Fish Art

Coopers Beach 2019

Last week we went to camp at Coopers Beach. We had a sand castle competition, went on the water slide, went to the rock pools, and went on the confidence course. The thing that I loved the most at camp was the .....BUNK BEDS!!!!!  I really enjoyed it. Here is a photo of my groups sandcastle.

Basic Facts Term 4

We have been working on answering basic facts questions quickly and instantly.

I should be working on Stage 5.

I am at Stage 4. I got 57 out of 60.

Pet Day

Today is our school Pet Day. We made Vaseline saucers using flower petals.

Here is my saucer. 

Great's and Grands day 2019

last Friday was our schools Greats and Grand day my nanny came along with us we did a performance and dancing. We had a delicious morning tea and played games

here is my poem I wrote for my nanny

Nanny and I taking a walk

today my class was creating our grandparents for greats and grands 

here is my 

work

handwriting term 3

At the end of this term we did a handwriting sample. We had to use our capital and lower case letters and write a sentence about our school science fair. 

what I like about my handwriting is how our formed my capital and lower case letters.

what I can do better is make my letters sit on the line a little bit more.

Here is a sample of my handwriting.

Garden To Table

For garden today we started weeding and then our teacher Mrs F picked out people who were doing the right thing. We went out to our sensory garden and planted some nice flowers for our school Greats and Grands day in term 4 2019. Then we went to our school orchard to plant 4 passion fruit. 

In the kitchen they cooked quiche and fritters. They made kebabs and coleslaw. We had a picnic on our school field. It was yummy. Here is a picture of the whole class eating

Science Fair

Yesterday was the school schools Science Fair. My Science investigation was about flight and forces 

Waitangi Digital Learning

On Tuesday the 3rd of September the year 4's went to Waitangi to do some digital learning using Scratch
and some unplugged activities. My favourite activity was Scratch because I got to code my sprite to move
up, down, left and right.

Here is one photo of an unplugged activity that we did when we got there.

Koru Art

For two weeks we have been doing art with Whaea Rose about koru, bird and clouds with ink.

We made our koru art using foam, cardboard and paper and a pen.

My koru represents my ancestors. 

I really like that I have a bird and people in my art that make it look real.

Here is my Art.

hover craft

Balloon Hovercraft How does a hovercraft hover? I predict that it would work Cd water bottle cap hot glue balloon Step 1:using  the hot glue gun glue the bottle cap to the CD hole.

Step 2: blow up the balloon when it is fully inflated. 

Step 3: twisted the balloon bottom so no air can come out stretch the balloon bottom over the bottle lid 

Step 4: open the bottle lid and place the CD on a table.

Step 5: untwist the balloon and let go

When I saw  It It worked!! The air from the balloon creates a cushion of moving air between the disc and the CD and reduces friction across the surface

Volume and Capacity

This week we used popcorn to learn about volume and capacity.

Speeches

For the last two weeks we have been working on writing speeches. 

My topic was why fortnite should be banned

We had to present them in front of our class. 

I think that it was awesome!

Here is my speech.

I believe that fortnite should be banned. Fortnite is a video game that has inappropriate stuff like guns, grenades, shooting and bullying. It is a game played online by people of all ages. I think it’s a horrible game and should be banned. Here are my reasons why.

Firstly, kids ask parents for money so they can buy V-Bux. V-bux is the money in the game, which gamers want so that they can purchase things in the game. It is upsetting for parents when their kids ask for money because they often do not have extra money to spend on the v bux. 

Secondly, Fortnite can make people get highly emotional.  Sometimes, people get angry and start to rage. Rage is when another gamer sneaks up on another player and eliminates them.  When they get eliminated, the player can jump out of their seats and say bad words. They could even break stuff that is important.  Now that is never ok!

Finally, some children get so addicted to the game that they hide in places and don’t go to school. A lot of people hide in different places in their house to play Fortnite and do not go to school to learn.  Come on people get out of your room and learn! 

Conclusion

Fortnite can cause players to get angry, miss school and bug their parents for money. Come on people you need to get your lazy butt out of that room and learn. That is why I think fortnite should be banned. By me. :3

Maths book

For maths this week we read a book called 1 is a snail and ten is a crab we then worked in groups  to create a new version. My book is called Number store. here is the book hope you like it!

Lunar Landing

For science we made a Moon rover lander using only a paper cup, paper, cellotape and straws.  We were given the task of making our Moon rover land softly onto our Moon landscape so that our marsh-mellow astronauts did not fly out.

The materials I used for my Moon rover is paper cup, a plastic bag, tape and paper.

What I like best about my Moon rover is that it stood straight and that it worked.

What I needed to modify on my Moon lander rover was to add more tape and seats.

One thing  I learned about landing on the Moon was that is an important trip for astronauts to make to learn more about the Moon.

Art Term 2

Multiplication Problem

                                                             Multiplication problem 

                             We have been learning about Multiplication Problems in class this week.                Here is an example of my work. 

This is my thinking. Enjoy!

                                 

                                                                

Maori conversation

We have been learning to talk to each other in Maori. Here is a conversation we recorded on screencastify and our voices sound like T.V stars. Hope you like it.

Handwriting Term 2

Here is my Handwriting sample for term 2.

I am good at making my letters the correct height.

I need to work on making sure my letters are an even size and keeping it tidy. 

Here is my handwriting.

space writing

This week we have been writing about space.here is a peace of writing

My alien

This week we learnt how to use google sheet to create a minecraft style character we created an alien here is mine.

Hectors world

don't give your detail to enyone you do not know and you need to protect your bank acount and other persnal detail

ANZAC Button

We made a ANZAC Button for ANZAC. We read the book that was called the ANZAC button and it made me think that I should make the person that made the ANZAC Button to go into the middle of my button. Here is my button.

animal Inquiry

this week we have done a animal Inquiry and I did a lion

Pepeha

On Tuesday we did our Pepeha and we wrote it in this blank paper with Maori words and underlines, we deleted the underline and add in our pepeha and drew our awa, mountain and waka.

Swimming

We have been learning how to do swimming this term and we are going to practise more and more in Term 4 until we know how to do it. 

writing Term 2

Here is my writing goals for Term 2

Basic Facts Term one

These are my Basic Facts results for the end of Term One.

I am working on Stage 4 I got 29 out of 60

I need to be on Stage 5 by the end of the year.

Handwriting Term 1

This is my handwriting Sample for Term One.

I am good at forming my letters correctly.

I need to work on making my letters touch the line.

       

STEAM

This week we have been doing makerspace on the living world. On Tuesday I made a spider web. I used 20 nails and some wool. I added a knot to start and I wrapped it around on the finish.

GIF

Today I made a GIF for my living world. I enjoyed it. My GIF is a worm heading to the compost bin.

Bug hotel

Yesterday we made a bug hotel in our school garden. What we used was bamboo, wood  and some  hay. Everyone made one piece for the bug hotel in teams. I made a slide of living things moving into the bug hotel.

Bean Plant Explanation Writing

                             We have been planting beans. Here is an explanation of how a bean grows.

What's behind the door?

Today we wrote a poem about living things. We had to use an adjective, noun and verb for each sentence. Here is my published poem.

Maths

For maths we have been working in mixed ability groups to solve problems. The focus has been solving word problems using place value. We have to select the correct the correct strategy to solve the problem. I have chosen two problems to show you how I work them out.
I find that you can add tens together and ones together to get the answer and with it you can use addition and subtraction

Self Portrait

We have been learning how to sketch our facial features. We needed to put them in the right place on our face. For our background we typed our full name and learned to copy and paste down the page.

I like my body.

I need to work on my eyes and mouth.

Hector’s World Cybersmart

We have been watching Hector's World to learn how to be safe online. Never show your personal details to anyone you do not know. You can trust people at the bank. If you are doing something important and something pops up tell a teacher or an adult.

Yellow poem

Here is a poem of my house group. My house group is yellow and the rest of the house groups are red, blue and green. We had to write descriptive sentences about our colour.

Environmental writing

We sketched our bean plants that we grew in class. We then wrote words around the outside to describe the bean plant. We had to use these words to write a piece of descriptive writing. We then cut out our picture and glued it on to your writing. Here is my writing