Turbulent Task Master

This week In Te Ngahere we have been doing task master. Task master is when a teacher draws a drawing and hangs it up on the window opposite to inside the classroom so you can only see it from the outside. There are 2 runners that run outside and come back to tell the drawer what to draw the drawer can not run outside or see the drawing and the runner can not use their hands to show where to draw they have to use there descriptive words. We did task master to learn how to use descriptive words and learn how to work together. The first time we tried to do task master what worked well was that we used some lines on the paper for example we were talking like go up 2 or go down 5. The first time we tried to do task master what didn't work well was that everyone was in a rush and everyone was shouting. It was challenging to not touch the paper a
nd it was getting frustrating. The second time we did taskmaster  we didn't shout and rush that much.  What worked well the second time was that we took more time more then last time and that made it more precise. What didn't work well was talking to the drawer fast because if you talk fast to the drawer the drawer doesn't know what you are trying to say because you are saying it to fast. What was challenging was that we had to do it fast and precise. My group’s drawings compared to are teachers i say not bad.

Have you ever done task master before?

The Fabulous Food Web

This week in Te Ngahere we have been learning about Food Webs. The teachers gave us some photos of animals and then we had to connect arrows to what eats what. As you can see my doc is different to the teachers doc that she made because mine doesn't have different colours. Mine is different because mine doesn't look complicated. I learnt that tui eat kowhai flowers of the kowhai tree and stoats eat possums. Mine is different because mine says birds are eaten by plants. Mine is different because it doesn't have different colours. Mine is different because mine doesn't look complicated.

The arrows are supposed to pont off the one that gets eaten and point to the one that eats it. What I know about food webs is that it's the circle of life for animals.

I learnt about food webs in my class have you?

The Tiny Tsunami By Shivam

In Paihia we had a tsunami warning when we got to school in the morning. Some kids outside the gate said there was no school because there was  tsunami warnings we were so scared and shocked. After that we rushed home in fear. Then we started going to Kerikeri because everyone was saying thats far away from the beach we were so relieved. Before we started going to Kerikeri we picked up one of my dads staff and started going to Kerikeri. When we got there we got told that it was ok to go back home I was kinda annoyed because we drove all the way to Kerikeri for nothing. After that went back home and chilled out we felt relaxed. Then after a little I went to ride my bike and then my friends told me there was school and they stayed on a hill all day long. We figured out the tsunami was really small. 

Have you ever experienced a tsunami and were you scared I was?