Case Closed

Today we got Mrs Taaffe to come in again, we told her the evidence that we had found. After we had told her all of the evidence she confessed to taking the HDMI cable and a few chocolates. But she said that she grabbed the HDMI cable because her chrome cast wasn't working and while she was grabbing it she got some chocolates as well. The reason that she hid behind the bushes was to see if the door had shut fully, and the reason that she ran out, was because she thought someone was coming.   

Letter of the week.

This is my letter of the week, for this week the letter was C. The hardest one to think of was the poem of C's because there aren't many proper nouns. The easiest part was writing the Rhymings words because there are tonnes of them. I liked doing this task.
 

Athletics reflection.

On Tuesday it was athletics, I was quite nervous. For our first event, we did long jump, my first two jumps weren't very good but my last jump put me in third place behind Patrick and Alex. My least favorite event was the 200 and 100 meters because I'm not good at sprints. For high jump, I got 1.14 metres and I came third. For shotput I threw two 5.80m and I came third. I am good at middle distance and for the 800m I came 1st.

letter of the week.

This is my letter of the week, for this week the letter was R. The hardest one to think of was the poem of R's the easiest part was writing the four-letter word because there are tonnes of them.

2020 Whetu crime scene.

When we came to school on Monday there was a crack in the door and some blood on the floor. we have to find out who broke in and stole the milky ways. So far we haven't found out much but we've had a look around the scene and now we are detectives. We have all made a detective badge with our avatar. We have also drawn out the scene and wrote down the things that we know. If we did that we got a badge. I think everyone has got a badge so far.

                                                                                                  

Fingerprints.

This week we have been looking at fingerprints. We have done our own using ink pads, first, we got the side of our finger and then rolled it across the ink pad then we rolled it against the paper then we had a good fingerprint we did it to all of our fingers on both hands. I have also learned that you get your fingerprints when you are 16 weeks old in your mums tummy.

Chapter chat.

 This is my chapter chat for this week. The task that I chose was to draw Ross with a mohawk. the hardest part was doing the face shape and the nose in the right place because it was too high at first. The easiest part was doing the mohawk and the neck. 

Astronaut mystery.

 

This is the second mystery that we have done this week. for this one, we had to find out which astronaut was ready to go to space. the hardest clue was the first clue because it was a split paragraph one which I had never done before. The easiest part of this was clue number 4 because we just had to find which letter was used the most. In the end the suspect was Hugo Cooper

Emoji Mystery

 

This is my maths mystery for this week. We had to find out who lost the sad emoji. For this, I worked with Alex. The hardest clue was clue number 5 because we didn't know how to do it. The easiest part was doing clue number 2. 

Letter of the week.

 

This is my letter of the week this week. The hardest part was doing the poem because it takes a while to think of it. The easiest part thinking of all the colours to put on. I am happy with the end result and I think it is a supernover

Bug hotel.

For inquiry, I chose the bugs galore group. For this, we learnt a lot about bugs from the countdown bug app. In the end, we chose groups to work in to create bug hotels. We had to bring something from home to help to create it.

The mystery of the missing slice of cake.

This is the other mystery for this week. For this one I also worked with Cody. The hardest part was doing clue number 3 because I didn't understand it that much. 

Mystery of the missing medals.

 This is the maths Challenge for this week. This one was the mystery of the missing medal. I did this with Cody. the hardest part was doing the last challenge.

 

Letter of the week.

 This is my letter of the week. For this week our letter was G, it was the first time that I had done letter of the week so I had to have something to look off. the hardest part was finding an onomatopoeia word that starts with a G.

Te Wiki o te Reo Maori.

This week is Te Wiki o te Reo Maori. so one of our tasks has been to choose a phrase and wright stuff about it. I did it on google slides. The hardest part was putting the video on, and the easiest part was Doing the meaning. Here is the link for the slides.

Maths Mahi, Investigation.

This is my Maths Mahi Investigation for this week. We did a task where we had to change the positions of the shapes. The hardest part was to draw the shapes the same and the easiest part was colouring them in.

My Hero, Richie McCaw.

 During this term, We have been researching a famous person in New Zealand. I chose Richie McCaw and this is what I have done.

Whetū Workshops Reflection

During Term 2 and 3 the Whetū students have had the opportunity to be involved in a range of different workshops.

The workshop that I have enjoyed participating in the most has been the P.E. in Term 2, because I like to do active things.

The new learning that I have learnt is that if you do little drops of water on a coin the water will just get higher for a while and then fall after about 40-50 drops.

What I have most enjoyed about the workshops is that we can learn things that we didn’t already know.

I am interested in learning more about science because you are always learning new things about a variety of random topics.

Pop art.

 

This is the Pop Art that I have been doing this term. I have done two cricket balls each one is a different colour. I am quite proud of what I have achieved in the end. The hardest part was doing the outline of the cricket balls. And the easiest part was colouring in the cricket balls.

Maths mahi investigation.

 

This is my Maths Mahi investigation for this week. This time we did enlargement, which was pretty challenging to do. I did a heart which was pretty easy and I also did a teddy bear which was very hard. The hardest part was doing the teddy bears face and the easiest part was doing the heart shape.

Should animals be kept in zoos poster.

 This is the poster that I have been working on. It is about if animals should be kept in zoos or not. I do not think that they should. I have made this on google drawings. The hardest part was getting the right colour and the easiest part was finding the photos.

Cross Country Reflection 2020.

This year I participated in the NPS Cross Country held at school on the Ngatea Domain.  I ran in the 11 year olds age group.

I am most proud of pushing myself hard and coming second because usually, I come third. I am also proud of making it to Hauraki plains.

I think my effort towards our training at school was really good because most days I did three or more laps of the track and I was running the whole time.

I showed the Learning Power of Resilience by Setting a fast pace at the start and trying to stay at it.

Maths Mahi Investigation.

This is my Maths Mahi Investigation for this week. We had to make a 3D shape out of paper. I was one of the last people to get a shape so there was only dodecahedron and it was quite hard to make. The hardest part was making the shape and the easiest part was cutting it out even though that was pretty hard.

Chapter Chat.

 This is My Chapter Chat for this Week. I have done Jimmy the Bully, Ross the main Character, and Abby who is Ross's best friend. The hardest part was tracing over all of them with polyline and the easiest part was filling in all of the colour of all of them.

Whetu Challenge.

This is My learning contelations google drawings for our whetu challenge this week. I did Bart, in my learning constellation there was Me, Alex, Lola, Amy, and Ihi. I am pretty good at google drawings so I didn't have any trouble but I think most of the other people had some trouble. My favourite groups one was the fozzies.

Maths Mahi investigation

This week for the Maths Mahi investigation we did the lines of symmetry. The hardest part was trying to copy the other half of the person because the was a lot of different lines. The easiest part was sharpieing over both of the things.

Egg Drop Challenge!

For the Whetu challenge this week we did an Egg Drop Challenge the goal for this was to make something to stop your egg from smashing when we dropped it off the grandstand. I did it with Janko and Patrick. The hardest part was to make our egg not break, but unfortunately, it did. The best part was watching everyone else's smash. The easiest part was making our creation. I enjoyed doing this task.

Maths Mahi Investigation.

This is my Maths Mahi for this week. To do this we had to cut out circles and then put different cuts into each of them, after that we had to guess what the would look like. For task 1 we had to fold it into quarters and on task 2 we had to fold it into eights. 

Matariki Star

This is my Matariki work for this week, we had to draw symbols for the different stars. The hardest part was cutting everything out because it took a long time and the easiest part was gluing them on.

Maths Mahi: Investigation.

This is my Maths Mahi investigation. for this, we had to move or take away rods to make certain amounts of squares. The hardest part was doing number five because the was a little square in the main square, the easiest part was doing question number one because we just needed to take away four rods to leave one big square. I enjoyed doing this and it was quite hard.

Full Matariki jigsaw puzzle.

This is my full Matariki jigsaw puzzle that I made. It has got last week's puzzle pieces on it as well and it took Quite a long time to cut them out. The hardest part about this was cutting out the pieces and gluing them on because I didn't glue them very straight, the Easiest part was finding out the facts and colouring them in even though it took a long time to colour in.  

Term 2 reflection.

My Term 2, 2020 Reflection

The new learning activity that I have enjoyed the most this term is the Maths Mystery because it is quite fun and I like solving problems like that.

Something that has challenged me this term has been the Matariki jigsaw puzzle because I don’t know much about Matariki.

The Whetu Challenge I enjoyed the most was the Tennis Ball Tower Challenge where we had to make a tower out of newspaper and sellotape to hold up a tennis ball. We worked in groups and we had to work together to get the best results. 

The opt-in workshop I enjoyed the most was doing the P.E. in the hall because I like to do exercise and it is fun doing it.

An aim I have for my learning is to put more things on my blog every week and not just the must do’s. I don’t think that I have been putting enough on my blog lately.

Egg Carton creation

EGG CARTON CREATION

This week for our Whetu Challenge we created something using egg cartons.

The hardest part was finishing because there wasn't much time to make it.

At the start, I was making a lizard but I didn't have time to finish so it turned into halves of a snake.

The part I most enjoyed was hot gluing everything together even though I burned myself.

I enjoyed this activity even though I burned myself and didn't have time to glue everything together.

Blog Challenge: My dream Bedroom.

This is my dream bedroom, The wall with the tv is the front wall and the wall with the bed is the back wall. The hardest part was making the background transparent because at the start I didn't know the there was a background remover app. The easiest part was doing the wall because I just made it on an app called Cool text generator. I would definitely want to have this as my room in real life.

Matariki jigsaw.

This is my Matariki jigsaw puzzle. We had to do this for our writing this week. The hardest part was filling in the sentences and the easiest part was drawing the kite.

Matariki Reading.

This is my reading Matariki for this week. The hardest part was doing the true and false and the easiest part was doing the top answers.

Whetu challenge.

Whetu Challenge - Paper Planes

Today our challenge was to design an accurate paper plane. We were given a draft piece
of paper to trial and a good piece to use once we had tested the accuracy of it.

Before we started I thought this challenge was going to be hard because it was a small
place for it to land.

I decided to use the design of a small plane that was folded up heaps.

The hardest part was making the actual plane because I am not very good at making
things like that.

During our competition time, I managed to score 26 points, I got one in the hanger (20), one
on the 2 and one on the 4.

My word of the week.

This is my word of the week that I have done. The word was Bewildered. The hardest part was using it in a sentence and the easiest part was finding a picture because I just needed to go on images.

Storyathon - 100 word story.

Synthesis eggs.

These are the synthesis eggs. I did it about big beetles. We had to write what we already knew what we found out after reading an article about it and then what your new understanding was.

Sick sentences.

This is my sick sentences for this week.  For this, we had to write nouns and adjectives for the picture, and fix some sentences that weren't very good.

Word of the week.

This is my word of the week, the word was luminous. I had to find a picture to go with it, use the word in a sentence, write three synonyms, and write a definition. The hardest part was using it in a sentence because it was the first part that I did and the easiest part was finding a picture.

Maths Mystery.

This is The maths mystery that I did, this time it was a pancake thief. To do this I had to solve a lot of maths questions and after every question, I could cross some off. The culprit at the end was Seb

Synthesis eggs

These are the synthesis eggs I did. It about fainting goats. We had to write what we already knew what we found out after reading an article about it and then what your new understanding was.

Blog Challenge.

This is my blog challenge for this week. We had to do what we would be like in 2030. The easiest part was doing my age and the hardest part was who I would still be friends with.

My sick sentences.

This week we did sick sentences but we used an owl looking at a wasp instead of the fish. we still had to do everything the same though. To see the slides click here.

Tennis ball tower challenge.

Tennis Ball Tower Challenge

Today for our Whetu Challenge we worked in a group to build a tower out of newspaper,
2 straws, and sellotape. We needed to make our tower strong enough to hold a tennis
ball and be able to stand alone (not leaning on anything or needing support).

Today I worked with Christopher and Cody.

At first, we had trouble with sticking everything together with the tape.

The easiest thing was cutting the sellotape because it is thin.

The best part of our tower was that it was the 4th tallest out of all the other towers.

Our tower looked really skinny with some support at the top and a holder with a piece
of newspaper at the top.

In the end, it looked pretty cool although we couldn't balance a tennis ball on it.

Sick Sentences.

This week we had to complete a sick sentences slide. First, we had to complete a noun slide then an adjectives slide, and at the end of the slides there were sick sentences slide that we had to make better. Click Here for the link to them. 

Synthesis Eggs.

This is my synthesis eggs task for writing. We had to do what we already knew about dinosaurs, the new information that we learned of dogo news and your new understanding of dinosaurs.

Week 8 blog challenge.

This is my week 8 blog challenge. We had to do a meet my pet on a google drawing I did Archie which is my dog. The easiest part was writing all of the things about him and the hardest part was getting Archie to look at the camera. 

Whetu Catapult Challenge

The things that I used to make my catapult were: 6 rubber bands, 6 popsicle sticks, 1 spoon.

To make my catapult I worked with Paddy and Cody.

The most challenging part was trying not to break the catapult but we failed.

Our best results were coming 3rd in the height competition.

Overall I think that we did pretty well considering that ours was broken the whole time.

Onomatopoeia.

This is the onomatopoeia worksheet that I completed. The hardest part was filling in the twang sentence because it isn't a noise that I usually hear and the easiest part was doing the sentence with the word that we could decide. 

Maths Challenge

This is The maths mystery that I did with Alex. To do this we had to solve a lot of maths questions and after every question, we could cross some off. The culprit at the end was Florence.

Week 7 blog challenge.

This is the emoji that I made up, it is one that is winking and doing a gun symbol with his hands. I made this one because it would be quite handy to use and I know that I would definitely use it. The easiest part was drawing the winking eye and the hardest part was doing the hands.

Week 1 reflection.

My highlight this week has been seeing my friends and playing manhunt with them.

The thing that I was most nervous about was that I might forget something.

For the dress-up day I dressed up as a colour and the colour was blue even my hair and
the shoes that I was wearing were blue.

The funniest thing has happened this week is that there were dolphins in the piako on the
first day of school.

I think the best-dressed person was Seth because he had a massive wig on.

Milk bottle bird feeder

This is the milk bottle bird feeder that I made.

The milk bottle creation I made was a bird feeder.

The hardest part was cutting everything out because the bottle was quite tough.

The easiest part was hot gluing over some of the string and toothpicks. 

I enjoyed the whole activity because it was quite fun.