Art

We made a collage of sea creature for art. Here is a photo of my art and me.

Term 4 Coopers Beach

Last week we went to camp at Coopers Beach. We went fishing, water sliding, swimming in the sea, jumping on trampolines and the confidence course. I enjoyed water sliding the most. Here are some photos of me.

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 5. I got 27 out of 60. I passed stage 4 and I got 60 out of 60.

Pet Day 2019

 Today is our schools pet day and today for writing we wirte about pet day. Here is my poem.

Vaseline saucers

Today is our School Pet day. We made Vaseline saucers using flower petals. Here is my saucer.

Great's and Grand's Day 2019

Last Friday  we had our Great's and Grands Day. My Auntie came along. We did performances and dancing. We had delicious morning tea and played games.
Here is my poem I wrote for my Auntie.

Handwriting Sample

At the end of the term we did a handwriting sample. We had to use our capital and lower case letters.

We had to write a sentence about our science fair. I think my handwriting is very good because I copied it correctly. I think I could sit the letters on the line. Here is a photo of my handwriting sample.

Garden to table

Today in garden to table I was in the garden. We did lots of weeding. Laylah and I picked some flowers and there were some pink, white, orange, yellow and red sweetpeas and put them into a pot. After  we finished picking our flowers, we went and planted some strawberry plants. After that we went into the orchard and planted passionfruit plants.  Once we had finished in the garden we went around the front and put our gloves back into the bag and washed our hands and sat on the field and had a picnic.  It was yum! Here are some photos of me in the garden.

Science Fair

Yesterday we had our school Science fair. My science investigation was about flight with paper planes.

 

Musical Instruments

Team Awa made instruments using recycled materials.  I made a drum using a plastic pot.  I am really happy because it sounds like a real drum.

Here is a photo of my instrument.

Koru Art

We made koru art with Whaea Rose by printing our cut out korus onto a white piece of paper.  We did this by drawing our korus first, then cutting them out and printing them onto paper.  We used a roller to stick them down.
My koru represents my family.
I really like the way that the birds are flying in my koru art.
Here is a photo of my art.

Scientific Writing

We did a hovercraft experiment and then we wrote it up using the correct structure.

TITLE
Balloon Hovercraft
QUESTION
How does a hovercraft hover?

HYPOTHESIS

I predict that the balloon hovercraft will hover over the table.

EQUIPMENT  AND MATERIALS:
Cd, balloon, bottle cap.

PROCEDURE:
Step 1:Using a hot glue gun, glue the bottle cap over the CD hole.
Step 2: Blow up a balloon. When it is fully inflated twist the end so no air comes out.
Step 3: Stretch the balloon end over the bottle lid.
Step 4: Open up the cap and place the CD on a table.
Step 5: Untwist balloon and let go.

OBSERVATIONS/RESULTS:
I found out that the air from the balloon creates a path of air.

CONCLUSION:
The air from the balloon creates a cushion of moving air between the disc and the surface. The air lifts the CD and reduces the friction which allows the CD to hover across the surface.

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 rainforests.

We had to present them in front of our class. 

I think my speech was good.

Here is my speech.

Why Rainforests are important?

Have you ever wondered how many rainforests have been destroyed? Well I have. Rainforests are the homes of many endangered animals and they are being destroyed. I believe rainforests should be saved now and this is why.

Firstly if trees are removed from the rainforests soil will wash away and if the soil is washed away plants and trees will never grow back.  When that happens all the endangered animals will not have a home or any food to survive. If animals don’t have a home or any food to survive they will die. 

Secondly, more than 2 million hectares of rainforests are being destroyed. They are cutting the trees down to make palm oil and furniture. And using the cleared land for farming and mining. They are mining for gold and coal. Whilst they are doing that they are destroying the rainforests and animals lose their homes.

Finally we need rainforests as they process most of the oxygen we breathe. The trees draw in the bad air (carbon dioxide) and use it to grow and process the good air into the atmosphere. When the trees are destroyed they give off carbon dioxide which is bad for our atmosphere.

That is why I think we should help save rainforests. We need to to help save rainforests to make sure all the animals, especially endangered animals have a place to stay. 

Maths Book

For maths this week we read a book called 1 is a snail and ten is a crab. We then worked  in groups to create our own version. My book is called 1 is a fish, 10 is a Squid. 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.
What I like best about my Moon rover is the spring.
What I needed to modify on my Moon lander rover was to tighten my lander spring.
One thing I learned about landing on the Moon was you have to make a spring.
Here is a picture of my Moon rover landing on our school’s Moon surface. I hope you like it!

Art

This week we finished our art auction art pieces. Here is my art.

Maths Problems

We have been learning how to do multiplication problems. I have used times tables to help me figure them out. Here is my maths.

Maori

We have been learning to talk to each other in Maori. Here is a conversation we recorded on Screencastify.

Handwriting Term 2

Here is my handwriting sample for term 2. I am good at forming my letters. I need to work on my 2019, make my numbers taller.

Space Writing

This week we have been writing about space. here is my writing.

Screencastify

This week we made a Scratch jr with Tania. Here is my one.

The sun

Last week we started looking at the Sun for Reading. We did a google slide about the earth rotating around the sun. Here is my google slide.
 

Copy of the sun

This week we had to fill interesting questions about the sun. Here is my one.

Alien

At the end of the day we made a alien on google sheets. Here is mine.

Animal inquiry

This week we have been doing a slide that the teachers made so we can fill in the bits and pieces that the teachers missed. Here is my one that I filled in.

Pepeha

In class we wrote down our pepeha on our chrombooks. We were allowed to add a picture of our

self and of our maunga and our awa. Here is mine.

My writing goals

On Thursday we did our writing goals. Here are my writing goals.

Swimming

In term 1 we have been doing some swimming. We did some freestyle, backstroke and rainbow arms. Here is my swimming self- Assessment.

My writing goals

Here is my writing goals.

Basic facts Term 1

These are my Basic Facts results for the end of Term One.
I am working on Stage 4. I got 39 out of 60 on Stage 4 and on Stage 2-3 I got 30 out of 30.
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 k's.

STEAM

This week we did Maker space and our theme was Living World. I was a spider engineer and I created a web. I created it with nails and string and a piece of wood.Then I made two spiders and one of them had six straws, a cupcake wrapper goggly eyes and the other one I used purple and blue legs and goggly eyes and a cupcake wrapper.

Bug Hotel

Today we were making the bug hotel. We made a bug hotel for our good bugs. We used bamboo,hey wood, plant containers and a pallet for the base. We made it so good bugs can have a good life and have a holiday. We want them to come into our garden and help it grow.

GIF

Today I made a GIF with a bug.

What's under the rock?

Today we wrote poems about living things. We had to use an adjective, noun and verb for each sentence. Here is my published 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...   I found both of them easy.

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. 

Hectors World

WE have been watching Hector's World to learn how to be safe online.

Colour Poem

We have been writing poems about our house colour. I am in green house. 

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 hair.

I need to work on my nose.