Leaf GIF

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This week we have been doing a reading activity about a leaf. We had to draw a leaf and put in the: verbs, adverbs, and also a few sentences about the leaf. The hard part was to think of all the words. The easy part was to draw the leaf. We also made a GIF of our leaf. The learning behind the task was to learn what adverbs were and how to use them. The hard part for making the GIF was to get all the timing and sizes right. The easy part was to make the actual pictures of the GIF.  We are learning about mood and atmosphere 

Tree Hut Adjetive

 We have been learning how to use adjectives to describe a mood and atmosphere. Here is a picture of our tree house that my group made and the adjectives to describe the mood. 

Can you guess the mood and atmosphere?

Compatible Word problems

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We have been learning about how to use Compatible Numbers. Compatible Numbers are any two numbers which add together to make a Tidy Number 

(a  number which ends in zero).  We had to choose two Compatible Numbers and another number. Then we had to think of a word problem which used our numbers and give the problem to a buddy to solve. Mrs Ogle, our maths facilitator, said this is called 'posing problems'. Here is my problem 32+54+18= Max shaved his head 54 times Auto shaved his head 32 times and Shank shaved his head 18 times. How many times did they shave all together.

On the bus to the snow

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Last week the year 5s and 6s went on a ski trip down in Mt Ruapehu, Here is a photo of my and my class heading to the mountain.

 

Measuring heads with wool

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This week we have been making graphs and estimate and then measure our maths group heads with a piece of wool.  I learned that Ariana and I had the biggest heads and Tanner and Harry has smaller sized heads.  Here is a graph of our head circumference size.

Plate tectonics

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Last Friday my class an I did an experiment to learn about plate tectonics and how the movement of the plates help shape New Zealand. I learned that the plates can move in 3 different ways, they go under, over and side to side.  Here are some photos from my plate experiment. Can you guess what we used for our magma?  

                                                                                     

Lahar warning

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Today we built Mt Ruapehu in the sandpit. We also made the Whangaehu River valley, the plain below the mountain and the railway bridge at Tangiwai. We wanted to learn how the lahar destroyed the bridge in 1953 causing the Tangiwai Disaster. Kora and Ariana poured lots of water into the crater we had made on top of our mountain. It whoosed down the side of the mountain and into the river valley. The bridge collapsed and bits of our train fell into the river. After that, we watched a short video about what do do if you are on Mt Ruapehu when the lahar siren sounds.  Now I know how to keep safe from a lahar if one happens when I am on a mountain.  Here is my Hazard Notice with the most important information

South Island piopio

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Last term, we got put into separate groups and the people in my group were Mikayla, Rory, Jayme, and myself.  We started doing research about the South Island piopio. And the hard part about it was that we had to find the facts about the bird and were it lived, what it eats. But the easy part was we gotput pictures on our slide.

Matariki star

This week we in team moana we have been learning how to make a rhyming cuplet. and this is my rhyming cuplet.

The 9 stars of matariki are so bright. It makes it easier to see at night

Rocket Dream

Matariki shading art

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Kia ora everyone my name is Stevie-Ray Te Haara and I go to Ohaeawai primary school. And this week we have been doing some Maori shading art.

Chicken Diva

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Kia ora my name is Stevie-Ray Te Haara and I go to Ohaeawai Primary school. This week we have been doing some art. The art that we are doing is called chicken diva art. A chicken diva is a fancy kind of chicken. I put some beads on it to try and make it look like a necklace and some pipe cleaner googley eyes. It has to be fancy.

Multiplication wheel

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Kia ora my name is Stevie-Ray and I go to Ohaeawai Primary school and this week we have been learning our basic facts. I need to practice my 8s 6s 4s 9s 3s 7s times tables.

Whtebait fritters

Making Fake Whitebait Fritters

This term for our novel study, Mrs A read us Whitebait Fritters which is a novel written by a Kiwi author Kingi McKinnon.  My favourite part in Whitebait Fritters was when Wiremu fell of the boat and got stuck in the net.

To wind up our learning we decided to make some fake whitebait fritters because we can’t afford to buy real whitebait. We used grated potato to take the place of whitebait and mixed it with eggs and onions. They were really tasty. Then we had to write out the recipe, put it on a Google Drawing and add some images. You can see my work below.

Fake Whitebait Fritters

Ingredients	Equipment
3 cups grated potato 1 medium onion finely chopped 3 eggs ½ teaspoon salt ½ teaspoon pepper  oil for frying	vegetable knife grater bowl egg whisk large spoon spatula dish cloth 2x tea towels

Method:

Before doing anything, make sure that your fingernails are clipped short and are clean. 

Wash your hands carefully making sure you use warm water and soap.

Dry your hands with a clean towel.

Whisk eggs together in bowl.

Peel and wash potatoes.

Grate potatoes onto a clean, dry tea towel.

Roll tea towel around potatoes so that you can wring out the tea towel with the potatoes inside.This will remove most of the water and starch from the potatoes so that your fritters will be tastier and crunchier.

Add potatoes, onions, salt and pepper to the whisked eggs and mix to combine.

Heat oil in pan to a moderate heat.

Fry spoonfuls of the mixture, spreading each spoonful out slightly into a fritter shape.

When edges of fritter turn golden-brown, use a spatula to turn them over to cook on the other side.

When cooked, remove from fry pan with spatula and place them on a plate lined with absorbent paper. This will soak up any extra oil.

Allow fritters to cool slightly before eating. You may like to add more seasoning or tomato sauce/chutney etc.

Science: Me and my DNA.

This term for science we are learning all about how the human body works and how special we all are. We are also trying to learn how to think and act more like a scientist. So, Miss Fletcher asked us to look at our faces in the mirror and write down notes about what we look like. The information had to be precise and clear so that when someone read it, it would help them find the person it described quickly. It was a bit like being a detective. You had to look and notice things carefully.

Miss Fletcher said that what we look like depends on our mother and father. Making a new human is a bit like making a cake.  You get some ingredients from your mum and some from your dad. The ingredients are called DNA. Everybody’s cake is different to everyone else’s. 
Miss Fletcher said the person with the most efficient description was Andrew J as he wrote: My hair is 1cm long all over. He is the only student in Team Moana with a haircut like that so he was able to be identified very easily. You can read my description below. The sentences highlighted in blue are the ones that Miss Fletcher said were not precise and clear enough.  Ten people said they could recognise me from my description.

I have black hair which is really short on the sides
and longer on top. 

I have a scar on my forehead above my right eye.

I have brown eyes.

My left front tooth is chipped.