Literacy+and+Communication

||  || =2014 Speech - Sir Edmund Hillary= =media type="file" key="2014 Huntah speech comp.flv"= =2014= media type="custom" key="26269806"media type="custom" key="26269810" =2013= //**Speech Reflection **// I am proud of the way I spoke clearly at the Apiti School Speech Competition. Mrs Burton said that it was good because I didn't use notes, was confident, was logical presentation and interesting facts. Appealed to the children as well. My total score was 114. media type="file" key="2013 Speech Huntah.flv" width="360" height="270"media type="file" key="Huntah - Oroua.flv" width="360" height="270" I am working on, * I write fluently. || || __//**Apiti Show poem.**//__
 * [[image:writing.jpg width="203" height="208" link="@http://huntah-apitischool.blogspot.co.nz/"]] || [[image:reading.gif width="214" height="188" link="@Reading"]] || [[image:spelling.jpg width="187" height="169" link="@https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JO5C3zCEyiqN03LOqx5rjnAZVN4AZ1enaChLvT7333o/edit"]] ||
 * My Writer's Journal ||
 * For my handwriting I am good at making sure that my, * Handwriting is easy to read.
 * The shape of my letters is consistant.
 * The size of my letters is consistant.
 * The spacing of my words is consistant.
 * The spacing of my letters is consistant.
 * I am able to link my letters fluently.
 * I do not press to lightly or to hard.
 * The slope of my words is consistant.
 * I am able to write quickly.
 * //__**KING OF THE OCEAN, MASTER OF THE SEA.**__//


 * Lives anywhere... **
 * With my mighty Shark head **
 * You might as well be in bed. **
 * I have a good big jaw **
 * With a very little snore. **


 * Eats anything... **
 * If tiny fish are my prey **
 * Make sure you stay away. **
 * My glass like plates **
 * Attract even the closest mates. **


 * Sleeps anywhere... **
 * My Eagle ray wings **
 * Swim like i've had to choose wedding rings. **
 * I sleep on the ocean floor **
 * Sounds I try to ignore **


 * Moves so slow... **
 * A tail waves through the ocean **
 * With an up and down motion **
 * The bottom fin steers **
 * Through the ocean rear **


 * Does anything... **
 * King of the ocean, **
 * Master of the sea **
 * I’m number one **
 * And you can’t be me ** || [[image:SAM_1515.JPG width="400" height="300"]] ||

2012 2012 Speech - We should grow an orchard media type="file" key="Huntah 2012 speech.flv" width="360" height="270" I am getting better at reading fluently. Listen to my ANZAC Reading. media type="file" key="Hunter Anzac Reading.mp3" width="240" height="20" Mum and Dad, you can help me by listening to me read aloud sometimes. . My poem about stalking stags ** It roars ** ** As it gets ready ** ** As the stag stands to attention ** ** Waiting for his moment ** ** Listening ** ** STALKING STAGS ** 2011  I am learning to read fluently. This was my first time to read this piece of writing. (Running Record 10-11yrs) Term 3 media type="file" key="Capture 1 (15-09-2011 1-42 p.m.).flv" width="360" height="270" Term 4 media type="file" key="Huntah T3 2011 Reading (2).flv" width="360" height="270" My Speech 2011 - Stop smoking media type="file" key="Huntah 2011.flv" width="360" height="270"
 * Like a container ship **
 * Pulling out of the wharf **
 * To stalk its prey **
 * In the rustling green bushes **
 * The trees stop rustling **
 * A scared stag **
 * Aware of the anxious hunter **
 * Wearing a dark brown coconut husk **
 * For protection **
 * And great white antlers **
 * Just to look good **
 * Hearing using these antlers **
 * With every grain of sound **
 * Rebounding straight to their ears. **
 * The ROAR **
 * Man versus Stag **

I was first place at our school speech competition
Term 2 writing goals ... To use a variety of adjectives and adverbs to enhance my writing media type="file" key="Huntah Recount T2.flv" width="360" height="270"
 * Reflection... || My Strengths || My Next Step ||
 * My Reflection || * I was proud of the way I spoke clearly and controlled my nerves. || * I will slow down a bit ... especially at the end ||
 * Judge's Reflection || * A very good start with good volume.
 * Good concentration || * A bit rushed in places ||
 * Mrs F's Reflection || * Huntah you spoke very clearly and used excellent gestures.
 * You divided it into very clear points with great supporting evidence. || * Remember to use your pauses so that the audience has time to think about the points you are making. ||

11 Bryce Street R.D.1 Apiti Feilding 2333

March 14th 2011

Dear Kate.

Thanks for being such an awesome parent for my group. You looked after our money and made sure we were there in our group with you. I had so much fun at Laser Force. The best part was when C.K and I were sticking together the whole time. What did you like? What was the best part? I really appreciated how you just got involved with everthing and helped us a lot within my group.

From Huntah

=** W.A.L.T use interesting words and sentences to enhance our writing ** = media type="file" key="Huntah Show recount.flv" width="360" height="270" = = =** W.A.L.T write from another person's perspective ** = **Apiti** **12th January, 1925**  **To my dear granddad Herbert,** **It’s been awhile since I've seen you. I just wanted to catch up on what you have been up to with farming. I hear you got kicked by Betty the cow last week. How did it happen? Did you put the pail too close to her legs or was the pail too big?**  **I am starting to learn how to milk our house cow, Rodeo. I’m finding it a bit hard to bend down and squeeze the teats because the udder is so big. I wish my hands were** **bigger, like yours! Then it would be a lot easier. Mum said that I just need to keep** **practicing on something that feels like an udder. I love the frothy, creamy milk when it comes out though.**  **Well it’s been hard trying to control the horses here. I just can’t plough with them for some reason. They are still getting used to me. I need to train them properly next Wednesday. I think I might ask Ben, from down the road, to help me.**  **The other day I walked over the road to see Mrs Digby and learnt how to make butter. It was pretty simple actually. I only needed to leave the milk over night and put the cream in the butter churn. Then I turned the handle for 15 minutes until all the runny cream turned into golden hard butter.** **When Mrs Digby thought it was ready, I got a plate and scooped it up and we stored it in the meat safe in the cool. I just can’t wait to eat this yummy golden butter on my sandwich tomorrow! I thanked Mrs Digby. I hope she can teach Mum how to make butter.** **I’ve been helping mother with the washing each Wednesday because it takes her most of the day. I love getting to squeeze the water out of the clothes after she has rinsed them. I put them through the ringer and turned the handle. This turns the cylinders so that all the water is squeezed out.**  **The other day the plough for the horses broke. Father is teaching me how to fix it so when he is away working with the potatoes I will be able to keep things going here. He thinks I am old enough now.**  **I can’t wait to see you at Christmas time.** **Love from,** **James** || Writing shared at our Term 1 assembly media type="file" key="Huntah T1 writing.flv" width="360" height="270" 2010
 * **Apiti Post Office**

**Term 4 Reading and Oral Language**
I am learning to write to entertain a younger audience. media type="custom" key="7829169"

I am listening to my buddy read and reading a book I enjoy reading to them ...

I am learning to use key words and phrases to illustrate a message or idea
Well done Huntah - These were very appropriate words to choose and excellently presented!

Term 3 Reflection on my Writing Goals
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Protect the Whales
media type="custom" key="6751101" Kayaking In the morning, we all came over to the big house and we got ready because we were going kayaking. First we loaded all the kayaks on to the trailer. Then some of the juniors got a ride and the seniors walked there. We walked to the lake but it was too rough, so we walked to another lake. All the seniors were walking and all the juniors jumped in a cars. All the seniors hopped into the kayaks and went down the river. Some of the juniors were scared. But I was not scared. The kayaks powered through the water. Some of seniors were swimming in the lake but the juniors weren’t allowed. Some of juniors like Tyler and David were playing in the mud. In the play time we had lots of fruit. All the juniors were munching the apples and oranges real fast. Then Caleb.K and I made a log built out of mud. Then we all drove home. We all had a shower and then we all came over to the big house and had afternoon tea. We all had a really good time.

I liked my story because I used description like powered through the water

Oral language goals media type="custom" key="4865273" **__2009__** I am learning joining. I am writing neatly in all my books. __**Spelling**__ __Term 4__ I am spelling at Level 10. My goal is to remember to bring my book on Tuesdays for my test. media type="custom" key="4865277" Story writing media type="custom" key="4865281"
 * __Handwriting__**

Ski trip 2009 On the 8/9/2009 the School travelled to Mt Ruapehu and it took us two hours to get there. I woke up at 5o’clock and I felt really excited. We travelled in the Makoura van. We stopped at Ohakune for morning tea and a little play. After that we all drove up to the mountain and the men who help get the ski and snowboard gear gave us our gear. I walked outside and put my skis on and skied really fast down the hill and I just about crashed into Jacob McDonald. I jumped on the magic carpet and took a long time to get up to the top. After a while Mrs Fielder took me up Parklane and I skied down and Mum an Dad did’t believe me at all when I said that I had skied down Parklane. Then Zahn, Dad, Paul, Cody, and I skied past the Giant and it was scary. Mum looked funny, because she was a bit stiff, but she was doing really well after a while. Dad was doing snowboarding and he was doing really well, after a while as well, but sometimes he fell over like me, but we kept trying. If you try hard you can do it. I went up Parklane about 19 times. Zahn had to come with us so Mrs Fielder could go up the Giant. It took a long time for Mum, Mrs Fielder, Wendy, and Linda to get down from the Giant. Next time I will go up the Giant.

I am learning to write imaginary stories. __Robot Treasure and ghost__ Once upon a time a robot from outer space crash landed in New Zealand. He found out about some secret treasure and he saw the secret map. So he went off to fix his space ship. He had to take it across the Pacific Ocean but he almost forgot that he would be seen from Outer Space. So he had to go under the Pacific Ocean. So he invented a submarine and off he drove under the Pacific Ocean. He followed the secret treasure map. But what happened his friends thought that his submarine stopped. But (oh no! ) he actually crashed onto the bottom of a ship. His submarine sunk to the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. He swam up to the surface on his space ship and saw an island. He remembered the map and found the treasure. So he slid out of his spaceship and climbed up to the treasure. The treasure was being guarded by a ghost, but just then the ghost peeped out from behind a hill and scared the robot away. He shot back up to Outer Space. He was so scared that he told his friends about the ghost. So there is never going to be robots invading New Zealand never ever again and the ghost lived happily ever after guarding the treasure.

Recount - I am writing recounts using better words than " went " and looking at characters.
In the holidays Mum, Dad, Tyler and I drove to Downtown cinemas in Palmerston. We walked into the movies and we watched Ice Age 3 Dawn of the Dinosaurs. The characters are Buck, Sid, Manny, Ellie, Peaches, Rudy, Mommy Dinosaur, Baby Dinosaurs, Diego, Crash and Eddie, Scrat, Scratte. The movie was all about the Ice Age finding a special sort of portal and It took them back to Dawn of the Dinosaurs. One of the stagasaurus was chasing them. Characters were : - · __[|Manny]__ - · __[|Sid]__ - · __[|Diego]__ - · __[|Ellie]__ - · __[|Crash and Eddie]__ - · as Crash · __[|Scrat]__ - · Buck - · Scratte - I liked the characters it was a great movie.

**Kayaking** **Red**, pink, purple, and blue kayaks. The kayaks arrived on the trailer. It was pulled by the van. We lifted the kayaks off the trailer. They were really heavy. I felt so excited. I climbed in. I sat in my kayak. I was pushed out into the water. It was cool floating in the river. Ricky taught us how to paddle. We put the paddles in straight. If we didn’t, we would spin out. I paddled one side, then the other. I was straining and struggling. I pulled the paddles through the water. It was really really hard. We zoomed across the water. The water rippled as I cut through it. I raced the raft And I won.