Why we should get more than one hour of screen time a day

In writing, we have been doing persuasive writing. this is a build-up for when we do our speeches. This is my second persuasive writing and we could choose out of some options that you can be for or against. I chose to be against the one that I chose. I think that I have done well on this topic because it is quite a hard topic. If I have done anything wrong or you think that I can do anything better please comment.

Screen time for children shouldn’t be limited to one hour a day.

Hello, I’m Dylan and I am going to talk to you why we should get more than one hour of screen time a day. I think that we should get more than one hour and I have got reasons to back myself up.

Firstly, I think that we should get about two hours of learning on devices and one hour for playing games on a device. A Canadian study shows that a child between eight and 11 should have 60 minutes of physical activity, two hours of screen time and nine to 11 hours of sleep. I think that this is quite close to what I think is right. 

Secondly, It can give kids time to relax if they have had a hard day and if they are really tired, they can have some time to chill out. And if they are really sad they can have some time out on their favourite game. There are also educational websites like Epic reading and Mathletics and you can write stories on google docs. You can also do research on Google and Safari. 

Thirdly, You can learn a lot of things and you can ‘meet’ other people on their blogs and become pen pals and they might be able to visit you from other countries. You could also do video chats and speak to each other after school if you are in a time zone where you are awake at the same time. 

After this, do you think that children should get more than 1 hour of screen time a day? Because if you do, then, in my opinion, you are right.

Thankfulness collage with Canva

In Cybersmart on Wednesday 28th of August, we made a thankfulness collage on Canva. We made this because our focus this term is Thankfulness. We had to search up what we were most thankful for. I put Soccer in because it is my favourite sport and I put in burgers because it is one of my favourite meals. I put a house in because I live in a house and I put water in because we couldn't survive without it. If you think I could improve this please comment. What would you put on your poster?

Origin of food 2

In Homebase haoura, we have been doing the origin of food. Because I finished the first one I got to do a second. My first one was on pizza and it was really easy but this one on ice cream was quite hard. I found out a lot about ice cream in this one. Can you please comment to say how good I have done and if I could do anything better.

Give me five Harry Potter Series.

Give me five Harry Potter series on Biteable.

In Reading, we have been doing a book club on Mondays and we do activities. This give me five biteable is a can-do and I have been doing this for a couple of weeks. I have worked hard on this and I have added extra people from my first one. If you like it please comment and if you don't please comment on what I could do better.

Winter Tournament Reflection

Winter Tournament Reflection

On Wednesday the 7th of August the year 5/6 Marshland Soccer A team went to the winter tournament at Rawhiti Domain. In our grade, we had 8 teams on a futsal size pitch. We won 2 games, drew 2 games and lost 3. I think that our team did really well in the tournament and we got a 0-0 draw against the team that came second. I felt that I did well, scoring 2 goals in the tournament. I learned that to play on pitches that size you have to be prepared for anything because the pitches were smaller than the ones that we play on Fridays. I think that I need to work around the middle of the pitch. If I could go back and change something then I would make more of an effort to help get back and defend because when I was midfield I would just hover around the edge of the box. Of the 5 R's, the one that I think I used was Resilience because when we lost it was hard to take the loss.

Can you please comment if I need to improve anything or you were in the winter tournament because we might have versed you.

Terrific term 3 reading assignments

For reading, we do 2 reading assignments a week. The first week I did 2 give me fives and I will keep adding to this slide. This week I have done things about other readers. We have a list of about 20 activities to do and I will do different ones next week. I think that I have done well in these activities because I did them in 2 days. Do you like Harry Potter?

Perfect Persuasive writing

This is my persuasive writing from the start of term 3. I chose this subject because of our inquiry this term which is on the power of innovation. This persuasive writing is going to help us because we are doing speeches later in the term. I think I have done really well for writing a lot of words about this subject.

Why we should fill up the Red Zones

Hello, I'm Dylan and I am going to tell you why we need to fill up the red zones. In this persuasive writing piece, I am going to tell you what we should build in the multiple red zones. Some of my ideas are a mountain bike trail, a running trail, a dog park, a bike pump track and more.

 For my first point, we need to build some things but they need to be careful how tall they are and the weight. But a reason we need to get creative to fill up spaces is that we have too many places that are empty. And if we build some things it might bring people from around the world and some of those people might make friendships.

 Onto my second point, which is why we need more attractions. If we get more attractions to come into the red zone it will get more money for the council so even more things can be built and so they can afford to make even more things. And because a lot of people moved away after the earthquakes it might bring people back to Christchurch. And if there are moving events held in the red zone parking outside of the red zone will be full people will have to walk miles.

That comes to my next point, why we need to make the roads again. If we do then it will be easier to get around to things on the other side instead of taking the long way around the outside. We could just open the roads for short times only or just make a barrier so you have to pay to get in and it will bring more money to hold multiple events.

 As for the old buildings people could do street art in a really bright picture to bring joy and happiness because of the bright colours. They could also add special effects like the 3D wall in town. If people see that it could make them really happy. They could also hold a reunion for the people who used to live in the red zones. They could also add in some small sporting grounds for rugby and soccer and other things. If they did all of this then I would be very glad.

But what we need to do to attract worldwide sporting events is a world-class sporting centre. And that would bring lots of people from around the world to come and eat in our restaurants and sleep in our hotels. All of those people would be spending what we need. Money.

Most of these things would all have to be made without heavy machinery because we can’t risk more liquefaction rising up. Do you reckon all this will work if we had the choice to do this? Do you reckon this is possible? Because I do. Would you agree with me?

Geometrocity

In maths, we have started to make a geometrocity. This is where you make your own city using your geometry skills. We have only just started to make these and we are not on the building stage yet. I think that I am making good progress. Do you like maths?

The Origin of Food

In Homebase Haoura, we did the origin of food. We did it on our favourite food. I chose Pizza. The pizza was not very hard to find information on. Doing this didn't take very long. I think I did well in this task. What is your favourite food?