Ski trip

Last week, we went on  a school trip to the snow and we learned how to ski. On  Thursday  we skied all day but I did not ski  because I was making  big tunnel  with big group.When it was done it looked nice but it took long.Here is a photo of the tunnel.By Manea Wahine Slade Kidwell

Maths

This week we have been doing measurements. We have been measuring our group's head and feet to see how big they are.  Here is a picture of our maths. I liked doing the measurement tasks.

Science

Kia Ora, The other day in Team Moana we were learning how tectonics plates work. We used ice cream wafers to show the mountains forming. Then, we used homemade tomato sauce. we punched a hole in half of the wafer. The learning behind the  task was to learn how mountains form using tectonic plates. I thought it was fun.   Here is a picture of me and my group.

Lahar Rupehu 1

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.

Bush wren

Here is our presentation about the bush wren. We had to find out why it became extinct.

Reading task

We have learing about Matarik.Here is a reading activity we did

reading task

We have learing about Matarik.Here is a reading activity we did