Waka reflection

Last week we tested our waka we all built different waka. The easy part was making the design the hard part was holding the coins on my boat. And they were all buoyant until we put coins on we started seeing different waka sink but most that sunk were made out of tin foil and the ones were made out of bottles floated the bottle made boats were less dense so they floated the tin foil was less dense to but they didn't have the support to hold a coin so it sunk here is one of the successful boats. Next time I will make sure my materials are durable and strong

How to make a Christmas tree

Yesterday we made Christmas trees  out of:

           Materials

• 3 cupcake cups
• 1 Popsicle stick
• 1 glue stick
• 3 pom poms
• Ribbon as long as your forearm
• Tape

Method

1.  Grab 1 cupcake cup
2. Fold it in half
3. Next unfold it then push the corner in
4. Repeat with the other two
5. Grab your Popsicle stick and your glue stick
6. Arrange it how you want
7. Glue your cupcake cups on
8. Grab some ribbon and cut it as long as your forearm (get help if you need it)
9. Make it like an X at the bottom
10. Tape it to your tree
11. Glue your pom poms on how ever you want then your finished here's my finished one

                                                                       

Athletics day

Yesterday we had athletics we were learning to co-operate and support others and have a good attitude towards what were dong and just having fun.  I like the house relays because we were coming second in every other race until we raced. The easy part was long jump whilst I was just having fun because I came 4th. The hard part was the full on sprints because I knew there were fast people but I tried my best anyway. When the first  people ran they were neck-n-neck and then we they handed the batons to us everyone dropped it except for us so as soon as we got it we were gone here is some photos of us

Waka test

Today we went down to the pool to test Honekais boat we filled it with water and we had to predict whether it was going to float or sink it obviously sank because of how solid the inside was if it had no water on the inside it will float because its less dense

Paying it forward

In the mid 1930's things began to change for the better in New Zealand. More people were able to find work and receive a steady paycheck. They were still careful, with their money and rarely, if ever bought treats of gifts for one another.

Imagine if you were able to travel back in time to visit a family in . What special gifts or treats would you like to bring with you? I would like to bring back Jordan 12, a Rolex, blue eyed pit bull, 1 million dollars and Elvis Presley

Float or sink

Last week Nga Rau Rangatira and Nga Rau Puawai went down to the pool to test our boats. We used coins to see how many coins we could fit on our boat (coins=people) first we saw if our boats could float and they all did next we started putting coins on and then boats started to sink one by one to the bottom of the pool.

Taumarere

Taumarere is a locality in North land, New Zealand. State Highway 11 runs through the area. The Kawakawa River runs through Taumarere into the Bay of Islands. The town of Kawakawa is 3 km to the southwest. Paihia is 14 km to the north.

St. Andrew's Church originally stood on the site of the Church Missionary Society's Paihia Mission Station. In 1927 the building was transported by barge and bullock wagon to its present site. Near the intersection of Waikare and Karetu and Lemons hill

The train tracks to Opua were originally used for coal transport and marketing and selling to other countries.

Now there are no coalmines because there is no need for the train to transport coal anymore so they use the tracks to do tours and talk about the history of that place.

Kapa haka

Saturday 17 November my school Kapa Haka roopu performed in Te Renga Paraoa/ whangarei at the Maranga mai e te Iwi 2018. We placed 3rd in our Waiata-tira/ Coral, Whakaeke, Poi and Whakawatea. We placed 2nd in Waiata-a-ringa and firts equal with 4 other roopu in Kaitataki Wahine. Overall we placed 3rd and made it through to nationals. 

If you want to watch us just click here ( Te rau pou manawa o Kawakawa )

My holiday

1. Going to my baby cousins 1st  birthday
2. looking after my other 1 year old cousin
3. playing games

On saturday I went to my cousins 1st birthday it was a onesie party I had no onesie lucky because it was hot that day and everyone was sweating. He was dressed as a bumblebee and he was so cute. But dribbled all over his candles on his cake.

I with my friends until i had to look after my other cousin. It was fun because we started to play tag on the bouncy castle. There was a basketball hoop on the bouncy castle and he always got bowled over but he kept chasing everyone on the bouncy castle.

We played a game like pass the parcel. You had to roll the dice and get a double six and then put on a beanie, t-shirt, pants, And a scarf. Next we had to cut a piece of chocolate one piece at a time then I stabbed the chocolate in half and got kicked out.

Fun run

Last Friday Kawakawa Primary School went down to the United Kawakawa Rugby Club. We went down on a train to the club it was very short but fun when we got there I started to see where we had to run. Also I started to ask who the compaction because I had No nerves because I was ready toy nerves but when i started to ask i said to my self threes nothing to worry about because its just a fun run but i herd from my deputy prince-able the top five go to inter school. My parents said if i come first i would get 50 dollars but I didn't   then i really had to challenge myself to go to inter schools. Before we started it took awhile because we took photos. Then matua Bodene said behind the line ready set go then i bolted down the rocks I ruined my orange Nike boots as soon as I hit the mud. Here are some photos of us.

Project island song

Last week on Friday we went to Urupukapuka Island with My class and room 2 it was very fun going out on to the bow of the boat. The bow of the boat is located at the very front of the boat.

 We also learnt these 4 different words 1. Endemic: Native only found in NZ. 2. Translocation:Bringing from one place to another. 3. Incursion: Pests have got onto the island and similar to invasion. 4. Biodiversity: Different types of species.

One way to keep Urupukapuka island pest free is keeping your boat clean if your boat is not clean rats will get on to your boat and if you go to the island rats will be on the island and it will take three weeks to get rid of one rat.

Here are some photos of us on the boat and the island.

Maths

This week for math's we were doing a problem highest and lowest. We had to see what the highest number was we can make using  the numbers 1,2,3,4,5,6. But we could only use 4 numbers any four numbers my highest number was 360. Then we had to see what the lowest number we could using the same numbers my lowest number was -8 (negative 8 ). The hard part was adding it together the easy part was just using numbers that were easy to add together. We were also using these strategies minus, addition, multiplication and division. This is my slide.

Explain writing

This week for writing we were learning to use a passive tone during our writing a passive tone is a non arguing voice I enjoyed finding all different ways to write about one topic the hard part was knowing if I was using a passive tone or not.

problem solving

This week for math we were problem solving.  we had to arrange sixteen  cups and saucers but there couldn't be the same combination. We used a 4x4 table and work systematically it was hard because we tried a game. And only a few people got it right i tried my self and got it wrong here is some of my work.

critical thinking

This week for reading we were learning to think critically thinking critically means to question the information we read.I am good at thinking critically because we read an article that we had to ask many questions about.The hard part was remembering what critical thinking was the easy part was contributing to the group.

Metaphors

This week for writing we've been writing metaphors for our buddy class metaphors are when you say something is something not like something for example dad is steel strong we had a deadline Thursday April 5th

Reading learning journey

This week for reading we are making connections text to text this week we are making a Venn diagram for our two books we've recently read After the spill and Underground explorers . Even though I haven't started I reckon I will do good.

Writing post

Last week we wrote a piece of writing what makes a good friend. We had to re write the story on every second line the easy part was writing the hard part was I had to keep looking forward and back so I could finish my writing.

Smart learner

My next step is to remember to talk about the easy part and the hard part. The easy part is knowing I have to use that strategie the hard part is remembering to use it 

Integers

This week for math I have been learning about integers I have learnt a strategy called hills and dales[holes] hills are positive numbers dales are negative numbers integers are negative numbers

Reading goals

These are my reading goals for the year i am going to try and achieve them throughout the year

First blog of the year

hello world this is my first blog of the year i am going to write about my four favorite things

1 Rugby is my favorite sport because it is very fun to tackle other people
2 My favorite movie is the fate of the furious because of the cars and the action
3 Favorite food is butter chicken because it's very nice
4 My favorite pets are dogs because I have two dogs and there is one German Shepard and one jack Russel there names are Oreo and boy.