Jet Boat

Today we did a team challenge which included only 4 people in each group. Our topic that we researched about was a famous kiwi inventor. As a group Nyjah, Joel, Chavda and me agreed on the same inventor which was Bill Hamilton. We created a DLO to show how this inventor created the first jet boat. The first jet boat that was created was named after Bill Hamilton last name. We created our own characters to show a conversation between a reporter and Bill Hamilton. Today the Hamilton jet is displayed at the maritime museum. 

Steampunk Art

 

Today we got to finish off our DLO about Victorian children at work. What I did for my DLO was I picked one job that the children do and this job is called Chimney Sweep.This DLO shows one of the jobs that the children do out of ten jobs. This DLO was followed by my Steampunk art DLO. What I did for my Steampunk DLO was write a definition about Steampunk and write one interesting fact about Queen Victoria. What I also did was draw a picture that is related to Steampunk art but also change it up a bit. 

Tech - Art

Today we had our last session for tech. What my group was doing was art. What we did for art was we made an original drawing that was based on our culture. What we did next was make three other drawing that is the same as our original drawing and paint over it. The colors we used was the paint colors  that we got to use on our three other drawings. The two colors that we must use on our drawing was White and yellow. The other colors I have used was Light and dark blue, red and orange. What we also did was use a small wood board that we had to put our original drawing on it and then curve it out at the end of each color we did. What I really like about art is how we can be creative and chose colors that matches our patterns.

Maori Pioneer Battalion Timeline

For inquiry we got to learn more about the Maori battalion and also create a timeline. What this timeline is about is how brave the men were when they fought in WW1 through out the years. The people I have been working with is Joel, Joshua V and Marieta. What we also did was put our information that we found on different sites and create a timeline about The Maori pioneer battalion and also write what happened in the start and write what happened at the end.

A dog called homeless

Today we got to finish off some of our book week activities. What I did was I got one of my favorite books and then get the ending of the book I am doing. What I did next was I made my own ending to this book. The reason why I did this book is because it is very interesting and it is based on a dog called homeless. What I really like about doing this activity is how the activities are interesting.

My Reading Journey

                                     
Today we got to do a reading task. What we did was we got to create a DLO showing the books we read when we were Young to what books we read now. My favorite books are mystery and comedy. What I really like about this reading Journey is I got to remember the books when I was young.

Questions we want to know the answer to

Today we got to do a challenge about WW1 for inquiry. The person I have been working with is Sky. What we did was write two question and then give our answer with proof as well. The reason why we choose these questions is because we thought these questions were very interesting. What I really like about doing this challenge is how we got to learn more about WW1 and learn the story behind WW1.

Book Cover ( The name of Jesus )

Today we got to do some fun challenges that was based on book week. What I have chosen was to change a book cover off one of my favorite books and this book is about Jesus journey. What I really like about book week is we get to do fun challenges and we get to be creative as well. What I have also done was draw crosses that is related to  the book cover I am doing.

Goal Setting

Today we got to finish off our care awards. I have been focusing my Excellent and Innovation badge. For this task I did a DLO about my goals I have achieved for this term. What I did was I wrote down my three goals that I set at the beginning of this term and than I put a tick next to it to show that I have achieve it.

The Battle Of The Some

Today we got to create a DLO about the battle of the some. The people I have worked with was Julian and Joel. What this is linked to is our WW1 DLO for inquiry. What my group and I  have done was read an text about the battle of the some and than answer the question on the next two slides with some evidence from the text. 

Did I Miss Anything?`

Today we got to create an animation for reading. What we did for this animation was we got to illustrate it and use one verse form a poem. The people I have worked with was Hajera and Nickaela. What I really like about doing this activity is I got to illustrate a verse from an interesting poem. What this animation is about is students waiting for the teacher.

Kiwi Can Reflection

On Thursday we got to go Kiwi Can. What we did was learn more about respect. What respect is is when you respect other people and you also need to respect there values. What we did next was play a debate game. How you play this game is two teams get given should or shouldn't we... The question that were asked was should we or shouldn't we have fizzy drinks and rules and than give a reason with it.

Basic Facts

Today for maths we got to do basic facts. What we did was do a challenge that Mr Wong set up. What we did was we got to do addition that goes up to 100, 5, 10 or 20 or we can do subtraction. What I really like about doing addition is we can think of different strategy to use that can help us alot.

Formal and informal writing

Formal -

It is my opinion that this litter is a health hazard. For example, yesterday a year 4 boy fell over and cut his hand on a broken bottle. The boy in question needed four stitches

Informal -

How are you?. I’ve been dead busy since your last letter. We have to work really hard at school to get ready for our PAT tests.

Today we got to do reading. What we did was see what you should and should not put in a formal and informal writing. What formal means is when having the form or appearance without the spirit and what informal means is when you are having a friendly or relaxed manner. What I have done was take a informal and formal sentences and turn it to examples. What I really like about this task is it shows us what the difference is between informal and formal.

Problem Solving

Today we got to finish off our DLO about problem solving. The person I have been working with  is  Nickaela. What we did was explain and also give an example to go with it. What I really like about creating this DLO is it helps me more with my problem solving.

Spaghetti Bridges

Today we got to do spaghetti bridge testing. What we did was we first check the span witch means cm. My group span was 28 cm. For this we got to make a plan so we can know how we can make it and know how much spaghetti and rubber bands. We also put bricks inside and my group bridge could only could hold on to one brick. The people I have work with is Sky, Mele , Marieta. What I really like about making bridges is we get to learn that bridges can be made out of different objects. 

Word Finding

Today for reading my group Ponui and Pakatoa were learning about features of a visual book that are in the same series of books. The features on these two book was the caption or the inset. What we did first was looked for different parts in the book so we can put labeled arrows on it. The books we were reading was Manmade World and People on Earth. 

Duffy Assembly

Today we got to have Duffy Assembly. What we did was have a wonderful Samoan guy that loved reading and his name was Micheal Mulipola. What he did was talk about how he loved reading. He also loves Green Lanton and he loves playing Tekken. He also illustrated and made school journal and also made a comic.

Bridges Explanation

Why do people build bridges

People wonder when they drive past or when they see the bridge
open and close repeatedly  like doors shutting when you walk in and out.

The reason why people build bridges is because people can go
mode faster to there destination and there is no traffic lights.
Another reason why is because you can see a better view of the sea.

People also wonder what kind of bridges there are and there
is an arch bridge, brooklyn bridge, golden gate bridge, suspension
bridge but for it to be a bridge it needs something to protect or stable the bridge.

People wonder why would they take all there time to just build a
bridge but they build the bridge for many reasons and how can
boats go past but they never remember that bridges can open and
close.

People now know why people build bridges and it is important
why we have bridges.

Today for writing we got to finished off our explanation about bridges. What I did was I explained in different parts about bridges. What I also did was write what kind of bridges there were.

Wheel Worda

Today for reading my group got to do Wheel Words. What wheel words is is when you get to use the middle letter in every word you make or in other words create. The middle letter I use was T. What I really like about Wheel Words that I get to learn interesting words. I find it harder when I needed to look for some words. I got 3 out of 34.