On December 2 my class and I went on an end of year trip to Kerikeri. First we went to The Parrot Place, then the park to have Dominos and then the movies to watch The Secret Garden. My favourite bit at The Parrot Place was holding the birds and feeding them. My favourite bit at the Park was eating the pizzas and having a turn on the swing. My favourite bit at the movies was when the boy could walk again.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!
In Te Maunga these past weeks we have been learning about measurement. For measurement I learnt that 1000 ml is 1 litre, something else that I learnt is that me and my group could fit 25 bottles in the bag. Last but not least I learnt how to weigh 600ml of bottles. Have you ever done a maths activity that includes measuring?
In Te Maunga we have been doing T - Ball. T - Ball was only for the year fives, I am a year five so I don't have to worry. For T - ball you had fielders and batters, the batters are the people who bat the ball and run to each base. The fielders had to try to catch the ball and chuck it to the people by the base, they had to tap it on the base and hold it. What I enjoyed during T - Ball was hitting the ball and running to each base, the thing I didn’t like was when someone got you out. My question for you is have you ever played T - Ball?
On the 25th of October Paihia School did cross country at Bledisloe Domain. My course was really big. First we had to go around the field, then we had to jump over the gate, run to the next gate, run up that hill to the other gate, and run to one of the teachers. After that you go past them and run to the last gate, then turn around the last gate, run down that hill all the way to the first gate we jumped over and run to the finish line. After the race I was pumped and I didn’t even want to walk all I wanted to do was lie on the floor and have a drink of my water. I was coming third the whole way just at the end I slowed down and came fourth.
In Te Maunga we have been doing poetry. We had to identify language features used by authors to make writing more descriptive. In the texts that we had, we had to find alliteration, similes, metaphors, adjectives and adverbs. The one I learnt about the most was metaphors because I didn’t really understand what metaphors meant until now. A metaphor is comparing two different things without using like or as.
In Te Maunga we have been making films for the film festival. The thing I learnt about filmmaking is that you have to get all the shots that you need and what types of shots you’re gonna get in the film. The types of shots we got were mid shot, wide shot and long shot.
In Te Maunga we have been learning about geometry. The thing I learnt about geometry was that cubes have six faces, twelve edges and eight vertices. Vertices are basically corners but just different names. One of the activities I did was we had to colour in 3d shapes, then we had to cut, glue and there you have a 3d shape.
In Te Maunga on 28th of August we did a Treasure hunt. We had to try and find these little gumboots. It was really hard because our gumboots were really little and it was smaller than the little kids so we had to turn our looking eyes on and take a good look. The prizes were rose gold headphones, a bag of lollies, chicken and chips pack from Four Square, a soccer ball, a handball, Eskimo pies and $5 dollars. We were raising money for Sam Godsiff - Johnson and the charity I Am Hope.
In Te Maunga this week we have been learning about maths week. For one of the activities we had to write down the numbers that added up to twenty but the twist was that there were already numbers written down and we had to add up to twenty with those numbers.
In Te Maunga we have been learning about probability. If you don’t know what probability is I will tell you, probability is a type of math where you do all these types of activities and a math DLO. What I learnt for probability is that when you're playing Sneaky Snakes the most common number is three well for us it was. What I liked the most was when my group was playing Spending Splurge and I got all of the items and they only got two of the items. My group was Manaaki and Luke.
In Te Maunga we have been learning how to keep safe online. We also did a DLO about cybersmart and kawa of care, this is what I learnt. I learnt that you shouldn't accept a friend request from someone you don’t know but if it’s from someone you do know then you can accept it if you ask your parents first. You also have to be thirteen and over to have these apps, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat and Tik Tok. It's okay if you are doing Tik Toks and photos on your parents account just don’t tell people where you live, what number your letter box is and when it is your birthday.
In Te Maunga last week we did Soundscapes. All we had to do was get the things you needed for your soundscape, my group was Jacinta-Lee, Anika and Charlize, our theme was nature. These are the the things we used for our soundscape, we used jellybeans for the rain, snapped branches for branches snapping, Anika blew for the wind and Jacinta-Lee whistled for birds chirping. What I learnt was you could make more than 3 sounds with your mouth.
