Nevaeh's Kai

In Te Maunga we have been learning about Te Reo maori food. We have created a slide that has all the Te Reo food that we know. I really enjoyed when we got to taste different food and answer sweet or sour in Te Reo maori. I found tricky at the start we did not know much maori food so Whaea Lisa taught us many new things. We put the words on our slide so we didn’t forget them. And now everyone practically knows all of their Te Reo food. We tasted pineapple, orange, banana, lemon, pepper, salt and lots more.

Nevaeh's Term 3 Math's Goals

n Te Maunga have created a google drawing for our maths goals. We started off with our Term 1 maths goals then our Term 2 maths goals and so on, we just finished our Term 3 maths goals. When we have completed our goals we could  either pick more goals from the ican sheet, and also on our term 2 goals that we have not achieved yet and also our maths test. WALT choose our own goals.

Nevaeh's Term 3 Writing Goals

In Te Maunga we have created a google drawing that has our writing goals on it. We have made Term 1 writing goals, Term 2 writing goals and we just made our Term 3 writing goals. We either write recounts or narratives to show our evidence so the teacher knows if we had completed the goals that we have or if we didn’t complete our goals. We also can improve our evidencing in our books. We add our walts to our presentation so the teacher knows what we are are trying to evidence. We also highlight the our goals then in our writing we check if we have completed any of our goals then if we have some of the goals in our writing we highlight them the same color as our walts.  WALT choose our own writing goals.

Maths Problem Solving

This term in Te Maunga we have been solving maths  problems in collaborative groups. Mrs Pou has put us in a group with one expert, and Mrs Pou has taken a group of kids each week to be experts and so they can teach the rest of the kids in their group how to solve the mathematical problems. Maths problem solving is when you get into a group and the teacher will give you problems to solve. Over  the couple week we have been doing problems that relate to Matariki as the Maori New Year is coming. We were learning how to measure our wingspan, height and we also we had a problem that involved 53 stars and if each star has 5 points how many stars altogether we had to work that problem out which was easier than doing it all by yourself and it is easier if you have help from friends. We were also learning how to use metres, centimetres and millimetres. I would have to say that our group collaborated by talking to each other even without  the talk moves because one person in my group said that she didn't really understand the talk moves and how to prove that she knew the answer so we had to explain it to everyone in my group.

Matariki

In term 2 Te Maunga and Te Tahuna went down to the Waitangi Treaty Grounds for Matariki. We played Maui Matau and also Mu Torere we also planted and I planted a fern. I learnt different maori games and I also learnt how to play them I even got taught how to weave fish which was really cool and I found out that Matariki means Maori New Year. We went to the Waitangi Treaty Grounds to learn about Matariki and how it is celebrated. I really wish we can go next year.

He tino Reka He tino Kawa?

In Te Maunga we made a google slides about Māori food and we have been learning different types of kai, Mrs Pou brought in some food so we could learn what sweet and sour is in Māori. Mrs Pou told us that he tino Reka  means {Very Sweet} and he tino Kawa  means {Very Sour}. we were doing it to see what food is Reka {Sweet} or if the food is Kawa {Sour}.

Our Fitness Rotations

Paihia school has been doing 10 minute fitness in the morning to keep our hearts beating fast. We do our own individual class fitness rotations. Lots of big kids in Te Ngahere have been supporting us by taking different classes and helping them to do exercises. First we started by doing relays it was really tiring but at least some of our hearts were beating fast. The big kids have set the field up for the fitness in the mornings. I would have to say that I liked the jump jam the best. I found the jump jam was the hardest trying to keep up with the actions.