Kapa Haka performance

Today we had a  performance on our school stage. 

When the performance group  came through the door they played a putara for their entrance ceremony. The performance group did different maori dances which used ti rakau, poi, taiaha.

Next they explained how to use them and what they were for. 

They also performed a haka for the school, then the kapa haka boys also performed a haka for the people and the parents who came. 

At the end we played a game called Maui and matou. Maui means left and matou means right. To play this game you have to have a stick and when someone says Maui you let go of your stick and go to the other one near you and it is the same for matou.

Touch Rugby

We carried on with three man settles and two man settles and played touch rugby from the previous week. 

First we practiced two and three man settles to get ready for a game of touch.  Couch Mark told us to aim for one person when we drive the ball town the field.

Next we played a game of touch. The game was for learning how to play and how to use a two and three man settle.  

I did well at two man settles and three man settles, and I had an amazing time playing touch rugby. 

Fractions, decimals, percentages

 Fractions are equal parts of a whole, percentages are is a number or ratio that uses a fraction of 100, and decimals is a number that is less than one.

Fractions are equal parts of a whole. It uses the numerator and the denominator. The numerator explains how many parts it has. The denominator shows how many equal parts it was divided into. 

Percentages is a number of a fractions of 100 of a whole. it can be written with decimals and fractions. To write a percentage as a decimal divide by 100.

A decimal is a number that can be defined as a number of a whole. Digits following the decimal point shows a value smaller than one. 

Shelter Materials

Different types of shelters can keep people safe by using the correct materials depending on what disaster they are being protected from. 

When building a shelter, measuring the amount of materials being used is important so it keeps it balanced. 

An example of materials used for a tsunami shelter are concrete, chicken wire, metal ties, aluminum, popsicle sticks, steel door, and hard clear plastic. 

Using chicken wire is good for putting in the concrete so it can connect it to the other sides. 

Hard clear plastic can be used for the windows because it doesn’t break easily like glass and because it's transparent which allows people to see what's happening on the outside.

Popsicle sticks are good for supporting the force of the impact. This material can also be used to anchor the shelter into the ground so it doesn’t tip over. The properties of wood are the shape that has been made. 

Not every material can support every natural disaster. Different types of shelters can keep people safe by using the correct materials depending on what disaster they are being protected from. 

When building a shelter, measuring the amount of materials being used is important so it keeps it balanced. 

An example of materials used for a tsunami shelter are concrete, chicken wire, metal ties, aluminum, popsicle sticks, steel door, and hard clear plastic. 

Using chicken wire is good for putting in the concrete so it can connect it to the other sides. 

Hard clear plastic can be used for the windows because it doesn’t break easily like glass and because it's transparent which allows people to see what's happening on the outside.

Popsicle sticks are good for supporting the force of the impact. This material can also be used to anchor the shelter into the ground so it doesn’t tip over. The properties of wood are the shape that has been made. 

Not every material can support every natural disaster. 

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Touch Rugby | Kiwi Sport

This week for kiwi sport we played touch, doing the 2 man settle and the 3 man settle. 

We had 2 groups which one team was a defender and the second team were attackers, first we did the 2 man settle then the 3 man settle. 

To do the 2 man settle you plant the ball then go over the ball so that their partner can pick it up and pass it to the person that planted the ball. 

To do a 3 man settle there is 3 people and someone plants the ball and the other person picks it up and passes it to the third person. 

Statistics | Maths

This week for maths my partner and I did averages scores from athletics day. 

We used data and added it up with google sheets, we used addition/multiplication for example, 5+5+3+6+8=27 to do it faster and easier you could do (2x5) + (3x3) + (2x4) = 27, this is easier and quicker because instead of using many numbers it would be slower and harder to add them up. 

Then we did the averages, to get the averages you add the numbers together and then divide and get the total for example, 2,3,3,5,7, and 10 is 30 divided by 6, is 5. 

Multiplication is easy to add up data and addition can sometimes be hard.   

Reading Tasks | Reading

 This week for reading I did table mat, making connections, synthesis using a book called "White Water Action" 

First I did the table mat I did the prior knowledge and then found 3 key words and then explained what 1 of the key words meant, then I found 4 facts from the book. After that I did key questions and lastly I wrote in the questions I would ask.

Secondly I did my making connections, there are 3 different types of text they are, text to self, text to text, text to world. Text to self is something in the book that has happend to yourself, text to text is something that happend in the book that relates to another book, and text to world is something in the book that happens in the world. 

Lastly I did synthesis, for synthesis you talk about prior knowledge, new information, and new understanding. we have copied and pasted my prior knowledge from the table mat and for the new information we have to also copy and paste our facts, for the new understandings we make our own and write in why I understand it. 

Volcanoes Names

Today I did a activity about the Auckland volcanoes. 

The first thing I did was translate the volcanoes using the Maori dictionary for example, Maungawhau is Mt Eden, Rarotonga is Mt Smart, Maungarei is Mt Wellington etc.

The second thing I did was go down to the mat with Fire Odie we used cards with words in Maori and English at the bottom. We practiced them and passed them around. 

I enjoyed this activity because it was fun to translate the Auckland volcanoes.  

Comment thread

Today I did a comment thread with Ariana. 

Comment threads are to practice open questions in a conversation. It gives people an understanding of the activity. 

I commented on her reading blog post, from last week the blog post is a table mat. We had a digital conversation. 

Basic Facts Boxes

Today I did Basic facts boxes I did subtraction up to 10. My time was 3 minutes and 3 seconds. 

I'm happy that I have beaten my high score, my old high score was 3 minutes and 45 seconds. 

I'v gotten faster than before but I still want to get faster. 

Manaiakalani Film Festival

On Wednesday the whole school went to the Manaiakalani Film Festival. 

We watched many different movies from different schools. They were all amazing and enjoyable. 

Our movie was based on Covid 19 and other schools also had movies based on Covid 19. 

I commented on Glen Taylor's Movie. It was about being ungrateful to people.  

Screen Play | Writing

Screenplays are the only the parts of a story that are speech. 

Screenplays have the scene names, names of the person speaking, what they are saying, and how the person should be speaking. Sometimes screenplays give short sentences that tell what the actors should do.

The scene name tells what the scene will be about. By writing the name of the person it shows who will be speaking, but the person's name is written in all capitals.

This we interesting to find out how screenplays work. 

LI: to convert a story into a screenplay/script.

Maori | Names

This week for Maori I learnt different names in Maori. 

The first thing I did was fill in the doc and try and figure out what the names were in Maori. Then I searched up the Maori names on the Maori dictionary and changed the ones I got wrong. 

Then I down to the mat and we practiced left and right, matau is right, maui is left.  Lastly I finished my work and went back I went back to the mat and marked with the teacher to make sure they were completely right. 

I really enjoyed this because I got to learn more names in Maori. 

SSR Selfie | Songbird

 This week for SSR Selfie I wrote about book called "Songbird". 

The first thing I did was read the book for 15 minutes. Then I wrote in what title of the book was, next I wrote in who the author and illustrator was. 

Then I wrote in who the main characters where and listed three things that happend in the book. Lastly I wrote about what I though of the book.

Sharing Knowledge | Maths

This week for maths I learnt maths with other people from week 1 that did measuring and did the same with week 2.

I got a partner first we explained each others DLO. What I learnt from my partner is that measuring uses mm, cm, tones, km etc, my partner also told me that measuring sometimes uses converting. mm is short for milometers, cm is short for centimetres km is short for kilometres. 

My partner explained what each one meant and explained how measuring can use converting. measuring uses converting by multiplying the old measuring meant by one. 

With my other partner I learnt about fact family. Fact is a group of maths that using the same numbers. Fact family uses addition subtraction, you use three numbers to get four facts. 

Fact families uses many equations, fact families also shows relationships between three numbers involved. A set of three uses multiplication and division.

I really enjoyed this learning. I think that I thought my partners taught me well.  I think I also taught well. 

 

Synthesis | Reading

This week for reading I did synthesis with a book called "Just like New"

First thing I did was the prior knowledge. The prior knowledge means what you already know. Then I  wrote in new information.

Lastly I did my new understandings. The new understandings are what I wrote in things that I understand about and why I understand it. 

I really enjoyed this because I found it interesting and fun. 

LI- To build Vocabulary 

Design Shelter

This week our group has designed an emergency shelter that will protect against natural disasters. 

First we looked at different shelters and the shape of the shelter. We had to figure out if it was a good or a bad shelter in different conditions.

Next we thought of a shape for our shelter which was a pyramid, and a cube. The reason why we chose these shapes was because if the wind was coming into the corner the wind would split into different directions. If the wind blows to a direction to the wall it will slide up that might make a vacuum. 

Then we created a shelter using the app Sketch up.

The materials that might be used to create our shelter were bricks, and stones. Bricks and stones are different types of bricks that are both heavy materials that can not be pushed by strong wind. 

If we changed things of  the shelter it would be adding windows on each side so we know what's happening outside. 

During this activity we found thinking of the shape hard but we found this fun because we were able to create a shelter.

Duffy Theater - Bex meets Milly

 We watched a performance by Duffy theatre group about the Coggen. A Coggen is a mythical creature that is a mixture if cat, dog, and chicken. 

Before the show, the actors introduced themselves. Then we sang the Duffy song. 

Then the actors preformed for us. 

Lastly the duffy group held a question and answer session. 

I enjoyed the performance because it was interesting and fun. 

Maori | Tahi

This week for Maori I learnt names in Maori. 

First I  used the Maori dictionary to translate the Maori names to find out what it was. Then I wrote in the names in English on the doc.  

Next I went down to the mat with Whaea Odie, we learnt the names in Maori for : in front, Behind, left, right. 

When I finished the Maori names, I went back to the mat and marked the names to make sure they were right.  

I enjoyed this task because I got to learn words in Maori. 

Making Connections | Reading

This week for reading I did making connections. The 3 main connections are : text to self, text to text, and text to world. 

First I found the 2 connections for text to self and then I made my 2 connections on something that happend to me. Text to self means something in the book that happend to you. 

Then I found the 2 connections for text to Text and then I made my 2 connections on something that happend to another book. Text to Tex means something in the book that happend to another book.

Lastly I found the 2 connections for text to world and then I made my 2 connections on something that happend to the world. Text to world means something in the book that happend to the world.

LI: To make connections.

Table Mat | Reading

 This week for reading I did a table mat about a book called Just like New.

The first thing I did was read the book. Then I wrote my prior knowledge. Then I found six key words, Then I explained about one of the key words. 

Secondly I went back to the book and found 4 facts. Then I did the key questions the author would ask. Then I wrote the questions I would ask. 

LI- To build vocabulary