Stranger than Fiction

Athletics Day

Yesterday we had our school athletics. We participated in High jump, Long jump, Shot-put, Discus, Sack races and Hurtles. We were learning how to be resilient to participate in everything have good sportsmanship and try our hardest. I enjoyed participating in all of our activities we done. Next time I will try my hardest because i didn't yesterday.

Boat Reflection

This morning we tested one of our waka in our school pool. We filled the two bottles with water and predicted will it float or will it sink three people thought it would float and the rest of class thought that it would sink. It sunk because the bottles were filled with water which meant it  wasn't buoyant.

Taumarere

Our class billingual unit travelled to Taumarere to learn about is history we caught a train down. When we got there we went into this tiny room and a lady explained to us the history of the pictures the had on the wall. After that we went for a long walk and during that walk we had a scavenger hunt.

Reading to NRR

Our school celebrated the re-opening of school library we done activities around it we were allowed to dress up as a book character and we also went into buddy classes. Our class was Nga Rau Rito. We had to read to juniors and talk to them the importance of reading.

Assembly

In week 4 my class and It was our class  assembly i found it alright also because I wasn't included in any of the items. The easy part was helping put the MC slide together. Next time i'll try be more inclusive in participating in our class items. 

Kapa Haka

On Saturday the 17th our school Kapa Haka Ropu performed at Maranga Mai E Te Iwi 2018 Te Taitokerau primary and intermediate schools Kapa Haka.
In our aggregate items we place 2nd in our waiata-a-ringa placed 3rd in Whakaeke and Whakawatea. For our other items we placed 3rd in our Waiata-Tira and Whai korero we placed 1st equal with 3 others for Kaitataki-Wahine. Overall we came 3rd in the intermediate section. To my opinion I think that we done well.

Our performance: TE RAU POU MANAWA O KAWAKAWA.

Taumarere

E tuwhera atu nei te awa o Taumarere
Taumarere herenga waka
Taumarere herehere i te riri te rere i Tiria te puna i Keteriki kete tangariki te awa o nga rangatira.

Taumarere is the prominent awa of Ngati Hine.The sacred awa Taumarere  was a main highway of our Tupuna and hence an important initiative for the progeny of Hineamaru. Taumarere When Kawiti reached maturity, he was admitted into Te Whare Wananga mo nga Tohunga, at Taumarere, one of the ancestral villages of Ngati Hine. 

Rugby league

1.  Going to Rotorua
2. First games
3. Finals

In the holidays i went to Rotorua for a maori rugby league tournament. We travelled down in two vans when we arrived to our marae we waited to get powhiri into the marae. Hearing the karanga we slowly walked into the marae the kaumatua stood to speak about whakapapa of the marae. We stayed at at one of the four tapu maraes around the roto. 

The next day we were getting amped for our games we were going to play. We versed Waikato first and got nilled. The next game we scored three tries and got all of our kicks over the post. Waiting anxiously for next game we heard that they forfeit so we packed up our things and went to the Polynesian spa pools to relax our muscles.

 It was finals we training for our last game fighting for third or fourth spot.

We scored two tries on the first half. On the next half we carved up neck a neck to deceiver  who was going to win. We all cheered as the horn went of and that we were the winners of our finals coming back from two tries on first half and then taking third place in the whole tournament.

  

ADDING DECIMALS

This week we have been learning how to add decimals. We had to learn the rules of the decimal point and where and who it works. The easy part was to use algorithm as a strategy to work out the addition questions. The hard part is to answer the question without working my thinking. Success criteria is if your using place value you carry number higher than 9 and always add or times from right to left.

Fun Run

On Friday it was the school FUN RUN.  We travelled to United Kawawkawa on a train once we arrived we got told the rules for the day and then the races begun it started from the five year old's and made it's way up. During the duration of the time we waited some people  helped around the courses.

Finally it was our turn it was not at all nervous as allot of decided on not to try. The horn went of and then we jogged around the corner and started walking. There was a group of people who tried for a placing but a bigger group who didn't try. We ran the course until we got to the mud we had a huge mud fight and got as dirty as possible we were tackling each other into the mud and then afterwards we had a swim. But then we had to leave and finish of the race we ran to the road then we jumped on the back of a track and finally ran around the field an completed the race.

Urupukuapuka

Kia ora tatou, on Friday our class and room 2 went to Urupukapuka island to learn lots of facts.
The point of heading over was to help bring back the song of  birds, their homes and a safe healthy environment for them to stay in. It was a one day trip. We built traps and planted native trees because we needed to make more traps to catch pest and plant trees for future bird habitats. In eager to wanting to help the Ipipiri islands it is a hard process but possible to accomplish with more help and people to support. The translocation of the birds help repopulate the birds so there is more. There are 80%  endemic birds in New Zealand.

Awa history

We have been learning about our awa about the importance of it the history and the impact of our awa this week i have done a KWL.

Report writing

In writing we have been learning the genre report. There are 4 main things you need to use  title, subheadings, opening statement and general statement and you can also use a diagram if it's necessary. The easy part was finding lots of facts to group into categories. The hard part was doing the closing statement because we couldn't use facts that was already written in the body of the text.

Here is one of my paragraphs about inanga

Life cycle       

The Inanga is one of five galaxiid species whose young's are mainly known
as Whitebait.
Out of all five of the species only Inanga life cycle is percisive to people.
Adult females lay their Eggs at estuaries on a spring tide.
Then the Eggs turn to Larvae and the Larvae goes to sea.
The next cycle is when the Larvae turns to Whitebait.
Whitebait then make there way back to the estuary till eventually
the Whitebait turns to Inanga and Inanga are found in freshwater.

Roman Numerals

In math we have been learning roman numerals , It was hard at first to understand but since I'd already learnt I caught onto it quickly. The easy part was realizing that If you put a smaller numeral before a large numeral then your subtracting.The hard part was trying to make others understand on how the procedures work of the roman numerals.

Matariki

For the last two day the whole school has been doing Matariki activity's, because it's Matariki and we do these every year year. The hard part was to make our co-operate with everyone  The easy part was to cooperate with my team to play Tapuae and Ki-o-rahi. I wouldn't do it again because I like to try different things. The point why we only play those games at Matariki time is because they represent peace and harmony and it also is a taonga tuku iho and a game from our tupuna.

                                 

Problem solving

For problem solving this week we were doing is te iti rawa and te nui rawa. We had numbers 1-6 we had to choose 4 and try make the biggest number and the smallest number. The highest number my group made was 360 and the lowest I made was -10.

Thinking criticaly

In reading we are thinking critically about we read. We have to ask appropriate questions to our selves to we believe what read is true when you believe it true you ask why is it true. I think that when its true the information is accurate because you've read other topics similar towards this text.

Explain

In writing we are learning the genre explain. Explain is a piece of writing that excludes argumentative talking reiteration and opening statements. I am use to this particular type of writing things I find easy is using correct language and filling my writing with facts. The thing I find hard is to constantly use writing skills that is appropriate.

Problem solving

In class we are very ecstatic about math we are in small groups of people we are problem solving questions that we need to explore to find new ways. We are recording our math in a systematic way.
We have been trying to think of ways to investigate the problem we are trying to figure out. We all have different ways of thinking which means we all have many ideas and a bunch of things to say.My next step is to always use a systematic table and contribute to the group.

Problem solving

In math we were learning skills for problem solving such as exploring strategies, explaining our thinking, extending further information, evaluating and learning to reflect. We were working as teams to adapt our skills to explain to each other our ideas using talk moves to help understand our thinking. The thing I need to work on is to be more supportive and work with my group more.

Thinking crittically

This week we are still learning to think critically about what you read and evaluate the text. The hard part is to find questions to relate to the topic. The easy part is to always have either one or two questions that is good for the topic. To think critically is about asking the right question, questions that help you receive both meanings of arguments.When you read you need to find the right question whilst reading a book.

reading

This week we have been learning to think critically about what you read and evaluate the text. The hard part is to stay on task when people are talking to you. The easy part is to think when your working as a group because your on the same page. To think critically is about asking the right question, questions that help you receive both meanings of arguments.

Making 37

In math we were learning how to make 37 out of 10 numbers using the numbers 1,3,5 and 7. I explored this and found out this is impossible to make 37 out of these numbers because odd and odd equals even.
All the numbers we were exploring were odd which means it can only make even. To make 37 you can use numbers such as 9 11 still using the 1,3,5 and 7. You can solve this question by not using 10 as a total.

• 7+1+7+1+3+1+7+1+1+1+7=37
• 1+7+1+7+1+7+1+7+1+3+1=37
• 3+1+7+5+5+7+7+3=37

Ko To Tatou

The last weeks we have been learning about where is our river. I mainly used the source of google maps to find my river I didn't end up finding because it classes as private property on google maps. I have been learning the facts of my river Ngapipito and have found facts I never knew before. Ngapipito road starts from the end of Otiria rd to Mangakahia rd.

Fractions and precentages

In math I have to work on fraction percentages. I find fractions and percentages hard because i have not yet learnt these math skills. I've moved from stage 6 to early 7 in the progressions of math. My next steps are to become fluent in my math skills.

Metaphors

This week we have been learning how to use metaphors. Metaphors are  similar to similes. Metaphors are a  figure of speech in which a word or phrase is inserted to an matter or activity it is  not literally relevant.The hard part was to connect a figure of speech so it makes sense in what your writing. I now have learnt about why metaphors are important when to use them and not to use the words like or as. When using a metaphor you need to have two nouns and  one adjective.

Comparing

I have been learning to make connections so that I am fluent in my learning. When comparing two stories together to get similarities and differences you will be making connections to the authors point. The hard part is when you have two stories to compare and they are on the same topic such as two stories about caving or geologist you have practically the same idea on the same topic.The easy part is knowing the suitable tool to use.

Smart learner

We are learning to be a smart learner.
For the next weeks we are learning about being a smart blogger at the moment I sit at a step up blogger a stepping up learner is someone who is nearly reached a quality and a high leveled blogger. The hard part will be learning how to get there with near to none errors. The easy part will be to know how to make my blog posts relevant.

Intergers

This week we have been learning about  integers.I believe that it was easy because we were learning a really easy strategy called hills and dales. Integers are negative numbers  e.g  -8 + -7 =-15

reading

Today in reading we were finishing our work of summarizing. We learnt about the big 5, the big 5 is these important things for summarizing. Someone,Wanted Because But and Then.It the similar to where what when and who.Summarizing is good for putting things into your own words and for making long text shorter.

Maths eyes

The past weeks we have been learning to see math in everything we see here is my work.

My Reading Goals

Throughout the term I will be learning how to use appropriate skills, Technology and resources to find relevant information. I think at the end of this process i will be able to do this knowing the hard things and the easy things. During this there would be hard challenges and easy but i will make it.