Check Out What Happened When We Went To The Science Roadshow

Hi,  Te Ngahere went on a bus to Bay Of Islands College for the Science Roadshow.  There was a show that taught us about gases.  From this show I learnt that if you fill a balloon with hydrogen and then give it oxygen the ballon exploded.  After that we went off and could interact with the science projects.  One of my favorite exhibits was on a solar powered car.  You had to turn on light and spin the board. When you did the car moved away from the light.  This would be great in future because as long as the sun is shining your car will zoom forward non stop and not as much energy will be wasted.  In the other show we learnt that you only change one variable at a time otherwise you do not know what made it better.  This information will hopefully help me in my science project that we are going to do soon because I may change to much at once and not know what is helping and what isn’t.

Have you done a science project before?

 

Magnificent Mosaics

In Te Ngahere we have been making mosaics.  The reason for this is because we are going to put these

up with our studies about our animal, tree or insect.  We had to find a picture on Google and put it on a Google drawing.  Next we had to use the polyline tool and make small shapes to go over our picture.  I chose a tiger to do my mosaic on.  As soon as I did the first few shapes I instantly saw how hard it was.  I didn’t realize that tigers had so many colours.  Over time I slowly got better and faster at making my shapes.  I might use this on tiles in the future when I improve on my skills but for now I will use it to make detailed pieces of art.  

I think what I could do better is make the shapes smaller.  What I think I did well was when I tried to fill in as much of an area as possible at a time.  

Have you ever made a mosaic before?

 

Sharing What I Do In P.E Rotations

 Hi everyone.  Lately Te Ngahere and Te Maunga have been doing P.E rotations.  We had to work in our house groups and do sport rotations.  They are netball, soccer, touch and, ball skills.  So far I’ve learnt how to pivot in netball, how to pass the ball in soccer, in touch I learnt some rules of touch like when you get touched you put the ball down and wait for someone else on your team to pick it up.  I also learnt that the touching team has to go back five steps before they are allowed to touch anyone again.  Last but not least in ball skills I learnt how to throw and catch the ball. 

What I did well is I throw balls with force.  What I could do better is I need to try catch balls better because at the moment I’m not very good at it.

Do you know how to play these sports?

The Perfect Project Island Song Floating Classroom Day

Hi, in Te Ngahere the year sixes did Project Island Song’s floating classroom.  We had to be at school by 8:20 before leaving and walking down to the walf.  When we got there I saw our boat was called D3 or Discovery 3.  Some of us were given jobs.  One of the health and safety people were away so I was chosen instead.  My job was to make sure that everyone was on the boat and then on Urupukapuka (the island we went to) I had to make sure we didn’t lose anybody.  We had a safety briefing and then we were off zooming through the ocean toward our destination.  After a while we pulled into a island.  Our boat driver turned off the engine and we got to listen the birds for a while.  After we turned the engine back on we drifted over to some shag’s nesting.  When we got to the island we had some morning tea before splitting into two groups.  We walked over a hill to plant some trees.  I planted a rewarewa tree.  After my group got back we made some traps.  I found it quite hard to make the traps because the structure would fall apart in our hands.  On the way back we were really lucky because we found a pod of bottlenose dolphins.  The reason we did this is because we were helping Project Island Song bring the bird song back.  

Have you ever been on Project Island Song’s Floating Classroom?