Sharing my Knowledge about the Scientific Method

 Kia ora. In Te Ngahere we have been learning about the scientific method. We have been doing this so we can understand a new process and apply this new learning to other contexts. We were also learning to record/organise main ideas from a non-fiction text we had to read about the scientific method. There were 8 steps to the scientific method. We had to create a D.L.O showing the 8 steps that needed pictures because we were creating an infographic, (this means and informational graphic.) This can and maybe will help us will our marble challenge, I will be blogging about sometime this week. Something I learnt from this is the 8 steps to the scientific method. Something I would do differently is try understand them better. I will embed my D.L.O down below. Do you know the 8 steps of the scientific method? I hope you enjoyed. Ka kite! 

Sharing my Knowledge about Mosaic Art

 Kia ora. In Te Ngahere Gail and I have been working on a slideshow to show our class how to make a mosaic art piece. We used our knowledge from the past to teach the others. I wasn’t here when Gail presented it but I helped to create the D.L.O. We were creating mosaic arts to make a url for our school plants for our ngahere plants to show parents. What is a mosaic? A mosaic is a piece of art that includes all different shapes and sizes, that include different colours starting from three colours or more. A mosaic art piece is commonly used for floor and wall decor but we used it for our school. There will be an example of a mosaic piece I have made. I will also embed our D.L.O if you want to know how to make one of your own. The mosaic piece is of a turtle that was recently made. Something similar to mosaic is collage, we also have created collages but with paper. I enjoyed making my mosaic art. Something I think I did well was, choosing a very detailed animal, it was a bit too detailed for me but I like the result. Something I could do better next time is choose something that I like and that isn't as detailed so it could turn out better next time. Have you created a mosaic? I hope you enjoyed. Ka kite!

Sharing my Experience at Technology

Last week in Te Ngahere the year 7’s and 8’s went to technology at Moerewa School. This term the 8’s that are working with Mr. E are continuing to finish our waka. This is how it went first off we measured our wood and created an outline form of a waka, then using power tools we cut the wood out. Once that was complete we then sanded out our waka and after that we glued another piece of wood onto our waka. The other piece of wood is going to be for the bottom of our waka. The next thing we did was used a tool called a plane and used it to carve the actual waka, after that is all completed we then move on to the next step which is sanding it all down. Something I learnt was that the front side of a boat is called a bow and the back is called a stern. The challenging part for me was trying to cut the waka inside of the line when using the powertool. The part that was easy for me was glueing it to the other piece of wood. Does your school do Technology? I hope you enjoyed. Ka kite !

                                                     

Exhausting P.E Rotation

Kia ora and welcome back to my blog. In Te Ngahere we have have been doing P.E rotation with the year 4/5 class which is Te Maunga. We were doing P.E rotation to help us with our skills. There are 4 activities we are working on which are skills, soccer, touch and netball. For the four activities we do it in our house groups which is Rimu (my group,) Pohutukawa, Kowhai and Karaka. Our house group started by playing netball, we were working on stepping. I enjoyed this activity because I learnt that pivoting is actually to keep your balance and I play netball but I didn’t know that. I did really enjoy this activity. After that we played soccer and I had no idea what we were doing. We had to run and drop and it was very fun. I learnt that you don’t kick the ball with the front of your foot but with the side of it. With touch I learnt how to pass properly and I enjoyed playing touch. With skills it was really, well you would say tiring because we were practising passes and if you dropped the ball you had to do push ups and I would say we did at least 35 push ups. I can’t wait to do these activities again. What’s your favourite activity? I hope you enjoyed.
Ka kite!