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 27 out of 60.

Maths 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.

Science Fair

Yesterday we had our school Science Fair. My science investigation was about volcanoes.

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Balloon Hovercraft

This week we have been learning how to write scientific reports. We did a balloon hovercraft experiment.

B E G I N N I N G	TITLE	Balloon Hovercraft
	QUESTION	How does a hovercraft hover?
	HYPOTHESIS	I predict that it won’t do anything without helium...

M I D D L E	EQUIPMENT  AND MATERIALS:	Bottle cap, balloon, disc
	PROCEDURE:	Step 1: Glue the bottle cap over the CD hole. Step 2:  Blow up the balloon. When it is fully inflated twist the end so no air comes out. Step 3: Stretch the balloon over the end of the bottle cap. Step 4: Open up the cap and place the CD on the surface. Step 5: Untwist balloon and let go.
	OBSERVATIONS/RESULTS:	The disc was hovering over the table. The disc was moving fast. The balloon was trying to rise up.

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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.

Speech

We have been learning how to write speeches. My speech was about power.

Here is my speech.

Power By Harlem.

Have you ever wondered what life would be like if we didn’t have power? I have an idea that it would be dark and you wouldn’t be able to cook your food. I think power is important.

Firstly, just imagine having to light a candle every night. Do you know how annoying that would be? I hate when the power goes out and we have to light candles. I really like turning on the lights in my house.

 Secondly, if we didn't have power it would be dark and you could get hurt because you wouldn’t be able to see anything especially if you have stairs. If it’s dark you could die or get really get hurt. 

Finally, if we didn’t have power we would have to go outside and light a fire to cook your food. I would not like going out every time I want something hot to eat. 

I think power is important because it helps make our life easier. We can have light when ever we want and cook our food quickly. That 

Maths - Volume and Capacity

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

Maths book

For maths this week we read a book called One is a snail, ten is a crab. We then worked in groups to create our own version. My book is called One is a snake, ten is a squid. Here is my book I hope you like it.

Moon Rover Lander

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.

What I like best about my Moon rover is the rover.

What I needed to modify on my Moon lander rover was to fix the parachute.

One thing I learned about landing on the Moon was how to build a moon rover.

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

Art Auction

HandwritingTerm2

This is my Term 2 sample .I am good at forming my letters correctly.
I need to work on siting my letters on the line.

Maori

We have been learning to talk to each other in Maori. Here is a conversation we recorded on screencastify.

Handwriting Term 2

Here is my Handwriting sample for Term 2.
I am good at setting my work out correctly.
I need to work on  forming my letters correctly.

Space writing

Space Writing

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

Coding with Scratch Jr

We made a maze with Scratch Jr.

Reading - The Sun

for reading we have been learning about the sun.

Alien

Today we learnt how to create a Minecraft style character. We created an alien. Here is mine. 

Reading - Penguins

This week we read a book about penguins. Here is my slide about penguins.

Pepeha

Here is my 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 2-3. I got 25 out of 30.

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 setting my workout correctly.
I need to work on being more tidy.

STEAM

Yesterday we made bugs with materials.

I made a caterpillar and a spider.I used cardboard, pompoms,pipe cleaners and googly eyes. I engineered a spider web out of wood,wool and nails.

Bug Hotel

We have made a bug hotel to attract all the good bugs to our school garden. My group used hay and bamboo and some flowers to create places for the bugs to sleep and stay safe. 

What is in the pool?

Today we wrote poems about living things. We had to usean adjective,a noun and a verb in each sentence.Here is my poem. 

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 body, neck and head.