How I Spent The Last Few Days Of My Holidays

 On Friday the 9th of October our Mum told us that we could both invite one friend to come over and do some really cool stuff! My first choice was my old friend Zara but unfortunately she was busy so instead I invited Kaitlin, my brother invited his friend Jamie! The first thing we did was grab our togs and go straight to the Kawakawa swimming pools; but we didn’t realize that Jamie didn't want to  get fully submerged under water so Kaitlin and I told him to not put his head under but he just sat on the side. After about one and a half  hours of swimming we decided to get out of the pool, we then drove to Kerikeri and got pizza for lunch; Kaitlin bought a pizza along with a cookie pizza which we ate about ⅔’s of, then I bought Kaitlin and I a Coke. While we were waiting for the pizzas Jamie went to New World and bought a raspberry tea and six of the same flavor lollipops. When he got back Kaitlin and I just looked at him and asked “Why?” he didn't answer. After we had eaten our food we went to the  skating rink. Once we got there we put our socks on and started skating (I was really bad because I hadn’t done it in like four years, but I got better!) Then I bought Kaitlin and I a lemonade. Then we got into the car and finished the cookie pizza! Once we got home Mum said that Jamie could stay the night so obviously I asked if Kaitlin could stay the night, she said yes! So we made all of the beds; Ricardo slept on his bed, I slept on my bed; Jamie slept on a mattress in Ricardos room and Kaitlin slept on the couch. After that Ricardo stayed for a playdate at Jamie's house  which turned into a sleepover. Overall I really, really enjoyed the holidays!

What did you do during the holidays?

Trickshot Challange

Yesterday Te Ngahere did a Trick Shot Challenge, to do this we
had to find a way to get a ping pong ball into a plastic cup in the
most creative way possible & it had to be at least 3 seconds.
The one we did yesterday wasn’t as creative as we would like it
to be but it took a very long time to get into the cup, we put it
down a rail & we bent the cardboard so that the ping pong ball
didn’t fall out, so it wasn’t very creative.  So today we made
another one that was a bit  harder & more creative, we put the
cardboard down the stairs, we left a few stairs not covered so
that it would bounce off some stairs, roll down the cardboard &
land in the cup, we assumed it would be a bit easier but it
seemed to take a long time & was NOT that easy.

Terrific Tips To Help Your Learning!

In Te Ngahere we made something called a Digital Dig. We had to explain how
to use chromebooks, what the keyboard shortcuts are & other things that relate
to that topic. I found this Digital Dig quite fun & a little bit challenging to do.
When I needed help I didn’t ask so it took a while to get it  finished. Next time I
do something like this if I don’t know what to do I will ask someone for help
instead of doing nothing. What I learnt from doing this Digital Dig was a new
keyboard shortcut, which was how to see all keyboard shortcuts, you do it by
pressing Ctrl + Alt + / (Forward Slash).

Have you ever done a Digital Dig before?

Walk in the bush!

On Tuesday Te Ngahere left the school to go for a walk in the bush. We went to
the bush to get inspiration for designing our class to look the Ngahere. In the
bush we saw and heard heaps of cool things like a tui and we saw trees
growing on other trees. We had to look for plants to make for our class
designing in our groups. Grace and I found heaps of different types of ferns
and vines, we took some back to class so we can remember what they looked
like. When we got back to class we had to put the plants in a safe place so that
they didn’t get wrecked, so we put in is my pencil case. Next we are going to
use those plants so we can make them and design our class using them.

Design our class!

In Te Ngahere we have been designing our class for a couple of weeks now.
We are doing this because our class is called Te Ngahere & that means the
bush, right now our class looks boring. The first thing we had to do was think
of something that lives in the bush & draw our design. We had to think of the
materials that we were going to use to make our design & how we were going
to make it look 3D. I chose to make a kiwi, I chose to make the kiwi out of a few
layers of cardboard. At first I was going to do a few layers of the feet but it
became to hard so I only did 1 layer. Once I had glued all the layers together
I started to paint it, I tried to make it look like actual feathers by making lighter
shades of brown. As I was letting it dry the teacher said that we had to make 2.
So today I am going to work on my second one. 

Place Value Game

On Friday in Te Ngahere we played a place value game. In a group of 3-4 you
have to pick a number between 45 & 45,000, roll a 10 sided dice 10 times and
get as close to the number as possible to try & win the game. In my group was
Breeze & Jade. You get 10 rolls each. Example, if you roll a 6 you would pick
6, 60, 600 or 6,000. But if you roll a zero you don’t make any moves.
You can’t do the same number 2 times. 

Have you ever played this game before?

Tessellation DLO

In Te Ngahere we have been doing some art around Tessellation.
We were doing this because we have been doing some math
around translating & rotation. Tessellation is a pattern that repeats
without any gaps. What I could do better next time is try harder and if
I need help ask for it. We had to make a DLO about what Tessellation
is and how you use and create Tessellation. Here is my DLO. 

Have you ever made Tessellation before?

PE / Athletics (Shot Put)

On Friday the 1st of November we did PE. There were 5 teams, I was in team 3
and we did shot put with Whaea Chrissy. First we practiced how to throw a
shot put, I learnt how to throw a shot put, you have to bend you back leg,
straighten your front leg and when you throw it you high five the sky.
Then we practiced throwing a shot put with a tennis ball. We all threw the
ball at the same time and than we threw them 1 at a time, we did that about 2
times each. After we did that we used the real shot put, before I had my turn I
held all the different shot put to see which one I wanted to use. We had about
4 turns each at throwing the shot put. 

Have you ever done shot put before?

Movie Making

In Te Ngahere we have been making movies We had to be in groups of 3
but since I wasn’t here I was in a group of 4 with AJ, Ataahua and Mark Because we weren't finished our movie on the last day of term 3 we had to
film some of our movie at AJ’s house. We couldn’t film the whole thing because
one person from our group wasn’t there. Then in the first week of term 4 we
started to film again. Once we got it finished we put it into an IMOVIE and
deleted all the videos but we forgot to save it so we had to redo some of it.
We only had to redo some of our movie because the part we filmed at AJ’s
house was saved on her chromebook. So the next day we filmed again and
this time we made sure it was saved before we deleted all the videos.

Have you made a movie before?