The Learning of the Ngahere

In Te Ngahere we have been learning about plants and animals in the ngahere. We learnt about what type of plants and animals we have in the ngahere. We were divided into a group of two. Me and my group member researched about a bird named “Kereru”. We had to find their habitat, what they eat, what they get eaten by (threats), their scientific name, how they look (physical features) and what job they do in Ngahere. Further we had to make a slideshow and screencastify our work to show the facts we found. Our first attempt to screencastify our work went wrong but further with the help of and pictures we successfully made the facts more interesting to read. With the help of picture slide show we tried to explain all facts that we learnt about this beautiful bird. Have you ever seen a Kereru???

Building a Bridge Challenge

In Te Ngahere the year six’s have been doing another epro8 challenge. We were divided in a group of three to build a bridge out of ice-cream sticks and circle shaped sticks. In this activity we watched a video about different types of bridges: Truss bridge, Suspension bridge and Cable- stayed bridge, their structure, their strength and their weakness. In my group, we were not able to make a bridge as we didn't do a proper discussion about what job everybody has to do and how to do it together and we all ended up with different ideas. From this activity I learnt the importance of clear communication among different group members, to complete the given task. Overall this was a fun challenging activity and I enjoyed working with them. Have you ever made a bridge before with ice-cream sticks???

Maths Time

In Te Ngahere we are doing Maths and we learnt about fractions. We were three members in a group to do problems about fractions. The question was to find out how many seats are there in the restaurant. We learnt that the denominator (the bottom number) is how many groups we were splitting into. The numerator (the top number) is how many we are dividing into each group. For example if we have ¾ fraction so the denominator is showing that we are splitting into four groups and the numerator is showing that we are taking three parts from the given groups. We enjoyed solving this fraction problem together but i think we could have explained it more. Here is are working out:

Do you know any more things about fractions???

Outstanding P.E.

Last week our class along with the year five’s and four’s did fitness together. We were split into are house groups Kowhai,Rimu,Karaka and Pohutukawa. I was in kowhai (color yellow) and we were playing touch it means that we were playing rugby. We did this to have fun and to learn about new sporting activities. These activities help us to remain physically fit. Through this game I learnt how to throw the rugby ball from different angles. Next time when I will get a chance to play rugby game again, I will try to catch the ball better. Have you ever played touch before??

Fun and Challenging EPRO8

In Te Ngahere the year six’s have been doing this Epro8 challenge. By this challenge we learnt there are 2 types of energy, Potential energy and Kinetic energy. 1. Potential energy- is when the object stays still. Ex ball, books and cup etc. 2. Kinetic energy- is when you move the object with something. Ex pen, pencil and ball etc. These two energy work together to move the things surrounding us. The first task we did was to build a catapult. We had 30 sticks, 30 rubber bands, one measuring tape, one scissor, one electric tape and a ping pong ball. We were three members in a group and the challenging part was how to share the ideas. We didn’t read the instructions properly and we ended up doing the first one wrong. We did not mark the spot where the ping pong ball landed. We immediately corrected it and got total 50 points. It was because then we worked it out with the right measurement. According to the second set of the instructions we were not supposed to untie the rubber bands from the sticks, although, we did it. Later, we realized that we could have made it stronger by reconstructing it. The best part I liked was that after the reconstruction we did the right measurement and got everything set right then we got are ive points back. With this I learnt that by doing the things on our own the things work in right direction. It reflects that every object in our surrounding moves with both, Potential energy and Kinetic energy. Have you ever made a catapult???? The Instruction of the EPRO8

The Confusing Reading Test

In a new term in Te Ngahere we did this confusing reading test. The title was Can You Follow The Directions. This test was basically about reading the whole test carefully and you only had 4 minutes but the teacher’s were nice and gave us more than 4 minutes. Before we started the teacher told us that to read it carefully because it is really easy. We got a piece of paper where the questions were written,now the first question was - Read everything carefully before doing anything like the teacher told us. I did read every sentence but couldn’t understand the last one so I just went through the questions and kept doing it all. After a while the teacher called us on the mat to ask that we did follow the direction properly or not, we basically found out that we just had to do the question 1 and the question 2 you know how because the last question said: Now that you have finished reading everything carefully, do only sentences one and two! Then draw quietly on the back of this paper while you wait for everyone else to finish! I felt like my brain said to me why didn’t I read the last question CAREFULLY! Now I will read everything carefully before doing anything in the future. Have you ever done a reading test like this before?