Learning New Maths With Te Ngahere:

In Te Ngahere we have groups for maths. There are group 1,2,3,4 and task 4. I am in group 3 and the activity that we have started is called roar. We were learning to multiply by multiples of 10. The thing that I found hard was getting the hang of doing it and making sure everyone in my group payed attention. Tomorrow when I do this again I will know what to do and it will help me get it done faster. Is maths your favourite subject at school? Bye!

Tok Tik-er’s Are Retired

In Te Ngahere we have recently finished our movies. My groups movie is called Tok Tik-ers. We were learning to make a movie for the film festival coming up. Before we could even start filming, we had to learn all about the types of shots to use in our movie. I really enjoyed this activity because I learnt what a long shot, close up and birds eye view is and more. There was nothing I didn’t enjoy about it, but next time if we make movies again I think the thing that I could work on is making my acting a bit better and taking the time to edit our movie. Do you know what a birds eye view is? Bye!

Come And Learn The Newton’s Laws With Me

In Te Ngahere we have been doing writing that is called explanation and we were doing it related to bottle rockets, Newton’s Laws and the forces that help bottled rockets fly. if you don’t know what an explanation piece of writing is, it is when you are writing facts and you are not allowed to use you, I or your. I really enjoy doing this because it is fun and I get to learn more about Newton’s Laws of motion. We use the three forces trust, weight and drag to make the rockets fly. There is nothing I don’t enjoy about it but sometimes I find it hard to remember Newton’s second law which is the more mass then more the forces you need to make the object move. Before we could even start our writing we had to make a plan so we knew what we were going to write about and the order that it is meant to be in. Have you ever done an explanation piece of writing before? Bye!

Learning New Maths With Me

In Te Ngahere we have started a new type of maths, we are learning about time, mass & length. My maths group are figuring out how much a meter is on our body, and we are also learning about grams and what weighs 100 grams in our classroom. We have to see how close our estimation is to the real answer. I really enjoy doing this because it is fun. I like it because me and my group all do even parts of the work. The thing that I found hard at first was writing my statement right because I kept on writing way to much detail when I was just meant to write down the data. Tomorrow when we do it again I will remember not to add too much detail and just add the data that I need. Last week we were doing maths with our teacher Whaea Shanna in the whare, now we are doing maths with our other teacher Whaea Chrissy in our classroom. Do you learn maths in different learning spaces? Bye!

Edit A Movie With Me

In Te Ngahere we have been making movies of our choice for the film festival coming up. This week my group has just finished our movie and are now editing it, just for a reminder our movie is about never give up on something you love and when things get hard keep trying. I really enjoy making movies because I enjoy acting and I love making movies with my friends because we all help each other to get better and better at acting and we never give each other negative advice. The thing that I found hard when we were editing was getting sound in our movie but also being able to hear us as well. Next time if we do this again I will listen and watch so when it comes to editing the movie it is easier for me and I will know for the future. I had a lot of fun and I hope we do this a again soon. Have you ever made a movie before? Bye!

Tips You Need To Know When You Do Fraction Frenzy

In Te Ngahere this week we have been doing maths. Our maths that we were doing was called fraction frenzy. What we had to do was find equivalent fractions. Equivalent fractions are fractions that are the same as each other. I really enjoyed this because I found it fun and it had some challenges for me. I also like learning about factions and getting better and better at them. The thing that I found hard was trying to find equivalent fractions to the high numbers because they were a lot harder than the small numbers. Next time if we do this again I will try to come up with easy starters then just count up in one’s trying to find the answer. I hope we do this again sometime this year so I get another try at it and hopefully I am much better at it. Did you know how to find an a equivalent fraction before you saw my post? Bye!