. I like the projects we are doing around Wicked. In Technology we have designed hats and are making them from fused plastic. The Grade 6 teachers are all really nice. I am sure this will be a really great year!

This year, the grade 5 Science Expo was on energy. I did a lemon battery for my experiment. My first experiment was a human powered battery, but my mom and I couldn't find all the apparatus, so my mom found me a new one. I decided to work on my own because I found that easier. I did a lot of group tasks so I thought I should try going on my own for science expos. When I went to look of the things I would need for the experiment, I found it hard to get copper wire. I found it very fun when I made poster. On the Science Expo day. I didn't feel too nervous. When I presented my experiment to the judge it went well. I enjoyed watching the other experiment in the class. When I started presenting my experiment to the parent and the students in the school, I felt a lot more confident than I had felt the first time. 

She was ready for the race. Today she was going to win. She had to win. She was waiting at the start. Waiting for the moment to start running. BANG! She was off. Running faster than She had ever ran before. I have to win she kept telling myself. She was in the lead. She was definitely going to win. She could see the finish line. People were cheering and clapping. She was nearling there. She was going to win! She won! Yes. People were cheering, the commentators roaring. She felt excited. She felt proud. Her dream came true. Yes! 

Today was another usual day. I could hear the chirps of birds in trees. I was sitting on my branch watching the sun rise. The sun shone on the row of houses in which the humans lived. I looked at the houses and wondered what humans were like. I decided to fly around and see. I passed a house with a rather chubby human sitting on the couch eating chips and sweet snacks. I watched him longer. He did nothing but lie around and eat. If that was all humans did, then it was better being a bird like me. 

When I woke up this morning it was very cold in the house. The walls of the shack were wet and damp. I got up and took a towel to clean the the walls dry. We were fortunate that the metals walls of the house didn't collapse during the storm last night. My back felt sore. Very sore. It was probably because of my bed. It was hard and not comfortable at all. There was no sheet or pillow. There was just a bed with a small, thin blanket. All the beds looked the same. While I was getting dressed, I noticed that my sister's bed was empty. Dad had gone to the doctor with her this morning. She had a bad cold. Mom was up already. I said good morning. She made me some bread with butter for breakfast that morning. Before I left, I took one more look at the small shack and set off for school.     It was still raining when I was walking. I felt grateful that I had shoes on my feet when I walked past the kids that morning. Even though my shack wasn't the best shelter, I still am thankin...