Camp 2019

Last week we went to camp at Cooper's Beach. We went fishing, we did the water slide, we went to the rock pools, we made sandcastles and did the confidence course. I enjoyed the sandcastles the most.

We made a sea creature collage. Here is my art.

Day 2 Activity 1

This is my activity that I did for the Summer Learning Journey. This is what I did:

Basic facts Term 4

We have been working on answering basic facts questions quickly and instantly.
 I should be working on Stage 5.

I am at Stage 4. I got 54 out of 60.

                                                                                         

Greats and Grands day

Last Friday we had our Greats and Grands day.
My Grandparents came along We did performances and dancing. We had a delicious morning tea and We played games.

Handwriting

At the end of this term we did our handwriting sample. We had to use our capital and lower case letters and write a sentence about our science fair.

What I like about my handwriting is that I have no mistakes.

What I do not like about my handwriting is that it could be a bit more tidy.

Here is a photo of my handwriting.

Garden to table

Today we pulled out weeds & planted flowers then we went to the orchard to see the passion fruit plants but they were dying so me Khloe  Kyla-Robin & Laylah went to get the watering can. When we came back we water the passion fruit plants and went to the blue seat & waited for Sarah. 

when she came back she told us to go sit down on the field to have the picnic. We had fruit kebabs, fritters & quiche.

  

Science Fair

Yesterday we had our school science fair . My investigation was about paper planes.I hope you like it .   0

Musical Instruments

  Team Awa made musical instruments using recycled materials.

I made a shaker using a jar, newspaper and paint.

Here is my shaker. I hope you like it

Koru Art

Today we made koru art with Whaea Rose.  My koru represents my little brother trying to touch birds flying in the sky. I really like the birds in my art work.

Balloon Hovercraft

Scientific Experiment Writing

B E G I N N I N G	TITLE	Balloon Hovercraft
	QUESTION	How does a hovercraft hover?
	HYPOTHESIS	I predict that it was going to fly up into the air.

M I D D L E	EQUIPMENT  AND MATERIALS:	A cd, bottle top lid and a balloon and a hot glue gun.
	PROCEDURE:	Step 1: glue the bottle cap over the cd hole.  Step 2: Blow up the balloon. When it is fully inflated twist the end so no air comes out. Step 3: Stretch the balloon over the end of the bottle cap.   Step 4: Open up the cap and place the cd on the surface.  Step 5: Untwist balloon and let go.
	OBSERVATIONS/RESULTS:	It hovered all over the table.

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CONCLUSION:

The air from the balloon creates a cushion of moving air between the disc and the CD and reduces the friction across the surface.

Title: Bridge Building

Labels: Writing, Science

We have been learning about forces and how they help shape the sort of bridges that we build.  

We learned that there are three main types of bridge design; beam, truss and suspension.  Using this knowledge we designed and built our own bridges.

Miss Fletcher set the challenge that our bridges had to be 30 cm long and strong enough to hold an object.

In my group there was Corrin and me.  We used ice block sticks to build our bridge.

Here is a photo of our truss bridge.  What I like best about our bridge is the triangle sides.

Volume and Capacity

This week we used popcorn to learn about volume and capacity. Here is what I learned.

Speech Writing

For the last two weeks we have been working on writing speeches. 

My topic was about saving endangered animals.

We had to present them in front of our class. 

I think I need to work on having more expression and eye contact.

Here is my speech.

Why is killing endangered animals bad?

Have you ever wondered what life would be like without animals? Well I have.An animal is a living thing. I think that killing animals is a bad thing for all of us because we hurt mother nature.We will hurt her because mother nature made animals for a reason.So that's why we need to stop killing them. Here are my reasons why.

Firstly, if we kill all the animals there might be too many bugs, and bugs can be anywhere. We need animals to eat them for us so we don’t get eaten alive or get really sick. Little bugs like ticks can make you really sick.

Secondly animals belong to mother earth. We need to stop killing animals or else we might really hurt mother earth. We don’t win anything by killing them, do we? Animals belong to Mother Earth and all animals play an important role.                                                         

Finally, if we kill them we will never see them again. If people kill all animals of one species they will become extinct and that would be sad. If we kill the babies they mother will be sad and then they won’t grow up and become adults and produce more babies.

Animals are important to people in the World and to Mother Nature.
And that is why we need to stop killing animals. We need them.

Maths book

For maths this week we read a book called one is a snail ten is a crab. We then worked in groups to create our own version. My book is called 1 is a worm ten is a octopus and a bird. Here is my book . I hope you like it .

Moon Rover Lander

For science we made a Moon rover lander using only a paper cup, paper, cellotape and straws.  We were given the task of making our Moon rover land softly onto our Moon landscape so that our marsh-mellow astronauts did not fly out.

The materials I used for my Moon rover is paper and cellatape.

What I like best about my Moon rover is my wing's.

What I needed to modify on my Moon lander rover was my

parachute.

One thing  I learned about landing on the Moon was you need to keep your moon rover is that you need to keep it straight.

Here is a picture of my Moon rover landing on our school’s Moon surface.  I hope you like it!

Maori

We have been learning to talk to each other in Maori. Here is a conversation I recorded with Aumaarire.

Art term 2

Handwriting Term 2

Here is my handwriting sample for Term 2.

I am good at writing the letters correctly.
I need to work on keeping my letters on the line.

Space Writing

Space Writing
This week we have been writing about space. Here is a piece of my writing.

Anzac day drawing

This is my drawing about Anzac day. We listened to a poem about ANZAC and then we created a picture to go with it. 

Penguins

This week we read a book and completed a slide about penguins.

Pepeha

We have been learning our pepeha with Matua ken. Here is mine

Swimming

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Writing Goals

Here are my writing goals term 2.

Basic Facts Term 1

These are my Basic Facts results for Term 1.

I am working on Stage 4. I got 22 right out of 60

I need to be on Stage 5 by the end of the year.

  

Handwriting Term 1

This is my handwriting Sample for Term One

I am good at sizing.

I need to work on my 'U's.

STEM

Today I made a spider and a praying mantis. I made a butterfly on paper. Here is what I made.

I made a movie with some friends on finding bugs outside. 

BUG GIF

Today we have been making a Gif. I made one on a snail. 

Bug Hotel

We made a bug hotel for good bugs. One of the good bugs we found was a centipede under a brick.    

I enjoyed the day.  My favourite part was making the hotel with bamboo, wood, hay and flowers.  

By Maia     

What is under the rock?

Today we wrote poems called What is under the rock. We had to use an adjective, a noun and a verb. Here is my poem.

Maths

For maths we have been working in mixed ability groups to solve problems. The focus has been solving word problems using place value. We have to select the correct the correct strategy to solve the problem. I have chosen two problems to show you how I work them out.

I find the addition easy.

Colour Poem

We had to write a poem about our house colour. I am in the yellow house.

Yellow

The yellow sun shining in the sky. The yellow sand at the beach.
The yellow sun shining on the water in the pool. Yellow blonde hair blowing
in the wind. Yellow cat eyes staring at me. Yellow paper flying in the air.
A yellow butterfly landing on a yellow leaf.

Environmental writing

We sketched our bean plants that we grew in class. We then wrote words around the outside to describe the bean plant. We had to use these words to write a piece of descriptive writing. We then cut out our picture and glued it on to your writing. Here is my writing.

Self Portrait Art

We have been learning how to sketch our facial features. We needed to put
them in the right place on our face. For our background we typed our full name
and learned to copy and paste down the page.

I like my portrait.

I need to work on drawing.