Amature T-ball

 Here in Te Ngahere we had recently been out to learn how to play T-ball. T-ball is a game where the defenders are placed around the field and try to grab the ball from the batter who hits the ball the defenders try to touch the mats before the attackers run and get to the mat. The attackers smash the ball and run around the mats trying to get home before getting caught. My favourite part about T-ball was fielding because I wasn’t really comfortable batting. Have you played T-ball before?

Te Reo Maori

 Here in Te Ngahere we have been focusing on Te reo maori. Our goal was to create a weather forecast. The group that I had been working with was Jorjah and Breeze. We first had to finish our script so that we could move on to starting our animation. I learnt many different sentences in Te reo which I found really interesting because now I can start using Te reo instead of english. I personally do enjoy doing Te reo because it makes me more confident speaking in a different language. Do you know how to speak maori ?

Cricket Training with Neil

Here in Te Ngahere, we had recently been out for cricket training. Paihia School had a special visitor named Neil come into our school to teach us the basics on how to play cricket. At first I wasn't as confident because I have not played cricket in a very long time. We first had to get into pairs, the next thing we had to do was line up behind each cone that had a bat and three tennis balls next to it. When it was my turn to bat I was very nervous but as Jorjah and I kept practising I started to get the hang of it. After we had been practising Neil decided that we should start speed cricket. I was in the group that was batting out to the fielders. I learnt how hold a bat correctly, your legs have to be shoulder width apart and your hands have to be shaped as a v with your thumb and index finger. I personally do enjoy playing cricket but next time I need to be more confident when I play. Do you play cricket ?

 

My Holiday

 Throughout the 2 weeks of the holiday my friend and I had been deciding on activities to do. We came up with the idea to blow up 300+ balloons and put them all into the room, I personally did not think that we both would be able to blow up that amount of balloons by ourselves. I found it quite difficult to stop the balloons from popping as there were many things in the room that could cause the balloons to pop. My friend and I had recently watched a video of people that had dressed up as glow sticks which inspired us to try it out ourselves. We had to get a lot of tape for the glowsticks to stay on our clothing. I really enjoyed my holiday. How was your holiday ?

Mahi Toi

 Here in Te Ngahere we have been doing calendar art. Our goal was to draw continuous lines, draw curves, rule straight lines, select colours for effect and blend colours. We first got a piece of paper that had a slight outline of a design that looked like a koru. I decided to use a pencil because I personally thought that it was easier to sketch with, instead of using pens or colouring in pencils. I found it difficult to see the outline at some point because the lines were very light and not easy to see. I enjoyed going over the outlines because it was easier for me instead of drawing my own koru design free handed. Have you done calendar art before ?  

Through The Windows

 Here in Te Ngahere we have been doing maths. Our goal was to calculate areas and perimeters. The task that we were given was difficult because we had to find out the price for each square. We first had to understand the layout of the glass so that we could find the perimeter and areas of the square. Next we had to figure out the width and the length of the glass so that we could multiply the width by the length, since we were using centimeters to measure the length we had to times centimeter by centimeter which equaled cm². Do you like math ? 

                           

Kia Orahi Drills

 Here in Te Ngahere we have been doing P.E drills. The game that we have decided to practice for was Kia orahi. Our main focus was to learn how to throw the ball properly and to spread around. The rules of the game are that you can not hold the ball for more then 3 seconds or you can not run through Te Ara. I personally enjoy playing Kia orahi because I got to experience a new game and it also helps me to improve on my skills. I found Kia o rahi very difficult at first but as we started to practise a lot more, I got the hang of it. Hopefully we get the chance to participate in a kia orahi tournament.

                                

The Measurements of the Pounamu Pendants

 Here in Te Ngahere we have been doing learning around measurements. Our activity was pounamu pendants. We were learning to find the total amount of green squares so that we could turn the amount of squares into a percentage. This activity involved measurements  which at first I found very confusing but as we all started to work together I finally got the hang of it. I personally enjoyed adding up all of the amount of green squares because It was challenging for me, after we had added up all of the green squares we had to divide the total by 135 then times the total by 100. Do you enjoy doing maths ?

What Do You Think About Paper Castles ?

 Here in Te Ngahere we have been doing maths. Our goal was to use the correct measurements to create a paper castle. We first had to get into our maths groups so we could decide and share what we learnt. My group started off by practising how to draw straight lines to match the examples. I decided to make the wall sections while the other group members make the square tower and the circular tower’s. I personally enjoy doing this maths because it helps me to understand measurement. What I found difficult was to draw symmetrical lines because I couldn't tell if the lines were straight or not. Have you made a paper castle ? 

What I learnt from the Kawa of Care

 Here in Te Ngahere we have been doing Kawa of Care. Kawa of Care is the rules of looking after your chromebook. If you do not follow any of the rules from the Kawa of Care the end result will most likely be that your chromebook is broken that's why we have to look after our device carefully. I personally enjoyed explaining what I learnt from the Kawa of Care. I have created a presentation to explain the do’s and don’ts of looking after your chromebook.

My Digital Mosaic Art

Here In Te Ngahere we have been doing art. Our aim was to create a mosaic. I decided that my art was going to be based on a dog, the first thing we had to do was get a photo of what we wanted our art to be of. The next step was to outline the photo using polyline. I personally think mosaic’s are very difficult to do because you have to use many shapes that are different sizes and to also change the colour. After I had outlined my dog I used polyline to create different sized shapes inside of my outline but making sure that the shapes aren't far apart or to close together. I personally enjoyed this type of art because I got to experience something new.  Do you like art ? Here is the mosaic that I had created?

The Wonder Project

Here in Te Ngahere we had two special visitors come into our class to introduce the wonder project, their names were Troy and Gustavo. Throughout the introduction I had learnt a lot of new things, like that red kiwi fruits are getting sold at supermarkets. After Gustavo and Troy told us a little bit about themself we had to get into groups of 3-5 people and make a copy of a google drawing that had a reflection sheet on it so we could fill it out in our groups. Troy and Gustavo wanted to try and interest more kids into science and technology because we do not have as many scientists. Troy is a stormwater engineer and Gustavo is a fruit/plant engineer I personally enjoyed learning a bit about science and how fruit grow but I am excited to be building bottle rockets because I get to experience something new. Do you like science ?

Tidy Numbers

In Te Ngahere we have been learning about multiplication and rounding numbers to a tidy number. We started off learning what tidy numbers were and how to round numbers to a tidy number. Tidy numbers are numbers that can be halved and can also end in zero. I personally thought that the questions were kind of easy but I first had to understand the proper way to round a number to a tidy number, for example: 48 x 7, first you would have to round one of the numbers to equal a tidy number. You can round 48 to 50 which gives you the remainder of 2. Next you would times 7 by 50 which equals 350. Now that you have your total of 350 you have to times the  7 by 2 which is 14. 350 - 14 = 336. I personally found some of this maths quite difficult because i didn't really understand it at first but after a bit of practising I finally got the hang of it. Do you like maths ?

Tik Tok Movements

Here in Te Ngahere two girls from our class took the opportunity to teach the whole class two tik tok dances for our school assembly. When we first got told that we had to do tik tok dances for assembly I wasn't really confident. Through all of our practises I started to get more into it and I was not as shy as before.  The two girls who taught the class the dances were very patient and also very clear at explaining what to do. I personally enjoyed doing tik tok dances and it was a very great experience. Do you like tik tok ?
Tik Tok

My Poupou Art

Here in Te Ngahere we have been doing art. We had to design our own Poupou representing ourselves. We first had to practise our draft on a A4 piece of paper using pencil, we had to sketch our drawings lightly because if we made a mistake it would be alot easier erasing it instead of erasing dark bold lines. I found it difficult to get some of the lines symmetrical. I personally enjoyed art but the layout of this art was very confusing for me as we had to make sure that everything matched up to the opposite side. The next thing we did was drew patterns on our pou, Since we were colouring our pou in pastel I had to practice my blending on a scrap paper so that I knew how to blend colors before I started on my good copy. I was so nervous when I was doing my good copy because I was scared that I was going to mess up. I really enjoyed doing this art but next time I could add more detail. Have you done art similar to this ?

My Kindess Letter

 Here in Te Ngahere we have been writing letters to send out to the kuia and kaumatua in the rest homes in Northland. Red Cross came up with this idea and I think it was a good one because  throughout this virus they weren't allowed visitors because the Coronavirus is life threatening to them because of their Immune system. What I did well  is that I wrote it like how I would write a letter to my Kuia or Kaumatua. What I could do better is be more descriptive.  This is my letter. Do you like my letter?

Monday 8th June

Kia ora Friend

Kia ora my name is Nevaeh and I am a year 7 student at Paihia School. I live with my mum, brother, sister in-law, sister and my nana. I have 3 siblings and I enjoy drawing in my own time. I have been playing netball for 5 years now which Is my favourite sport. I am very grateful to be living in the Bay of Islands.

Lockdown has  impacted a lot of people's lives because many people have had to stop working. I personally think that during the lockdown it was very scary because I had no idea what was going to happen and it was very hard for me and my family. Covid-19 has made me want to be more active in many ways like going for walks and communicating more with my family. 

I have experienced a lot of things throughout the lockdown such as baking, trying different types of sports, going for runs with my family and doing online school. I found doing online school quite difficult because if I needed help in my learning the teachers and I would have to communicate over facetime and not in person. The part that made me upset during quarantine was that I wasn't allowed to physically see my friends and family that do not live with me. 

I never gave up during the lockdown because I knew that eventually it would be over and I would finally be able to do some of the activities that I did before covid-19. I personally think that at the start some people took the coronavirus as a joke but soon realised that it was not when they actually experienced it themself. What kept me motivated during the lockdown was my family especially my Mum because she kept on reminding me that I was not allowed to go see my friends, I realised after a while that it would be best for me to stay inside not only to protect myself but to protect others. 

Covid-19 has changed the amount of times I wash my hands which is a good thing because I don't want any germs and I don't want to get sick or anyone else to get sick. I hope everything is going well and you are staying safe. The main focus is to not give up and stay safe and don't forget to wash your hands. I wish you all the best.

Kindness means taking your positive energy and spreading it to the world around you.” - RAKtivist

Yours sincerely,

Nevaeh

Chain Reaction Trickshot

Here in Te Ngahere we have been creating new trick shots every week. The trickshot that we were focusing on this week was to create a chain reaction for at least 5 seconds. The group that I had been working with for the past three weeks decided to create a domino effect using books. I personally found creating our own obstacles difficult because I dont have alot of experience with making trick shots. Setting up our trickshot was very difficult because we couldn't physically contact each other. Have you ever done trickshots ? Here is our trickshot.

My Trickshot Reflection

Here in  Te ngahere we have created our own trickshots using cardboard. Our focus was to get the ping pong ball to roll or bounce inside the cup without physically touching the ping pong ball, my group decided to make a ping pong bat out of cardboard and to use folded piece of cardboard so the ping pong ball would roll down the piece of cardboard into the cup. Have you done anything similar to this before? Here is our reflection.

My Math Eyes

We learnt to identify maths in the world around us. We had to identify the things that stood out about a group of gingerbread men on a slide presentation.  I realised that all of the gingerbread men had two legs and two arms. Using our maths eyes we had to understand the questions that we were given so we could answer them related to the topic.

What I did well was I used my math eyes and spotted different things about the gingerbread men. What I could do better is identify more detail about the gingerbread men. I personally found describing the gingerbread men to create a story difficult.

Did you find anything different about the gingerbread men ??

Day 1 of the SLJ

On the 15th of april the students of Te ngahere had to choose a country to describe and research about for the summer learning journey. We had to choose a country from the options that we were given. The country that I had chosen was Mexico because I wanted to understand and learn more about the country and what has made a difference. I then had to write three interesting facts about the topic like american politics creating the border and other facts about Mexico.  I personally found finding out facts about Mexico was very interesting because I had learnt new things like how Mexico is the 14th largest country by land area. The country I have chosen to travel to is Mexico because I want to learn more about the country itself and what has changed throughout the years. American politics has had a massive impact on Mexico in general. America has created border restrictions causing the children in Mexico to separate from their parents. The most populated city in north america is Mexico city with the population of 22 million. In 1968 the Summer Olympics Game was hosted by Mexico City.

My Digital Dig

Here in  Te Ngahere we have been learning the correct ways to navigate through our computers using keyboard shortcuts. We were learning how to take screenshots, copy and paste and the meaning behind the shortcuts and what they do. I learnt a lot of new shortcuts and ways to make my learning easier. Here is a DLO of my top tip. The digital dig had taught me many shortcuts that can help me throughout my learning like, screen shots, copy and paste, zoom in, zoom out and many others. The thing that I found difficult was finding all of the shortcuts because some were very confusing to understand. What I could do better next time is understand more difficult shortcuts that can help improve my learning. 

               

Maths Whizz

Here in Te ngahere we got given the opportunity to participate in the maths whizz learning app. Usually maths whizz cost money but our class is doing a free trial to see if the app is appropriate for our learning. I personally enjoyed playing maths whizz as it helps my learning in many ways. Maths whizz improves my learning because it gives me difficult questions, and since I don’t understand them yet I could learn them in my own time. First we started off by logging into our maths whizz accounts, then we did a determination test that determined what level you are on and made sure that the questions you are given suits you. I personally think that maths whizz is in an awesome learning app.

Turbo Touch

Here in Te Ngahere we have been learning how to play turo touch. In week 4 our class created groups that were our teams. We had already done the tournament in week 4 so this week we were playing in the finals. My group was called the team tokers. We first played against the champions and we won 10-1. Our next game we played Chig and we won 6-1. Our third game we played against Crazy Horses and we won 4-0. Our very last game we played a difficult team called Seagulls and we tied 2-2. Our total points were 11 and our total tries were 22. I personally enjoyed turbo touch because most people cooperated with their group which was cool to see. Hopefully we get more chances like this in 2020. 

Design our class

Here in Te Ngahere we have been gathering ideas to design our class room. The students from Te ngahere walked to the bush track down school road. The reason why we went to the ngahere was to get ideas for our classroom. We all decided what we wanted to create based on the ngahere. My group was Jorjah, Lilly and I. we are creating a 3d tree made out of polystyrene balls, scrunched up paper, paint and cardboard. Here is a rough design of what we are making. 

Turbo touch

Here in Te Ngahere  we have learnt how to play turbo touch. Turbo touch is a sport that includes other sports skills like netball, rugby and touch. We first had to get into groups of 4 or 5. Whaea Shanna decided that we did a few warmups before we started the game, the warmups that we did were passes, jogging and passing the rugby ball and low passes. I personally enjoyed practicing because the teams we were in could possibly help each other. We had 2 games running at the same time because we have many people in our class. My team was versing another group of girls. Once the game had started I didn't feel as nervous as  I was before. Once we found out that our team had got the try we were all very proud of the people that participated. I personally enjoyed playing turbo touch because the game was definitely a challenge to me.

Link to a turbo touch video

Four Hoe Creation

In Te Ngahere we have been learning about the four hoe and the meaning behind them. We got the choice to choose one of the hoe to do a creation to show our evidence and what we know about Whanaungatanga - helping each other, Manaakitanga - respect, Kaha - being strong, Tu maia - resilience. We made groups of  2 or 3 and created something to show what we learnt. The group that I was working with decided to focus on Whanaungatanga. My group created a drawing with an acrostic poem. We had also made a video to explain what we learnt about. I personally enjoyed stating facts about the topic because the information I gather could help other students in their learning. I found learning about whanaungatanga little difficult because I always get mixed up with manaakitanga and whanaungatanga.

Summer Learning Journey Week 4 Day 2

This is week 4 day 2 of the Sumer Learning Journey activities: 
give us a list of your ‘Top 5’ favourite artists (singers or bands) and your ‘Top 5’ favourite songs. They can be from any time period and any genre (type) of music.

   

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