Orienteering

Bula guys, I did orienteering this term and zones were a while back. Orienteering is where you run and read a map to find stops that you can stamp a shape on a piece of paper and have it checked at the end to see if it is right. I have some pictures of the run here: 

This was really fun and I feel like I should have done orienteering last year. Although it was muddy it was still fun. There was one part that was really muddy and my shoe fell off while I as walking through the deep mud.

Matariki DLO

Hi guys! 👋

For reading we have been doing a lot of things about Maori's New Year/Matariki. We made a DLO (Digital Learning Object) about Matariki. If you don't know what Matariki is, it is a cluster of 7 very bright stars in the sky. We read a book about Matariki and it explained how people in Taranaki cannot see Matariki well because of their position on the earth. Instead, people in Taranaki look for Puanga/Rigel which is a very bright star. Here is my DLO on Matariki.

Hope you like my DLO on Matariki. I have named all the stars' names so it is easy to tell which is which. I have also added facts around the empty spaces. Comments are appreciated! 👋😀😃👋

Anti-Flood House

We had a go at making an Anti-Flood House. We read lots of articles about how to make your house flood proof. I made mine flood proof by adding pillars at the bottom for elevation. I also added walls to stop the water getting in. If it does get in, my elevation will raise my house and it will not hit the water. Here are some photos of the house: 

This is very fun work as we got to make a Tinkercad about a house that is flood-proof. Blog Ya Later!

Tiritiri Matangi Trip

Last Thursday 31st of May, we went to an island named Tiritiri Matangi. The island contained many birds that were endemic, native and introduced. It also had no pests on the island such as rats, mice, possums and stoats. We had to be really quiet while we walked through the bush. It was like an outside library! We saw lots of birds! I was really sad that we had to leave the island at the end of the day. I forgot to tell you but we were in little groups that had 1 adult/group leader. Our group included Bruno, Shabeera, Alex and Abby. I learned that the North Island Robin is a male if it has a white patch on its tummy. My favourite part of the trip was when we were on the ferry and we sat on the top where all the wind was. It was amazing! The wind rushed onto our faces and we could barley breathe! Here is a link to the Tiritiri website if you want to visit it yourself; Tiritiri Website. Here are some photos:

I hope you like my work. This was a fun day experiencing new things! Blog Ya Later!

Des Hunt visited us!

Sup Bloggers, on Wednesday the author Des Hunt visited us and showed us how he writes his books. He also told us how he got his inspiration to start writing books. His first book was called "The Last Tuatara." He actually was a teacher before being an author. He gave the book to everyone in his class and told them to read it. Unfortunately only 4 people made it through the whole book. He then started to look at where he messed up; he then made some conflict and some fighting/arguing with the main character. After a while at the end everything changes. He got rejected by the publishers the first time but now they had said no again to The Last Tuatara. He then made a whole another book named "A Friend In Paradise." The Last Tuatara was then published in 2013. Here are some pictures:

Thanks for viewing my blog, please leave any comments on how I could improve. Blog Ya Later!!! 👍😊

Rubbish Art

Hola everyone, this term for the art show we are going to make a building out of wood and put our soft plastic rubbish inside. We are going to see how much soft plastic rubbish Waikowhai Primary School has collected over 8 weeks time. Here is a slideshow explaining what to put in the soft plastic bin and what not to put in the soft plastic bin.

Thanks for viewing my blog and looking at the Installation Art I made. We also told everyone in the school what to put in the soft plastic bin. Here is me explaining it to other kids: 

This work looks like it will be very useful and fun in the future.

Thanks for looking at my blog post and comments are appreciated! 😀👍

ANZAC Day

This year's ANZAC Day fell in the holidays. We have been reading books about ANZAC Day and about how animals saved the day or something like that. ANZAC stands for Australia, New Zealand Army Corps. This happened in WW1 and they were fighting for space in Germany. For this piece of work we had to find the differences in the two books that we red. Here are photos of the two books: 

This is one of the work pieces that we did: 

I learnt a lot from the ANZAC Day things. Also the books were awesome! Hope you liked my work! Blog Ya Later! 😃👍