Task Masters

In Te Ngahere to start off the term our teachers decided to do something fun, so we did a little bit of task master challenge . For taskmaster we played a game where everyone in the class has to try stay on the piece of news paper for 5 seconds, without touching the ground. Before we started we all had to come up with strategies so that all of us could stand on the news paper at the same time. Everytime we did it we would have to fold the news paper in half so it would get smaller and smaller. We only had one minute to find out the best strategy that we wanted to use. On the first round my group Angela, Ana, Marley and I, there was enough room for all of us to just stand on it so we did. Then on the second round I jumped on Angelas back and Marley jumped on Anas back. In the end my group won, but then the teachers wanted us to do it again but with 3 people. So my group was now Angela, Ana and I. We decided to try the same strategies that we used when we had 4 people but it didn’t work and sadly we were out and had to sit down. I really enjoyed this because it really had my groups brains working with trying to find out strategies that would work the best. Next time I think I would try put myself in a group with people that have small feet and are good at balancing. Have you ever played this game before & if you have how did it turn out?

New Maths

Kia ora, in Te Ngahere this week we have started a new type of maths. We have started making graphs, the reason why we are doing this is because it is going to help us with the science fair this year with presenting our data. First, we all jumped into the groups that the teachers put us in and all wrote down our age, eye color, how many siblings we have, how we got to school on a piece of paper. After that, we gathered all of the data and made a table. We then made a graph. The graphs that I made was a pie graph and bar graph because those are the two graphs that I understand most. I really enjoyed this because it was really interesting and I haven’t done anything to do with graphs in a long time. The thing that I think I could of done better was coming up with better graphs to present my data instead of just using the regular graphs like a bar graph or a pie graph, but then sometimes the regular graphs are better to use to present your data because they are easier to understand. What is your favorite graph?

Great Marble Challenge:

Kia ora, Last week in Te Ngahere we started doing a marble challenge. In this marble challenge we had to create a ramp that the marble would travel down and stop exactly on 1.1 meters. We created these ramps because we were going to have a competition to see who’s ramp worked the best and why. We were allowed to use whatever we wanted to make the ramps. Once we made our ramps we then created our instructions, the reason why we created instructions was because we were not constructing our ramps another group was. I really enjoyed doing this because when we did this two years ago I had no idea what to do and what would help the ramp work better and what wouldn’t, but this year I remembered from two years ago what worked well and what didn’t. I also really enjoyed this because it was a great experience for the year 6’s to have a go and celebrate with us. Something I think I would work on or do better next time is that I would work on making my instructions clearer. When we did this we also had to follow the scientific method, if you don’t know what the scientific method is it is 1 ask a questions, 2 gather information, 3 make an hypothesis, 4 test and experiment, 5 analyze your test results, 6 modify your hypothesis if needed, 7 then present your conclusion and the last step is to get someone else to test your hypothesis. I hope we get to do this again soon because it as a great experience to do with the year 6’s. Have you ever made a ramp before?

Bay Of Islands Science Roadshow

Kia ora yesterday in Te Ngahere we went to Bay Of Islands College to see the Science Roadshow. Once we got to Bay Of Islands College they first put on a quick show to explain a few things that we will see there. When we were there I learnt that gases can cover more area than liquids can. My favourite exhibit was the honey one because they give you different types of honey and they wanted you to guess what that honey is called. Something that I learnt from The Bay Of Island Roadshow that will help me with doing the science fair this year will be to only change one variable at a time, so I know what made my science experiment better or what made it worse. I really enjoyed this because I loved looking at all of the different exhibits and all the different ideas, they were all so unique and different. If I got another opportunity to go I would definitely take it because it was a great experience and I had a great time. Did you go to the Bay Of Island Roadshow?

Outstanding Art

Kia ora in Te Ngahere we have been doing art, but not the art with pens, paint and paper we are doing it digitally. We have been doing mosaic art, we had to get a google drawing and put any picture of an animal or person of our choice, then we used the polyline tool to make shapes with gaps between each other to try create that animal. We were learning this because we have made videos to put around our school explaining what animals and trees we have and why we need them. We made these for Q.R codes, so then we can just put the video on the picture. I really enjoyed doing this because we did this last year. The thing that I think I did well was that I used the right colors to really make the animal stand out. Last year I only did one animal which was a panda, but this year I tried doing all sorts of animals for example I did a Rabbit, Giraffe, Bird, Red Panda, a normal Panda and a Fox. The thing that I found hard about this activity was trying to make the really little shapes so that I could add more detail. I wouldn’t do anything differently because I am really happy with the way they turned out. This is one animal that I did, I hope you enjoy it. Have you ever done mosaic art before? Bye bye!

Technology Update

Last week in Te Ngahere the year 7 and 8’s went to technology, at technology we carried on with our waka that we have been making. Now that everyone in the class has cut there waka out there are just a few people glueing them, besides that everyone has been shaping them and sanding them down. I really enjoyed this part because I really enjoyed using the machine.. After I had sanded my waka I then got the teacher Mr. E to cut the waka ends in half so then there is room for the front of the waka and the end on the waka to go. I really enjoyed it because every day I get closer to finishing my waka and I can’t wait until it is done. The thing that I think I will try to work on is to make sure that I listen to the teacher so then I will be successful with making a perfect waka. Have you ever made a waka at technology before? Bye!

Smart Relationships DLO

These last two weeks we have been working on making a DLO for our Smart Relationships. We had to make a fun and interesting way to show our learning so my friend Angela and I come up with an idea of making a animation because we knew it would take long because there were too people and we were sharing the amount of slide so that one person is not doing all of the work. There were a lot of topics that we would of chosen to do our DLO about but we chose to do not text strangers and share you personal information online. I really enjoyed this activity because it was fun and is a fun way to show our learning. The thing that we did well was that we worked together and helped each other. I enjoyed everything about what we did but I think that next time we could work on adding more detail with what the characters are saying. I also think that if we got more time to do this we would of indeed way more detail with what the characters are saying. Have you ever done a Smart Relationship DLO before?