SLJ Taster Task - Colouring.

 

Summer Learning Jurney taster task - colouring.

The Door Poem.

 

Kayaking.

 

Tramping Safety

 

Guy Fawkes.

 

Making Nets.

 

Making Nets.

WALT, make nets for simple 3-D shapes and to create models of these.

A net is a ruled 2-D pattern 

that folds to make a 3-D

Shape.

These are patterns or nets for                        

Making cubes.           

These are my nets folded into

These 3-D shapes/cubes.

Making nets.

A net is a ruled 2-D pattern 

that folds to make a 3-D

Shape.

These are patterns or nets for                        

Making cubes.           

These are my nets folded into

These 3-D shapes/tetrahedron,

Square based pyramid and

Triangular prism.

Making nets.

A net is a ruled 2-D pattern 

that folds to make a 3-D

Shape.

These are patterns or nets for                        

Making cylinders.           

These are my nets folded into

These 3-D shapes/cylinders.

My favourite 3-D shape to make was the cube because it was the easiest to make, and the measurements were not confusing. The one I found was trying to fold the tetrahedron and make the sides stick together, I really don’t want to make another one again.

Problem Solving.

 

40 Ka Pai Things To Do Outside.

 

Perimeter D.L.O

 

Water Experiment D.L.O.

 

This is my Science, Water D.L.O.

Water Cycle.

 

Cycle Trip.

 Cycle Trip.

On Wednesday 26th of May, Room 8 went on two bike tracks for the William Pike Challenge. The first track we rode was the Mananui Tramline. The second track was called Hurunui Jacks. The first and the second track both took a total of about one and a half hours each. 

At about 9:00am on Wednesday morning, we got into our car groups and drove to the first cycle ride, the Mananui Tramline. In my group there was Indi, Emma, Olive, Mr Tim Robins and I. When we arrived at the track we all gathered together with our bikes and got assigned to a biking buddy, so that we could make sure they were okay and felt comfortable with changing gears. 

Once we had all gathered in the car park we had to use a compass to find the bearing and direction in which we were facing. Once we had finished working out the bearing and direction we left the car park and started the trail ride.

Along the way there were some wooden bridges hovering over water.  Some of them didn't have rails on the side of them so I was anxious that I was going to fall into the water. Everyone's hands were freezing cold from the icy wind. In some parts this track was really bumpy and in others the track was smooth and easy to ride. The thing I liked the most about this track was the smooth downhill parts in the trail, because I didn't have to work as hard as I did when I was riding the bumpy parts and I got to save some energy. When we finished this track we packed up our bikes and drove to the other trail ride, the Hurunui Jacks.

We arrived at the Hurunui Jacks trail ride at about 12:30 and stopped for a lunch break before we started to ride. When we all gathered with our bikes, we had to find the direction and bearing of which way we were facing using the compass again. At last we set off on the ride. At the start of the trail there was a long gravel road. Off to the side of the road there was frosty grass and water that had water vapor hovering over it. About halfway through this ride, there was a huge hill that seemed impossible to ride all the way up, but however some people managed to do it but I just ended up walking my bike up. 

At the top of the hill we stopped for a break and set off again. We went down a track that had lots of water races, and went over some slim bridges. We got to the end of the trail and four people decided not to do the ride back but the rest of us kept going. 

On the way back it was mostly downhill and we got to have a race to see who could finish first. When I went round a sharp corner, I was going to fast to stop and flew off my bike and then skidded across the ground and although it hurt a lot, it was really funny. 

The thing I liked the most about the Hurunui Jacks trail ride was riding down the huge hill and I also liked finishing this bike ride because at the start I thought that I couldn't do it.  I really enjoyed this outing and I would consider doing it again. 

Tramping Rule Poster.

 

On Friday we are going tramping at Callaghan's Ridge. It will be a 4 hour walk, including breaks. These are the five rules we need to remember when we go tramping. 

Parvana Poem.

This is a poem I made about what I have learnt from the book I read called Parvana. We were given a book by our teacher to read over 2 weeks, and I got given Parvana.
 

Beach Cookout.

 

This activity was a part of our outdoor activity for the William Pike Challenge. We got to cook our lunch on a contained campfire and bring our own choice of ingredients for a desert.

Beach Cookout.

 

Friday 19th of march, Room 8 went down to the Karoro beach to do a beach cleanup. This was a part of our community service for the William Pike Challenge. 

Surfing and Rip Safety.

 Surfing and Rip safety.

We are learning to show a positive attitude by demonstrating willingness to accept challenges, learn new skills and strategies, and extend our abilities in movement related activities. Karawhiua= Give it a go and go for it.

We done this task because on Friday our class is going surfing at Tauranga Bay.

 

Treaty of Waitangi

Treaty of Waitangi reading task.

For this task we had to read an article about the treaty of waitangi, then we had to answer some questions on puzzle pieces and glue the puzzle pieces together to form a scroll.

Three things I learnt from this task were: Pakeha first came to New Zealand to hunt whales and seals, Māori had New Zealand to themselves for over 500 years before the Pakeha and Europeans came and Henry Williams and Edward Williams translated the treaty from Māori to English in one night.

The most challenging part of this task for me was probably finding the right places for the puzzle

pieces to go.