Inquiry

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.

Touch Rugby

  We continued with practicing 3 man settle and 2 man settle with Coach Mark.

First we practised 2 and 3 man settles to get ready for a game of touch. 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 2 and 3 man settle.

I enjoyed the 2 man settle and the game of touch but I need to get better at 3 man settle so I won't get confused on who the person will pass the ball to.

Fractions | Math

 A fraction is a whole thing cut into equal pieces.

A half is a whole thing cut into 2 equal pieces.

A thirds is a whole thing cut into 3 equal pieces.

A quarter is a whole thing cut into 4 equal pieces.

Below is a slide that shows all fractions up to 10.

L.I to define "fractions'

 

Maori names - Rua

This week for Maori we did a session with Wheae Odie.

 The first activity we did was learning left and rights in Maori.  left in Maori is Maui and right in Maori is Matao. We played a game to show if we learned our left and rights.

Next we had to match English names with Maori names. 

For example Warena means Warren and Wikitoria means Victoria. 

 I enjoyed this activity because it helps me learn new Maori words.

Emergency shelter | Inquiry

 This week, our company (Global Savers) brainstormed ideas for an emergency shelter design.  We needed to think of a main shape and design of the emergency shelter.  We also needed to think about what our shelter will be designed to resist.

 My group used a design programme called SketchUp, that allows people to design and create anything they want in three dimensions. 

We chose to use a hexagon shape to make this model Me and my group chose this shape because it seems like a very strong shape.

We made the walls thick so it could keep people inside of it safe.  We would make the shape tall so incase of an emergency we could fit quite a few people in there.

Maori Names

 This week for Te Reo Maori we did a task called Maori Names.

First I went on Maori dictionary to search up the Maori names and then put the English names near what the name meant in Maori.

We also learnt new words. The words we learnt was front, behind, left, right, in and out means in Maori.

After I marked the Maori with Whaea Odie to see if they were right.

I enjoyed this because I learnt new Maori names.

Duffy Theater - Bex meets Milly

 We watch a performance by Duffy theatre group about the Coggen. A Coggen is a mythical creature that is a mixture  of a cat, dog, and chicken.

Before the show, the actors introduced themselves. Then we sang the Duffy song.

The the actors performed for us.

Lastly the Duffy group held a question and answer session.

I enjoyed the Duffy performance 

Fractions

A fraction is a whole thing cut into equal pieces. 

A half is a whole thing cut into two equal pieces.

A quarter is a whole thing cut into four equal pieces.

Here is an example of what each fraction looks like.