Going to Molley Green🍀

Going to Molley Green🍀 

Asalaam Alaikum everyone. Today I am going to be blogging about Molley Green. On Friday 30th July a small group of students went to Molley Green to move some mulch (bark). The reason why we had to go is because the council had to put it near the bridge because the truck couldn't go in. It was very very muddy and all our shoes got heaps of mud on it. We had to get spades and wheelbarrows. Also it was very strange but we took a wheelbarrow with us and put all our lucnh boxes and drink bottles in it. It was hard work and it was also sunny. Some people had to take some gardening pots and put some of the mulch around the small trees that were growing. We got half of the mulch to the other side were it was safe. At the end we were lucky enough to get a little play on the playground. We were there to build a coommunity fruit forest. Hopefully in a couple of year we will be eating lots of fruit that we helped to plant. Please comment on my blog and tell me what I need to work on.

Here are some photos of the day.

What I have learned about the Olympics 🥇🥈🥉

What I have learned about the Olympics🥇🥈🥉

Asalaam Alaikum everyone. Today I am going to blog about what I have learned about the olympics. This past two weeks Te Waka Ako (syndicate)  were learning about the Olympics. We watched the games everyday at the time of the racing. We had to do a slideshow based on some badges and then choose one of them that we don't know about and find information about it.  I learned and chose  Equestrian (Horse riding). It was fun doing the slideshow. There are three values of olympics. The values are respect, friendship, and excellence. Thank you for reading my blog post for today. Please comment on my work and tell me what I need to work on.

My sports person profile⚽

 My sports person profile⚽

Asalaam Alaikum everyone. Today I am going to be blogging about my sports person profile. In Te Waka Ako (syndicate) we have been learning about the Olymic Games. We also watched it on the TV of how many medals have New Zealand won. Also we found out that we won a gold medal for rowing. Anyways we did a sports person profile. It was where we had to go onto the olympic site and find a person and what sport they do. I chose Simone Billes. She does Artistic Gymanstics in the Olympics. After we were done we then had to discover back in the old days which person did the same sport and who it was. The person who did Artistic Gymnastics in the old days was Oksana Chusovitina. She won 1 gold medal and 1 silver.

Here is my sport person profile on Simone Billes and Oksana Chusovitina🎉  

 

✴✴✴ Matariki ✴Lanterns✴✴✴

✴✴✴ Matariki ✴Lanterns✴✴✴

Asalaam Alaikum everyone. Today I am going to blog about Matariki lanterns. For Matariki we made lanterns. We made them out of coloured paper. The colours were blue, green, and pink for the outside. Orange and yellow for the inside. The people who weren't here had to do them the next day. Here are some instructions on how to make Matariki lanterns.

First you fold the paper in half. Then you measure a 4 cm line. After that you fold the 4cm line. Then you get the inside piece of paper and need to measure a 2cm line. Then you need to rule the 2cm line down to the bottom. Next you get some scissors  and cut on the 2 cm lines. When your done cutting your lines you wrap it around the inside. Then your finished.

 

 

Teaching Cultural Games🎊

Teaching Cultural Games🎊 

Asalaam Alaikum everyone. Today I am going to blog about teaching cultural games to the senior students. The year 6 leaders taught the year 5's some cultural games that the leaders learned from parents. The different games were Aussie rules from Australia, Stream from Russia, Wizards also from Russia, Caber Toss from Scotland, Bamboo stick game from Japan, and last but not least Ulu Maika from Hawaii. My group had to teach Stream. Only 3 groups teached first and then the other groups that were left teached after lunch. In the afternoon the groups that were presenting the games before lunch were put into a group with the year 5's. My group went to Aussie rules first and then went to Wizards. We didn't get to do the last game because there was no time. What went well for us was when everybody was having fun and listning to the instructions.

Here are some photos of the day

Writing a procedure💻

Writing a procedure💻 

Asalaam Alaikum everone. Today I am going to blog about writing a procedure. In class we were looking at cultural games from around the world. We then had to write a procedural text  about a  game that we knew how to play and write them in steps. I wrote about a Fijian game called Pani, Pani, Pani. I wrote about it because I learned how to play it. On our procedural text we had to put the equipment we needed, Steps on how to play it, and a diagram or photo. After we were done our plan we then had to put it on a google doc and make it even better. I made a diagram on how to play Pani, Pani, Pani because there were no diagrams on google. I did good at making a procedure and a fantastic diagram with shapes. Here is my procedural text link and my google doc link that I wrote about.

STEM week Waikowhai student led toolkits💻

STEM week Waikowhai student led toolkits💻 

Asalaam Alaikum everyone. Today I am going to blog about toolkits. We had a day where we had 3 sessions to explore anything we wanted to. The choices were Book Creator, Drones, Spheroes, Word Art, Music Lab, Makey Makey, Brainbox, Incredibox, Google Maps, and Google slide animation. Apparently we couldn't do drones because they didn't work.  It was basically a STEM week. STEM stands for science, technology, engineering, mathmetics. We did a google form to choose our 3 toolkits. 

The first toolkit I went to were the drones. We had to wait an hour because aparently the drones didn't work and the people who were presenting the drones were getting frustrated. Only one drone worked which was the one they going to show as an example. So instead we had to explore and try the spheroes. We had to choose our group of four. After that we went to go and get a sphero and only one person had to open there chromebook and get onto the app. It was fun exploring and then they said we could go outside and drive them on the ramps that were out.

The second toolkit I went to was Book Creator. My friends were presenting (Ayana and Nora). They had made this cool slideshow that they had to present. We also got sandpit time (free time) to explore Book Creator and make our own book. I made a book about stuff that related to me and my friends favourite colours. At the end they let us share our books. Somebody made a book about Amongus and my friends shared it with us on the projector so we could see how the book looked like. It was really aewsome because our school principal came in and she was impressed.

The third toolkit I went to was MakeyMakey. It was a music activity. First we had to choose a buddy I chose my other friend (Cherubella) as my buddy. The presenters first  showed us a video based on how to put MakeyMakey parts together and what to use to make it musical. We had to use playdough and lego. If we were using lego we had to put foil on it. My buddy already had gone to the toolkit so she knew what to do. It was kind of funny because it wasn't working for me when I pressed on the playdough. I realised I hadn't put my finger on the right button. It was really awesome. That was my final toolkit that I went to for the day.

I felt really happy to try these toolits. I think we should do this every term.

Here are some photos of the awesome day