The Amazing Wacky Wednesday!

Kia ora, at Paihia School we are always doing amazing things and today most of the school dressed up for Wacky Wednesday. For Wacky Wednesday my friends Angela, Jaelyn and I all dressed up as fairies. When we found out it was going to be Wacky Wednesday my friend Angela came to my house so that we would be able to get ready together. We wore purple wigs, I have purple wings and Angela has pink wings, we did our makeup to try make us look like we are blushing and we also added jewels on our eyes to make our eyes stand out more. Another thing that I like about Wacky Wednesday is that all of the teachers have dressed up, and they look amazing. I am really enjoying Wacky Wednesday so far because all we have done so far has but a smile on peoples faces and made people happy. Next time if we do this again I will definitely want to make my outfit more Wacky and try make it stand out more. Did you dress up for Wacky Wednesday? Bye! Please check out my slideshow full of photos.

Attributing Images

Kia ora. The past few weeks we have been learning how to attribute images. The reason we have been learning this was so that we don’t steal people’s images and that they get credit for their images. Something that I have learnt was how to make sure the that I can use the images that I need. To do this you need to go to google and type what image you want, then go to tools and click Usage Rights. Once you’ve done that then click creative commons licenses and then you can go look for an image and know that your allowed to use it. I will definitely use this in the future because if I ever need to use an image, I know how to find one that I am allowed to use, without stealing someone’s work. Before you read this blog post did you know how to attribute images? Please see my DLO

Phishing or Scams

Kia ora, this week in Te Ngahere we have been learning about phishing & scams. When someone is phishing you they could want to press a link that could say something like there is a virus and they want you to download a software. As soon as you go into the website you could lose your personal things like all your photos and videos. Sometimes they ask you if you want your photos back you have to pay thousands of dollars but you shouldn’t really do that because they could be phishing you again. When someone is scamming you they could add something on facebook for example: your first car when you were born your neighborhood and act like its a cool game to fill out but really they are just scamming your personal information. They can also do this in many other ways by saying to win a PS5 fill out this form with your personal information and you could win one. Also another example: if you go on a site there is always a lock in the top left corner where the url goes, sometimes there is a red line crossing over it. If you ever go on a website and you see that then the owner of the website can steal your personal information because it means that the website is not secure. Something that I have learnt from this activity is that whenever I go onto a website to always look at the top left corner to see if there is a lock with a red line across it and if there is then its trying to steal personal information. If you would like to learn more then you can check out my DLO down below. I hope my DLO helps, bye bye!

Lockdown

Kia ora, on Sunday the 5th of September it was fathers day. For fathers day I woke up and started making my dad a special breakfast for his special day. I made him a plate of bacon and eggs with french toast and a hashbrown. I also made him a coffee for his drink. Once my dad finished his breakfast we started watching movies and relaxing for the day. At the end of the day my dad thanked me for the great day that he had. I hope that everyone's dad had a great fathers day. What did you do for your dad on fathers day? Bye!                

Nanogirl Reflection:

Kia ora, at Paihia School we had a very important guess come down to show us some amazing stuff about science. This important guests name was Nanogirl. She came down to talk to us about what she does and what she would like to show us. She was teaching us about gravity, fire and air flow. My favourite part about Nano Girls show was when she lit her hand on fire. I learnt that you can light yourself on fire and not burn yourself I also learnt that u can stick a stick right throw a billow without popping it. I really enjoyed this because it was really inspiring to see Nanogirl because she is such an amazing person and I love everything she does. If I got to see her again I would love to talk to her more about what she does and what inspires her to be a scientists. Have you ever meant Nanogirl before?

Science Fair

Kia ora, In Te Ngahere these past few weeks we have been doing science experiments for the science fair coming up. First we all came up with something we wanted to do our experiment about, then we started writing our method, aim, variables and hypothesis off the research that we did. After that we then started out experiment and took a lot of photos for evidence, when we had finished our experiment we finished writing out conclusion, results and evaluation. After we wrote the scientific method out we then put them on slides and printed them so that we could glue them on a board to present it. From doing this I learnt what a controlled variable is, what a independent variable is and a dependent variable. The thing that I found hard was that I was sick most of the time so my friend Angela had to do most of it but she hadn’t been there so she had no idea what to do and I had to try tell her over the chromebook. ( she was very hard to teach over the chromebook ). If we got to do this again one thing that I would do differently would be talking to Angela so that she had more of an understanding of what to do, also when we glued our slides down we weren’t looking at all of the space we could of used but we didn’t so there was a big spot on our board full of space that we didn’t use, so next time I will look and see how much space we have left. When doing this I had to use my hoe of Tu maia and Kaha because it was really hard teaching Angela over the chromebook but not just that also because when Angela wasn’t here I had to try think what she would do because Angela was doing it when I wasn’t here then I had to do it when she wasn’t here. I really enjoyed this and I would really like to do this again. Have you ever done a science fair before and if you have how did it go?

Dot Plot

Kia ora in Te Ngahere we have been doing maths. For maths we have been learning about dot plots. We got a sheet of data, the data was about how far room 1 can throw a tennis ball. This data was already in a dot plot but there was more data that wasn’t in a dot plot that was room 2s data. For room 1s data I found out that the lowest throw was 3 and the farthest throw was 19. For room 2’s data the lowest number was 6 and the highest number was 20. I really enjoyed this because I learnt what the word range means. When we first started this I thought range meant how far the ball went but it actually meant, how much is in between the lowest and highest number, for example the range of room 1s data was 16 because the longest throw for room 1 was 19 and the lowest throw was 3 so you just take away 3 from 19 and you get 16. The part that I think I could of done better was to look at the teachers DLO so that my DLO would be more understandable for the people who have no clue what a dot plot is and what I was talking about. When our teacher did it she made it so clear by showing step by step what to do and pointed to what she was talking about. Have you ever made a dot plot before?

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?

Smart Relationships

Kia ora everyone, in Te Ngahere this week we have been learning about Smart Relationships/being smart online. The reason we are doing this is to help us be smart on the internet and also be careful with what we write and what we post. From watching the video that the teacher gave us about being safe online I have learnt to never give out personal information like your email address, phone number etc because then random people can know where you live and how to contact you which isn’t safe. The video that we watched was 8 minutes long. I really enjoyed doing this activity because it was really fun and it I am going to be very careful online with what I post. The way that I am going to change my online behaviour is by only posting things that I wouldn’t mind if my mother or father saw. After we did this activity we started to make a DLO so that we could give people advice to be safe online, I really enjoyed making that as well. The thing that I would do differently would be trying to take my time with my work and get it to a higher staderstand. Do you always be safe when you are online?

Upgrade For The Wings Writing:

Kia ora in Te Ngahere these past two weeks we have started doing writing, the writing that we are doing is called creative writing. Our inspiration is by a film called “ Wings”. When we first started this activity we all sat down on the mat and watched a quick 4 to 5 minutes film that is called “ Wings”. The reason we watched this video is because we had to choose a scene to write about. The film had no words so we had to make the words up. I really enjoyed this activity because the year 8’s did the same writing about this film “Wings” two years ago. Our teacher Whaea Chrissy sent my friend and I our old writing doc’s that had our old writing from two years ago on it so we can see the improvements we have made from then and now. Next time if we do this again I would try add way more detail and try to use more words that I don’t use very often so I can make it more detailed. The thing that I think I could really improve on next time would have to be, trying to add way more detail in my writing because we were focusing on vocabulary this week and the feedback that I got from the teachers were to added more detail but I also need to work on my punctuation more. Have you ever done a piece of writing inspired by a film before? This is the film:

Maths DLO For Expanding Numbers

This week in Te Ngahere in maths we have been doing work around expanding numbers. We made a DLO to show our learning in a creative way. In our DLO we had to explain what we were learning about (expanding numbers), explain how to expand a number, what columns they are in and why. I really enjoyed doing this because now I know how to expand a number but also how to read numbers better and more confidently. The thing that would of made our DLO more earlier for my group would of been if we got to practice our scrip a bit more. Have you ever expanded a number before? This is my DLO:

Mothers Day

In the weekend it was mothers Day. In the morning my brother and I woke up and decided to make a banana cake for our mum. I made the cake and my brother decorated it. He wanted to do a lot of icing with only a few candles but we decided to do no icing and then we used the candles to spell mum. I loved making the cake with my brother because we go to spend time with each other and we haven’t spent time together like how we did on mothers day in years. When the cake was done and decorated we took it down stairs and surprised our mum with it. Seeing the look on our mums face just made me smile. While my mum was busy telling us how much she loved us and thanking my brother and I for making the cake, my dad was sitting on the couch saying “where is mine”? I loved the way that I made my mum feel because she had a big smile on her face and the whole family was there to see it. Next mothers day I want to try take her out for dinner or lunch just to give her a surprise. What did you do for your mums for mothers day?

Fishy

This week in Te Ngahere we have been doing new learning around Google drawing. Our teachers have realized that we don’t do much work around Google drawings. On our google drawings we had to make fish using shapes. My friend Angela and I thought that just having fish on our google drawing was boring so we decided to add different animals like kina, stingrays and jellyfish etc. I really enjoyed doing this activity because I learnt new things about google drawing and how to round the shapes more. There was nothing I didn’t enjoyed but next time if we do this again I want to challenge myself to make harder animals out of the shapes. Have you ever made animals out of shapes before?

The Hardest Work So Far Done At Technology

Yesterday the year 7’s and the year 8’s went to Technology. When we went to Technology we found out that the year 8’s are doing woodwork and the year 7’s are doing cooking. In woodwork the first thing we did was go over all of the rules that we needed to follow and learnt how to use all of the tools. The creation that we are making is a waka. I really enjoyed starting this and I can’t wait until it is finished so we all have a beautiful waka to take home. The thing that I found hard was cutting the drawing out of the waka that we did using the power tools. I wouldn’t change anything about what I did but I would try harder to get my work done faster. Do you go to Technology?