2 week vacation

For my 2 week break also known as the holidays. I did not do that much but spoil my baby siblings. I also got given a reminder not to sneak into my siblings room to give them lollies. I spent half of my holidays sleeping because there was nothing better to do and I acted like I’d been doing hard work all day. When I got the courage and energy to get up I took my siblings to the Arcade and won more lollies. Other than that I had a great holiday. What did you do in the holidays?

Rapid Rockets

In Te Ngahere we have been doing a thing called the Wonder Project and we got taught how to make mini bottle rockets. My first impression when we got told we were making rockets I wasn't very keen at first but I truly enjoyed it. Two and a half weeks of non stop trying to make my rocket. My group and I made it and had our first launch, it did not go as we planned. The fins were not on properly, and our nose cone was a little weak. Our second attempt went only a little further than our first but this time all our fins came off and we had to improve it but other than that I learnt a lot and had heaps of fun.

Magical Maths

  Magical Maths

 In Te Ngahere we have been doing different types of maths activities. I'm doing an activity called Circle Links. What we have to do is find the measurements for circular objects. For example a bottle we have to measure the circumference which is the outer rim and then when we do that we have to measure the diameter which is directly across the middle and it normally would be half of the circumference if it was 12 cm it would most likely be 6 cm but that doesn't happen all the time. We also have to learn about Pi which is defined as the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter.  

Ki O Rahi

 P.E Drills

The last few weeks Te Ngahere has been doing P.E drills which is to teach us to play and get used to different games, for example, we are learning how to play Ki O Rahi which is just like Rippa rugby for us Maoris. Ki o Rahi Games are 5 minute quarters with an immediate change at quarter time and a 2-minute break at half time. The sport is non-contact but players wear a belt holding two velcro tags around their waist. It is really fun to play and I am learning a lot from these drills. 

Te Reo

 In Te Ngahere the last few weeks we have been learning Te Reo Maori and how to pronounce and say Maori words/Phrases. For example(They Learnt to play soccer) we would have to use a Maori dictionary to find the Maori words for this sentence and that would be (I Ako Ratou ki te Mahi Poihau) it has been a rough journey to find the right meanings but other than that it was fun to do and say.

Te reo Maori

ⓕancy Fractions

        ⓕancy Fractions 

Kia ora this week in Te Ngahere my group and I have been learning how to find equivalent fractions. Equivalent fractions are numbers that look different but equal the same answer for example ⅕ is the same as 2/10, because to get your answer you either divide or multiply. What you do to the top number you have to do to the bottom number. It is really easy to do even if I get stuck sometimes but when you get the hang of it you will be able to solve them more efficiently. Have you done equivalent fractions before?

Magical Movie Making

 Magical Movie Making

In Te Ngahere we have been studying how to make a quality movie for the film festival. In my group, we are making a movie that involves a rap to teach kids to stay at school and learn, it is really fun and my group and I are enjoying  it. Yesterday we had no hope of finishing our movie or any more energy to even think of it. One of our kaiako/teachers helped us out alot and now we have such a exciting movie plan and we are really happy about it.

Mosaic Art

                                                     Mosaic Art 

In Te Ngahere we have been doing a type of Art called Mosaic Art. What you would have to do is rip up the different sizes of paper if you want it to turn out fabulous use a newspaper with the colors you want. But you know we like doing things differently in Te Ngahere so we did it on Google Drawing I thought it was really tricky at first but then I got into the hang of it. It has been very fun doing this type of art it is awesome when it's finished because it's so mesmerizing to look at. Have you done Mosaic art before?

Cross Country

Cross Country Practice

This week in Te Ngahere we have been doing cross country
practice and Fitness including planks, push ups, high knees and many more fitness activities.
It really helps me out because I can only run short
distance and get really tired after a 300m run but I'm slowly getting there.
If we do the fitness well, we can play a game.
I'm feeling more energetic than I normally am during fitness.
Do you do Cross Country?

Cool Maths

Cool Maths

This week in Te Ngahere we have been doing Basic
facts, Division and Spelling.It is really fun to do and
learn. I am still learning them but everybody will get
there, in the end, it is cool working with a buddy because
they can practice and warm me up for it is easy to learn
with the cards we get given and a buddy to help me out
because I am a social learner. Do you do much Basic facts
learning from cards? How was this Blog?

League

League
Kia ora Yesterday my class and I played Rugby League with Matua Henry it was really awesome. He taught us skills like timing and teamwork. Before we played a game we did some warm ups like running,stretching and lunging from 1 point to another. It was really fun to do the warm ups. We ended up playing touch instead of league because there was to many of us. But we did learn some league techniques and all the rules for proper league. Im looking forward to Matua Henry visiting us again. It was really chill and humble.

Wicked Sports

Wicked Sports 

This week we played a game called Aerial Bombardment it's pretty much dodge-ball
just with a little touch-up. It was challenging because in every game I was the last person standing in my team. Other than that it was really fun and tiring it was all about technique and timing. I was quite proud of myself and my team, it was awesome to play and I wouldn't mind playing again. Have you ever played Aerial Bombardment?

Funky Fractions

Funky fractions Our WALT was to identify fractions, find fractions of a set, convert fractions to decimals and convert fractions to percentages. In Te Ngahere we have been learning how to properly solve fractions and equivalent fractions by converting fractions to decimals. It was pretty hard the first few questions but we got it eventually and it was really fun to do it. It also really made me think and made my group think too. Do you know how to solve equivalent fractions?

Perfect Paper Planes

Today my group had to fly a paper plane so it lands in your book box in the most creative way possible! 3 things we had to do were design a paper plane, stay in the air for more than 3 seconds and land in your book box. I liked working with my group because they are always focussed. Have you ever made a paper plane that flies more than 10 meters?

Generation of the Gingerbread Man

In my class we learnt how to properly identify maths in the world around us using our maths eyes. My class and I got given a picture of some gingerbread men. My buddy and I had to use our maths eyes to identify the picture and see what we can find in the photo. 3 things I noticed were all of the gingerbread men had 2 buttons, they all had chocolate hair, 2 feet and last one some of them had stripes and some had no stripes. I found using my maths eyes pretty useful and realized what it properly was. It was pretty easy to do and see everything.z Have you ever used your Maths eyes.

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