SCIENCE DAY

One week ago 4 people form the university of Auckland,. Kaitlyn, Nina, Taiyo and Juan came to our school to show some things that they could do with science . The whole school gathered in the whare at 10:00 to meet them for the show. After morning tea the senior classes Te Naghere, Te Maunga and Te tahuna got into to 4 groups. We went to Kaitlyn first and saw how to test water. Then we went to Taiyo and made a camera lense. After Taiyo we went to Juan and were looking at lights, we all got to wear special glasses that where ever you look you it would be rainbow colored. We then went to Nina and made rockets with a plastic bottle methylated spirits and fire.We had to make a hole in the bottom and pour in some methylated sprites in and shake it. We then suck a little bit of air into the bottle and then if we wanted to we could light it and it would then let of. I enjoyed having them at our school and getting to make a rocket.

A&P

At Paihia school on Friday the 9th of November we held a Pet day and flower day to send some things to the A&P show. In Te Maunga we made posters,artwork, vaseline saucers, novelty containers and biscuit decorating. If we finished our posters they could go into the show. For our artwork we did lots of bartiking inspired by halloween. Around the end of the day we got to go around the classes and see the prizes and what they made. When we got to our class we saw the awards laid on some of the creations, I came 2nd in my novelty container and I got one participation card.

Playing Cricket

Every Tuesday Te Maunga would go out on the field and practice playing Cricket. We were learning to hit, catch and throw a ball.We also played Speed Cricket. I found catching the ball really hard. I enjoyed playing Cricket.

Geometry

In Te Maunga we have been learning about geometry. I learnt where the edges, sides, and corners are. One day we learnt the difference between Prism and a Pyramid. Then we had to make a google drawing about what we learnt. I liked making the Google Drawing because we get to add pictures of what we done.

Flubber

In Te Maunga we have made flubber. Flubber is like slime, flubber is made the same as slime. We each got to have a turn to pour or put something in the bowl. When we started to make the flubber we put half a cup of pva glue in then we had to go and get hot water. When the water came back we put 4 teaspoons of borax in the hot water. After that we started making the flubber. We put a little bit of colour in it. When the water was almost all gone we found out that there was too much water so we tried to fix it but it was not working. When it was not working we left it alone.

Kai

In Te Maunga we have been learning about Te Reo Maori food. We have created a slide that has all the Te Reo food that we know. I really enjoyed when we got to taste different food and answer sweet or sour in Te Reo Maori. Whaea Lisa taught us many new things. On a new slide we put he tino kawa or he tino reka, now everyone practically knows all of their Te Reo food. We tasted pineapple, orange, banana, lemon, pepper, salt and lots more.

Term 3 maths goals

In Te Maunga we have been setting our own maths goals on a google drawing.We started off with our term 1 maths goals then our term 2 maths goals and so on, we just finished our Term 3 maths goals.When we completed the on on the I C A N sheet we went onto our maths tumble and went onto the goals sheet and put examples of it on the google drawing.The intention for it was WAL our learning needs.

Term 3 Writing goals

In Te Maunga we have created a google drawing that has our writing goals on it. We have made goals for term 1 and 2 and just finished making this terms. We either write the most recount or a narrative, to show our evidence. We can also prove it in our book. We highlight our evidence to show where the work is so our teacher doesn’t have to read the long stories that we write.

Promblem Solving

In Te Maunga we have been doing math problem solving.Maths Problem solving is when we get put into groups of three or four. Everyday we get a problem and figure ways to find out the answer. This term some of us put our names down for reading decimals and times,add,sub,write and making decimals.This week we have been basing it on MATARIKI (Māori - New Year.) Today's Problem was a astronaut counted a number of 53 stars and we had to see what the answer will be if we times it by 5 & 7. We have target students that are in each group and they have been learning centimeters,metres,kilometres and much more. Our Maths group collaborates but sometime I don't really use our talk moves.

Matariki at the Treaty Grounds

In term 2 Te Maunga & Te Tahuna went down to Waitangi Treaty Grounds to celebrate Matariki (Māori New Year). We played 3 different activities, but first we got into groups, I was in group one.The first activity we done was making an angelfish,3 different games & planting. I learnt how to make a Angel fish.

He tino reka He tino kawa

n term 2 in Te Maunga we have been learning the māori word for Sweet and Sour. Our teacher Mrs Pou cut some kai up for us to eat. After all of us tried some she would ask us if it was Sweet which is REKA and Sour is KAWA. She would also say Titiro ki te ____nei ? (look at this____) and we would reply He tino reka or kawa (it is ____)

Fitness 2018

At Paihia School all of the classes do a fitness rotation for 10 minutes in the morning. We are doing this to get our hearts beating faster. Having our beating faster is a good thing. One of our teachers Mrs Williams, sets the rotation up. She get children from the older class. They run it.They help do it and try to get us moving.I like best is jump jam because it fun and we don't get dirty feet. I find challenging the days when we sometimes don't know what we're doing.

Rock Shore

In week 2 we were learning a new topic for inquiry about Te Moana and Te Tahuna.We created a google drawing and we named it RS then our name. We had compare Paihia rocky shore to what a rocky shore should look like. Then we were allowed to add photos if we wanted.I learnt that our rocky shore should not look like it does now it should have much bigger creaturess and it should have way less pollution than it does.

Term 2 Math's Goals

At the start of term 2 we made writing goals we also made some maths goals.To make our maths goals we had a math test which provided what we new in maths and what we didn’t. Our teacher aid Gina checked them.The next day we had to get a I C A N sheet that the teacher give to us to show what stage we are on. Once we had chosen what ones we wrote it on a piece of paper.We had to write down 2 knowledge and 2 strategy.After that we would take it to the teacher and check in with her.If she says yes we can do it. We went on to the chromebook and make a google drawing to make a page and then we go to write our goals The learning W.A.L.T was We are learning to identify our learning needs

Term 2 Writing goals

At the start of term 2 we wrote some new writing goals. First we had to go though the ones we had achieved and ones we didn't achieve, so then we could also put them on this terms goals. Then get some new goals off the vocab google slides.Then we made a google drawing and copy and paste the learning goals on the google drawing. We also wrote some spelling goals.The learning W.A.L.T was selecting learning goals for this term.