Tree hut

We have been learning how to use adjectives to describe a mood and atmosphere. Here is a picture of our tree house that my group made and the adjectives to describe the mood.

Can you guess the atmosphere?

Science Plate Tectonics

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For Science we did a experiment about Plate Tectonics. We had a plastic plate with some tomato sauce inside it to act as the magma in the Mantle. Then we had two wafers to put on top of the mantle to act as plate tectonics. We put one wafer on the sauce because tectonic plates sit on top of the mantle. With the other plate we put a punch hole in it and pushed it into the sauce. This created a form of sauce that looked like a mountain. Then we were told to move the plates together, apart, and rub them together. Here is a photo of it. Bye Bye!!      

Maths head blog

Hello fellow bloggers For maths this week we have been measuring our heads and feet in our maths groups. We made a graph to show how big our head size were and our groups. I liked measurng my head. I found it hard estamating my head size. The learning behind this task was to help me learn how to measure better. My head size was 54 cm. Here is my slide.

Lahars

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Today we built Mt Ruapehu in the sandpit. We also made the Whangaehu River valley, the plain below the mountain and the railway bridge at Tangiwai. We wanted to learn how the lahar destroyed the bridge in 1953 causing the Tangiwai Disaster. Kora and Ariana poured lots of water into the crater we had made on top of our mountain. It whoosed down the side of the mountain and into the river valley. The bridge collapsed and bits of our train fell into the river. After that, we watched a short video about what do do if you are on Mt Ruapehu when the lahar siren sounds.  Now I know how to keep safe from a lahar if one happens when I am on a mountain.  Here is my Hazard Notice with the most important information.

Bird Inquiry

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For science last term we were given an extinct New Zealand bird to research and study. We where put in a group to research our bird. Our groups bird was the Dieffenbach Rail. Our group made a slide with all the information on it and also links to our personal slide. In the slide we had some questions to answer that the teachers set up for us. All together we had six questions to answer. Here is my work.

7 STARS MYTH

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We have been reading different Countrys Myths for the 7 stars. In New Zealand we call the 7 stars Matariki. We have been writing our own myths about Matariki. I enjoyed writing my story. I did not enjoy trying to think of how they turned into stars. Here is my work.

Alien Story!

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We where writing a story based on Aliens and underpants. We wrote about Aliens because we watched a video on YouTube where there was this girl reading a story called Aliens love underpants. We had to write our own one about the time we saw an Alien in our back yard. The main part was that we had to describe what our Alien looked like. I enjoyed everything about it. Here is my writing. 

Meaning of words

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We have been reading an article in a group about the Bird Flu. In the article there where some words highlighted in yellow. The yellow words are the ones that we have to write the meaning of. I got all the meanings of the words off google. In my draw I also have a link that sends you to the site where I found the article so you can see the words. I enjoyed writing my answers and adding photos to it. I did not enjoy finding all the info of the words. I hope you enjoy my draw.

The Peco incident Setting $PRO$

We had to descibe the setting on the Peco incident. The Peco incident is a book we have been reading about bird flu. I enjoyed doing my writing. I did not enjoy writing the setting. Here is my work.

Space writing $PRO$

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I have been working on a space writing about Pennywise. We had to do a space theme because Matariki is coming up. I enjoyed everything about my writing. Here it is.

Chicken Diva Art! $PRO$

We read a book about Chicken divas. We made our own Chicken Divas in art. I enjoyed tracing my chicken. I didn't enjoy colouring my whole chicken in pastel. Here is my work.

Rhyming Couplets $PRO$

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We have been doing rhyming couplets. We based our rhyming couplets on space because Matariki is coming up. I enjoyed getting the photos for the backgrounds of my poems also I enjoyed writing my poems. I didn't enjoy thinking of rhyming words for each poem. Here is my work.

My Dream Car

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For writing we had draw and write about our dream car. My one was a cool sports car. Here is my work.

ANZAC Biscuits

For ANZAC day we made ANZAC biscuits and made the recipes look really cool.I liked drawing the pitchers on the recipe.Here is my work.

My Dream Shopping List

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For writing we had to do a dream shopping list.My one had lots of yum food.I enjoyed adding the images of food on the draw.Here is my work.

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Fake Whitebait Fritters

This term for our novel study, Mrs A read us Whitebait Fritters which is a novel written by a Kiwi author Kingi McKinnon.  My favourite part in Whitebait Fritters was when they where cooking the whitebait fritters.

To wind up our learning we decided to make some fake whitebait fritters because we can’t afford to buy real whitebait. We used grated potato to take the place of whitebait and mixed it with eggs and onions. They were really tasty. Then we had to write out the recipe, put it on a Google Drawing and add some images. You can see my work below.

Science: Me and my DNA

This term for science we are learning all about how the human body works and how special we all are. We are also trying to learn how to think and act more like a scientist. So, Miss Fletcher asked us to look at our faces in the mirror and write down notes about what we look like. The information had to be precise and clear so that when someone read it, it would help them find the person it described quickly. It was a bit like being a detective. You had to look and notice things carefully.

Miss Fletcher said that what we look like depends on our mother and father. Making a new human is a bit like making a cake.  You get some ingredients from your mum and some from your dad. The ingredients are called DNA. Everybody’s cake is different to everyone else’s. 

Miss Fletcher said the person with the most efficient description was Andrew J as he wrote: My hair is 1 cm long all over. He is the only student in Team Moana with a haircut like that so he was able to be identified very easily. You can read my description below. The sentences highlighted in blue are the ones that Miss Fletcher said were not precise and clear enough. 

Maths 1

This term for maths we have been learning about 2D and 3D geometry.  Jack and I were in a team. We went on a Geometry Safari around the school grounds to see how many 2D  and 3D shapes we could find. Then we had to write what we had found into a table. We found that you can find geometry everywhere!
You can see ours below.

What shape did you find?	Is it 2D?	Is it 3D?	What is it part of or where was it?
Pyramid		3D	Pyramid
Cylinder		3D	Tree trunk
rectangle		3D	Brick
cylinder		3D	Barle
sphere		3D	rock
sphere		3D	ball
rectangle		3D	pool
cylinder		3D	wheel
cylinder		3D	founten
rectangle	2D		court
cylinder		3D	tunnel

Superheros Comic

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We are doing some creative writing about superheros in our community like Police, Firemen and the Ambulance. My superhero is the Police because they keep us safe from bad guys. Here is a comic I made about it. I enjoyed making the comic because it was fun moving the characters and making the speech bubble. I found it hard to find all the characters I needed for my comic on the website.
Here is my work.

White Bait fritters reading activity

This term we where reading a book called Whitebait fritters.We had to do some activity's to show our learning.The task I did was an animation with me and Max.I enjoyed getting the backgrounds on the slide.I found it hard to copy and past the slides.The learning behind the talk was creating the animation and learning how to share our ideas.