We have been learning how to use adjectives to describe a mood and atmosphere. Here is a picture of our tree house that  my group made and the adjectives describe the mood can you guess the mood and atmosphere.

problem solving

 Kia ora

We have been learning about how to use Compatible Numbers. Compatible Numbers are any two numbers which add together to make a Tidy Number 

(a  number which ends in zero).  We had to choose two Compatible Numbers and another number. Then we had to think of a word problem which used our numbers and give the problem to a buddy to solve. Mrs Ogle, our maths facilitator, said this is called 'posing problems'.

Andrew like cars he had three boxes of cars in one he had 14 in the other he had 16 cars and last he had eight cars how many does Andrew have all together?

10+10=20

4+6=10

20+10=30

30+8=38

On the bus to Mt Ruapehu

 Here I am in a bus on our ski trip. We watched moves and played games. all the way down to National Park.

Plate Tectonics

We did an experiment to learn about plate tectonics and how the movement of the plates help shape New  Zealand. I learned that eventually NZ will be torn in two.

Here are some photos from my experiment.

If a lahar was coming

Today we built Mt Ruapehu in the sandpit. We also made the Whangaehu River valley, the plain below the mountain and the railway bridge at Tangiwai. We wanted to learn how the lahar destroyed the bridge in 1953 causing the Tangiwai Disaster. Kora and Ariana poured lots of water into the crater we had made on top of our mountain. It whoosed down the side of the mountain and into the river valley. The bridge collapsed and bits of our train fell into the river. After that, we watched a short video about what do do if you are on Mt Ruapehu when the lahar siren sounds.  Now I know how to keep safe from a lahar if one happens when I am on a mountain.  Here is my Hazard Notice with the most important information.

If the lahar siren sounds on Mt Ruapehu, I will get to higher ground.

Mergus Australis research

Over the past one month i have been learning about Mergus Australis they went extinct in 1902 extinct sadly here is my work i leard that we did not have a lot of recording about this  animal so we never knew much about them research.

Peco Incident

Last week I made a scene from a book call Peco Incident. It is a cool book. This scene is when Nick is interviewed and he shows the image. Here is my work.

Setting - The Peco Incident

Today I have been doing an activity to know how to tell
where the story is set. Here is my work.

The Rocket Launch

This week I have made this cool story, it’s about a rocket. What do you think?

The Rocket Launch

“Okay, let's do this. I've got 24 hours. Let’s start. Back in 1994 my rocket was going to launch off Apollo 13. So let me share my story. It was May 13 I was having my cup of green tea. Thinking about the launch. I was an astronaut for NASA. I was going on a trip of a lifetime to space. Thinking that if this went smoothly it will make the world proud so I walked to my car.

I drove to the NASA Base. There two engineers put space suits on. As I was starting to regret this trip. It said 2 hours till lift off. We went down an elevator and through a hallway and to the launch pad. There she is Apollo 13”.we got into the cab we ready I said to myself exactly. “Control command ready when you are” 54321...

WHOOSH! BANG! BOOM! “The engines are go” shouted an astronaut from mission control. Shshshsh! I started to soar into the air. “We are at 2200 metres” I said to myself. Booooooom! “Noo the engines are overheating." I said in a scared voice. “Mission control we are noo...” the radio cut out. I began to panic. “Hello are you okay?”  Mission control said at their end, but of course I couldn't hear. Then, engine one went off, followed by engine two, one was left, engine three... I tried to restart it but all it did is drop rocket fuel into the atmosphere. At this stage we were two km to the moon and engine three had gone off.

Space station “I think that he is stuck in space no one knows where he is.” Hello mission control we a-r-e alive oh you are okay he eng-ings are down okay we will tell you what to do. Ok press the rest an then start” Boom Bang “we have landed. I walk out of the rocket and put a flag into the the rock hard grand the end.

Matariki uplits

This week I made cool matake uplits. A couplet is a poem that is the last word on the first line. Has to rhyme theth the second line of the last I have two.

 Matariki writing

 They look in the sky up there there are 6 stars. Who are they so shining they are like new gold bars.

 Himm look there are shooting stars. But it’s still as rock as it is so far it’s in mars.

Chicken Diva Art

Last week we made fancy-looking chickens. They have necklaces, shiney ribbons and exciting colours like green instead of real chicken colours like black and brown. Here is a picture. It took me around 2 hours to make.

Basic Facts

This week in Team Moana we have been learning how to use multiplication wheels to help as learn our maths. I am not that good at  9x, 7x and 8x. I am going to learn my 9x tables.   

Maths: Geometry Safari

Science: Me and my DNA

This term for science we are learning all about how the human body works and how special we all are. We are also trying to learn how to think and act more like a scientist. So, Miss Fletcher asked us to look at our faces in the mirror and write down notes about what we look like. The information had to be precise and clear so that when someone read it, it would help them find the person it described quickly. It was a bit like being a detective. You had to look and notice things carefully.

Miss Fletcher said that what we look like depends on our mother and father. Making a new human is a bit like making a cake.  You get some ingredients from your mum and some from your dad. The ingredients are called DNA. Everybody’s cake is different to everyone else’s. 

Miss Fletcher said the person with the most efficient description was Andrew J as he wrote: My hair is 1cm long all over. He is the only student in Team Moana with a haircut like that so he was able to be identified very easily. You can read my description below. The sentences highlighted in blue are the ones that Miss Fletcher said were not precise and clear enough.  Twenty people said they could recognise me from my description.