Kia ora, I am a student at New Brighton Catholic School, Welcome - Haere Mai. This is a place where I will be able to share my learning with you. Please note my work may include spelling or other errors because some of it will be my first drafts. I would like to get your feedback - comments, thoughts, questions and ideas to help me Learn Create Share.
Friday, 21 May 2021
Tuesday, 11 May 2021
Thursday, 6 May 2021
Wednesday, 10 March 2021
Comic
W.A.L.T explain the purpose of a blog.
Molly and I are working on a comic strip to help people writing comments on blog posts. This is a work in progress.
We first started by watching a video about hwo to make a comic strip on a google drawing, then we watched another video about Flaticon which is a website where you can use icons for your comic.
Have you used Flaticon before?
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Wednesday, 18 November 2020
International Night
On Tuesday my class performed a Bollywood dance called Chunnari Chunnari and a Song called The Lonely Goatherd with Swiss yodeling in it.
Each class chose either 1-2 countries to do research on and learn a dance or song to perform on the International night, you also had to make some food that comes from the country you are researching.
When it was my class's turn to dance I felt pretty nervous but then when we finished it I felt kinda proud. Some of the food that was on our table was Butter Chicken with Naan bread, CousCous, Chicken Gourmet, Chocolate covered Marshmallows and Strawberries, Rice, Apple strudel, ect.
And that was our International night.
Thursday, 17 September 2020
Wednesday, 2 September 2020
Pet Persuasive Letter
W.A.L.T Write a persuasive letter - Letter Template
Jennifer Courtier, Miss Pownall,
Room 2, Room 2,
NBC. NBC.
Dear Miss Pownall,
I strongly believe that we should not have a dog in the classroom because the dog may distract kids while doing their work, some kids may be scared of dogs and the dog may get hurt because the children might get excited to see Charlie and then they’ll start screaming and be rough to Charlie.
Firstly, Charlie could distract kids while they are doing their work.
A lot of people think that dogs are cute, sometimes kids will pet animals while they're supposed to be doing their work and they will get distracted and might get told off for not getting their work done. For example I was doing homework at home and my dog came up to me and distracted me from doing my work. Also studies show that during class dogs can be an amazing learning tool but they can also be a big distraction.
Secondly, some kids may be scared of dogs and may not feel safe around them. Kids could get anxiety when they are around dogs or when dogs are coming close to them. For example one of my friends has a big fear of dogs, she gets anxiety whenever a dog comes close to her and touches her.
Finally, kids around the school might see Charlie and get excited to see him and be too rough to him. Charlie could get too excited and hurt some kids. Studies say that if there are too many kids around one dog the dog could get too excited and hurt some of the kids.
In Conclusion I strongly believe that we should not have a dog in the classroom because of these three reasons Some kids may get distracted, some kids might be scared of dogs and we might hurt the dog and the dog might hurt us. Thank you for listening to my argument.
Yours sincerely,
Jen.




