Case closed

 Today Mrs. Taaffe confessed about the Whetu crime, she was the one who committed the crime in Whetu on Saturday 10th. She went to drop off some work at the office but she needed an HDMI cable so she came to Whetu and in the class, she saw some chocolates so she took them. We told her everything we found out then she knew that we were on to her so she had to admit that she did it we had a lot of evidence to back us up.

Who dunnit

Over the past weeks, I have been working on a comic as part of my rotation. I am writing about a person called Billy Irish and I like doing my comic. There are some comic boxes on a piece of paper so we can just take them a start drawing!

Letter of the week

 This week the letter of the week was C. It was an easy letter to do because C is my favourite letter so I know a lot of words that start with C. 

Athletics

This week was athletics and it was a good day for it. First up was the 100m race I was nervous because I am not a good runner I still tried and Joseph just bet me so I came fourth. Then I did shot put at first I did not have a good attitude but Mrs.Barker told me how to do so I felt more confident I did not make it into HP but I had fun. For the high jump, I could not even jump 95cm so I was out but I enjoyed watching the winners jump really high. When it was time to do the long jump I was excited because I knew I was good at that, the line was long so I did not get to jump for a long time I think that I did well but I don't know. I was sitting in the sun for a long time so I started to get a headache I drank all my water so my throat was dry. I did the 200m that was hard because I had hard competition I came third so I did not make it to HP but I had fun, my house team did not win any of the relays at least I don't think but I was not paying attention. 

My blog Challlenge

 This week we had a whoogle to get all of our instructions from

 

Letter of the week

This week
the letter was N and it was by far the hardest letter I have ever done this is my work.

My fingerprints

This week my rotation was to lift my fingerprint off of the window it was hard because I added too much dust.

Fingerprints

 This week we have been working with Mrs. Kennedy to find out what kind of fingerprint we have the simple types are whorl, arch, and loop  I have all three. We got to get ink pads and print on the paper.

 

My literacy challenge

This week our challenge was to complete some questions to figure out the answer. Our answer was Helen Cooper.

My chapter chat

 This week we had the chance to draw Ross with a mohawk, I cut him out. I can not draw a face so drew it from a side view.

My maths challenge

 This week there was an emoji challenge for our maths and I worked with Cohen, it was one of the easiest challenges our answer was the angel emoji.  

My inquiry

 This term I have been working in a group my group had Oscar ,Cohen ,Janko ,Ryan and Nathan

to make a bug hotel. we were learning about bugs this is our hotel.

Letter of the week

 This week the letter of the week was M and it was easy because I have done it before this is my letter of the week.

My maths challenge

 This week we had a maths challenge about cake and there were five questions that we had to find out to work out who stole the cake I didn't get the first question so I tried again and got it. 

The culprit was Hanna Hapiata

My crystals

 This week I chose the workshop that you can make crystals in and we were put into groups in my group there was Franklin and Olivia we made the crystals out of borax and hot water.

My letter of the week

This week we had a different time table so we got to do the letter of the week like the other homerooms I have never done it before so I was excited this is my work.

My Moari saying

 This week our teachers set us a challenge to make a presentation about a Moari saying I chose for my saying to be Kia Kaha. 

Soup

 This week I got put into the cooking workshop.

On the first day, we talked about some hazards in the kitchen so we would be safe.

On the second day, we got all the vegetables and prepared the soup.

On the third day in the morning, we put the soup on the element so it could cook and at lunchtime it was ready.

The part that I liked the most was preparing the soup.

My Dave Dobbyn report

 Dave’s full name is David Joseph Dobbyn and he was born in Auckland on the 3rd of January 1957. He has two children, one of them is 11 and his name is Eli and his daughter Grace is 13.   His wife is Anneliesje. He went to the local Catholic School Sacred Heart College.

Dave Dobbyn and The Herb’s released one of their hit songs ‘Slice of heaven’ in 1986. He made it into the top 10 songs for his song ’’Welcome Home’’ which was released in 2006, he won the best songwriter of the year for it. He is famous for his music career that he started off in mid-1976 continuing to the present.

I chose Dave Dobbyn because he is one of my mum’s favourite singers. Before his career started in high school he had serious stage fright and stayed at the back of the group and sang with his eyes closed.

 

My workshop reflection

 During Term 2 and 3 the Whetū students have had the opportunity to be involved in a range of different workshops.

The workshop that I have enjoyed participating in the most has been the drama one because we played if you love me honey give me a smile.

The new learning that I have learnt is that you can make string into a pompom and then attach a beak and a tail and turn it into a bird.

What I have most enjoyed about the workshops is that we don’t have to do the one that we don’t want to do because we can pick what we do.

 I am interested in learning more about how chemical reactions work so I can de an expert at science.

My inquiry this term

 In the past term, we have been trying to figure out if zoos are good for animals or not my opinion was that zoos are not a very good place for animals. We got to present our learning in thee different ways I chose to present it as a poster this is the poster.

My maths mahi

 This week our investigation mahi was an enlargement challenge and it also included symmetry because we had to draw the other side of the little one it was really hard because I'm not a good drawer.

My cross country reflection

 This year I participated in the NPS Cross Country held at school on the Ngatea Domain.  I ran in the 10 age group.

I am most proud of my placing because I came 3rd and I normally come 4th and I also made it into HP cross country.

I think my effort towards our training at school was really good because this year I trained really hard.

I showed the Learning Power of Resilience by keeping on going because I had a really bad stitch.

My maths mahi

This week our maths mahi investigation was to make two 3D shapes. I did not do very good but it was really hard so I did not finish my shape, it was made paper so it kept on bending.

My CC

This week Chapter Chat is back and we are reading the book Wink. I made Freak-O-Matic and it has a stage of freaking out and it is a scale from 1-10 this is my work I think I was Shooting star.

The Cartoon challenge

The Whetu Challenge this week was to make a cartoon scene from a selection of cartoons and we chose the Simpsons and we are the kermits. I did Homer, Lola did Marge, Amy did Maggie, Oscar did Bart, Franklin did not finish neither did Ihi. I think that my work was a supernova because I had to delete everything.

My maths mahi

This week our maths investigation was a symmetry drawing challenge we had to copy the dots on the opposite side of half of what you were drawing and then we could colour it in but I chose not to.

The Egg Drop Challenge

This Friday the Whetu team had to make something that can support an egg when you drop it off of something high. I worked with Ben and Franklin to make it we got to use 2 balloons, some yarn, 3 straws, a paper bag, tape, scissors, newspaper, and an old sock that I brought from home. It was cool to see the egg yolk burst out of the sock our egg broke so we did not win. I think we were a shooting star.

My Matariki star

• This week I had to make a star that symbolizes all the Matariki stars. This is it
  

My 2020 term 2 reflection

The new learning activity that I have enjoyed the most this term is the Blog Challenge. You don’t have to do it but I do because it is very fun. My favourite one was the ‘’In 10 years’’ because I did it on my birthday, so I could say I would be twenty.


Something that has challenged me this term has been the Maths Challenge because I had not done it before. I did not know how to do it which meant it was very hard but I got used to it.


The Whetu Challenge I enjoyed the most was the Catapult Challenge because I was an expert and I did it very well. I was in a team with Franklin and Ben, our catapult made it into the finals but we did not win.

The opt-in workshop I enjoyed the most was the Bean Growing because I love to eat them raw. I planted a bean and it looked like it would not sprout but during the weekend it had a growth spurt and now it is a big bean.

My maths challenge

This week there was a maths challenge and it was a murder mystery it a lot
harder the other ones but it was still very fun I got stumped but I think I got my answer was
 Hania Hightower.

My matariki puzzle

This week there was a Matariki theme and we did a scavenger hunt, we
 had to find the right slide and then write what it said on the puzzle piece and it
 was really fun colouring it in
this is the photo of my favorite piece.

My matariki worksheet

Today I did a Matariki worksheet and it was fun but synthesis eggs were better overall it was very fun.

The paper plane challenge

Today our challenge was to design an accurate paper plane. We were given a draft piece of paper
to trial and a good piece to use once we had tested the accuracy of it.

Before we started I thought this challenge was going to be very easy because
I knew how to make paper planes.

I decided to use the design of a normal paper plane but I tried others.

The hardest part was throwing the paper plane because I did not get time to test it.

During our competition time, I managed to score 0 because I got past the hangar.

My maths challenge

This week I did the maths challenge with Franklin it was quite easy this time there were two clues in one my answer was Ruby. This is my Maths challenge

My synthisis eggs

Today I did the synthesis egg activity it was about a fully white whale this is it.

My sick sentences

I did the sick sentences and this week we did a story about the picture there was a story starter but I decided not to use it and the story is on the last slide. This is it.

My word of the week.

I did the word of the week and I tried really hard to make the sentence.

My synthesis eggs

I did the synthesis eggs it was hard to think of something about firenado because they are very rare and not many people have seen them.

Cullen's blog challenge 3

I did the blog challenge and I did the exact same avatar as I normally do except with a little beard.

My sick sentences

I did the sick sentences it was about a bee and an owl that were sitting together this is it.

My tennis ball challenge

Tennis Ball Tower Challenge

Today for our Whetu Challenge we worked in a group to build a tower out of newspaper, 2 straws, and sellotape. We needed to make our tower strong enough to hold a tennis ball and be able to stand alone (not leaning on anything or needing support).

Today I worked with Franklin and Christian.

At first, we had trouble agreeing on what to do.

The easiest thing was making the supporter beams.

The best part of our tower was the pouch.

Our tower looked like the Eiffel tower.

In the end it worked.

Blog challenge 2

This is my calf club calf or my pet he is very fluffy.

My sick sentences.

I did the sick sentences and I think I was a shooting star This is it.

My blog challenge

Today I did a description of my pet this is it.

My catapult

The things that I used to make my catapult were: popsicle sticks, rubber bands, and a plastic spoon.

To make my catapult I worked with Ben and Franklin.

The most challenging part was the part where I had to shoot it, I did not win.

Overall I think that it was a good challenge.

My maths challenge

The other day Franklin and I did a maths challenge, 

we got a bit confused with clue 1 but we figured it out. Our answer was       

FLORENCE

My emoji

This is the sick/dizzy emoji and his tongue is sticking out of his mouth.

My writing

This week I did an onomatopoeia worksheet.   

My milk bottle boat creation

The milk bottle creation I made was a boat.

The hardest part was making the hull.

The easiest part was cutting the bottle in half

I enjoyed the gluing

Chapter Chat wk 4 term 2

For Chapter Chat I did the bake, 

I made a chocolate cake with caramel icing and sprinkles the icing was a 

bit crunchy because we didn't beat the sugar in properly but it still tasted nice. 

We gave the cake to my mum's friend who is a nurse at the ngatea health center and she 

shared it with the other nurses.  

Wood chip pile

A few weeks ago I got my dad's motorbike spreader lid and I went to the wood chip pile and then I climbed it and slid down on it and it went super fast. The next day my dad made another thing to slide down on it went even faster it was made of pond liner and had twine threaded through holes cut on the front then he made another one but instead of twine, it was bungee rope. Now we just  jump off the side. Now the pile is taller than our house and as long as the shed. 

Chapter Challenge week 8

This week I have been working on a zip line, it has hard to connect the rope to the tree

 I had a bit of help from Franklin and Ben I also made one for me to go 

on but it did not work. 

I think that I was a shooting star.  

Chapter Challenge week 7 a way with words

   This week I wrote an acrostic poem by myself it was hard to find sentences for the letters I think that I was a shooting star I because I did not work very hard.     

Teams only want to win

       Humph still sucks his thumb

       Everybody said  that joe should cut the rope  

     Ma was left behind

     Ants took the sugar

     Pa got lost on one of his expeditions

    Mechanical horse was broken 

    Aiming to win

    Kind to each other

    Entering the race without Ma

    Rationing the food

    Sugar biscuits are treat full 

    Roger’s Ruffians are following them

    All the teams think nothing of them

    Cooked ducks from Becket
Eat very carefully

Chapter Challenge week 6 Creation Station

This week I have been working on making a catapult for Chapter Challenge. It was hard to get the supllies because I did not have strong rubber bands. This is a video of me shooting it .

Chapter Challenge Week 5

This week Franklin and I worked on Planner 5D to create the feast it was 

hard because it did not have a or a dray so we did not add that 

in. I got a star buck in the meantime I think we were a supernova!

My Chapter Challenge this week

I have made a scratch video about vertical trains.

Over the past week and a half, I have been working on scratch

 to complete my activity, I also have found one fact because I had some spare 

time. I reckon I was a shooting star because I could have done 

better than I did. It was hard to get pictures so I made a train on scratch. 

  

to view my project click on this link: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/367647654/

My pepeha star

I am proud of how the drawing turned out because

I’m not a very good drawer but I got better.

What I found challenging was Fitting the photos on my star because

I had a lot of pictures.

I worked with Ben, Franklin, Cody, Cohen, Tanya, and

my mum to create my whanau star.

First blog post 2020

Something that I was nervous about when starting the new year at school getting in trouble.
Because I had a pencil case and it didn’t say on my stationary list.

The activity I have enjoyed the most this week is the water slide.
The water slide was very fun, we could go on our front or our knees. 

Someone who has helped me so far is Janko. He helped me
with my avatar but then I figured it out.