Silhouette Art

This week we have been working on our silhouette art. First we chose to use either hot (yellow, orange, red) or cold (blue, purple, black) colours. I chose cold colours. Both included white. Then we had to choose an animal, I chose a owl. And draw it onto a piece of black paper. After that we cut it out and glued it onto our painting. I really enjoyed painting and drawing and cutting out my artwork.  I am really proud of my work.I hope that we get to do art in the future.

Cross Country

Last week on Friday, Paihia School held their annual Cross Country at Bledisloe Domain. This week Te Ngahere  had to write recounts about Cross Country. Instead of writing about the whole day, we had to just write about one part of it. I wrote about waiting for the race and running the race.  I think did well to include some descriptive language and also using paragraphs correctly. I could works on using more detailed words and interesting adjectives. This is just a draft piece of writing.

Easel.ly

This week we have been learning about online gaming and the effects it has on your mind and body. As part of it we answered a questionnaire about the gaming, it included things like do you play online games of some sort? Does your school work suffer from gaming and have you tried to limit your gaming time? Then we made an infographic showing the statistics of our class. I was amazed at the amount of people who DO play computer games.

Beeswax Wraps

Last week we learned about litterless lunches. We made beeswax wraps. We were allowed  to write on it, so I wrote hello in all sorts of different languages like Chinese (ni hao) and Italian (ciao). We made the wraps to replace the plastic glad wrap in our lunch box. Glad wrap is a example of single use plastic. The New Zealand Government has proposed a ban on single use plastics. With beeswax wraps we can just wrap up our biscuits and our sandwiches. If it gets dirty you  can just wipe it with a wet cloth. Here is how you make them: First you get a piece of cloth and cut along the edge with pinking shears to stop it from fraying. Then you can draw on it (optional). After that you have to melt a block of beeswax in a pan and soak the cloth in it until it is completely covered in wax. After that hold it by the top edges of the cloth and let the excess wax drip of onto a piece of cardboard. When it is dry (which will take about 2 minutes) it is ready to use. The reason we made them  is because we are trying to reduce the amount of rubbish/plastic in our lunches. I really enjoyed making my beeswax wrap.

This week in Te Ngahere we have been doing a reading called ‘Counting Kākahi’. We had to make a document and answer some questions about kākahi. Once we had  finished we made a DLO to share what we have learnt. I enjoyed learning about kākahi. One part of the reading was to find 25 of the most important words, I think b I did well to find them. I think I could do better at summarizing the article using some of the 25  words.

Last week we were learning about solar and lunar eclipses. I made a google presentation and I included; how a solar and lunar eclipse is created and what the difference is. I think I did well to add extra information to help describe what a lunar and solar Eclipse is. I enjoyed learning about solar and lunar Eclipses. Next time think I could do better by writing more about the phases of lunar and solar eclipses.

Term 3 Math Goals

This week we have been working on our term 3 math goals. We had to choose 2 knowledge, 2 addition and subtraction strategy and 1 algebra goal. This term I am working on stage 7 and 8. We copied our goals onto a google drawing and then decorated it with images. I hope to achieve most of my goals by the end of this term. Here are my math goals: