Puriri - Report

For the past few weeks, we have been learning to summarize. Summarizing is when you tell the main point of something in your own words in a shorter version. 

We had to choose a Maori medicinal plant that is native to New Zealand. Then we had to research about how they can heal injuries etc and how to use them. I chose the Puriri, and I had to learn about what it does. We had a slideshow with information on some of the plants and I got some of my information on there. 

The Puriri tree has very green leaves, and those are the things that you need for the healing. in my picture that I'll put below, I explain how to use it. It was quite tricky to find out all the information on how to use it and what to do with it. I really enjoyed designing the poster. Next time I that I would change how I drew the flower in the corner. Later on we are going to paint them on signs and stick the signs next to the plant in our school Rongoa garden. 

Rongoa means Maori healing, so we have a Maori healing garden.

Here is a picture of my poster:

Prototypes

 This week for reading we have been creating inventions that haven't been created yet and would help the human race in may ways. 

I created a bracelet that you slip over your lower arm and it shoots out a hologram above it and it's like an arm ipad. The hologram has all the apps on it and you have to swipe on the hologram to change page. It also has a holo-robot that get shot out of the bracelet and you can tell it what to do. 

It was really cool to be able to create a gadget that wasn't real, because we got to make whatever we wanted. I found it tricky to explain what it did, because I couldn't find the words. Next time I would colour it differently, because it comes in different colours. 

What would you do with a holo-bracelet if you had one? Do you have any ideas about what gadgets you would make? Tell me in the comments! Here is a photo of what I created: 

ANZAC Day

This week we have been learning to summarise. We read about the ANZACs. My group had to read four stories and watch two videos, and then we had to make a diary entry that we thought an ANZAC soldier would write, and we had to make a postcard, pretending we were fighting in the war, and that we were writing home. We had to make the postcard sound slightly more optimistic, because we wouldn't be telling our family that it was the worst thing in the world. We had to make the diary entry sound like the truth. Some people used google tools (google doc, google drawing, etc) and some did it on paper. I made mine on paper, because I thought that it would look more realistic, and the people in the first World War wouldn't have a had computers with them. 

I found it pretty tricky to fill out the whole page because I didn't know what to write, and I had used a large piece of paper. I found it enjoyable to make the postcard, because I got to design it by myself. It was easy to make up the street and address, because I just popped it off the top of my head. Next time I would make the postcard have one of those images on the back. 

My digital object shows that I can embed photos into my blog. 

Have you ever sent a postcard to someone out of the country? What cool fact about ANZAC day do you know? Tell me in the comments! Here are the images of my post card and diary entry!

March Reflection

 Today I did my March Reflection. We had to write what we enjoyed and completed this month, along with other things. I enjoyed writing about what happened this month. I also found rating the Wild Robot Escapes really fun. I found writing the 'Slam dunk' kind of tricky because I couldn't remember what I had gotten amazing at. 

I think that next time I would be more descriptive about what I had learned on my reflection. Next time I also need to work faster and be more focused on my learning. 

My digital object shows that I can embed a Google Drawing on my blog. 

What are you proud of that you did in March? Have you improved at anything that you used to find really hard? Tell me in the comments!

Te Kuri a Paoa

We have been making pastel art of Te Kuri a Paoa. We learnt about Paoa and Kiwa through art, and we learnt that when Paoa and Kiwa came to New Zealand they thought that Young Nick's Head looked like their dog, and so they named it Te Kuri a Paoa. But then Captain James Cook came and named it Young Nick's Head, because he saw it over Nick's head. 

We had to use pastels and blend them to make the dog. First we outlined everything in chalk, and then we got out the pastels and started to colour it in. It took a week to make it, and we also had to use different pastel techniques and different smudging ways. It was quite hard to smudge and blend the pastels, because it was all quite fast-drying. When we had done one step, we had to come down to the mat to learn the next. Some people were away and had to finish later than others, and it was hard for them because they didn't the teacher explaining things to them. 

It was really enjoyable to learn about Te Kuri a Paoa while we were doing our art, because I love art and I really liked using the pastels. It was quite tricky to get the paper aligned properly when we were glewing it though, and next time I think that I'd change how far up on the page my dog is. 

Have you ever used pastels? Did you know about Te Kuri a Paoa? Tell me in the comments!

Goal Setting Term 1

 We have been learning to set goals. The teacher gave us two sets of slides and we worked on them as a class. We had to choose a person who we wanted to be more like who was on the Horouta Waka, and then we wrote down how we were going to be more like them. I chose Hineakua, and I am going to be more like her by being more self-organized and responsible for myself. 

I enjoyed writing about how I was going to improve myself this year. Next time I think that I'll explain more about how I'm going to be like Hineakua, and why I want to be more like her in my Goal Setting slide. I found it quite tricky to write how my whanau are going to help me, because they weren't there when I wrote it. 

My digital object shows that I can embed slide into my blog. What are your goals? Who do you look up to that inspires your learning? I hope you liked my blog!

Chinese New Year

 We have been making Chinese New Year posters and chinese lanterns. I found it tricky to make the lantern. I found it fun to make the poster. Next time I would change the information on the poster. I am learning how to summarise.