Tree hut Mood.

We have been learning how to use adjectives to describe a mood and atmosphere. here is a picture of our tree that my group made and the adjectives to describe the mood. Can you guess the mood and atmosphere?

Ski trip.

Hello / Kia Ora

Hello / Kia Ora

YAY the day we had all been waiting for had finally come! THE SKI TRIP. First we all unpacked our bags from the bus then we all brushed our teeth then BED. In the morning we had to wake up at 6:30! Oh well we had some breakfast then we got dressed into our ski clothes. So we got onto the bus and drove up the mountain. That's me skiing, I had so much fun too. My hands froze like ice. That was the coldest place I've ever been to! That's all for today bye bye!

 

Plate tectonic.

 Kia ora / hello 

We did an experment about tectonic plates. We used home made tomato sauce by Mrs B. We had two wafers and tomato sauce, we were moving them around a lot too. We had to move them together, move them apart, move one over top of another, and up and down.

Measurement-head / feet

 Hello

A couple of weeks ago we were learning about measurement like head circumfrance, and foot cicumfrance. Here is what i have done... I have the biggest head!

Lahar

Kia ora

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.

South Island Piopio

Hello/Kia ora,
Today I finished my South Island Poipoi slide.
I learnt A LOT about South Island Poipoi.
Finding all the facts was a bit hard.
Writing it all down was easy!
Here is my work.

The world map

Hello,
Yesterday, we read article about bird flu. We had to go onto a article about Bird Flu and there was words highlighted in green. We had to find the places that were highlighted in green on the map and circle them. Here is what I mean. The current strain is descended from the H5N1 virus, which started killing poultry in China in 1996, and then people too. H5N1 exploded across east Asia in 2004 with the poultry trade, and then spread into Europe and Africa in 2006, thanks to migrating birds. Since then, the virus has lurked mainly in poultry, especially flu-vaccinated chickens in Asia that can carry the virus while being immune to it. So far, 452 people have died after catching it from poultry.
But viruses like H5N1 have also been moving with migrating dabbling ducks like mallards, which are usually immune to it. Birds from all over Eurasia mingle in north-central Asia during the summer, swap viruses, then disperse back to Africa, Asia and Europe for the winter.

Hope you like my work!

PECO Incident Book Cover

This term we have been reading a book called The Peco Incident. I liked when Nick had to hide in the bird poo. This is my book cover task.

Here is my work

Space

kia ora,
Today the teacher read the class a book about space.Then we went away and wrote a story about space. But I was not here so I did a post anyway.

Chicken diva art

Today we made some Chicken diva art.
First we sketched out the chicken body first.
Then we coloured the inside of the chicken with pastel.
Then we decorated the chicken with beads and other shiny things.

Here is a photo of my chicken!

Matariki art

Today I made this Octopus which in maori is called a Wheke. In maori the Wheke was a gardian.

What was hard: Around the head, the eyes and the family maori design.

What was easy: Everything else was very easy.

Maths 1 Geometry safari.

This term for maths we have been learning about 2D and 3D geometry. Kaira and I were in
a team. We went on a Geometry Safari around the school grounds to see how many 2D 
and 3D shapes we could find. Then we had to write what we had found into a table. You
can see ours below.

Science: 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.  4---people said they could recognise me from my description. my hair

Whitebait Fritters reading Activity

This term I did a Whitebait Fritter animation with my friend Kaira.

The task I did was an animation.

I enjoyed making Wiremu and his dad.

I found hard making Wiremu cook the whitebait fritters.

The learning behind the talk was the Zone of Regulation.