Soundscapes

 In Te Maunga for the past few weeks we have been learning about soundscapes. I learnt that there are many ways to make sound with everyday objects and how they do it like in movies. For example when they want to make a thunder noise they would use a special type of leaves to make the noise.

Cyber safety or else

Dinorama

 In Te Maunga we have been learning about dinosaurs. For our makerspace we made a diorama of a scene about dinosaurs in groups. In our diorama we made a scene about a Plesiosaurus just chilling in the water and we also had an Ankylosaurus just eating then a Tyrannosaurus Rex came over and started to attack it. When it attacked it got hit by the Ankylo’s tail. I had fun making and if you do it  I hope you have fun too.

Geometry

 1 month ago in Te Maunga we were doing stuff around Geometry. In geometry I learnt parts of a shape more about 3D shapes that I didn’t know about. One of the activities I did was a net and in the net you had to colour in the shapes on the piece of paper. Then you cut it out and fold it to make a shape.

Films

 Around the end of August my class and I made a film for a film festival that was happening. First we learnt about filming to make our films so the teachers told us about shots, green screen, camera angles and the rule of thirds.

TREASURE HUNT!!!!

 Last week the senior students at Paihia School had a treasure hunt. At a random time the senior students went over to the court and that’s where we got told the rules. After we got told the rules our principal let the youngest senior students go first. My friend and I were in a team when my mate and I went looking. We split up first so we could cover more ground then we looked at the little kids playground. After that we looked on the other little kids' playground. After we kept looking but found nothing then at the end one of the people found the last one where my mate and I looked.

Probability

 In Te Maunga I have learnt about probability. I learnt that for some activities they weren’t as easy as I thought. Like in one of the activities you had to pick two cards and try to get a card that had a number on it that was in between the two numbers of the cards that you took. The chances of getting the card in the middle was pretty hard. For example  pretend that you pulled out a seven and four you would have to get a 5 or 6. The chance would be 8 out of 38 because there are 38 cards with numbers and you have two numbers that are in between so the chance would be 8 out of 38.

Maths week

A few weeks ago at school we had a Maths Week. In Maths Week the whole school had to go over to one of my teacher’s cars. We had to go to their car and it had balloons in it and we had to guess how many balloons there were. Once the whole school guessed we had to wait till Friday to get the answer. When it was Friday we got told how many balloons there were and only 3 people got the answer right. The answer was 116 I didn’t get it right I wrote 71.

Pepeha And Greetings

Hi in Te Maunga we have been doing Pepeha And Greetings. For the greetings bit we were learning how to greet others in Te Reo Maori like Tena korua which means Hello to two. For the pepeha bit we wrote down our pepeha. My pepeha is 

Ko Whakrongorua toku maunga. 

Ko Utakura toku awa.

Ko Ngatokimatawhaorua toku waka.

Ko Ngapuhi toku iwi .

Ko Ngati hine toku hapu.

Ko Mataitoa toku marae.

Ko Paihia toku kura.

Ko Rohario toku Mama.

Ko Mori toku Papa.

Ko Henare toku Koro.

Ko Isabell toku Kuia.

Ko Ben toku Koro .

Ko Tini toku Kuia .

Ko Rehua Me Davis Me Ngatoki toku tuakana.

Ko Kiri Me Waimirirangi Me Anahera Me Tangimanawa toku Tuahine.

Ko Te Hauata toku ingoa

The Battle Of The Mountain Collage

Kia ora in Te Maunga we have been making collage. I learnt that a collage is a picture that you make with resources around you. I also learnt how to make a collage with hand and I learnt how to use small pieces. We did a collage based on the story The Battle Of The Mountains. We did a collage because the name of our class is Te Maunga meaning The Mountain.

Kindness Letter

For the past week Te Maunga has been making kindness letters. For the kindness letter we were writing to our Elders to cheer them up because they couldn’t go anywhere because there is a higher chance of them getting the virus. So we wrote a letter to try to cheer them up. In my letter I wrote a funny story about when we were dumping our rubbish, my father, brother and I were dumping the trash and then our dad decided to throw some of the rubbish at us.

Diffrences Between VIruses,Fungi and bacteria

For the past few weeks we have been looking around viruses, fungi and bacteria. One of the differences between fungi, bacteria and viruses is that bacteria and fungi can help your body otherwise viruses specialise in harming your body. Another difference is that some fungi can make food while bacteria make your food taste like food. Viruses kill many people while some bacteria can cure people.

Water Cycle Art

Last week My class and I started some art based on our writing. Our writing theme was the water cycle. I started my art about the water cycle on the third day because I had to finish off some of my other work. One of my teachers taught us about using different textures and ways of using our colored pencils in different ways. I also learnt how not to use my colored pencil hard and to use them softly.

Koru And Kowhaiwhai Patterns

Three or four weeks ago Te Maunga did koru and kowhaiwhai patterns.The one called Magnopare is the hammerhead signals a sign of strength. Koru a young fern and it represents protection. My koru is about my mum’s side and my dad's side. On my dad's side there are my two brothers, my three sisters and some of my auntys and uncles.On my mum's side there is my brother, my sister and some uncles and auntys and many other relatives.