In Te Ngahere we have been learning about Kupe, Nukutawhiti, Abel Tasman and James Cook so that we could know some really important stuff about New Zealand history. We got to find out lots of interesting things about the great explores. Guess what? Kupes wife Kuramārōtini gave New Zealand its Maori name Aotearoa. Abel Tasman was the first european explorer to discover New Zealand. I enjoyed finding out about these explores and about the history of New Zealand. I think what I could do better is find out some more information. I think what I did well was working with my group to find
more information.

Maths

In Te Ngahere I have been learning to do vertical algorithm subtraction in math. You have an equation like 281-169 you put the biggest number on the top. I think what I did well was trying to use my knowledge of subtraction to figure out the problem. I could try to do my work faster. Were I have crossed out the 7 and put a 6 on top I was borrowing because you can’t  take 6 away from 0 I had to rename so I had 10 1’s instead of 1 10 . It looks like this.

THE NUKES

Yesterday on Tuesday the 2nd of April, a band came to our school. They were called the Nukes. They play the ukulele. One of them played the ukulele as well as the drums. There was a group of 25 students from our school who got to go play the ukulele and got to perform in front of the school. Some kids from Russell School got to perform too. And the seniors from Russell also got to come watch. I really enjoyed it when the band played a song about worms and what they like to eat and since I am in the web committee I got to take photos of the people who performed.

DLO

In Te Ngahere we have been making DLOs about doubling and halving. We had to explain step by step how to use the strategy. You use the strategy when there is a big multiplication problem like “4x55. You always find the best number to half or double to make the math problem easier. I think that I did well trying to make my slide presentation make sense. I think that if I worked a bit harder next time  my work would get done faster

sea cleaners

On the 12th of March the sea cleaners came to see us. I learnt that the great pacific garbage patch is so deep that  they can not measure it, I also learnt that a couple years ago they found a turtle with 267 pieces of plastic in side of its stomach. I enjoyed watching the video they made about people cleaning the beach and the ocean, coming back with lots of rubbish bags on their boats. I will pick it up even if it was not mine  as it is being kind to our world.

Talent show

On Friday the 22nd of march it was our school talent show. Lots of kids entered. There was dancing, singing, gymnastics, a play and jokes. I really enjoyed everything. Since I am on the web committee  I got to take photos of the people who participated i n the talent show.

Raranga Matahiko - Waitangi

On the 8th and 9th of February the year 6’ s went to Waitangi Treaty Grounds  we went to a program called Raranga Matahiko - Waitangi. When we got there the two teachers introduce themselves their names were Whaea Kerry and Whaea Monika. We split in to two groups and one half of us got to go with  Whaea Monika and explored the museum and the other half of us went with Whaea Kerry and got to have a tutu. We got to try out all the technology that was there. There was a VR virtual reality and green screen were my favorite the other things they had were Coding robots, Stop motion, Sculptgl, Paint 3d and Tinkercad.  With the green screen we could jump of rail into space and that was really fun. With the VR it was really cool cause you could make snow or put fire on the ground. After we had had a go at everything we got to go out for a hikoi. We explored the whole museum we learned about how some of our ancestors came here and we learnt about the treaty. At the end of the museum there was  a big green stone in a little pool of water and you had to wet your hands before you touched it. It was very smooth. We are making carvings for our waka and we made people to go in the Waka we also made hoe.