For maths the first week of term 2 we have been learning how to read a analogue clock. here is a timeline based on an analogue clock.

Last week we went to the moving classroom of life education trust. Harold the giraffe and Jo the lady taught us about how to look after our body.

I learned about the 9 basic needs: Oxygen, food, water, exercise, sleep, love, safety, clean, and shelter. I also learned that your veins which look blue hold  deoxygenated blood,  which is not blue, but a dark, dark red. I learned that your small intestine can be up to 9 metres long? your big intestine is around 1.5 metres. Your heart is not on the left of your chest, but in the middle of your chest.

did you learn anything from this?

For Monday mashup I did a STEM challenge. It was about: Jack climbed the beanstalk and stole the goose, a golden egg, the magical harp, and a sack of gold. But the giant was clever and put barbed wire around the beanstalk… Me and Geordie have  to build a parachute for Jack to escape from the giant. I made a square  parachute out of tissue paper, and I made Jack out of modelling clay. Today we are going to test our parachutes first with Jack and his basket, and then a basket with a raw egg in it. Our best was 8 seconds.  The most fun part was dropping it off the fire-men’s pole.

On Friday afternoons, we do Action Stations. This term, I chose to make Dragon Eyes.

First, we read some descriptions of dragons and identified their characteristics.

Then we completed a planning sheet, considering what we wanted our dragon to be like. We thought about personality, colour and features.

I decided I wanted my dragon to have scales as silver as the moon, eyes like fire and breathe fire blue as the sea. The dragon should be kind, smart, and humorous.

After that, we used the clay. I made my dragon by making a piece of clay flat, then adding features like a moon and scales. 

Finally, we painted them. 

I really liked making my dragon eye.

I have been doing some persuasive writing about zoos. I think zoos are bad, and you can read about it in the slide show above

We have been looking at how to look after our Chromebook. Me and my buddy made this google drawing.

We revisited the kawa of care. this time we went on a quest. For any who are going to do the kawa of care quest: read   think   careful.

Good luck.

Today I made my
Digital mihi. I have included my river, where I live, which school I go to, my family name, and my name.

Today we went to watch a performance in the school hall. The group was called strike. There were 3 people in the group, and they were called Muzza, Tak, and Katy-lee. They played loud instruments, such as drums, marimba, and, not so loud, the violin. I enjoyed the musical piece called “old van driving into a tropical thunderstorm”. Have you ever seen the strike performance?

I made a balanced meal bento box.