Coopers Beach term 4

Last week we went to camp at Cooper's Beach. We went fishing on Whangaroa Wharf. We also went to the rock pools.

Term 4 Basic facts

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 52

out of 60

Math Problems

We have been learning to solve problems with multiplication and division. Here are some problems I solved this week. I used screencastify to show my thinking.

Pet Day

Today is our school pet day we made vaseline saucers using flower petals. Here is my saucer.

Greats and Grands Day 2019

Last Friday we had our Greats and Grands Day. Sadly nun of my grandparents could come. We did performances and dancing. We had a delicious morning tea and played games.

Garden to table

Today we had our last of garden to table and after next week it is the holidays. So today I was in the kitchen and we made fritters, fruit kebabs, quiche and also coleslaw. Then we had a picnic on the field.

Science Fair

Yesterday we had our school science fair.
 My science investigation was about flight and forces.

Musical instruments

Team Awa made musical instruments by using recycled materials.
I made a drum using an OREO tin , 3 cans and tape. 

My instrument makes a cool sound when I bang it.

Here is a photo of my drum.

Kauri Art

For two weeks we have been doing art with Whaea Rose about korus,  birds and clouds.
We made koru with
whaea Rose by cutting out foam of koru's and stamping them on a piece of paper.
My koru represents tonga; Maori and New Zealand.
I really like the birds flying though the air on my koru art.
Here is a picture of my art.

Scientific Writing

Scientific Experiment Writing

B E G I N N I N G	TITLE	Balloon Hovercraft
	QUESTION	How does a hovercraft hover? Hovercrafts have engines that help the hovercraft move around anywhere.
	HYPOTHESIS	I predict that the balloon hovercraft will move around on the table.

M I D D L E	EQUIPMENT  AND MATERIALS:	CD , balloon and a bottle cap.
	PROCEDURE:	Step 1:First we used a hot glue gun to glue the bottle cap on the CD. Step 2:Next we got a balloon and blew up the balloon until it was fully inflated. Also we twisted the end of the balloon so the air doesn’t come out. Step 3:We stretch the balloon to put an end on the bottle cap. Step 4:We opened the cap and placed the CD on the table. Step 5:Finally we untwist the balloon and let it go.
	OBSERVATIONS/RESULTS:	I saw the balloon hovercraft move around on the table.

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CONCLUSION:

The air from the balloon creates a cushion of moving air between the disc and the CD and reduces the friction across the surface.

Bridge Building

We have been learning about forces and how they help shape the sort of bridges that we build.  

We learned that there are three main types of bridge design; beam, truss and suspension.  Using this knowledge we designed and built our own bridges.

Miss Fletcher set the challenge that our bridges had to be 30 cm long and strong enough to hold an object.

In my group there was Zavier , Stella. We used tape, straws and egg cartons to build our bridge. Here is a photo of our beam bridge. What I liked

best about my bridge is that it can hold a toy truck.

Speech

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

My topic was families

We had to present them in front of our class. 

I think I did an awesome job and I got into the finals.

Here is my speech.

Have you ever thought about why families are so important? Well I have. Families are people that live with you and are also people who are related to you. Imagine what life would be like if you didn’t have any family. I believe families are important because they support you, take care of you and they always make you super happy. Firstly families are important because they help you. They help you if you’re being bullied. First they ask you, ‘What is the matter?’ and then they help you work out how to solve the problem. Also they help you with your homework by reading with you and signing your work. Secondly families are important because they will always keep you safe. They take me to school safely, they keep me close to them when we are outside , they keep me away from dangerous things. They also take me outside if the fire alarm rings. Finally families are so important because they give you a lot of aroha. They always hug you, put you in your blanket when your cold and also turn off the lights at night time. Sometimes they take you to fun places like KMart and McDonalds and also give you treats. And that is why families are important because they give us aroha, keep us safe and always help you. My family are important because they make me yummy food and give me lots of cuddles.

Moon Rover Lander

Title:  Moon Rover Lander    Label: Science

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 cellotape , paper cup and paper.

What I like best about my Moon rover is it was taped up good and that it landed.

What I needed to modify on my Moon lander rover was I had to fix the paper up.

One thing  I learned about landing on the Moon was you always have to wear a space suit.

Here is a video/picture of my Moon rover landing on our school’s Moon surface.  I hope you like it!

Maths problem

We have been learning how to solve multiplication problems.

Volume and Capacity

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

Volume and capacity

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

Art

Maori

We have been learning how to talk to each other in Maori.
Here is our video off us having a conversation.

Handwriting Term 2

Here is my handwriting for term 2.

I am good at making no mistakes and forming my letters the correct size.

I need to work on my j, hanging the tail under the line.

Space Writing

This week we have been writing about space. Here is a piece of my writing.

The sun

Today we have

This week we have been learning about the sun.
I made an animation and a google draw about what I have learnt.

Alien

Today we learnt how to create a minecraft style character in google sheets. We created an Alien.
Here is mine.

Animal Inquiry

This is my animal inquiry. For reading I read this book called gorillas.

Pepeha

Swimming

Writing goals

Here are my writing goals for term 2.

Basic facts term 1

These are my Basic Facts results for the end of Term One.
I am working on Stage 4. I got 20 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 my letter p.

I need to work on reaching my f's to the top.

STEAM

This week we did Makerspace. We made some bugs out of LEGO and sticks and other material. I made a scorpion out of LEGO and I made a butterfly out of a number sheet.

Bug Hotel

Today we were learning about good bugs in the garden and how to make a bug hotel. We made our bug hotel using newspaper, bamboo,wood, string and  hay. We built a bug hotel so the wild life can live happily ever after.

What is in the log?

Today we wrote poems about living things. We had to use an adjective, noun and verb. 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 what kind of problems easy to solve.

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Colour poem.

I had to write this on my writing book then I had to put it on my chromebook. I'm in yellow house. Here is my colour poem.

Hector's world

We have been watching Hector's World. We learnt how to be Cybersmart.

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.

Self Portrait Art

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 hair.

I need to work on my nose.

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I need to work on _____.