Topple!

 Kia ora, welcome back to my blog. This week I have something AWESOME to share with you, my MATHS. This week for maths we spent Tuesday working on perimetre and area, and then Wednesday was volume and metric units. We were then tasked yesterday, to create a game for the Top Team challenge. It is all about team building, with a whole lot of challenges. If my game wins, it will be part of a top team game! We had to add all the realting units to the game, if it was going to be entered. Here is my game!

Thank you for reading my blog. I really hope my game gets through. What was your favourite part of the game?

The oil spill, Turangawaewae and Otago problem solving

 Kia ora whanau! Kei te pehea koutou? 

This week in the kaupeka hub we have been doing some very fun learning. In maths, I was chosen for a problem solving competition. We answered five questions on a test, and I can't wait to get back my results. One of the questions that I found hard was this, 

You have to figure out what the letters mean on this question. Remember, A is one letter the whole time. Same with B and C. Try figure it out and answer it in the comments.

Okay, next is my Writing. This week we were writing poems about our turangawaewae and we had to do something called show don't tell when you have to show them about your place but you write it down. It was quite hard to do but here is mine.

In the distance, you see only sky,   

Waves are crashing right before your eye,  

With the bright warm sun, way up high.

You dive in the water, it makes you freeze,

You notice the water is like a cool breeze,

Then you dive again, the sand scraping your knees.

It’s time to go home, you’ve had a lovely lucky day,

You want some ice cream, so you go and pay,

And then it's time to go to bed and pray,

That tomorrow will be just like today.

Now last but not least, reading. This week for reading we were challenging the text with questions. We did this on a google drawing and added some pictures. Here is mine so far: (I might need to change some things)

Thank you for reading my blog. Can you guess where my turangawaewae is from reading the text?

Poems

 Kia ora! Welcome back! This blog is about Week 9 Term 1. First is my Reading. This week for reading we were creating landmarks for NZ. We read some texts to insprie us, I read about The chch museum and The Eiffel tower. So I thought of an idea to make a museum tower. This is my work:

Now, Writing. This week for writing we were doing poems. We had to write it about chch and ngai tahu together in a poem. Here is my poem:

A tale of Ōtautahi where there lies stories of toil and mahi. Over 800 years ago, Ngai Tahu came to NZ. They rode the ocean navigating with the stars, as they voyaged on waka. Ngai Tahu meaning, the people of Tahu, linking to their ancestor, Tahu Potiki.By the 1830’s, Ngāi Tahu had built a thriving industry supplying whaling vessels and had become the backbone of the South Island economy.

A tale of Ōtautahi where there lies stories of toil and mahi. Time passed, and more happened, the treaty,  te tiriti o waitangi. Then the pakeha. And more. More people from other countries started living here. Then, now. Now we have sheep as our thing, and we are very good at sport. But we are also very unlucky too. The earthquakes and mosque attacks. Unlucky.

A tale of Ōtautahi where there lies stories of toil and mahi. Now as a nation, we move forward with each other. It is like, Jacinda Ardern drives the car and everybody else is in the back seat. The car is New Zealand. Schooling and Education is a lot better than what it used to be, same with clothes and food. A tale of Ōtautahi where there lies stories of toil and mahi.

And now, Maths. This week for maths we were doing transformation. We had to use this shape and show it for all types of transfrormation: Reflection, Rotation, Translation, and Enlargment:"

Then we had to create our own kowhaiwhai pattern. A kowhaiwhai pattern is when a maori design is repeated into a pattern, like mine!

Thank you for reading. What was your favourite part?

Walking through New Zealand

 Kia ora koutou! This blog is about my reading, writing and maths. Last week, I told you the name of my new place for chch, The Walk Through NZ. I finally finished it with my friend Izzy, and I think it looks really cool. I put a lot of work into it so I hope you like it!

Now maths. This week for maths we were doing a statictical investigation. A statictical investigation is when you collect data (information) and put it into a graph to show the data. My data is about Te Reo Speakers In NZ By Age. Here is the slide I made: 

Lastly, writing. This week for writing, we did a newsletter. I hasn't come out yet, but it hopefully will be soon. I wrote this article about young vinnies. My friend (Tash) is also doing one about young vinnies so please read hers too. This is mine:

Thank you for reading my blog. What part of this blog  did you like the most? Do you think the walk through nz should be a real place?

Kaupeka news

 Kia ora koutou! Welcome back to my blog. This week I will be sharing about, Writing, Reading and Health and P.E. But first, the one that links to the title, WRITING!

This week for writing, we were tasked to come up with an idea for Kaupeka news. Kaupeka news is a newspaper including all the schools clubs and events that happen throughout the year. I had to come up with and idea about what my article would be about. So, I chose Young Vinnies. Next week I will write the article for the newspaper about how Young Vinnies is showing service to the school by fundrasing and helping others. Please read my article when it comes out!

Now Reading. For reading this week the teachers assigned us to read two articles from the Kaupeka hub site and make notes about what we learned from each text. Then with the information we collected, next week we will create a place we think chch needs. The following words is the name of the place I am making. If you think you know what it might be then add a comment please!: The Walk through NZ.

And last thing for today, just something we did I enjoyed and wanted to share with you. In Health and P.E this week, we were given the task to put some food into their food group. This is what I did: 

Thank you for reading my blog. If you think I put something in the wrong spot, please tell me!

A long long time ago...

 Kia ora and Welcome back to my blog! This blog is the first one I have done this year because we are just getting into blogging. This blog is about last week's writing. We have been learning about the treay of Waitangi and important people from those times. We were tasked to create a postcard from somebody in the past, to somebody else in the past. 

I chose Henry Williams because I think he had a very important job with the treaty, translating it. The treaty was first written in English, then Henry William and his son, Edward translated it to Maori. I made my postcard to the Queen, who in that time was Queen Victoria. I even designed the stamp myself.

Thank you for reading. Did you learn anything new from this blog?

I tell you, you tell me!

We are learning to work together and give clear instructions to our partner. We learnt this because it is important to know how to work together.We had to get a partner, I chose Beth. Then we had to direct each other (without looking) where certain pictures are. Check out our slides:

My slide:

Beth's slide

We made a couple of mistakes but we learnt a lot and had fun. Next time we will try and be a bit more specific about where things are!

What was your favourite part about this blog?