!The Creative TaskMaster Challenge!

In Te Ngahere we have been doing something called taskmaster. Our activity was called copy the picture challenge. We had to copy a picture that our teacher Whaea Becks had drawn. After she drew it she hung it up outside our class window.  Breeze was the drawer for my group and she got frustrated because me and my runner buddy were telling her the picture and then forgetting the color. I learnt that it is really hard to describe a picture and say where it goes on the page without touching the paper.  My groups 1st picture didn’t work out very well but we got some of the picture on our paper and most of the color for that part. On the 2nd picture my group had more of the picture. It was so hard as a runner because I couldn’t touch the paper and it was frustrating, but my group kept explaining and we managed to get some of it done. My partner and I were finding it hard to describe the picture and then remember the color.  Have you ever done a task master before? If so what were you creating?

The Terrific Ngahere Bush Walk.

In Te Ngahere we went for a walk in the bush. We did this because we were researching some of the animals in the ngahere. I was researching about a Green Gecko. Did you know that a Green geckos scientific name is  Naultinus grayii? I didn’t see a gecko but I saw some fish in the bush and their colours were black and white. I didn’t know there were fish in the ngahere so I only just learnt that there are fish in the native bush. My class had to walk down a long street to get to the bush. We loved this because we saw lots of plants like Ponga ferns, flowers and more. Have you ever seen a green gecko? If so where were you?

Some fun work I really enjoyed

 In Te Ngahere we have been learning about food webs. We had to make a copy of a google drawing that had pictures of native birds and predators on it. We put some arrows pointing to what native bird gets eaten by what predator.  I learnt that when rats eat Kererus and Tuis its called energy transfer. After that I knew what to do and it was so much easier. Here are 3 differences between my picture and the teachers. My picture has less arrows pointing to the stoat, I don’t have all the information of what eats invertebrates and less arrows pointing to the Kereru. The arrows point to what eats what to represent what the consumer eat. Have you ever made a food web? If so what was your about?

Teacher picture

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A Tsunami That was Actually Nerve-racking

On the 5th of March Paihia and a small bit of the North Island had an evacuation because people thought that we were going to have a tsunami. 

We had to walk up a hill to evacuate school. It was hard because I was trying to not think about tsunami.  When we did this it was frightful because everybody thought the tsunami was coming and it freaked us out. Everybody thought it would wash our houses away. Our teachers went down the hill and got our bags so we could eat our lunch, but also people gave us lollies, our office lady gave us a mint and we got sausages from Fritz’s Wieners. Me and some of my friends were scared. Have you ever seen a tsunami? Have you ever been stuck up a hill for 5 hours during a tsunami?

Some Work I Absolutely Love

In Te Ngahere we have been creating a class tree. First we had to color some branches that our teacher printed out. Once that was finished we colored in a leaf that had our name on it. 

It took us some time but we completed it. After that Aaron, Azure and I had to put the tree together and we had to outline and color it. We only had a little bit of time to do it so when people finished all their work they had to color it. It was so fun but then we had to tidy up. Azure and I wanted to keep coloring the tree but we couldn't. The next day our teacher said we could continue coloring. Coloring the tree was something we could do if all our work was green. Have you ever put a tree together?

What do you Know About Flying Planes

In Te Ngahere we have been learning about paper planes and how they work. We had to make paper planes from a youtube clip that an intermediate school made. Then we went to the court to fly them.

 I learnt that when you add flaps to a paper plane it creates drag. After we flew them we came back inside and made some adjustments to our plane. To do that we cut flaps in the back of the plane wings to create drag. We found out how to add drag to the paper plane. Usually when you create drag on your plane it goes slower but ours went further. When we created the plane I read the instructions again and you are not suppose to do it on a windy day, and it was a very windy day.
Have you ever made a paper plane? Have you ever created drag on your plane? This link is where we got our information from Click Here.
Adding a picture of a paper plane