S.L.J Flight task

Kia Ora bloggers,

Today, for my class and I's first Summer Learning Journey task, we made paper planes. But not just the one pointy one. We also made round.

We were given 3 pieces of paper after watching the video with Nanogirl. 

She showed us the three ways of making the rockets with each piece of paper.

First, A paper plane.

Second, A Ring Glider.

Third, Hoop Plane.

We needed: Three pieces of paper, pencil, scissors and a ruler.  

The second one was probably the most hard. Rolling the tube part was pretty tricky, I kept mucking up. In the end I finally made it, after the rest making the other two.

The other two were easy. Understanding was a bit hard, but after that, everything went nice and smooth. The paper rockets flew well and it was fun to make. 

I personally like the Ring Glider the most.

I cant wait to experiment with more of them!

Here is a pic of the Original Paper Plane.

Puzzle Party

Kia Ora Bloggers,

Today, my class and I did another art activity. There were different types to choose from. Puzzle, crossword, who came first and more.

The Puzzle one I did was really fun. I finished only about 5. It was an art piece that got split into puzzle pieces and I had to put it back together again.

I also did the "Who Came First?". I was given two photos and a specific amount of time. In that time I had to guess what art piece was made first, the faster I guessed right, the more points I got. My high-score was about 540.

I personally like the Puzzle one more, because its more fun and interesting. When I click on the photos, they give me a tiny bit of info about them. 

All the art I saw were very unique and fascinating. 

Im going to be doing these Art Activities heaps and may also share them along the way.

Have a great day!

Visual crossword

Hiya Bloggers

Today my class and I, did a Visual Crossword task. It was kinda like an art puzzle.

We were given a few options of Art choices and had to put them in the right place depending on the artist, name of the art piece, where it was set, etc.

I only made it up to level 8, but it was still very fun and tricky. It was a bit of a challenge because I don't know much about art.

I had tons of fun and thinking doing this task. 

Here is the link to the website!

Writing

 Kia Ora bloggers,

Today, as a given task, my class and I wrote a story. It could be about anything, but their had to be a simile and metaphor in it. You could do more than one, or just one.

Heres mine!

As soon as her eyes opened, a new day had begun.

Saria had been waiting for this day, ever since 3 months ago!

She was finally turning 13. The red-head hoped it would be a nice day, but she was wrong.

Grey clouds scattered in the sky like ants trying to get away. It was cold, and gloomy.

But the girl didn't let that spoil her day. Sure it was terrible weather, but it was still her birthday to start.

After getting dressed, she scurried downstairs. The smell of fresh pancakes and chocolate filled Saria’s nose.

Her mother always made sure she had the best day when she aged up. Saria finally reached the kitchen. 

“Mornin Mum!” She greeted her mother as she sat down near the counter.

“Good morning Hun” Saria’s mother turned around to see her daughter.

“You sure look like a star” She smiled. Saria smiled, she liked getting compliments on her outfits.

She one day wanted to be a fashion designer. Her fashion was pure gold.

Saria hopped off the stool, and made her way to the lounge.

She sat on the couch, slumping as if she had been working all day long.

She quickly turned on the TV, and began to flick through channels, most were either for little kids, or adults.

Saria’s mother entered the room, and set the plate in front of her daughter.

Saria’s eyes shone like stars as she stared at the breakfast.

She soon began to dig in.

The red headed girl soon stopped, watching a show. It was of course about fashion.

Models were walking down the cat walk.

They were all princesses! So beautiful and elegant.

Saria would cheer ever so slightly, when they confidently walked down the runway.

After finishing her breakfast, Saria gathered her things for school.

She would normally walk, but it was a cloudy day. 

Saria sat in the car, next to her mother in the passenger seat. Saria’s mother drove all the way to her school.

It was a short drive, only about 5-8 minutes, depending on traffic.

The two chatted the whole way through. Finally, they arrived at their destination.

Saria said goodbye, and stepped onto school grounds. She looked around, spotting her friends.

She yelled, and waved at them.

They all quickly reached Saria, showering her in ‘Happy birthday”s or “I love your outfit”.

Today, was going to be great, she could tell.

Hope you like it!

Did you spot the Metaphor or Simile?

Have an awesome day and take care ^^

Can you make....?

 Kia Ora bloggers,

On Thursday, for our meet, we were given a task called Can you make.

What we made was a chimpanzee. We also had a choice if we wanted to make a different animal when we were done. 

I recreated the chimpanzee, but it wasn't that great. But I guess since I tried my best, its good.

Anyways, here it is. Hope you like it <3

The Lion's Cage Silent film

 Kia Ora bloggers,

Today, for inquiry, my class and I watched a  silent movie. I watched The Lions Cage. It was about 3 minutes long.

It was pretty easy to figure out what was happening, even without the talking. The Lions Cage was pretty good, but if im honest, I wouldn't want to watch movies in silent. With talking and sounds, it make's it more easy to understand. 

In the film a man was running away from a horse, he ran into a cage. Little did he know the cage actually had a sleeping male lion. The man crept away and tried to open the door put it wouldn't budge. I think he thought it was locked so tried to unlock it. Turns out it wasn't and he actually lock himself in.

He then got cloth out of his pocket and tried to wave it so someone would notice. No one did. He put the cloth back in and tried to sneak out a tiny door. On the other side though was a tiger, so he nearly got caught by it. The man quickly shut the door. 

He ended up pumping a tray filled with water on accident and had to catch it quickly. The lion moved a little but thankfully didn't wake up. The man put the tray down and turned around to find a dog. It started barking loudly while the man tried to shush it. The dog then started jumping. 

The man tried to kick it but the dog caught onto his leg. A women appeared and looked at him shocked. The man told her not to talk by putting a finger up to his mouth. She passed out and the dog ran away.

The man then tried to wake her up by throwing water on her from the tray, sadly it didnt work. The Lion yawned and woke up. The man dropped the tray and ran to the door. He back up against it and the lion sat down, looking at him. The lion got up and walked over to him.

He was up against a wall and tried not to move. The lion just walked away. The women woke up and quickly ran to the door, she unlocked it quickly. The man just looked at the door then looked at the lion. He slowly walked up to it and tried to pet it, but the lion roared at him, making the man run as fast as he could out the door and the woman locked it.

The man climb up a pole and the woman tried to get him down. He was saying no. After some pursuing I think, the man finally slid down and walked away with the woman.

2020 Tokyo Olympics fan zone

 Kia ora bloggers,

Today, the seniors went to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics fan zone. We left at 9:00 on the bus.

On the way me and my friend were telling jokes to each other, we were very excited. We were talking about how it might be like. My class and half of room 9 were on one bus, the rest of room 9 and the whole of room 8 were on another. We were the 2 groups.

After about 10 minutes, we arrived. The fan zone looked pretty large. We walked into the very big room and sat on this fake grass in front of a stage. On the stage were 2 adult. One of them was Debbie Tanner, she was in the Olympics. She told all of us she had won 20 golden medals. It was very impressive.

Some kids from a different school were there too. We asked question and Debbie answered them. They were very good ones.

After a while, we went to different sides of the large rooms. Haypark went to the fun zone, there wee different kind of games that were in the Olympics. I tried some with my friends, my favourite was probably the kicking game. Someone had to stand in the position and there was a T.V in front of them. They had to kick and the character on the T.V would kick as well. You got 100 points each time you knocked a guy down.

20 minutes after, we swapped around with the other school. We split into groups and played a few games. My favourite was definitely the jumping one. We had to jump and the further we jumped the more points we got. My team got the most at 188.

We kept swapping around till each team did each game. After that we had a photo in front of Eke Tahi, the huge skateboard. After getting some water, Haypark sat down in in front of this very big T.V. A bunch of adults were up on some bleacher looking seats. We were watching the Olympics live.

After another 20 minutes, we had to get up and leave. On the bus, I sat next to my friend.

It was very fun and I hope I go back.

Term 2 Holidays

Heya bloggers,

On the first week of the holiday’s, from Wednesday to Friday, I went to my Auntie’s house. I went there because my brothers stayed over and it was my turn.

My Mum dropped me off. 

When I got there, I put my bag next to the couch. 

My Aunt and I watched youtube for a while. We watched Azzyland. After a while, we had dinner. For dinner we had large fish bites with chips, it was delicious. 

After we finished dinner my Aunt and I watched an anime called Parasyte, we ended up finishing it from episode 13-23. 

Between episodes, my Aunt would make a joke about something, she made me laugh heaps.

It was about 11:00 P.M when we went to sleep. I fell asleep on the couch, so I slept there, my Aunt went to her bedroom. It was really fun and I really enjoyed it.

My Favourite part was when we joked around about things.

Bike training

 Hey bloggers,

This week on Wednesday and Thursday we had bike training. Since I didn't know how to ride a bike I was in the learners part. I have to admit, I was a bit nervous about it, but the coach, coach Jason was really nice. The other coach Lonnie was also very nice. She went with the other kids to play a game.

After we received our bikes, the learners went to the end of one court and the others went to another court to play a game. At first I thought it would be really hard, but it was actually pretty easy. 

We started off with gliding and pushing ourselves, we had to try and stay up. After a while I got the hang of it and started to try and pedal. It was really easy and fun. I started pedalling more and I got better. 

After half an hour I started fully riding the bike. It was great. I rode around the whole court pretty fast. I was going through people and going in circles. 

Coach Jason said that the people who started to petal could go on the grass. Me and my friend Neha went on. It was a bit more hard than the concrete so we went back to it. 

It was nice riding the bike because it was a hot day and when I rode it, it felt cool. After about and hour and a half we stopped. On Thursday we had a different coach. I dont really remember his name but he was a really good teacher. Since there wasn't enough bikes, some kids shared one. I shared with Neha.

The coach gave us challenges like touching our helmet, giving him a high five, standing up etc. I stood up for about 3 seconds. It was kinda hard trying to steer the wheel when I was standing. I accidentally rode the bike off the concrete and onto the grass. It was really fun riding the bike.

Kainga Ora- Subway

 Hiya bloggers,

Today my class was super lucky to receive Subway from Kainga Ora. It was absolutely delicious. I had lettuce, tomato, mayo and chicken. We also received a mini pump water bottle and a chocolate chip cookie.

We won subway due to a servery we took about our neighbourhood. Kainga Ora was really satisfied with our answers. Some of the people that work with Kainga Ora visited our class, we talked about what we would like to see in our neighbourhood. Karla, the girl who came in first, asked us about our neighbourhood. 

We took some photos with them as well. It was really fun. The Subway was really yum. The cookie was really soft and yum.  

Here are some photos that were taken by my teacher. The Subway was really fun and one of the best lunches ever. 

Last rocket launch

 Hey bloggers,

Today was sadly the seniors last wonder project session. It was the best session ever.

Today we had an early morning tea, due to the wonder project starting early. All the seniors gathered in room 8 with the teachers and Colm. We stayed in their for about 5 minutes and talked about who knew the rules and who like the wonder project. 

After we all lined up and went out to Keith Hay Park. For this session we were going to sea whos rockets went the furthest. Flags of different colours were taken to mark the spot a rocket landed. Each class would set off at the same time after a 5 second count down. 

Later, after setting up, the first group's from each class went up. They put in the water and the psi. Everyone counted down from 5 and the groups launched their rockets. They all went pretty fast but the group from my class went the furthest. Each group went up and launched their rockets. They all were great and went pretty far. A coloured flag was placed down to mark the spots. It was very interesting to watch all the rockets fly off high and far. My group did pretty well in the end.

When all the groups had gone, my teacher got a very long measuring tape to see how far each rocket landed. The group with the red flag was the furthest with 37.6 meters. 

I was a bit sad that it was our last session, but I sure am happy it happend.

My boat animation

 Hi Bloggers,

Today my class and I made animations. We made an animation about some sort of transport. I made a boat animation. Here it is so far, im not finished yet. I would love some feedback on how I could make it better.  Hope its not bad :)

The Wonder Project-second test flight

 Kia ora Bloggers,

On Tuesday, 6th of June, the seniors did the second. For the second test flight, we got to shoot the rockets. 

Since we were doing The Wonder Project, we had to be in an open space, so we went out to Keith Hay Park to do our test launches. Each class did their own, so all the seniors weren't together.

Most of the people in my class waited on the concrete while a group from did their test flight. It was very cool watching the rocket shoot off. My teacher would tell us the amount of water and PSI that was put into the bottle before it shot off. The people in my class that were sitting down stared in awe. They would cheer for the group that was shooting the rocket. 

Some groups rockets would go more high than other and some would go more far than others. Groups had to write down the amount of water and PSI that was put into the rocket. Everyone would write it down to see what amount would work the best. 

When it was my group's turn, we put on the vests. The people in my group were Mehdi, Loiloi, Mayank and Amelia. Unfortunately Amelia wasn't at school that day. We each wore a vest, depending on what our job was for the project. I was engineer 1 so I wore a yellow vest. Mehdi was engineer 2 so he wore a blue vest. We both had to water safety glasses.

We did 2 test flights that were successful. The water level for the first one was 350 and the PSI was 30. For the second one we did 350 again and 40 PSI. I think the second was the best out of the 2 because it shot more high and more far. We did a count down from 3 then pressed the handle. It was very cool.

Here are some photos taken during The Wonder Project. 

Hope you like it and have an awesome day.

The wonder project- Aerodynamics

 Kia ora bloggers,

Yesterday for The Wonder Project, the seniors had to work on their rockets. We talked stability and how the rocket could fly. We also talked about aerodynamics. 

For the project, we had to tie a string to the middle of the bottle and it had to balance on each side. We then marked the spot where it was balanced. 

After, we had to trace the bottle on a big piece of cardboard and cut it out. We had to have 3 or 4 fins on our rocket, if we put 1 or 2 it wouldn't fly in the right direction. It was very fun making making the rocket and cutting it out. Hot glue was used to attach the fins to the rocket. 

Here are some photos that were taken during the project.

It was great working on The Wonder Project this week and I cant wait to do it again.

Wonder project

 Hello blogger,

This week for the wonder project, we looked at health and safety. Then we did our first test launch, a few actually.

First we went out to the Keith Hay park field. When shooting a rocket, you need to be in an area where there a are no Hazards ex: Trees, power lines, cars buildings etc.

2 kids got to help out. They had to wear vests and safety glasses. Their names were Keti and Justin. 

We got to write down the PSI(Pounds per square inch) and amount of water that was used. The first test launch was successful. We started with 10-20 PSI and 250 ml of water. We got to count down and then it shot off. The next test launches were also successful. One ended up flying out behind all of the kids behind the line. It was so cool watching the rocket fly.  

There had to be a good amount of water, but not too much because that would make it heavy. Not all the tests ended up being successful, but it was still very fun. I cant wait to do it again next week.

Here are some photos and videos of the adventure.

Heathly eating

Kia ora Bloggers,

Yesterday my class and I had a session about healthy eating. We learnt about the food groups and what things were inside those foods, It was really fun and our teacher Isabel was very nice. We did a group card activity about what food goes in what group and then we put cards of what was in those foods.
We have created a poster about the food groups, the everyday foods and the sometimes foods. Here is my poster, I hope you like it.

 

I really enjoyed learning about Healthy eating and cant wait for the next session next week.

Our last session of Taekwondo

 Kia ora bloggers,

Sadly today we had our last session of Taekwondo. 

It was so fun because we got to kick boards. I did get a little scared because people were watching me but in the end it was great. People were cheering other people on. The whole term we were learning about snap kicks. My favourite part was kicking the boards.

Im quite sad that it's out last session because Taekwondo was so fun, hopefully next term we can do it again. Here are some photos of out journey. 

Hope you enjoyed and have an awesome 2021 <3

Bao summery

Kia ora bloggers.

Me and my class watched a short film called "Bao" 

It was very sweet film about family, we then had to write a summery about what we saw in the movie. Here is mine hope you like it and have an awesome day <3

All about me

 Kia ora bloggers. Today I made an All about me poster. My teacher gave the class 6 questions that we had to write down and answer to. We also had to out a photo of ourselves in the middle. Hope you like it <3

Have an awesome 2021 and stay safe from covid <3

SLJ-Summer poem

 Kia ora Bloggers.

Today for the SLJ I have made a summer art poem, I did try to do art but sadly failed, I have made a poem about the summer, I will definitely work on some art as well, I tried to think about what type of art but couldn't quite make up my mind.

Anyways, i have written this poem about what summer feels like to me and what I like about it. I wrote down my feelings about summer, luckily it wasn't hard. Enjoy and have an awesome year.

SLJ-My Summer collage

 Kia ora bloggers.

I made the SLJ My summer task today. It was really fun thinking up the things I love doing in the summer. I had a blast putting in images and making a poem. I added in a poem of what I like doing in the summer. What I had to do was make a college about my Summer. I added in some images and a poem to go with my Summer. Enjoy.

Hope you like it, and the poem, have an amazing summer and 2021 <3

SLJ-Special Summer Place

 Ni hao Bloggers.

Today for the SLJ I made Poster of the Special Summer Place. What I had to do was put a image into a google drawing  doc (that I made a copy of from the SLJ task) of a special place I love to spend summer in. I also had to write down why. I have made mine, enjoy.

HHope you liked it have an awesome 2021 whanau.

SLJ-My super Summer taste

Kon'nichiwa everyone. I have made a poster of all the foods and drinks I enjoy during the summer, I added in some summer foods and used adjectives to describe them. I did 4 foods, enjoy.

 

꧁༒☬Happy new years☬༒꧂

 Hola everyone. 

Happy new years to you all. Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas, I know I did. My favourite thing I got for Christmas was probably mt tablet and headphones. 2020 was such a weird year, with covid, lockdown, bush fires and much more. 

But we survived, lets hope this year is different. Lets all stay positive. Did anyone stay up for the midnight countdown? I did. It was awesome and hopefully 2021 it better. Have an awesome 2021 and lets hope its better than 2020. Have a great year

SLJ reverse image

 Kia ora Whanau. 

 Today I will be telling you a way to see if a image is fake or not. 

 How you can find it out is going to images.google.com. 

 Now it may seem like the normal google bu its not, instead of looking up words and stuff (even though you  still can on images.google) you can insert photos or paste them. When you search it come up with info and a  list of the same photo on the page, so you can investigate. There would be a bunch of sites you can go on  to see and check it out.

 Now for the quote people say "The camera never lies". I personally think its false.                                   That is because sometime  the camera lies and it not what you think it is, it could be fake. The person that     created the photo could change it up a lot, so the word never in the quote, well it not true. Back then I think   it could be true because back then nobody knew you could edit it or change the photo up.