Bold Plans Of An Architect

 In Te Ngahere we are doing 100 word stories I hope you like mine. Images from Pobble 365: Link

Rising in the early hours of the morning, the sun’s rays shone over the plains like a golden river and revealed an improbable, fanciful sight. The architect got up early in the morning, ready to start his day. He started drawing with his ambitious plans to design a perfect powerline. He started drawing carefully surveying the plans. Making sure he gets everything in the correct shape. He hands his plans to his client. The client was impressed with his bold and ambitious design, so he approves the plans. The architect was excited and was accepted into his multimillion dollar deal.

Captured By The Void.

 This is my first 100 word writing story. I hope you like it. Images came from Pobble 365 Link

One second you saw it, the next you didn’t. She wanted to turn around and leave this strange

place, but curiosity got the better of her. She slowly walked into the dark misty void. Not knowing

what she had gotten herself into. The dark, misty void was moving closer to her. She was getting

more curious by the minute. She had no idea what was creeping slowly behind her body. She caught

a glimpse of what was behind her, she ran for her life. She screams, but she was captured by the

dark, misty void never to be seen again.

New And Improved Tee Ball

 Hola, in Te Ngahere we have been learning how to play Tee Ball, but this time we had three different teams, so it was more exciting and fun, we also didn’t have to wait as long to bat. We also had new rules, one of the new rules was that we only had 3 tries then we were out, so if three people in our team get out because someone caught the ball on the full or someone taps you  at base then we were out. After we had a turn batting we started fielding, I liked fielding the best because it was much easier because you didn’t have to run as much, even though I enjoy running. It was also easier because people would hit the ball high so it would be easier to catch it. After your team finished fielding, you would sit on the side and watch the other two teams play against each other. I enjoy playing Tee Ball because it’s just a really fun and enjoyable game in general. Have you ever played Tee ball? If you have do you enjoy it? And what’s your favourite position in Tee ball? Thank you for reading my post. Bye. 

What Are Statistics

 Hola, in Te Ngahere we have been learning statistics, we have been taking data from students in our class and then we are going to put the data onto a graph. Things that we had to graph were the amount of time that we spent on a device, what time we went to sleep and what time we woke up. We also checked our reaction speed, mine was 0.412 seconds which I thought was alright but then I found out the the average was 0.2 - 0.25 seconds. After we gather all of our information we are going to graph it then find out what the average is. Thanks for reading my post. Do you enjoy learning about statistics? If you do what is your favourite part about it? Bye.

Here are some different examples of graphs.

Have You Played Tee-Ball Before

 Hola, in Te Ngahere we played a game of Tee-ball, a lady called Kasey came in and taught us the basics of how to play Tee-ball, we split into two separate teams, one team was batting first and the other team was pitching. Tee-ball rules are similar to baseball, you still have to run to the different pads and get home runs. Instead of someone bowling it to you, you have to hit it off of a Tee-ball stand. Once everyone had a turn batting, we swapped sides so that everyone would get a turn in the different positions. Tee-ball is a really fun game, I can’t wait to play it again. Do you like Tee-Ball? If you do, what is your favourite position to play in? Thank you for reading my post.

Have You Played Cricket Before?

 Hola, in Te Ngahere a man named Neal came and taught us some tips on how to play cricket. We learnt the stance we had to stand in and we also learnt the proper technique on how to hold a cricket bat properly which is making a “V” shape with your thumb and index finger, then grip the bat with the “V” shape. We had to get into pairs and just practice hitting the balls, one person would hit the balls then the other person would retrieve them, then we would rotate. After we practiced for a little bit we played a game of speed cricket. It was a really enjoyable and fun experience. Have you played cricket before?

Do You Enjoy Te Reo Maori?

Kia ora, in Te Ngahere we have been doing Te Reo Maori, we had to write a weather report in Maori for 6 places in New Zealand. We had to include an introduction, a goodbye and the weather for six places. We first had to make a script and then rehearse the script. I think I did well at writing and practicing the script. Do you enjoy doing Te Reo Maori?

Here is my script. 

Tena koutou katoa (Welcome) 

Ko Nga-Toki toku ingoa. (Nga-Toki)

Ko Jamie toku ingoa. (Jamie)

Ko James toku ingoa. (James)

Ānei nga tohu huarere mō apōpō. (Nga-Toki)

 

Ki Moerewa ka whiti te rā.                   (In Moerewa it will be sunny.) (Jamie)

Ki Paihia Ka heke te ua.                        (In Paihia it will be raining.) (James)

Ki Haruru Ka pupuhi te hau.                (In Haruru it will be windy.) (Nga-Toki)

Ki Te Rerenga ka puta te ua.               (In Cape Reinga it will be cloudy) (Jamie)

 

Ki Rotorua he rangi āwhā.                   (In Rotorua it is stormy.) (James)

Ki Tamaki Makaurau he rangi paki.    (In Auckland it is fine.)  (Nga-Toki)

Ka kite apōpō.                                        (See you tomorrow) (Jamie)

What Is Athletics?

 Hola, in Te Ngahere we did athletics practice. The teachers organized us into smaller groups so they could teach us different sports activities.  My group practised doing shot put. It was fun because we got organized into our age groups, so we could play against people with similar strength to us. I got to help put out the cones and mark where everyone’s ball landed. The technique we had to use was pushing the ball from your shoulder outwards, If you are pushing with your right arm you stand with your left leg out, and if you push with  your left arm you need to stand with your right leg out. I think I could have done better at putting more force into the ball. Have you tried shot put before?

What I Did During The Holidays.

 Hola, during the spring break I stayed home, I also messaged some of my friends to see what they were doing during the spring break. My friends didn’t have much going on either, so we came outside and hung out a lot. 

Me and my family also went to Auckland for a week, we were seeing our family in Auckland. Most of the time we went to different malls like Westgate, Northwest,  Westfield and Albany. We were buying stuff that we wanted/needed. We bought two kayaks, and some other stuff. Other than that my holidays were alright. What did you do for the holidays?

Have You Ever Used Chrome Music Lab?

Kia ora, in Te Ngahere we have been doing Chrome Music Lab. Chrome Music Lab is a website where you can make songs, rhythms, moods and other musical instruments. My favourite thing to do on Chrome Music Lab is to make songs. You click on the different squares and it makes a different sound depending on what square you click on. I have made 1 song on Chrome Music Lab. Chrome Music Lab is very fun and enjoyable if you haven’t already, you should try it out. Have you ever used Chrome Music Lab?

Here is my song.

Do You Know Area And Perimeter?

Kia ora, in Te Ngahere we have been learning how to figure out area and perimeter. We had some windows and we had to figure out how much one square of glass cost according to the amount the whole window cost. Some would have the same area but different prices because you also had to figure out the price of one grid of window frame. It was a very simple task and I enjoyed solving it. I hope you enjoyed my post. Do you like math?

Do You Know Anything About Newton’s Laws Of Motion?

Kia ora, in Te Ngahere we have been writing an explanation piece of writing to show what we have learnt in the Wonder Project (I have another post about Wonder Project if you don’t know what it is about). Our writing needed an orientation, three paragraphs and a conclusion. I decided to write each of my paragraphs about how each one of Newton’s laws of motion affects the flight of bottle rockets. I think I did well at explaining how each one of Newton’s laws of motion affects the flight of bottle rockets. Do you know anything about Newton’s laws of motion?

Here is my writing

How The Forces Of Motion Apply To Bottle Rockets.

The forces of motion.

Bottle rockets need three forces of motion to fly. The first law of motion is an object will stay

at rest unless acted on by another force. The second law of motion is the more weight an

object has the more force will be required to move it. The third law of motion is every action

has an equal and opposite reaction. All these laws apply to the flight of bottle rockets.

1. How law one applies to the flight of bottle rockets.

Newton’s first law “An object will stay at rest unless acted on by another force” uses the

thrust/ air pressure to fly. Thrust is what makes your rocket fly through the air without the

thrust the rocket would go nowhere the thrust is the force that acts on the bottle rockets.

You pump the air from the pump to the bottle rocket to create the thrust/ the air pressure.

You then release the air pressure which then creates another force making the rocket fly.

2. How law two applies to the flight of bottle rockets.

Newton’s second law “The more weight you have, the more force you need to move an

object. The more weight you have the more PSI required to move the rocket. The weight

in the rocket is the water and the water shoots out when the air pressure comes out. Say if

there was 10 Psi and 400mls of water the rocket would be too heavy for the pressure to take

effect and the rocket won’t fly. But if there is a good amount of water and Psi, the air

pressure will take effect and start flying.

 

3. How law three applies to the flight of bottle rockets.

Newton’s third law “Every action has an equal and opposite reaction” The rocket uses the

air pressure to fly. Air pressure goes the opposite direction of the rocket to move the rocket

in forward. The water in the rocket also goes the opposite direction to help push the rocket

through the air. The action is the rocket is flying forward and the opposite reaction is the

water and air pressure is going the opposite direction to help the rocket fly forward.

The laws of motion are important in the flight of a bottle rocket. Without knowing how the

laws of motion affect the rocket. It would be harder to get a successful rocket flight.

Do You Know How To Write A Blog Post?

 In Te Ngahere we have been learning to write a quality blog post. We have been writing blog post, so the readers can comment on them. A quality blog post has a catchy title to get the reader engaged with your post so they will read it. It also needs an introduction to introduce yourself and the subject that you are learning. You will also need a DLO (Digital Learning Object), a DLO is something that you use to show what you have learnt, it could be a photo or just explaining how you solved something. You also need a reflection which is something that you base upon yourself, you say what you could have done better, you could also say what you did well. I used to struggle writing a good blog post but I practiced and now I think I am a lot better than I used to be. Lastly you need a question my question is. Have you ever Written a blog post before? Thank you for reading my post.

Have You Ever Launched A Rocket?

 Kia ora, in Te Ngahere we have been launching rockets for our Wonder Project. If you don’t know what the Wonder Project is, it is an engineering project for schools in New Zealand where you learn how a rocket works, and then later on you will get to launch your own plastic rockets. First you need to design your rockets fins and where they will go on your rocket, you also needed to list what materials you will be using. My groups fins were made  out of cardboard and we used duct tape and hot glue to stick them to the bottle. When it was time to launch, we filled our bottle with 250mls of water and pumped our pump up to 50 psi. Our rocket didn’t launch on the first try, so we refilled it then tried again. This time it flew but it didn’t fly to far. After landing all our fins had broken off our rocket. The Wonder Project is a very fun activity to do. I can’t wait for our next launch. Have you ever launched a plastic bottle rocket?

Do You Know What A Pick A Path Is?

Kia ora, in Te Ngahere we have been learning to write a pick a path. A pick a path is a story where the reader gets to choose what the character in the story does. You are given choices to choose which way the character goes, or what the character does.  My story is about fleeing North Korea and how it is a very difficult task to do. You have to decide what the character does to escape North Korea. Pick a path is a very fun activity to do. I think I have done well so far I can’t wait to finish my story.  Have you ever made a pick a path before?

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/159c302sTFHh2-qxXlV_z3wI6_HIxD_kiykB60o4tHnQ/pub?&loop=false&delayms=3000&slide=id.g12e3b244d_0455 (This is an example of a pick a path) (Not mine)

Awesome Maths

 In Te Ngahere I have been learning to combine like terms with negative coefficients and distributions. It is a very easy and fun math activity to  do if you know how. I learnt how by using this awesome website called Khan Academy. It is a very useful and fun website I highly recommend it. If you want to know how to combine like terms with negative coefficients and distributions, look below.

First you multiply the numbers

in the brackets by 8 so it would be

8 x -5r= -40r then you multiply -2 by 8 so it

Would be -16 then you add -r which makes

-41r - 16. Thank you for reading my post.

Universal Ball

 In Te Ngahere we have been doing P.E, we played universal ball. Universal Ball is a very fun game, this is how you play  universal ball. You have two teams lined up on the boundaries of the court then the two teams run all to the end of the court then back to the center. The teacher will throw in a ball and say what sport it is and then the students will have to play that sport. You keep playing until one team scores. The team with the most points at the end wins. If you haven’t played universal ball I highly recommend it, because itis a very fun and enjoyable game. Have you ever played universal ball before? Thank you for reading my post. 

 

Wonder Project

Kia ora, in Te Ngahere we have been doing the Wonder Project. The Wonder Project is a project where we have to learn about different careers that you need to make a rocket fly. My careers that I chose were a geographer and a test pilot. Then you needed to write what you do in those careers. A geographer is a person who uses maps and satellites to locate places and inhabitants on Earth. A test pilot test new aircrafts to see if they are safe for the people who are going to use them. I think I could have done better at explaining what the people in the careers I chose actually do. Do you know any other careers that people need to work a rocket?

Cross Country Practise

Kia ora, in Te Ngahere we have been doing cross country practise and other fitness activities. Like burpees, high knees, press ups, ski jumps and lots more. We also had to do shuttle running which is where you had to run from one cone and back then to the next cone and back. I think I did well at the shuttle running and the pace I did it at. I think I also did well in some of the fitness activities like the burpees and high knees. Have you ever done cross country before?

Rockets

Kia ora,  In  Te Ngahere we have been learning about gas and water powered rockets and how they work because we are going to make our own rockets. We had to read some stories and write how they related to Newton’s laws of physics. We also had to write  what they were aiming to do and what variables they had to change to get the best possible outcome  they can. We needed to record how they made their rockets so when we make our rockets we can use their tips to help make our rockets better. Do you know any of Newton’s laws of physics?

TikTok

In Te Ngahere we have been practicing TikTok dances for our
school assembly.  Since I don’t like TikTok it was a terrible
experience for me but some other people enjoyed it. The
songs were Laxed by Jawish 685 and I don’t remember the
other song, but I didn’t like them. In my opinion I think I did
terribly. I think I could have done better at the dance moves
and keeping in time. Thank you for reading my post and I
wonder if you have done a TikTok before?

Narrative Writing

In Te Ngahere we have been writing narratives about the
covid-19 pandemic. We had to change it up a bit so we
could make the situation better or worse. It was really
fun to write a different story about covid-19. In my story
the situation was a lot better. There are not as many
cases and it’s spreading less. I think I did well at writing
my story and making sure it makes sense. I think I could
do better at shortening my story. Tell me what you think
of my story.

Title: Pandemic
Who? Four friends Christian (A ceo with a lot of money) Yao (A former professional basketball player) Donald ( a scientist ) Marcus ( a scientist )	What? The American government released a new disease called covid-19 they released it on the public and blamed it on China.	Where? United States

Problem/ complication: The virus starts spreading across United States

Resolution: How is the problem solved? The ceo and the scientist create a vaccination for the public and charge $80 dollars per vaccine

Dodgeball

In Te Ngahere we have been playing dodgeball. If you don’t
know what dodgeball is, it is a game where you have to
throw balls at other people to get them out. The rules are
simple (these  are the rules at our school). There are two
teams, the dodgeballs are in the middle of the court/gym
and then when your teacher indicates to go you run and try
to grab the balls. Once you have as many balls as you can
get you have to throw them at the opponents and try to get
them out. If you hit them on the full they are out but if the
opponents catch it on the full you are out. Dodgeball is a
really fun game if you have enough people to play.
I hope you enjoyed my post.

Do You Have Math Eyes?

In Te Ngahere we have been learning identify math all around us. We had to
look at some ginger bread cookies and see what we noticed. We also had to
answer some question i.e are gingerbread cookies popular?  what do you
notice? For the first question we surveyed 20 people and we got a 16:4
(16 people liked gingerbread cookies and 4 didn’t). In the second question
we noticed that there were different color buttons on them, they all had two
buttons each and they all had 4 limbs each. I think I did well at noticing all the
different parts of the gingerbread cookies. I think i could do better at finding
easier strategies to help me notice different part on the gingerbread cookie.
Hope you enjoyed my post.

What Do You Know About CyberSmart?

In Te Ngahere we are doing a digital dig. This is where you learn most

of the shortcuts on our chromebooks like CTRL C, CTRL SHIFT Q Q and
Search L, Etc. it was really fun to learn about all of these shortcuts and
what they did. I think I could have done better at staying on task and I
think I did well at learning about all of the short cuts.