2018 year 5's

Frimley School
Frimley Road

Hastings
4120

27th November 2017

Dear new year 5 student,

Kia ora, I am Riley Burgiss and I am here to welcome you to room 14/15.  I know you are probably scared to be coming to the best class in the galaxy but you should have no worries, in fact you should be excited and trust me, I have had a great year and are looking forward to meeting you and all the other new seniors.

Starting off as a Senior you will need to be really responsible and encouraging.  On your first day of the year I recommend bringing a pencil, an eraser, a ruler, some pens, a glue stick and your books.  Show grit and work towards your goals, working collaboratively when needed to and do your best job.  These are just a few things you’ll need to do to be succesful in this class.  And just one last thing you will be writing stuff this quality and higher.

Another thing you`ll need to know when you’re in this class is how everything rolls.  We start our day by getting a plan and filling it out for what we do today at the same as the roll.  Next we leave the mat and get our stuff for the day and begin working.  The day just continues normally for the rest of the day unless you're new which you should learn how the day goes pretty quickly.  Our usual things to complete throughout the week are Writing, Math and a reading task for our group.

Lastly I think that you will catch onto everything we do pretty quickly and enjoyably.  Overall this should be the best year ever imaginable ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

Biking safety poster

Mathletics art

To make these we had to used rulers and get everything perfect or else it would fail miserably

dun dun duuuun!!!!!!

⛵Opti yacht reflection (really detailed in some bits)_Riley⛵

Day one, Mon, 13, 2017

Sitting, waiting the bus had finally reached our destination, Napier pond.  Gazing around the bus the corner of my eye caught a glimpse of a yellow yacht capsized.  Watching them try to flip it back over I realized that everyone was hopping off.  Once I was off I got the fresh smell of salt water and got really excited.

Walking over to a wooden fence the first yacht had come to shore.  Following the first another 2 or 3 came smashing in and before you know it, all the yachts had been returned to shore.  Once Mr Marple had got out of the boat and came over to us everyone had exited the now gone bus.  Dumping our bags and equipping the life jackets Mr Marple started talking but not about anything we needed to know unless we didn't do our work for the past week.  About 2 minute had passed and he surprisingly stopped talking but then our teachers started talking and talking about groups.  Again we waited but this time it felt like a shorter time so I’d say a minute.  This time I learnt something useful, I was going on the tire, tube, thingies first.  Walking over my excitation if that is even a word, well it dropped but pretty quickly came back because we were just able to float out to the middle of the lake and chill.`

Hopping onto the tyre with the one and only (Say Jaedem Sydney epicly because it adds something to the story) Jaedem Sydney we paddled and paddled soon finding out that we needed a rhythm. One, two, paddle, one, two, paddle we had made it to the centre.  Jae (Jaedem) wanted to return to shore so we started paddling till we found out the tide was against us struggling and struggling we just gave up and let the tide take us.  After a few minutes (it felt like hours) I had my energy back and with an even better plan. “Abandon ship,” I screamed and swam into shore.  Swimming was no use either and Jae had floated to far away which meant I couldn’t hop back on the tire.  Coming up with another plan I just turned over and lay in a star formation letting the tide take me.  Soon I found a kayak, not my dad's but someone that I didn't know so I turned back over and swam to try and catch them.  Not managing to catch the kayak I got into shore with the surprise of Jae right behind.  Leaving the water I watched and waited until a paddle floated in.

Grasping the paddle I reached out to Jae and pulled him in.  We also came in at the perfect time to swap into the yachts!  Watching all the tyres be paddled into the shore we were put into lines ready to head off to the yachts.  Once everyone was in at shore we started to walk down to the yachts and wait until the yachts were returned and (Say the rest of this sentence sarcastically) then oh what a surprise Mr Marple started talking.  Everything that came out of Mr Marples mouth were things that we should already know unless again we didn't do our work last week.  Finally we got to get partners and get into the yacht.  Looking for a partner I found no one sooooooooooo I had to go with Jaedem and Finn. Hopping we all got jobs, Jae was steering, Finn was main sheeting and I was chilling.  You guys are probably getting sick of reading this really long reflection so I will describe it in 3 words beautiful, amazing and relaxing.  Once we were called in Finn pulled the sail tight and in the blink of an eye we we’re back.

 I removed the centreboard, we docked got out, got dressed and finally got something eat.  Lining up Mrs Graham and Mrs Roil took the roll and we were off.

You got all that because there are still another 2 days to go.  

Day 2, Tues, 14, 2017

Back again but this time the school bell hadn’t rung and we were the first class. Ok I’ll go on with the story. Hopping off we dumped our bags, got life jackets, took the yachts down to the water because this time room 15 were first on the yachts and hopped in.  Ok I’ve got that over.

Now that we were out we set a challenge to get across the lake to the number 1 buoy.  Sailing as fast we could we took a shortcut to see my dad. Cutting in my dad shouted out “your rudder isn’t down.”  We didn't hear so my dad came in took the rudder out re-clipped it and put it down.  Thanking him we set off for our goal the 1.  Nearly making it Mr Marple came out and stopped us because we had to swap, turning around and head in.  Once in at shore we obviously docked by removing the centre board, hopping out pulling the rudder up and pulling it up so it couldn’t float off.

Now we got let off to the tyres which we were able to hop straight in if they were where they were supposed to be.  Rolling the tyres down I realized could have just pushed them through the water instead so I did just that.  Once down at the spot me and Jae paired up again paddling out to the centre again until we got told not to go past the kayaks.  Paddling for a long and I mean long time, Jae decided to abandon me to which Oli replaced so he could get away from a “shark”.  The “shark was obviously a fake and you should know that because I Air quoted it (I don’t know if they are called air quotes but just roll with it).  Oli soon abandoned me as well because we weren’t going anywhere.  When he abandoned me I fell back with my mouth filled with water.  Feeling like I was gonna spew I headed to shore.

Sitting on the shore waiting for it to be over we got called to come back.  This time I took large, medium and small tire back by pushing them through the water.  Once back I got dressed boarded the bus and went home once at school because I felt really sick.

How was that less detailed one?  Better worse you decide.

Day 3, Thu, 16, 2017

Leaving the bus after the boring ride yeah, yeah, yeah you’ve got the story.

We went on the tyres same oh, same oh but on the yachts was where the fun happened.  Boarding with Jae again I was using the mainsheet like Tuesday but soon wanted to hop out.  I was thinking to myself won’t I have to get out as well? but when we were back Mrs Graham asked do you want to go by yourself and I responded with “Yeah”.  Heading out I put the centreboard in and the rudder down.  I was sailing.  Enjoyment was all that I could feel even when the yacht started filling with water.  I just have 1 word to describe this, the best thing I have ever done.  OK it wasn’t 1 word but I had too, it is %100 awesome.

“Cwaw”, Target locked.  Staring I a grey, bland pigeon saw a glazed donut.  Waddling over to get a look the man tears a fraction off of the donut.  The man swings his arm and throws the chunk.  Looking back the bird sighs “Cwaw”.  Starting to attack the man quickly decided to throw the donut.  I finally get that sticky, jam, glazed, delicous donut I thought.  Swiftly flying over to the donut I sort of knocked the suitcase over trapping myself.  Inside was dim being illuminated by a camera screen.  Pecking at some buttons a hatch opended allowing a big, bright red button.  Deciding to peck I accidentally knocked a joystick. The suitcase started bouncing around with the lid opening occassenally.  Once I started playing with the joystick I felt sick.  Hearing a lady scream I decided why not chase her?  After ran away I found another button that had a fine print of the word fie.  Pecking at it over and over again I found yet another button.  When I pressed it all my insides dropped.  Questioning myself I looked on the camera screen and came to conclusion that I was flying without using my wings!  Off into the distance I flew screaming with joy and then backtracking to try and kill the man.  I had lost the man, it looked like he just faded into the ground so I reloaded and caused some chaos in the state of washington D.C.  Starting to blow some cars up I saw the man with something in his hand.  Focusing in on it I realized it was a donut being held over some fire.  Landing and opening the lid the man tried to bait which I was going to fall for untill he tried grabbing me.  Hopping straight in I got a misile out and threatened to shoot.  Throwing the donut up and into the air I opened the suitcase to which the man whacked me out.  Falling down the donut landed on the big red buttoncausing a nuke to come out the Washing monument.  Flying through the streets chasing the man I caut up with him whilst in the air.  The man tried to shoot but I knocked him causing to keep missing the nuke.  Landing on the suitcase the man tried shooting.  Changing to a rocket the man released the donut which caused me to obviously go get it.  Once gone a big bang went of above me.  Finally getting to the ground I began munching away at the delicious meal.  Trying to rip a piece of but failing I tried to get the mans attention but he ignored me.  Hearing a noise I looked up as soon the tip of the nuke had fallen finishing me and the donut

Holiday writing

Pirate day maths week

Reflection Term 3

Please take your time to answer all of these question. Please make sure you put your answer into full paragraphs. Please be honest, reflections are for your benefit to see what learning you have done over the past few months.

BASED AROUND YOUR LEARNING! (REFUGEES)

1. Why was learning about refugees important to you?

Learning about refugees was important to me so now I know one reason why people say “don’t waist water” or “eat all you're food”.  I found out that refugees have to leave their homes or die.  I found out the meaning of refugees.

2. What kinds of surprises did you encounter during your research?

Refugees usually don’t get to pack or bring anything.  Sometimes refugees have to sneak through borders and into other countries.

3. Describe the process you went through to learn about refugees.

We started with reading some books and writing a story about us in a refugees shoes.  Then we moved on and had Mr Connell come in to help us.

4. How was this process different to other inquiries that you have done?

We didn't have to find that many facts with google.  We used lots of books to gain facts.  We had to find out about a specific topic.

5. Which process did you prefer and why?

I prefered this term because we got to pick a side and write about our opinion.  This was also more fun than other writing because it was about our opinion

6. Why do you think your solution will make a difference (the notebooks and letter)?

I think the letter will make refugees feel welcome instead of scared.  Refugees won’t feel as if their lonely and don't have anyone to care for them.

7. What challenges did you face during our inquiry (in the reading or the writing) ?

I think it was hard to decide whether they should come in or stay out.  Writing the welcome letter was also sort of hard because we didn't’t didn't fully know were they has had come from.

8. How did you use your own talents during this topic?

I used my writing skills and I got to help some people with sides.  I also got to use my writing as an exemplar for my group.

9. What is one thing you learned that you will never forget?

That refugees have to give up their houses and sometimes family.  Refugees also have to give up their country and probably never come back.

10. What skills did you learn that apply to other areas of your learning?
    To stick at it and not give up.  Sometimes it’s easy to work alone instead of with a buddy / group

Biography on Trevell / All about Trevell

Biography

Opening his eyes after being trapped for nine months was the one and only Trevell Cooper Toa (his recognitions go as far as black hair, brown eyes, part Maori and Part Pakiha).  Gazing around the massive room (compared to him) was his mum Amanda, his dad Jimi, his Uncle Ty, his step brother Quad (pronounced qu - aid), his brother Dylan and the doctor Sarah.

One and a half years old Trevell started at Akoranga Mā Tamariki kindergarten.  Some vivid memories Trevell has from Akoranga Mā Tamariki are making sugar pancakes, Santa visiting and discos.  After a year Trevell headed off South to Timaru with no schools in his area which gave him two years with school.

By now trevell was 4 and a half years old and waited half a year to start here at Frimley School.

Trevell has been at frimley his whole school life.  Starting in year zero coming all the way to year six. Trevell started with mrs Roach for his first year having memories of hanging out with TK and him and TK stealing mrs Roachs lunch!  His friends / people he plays with are Memberenz, Vashi, Jaedym, Sam, Taylin - Jay, Tim, Vaydah, Luca, Lachie, Arjun, Kane, Me (Riley Burgiss) Charlie and Tyress which is a lot.

Trevell is really nice, caring and friendly from my point of view.  Trevell is a nice friend and I hope he stays like that.

Autobiography / All about me

Autobiography

Born on December 23rd 2007 in Hastings hospital was me with the best family I could ever ask for, (not meaning to brag) which at the time only included me Riley Burgiss, my mum Lisa and my dad Paul.

I grew up in Hastings, Hawke's Bay, NZ and it was perfect but when my mum told me about kindergarten I was partly excited and partly scared (around fifty, fifty).  We lived down Fitzroy avenue which is about two minutes away when driving.  My first day at kindergarten was nerve wracking for me but I was lucky to have made a friend my first day, Tobey.

Two years later I was leaving kindergarten and begining beginning my first year of school.  I was scared to leave kindergarten but I ended up going to the exact school I wanted, Frimley.  I also got a nice teacher, Miss Carswell.  For my first day we didn’t have a whole class so we joined up with our buddy class.  Miss Carswell was the best math teacher that I had met (At the time).

I have stayed here at Frimley School my whole life (at least my school life), getting nice teachers every year.  In room nine I had the second best teacher in the world, Rebecca Right.  She would always wait for me to arrive at school when we were starting math and was just really nice overall.  This year I have the best teacher I will ever meet in my life, Ruth Graham.  This year is the best year yet and I feel like it will stay like that.

By now I have three other brothers that are mostly annoying, their names are Sean who’s seven, Tyler who’s five and Max who’s two.  I have loved my life so far and I hope it carries on that way!  Overall this is probably the best life anyone could ask for (again not bragging)!

Speech competition

Hi I’m Riley and I’m from room 15 at frimley school.  Today I will be talking about cyclone bola.  “Hawkes bay can expect bad weather, there is a storm on its way”, were probebly probably the words over the news.   Everyone thought it would be an everyday storm.  When the storm hit trees were ripped out of the ground and roofs were ripped off houses.

Cyclone Bola started to come in on Feburary February 24th 1988 and burned out on March 4 1988 which means it was 8 days long, plus torrential rain for 3 days!  Cyclone Bola anyalated anhialated annihilated Fiji before moving on and destroying the East coast of N.Z.  Most cyclones decay before hitting N.Z coasts but this one didn't, it passed straight through gisbourn gisborn gisborne.

The cyclone caused some of the most rain from a single storm that has ever hit N.Z.   Cyclone Bola also flooded Northland destroying phone lines and electricity.  Flooding caused bridges to be wiped out and slips from water turning dirt to mud.  Water also started seeping into low lying houses through doors.  Flooding trapped people for a while until they could get people in to help them.

Electricity stopped from high force winds blowing the support beams which caused them to fall.  Some people were really lucky to have genarators genorators generators so they didn't have to hand wash clothes and dishes.  People had no lights or purifide purified water so ocasionaly ocassionaly occasionally people would visit neighbours for help and supplies.  Electricity went out for a few days which also ment meant they had to cook on a BBQ or potbelly.

Bridges were destroyed which meant people were  isolated.  They couldn’t leave to Toapo, Wairoa or anywhere else in N.Z.  People couldn’t go to other countries to get out of the storm unless they went by boat.  People were stranded in Hawkes bay and Gisborne for over a week.  Since the bridges were destroyed people wedged pieces of wood into the train tracks to drive over!  

People had to leave their homes to help clean up.  Some people such as my grandad had to help fix the machines that were clearing the roads.  The people helping fix the machines were crazy to, A leave their homes and B to drive over the train track bridges.

Cyclone Bola was crazy and we’ve learnt our lesson to be prepared for even the smallest natural disasters.  Some things you could have in your survival kit incase this happens again are a torch, spare batteries, canned food, a can opener, some matches a pocket toolkit that has a flat-head screwdriver, a portable radio and some water.

Speech competition

Hi I’m Riley and I’m from room 15 at frimley school.  Today I will be talking about cyclone bola.  “Hawkes bay can expect bad weather, there is a storm on its way”, were probebly probably the words over the news.   Everyone thought it would be an everyday storm.  When the storm hit trees were ripped out of the ground and roofs were ripped off houses.

Cyclone Bola started to come in on Feburary February 24th 1988 and burned out on March 4 1988 which means it was 8 days long, plus torrential rain for 3 days!  Cyclone Bola anyalated anhialated annihilated Fiji before moving on and destroying the East coast of N.Z.  Most cyclones decay before hitting N.Z coasts but this one didn't, it passed straight through gisbourn gisborn gisborne.

The cyclone caused some of the most rain from a single storm that has ever hit N.Z.   Cyclone Bola also flooded Northland destroying phone lines and electricity.  Flooding caused bridges to be wiped out and slips from water turning dirt to mud.  Water also started seeping into low lying houses through doors.  Flooding trapped people for a while until they could get people in to help them.

Electricity stopped from high force winds blowing the support beams which caused them to fall.  Some people were really lucky to have genarators genorators generators so they didn't have to hand wash clothes and dishes.  People had no lights or purifide purified water so ocasionaly ocassionaly occasionally people would visit neighbours for help and supplies.  Electricity went out for a few days which also ment meant they had to cook on a BBQ or potbelly.

Bridges were destroyed which meant people were  isolated.  They couldn’t leave to Toapo, Wairoa or anywhere else in N.Z.  People couldn’t go to other countries to get out of the storm unless they went by boat.  People were stranded in Hawkes bay and Gisborne for over a week.  Since the bridges were destroyed people wedged pieces of wood into the train tracks to drive over!  

People had to leave their homes to help clean up.  Some people such as my grandad had to help fix the machines that were clearing the roads.  The people helping fix the machines were crazy to, A leave their homes and B to drive over the train track bridges.

Cyclone Bola was crazy and we’ve learnt our lesson to be prepared for even the smallest natural disasters.  Some things you could have in your survival kit incase this happens again are a torch, spare batteries, canned food, a can opener, some matches a pocket toolkit that has a flat-head screwdriver, a portable radio and some water.