Inquiry | shelter materials

 This week we were doing our Resource requisition, shelter materials.

First we figured out what materials we needed to make our shelter outside ls1. We thought of Wool, Plaster, Clay bricks and Aluminum cans. The cans hold up our roof so it won’t collapse the clay bricks to make our shelter wool take a while to burn so my group and I chose wool.

 

Then the layers of the structure had clay on the outside layer, aluminium cans on the inside layer, the wool will be on the inside of the aluminium cans and the plaster of paris is to hold the materials together. 

After my group and I corrected our shelter materials and model with Mr Wong we finished and got our materials.  

Not most materials can protect against natural disasters.

Kapa Haka

 This week we watched a performance by a Kapa Haka group.

First they did a special ceremony to welcome us.

Then they used this special shell. It's to warn there tribe that people are near by.

Next they told us about the poi and taiaha. The taiaha is to frighten of the enemy. The poi is for dancing or performing.

After we played Matau and Maui. Matau means you go right Maui means you go left.

I enjoyed this performance i'd like to see it again because it scared me.

Two man and Three man settles

We carried on with two man settles and three man settles from the last week.

First we practised two and three man settle to get ready for a touch game. Coach mark told us to aim for one person when we drive the ball down the field.

Next we played a game of touch. The game was for learning how to play and how to use a two and three man settle

I thought touch rugby was good because  Hector Josh and I did well with the three man settles. I need to practice the two man settle more often. 

Fractions

For Maths I learnt about fractions the fractions I learnt was Quarters and Eighths.

My group and I needed scissors, vivid and 2 cups.

The first fraction I learnt was quarter. We had to draw a straight line going up the cup. And then cut straight through it then we had to draw another line on both of them and cut it and that made quarters.

The Last one I did was eights. I cut one whole cup into eight pieces. First we drew a line and cut into halves. Next we had to draw another line and then cut it into quarters. Lastly we had to draw one more line and cut it into eights. 

Lastly I took a photo and put the photos on the slide.

Volcano names

This week I translated Auckland volcano names to Maori.

Some volcano names are Puketāpapa,means Mt Roskill, Maungarei means Mt Wellington and Rarotonga means Mt Smart.

Then we did the weather sheet. For example: He kapua, He paki, He whatu. He kapua means cloudy, He paki means sunny and He ua whatu means hail.

I got most of these words right and I'd like to do this activity again.

L.I to learn new words

Novel study | reading

The Twits is a fiction book written by Roald Dahl. In chapters 20-23 it tells how the monkeys escape and plot revenge for the Twits.

When Mr Twit walked outside he realized that there are no birds on the tree and cage because they were all on the roof. Mrs Twit didn't want Mr Twit putting glue on their roof so they decided to buy some guns because Mr Twit really wanted bird pie.

When Mr and Mrs Twits left to go buy guns, the monkeys hopped back on their feet and asked the Roly-Poly-bird to get them the key for the cage. The Roly-Poly-bird asked wheres the key the monkeys told it's in the work shop hanging on a nail. 

L.I:To study Novel

Film festival

This week we went to Silva Park for our film festival. There were lots of school there like Tamaki Primary, Tamaki College, Pt England, Glen Innes School, Ruapotaka School, Glen Taylor and others.

The first movie was our one called Covid. It was when Farzana didn’t hand sanitize and everyone ran out of the classroom.

After that there were lots of movies and my favorite movie was the Covid rap from Tamaki College.

I liked the stay at home rap about Covid-19