Smart Surfing Search

Kia ora, in Te Ngahere we have been doing learning around the web. We call it smart surfing. Smart surfing is when you find keywords in a sentence. We are trying to eliminate why or how or any question starter. If you search the web with for example a whole sentence that might be, what do spiders eat you try and eliminate any words beside the key words. For example: what do spiders eat? You would only be left with spiders eat or in other words spiders diet which are the keywords. This is really helpful because it gives information that you’re actually searching for. I am really looking forward to using keywords on my web searches more often. Do you use only keywords while you’re searching something?

Coastal Seas

Kia ora in Te Ngahere we have been learning about coastal seas. We watched a documentary about coastal seas where we got information about sea life and sea creatures. While watching the video we had to write information down about what we saw on the documentary. I learnt about new marine animals and the purpose they have in marine life. I learnt that sharks are actually important to the reef because they help balance the reef by feeding on the fish so it won’t over grow. When the video was finished we had to create a D.L.O showing 10 or more facts about what we learnt. If you want to learn about coastal sea my D.L.O will be down below.
Ka kite!

Step by Step Guide using Written Algorithm

Kia ora. In the last few weeks we have been learning in different areas around math. To show what we have learned we evidence our work by creating D.L.O’s ( Digital Learning Objects) that show a step by step process of how our strategy is used. The strategy I used first was written algorithm but I already knew how to do it so I moved on to step 8 word problems using algorithm. I didn’t create a DLO about the word problems so the DLO at the end is about using written algorithm to solve addition and subtraction problems. I learned how to use percentages because in some questions have percentages and I re-learned how to do something I already knew. Something I could do better next time is to learn something different and difficult so I learn something new.
Do you know how to use algorithm?

Birthday Lunch

Kia ora. In Te Ngahere we were invited to a students lunch, for his birthday we went to Greens. We had butter chicken and also fizzy drinks. I appreciated it so much because we also had gotten easter eggs after. Knowing how much they had to spend since there is 50 something kids in our class was too much for me to count. After our meal Jade and Angela presented Shivam (birthday boy) a card signed with all our names on it, when he got the card we wanted to say thank you in a unique way by singing. I knew it would had only been equal if I sang my heart out to them for serving free meals for almost 60 kids. It was magnificent and was unexpected for me but I’m glad I went. We had an awesome time and i’ll link some photos down below. Have you eaten at greens in Paihia?
Hope you enjoyed. Ka kite!

Crazy Taskmasters

Kia ora. In Te Ngahere we have been doing something called taskmasters. We had to work collaboratively and we had to communicate. Here’s why.

Well there is one drawer and the rest of your group has to explain what you are drawing. The teachers drew a picture and you had to try draw as close to the picture as possible. There are a few rules such as the drawer cant see the picture and the runners/walkers can't touch the paper. For our first attempt the thing that worked well was they could explain what the colours were but on the second attempt they (as in the runners) were trying to rush. What didn't work well was that we were all so frustrated and the runners were trying to rush me and they were cheating by touching the paper but on the second attempt it was easier because we knew what we were doing. The challenging part of this activity was that the runners were yelling in my ears and I got so frustrated because they were super repetitive. In the end we compared each of our picture with one another and they were completely different. If you want to see them they will be linked below.

Have you done a taskmaster activity before? I hope you enjoyed.
Ka kite!

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Basic Mihi

Kia ora. In Te Ngahere we have been learning our pepeha and a basic mihi. In our pepha we had to make sure we had our Maunga, Awa, Waka, Iwi, Hapu, Marae, Surname, School, Your family and where your from and you. We were learning our pepeha and basic mihi to comfort and welcome new students to our school. We are learning for when we go to a marae and have to say a mihi and our/or pepeha. I enjoyed this because I got to know others and where their from. What I found hard was pronouncing the maori kopu. Have you learnt your pepeha? I hope you enjoyed. 

Ka Kite! 

 

Ngahere Bush Walk

Kia ora. On Thursday in Te Ngahere we went for a bush walk down in the Ngahere. We walked down the Paihia School track. Before we went we had to research about the Ngahere, about what we could or would possible see.

When we went on our walk the first tree we saw was a Totara tree, I see them often but never knew the name of them. As we actually walked on the track we tended to find heaps of ferns and they were beautiful. I learnt different names of ferns such as the king fern which has huge leaves and also the silver fern. I also learnt about Kowhai Trees. I learnt that Kowhai flowers blossom in spring and can grow up to 25m high. 

I saw a koru curled up inside a tree. I was so amazed. I had a great time and we took heaps of pictures.

I hope you enjoyed reading my blog post. I will have a few pictures down below to see what we saw. Have you been down the Paihia School Track?
Ka Kite!