Day 2 activity 3

Term 4 basic facts

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 40 out of 60.

Maths Problems

We have been learning to solve problems with  multiplication and division. Here are some problems I solved on a whiteboard.

Vaseline Saucers

Today is our pet day.We made Vaseline saucers Using flower petals

Here is my saucer 

Greats and Grands Day 2019

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

Here is my poem I did for my Nan.

Garden to Table term 3

Today for Garden to Table we had fritters, quiche, apple and marshmallow and pear kebabs and coleslaw. We had a picnic.

I was in the garden and weeded the garden ready for the carrots to grow.

Science Fair

 Yesterday we had our school science fair. My science investigation was about bird seeds.

 

Musical Instruments

Last week we made musical instruments out of recycled materials. My one was a maraca, it go ch ca  ch ca. I made it with a plastic coke bottle, a plastic cup, newspaper, feathers, rocks, sticks and popping corn. We made a song cold just move to the drum beat.

Koru Art

Today we made korus with Whaea Rose. We used green and red and blue ink to stamp our koru shapes onto white paper.
My koru represents my family.
I really like the yellow koru in my colourful, koru art.
Here is a photo of me and my art.

Balloon hovercraft

B E G I N N I N G	TITLE	Balloon Hovercraft
	QUESTION	How does a hovercraft hover?
	HYPOTHESIS	I predict that it will go straight up in the air.

M I D D L E	EQUIPMENT  AND MATERIALS:	Bottle Cap, disc, balloon.
	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 slid across 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.

Bridge Building

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 were Ella and Mikayla.  We used egg cartons, ice block sticks and paper towels to build our bridge.Here is a photo of our truss bridge. What I like best about our bridge is the road markings.

Maths - Volume and Capacity

Writing Speech

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

My topic was endangered animals.

We had to present them in front of our class. 

I think it went very good because I was nice and clear with my speaking.

Here is my speech.

Have you ever wondered if we should save endangered animals? Well I want to.  If we do not save endangered animals there would be no more left. I believe that all people should respect endangered animals. And I will tell you why.

Firstly, animals are special to all countries. In NZ kiwis are special. In china pandas are special. In Africa tigers and rhinos are important. The Bengal tiger is special in India.                                                                                                                                                                                                     
Secondly, animals are endangered because people burn forests and the animals have nowhere to go. But sometimes animals run away.

Finally, I will tell you about the hoiho. The hoiho is known as the yellow eyed penguin. The hoiho is endangered because weasels, rats and cats can eat up the eggs.

I strongly believe that animals should be somewhere safe. Like in the zoo, the zoo is the safest place for animals to be safe from hunting and people who destroy their habitat. We will help protect you animals! 

One is a slug and ten is a crab.

For maths this week we read a book called One is a slug and ten is a crab. We then worked in groups to create our own version. My book is called one is a slug and 2 is 2 cats and 1 slug.
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 cup.

What I needed to modify on my Moon lander rover was its landing because it kept falling over. 

One thing I learned about landing on the Moon was it was fun. 

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

Maori conversation

We have been learning to talk to each other in Maori. 

The sun

Art Term 2

The Sun

Alien

This week we learnt how to use Google sheets  to create a mine craft style character, we created aliens.

Penguins Inquiry

This week we learnt about penguins for our reading.

Pepeha

Swimming

Basic Facts

These are my Basic Facts results for the end of Term One.
I am working on Stage 2-3. I got 25 out of 30 correct.
I need to be on Stage 5 by the end of the year.

Handwriting Term One

This is my handwriting Sample for Term One
I am good at writing my name.
I need to work on keeping my letters an even size.

STEAM

We did Makerspace this week for our Living World. I made a stink bug out of a spring and metal.

Bug GIF

We did makerspace about bugs. We learnt how to make a GIF. I made a GIF on a stinkbug.

What is in the jar?

Today we wrote poems about living things. We used an adjective, a noun and verb in each sentence. 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 them tricky to work out but I am getting better.

Hector's World

We watched Hector’s World to learn how to be safe online.

Colour Poem

For writing we have been writing colour poems. We had to write a poem about our house colour. I am in the green house. Here is my poem.

Environmental

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 eyes.

I need to work on my hair.