Daniel's Street #toldwithvoice

Here is Daniel's description about his street.

Mary's Street #toldwithvoice

Here is Mary's description about her street.

Patrick Vs Emirane

Patrick has used @StoryBoardThat to create a comic that matches his narrative. Here is his comic and narrative.

Zak AKA Clawsy

We have been using @StoryBoardThat to create comic stories. Here is Daniel's narrative about a boy who finds a crystal that gives him shape-shifting powers. 

Daniel decided that he needed sound effects for his story so he imported his comic into iMovie and put it all together with audio.

ICT Club Screening 2

Last week the ICT CLUB had their second screening. Here are some highlights:

For all of the movies check out the ICT CLUB PAGE.

The Place Where I live

Ilaisaane and Shivika have written descriptions all about their community - Papatoetoe.

The Place Where I Live

Over the last week we have been writing about our community and the place where we live. Here are some of our articles about the things you can do when you come to Papatoetoe.

Alternative Energy Sources

Hi there, here are the links for today's lesson.

Quivarn's Street @adobevoice

Here is Quivarn's description of the street he lives on.

Shyamil's Street @adobevoice

Here is Shyamil's description about the street he lives on.

Kahlani's Street @adobevoice

Kahlani has written about a description about her street. 

@Minecraft Solar Power

We have been exploring how energy changes the world around us. As part of this, we have been looking at Solar Power. Abdul decided that he wanted to share his learning by building a solar powered tower. He used iMovie to show what he created.

@Minecraft Fossil Fuel Factory

We have been exploring how energy changes the world around us. As part of this, we have been looking at fossil fuels. Patrick (who is obsessed with Minecraft) decided that he wanted to share his learning by building a fossil fuel factory. He used iMovie to show what he created.

How to be a Good Gamer on COD

Quivarn decided to write and explanation about how to be a good gamer on Call of Duty.

Energy Sources #toldwithvoice

Patrick and Abdul have been exploring the pros and cons of different energy sources. They have used @adobevoice to share their learning.

Fossil Fuels

Solar Power

Room 6 Making Koko

Why Homework is a Waste of Time

Priyansha believes that there is no point in completing homework each week and here is a video she made explaining her opinion.

How to make a Lego Set

Caleb is our resident LEGO expert! He has written an explanation about how to put a lego set together. He decided to create an iMovie to share his learning. 

How to make a Poi

Katarina wrote an explanation about how to make a poi. While she was developing ideas for her writing, she found out some interesting information about the history of the poi. She has decided to share all of her learning in the form of a poster.

Marionette Costume

Ethan dressed as a marionette for halloween. He has written an explanation about how to achieve this scary look. He has used prezi to share his work.

Getting up for Church

Anushka has written an explanation that outlines some tips to make it easier to get up on a Sunday morning for church.

Why the All Blacks won the RWC 2015

Krishnil has used @sonicpics to publish his explanation about the All Blacks winning the 2015 RWC.

How the All Black's won the RWC

Asalemo has written an explanation about how the All Blacks won the Rugby World Cup 2015.

Making Moshi Bookmarks

Do you know how to make a Moshi bookmark? Shivika has used Explain Everything to explain.

Energy Links

Why the All Blacks are going to win the World Cup

Asalemo and Krishnil have written explanations about why the All Blacks are going to win back to back titles.

The Awakening by Asalemo

As part of the @Storybird Scribe Horror Challenge we created scary narratives. Here is Asalemo's story about a woman who is seeking revenge.

Lloyd's Possessed, by Caleb

Caleb has written a narrative about something scary that happens to Lloyd from Ninjago. He used Google Slides to publish his story.

Developing Ideas @sonicpics

We have been learning how to develop and extend our ideas within a paragraph. Caleb has used @sonicpics to record his paragraph about the All Blacks game last Sunday.

A Guide to being a Y6 #Toldwithvoice

The children from R9 have used @adobevoice to create videos about what it is like being a Year 6 student. For most of them, it was their first time using the app. Well done guys.

Andrew's Biography about Deathstroke

Andrew has written a biography about Deathstroke, He has made a trailer using iMovie to illustrate his piece of writing.

Krishnil's Biography about Steve

Krishnil has created a biography about Steve from Minecraft using @ThingLink.

Asalemo's Biography about Charlie Puth

Asalemo has used @ThingLink to publish his biography about Charlie Puth.

Katarina's Biography about Miss Lepou

Katarina has used @ThingLink to publish her biography about Miss Lepou.

Solution Seekers - Graeme Ave Pedestrian Crossing

Last term the Year 5/6 Inquiry and ICT teams got together to create a video for the Auckland City Council and Mangere community about the Graeme Ave pedestrian crossing. The topic for term 3 was solution seeking so the team decided that making a video would be the most effective way to bring about change.

Extended movie with full presentation

Original Movie

Caleb's Biography About Zane from Ninjago

Caleb used @ThingLink to publish his biography about Zane from Ninjago. Move your mouse over the image to activate the tags. Click on the tags for more information.

Andrew's Dream Weekend

Andrew wrote an imaginative recount about a battle with a mysterious man!

Asalemo's Dream Weekend

Imagine if you woke up and found a gaming room in your house! Here is Asalemo's imaginative recount. He has used @Book Creator and iMovie to publish his story.

Shivika's Biography about Perrie from Little Mix

Shivika used @ThingLink to publish her biography about Perrie from Little Mix. Move your mouse over the image to activate the tags. Click on the tags for more information.

Ilaisaane's biography about Jade Thirlwall from Little Mix

Ilaisaane used @ThingLink to publish her biography about Jade from Little Mix. Move your mouse over the image to activate the tags. Click on the tags for more information.

Caleb's Recount Tutorial

Caleb has used iMovie to create a movie about writing a good recount.

Kiana and Krishnil's Recounts

Here are two more @BookCreatorApp imaginative recounts about our dream weekend.

Taina and Sadiyah's Recounts

Here are some more @BookCreatorApp imaginative recounts.

Ilaisaane & Shivika's Recounts

We have been using the @BookCreatorApp to publish imaginative recounts about our dream weekend.

Ethan and Caleb's Choir Experience

Last week the PNS Choir performed at the Vodafone Events Centre. Ethan and Caleb wrote and published recounts about their experience.

Anushka's Street #toldwithvoice

Here is Anushka's description of the street she lives on. She has used Adobe Voice.

The Adventures of Jay and Morro: Episode 1

Over the weekend Armaan made a stop motion movie using Lego Movie Maker. It is only the first episode and it is awesome. I can't wait to see more!

Piula's Street

#Toldwithstories Here is Piula's description of his street using adobe voice. 

Amron's Street

#Toldwithvoice Amron has published his description of the street where he lives using Adobe Voice

Tyreece and Armaan's parkour video

Tyreece and Armaan have been making a parkour video at Armaan's house to show the class. Armaan has also made a youtube channel called REDTOPGAMING !

The Maths Club are at it again! #toldwithvoice

The Maths Club have published two more tutorials and this time they are teaching you all about multiplication. Check our MATHS PAGE for more tutorials.

Embarrassing Parents #toldwithvoice

Today the awesome Room 7 used Adobe Voice on the iPads to create movies. The topic of inquiry this term is Solution Seekers. Their challenge was to create a movie that explained a problem they have and describe how to solve that problem. 

Here is a video by Greenstone, Linda and Safwaan about embarrassing parents.

The Race to 1000 words!

There is something strange happening at Papatoetoe North School. There are children who just can't stop writing. The learners in the PNS writing club have been set a challenge to write 1000 words in one month.

Sam and Jaskaran writing during morning tea.

Kiana and Lillian writing during lunch time. 

Congratulations to Jaskaran and Fola who have passed 1000 words in just two weeks!!

Dayanarra's Speech

I caught up with another former member of the PNS writing club last week! Dayanarra has written a very entertaining speech about pigs. I was shocked to learn about one of the things they like to eat. Watch her speech to find out!

Quaky Cat

As part of his inquiry project, Aladnan had to make a a presentation about Quaky Cat. Here is his video using Toontastic. 

Mercy's Speech

Ever wonder what happens to the writers who leave writing club? Last week I caught up with Mercy who wrote a thought provoking speech about the racism of police officers in America.

Sophie's Museum Experience

On Wednesday we went to the Auckland Museum. Here is Sophie's entertaining story about her experience in the volcano house! 

Show, Don't Tell 2

Here we are using the technique of Show, Don't Tell again but this time we are describing feelings.

Show, Don't Tell

We are learning how to use the Show, Don't Tell technique in our writing to describe people, places or things. Here are some descriptions we wrote about our favourite things to eat. Can you guess what we are describing?

Fox Attack

Fola and Anushka used iMotion to create a stop-motion movie about a fox who tries to capture a little girl.

Ambush

Piula, Taina and Sophie have created a stop-motion movie about a farm that gets ambushed by some men with guns!

Missing Cows

Ilaisaane and Shivika have created a stop-motion movie using iMotion about a cow thief!

Pirate Attack

Katarina used iMotion to make a stop-motion movie about two travellers who get caught by a pirate!

TMNT VS SHREDDER

Caleb and Kane have used iMotion to create a narrative about a showdown between the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Shredder. They added their own sound effects as well!

Gorilla Attack

Here is a stop-motion movie by Jaskaran and Nathaniel about a crazy gorilla!

Stop-motion Narrative

We have been creating narratives using the iMotion app. Here is Kiana and Ethan's movie about a girl who is chased up a tree!

Here is Kiana's first draft movie. It is very simple, but the story is clear.

Stop-motion Narratives

We have been creating narratives using the iMotion app. Here is Amron and Andrew's movie about somebody who is cutting down all of the trees in the forest. 

Math Busters

Want to know how to use the equal adjustment strategy? Well check out this video. We have other videos on our MATHS CLUB PAGE! 

Shivika's Booktrack

Shivika used Booktrack to create a soundtrack for her 100 word challenge story. The challenge was to summarise a story in 100 words. Shivika chose to summarise a Smurfs movie. Click on her cover to read the story and listen to the soundtrack.

Katarina's Booktrack

Katarina used Booktrack to create a soundtrack for her 100 word challenge story. The challenge was to summarise a story in 100 words. Katarina chose Dork Diaries to summarise. Click on her cover to read the story and listen to the soundtrack.

Caleb's Booktrack

Caleb used Booktrack to create a soundtrack for his 100 word challenge story. The challenge was to summarise a story in 100 words. Caleb chose an episode of Ninjago to summarise. Click on his cover to read the story and listen to the soundtrack. 

Jaskaran's Booktrack

Jaskaran used Booktrack to create a soundtrack for his 100 word challenge story. The challenge was to summarise a story in 100 words. Jaskaran chose an episode of Spongebob to summarise. Click on his cover to read the story and listen to the soundtrack.

Kupe

Room 6 have been learning about the Polynesian explorer Kupe. David and Devante have made a video to present their findings.

Cat's Whiskers

Caleb chose to use iMovie to publish his explanation about why cats have whiskers.

Katarina's Explanation

Here is an explanation by Katarina about why cats have whiskers.

More Yeast Explanations

Sophie, So'otaga and Piula have all published their explanations about how yeast works in bread using Google drive.

Note Taking

We have been learning how to record information in note form. We read an explanation about why cats have whiskers and we used google docs to take notes collaboratively. Kiana and Sadiyah created google drawings with their notes.

Explanations by Vaughan and Linda

Vaughan has used iMovie to publish his explanation:

Linda has used google slides:

How Yeast Works in Bread

Some of the children in the PNS Writing Club chose to use google slides to publish their explanations.

Caleb's Explanation

Caleb has used iMovie to publish the explanation he wrote about how yeast works in bread.

Sophie's Recipe

Here is Sophie's homemade pizza recipe:

Piula's Recipe

Here is Piula's homemade pizza recipe:

Sootaga's Recipe

Here is Sootaga's homemade pizza recipe.

How to make yummy pizza

Here are two more procedural texts by Vaughan and Mercedes about how to make home-made pizza

How to make homemade pizza

As part of our exploration of how yeast works in bread, we have been making pizza dough. Here is Linda's recipe for making pizza dough using Google Slides. 

How Yeast Works in Bread

This week we have been exploring how yeast makes bread rise. Today we carried out a yeast experiment. Here are the results:

We used this great clip about yeast in bread to better understand the process.

I took some of our dough home to make some bread for dinner and it was delicious!

Messy Weather, by Anthony

Anthony used his observation of a rainy day at school to write an excellent descriptive poem full of imagery.

Exploring Unchartered Planets

This term the learners at PNS School are learning about exploration. We have thinking about what kind of planets may exist outside of our own solar system. We watched this video by Andy Martin about 12 planets he created and then we had a go at creating and describing our own planets.

The Native Garden

There is a beautiful native garden at Papatoetoe North School. It is full of plants, insects and birds. We went exploring one rainy day to see what we could observe and notice. We then used these observations to write poems. Here are poems by Linda and Vaughan. 

What Ethan Loves

Here is a poem by Ethan about the things he loves.

The Comment Queen

Meet Papatoetoe North School's comment queen! This is Alysah and even though she does not come to PNS Writing Club, she takes the time to  leave comments on almost every single post we make. She thinks really carefully about the feedback she provides and we REALLY appreciate it. Thank you Alysah!

The Moon's Creation

Armaan is no longer in the Writing Club and he is doing some amazing writing in his classroom about the Moon. Here is a report he made about the Moon's Creation. He used iMovie to publish his report.

More Looking On

Here are more poems written based on our observations around the school. 

Empty Space, by James

Abandoned School, by Sadiyah

The Looker-on

We have been studying a poem by Frank Kendon called The Looker-on.

Using the same structure, we decided to have a go at writing about our environment. Each group chose a place around the school. They sat down and took observational notes. They used their senses to describe what was around them. Here are some of the results. Can you guess what part of the school they are writing about?

Here is Caleb's poem:

Here is So'otaga's poem:

Here is a poem by Sophie:

These I Hate

All this discussion and writing about the things we love, got us thinking about the things we hate. Linda and Vaughan have extended their ideas further by writing poems that describe the things they hate or dislike

What Mercede's Loves

Here is another poem based on The Great Lover.

Mercedes did a fantastic job describing the things she loves.

These I have loved:

Here are some more These I have loved poems.

These I have loved:

We have been tapping into our memories or past observations. We used this excerpt from a poem by Rupert Brooke to structure our own poems about what we love.

Here is Amron's poem about the things he loves.

Here is Asalemo's poem.

DRUM, CORNFLAKES, LION, DANCED, EXCITING

Here are some more responses to the 100 WC. The prompt this week was to write 100 words using 5 compulsory words.

100 WC: Laval vs The Ice Bears

Here is Caleb's 100 WC response. He used the prompt to write a narrative based on Lego Chima. He has published his story using iMovie.

100 Word Challenge Week #30

Mercedes and Linda both chose to write a news report for this week's 100 WC. The challenge was to write 100 words using the words: DRUM, CORNFLAKE, LION, EXCITING, DANCED.
Linda has used iMovie to publish her 100 word report.



Here is Mercedes' news report.

Breakfast Geographic from Savelina Lepou on Vimeo.

I am Linda

Here is Linda's I am Poem.

Introducing Vaughan

Vaughan is also new to the PNS Writing Club this term. Here is his I am Poem.

Introducing Mercedes

We have some new members in the PNS Writing Club this term. We have started our learning journey by writing I Am Poems. Here is Mercedes sharing her poem. 

More Term 1 Reflections

What did we learn during Term 1? Here are some responses from Shayal and Daranarra.

Want to know what Maleehah and Linda learnt? Check out this video.

Reflections Term 1

At the end of last term, we thought about what we had learned from being part of the Writing Club. Here is Avantika sharing her learning:

Here is Rebecca sharing her learning in an interview with Avantika:

Narratives by Mercy and Linda

Linda and Mercy have used PuppetPals to create a stories that demonstrate the organisation of a simple narrative. 

Linda's is about a bully named Jace:

Mercy has written a story about Cinderella and Snow White:

Captain Cook Learns a Lesson

Here is a narrative by Maleehah about Captain Cook who got himself into trouble shooting animals at the zoo. She has used PuppetPals.

The Horrible Dream

Armaan has used iMovie to publish a narrative he wrote. This story links to his 100 Word Challenge story about Dan.

The Ultimate Sacrifice

Jordan used iMovie to publish the narrative he wrote based on this image.

Cater and Rebecca's Narrative

Here is a narrative using PuppetPals made by Rebecca and Carter about a trip to the zoo.

John's Narrative

John has used iMovie to publish the narrative he wrote based on this image:

Show (don't tell) 2

Here is the second video of our examples of using the writing technique, show (don't tell). See if you can guess what feeling we are describing before the time runs out. 

Show (don't tell)

Here is a video we made of our examples using show (don't tell). Can you guess what feelings we are describing? 

Poetic Writing

Last week, we used our character descriptions to write poems. Here are poems by Linda, Maleehah and Shayal.

100 WC #26

Here are our responses to last week's 100 Word Challenge. The prompt was, as they turned the corner. The learners in the Writing Club have come up with some very creative pieces of writing. 

Subordinating Conjunctions

Here are some slides we have made that show how to use subordinating conjunctions in complex sentences.

Complex Sentences #Visible Learning

Here is a video about complex sentences made by Carter, Avantika and Rebecca.

The Haunted Couch

Armann has used iMovie to publish his 100 WC story about a haunted couch.

The First Couch

David has used iMovie to publish the story he wrote for the 100 Word Challenge. His story is about the first couch that every came into existence and was discovered inside a dinosaur!

Creating Complex Sentences

Here is a video that further explains the concept of complex sentences.

Check out this picture:

Which sentence is a complex sentence?

A: The balloons are lifting the house high up into the sky.

B: When the balloons popped, the house descended to the ground. 

Can you rearrange the complex sentence so that the dependent clause is at the end?

Can you think of a complex sentence for this picture?

Simple, Compound and Complex Sentences

Hey guys, today we will be looking at complex sentences. I found this great video that explains simple, compound and complex sentences in a way that is easy to understand.

100 WC Week #23

Last week we took part in the 100 Word Challenge. This picture was the prompt for the week. We had to write 100 words about this image.

Here are the results:

Fanboys #Visiblelearning

Avantika, Carter and Rebecca have shared their learning about the FANBOYS by making a video. They thought of some great ways to present their ideas. Their goal was to make a video that their peers could learn from. Here it is:

Simple Sentences #Visiblelearning

Simple Sentences - We have been considering ways to make our learning visible or to share what we have learnt. So Linda, Maleehah and Shayal have created a video to help their peers better understand what a simple sentence is.

Tempura Tarantula - Compound Sentences

Hey guys, on the weekend I was listening to Radio NZ and I heard The Bug Chef being interviewed. He was talking about a dish that he makes with a tarantula. I thought this would be great motivation for writing.

   

Here are two sentences about this picture:

A: I wouldn't eat a spider, nor would I eat a cockroach.

B: I would like to try eating a spider or a cockroach.

Which sentence do you think is a compound sentence A or B? Explain your answer. 

Can you think of a compound sentence about this picture? Or maybe you can think of a paragraph or story!

FANBOYS

We have been learning about the FANBOYS and how we can use these conjunctions to join our ideas together when writing compound sentences. We used Jeff Anderson's FANBOYS characters to explore the concept further. Armaan made a video about the characters using iMovie.

FANBOYS, BY ARMAAN from Savelina Lepou on Vimeo.

How to Make Milo - Simple Sentences

Yesterday, we looked at how simple sentences can be used to write clear, precise instructions. We had to write instructions for making milo using only simple sentences. Then our partner had to follow the instructions to make a cup of milo. Maleehah, Linda and Shayal made a video.


Untitled from Savelina Lepou on Vimeo.

One Scary Night

Today we applied our knowledge of simple sentences. As a motivation, we read the book One Scary Night, by Antoine Guilloppe. It is a wordless text. Our task was to create a paragraph for this picture. We had to use short, simple sentences to create tension and suspense. 

Here are some of the results.

Check out this picture. Can you think of a paragraph for this picture? 

Introducing David

Here is David sharing a paragraph from his autobiography.

Introducing Mercy

Here is Mercy sharing her paragraph from her autobiography.

Invisible Training

Did you know that Armaan likes to do training on his trampoline? We have been learning how to organise our ideas into paragraphs. Here is Armaan sharing a paragraph from his autobiography.

Armaan from Savelina Lepou on Vimeo.

More Simple Sentences

One of our tasks during Writing Club today was to write a simple sentence about this picture. We had to add detail to our sentences.

Here are our sentences:

Linda: The pesky possum is trapped on the wooden fence.

Shayal: The little pest was trapped by a vicious little dog.

Maleehah: The furry possum is trapped on a wooden fence.

Carter: The dog is hungry.

Avantika: The dog looks very angry.

Rebecca: The possum is trying to get down.

Mercy: The ugly possum is looking down at the mischievous dog.

Armaan: The dog is trying to catch the possum.

David: The possum might dive over the fence.

John: The dog is reaching for the possum.

Adam: The fluffy possum didn't know there was a fence.

Jordan: The fierce dog wanted to catch the fluffy possum. 

Simple Sentences

The man is swimming with a whale shark. 

Hey guys, check out the underlined sentence. Is it a simple sentence? Please leave a comment stating whether this is a simple sentence. Explain your answer.

Can you think of another simple sentence to go with this picture? 

Introducing John

John loves being in the school band. Here is a paragraph from his autobiography.

John from Savelina Lepou on Vimeo.

Introducing Shayal

Here is Shayal's paragraph about her deepest fears.


Shayal from Savelina Lepou on Vimeo.

Doctor Maleehah

Here is a paragraph from Maleehah's autobiography about what she wants to be when she grows up.

Maleehah from Savelina Lepou on Vimeo.

Introducing Rebecca

Here is a paragraph from Rebecca's autobiography about school.

Rebecca from Savelina Lepou on Vimeo.

Avantika's Crazy Side

As part of her autobiography, Avantika wrote a paragraph about the crazy side of her personality.

Avantika from Savelina Lepou on Vimeo.

Our First Post

Here is our first official blog post!
We have been writing autobiographies. Here is a paragraph that Linda wrote about what she wants to be when she grows up.


Linda from Savelina Lepou on Vimeo.