Term 4

Last week we went to camp at  Cooper's beach. We did the water slide. I enjoyed the water.

Basic facts test Term 4

We have been working on answering basic facts questions quickly and instantly.

I should be working on Stage 5. 

I am at Stage 5. I got 47 out of 60

I passed Stage 4. I got 60 out of 60.

Maths problems

We have been learning to solve problems with multiplication and division. Here are some problems I solved this week.

Garden to table

Today at garden to table we planted some pumpkins, capsicum, and sweet corn. Then we had a big picnic on the field. We ate fritters, quiche coleslaw and kebabs. Here is a picture of our picnic.

Science Fair

Yesterday we had our school science Fair.My science investigation was about bridges.

Waitangi digital learning

On Tuesday the year 4's  went to Waitangi to do digital learning using scratch and unplugged activity. My favourite activity was making my sprite move. This photo shows us making the same Lego creations without looking and only talking to each other.

Balloon Hovercraft

We have been learning how to write scientific reports. We did an experiment and created a Balloon Hovercraft.

B E G I N N I N G	TITLE	Balloon Hovercraft
	QUESTION	How does a hovercraft hover?
	HYPOTHESIS	I predict that the cd is going to spin on the table like a lawnmower.

M I D D L E	EQUIPMENT  AND MATERIALS:	Cd, bottle lid, ballon.
	PROCEDURE:	Step 1: Using a hot glue gun glue the bottle cap over the CD hole. Step 2: Blow up a balloon. When it is fully inflated twist the end so no air comes out.   Step 3: Stretch the balloon over the end of the bottle cap.  Step 4: Open up the cap and place the CD on the surface.   Step 5: Untwist balloon and let go.
	OBSERVATIONS/RESULTS:	I saw the balloon get smaller and smaller as the air was coming out and the disc moves around.  It slows down and then stops.

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CONCLUSION:

The air from the balloon creates a cushion of moving air between the disc and the CD and reduces the friction across the surface.

Maths Term 3

Speeches

Title: Speeches
Label: Writing, Speech

For the last two weeks we have been working on writing speeches.
My topic was Lego.
We had to present them in front of our class.
I think i was good.

Here is my speech.

Maths Book

For maths this week we read a book called one is a snail, ten is a crab.We then worked in groups to create our own version.My book was called one is a worm, ten is an octopus and a chicken. Here is my work. I hope you like it.

Art Auction

Maths

We have been learning how to do multiplication problems.  We had to show how we solve multiplication problems. Here are mine.

Handwriting Term 2

Here is my handwriting sample for Term 2.
I am good at spelling my words correctly.
I need work on the height of my letters.

Maori Term 2

We have been learning to talk to each other in Maori. Here is a conversation we recorded on Screencastify.

Scratch

We have been learning how to create mazes and then code a character through the maze. We have used our term theme to create our maze.

Alien

This week we learnt how to create a mine craft  style character in google sheets. We created an Alien. Here is mine.

Basicfacts

These are my Basic Facts results for the end of Term One.

I am working on Stage 4. I got 48 out of 60.

I need to be on Stage 5 by the end of the year.

Reading

This week we read a book about animals here is my slide.

pepeha

                                                   Here is my pepeha.

swimming

steam

Me and Daniel made a video about bugs here is our video.

STEAM

Yesterday I made a lego creations and I made a dragonfly out of a straw, some sticks and a plastic lid. Here is my work.

Bug Hotel

we made a bug hotel so all the good bugs can have a home and they will  help the garden to grow by eating the bad bugs and pollinating the plants.  This will be good for garden to table.

I enjoyed making a bug hotel.

What's under the bed?

Today we wrote a poem about living things. We had to use an adjectives, noun and verbs. Here is my published poem.

Maths

For maths we have been working in mixed ability groups to solve problems. The focus has been solving word problems using place value. We have to select the correct the correct strategy to solve the problem. I have chosen two problems to show you how I work them out.
I find addition and subtraction easy.

Hector's World

We have been watching Hectors World to learn to be Cybersmart

Colour poem

We have been writing poems of our house colours here is mine.

Enironmental Writing

We sketched our bean plants that we grew in class. We then wrote words around the outside to describe the bean plant. We had to use these words to write a piece of descriptive writing. We then cut out our picture and glued it on to your writing. Here is my writing.

Self Portrait Art

We have been learning how to sketch our facial features.
We needed to put them in the right place on our face.
For our background we typed our full name and learned to copy
and paste down the page.

I like my hair.

I need to work on drawing noses.

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