The Great Greens

In Te Ngahere we went to Greens (a restaurant that my family owns) to have lunch because it was my birthday and we took the entire class. The food was served in plates and it looked delicious. When our food arrived we all demolished our plates and it was so delicious I felt very delighted. When we were done eating we gave the class a little surprise, we got a trolly full of Easter eggs and gave one box to every person. When we were done eating two of my classmates stood up Angela and Jade who then gave me a letter with everyones name and the sang happy birthday to me in English and Maori. In the end we did a waiata to the chefs and my parents to say thank you.

Have you ever been to a restaurant before? 

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? 

Caring For The Kawa Of Care

This week in Te Ngahere we have been learning about the Kawa Of Care. We had to make a DLO or google slide animation to show how to use the Kawa Of Care or we could be creative and make whatever we wanted then when we were done we did screencastfy. I made an animation. 

I learnt that if you don't follow the Kawa Of Care then you wont get insurance. What I know about the Kawa Of Care is that  you need to follow it so you don't break your chromebook and end up paying. 

The Kawa Of Care is a rule at my school is it a rule at your school?

Epic Facts About Roy Lichtenstein BY Shivam

 In Te Ngahere we have been learning about Roy Lichtenstein. We had to write down key facts that we found out in the text that we were reading. I found out that he became famous for his pop art that he did with dots and at his time that was very famous. We read some texts and then we wrote down some facts about him. What I know about Roy Lichtenstein is that he used very few colors in his drawing  Roy Lichtenstein also became famous for his bright and bold paintings. Lichtenstein is also famous for his use of cartoon strips from American comic books which was popular in the 1950s. I learnt that Roy Lichtenstein was born in 1923 and died in 1997. We did lots of research about Roy Lichtenstein and we wrote down facts have you ever done anything similar?

TRIPPIN TRIP 2020

 In December Te Maunga went on a class trip to The Parrot Place, The Kerikeri Domain and the Kerikeri Theatre. We went to The Parrot Place and had fun playing with the parrots. After that we went to the Kerikeri Domain and had pizza. After that we went to the movies. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!