Start a new life - Tuia 250

In He Puna Kawenga, we have been learning about Tuia 250.  We learned about people from Britain travelling to Aotearoa to start a new life. I chose to create a poster to show this. Here is my poster.

A moment in time - BMX

When He Puna Kawenga and He puna Pumanwa went to Taupo lake Mi camp.We had so much fun there. There were lots of actives to do and great food to eat. My favourite part about the camp was the BMX. So our class was writing about a moment in time from camp and I picked the BMX. I wrote what I saw, felt and wondered.
Here is my A moment in time - BMX

Facts about Tupaia

In He Puna Kawenga we have been learning about Tupaia the Master Navigator. First we read an article about him and wrote some facts in our own words on a google doc. Then we put the facts in a slideshow with some pictures that matched. Here is my slideshow

Here is my Facts about Tupaia.

Money change

In He Puna Kawenga, this term we are learning about money. One of the activities that Miss Nation wanted us to do was to figure out how we could spend $20 at New World supermarket. By choosing what we wanted to buy, we then had to use our adding to make sure we didn't spend more than $20. 

Next was spending $30 at the Warehouse by using their online catalogue to see what costumes we could get for that price. I found it difficult because most of the costumes were too dear.

Here is my google drawing about what i found.

Keep NZ clean

He Puna Kawenga was getting ready to clean up the area around school. First we had to put on a glove to protect our hands so we don't get sick from the rubbish. Then we lined up in two lines and walked down London street until we came to Fitzherbert Avenue. When we got there we found a lot of rubbish and plastic. We had two people holding the rubbish bags and we had lots of people going everywhere. We found cigarettes butts, paper, plastic and glass. After we finished that we bring the bags back when I came back I felt proud of what I have done.   

poster

In He Puna Kawenga we have been talking about what you need when you go on a voyaging experience.

To begin with it's important to choose the right group on the voyaging experience. Like a group that won't get sick easily, that is kind and has good ideas and most of all helpful.

Then we wrote what your group would need to take while voyaging across the pacific. You need food to trade when you get to the islands, extra rope and sail just in case you lose one of your sails, and lastly birds that are able to find land.

As a class activity we worked in pairs to make a voyage poster that showed people what it will be like,  Maddie and I did a draft copy then when we were happy we did a good copy.
Here is my poster.

   

Taniwha

In He Puna Kawenga we have been learning about Taniwhas. They mostly live in lakes, rivers, oceans and forests. We put our facts in a google slide show, each slide is a fact about Taniwhas.

Here is my facts about Taniwha.  

Fear

In He Puna Kawenga we have been writing about a time when we have felt fear, or how we would describe fear. We put our writing in a google drawing.
Here is my Fear writing.

  

Six Sentence stories.

In He Puna Kawenga we have been writing a Six Sentence Stories about a once upon a time. Here is my slide show with my story.

Facts about Puanga

In He Puna Kawenga we have been learning about Puanga. Puanga is the celebration of the Maori New Year. Here is my facts about Puanga slideshow.

starry night

In He Puna Kawenga we have been learning about Vincent Van Gogh. First we watched
a YouTube clip about Vincent Van Gogh and found out that
his paintings were not popular because he started using dark
colours but now they are popular because he started using
brighter colours to make them more interesting.

Emotion poem.

In He Puna Kawenga we have been talking and writing about feelings or Emotions. There are different ways to feel , like happy, sad and mad. Here is my poem about anger.

Growth mindset poster.

We have been learning about what a growth mindset is. A person with a growth mindset always gives things a go when they are hard and doesn't give up. If a person has a fixed mindset they always give up and say this is too hard or I can't do this. Here is my poster of 5 things to say when I'm stuck

Ruruku meaning 8.4.19

We had to create a slideshow to show our understanding of the Ruruku. Here is my slideshow.

Activate learning How to build a Igloo.

Ever Tuesday He Puna Kawenga do Activate Learning  that means we are in groups here are some that we do like cooking, igloos penguin sled and snow flakes here is how to make a igloo

1. You need these materials packing peanuts, cotton balls, paper plats, tooth picks, pva glue, scissors, cardboard and two brushes.

2. You take the two paper plates before you stick the tooth picks  in, then grab the scissors and  pva glue, cut a door way for the guard penguin, then with the pva glue  spread the glue with a brush on one of the plates.

3. Then when you have finished gluing the paper plates you grab 10 tooth picks, and break them in half and poke the tooth picks in to the paper plate.

4. After then you stick the tooth picks you grab 6 packing peanuts, break them into 3, place them on the tooth picks all around the plate.

5. After that grab make a square hole and grab the cardboard and make it as a chimney, then stick it in the hole and cover it around with the cotton balls and the packing peanuts. Use the pva glue to stick it on the little chimney.

6. Then you place the packing peanuts and the cotton balls in a row how you like and use pva glue to stick it to the plate.

There you go that is how you make a igloo for your guard penguin.      

 

active learning penguin sled

Today we have done active learning. We had to make a penguin sled with Waddles, Pocket and Frosty Big and Awesome, also Cheeky Blue. You need these materials, 1 piece of cardboard, 5 straws, 5 pipe cleaners, 90cm of tape and washers for weights and scissors.

1. First you find a  buddy to work with then you design your plan with your buddy 

2. Get two pipe cleaners and twist them around together.

3. And twist your other two pipe cleaners.

4. Then grab some tape and stick the pipe cleaners that are twisted and tape them to the cardboard.

5. Then you grab your penguin and lay it down and grab your 5th pipe cleaner and tape it like it is a seat belt.

And have fun with your penguin sled.

The looker on

We have been learning about poems. We were inspired by Frank Kendon's poem The Looker-On. We had to create a poem to describe part of the school. Here is my poem. 

A Placed Remember 7.3.19

He Puna Kawenga
 We had to describe our room without using personal pronouns such as I, me, you and she.

As the white door opened to the room a big king-single bed, with five stuffed animals staring at the door. The bed is so tall a stool is needed to climb on. It has covers they are dark grey and light blue. In the right hand comer is a little tent with pillows, a fluffy mat and on the tent there are stars. The desk is realy messy, its been messy for six weeks.  

How to make Chocolate chip cookies

Things you need to make chocolate chip cookies
125 grams of Butter, 2 packet of chocolate buttons, 1 1/4 cups of flour, 1 teaspoon of baking powder, 3/4 of a cup of sugar and one egg 

The first step to make chocolate chip cookies
1.To begin tie long hair back so it won’t fall in cookie mixture, next wash your hands before touching the ingredients.
2. Grab 125g of butter and cut up in cubes.
3. Microwave the butter for 30-50 seconds.
4.When the butter comes out of the microwave, add 1 1/4 cups of flour and 1 teaspoon of baking powder.

5.Take a bag filled with chocolate buttons,chop into small bits and add to the mixture.

6.Use a electric beater and mix it all up.

7.Then take a spoon and stir until the mixture gets tough .

8.With the same spoon,scoop up balls of cookie dough

9.Roll into balls then gently flatten with your hand

10.Before putting it in the oven grab baking paper and put it on the tary then you put it in the oven for 20 minutes 180 degrees.

11.Bring out the chocolate chip cookies and let them cool down for 5 minutes.

My six word memoir

We had to write 6 word memoirs.The word memoir comes from the french word for memory or reminiscence.Here are some of our 6 word memoirs.