Class Trip

 On the 2nd of December my class Te Maunga went on our end of year class trip. We went to The Parrot Place, went to the park and had Dominos and to watch The Secret Garden because we read the book. The movie was so different from the book. First we went to the Parrot Place. But first we had to split up into 3 groups.  It was so cool we all got to hold lots of cute birds we also got to feed them. Then we stopped and had morning tea and played at the Parrot Place park before we headed off to the next place. After the Parrot Place we went to the park next to Mcdonalds and had pizza. My favourite is Hawaiian it is the best.  After pizza we walked to the movies. We all got a Ice cream and a fizzy drink.  My favourite part of the movie was when the father saw his son walking. Merry Christmas and have a Happy New Year. 

Interesting NZ Bush

 In Te Maunga we have been learning about the Under NZ Bush Canopy. Flax is a plant that is found in the NZ bush. Flax is stiff and tough with red and orange margin. The flaxs diet is soil and minerals, their predators and dangers are ladybirds, they are 3ft and 11 in and flax lives on hills, forests and in bushes. Kiwi have tiny wings but cannot fly. Kiwi have no tail and feathers but they do have whiskers like a cat.  The kiwi diet is berries, wild lice, millipedes, they are 14 to 18 inches. Kiwi predators and dangers are stoats, ferrets. dogs, cats and possums and they live in native forests and bushes. 

My report for a kiwi link

Crazy Measurment

 In Te Maunga we have been learning about measurement.  I learnt about measuring and weighing. I learnt how to weigh 600ml bottles. The brown paper bag from countdown holds 14.2 litres of water in the bag. My favourite activity was breaking bags because it was fun and interesting. 

Speed Cricket

 In Te Maunga we have been doing cricket. In cricket I learnt how to hit the ball. It wasn't just regular cricket it was speed cricket so you have to hit the ball and run as fast as you can to pass the bat to the next person. They put us in groups in one and twos. When the fielding team catches 3 balls when the batter hits it they quickly swap and the fielding team is now batting. If they miss the ball you put the bat down but you still have two more bats left.

Poetry

 In Te Maunga we have been learning about poetry. I learnt about what metaphors are. A metaphor is comparing something to something else.  Here’s an example, Emma is a walking dictionary.

Film Making

 In Te Maunga we have been learning about how to make films. We had to get into groups of 4. My group was Jaelyn - Marie, Poet, Anika and I. We had to write a script and all of the shots we will be doing in our film. The angles are point of view, high angle, low angle, eye level and  panning. 

Fundraising

On Friday the 28th of August we did a treasure hunt. We did it with the seniors. We had to look for these little things that had gumboots on the front of them and a number on the back. We could win rose gold headphones, $5 dollars, chicken and chips voucher from the Four Square, eskimo pies, a soccer ball, a handball and lollies. I won and I got an eskimo pie. We did the treasure hunt but you had to pay for it because we were actually fundraising for I Am Hope (a charity).

Maths Week

In Te Maunga we have been doing lots of maths. A few weeks ago it was maths week we did lots of problems. The most hard and interesting one for me was the puzzle time add up to 20. In this activity we had squares with 12, 13, 14 and  15 on the front of the squares then we had to add up to 12 on all of the sides and do that for all of the rest. I learnt in this activity that there are lots of ways to add up to those 4 numbers 12, 13, 14 and 15. 

Probability

 In Te Maunga we have been learning probability in maths. We did a rotation everyday of the week so we didn’t just have to do one of the activities.  I learnt in probability that you have to estimate how much you think it is or what way it is going to land.  

Keep Your Self Safe

 In Te Maunga we have been learning about how to keep yourself safe online. We learned that we need to make sure we don’t accept people we don’t know online. We also learned that we should not tell anyone our address because they can look it up on google or somewhere where they can get the exact address and go to your house and do something bad to your house and you. We all have to tell our parents or someone if they keep requesting access to your social media. You have to be 13 years old to have Twitter, Tik Tok, Facebook, Snapchat and Instagram.

SoundScapes

 In Te Maunga we have been learning about musical instruments and at the end of the slide there is always a create  for us to do. This create was to create a soundscape using different materials around the classroom/our house. My group was Jaelyn-Marie, Anika, Jacinta-Lee and I. We used sticks cracking, whistling for the wind, fake jelly beans for the rain and rubbing a pencil on the table. I learned that people make sounds to put into movies and how to make sounds.

Dinosaurs

In Te Maunga we have been learning about dinosaurs. I learnt that carnivore is a meat eater, herbivore is a plant eater and omnivore is a meat and plant eater.  What I liked the most was when we were watching the volcano erupt.

Pepeha And Greetings

In Te Maunga we have been doing pepeha and greetings. In Pepeha and greetings I have learnt Ka kite apopo which means  see you tomorrow in Maori. My Maunga is Pouerua because I live in Northland.

Mountain Art

The past weeks in Te Maunga we have been doing collages. We got an A4 piece of paper for our planning. Then we were given magazines and we had to cut out the colour we needed. In the process of making it I learnt that you have to cut the pieces really tiny to stick them on. We read a book called Battle of the Mountains. We read the book because our class is Te Maunga.

Kindness Letter

In Te Maunga we have been doing kindness letters to give to people who were alone in lockdown. In my kindness letter we had to put a funny story or a positive message. I did a funny story. My funny story is when I was riding my cousin Tamati’s bike. Only one of his brakes worked and I had my ice block in my hand on the brake that didn’t work. I went down the hill and went up in the hammock and it saved me from going into my neighbours property.

Viruses, Fungi And Bacteria

In Te Maunga we have been learning about fungi, bacteria and viruses. Types of Viruses are Coronavirus, Flu and Chickenpox.  Types of Fungi Are Mushroom, Athlete's foot, Ringworms. Types of Bacteria are Protozoa, Runny nose, Sneezing.

Water Cycle

A few weeks ago  in Te Maunga we did art. We are learning about the water cycle so for the art we had to draw the steps on our piece of paper of how it starts and it keeps going round and round in circles. We used colouring pencils, white paper and a plain pencil. In the water cycle I learnt that it has lots of steps and it has 4 stages in the process of the water cycle.  The water cycle starts by the sun heating up the water causing water vapour going up into clouds as water droplets the droplets move into each other creating bigger droplets when they are big enough they fall on a mountain  travelling to a river, lake or sea.

Hand Washing DLO

In Te Maunga we have been learning about how to wash your hands. We had to make a DLO about washing your hands. You have to wash your hands properly to get all the germs and viruses off. We also did an experiment and we put milk in a bowl with black pepper and then we put soap on our finger and put it on the milk and it spread out and it looked so cool.

My Koru Patterns

In Te Maunga we did Koru and Mangopare patterns. A koru is a young fern it is also known as protection, belonging, nurturing and caring  and a mangopare is a hammerhead shark - strength. My patterns are about my whole family. I even put my cultures on it.