Amazing PAL Fun Day!

 Kia ora, before the school holidays we had a PAL fun day. PAL stands for Physical Activity Leader, the reason why its called Physical Activity Leader is because the teachers don’t lead it, only students at the school do. On PAL fun day me and my friend, Alana, were a leader of a game, it was called line tag. The rules of line tag is to stay on the lines and don’t touch the concrete and someone is in and they have to run along the line tagging people. 

What I enjoyed the most about PAL fun day was actually being a leader of line tag, and teaching kids a new game. The hardest part was explaining the instructions to the little kids because it was kind of confusing, so luckily I had a friend to help. If we did PAL fun day again I would maybe play a different game, and make it less boring. 

Have you ever done a PAL fun day before?

Amazing Scams And Phishing!

 Kia ora, this week in Te Ngahere we have been learning what to do when a pop up or a scam pops up on your chromebook. Whaea Chrissy and Whaea Becks (our teachers) had set us up a google slide presentation for us to work on. On the presentation we had a picture and it was either of a pop up or a email and we had to write if we thought it was legit or fake and the reasons why it’s legit or fake. How you can tell if its legit or fake is because you have to look at the lock in the corner. If it has a red line in it it’s not safe. If it has no line in it’s safe. Also if a pop up does come up on your screen and it says you need to download something DON’T click download because your teachers already download everything on your computer. The keep yourself safe all you need to do is email your teacher/teachers if anything unusual pops up, and make sure you don’t put personal information in dodgy sights and things.

Amazing 4 Shot Movies!

 Kia ora bloggers, this week in Te Ngahere we were making 4 shot movies. The 4 different shots we had to take was an establishing shot, long shot, medium shot and close up shots. An establishing shot is a shot from far away so all you can see is the sean from where your movie is placed and you can barely see the character. A long shot is a shot from where you can see the characters full body. A medium shot is a shot from where you can only see half the characters body and you can see what they’re holding, you can even see their facial expressions. Lastly a close up shot, a close up shot is a shot from which you can see what the character is holding. What I think my group did well was pretty much having the pictures exactly what they’re supposed to be like. What I think we could of done better next time is to add some music to the video to making it more interesting. What I think this will help me with in my proper movie is how to take better shots from better angles. 

Have you ever made a 4 shot movie before? 

Perfect Dot Plot Graph/DLO!

Kia ora bloggers, last week in Te Ngahere we were learning how to make dot plot graphs. I learnt that when making a dot plot graph you have to know how to explain what a dot plot graph is like explain what the dots show, when we were doing this we were allowed to look at a dot plot graph for an example and the dots on the dot plot graph represented how far each throw was. What confused me when I was making my DLO was how to explain my dot plot graph that I made, so I gathered all my hoe and watched a few example videos and then I knew how to explain my dot plot graph. What I think I could of done better in my DLO is to add some more pictures related to my dot plot graph. 

Have you ever done this before? 

The Amazing Marble Challenge Take 2!

 Kia ora bloggers, at the end of term 2 we had the Great Marble Challenge Take 2. We had to modify our ramp and test it again. We were doing this to see if we can improve on the last time we did it. We modified our ramp by putting the mark on where the marble should go on the ramp a little higher so it would go further. We improved a lot from our last ramp, just because we put the mark higher, so it would go further. What I think I did well this time was being specific in the instructions, because last time our instructions didn’t make any sense, but this time they worked really well. What I think I should improve next time is the ramp, because last time we had our ramp flipped over one way, so this time we flipped it a different way, to modify it even more. 

Have you ever made a marble ramp before?

This is a photo of my marble ramp. I think this is a really good marble ramp because of how it was created and presented. We needed cardboard, scissors, hot glue and a marble to make it. 

Amazing Science Fair Reflection!

 Hey bloggers, last week in Te Ngahere we were doing our science fair boards/experiments. I learnt what a controlled variable is, a controlled variable is a variable that you have to keep control of, like when we had to leave the stains on the fabric out for an hour we accidentally left it for an hour and twenty minutes, so that a variable we should of controlled. There is also another variable we should of controlled, the other variable is that when we put the pieces of fabric with the stains on into the washing machine we put them on top of each other so one of the stains got into the other pieces, so once again that is another variable we should of controlled. What I think was difficult was our method, because in our method we had to really explain how we did our science experiment, so I gathered all my hoe and wrote that method, and it ended up AMAZING. Aslo next time if we ever even do this again I would, make sure we controlled the variables and not put them on top of each other. The reason why I used my hoe was because, my hoe helps me to get things done and the best hoe I used was kaha (being strong.) 

Have you ever made a science reflection/project?

The Great Marble Challenge!

 Kia ora bloggers, last week in Te Ngahere we were making marble ramps. What my group did well was creating a ramp that rolled a marble almost 1.1m. What we could’ve done better is to make the angle higher so the marble would go closer to the point. Overall, we got 6 points. We think that we explained the instructions well because we got 6 points. If we had an opportunity to design a new ramp we would change the angle and make the instructions clearer. 

Have you ever made a marble ramp before? 

Amazing Science Roadshow!

 Kia ora bloggers, last week in Te Ngahere we went on this amazing trip to the Bay of Islands college for a Science Roadshow. I learnt that in science it’s not just about experimenting it’s about having a hypothesis to (a hypothesis is to guess something). My most favourite exhibit at the Science Roadshow was the different types of honey tasting because one it was delicious and the learning part was figuring out what makes some of the honeys taste different. When I went to the Science Roadshow it gave me some ideas for what I should do with my project, the ideas it gave me was that I should maybe have something like the honey tasting but instead of honey maybe I could do something else. I think the reason why we went to the Science Roadshow was to learn more about science, and obviously to give us some ideas for what to do with our project. 

Have you ever been to a science roadshow (also known as science fair)?

Incredible Scientific Method!

 Kia ora bloggers, last week in Te Ngahere we made a DLO about the steps of the scientific method. We were learning this because we made an infographic of the steps of the scientific method and because the science fair is coming up. From what I have learnt I will ask questions and test before I do something that I’m not sure of. What I think I did well was making the DLO, like putting pictures and explaining the steps properly so people understand. What I think I could of done better is maybe add a few more pictures. 

Have you learnt the scientific method before?

My Amazing Mosaic Art!

 Hi bloggers, this week in Te Ngahere we made these awesome mosaic arts on a Google drawing. We had to use a tool called polyline to create our mosaic of an animal, plant or even an anime character. The polyline helps to create a shape to go over the thing you have chosen to do. We were doing this to create QR codes to put around our school to explain about lots of different plants and animals and why me need them. I really enjoyed doing this mosaic art because it teaches you something new like how to use the tool and it is really fun. For my mosaic art I chose to do a giraffe and it turned out really good. 

Have you ever made a mosaic?

Amazing Pick a Path!

Last week in Te Ngahere I made a Pick a Path. We did this to share what we had learnt from when we went to Urupukapuka with the Project Island Song Team (go check that post). The things that I learnt is not to leave rubbish on a pest free island. This is bad because you could kill the wildlife like the beautiful birds that live there. What I think I did well was think of very good questions for the people to answer like; if you saw a rat on one of the pest free islands would you tell someone to get rid of it. What I could do better next time is explain why the person is correct and incorrect. 

Have you ever made a Pick a Path?