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: 

Past - Present

 Privet! Yesterday we had our cybersmart teacher in. We were told to go onto this slideshow and insert photos of what the item in the photo looked like today. We learnt about copyright and past. Mrs Torrie gave us a series of slides where we had to put in the photos. 

I wasn't there so I had to do it today. My friend Camille helped me and explained what I needed to do, and then I knew what to do. We would look at a photo of the item from the olden days, and then we would have to put in another photo next to it of what it looks like now. 

It was pretty hard to come up with the ones for the last few, but I just asked Camille what she had done, and she gave me some ideas. I enjoyed finding out what togs and TV's and all of the other things looked like in the past because I didn't know. Next time I would choose different things to put on the slides. 

Have you ever seen what olden day swimsuits looked like? Did you know what their cars had looked like before this? Tell me in the comments! Here is the link to my friend Camille's blog: https://saintmarysgiscamilles.blogspot.com/ . Here's the slideshow!

Museum of Technology

 We went to the Museum of Technology on Monday. When we arrived we had to get into teams chosen by the teacher. Each team had one of the kid's parents as the adult who looked after them. I was in a team with Arabella, Maddison, James, Isabella. Arabella's mother was our adult, and she brought her baby with her, so we all got to say hi to Beau (It's said Bo). 

James got a little booklet of paper with all the tasks we had to do, because we had a scavenger hunt. We went around the place and found lots of items and had to write down where and what they were. 

Just before lunch we went to a room that had all these medical equipment pieces from the olden days, and there were three wheelchairs. We got to try out the wheelchairs, and they were so fun! We took lots of photos, and there were lots of tanks and busses and trucks that we were allowed to go inside of.

It was quite hard to find each item for the scavenger hunt, because there were lots of equipment pieces jammed together. I loved going inside of the jail, and going on the tanks. Have you ever been to the technology museum? If so, what was your favourite thing? Tell me in the comments!     

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!

Marae Noho

 Today I have been reflecting on our trip to the Takipu Marae. On Thursday we brought our bags to school wearing mufti, and then after we had roll call, we loaded them on our bus. There were two busses, one was really big, and the other was quite small. It took half an hour to get to the marae, and then when we got there, some people welcomed us in maori for another half hour. After that we went inside and put down the mattresses and got to choose who we would sleep next to, and then we put down our bags and pillows and sleeping bags. 

After we set up, we went outside and had some free time to play with our friends and do some games. Me and my friends Camille and Hannah just sat around and talked for the free time. Then we went inside and had the lunch that we had packed for ourselves, then when we were finished, we went outside and played some more. Mrs Aperahama put on some music too, and brought out the rope for a game of tug-o-war. 

Then we had dinner, which was delicious burgers and spaghetti. They were amazing! Then we changed into our pijamas and had showers and got our pillows and sleeping bags, and pulled them to where we were watching the movie 'YES DAY!' and I sat next to Tessa and Halo. Sadly we didn't finish the movie because it was really late at night, and we had to go back to where we were sleeping, and you guessed it, sleep. At first it was really noisy because lots of people were talking when others were trying to sleep. But after a while everyone went to sleep.

The next day we woke up and got changed, and it was Friday. I hadn't slept much, but for some reason I wasn't that tired. After we had gotten changed and brushed our hair and done all that, we had breakfast. Breakfast was toast, cereal, fruit, and spaghetti and baked beans. We had to leave and there was a history lesson about how the marae was related to the Horouta waka, and then we got to do lots of activities outside once, and they were really fun!

We had capture the flag with Mrs Naden, but with a plastic hamburger and squeaky rubber chicken. 

Then we had craft activities with Mrs Aperahama, and cup games with Miss Hickling! After that we had some people come from the museum and teach us about the maori ancestors, and we even learnt about some different star constellations! We also had some traditional maori games to play, and we went into the star dome! After that we had lunch, and they were sausages, patties, and pasta. 

After lunch we had free time, and then we had to pack up our stuff, pick up the mattresses, and load our bags into the busses. We said goodbye to the marae, and got on the bus. On my bus, there were six wasps, and a boy on the bus kept aggravating them, and made another boy really scared and cry. But nobody got stung, and we arrived at school safely. 

And here's a link to my friend Camille's blog: https://saintmarysgiscamilles.blogspot.com/

Here are some photos from the Marae:

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!