Apostrophes

This week we were learning how to use Apostrophes. First we wrote down some normal sentences then we added in a Apostrophe to make the sentences power full and to added punctuation to the sentences. Then we tried our self's to do it on my Apostrophes DLO l added some examples of what a Apostrophe would look like if it was added into a sentence. l enjoyed learning about this because it was teaching me more about how to use a Apostrophe.  

Netball games

This week we had a Netball game. We had to teams that were playing from PBS they were purple 1 and green 2. l was in purple 1 the people that were in my team was Matio,Chavda,Mele,Fui,Tiava,Kanye and San Kyaw. First thing we did was we went down to the Auckland Netball courts when we got there we sat down and waited for our team name to get called out so we could vs other schools. The first match we had was Tamki primary we played great because at the end of the game the points were the same it was five and five. The next school we played was Glen Taylor school we played great put we lost by two points. We had five minutes of break to eat and have a drink of water after that we played Tamki primary again because we had the same points so played again put we lost by 3 points. The last thing we did was we vs the other green team which was PBS. It was PBS Purple vs PBS Green we played 3 rounds of netball at the  end of the day PBS Purple won the netball game. All together we had 10 games that we played threw out the day. l would like to say a big thank you to Mrs , Mr Shawn and Mrs Maxine for looking after us well we were playing our games.

Wero Vector Water Park

Today we went to Wero Vector Water Park. The first thing that we did was we hopped onto the bus and went to Wero Vector Water Park. Then when we got to the water park we waited for them to set up all of the equipment for us. We watched a video that should us the safety rules of the water park and all the things we would be doing and the things we need. We put on all of the gear which was a helmet, Swimming Suits, Life jacket, Shoes and paddles we all found it hard to put on some of our equipment but we all put it on. We got inside of our boats and practices on the water before we went on fast running water me and my group were having so much fun because it had big drops and we were all working as a team to go really fast. We had a lot of turns going around in circles it was fun because the water was going fast. Then some of us decided that we wanted to jump into the water so the Lifeguards told us we could jump into the water it was fun when l jumped in because l went down the big drops and we were floating around when we got to the end and we all tried to swim back put some of us we get pushed by the water put the Lifeguards helped us.

l would like to give a really big that Wero Vector Water Park and the team for letting us come and try out their water park. It was funny and we all enjoyed it. Thank you to all the Lifeguards for helping us and looking after us.

Kiwi Can

This week for Kiwi Can we were learning about Perseverance. First thing we did was we talked about this topic and how this could help us in the future or in school. l could use Perseverance when l am playing a sport for example if we are playing a game and l don't want to play it then l have to Perseverance this means to try harder and harder so we can have fun and work as a team. The next thing we did was go on the court and play a game that would show Perseverance and help us control our self when we play with other team mates. l enjoyed playing this game because some of us were getting mad even if the other team got a point put we all Perseverance and got on with the game.

Addition

This week for Maths we were answering some Addition question. Mr Wong Created a Challenge for Mrs Anderson maths group. What I needed to do first was make a copy and then answer the questions on the sheet.  We could use any strategies to solve this. I used algorithm and tidy numbers. 

Making Connections

This week for reading we did a Making Connections. How Making Connections work is that you read a book and then do text to text which is a text that you have read before. Then l did text to world something that is connected to me and the story. And last we have to do a reaction to the story we have to give our reaction to this story.

Bridge Design Evaluation

This week for the inquiry we designed a truss bridge that has been reinforced. We have used triangles on our bridge. Our bridge deck spans 29 cm in length and is 6 cm wide. We choose a truss bridge because the triangles would make the bridge stronger. We have used 185 toothpicks. We also used extra toothpicks, to make our bridge stronger. We used PVA glue and a glue gun. It cost 5$ to use the glue gun. Altogether the cost was $138.80c. The deck worked really well but the sides were bending. The bridge holds up to 1200g of rice. We got 8/10 for the way our bridge looked. The truck also went through the bridge and made it across. Next time l think we could work on adding more triangles and more toothpicks under our bridge to make it more stronger. We could have double layered all of our toothpicks.  We used rice to see if our bridge will hold or break. Our group placed 3rd overall. We think that we did great overall with our bridge design.

Virtual Reality

This week for Inquiry we are learning about bridges. Today we worked with Yvonne from the Auckland University and her research team from Augmented lab at Auckland University. l first listened to what one of Yvonne team was talking about and then we all got a turn on the Virtual Reality. l was so excited to try out the Virtual Reality and build a bridge. The first activity that l did was l built the pamure bridge all the things l needed to build a bridge were in front of me when l was on the Virtual Reality. After Morning tea we got pizza and garlic bread I would like to give a hudge thank you to Yvonne and her research team for helping us and creating this project. This was so fun my favorite part was using the Virtual Reality cardboard. l added in a image of me using the Virtual Reality. 

Wheel Words

This week for Reading Rotorua and Motuihe were on a site called wheel words. In this Learning Game we needed to found words that used the letter in the center. We had 10 minutes on Wheel words l found six four letter words and two five letter words. l think next time l should work on getting six letter words and seven letter words. l enjoyed playing this because it helped me find out some new words.

All About Me

Today we had our first lesson with Mrs Ferguson. We were doing Graphs with Mrs Ferguson the first thing we did was made a Poster on All About Me. This is how my poster came out and l added in images to show what kind l things l like. l made a image of me on a website called Avatamaker.com l added in my favorite things to do and favorite foods. l enjoyed making this because l can tell people things about me. 

Auckland Philharmonic Orchestra

Today we went to an Auckland Philharmonic Orchestra. We went to the Auckland Philharmonic Orchestra to hear songs. The first thing we did was we listened to three pieces of music the different kinds of instrumentation they played we Trumpet, Trombone, Piccolo, Clarinet, drums, cymbals, Violin, Viola and many more. We saw the Conductor he was the one who guides the musicians and he used his hand to control if the musicians were going to play loud, Soft, Slow and fast. In the front were the Violin, Flute, Harp, In the back row were the Trumpets, Drums, and the Triangle. The different sections were the Brass, Woodwind, Percussion, and Strings. They had the Auckland dance Project the Dancers were from St Kents and Ngatapawae they danced to Romeo and Juliet the musicians played loud, Soft, Slow and fast and they just danced to the music. l enjoyed the Harp and the Violin because l liked how the Harp sounded. We all enjoyed listening to the great music and watching the great Performer's dance. 

Read Theory

Today l was doing Read Theory l was reading l book called A Real book. l first read the book then answered the question. l got 4 out of 5 correct some of these questions were easy and hard l enjoyed reading this book because it told me lots about what l real book is.

Reciprocal Reading

Today we were doing Reciprocal Reading. We were reading a book called Built to Last. This book was about buildings that last and gave me information about buildings that were built a long time ago. l was interested in the Cold Comfort hotel because everything was made out of ice and it was a hotel. One of the facts that l learnt was that they used 350 tones of ice and 10,000 tones of snow to make this Cold Comfort hotel. The book talked about a lot of famous places in the world and how they were built. The things you do in Reciprocal Reading is to Predict,Read silent, Clarifying, Questions and Summarizing. Reciprocal Reading helps us with our reading comprehension.