Math

WALT - solve multiplication problems by doubling and halving.

This week our class has been learning to use doubling and halving to solve big multiplication problems like
5 x 44 = ___ - double the the 5 and half the 44 = 10 x 22 = 220. This strategy make big multiplication problems
easier to work out. We had to work out lots of hard problems using this strategy, it was very easy for me to use this
strategy after a little while once I had got the hang of it. I did not find this strategy hard to us.

After we had done all the evidence we had to make a DLO to explain step by step  how to use this strategy for
multiplication problems. I find making this DLO hard.
This is my finished DLO

Our identity

On Monday the 18th of February, Whaea Monika and  Whaea Kerry came to our school to talk to the

year sixes about our identity. In the Whare we were using Tinkercad and  Paint 3D to make a Ngahere
so Whaea Kerry could make it into a Virtual Reality video. We got into our pairs and went on Tinkercad,

we had to design and create a tree and after we had made our trees we went onto Paint 3D and  made

some native birds to go in our Ngahere. We had to show Whaea Monika our work so that she could save

it for us.

We looked at what Whaea Kerry was making in Virtual Reality, then we went onto a carving program

called Sculpt GL and sculpted something that shows our family values .I really enjoyed making the 3D

trees and  birds because we could make what designs we wanted and we didn’t all make the same thing.

I could have made my tree and bird better next time by making it neater and more life like. I really enjoyed
doing this, and it would be really cool If we could do it again.

Science

A few weeks ago four people came to our school, to teach the school about science.

There names are Taiyo, kaitlyn, Nina and Juan. They come from the university of Auckland.
They made the colors of a rainbow out of different chemicals, Nina also made a fire out of two chemicals
mixed together. Kaitlyn poured dry ice into a box and but a balloon in it and when she took it out it was
deflated and when it touched the air it blow up again!!

The thing that I learnt was that there is something colder than the south pole (dry ice.).

A&P Show

In Te Maunga we made some things for pet day.  My class decorated novelty containers with flowers,
We decorated vaseline saucers and three biscuits each. We made digital posters to advertise The Bay Of
Islands A&P show.

After we had finished our work we went outside and one of the teacher aides came into judge our work.
The people who came 1st, 2nd and 3rd got their work taken to the A&P show.

Our teacher also sent some of our other artwork that we have done during  the year. She entered my
collage. It came first at the A&I show and I won $3!!

Procedural Writing

In Te Maunga we have been doing Procedural writing about: Beeswax wraps, Bird ball and Pikelets.
Before we wrote the procedure we got to experience it first. The one that I mostly enjoyed was  making
Pikelets.I enjoyed  making Pikelets because we all got a turn at doing something. After we made the
pikelets we got to eat them!!

I also had fun making the Beeswax wraps.

First we could chose a color fabric (yellow or blue) I chose blue, then we could draw whatever we wanted
on it.

After that we got our fabric dipped in beeswax.

We made them so that we didn't have to use gladwrap.

After we made something we wrote a procedures about it.

Cross Country

Last week our school did cross country on Thursday 6th September.
We trained for cross country on the school field. We had to see how many laps we could do in ten
minutes.
I improved by 1 lap - I started off at 4 laps, then moved up to 5 laps. We went to the Bledisloe Domain
to run our cross country. There was different courses for the younger kids. We ran by age groups.
I was really nervous. When it was the 9 year old girls we lined up and then the teacher said “on your
mark, get set, GO!”

We started around the field and then we went up the hill. I was in third place.
We ran through one gate and then looped around and then we went back down the hill.
I was in fourth place at the top of the hill. Then I went rocketing down the hill and to the finish line.

In the end I came 6th.

Math Problem solving

In Te Maunga we made flubber for math problem solving,

We used  PVA glue, Borax, Liquid dye and water.

First we had to figure out how many teaspoons where in  ½ cup, one cup and four.

½ cup = 25 tsp

1 cup = 50 tsp

4 cups = 200 tsp

Then we made the flubber, first we put the glue in a Big bowl.

Then we boiled the water and added the Borax

After that we put the water and Borax in to the glue and mixed it.

Then we put food coloring in the mixture and mix more,

We had to put more glue in the mix because it was not working.

We tried to fix it but it did not work.