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

Rhymes worlds about rocket and star

We leanring rhymes worlds what we don't kown

maori and art

We did some maori And we had to do my family

Chicken Diva

This tream we did art  about  chicken diva

Time tables

Hi this is team we have lerning about or xtables .I don't kown

9x9=18      5x5=25 5x3=  5x7= 5 x9 = 5x8=  5x6= 5x6= 8x3= 6x3=

learning about rhymes words

Last  week i  was learning about how to think up words that rhymes  with each other. Here is activity sheet which i completed.

Making 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:

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.

Maths 1 Maths: Geometry Safari

This term for maths we have been learning about 2D and 3D geometry.  I was in a team. with Kayla and Mikayla. 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. You can see ours below.
We found out that geometry is everywhere!

What shape did you find?	Is it 2D?	Is it 3D?	What is it part of or where was it?
Octagon	No	Yes	Picnic Table
Square	Yes	No	4 Square
Sphere	No	Yes	Ball
Circle	Yes	No	Centre of court
Cylinder	No	Yes	Sandpit Pole
Triangle	?	?	Fling Fox
Cone	No	Yes	Field Cone

Science 1 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 1cm 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.  Ten people said they could recognise me from my description.