We found this online on the Google home page. It is a school competition so we thought we could enter. This is a competition for years 1-6 as you need to have the words GOOGLE in it, (it will have to be in capitals). You need to make it thinking about If I could travel back in time…
You are only allowed one entry per person so you can make different designs, but you have to have one to enter. You will be disqualified if you use more than one per person. You will also be disqualified if you use any logos or copyrighted images. The judges will choose 20 people from each year group and might win 10,000 dollars worth of technology equipment for their school.
In our reading sessions we have been reading with a buddy. This helps us to increase our reading mileage and work with lots of different people. Buddy reading is part of our "Daily 5".
We have been doing some finding out about the important people that have lived in our land before us. This is linked to our next inquiry, "who is in our backyard?" We generated questions for each of the stories...
Who was Kupe? Where did he come from? Who was with him? What did he do when he was here? Where did he live when he was here? How did he get here? How did he get home? Kupe Story
We got into the Cook Straight Newspaper on Friday. The reporter (Sam Duff) came to interview us about our artwork for the Art Exhibition! Look at the link below to have a look at the newspaper they are in Page 1 and 2. By Asha and Gretel
