Mood of a tree hut

Today we have been working on adjectives, to describe mood and atmosphere. Here is a picture of our tree house that my group made and the adjectives to describe the mood.

Can you guess the mood and atmosphere?

Heading to the snow.

Heads sirconfronts maths

This week we have been measuring using centimetres. We had to  measure our groups heads using a piece of wool.  First we had to estimate the circumference of our heads, then use a piece of wool and estimate its length.  Finally we had to measure the wool using a ruler. Here is a slide showing my groups head measurements.

Plates Tectonic

 Plate tectonic

We did an experiment to learn about plate tectonics and how the movement of the plates help shape New Zealand. I learned the names of the movements .These are them divergence, convergence and transform. Here are some photos from my experiment.

Alarm rules

Today we built Mt Ruapehu in the sandpit. We also made the Whangaehu River valley, the plain below the mountain and the railway bridge at Tangiwai. We wanted to learn how the lahar destroyed the bridge in 1953 causing the Tangiwai Disaster. Kora and Ariana poured lots of water into the crater we had made on top of our mountain. It whoosed down the side of the mountain and into the river valley. The bridge collapsed and bits of our train fell into the river. After that, we watched a short video about what do do if you are on Mt Ruapehu when the lahar siren sounds.  Now I know how to keep safe from a lahar if one happens when I am on a mountain.  Here is my Hazard Notice with the most important information.

If the lahar alarm goes I have to get to higher ground in ninety seconds.

Haast's eagle

Kia ora I hope you enjoy my Haast's eagle jam board. We had to find out why the Haast's eagle went extinct. I liked finding out the facts.

The time I met an Alien

This week we have been writing about our time to space and which aliens you meet. Are they gooey? Are they slimy. What shape are they?

The alien from my garage.

This week we have been writing about when an alien stole my underpants. We had write it from when you hop out of your bed till when you've caught your alien. My alien is a revolting green. He rides in a underwear U.F.O. Here is mine. I found it hard to think of the story.

Setting Fiction Graphic Organizers

Today we have working out settings of a story that we are reading in class. The book is called The Peco Incident, it is written by a New Zealand author called Des Hunt. We had to write when it happened and where it happened. I enjoyed making a setting.Here is mine.

Shading Art

This week been we have working on Matariki shading art. we had to draw our symbol we liked then we had to shade it.

Chicken Diva

This month we have been working on a book called Whitney an Britney Chicken Divas. They are singing chickens. We had to make our own Chicken diva, here is mine. I enjoyed sticking beads on my chicken.

Space story

This week we have been writing a space story about a trip to space. our teacher read us a story called Albie and the space rocket. 

Martiriki and rocket

This week we have been working on poems called couplets. They are poems with two lines, each ending word rhymes. We also made Matiriki stars.

You might be sitting on a bar

While looking at a star.

A animal might be drowning in tar

While you look at a star.

 Space rhymes

As the rocket zoomed into space

It had a great amount of pace.

You might be sitting on a bar

While looking at the stars.

A animal might be drowning in tar

The peco incedint

This month we have been working on a book  called the "Peco incedent"by Des Hunt and making a animation.

multiplication wheel

Hello

This week we have been learning our times table. The only one I got wrong was 8 x 8 = 64.

We did two up ten tables.

my DNA monster

I found it was very interesting making my DNA monster.  it was opposite of my  brothers

Apple Turnovers.

I found the cooking easy but writing the recipe difficult. I enjoyed them because they were yummy.

Making poppies.

Did using photo instructions work for you to make the wreath?

I made the paint but it wasn't as bright as I wanted.

Your challenge: Write the instructions for someone else to make the wreath or the design that you made. Use procedure writing format to do this task

To make the poppies.

I made paint using flour, salt, water and food colouring.

I used an egg carton and cut it too make poppy shapes.

Then I painted them.

I am going to hang them on the mail box for ANZAC day.

I found it very interesting

Months and weeks in Te reo and English.

It was hard to write the Moari.
 it was easy to embed it.
the Moari names were interesting.
Practieing months and weeks .

A Day In Lockdown.

what I found hard because I had to embed it. what I found easy because I had to draw. something I learnt to do was embed it something I found interesting embeding it.

ANZAC scrabble

Marlin teasers

Marlin teasers

Marlin teasers come many shapes and sizes. Marlin teasers are a lure that you drag along the surface when you see a marlin you wind it up and then throw a rigged live bait in.

There are lots of types such as jet bullet head, doorknob, slanted head. They also come in colours- red, blue, green, black, gold and purple.

My father is trying to sell lots of them. some of them have never been towed before.
He owns a boat named the Sea Hunter. 

my sticks and stones project.

My sticks and stones project

I made a little house out of sticks and stones. It had a stone floor.

It had a stone door and stick roofs  and walls.

It also had a stick gate to keep intruders out and prisoners in.

The stone were as strong as nails. I think my skinks would love it.  

My dream spaceship

My dream spaceship.

WHOOSH!!! My dream spaceship is a plane that can fly into space and handle the atmosphere of other planets that it lands on.

My dream spaceship has a little space motor bike that can turn into a mini dune buggy.

My spaceship also has a extra motor as fast as a peregrine falcon.

Acrostic poem.

Dangerous.
Awesome.
Nice but naughty.
Imaginative.
Energetic.
Loves lego.

the learning behind the task was using a poem to describe yourself.
I found this task hard because you had to find adjective starting with a letter of your name.
what I found easy writing my name down the side of the page.
something I learnt to do was write a acrostic poem in colour.

something I found interesting was finding adjectives.

Maths 1 geometry safari

We went on a Geometry Safari to see how many 2D and
3D shapes we could find in the playground. Here is our list of what we
found and geometry is everywhere!

Science 1 me and my DNA

This term for science we are learning all about how the human body works and how special we all are. We are also trying to learn how to think and act more like a scientist. So, Miss Fletcher asked us to look at our faces in the mirror and write down notes about what we look like. The information had to be precise and clear so that when someone read it, it would help them find the person it described quickly. It was a bit like being a detective. You had to look and notice things carefully.


 Miss Fletcher said that what we look like depends on our mother and father. Making a new human is a bit like making a cake. You get some ingredients from your mum and some from your dad. The ingredients are called DNA. Everybody’s cake is different to everyone else’s.


 Miss Fletcher said the person with the most efficient description was Andrew J as he wrote: My hair is 1cm long all over. He is the only student in Team Moana with a haircut like that so he was able to be identified very easily. You can read my description below. The sentences highlighted in blue are the ones that Miss Fletcher said were not precise and clear enough. Twelve people said they could recognise me from my description.

Me and my DNA

I have pale skin, long dark brown and wavy hair.
I have pale pink lips and lots of red dots on my skin.
I have a little scar on my forehead. I have green eyes .

White bait fritters reading activity

This term we have been reading a book called Whitebait Fritters the author is Kingi McKinnon . The task I did was fun because we got to create an animation. We had to do six tasks. I found the learning behind the task was whitebait and feelings.

White Bait Fritters

This term we have been working on a book called White Bait Fritters. I found this task fun because we got to create things.
I found this hard because we had to make six posts.
I found the learning behind this was creativity.