What’s That About?

This week in Te Ngahere we started a DLO(Digital Learning Object) and it’s about a text extract from a book called The Promise from an author named Bernard Beckett. The Promise is about 5 teens in a bunker and their food supply is running out but they were in the bunker because they were either getting nuked or bombed. In class we were learning how to analyze and identify mood and atmosphere from a text, the hardest thing for me was trying to find the mood from the text but the easy thing was writing in the text.

Have you ever made a DLO?

 Sorting And Displaying Data

This week in Te Ngahere we did a math task called sorting data. In our groups we got two pieces of paper that had a random 16  names, stick people  and whether they had a phone or not it also says if they have facebook or snapchat. Learning how to display data at first was kind of confusing and when we got used to it, it got easier. Do you know how to sort and display data? 

These are the pieces of paper we got but they’re all different--->

 Is That Ball Hard?

This week in Te Ngahere we played softball and tee-ball. First off we met a nice lady named Kasey, she was on the field teaching classes how to play softball, first we had to get familiar with the  ball. Then we had to get into positions and that’s when we got put into being the fielders. Kasey told us what fielders are supposed to do, I was a base two fielder. When the ball got hit off the tee the top part of our foot had to be on the base and when the ball comes toward us and we can’t catch it we wait for the ball to come to us and we have to catch the ball while touching the base so we get the player out. When you’re batting you have to hold the bat on the grip one hand at the bottom and the other at the top, when you hit the ball you need to run to the first base. I think the hardest part of the game is catching the ball and the easiest was hitting the ball.

Have you ever played on base two? Here’s a photo of some of the games--->

 Is That Algebra?

This week in Te Ngahere we are learning algebra. Algebra is a type of mathematics that uses letters by also using numbers here’s an example:  so instead of using numbers to make equations in algebra there’s letters too, like this n=12, so n+16 =28. In algebra letters can be anything, it’s very confusing but when you get used to it gets easier . It’s really hard learning algebra because I’ve gotten used to using numbers over letters, numbers are way easier than letters anyway. The only thing easy about algebra is probably the letters can be any number you want it to be. 

Have you learnt algebra?

  How High?

In Te Ngahere this week we played speed cricket. Firstly our class met a man named Neil he was really fun, then he taught us the stance, how to hold the bat and how to hit the ball. Next we had to buddy up and  pick to be 1 or 2 , I had to be 2 sadly but it was still fun so we got a cricket  bat and three tennis balls. Then we had to start hitting the balls to the buddy that we were with and when the people who were hitting the balls ran out we had to swap over so the people catching were hitting the ball. After all that then we played speed cricket, we got three bats and if the bat or the ball  hit the wickets (sticks in a stick holder) you lose one bat and when you lose all the bats then you have to swap with the other team. The best part about today was probably getting to hit the ball and the worst part was when I missed the ball.

Have you played speed cricket before? 

<---This is Neil

 In The Outdoors

In The Outdoors

two weeks ago me and my family went camping. We went somewhere named Tapotupotu camping grounds. First we had to drive all the way past Kaitaia which took around 2 hours and then we had to stop at the Pak N Save which also took 40 minutes because my parents had to buy heaps and heaps of food. When we got there we had to set up the tent that we bought it was giant and mildewy and we had to stay in it for the night, it smelt rank but we opened all the curtains so it was all right. After the tent was set up we got to kick a ball from one side to the other side of a beach, it was very boring. Then the tent got finished and we sat inside because it got cold, so we played a card game called monopoly deal. The next day we all went swimming in the creek because the beach was too rough and when we went to the creek it was really shallow. That night we had a fire,  we just put lots of pieces of coal put into a little tin and set on fire it was fun also we got to have smores too. My favourite part about camping was probably making smores but the worst part was the showers were very cold.

Have you ever gone camping?

 What’s That Song

This week in Te Ngahere we started to make instrumental covers of songs on an app called  Google Music Lab. First we could choose to either get in a pair or work alone, I got into a group with one of my friends and we made the Peppa Pig theme song but first we had to find out what instruments were used and what the speed of the tempo was and record it in a book. After we had to show a teacher our book and then we got to start. The thing I really enjoyed about this was being able to create our own beat, but the only hard thing was putting together the song and knowing which sound to put in.

Have you ever made a cover of a song? Here’s a video of what I made 

 What is Mahi Toi 

It has been really quiet in class lately because we started a new form of art called Mahi Toi which means art or craft. The WALT this week we are learning is to draw continuous lines, draw curves, rule straight lines, select colours and blend colours for effect. I don’t really enjoy art because I’ve never been good at it but I think it’s good for some career options because some of your jobs you get you might have to draw something.

Do you have a favourite form of art? Also here’s a slide show with the WALT and everything we had to follow on it.

The End of The Project

Yesterday in Te Ngahere we had our last Wonder Project launch there were lots of groups that had to launch. There were around 8-9 groups, the first group that went was Robert  his rocket went around 29.36m, secondly my group came 2nd and beat 2 groups with 18.40m then all these little children came along to watch us launch our rockets. There was a group that made a rocket that went 79.80m I couldn’t believe that their rocket could go that far. The hardest thing was probably making the new fins and after they broke glueing them on again

Have you done the Wonder Project? Also here are some videos of our launches. 

 What’s The Measurement 

Last week we started learning about measurement. Last week (week 9 term 3) we had to get into groups so we could learn to carry out practical measuring tasks involving length, mass and time. First we had to close our eyes in our group with a stopwatch on and we had to pause it and see how close we were to 1 minute. Then we had to tie something heavy up with string like a stone and then we had to put the stopwatch on again then we had to make the rock swing every second, we did it. Next we cut up some cardboard into a circle with a line, every time it fully rolled it measured 0.5 m so 2 full rolls would be one metre. What I think was hardest was perfectly cutting the circle out of the cardboard and what was easiest was probably trying to get closest to 1 minute but sadly I didn’t. 

Have you ever done measurement in maths before? Also here’s a photo of the thing we made or what it looks like at least

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 Te Huarere

This week we started Te Huarere which is Maori for the weather. We are learning how to pronounce the weather in Maori. On Monday(9/9/20) we started Te Huarere, it was really fun. First we had to either get into a pair or a group of three. Then we got a stack of cards with pictures of different weather on them and we also got a stack with the names of the weather on them too but there was a twist, all the names were in Maori but luckily before we got the cards we learnt all the names of the weather. Next we got to play a memory game. After we’d matched all the names and the weather, we had to read a book in Maori.

Do you know any Maori words?

 The Big Screening

This week in Te Ngahere we have been making films, because we are going to be choosing 2 movies on Friday for the film festival and 2 of them will go to the finals at Kerikeri Cathay Cinema . Everybody in the class are filming movies. Everybody has  different types of movies. Me and my friends movie is about a monster chasing 2 kids and a mother, the monster ends up breaking into there house and then it tried to grab them but they got away. We haven’t finished our movie yet but we only have 1-2 scenes left until we're finished. What I think was the hardest is remembering the lines, what was easiest for me was running around.  Here’s some 

Planning we did --->

Have you ever made a movie?

Marvelous Movies

Hi in Te Ngahere we are making movies for a movie festival in Kerikeri Cathay cinema. We had to make a Google doc and link it to a slide, we only had a few days to write a script and make a plan. I think it’s been hard trying to get a script and figuring out where we are going to make it because we only have 2 days to finish the plan and script. The thing I found easiest was making the plan and thinking of props, we only have 2 props in the whole story. Our movie is going to have a monster and destruction of a city. Have you ever designed and made a movie?