Dynamic Stretches

Kia ora,

This term in Kotuku we have been learning about the human body and the different parts, we have made a slideshow or a Google Vid about dynamic stretches. A dynamic stretch is a stretch that is always moving your muscles, your body isn’t just standing still either it is always moving to get the muscles active hears my slide about lunges.

It was really interesting when I learnt how much muscles you use when you do anything.

Everything you do involves muscles from blinking, to breathing, to working out.

 

 

My Ngawakahiamoe Poster

My class has been recently learning about Ngawakahiamoe with Heather Speirs she is very knowledgeable and passionate about working with the forest,.Ngawakahiamoe is a cluster of plants and trees across from Lewis farm. Ngawakahiamoe has no specific track but it has got little bright pink and orange triangles nailed into tree stumps and posts to guide you through the forest. We where told to make a map about a native bush that we can design to show our learning.  We got told to put in 2 restoration areas to keep the plants and animals in a space where they can feel safe. All of my animals and plants you can find at Ngawakahiamoe. Is there anything that I could improve on?

Using Google Vids

Google vids is an app that you can use to make presentations with a video, voice over and you can put in music that is not copyright, although if you go onto images and if you scroll all the way to the bottom there is a headline that says google images, you need to go on Google and get a license on Google or don’t use those images, you can also record yourself, put Gifs and create great work.

 

 

 

This week we have been learning how to use craiyon, a website of AI.

In the bar up the top you put a description in and press draw and after about 1 minute it will pop up with what you write in.

Age: 18

Favorite food: Gummy bears, onion

and cheese

Superpower: Can shoot fire out of her 

mouth when she eats broccoli  

Worst enemy: Maddy but as fern like to 

call her Mean Maddy 

Job: McDonald’s worker at day and a 

KFC worker at 7:24 pm and then a 

Supermarket worker where she turns 

into a superhero. 

      

 

Have you used craiyon before?

WALT: add fractions with different denominators.

WALT: add fractions with different denominators.

Success Criteria:

  1. First, you need to convert one of the fractions into a fraction with the same denominator as the other fraction.

e.g.  2/9 + 1/3 = ?

 

  1. Now add them together by adding the top numbers (numerators). The denominators stay the same.

2/9 + 3/9

= 5/9 

  1. Lastly, simplify the fraction if you need to, or convert the improper fraction into a mixed numeral.
  2. In this example we don’t need to simplify.        

Here is my example: 2/4 + 3/8

 

Have you learnt any thing about fractions this year?

Ka Kite,

Leah

Camp Recount

Recount Writing

 

Recently I wrote a recount

 

We were trying to use our best writing skills: best punctuation, organisation, sentences, words (vocabulary), spelling and develop our ideas.

 

We also used the correct structure and past tense.

 

I was proud of my wow words because I used words like  explained, but I need to work on  punctuation because I used ones that I already knew.

 

What do you think about my writing?

 

What can I improve?

 

 

First Fun Forest Adventure 

Paragraph sentence vocabulary wow words  punctuation !().,? “ ”:

Have you ever been on a fun forest adventure if not not let me tell you about my first ever forest adventure 

 

When we arrived I was shaking in excitement because it was my first time on a camp and i looked magnificent there was: blue sky, birds chirping nd the sun was like a heater it was awesome I saw my team slowly walking of while I was daydreaming but I caught up with them come

“COME SIT DOWN IN THE SHADED AREA EVERYBODY!” yelled the teacher so everybody could hear.     

 

First we sat down in the shaded area and put sunblock on had a talk and ate some food then Mrs Ward told us where our cabin is and we went there 

“This room is awesome Emily” I explained to Emily.

We put our bags under the bed so it is not in the walkway. We got told to go back downstairs, so we did.         

 

We had another snack and went of in our groups i was so lucky to be with Mr Maclean and Chad we went off to archery first our group leaders shode us how to do it I didn’t get a Bullseye but all that matters is that I had fun next we were up fo the flying fox I was scared at first but I did it 3 times and found out there was nothing to be scared of.     

 

Up last we went horse riding. My taekwondo teacher was the instructor ( Brender ) so I trusted her. I got the horse Charlie. It was so fun on the horses. 

 

I personally think that was the funnest adventure yet and so did my friends. I will definitelyy, go back sometime soon with my family.  

 

Pie Graphs

Kia Ora

This week we made a pie graph.

We looked at the most popular sport in our class.

My teacher’s hypothesis was that Rugby will be the most popular as we had games going on at the time plus the team just played a tournament.

Here are the steps:

  1. First we collect the data using a tally chart.
  2. Then we used calculators to find the percentages (e.g Rugby 4 out 21; 4/21 x 100).
  3. We then multiplied the percentage by 3.6 (as there is 360 degrees in a circle) to get the angle.
  4. The next step was to draw the angle on our circles (which we drew with a compass).
  5. We used protractors to create the angle.
  6. Once all the sports percentages were added we coloured each sport in.
  7. We then made Keys. 

I learnt how to use protractors. I found the calculations and using the protractor hard.                                                           

                                                                           

 

Have you created any graphs this year?

My Plane

This week we have been doing planes made out of card, and the templates were paper that we traced onto the card. 

How to make a plane

 

  • First grab the template and a piece of card and then cut the template out.
  • Then put the cut out template on the card and trace it.
  • Colour the plane in and then cut it out. 
  • Get some hot glue and glue it together.
  • Then get some toothpicks and buttons for the wheels and propellers.

 

 The hardest part for me was colouring in because it took ages. But the part that was the most fun was gluing.

What do you think about my design?

Leah