In Week 3 of Term 3, we did Play Make Create. This is where the teacher reads you a story and you discuss the message in the story. Then you create something based on the message and also do a piece of writing. You can use materials or make a digital creation. This week Mrs Craig Read the book: The smartest Giant in Town by Julia Donaldson.
It was about being kind.
I chose to make something to give to the kindest person I know.
Last week in Te Ngahere we learnt about a method. ‘What is that method?” you say. Well it is the Scientific Method. The Scientific Method consists of 8 steps. The first step being to ask a question. The second step is Gather Information and Observe, and the third step is make a hypothesis. Then the next two steps are Experiment and test your hypothesis and analyze your test results. The sixth step is to modify your hypothesis if it is necessary. The next step is to present your conclusion and the eighth and the final step is to Retest. The reason we were learning this was for the upcoming science fair and for our GREAT MARBLE CHALLENGE!! I think that I could use this in the future for when the science fair is happening or when I am preparing for the science fair. I think I did well when making a ramp for The Great Marble Challenge because I was trying to follow the steps of the Scientific Method. I think I could do better when the science fair is on I will be prepared on how to do it. Have you ever heard of the Scientific Method?
Hi in Te Ngahere we started this new piece of writing called Broken we are doing this to try to improve on our writing by using vivid adjectives, emotive language and tried to enhance mood and atmosphere. It is based of the game rock paper scissors. We had to pick one scene from the video and then had to rewrite it. I chose the scene when the scissors guy was coming towards them then the paper girl and rock golem try to defend themselves. Then the scissors guy cuts the paper girl then as the rock golem gets angry he tries to attack the scissors guy but he is avoiding but he finally got a hit on him and then finished him. Then he rushes back to the paper lady and picks her up just to find out he would be damaged touching her he carried her all the way back to a rock. Then he laid her down on the rock after she was revived but the rock golem sadly passed while reviving her. So I chose to write about that scene when all of that happened. Have you ever seen the video?
Kia ora, in Te Ngahere the year sixes went to Urupukapuka Island to help Project Island Song in what they do. Project Island Song are people that help islands and try to make them pest free so far they have done that with 7 islands. Early in the morning when we got to school we left at 8:30 in the morning so we could catch the ferry in time so we could get to Urupukapuka Island. We were assigned jobs there were Biosecurity, Health and Safety, Construction, Media Team and Planters. The people with the biosecurity jobs role was to check our bags to make sure no rats crawled into our bags and we had to scrub our shoes so nothing would attract pests onto the boat. After that we went onto the boat and we chose the seats we wanted to sit on. Then we got handed clipboards and booklets, inside the booklets were activities there were places where you could mark off what animals you saw while on the trip. It took just over an hour to arrive at our destination(Urupukapuka Island). When we got there we had morning tea and then were sorted into two groups Roopu Tahi and Roopu Rua I was in Roopu Tahi and we were planting trees first. We had to walk up a lot of hills and it took around 15 to 20 minutes then we got told to steps to planting a plant properly when we arrived at the planting place. It took about ten minutes to plant all the plants. Then we walked back to the place we were staying at and had lunch for 15 minutes, then after lunch the two groups swapped over so now my group were making rat traps and the other group planting trees. We were told to get into groups of three I was with Jacob and Aaron, when we got into the groups we got told for one person from each group to grab the materials needed to make the traps. The materials were 4 pieces of wood, 8 screws and 2 small metal gates. My whole group were really stuck when it came to making traps because we didn’t really know what to do first because we tried to put multiple pieces together and then screwing screws in but it kept collapsing. But then an adult came over and suggested to put a few pieces together and then screw the pieces together and then keep doing that so we did. After we finished we got give a container of felts and was told to decorate our box for the next 5 to 10 minutes. Then when time was up we took some photos while holding our trap. Have you ever made a rat trap before? or have you ever been to Urupukapuka Island?
Last week my math group and I made a DLO about our learning. In the question it said we had a restaurant and there were three tables, the biggest table had three times as much as the small one and the medium one had two times as much as the smallest one. Everyone struggled on that part so to make it easier the teacher said to concentrate on the middle part of the question the middle part said on tuesday night three quarters of the seats were taken and then twelve people arrived unfortunately there were only enough seats for half of them. It made it easier because it was easier to understand and we all knew the answer and how to solve it. We all knew that half of twelve is six and if three quarters were full then there were one quarter free, then half of twelve is six and so six is one quarter. So if there are 6 in each quarter and there are 4 quarters so six times four equals twenty-four. Next we were guessing random numbers to equal up to 24 we guessed a lot of numbers then we guessed 4. Next we went four times two which equal 8 then 4 times 3 which equals twelve then we added them altogether and it all equaled up to 24. I think it was really challenging because it was hard to understand. Have you ever done something like this?
On Tuesday afternoon the year sixes got into groups of 3 and 4 then attempted to build a catapult. I was in a group of 4 with Hudson, Jaelyn-Marie and Manaaki. We got the materials that we were going to use, the materials were 30 bamboo sticks, 30 rubber bands, 1 roll of electric tape, string, scissors, two A4 paper, 1 A3 paper, measuring tape and 1 ping pong ball. We had to launch 1 ping pong ball at least 3 metres using the materials that we were given. Then we brainstormed for a bit, after we finished brainstorming we built a sturdy structure made out of bamboo sticks and rubber bands. The thing I found hard was building the launching part of the build. But then we started to talk with each other, then we came up with multiple ideas but we finished just as the time was up so that was a bit dumb but we had fun. I think we did really good at the base and how sturdy it was. I think we need to improve on communicating with each other.
On the first day back at school we had a reading test so the teacher could see if we were able to read instructions properly. Firstly we got a pencil and then our teacher handed out the sheets of paper that we were going to write on. The first thing on the sheet of paper there were 23 instruction we had to follow, the first instruction was to “read everything carefully before you do anything.” Personally I thought the first instruction meant read the instructions carefully and then do it after you read those instructions. Then I moved onto the second instruction, the second instruction said to “ Put your name in the upper right hand corner of the sheet” so I did that and so on. I carried on until the time was up. When the time was up we got told to sit on the mat when we sat down the teacher talked us through the first few instructions, when she did some of us just noticed what the first instruction was meant to read all of them carefully before you do anything. Then when you got to the last instruction it said to only do question one and two and then draw something at the back of the paper.
