Amazing Things About Mutualism.

In Te Ngahere we’ve been learning about mutualism and how birds and trees have a  mutualistic relationship. Birds and trees both benefit from their relationship and I’m going to tell you how. The birds help the trees by eating the fruit off the tree but also spreading the pollen through the flowers so they can bloom and make berries, when the birds eat the fruit they eat the seeds too and as their flying away from that tree the bird poops the seed out, also the tree grows and the birds poop helps fertilize the tree so it can grow faster, what I found hardest during this lesson to me was learning what the word mutualism means, but what I found easy was finding the facts in the text I was reading. Here are some of those facts about mutualism.

Did this teach you anything  about mutualism? Here is a photo of my synthesizing writing---->

 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?