This Is What Happens When You Are In Te Maunga

On December 2, Te Maunga went on a class trip to The Parrot Place, The Kerikeri Cinema and the playground so basically we went to Kerikeri.  We went to The Parrot place first and I found a feather on the floor so I picked it up and the best parrot was a dancing parrot that could sneeze.  After The Parrot Place we got dropped off at the playground and we got pizza and there was tons, we went on the playground next and it looked like we were invaders invading the playground since there were about 50 of us.  The last thing we did was we walked to the movies, we got an ice cream and a drink, I got a Boysenberry ice cream with chocolate on top and a Fanta. We watched The Secret Garden because we were reading the book and it was really different.  Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Fabulously Fly Maths

 In Te Maunga we have been learning about measurement.  I learnt about weighing.  I learnt that if you have 1,000 grams that is 1 kg. If you have 100 centimetres it will become a metre.  My favorite activity was called Breaking Bags.  We had to first weigh how much a water bottle weighs, next we got a hockey stick and a bag and let the bag hang from the hockey stick, next we put as many bottles as possible in the bag in till it breaks, when the bag breaks see how many bottles you put in the bag and see how much weight you used.

Science That Will Blow Your Mind

 In Te Maunga this week we had a visit from the Northland Science Roadshow.  We had three activities and the first one we tested water.  We used chlorine to make the water blue.  Chlorine is used in pools so the yucky stuff dies and no one gets sick.  The more chlorine you put in the darker it gets. The good thing is, at the end we got lollies (yay).  The next activity was the most interesting because we got these glasses that had 530 lines per mm and the glasses made everything RAINBOW.  The last activity was launching rockets and we had to use air and fire and it did NOT launch that far.

Check Out This Great Artwork!

 In our class, Te Maunga, we have been doing geometry.  In geometry I learnt about geometry vocabulary like vertices, faces, sides and corners.  We made a Wanted Poster out of 3D shapes.  The poster was mostly made out of cubes and cubes are 3D squares but I used a few triangles and circles for the tie, mouth and eyes

This Is What Happens When You Do Training At School

 On the 25th of September Paihia School did Cross Country at this place called Bledisloe Domain.  First we ran the field of the domain, then we ran though the field of the cows. The field of cows have stepped everywhere making holes and they also poop. The cow field was annoying with the holes.  Next we went up a hill that was equally annoying  because of the holes and cow poop.  The end was near, because all we had to do was go down the hill, go through the cow field again and go through the field to sweet victory. I felt proud at the end because I got 4th place but Inter School Cross Country was canceled. I couldn't go to Inter Cross Country.

Sharing My Knowledge on POETRY

 In Te Maunga we have been learning poetry for our reading.  A metaphor is when you describe something BUT you can’t use as or like or else it is a simile.  A simile is a metaphor but you can use like or as.

Films!!!

 In Te Maunga we have been learning how to make a film.  I learnt about different shots in a film and different shots are used when someone is down, when someone is powerful, someone is thinking, close up, far away and medium shots.

The Treasure Hunt

On 28th August Friday we had a treasure hunt.  In the treasure hunt we had to find little gumboots that had a number and we could win: Eskimo Pies, chicken and chips, headphones, a handball, bag of lollies and last but not least, a $5 note.  We were raising money for Sam Go
dsiff-Johnson and the charity I Am Hope.

Math Week 2020

 In Te Maunga we have been doing problems for Math Week.  In one of the problems called “Heads Out of Tales” I learnt that you always have to record or else you do not know what you just did, and there's always a way to complete something.

Probability

 In Te Maunga we have been learning about probability.  While doing probability I played Horse Racing and it was fair. I learnt that with two dice 7 is most common because there are more ways to make 7 than 3 or two with two dice. I also learnt that probability is when you roll dice and there's a chance for it to land on 7 and a chance the two dice land on 8.

Stay Safe Online

 In Te Maunga we have been learning about being Cybersafe and learning the Kawa of Care for our Chromebooks.  I learnt that you cannot go on to Tik Tok, Facebook, Instagram etc until you are 13 years old.  We learnt that you cannot accept random friend requests.  We have to NEVER share pictures of addresses or the house you live in so you are safe online and in reality.

Soundscapes

In Te Maunga we have been making soundscapes.  I learnt that there are different kinds of instruments like a violin is a string instrument.  In our soundscape we used bubble wrapping to make crunching sounds for dinosaurs.  

T - Shaped Literacy

In Te Maunga we have been learning about dinosaurs and we had made a dinorama.  I have been researching the Giganotosaurus and it can run 50 km/h.  The reason the dinosaurs died out was because an asteroid hit a place called Gondwanaland, which was where the dinosaurs lived. 

Water Cycle Art

Last week Te Maunga started a picture of the water cycle. I learnt how to fill in gaps by doing the picture, how to use coloring pencils in different ways, and how to use a pencil lightly. The water cycle is the cycle of how the rain is made, using the sun, water, and muanga.

virus - mikaira

In Te Maunga we have been learning about viruses. I learnt that a fungi called yeast can help make bread and ginger beer. 

Collage - Mikaira

In Te Maunga we have been doing collage art about mountains. I learnt collage is when you make a picture with magazine parts, and you cut them into small pieces. We did a collage of maunga because we read a book called Battle of The Mountains.

My Kindness Letter

In Te Maunga we have been making a kindness letter. I wrote about my family, what I did in lockdown, what I learned and a few words of encouragement.

washing hands

In Te Maunga we have been learning about how to wash our hands and about the Coronavirus. It is important to know because you can get sick if you don’t wash your hands. We put milk into a bowl then we put pepper  in the milk and our teacher put soap on his finger and put his finger in the milk then the pepper swooshed away.

 

kowhaiwhai

In Te maunga we have been learning about how to make kowhaiwhai.

One of the kowhaiwhai patterns is about strength. My piece of art  shows my family that lives in my house like mum, dad, my 4 brothers, and me.