Maori

This week for Maori we translated names of people. 

First we matched Maori peoples names to English names of people. 

Next we translated names of people. Then we went on the mat to learn our left and right in Maori.  

Right in Maori is Matua left in Maori is Maui. 

Next I checked my Maori names. 

Emergency shelters

 During this week's inquiry session, we were learning how to design an emergency shelter. 

First, we designed a quick sketch of an emergency shelter on a piece of paper. We had to draw our design from a front angle and a side angle. We also had to think about what shape would be suitable for natural disasters such as strong winds. We used an octagon because if the wind toppled it over then it would still maintain its shape. 

 

Next, we designed a 3D version of our emergency shelter. To help us make the 3D shapes we used an app called sketchup. We had to replicate our paper design. 

Lastly, some changes we think we could make is, getting rid of some of our pillars, because the storm is capable of blowing down the pillars which will make the octagon roll repeatedly, and we could take away one of the windows so that there's a less likely chance of things flying through it.

The things I liked was sketching the emergency shelter on sketchup and looking for different emergency shelters.

Here are some photos of our sketch up.

Touch

 Today for Kiwi Sport we practised doing three man settle and two man settles. 

To practices these skills we got into groups of four and we had letters one person was a,b and c, and one person had to wait. To do the three man settle I planted the ball so that the person behind me could pick the ball up and pass it to me. 

Then we played a game called walking touch. To play walking touch we couldn't run we had to walk.  We also kept on doing those skills so that we could move up with the ball. Then I chucked the ball to the people that were on the far side of the try line so we could score a try. 

I enjoyed practising those skills even though I already knew them I still had fun. 

Here are some photos of us doing those skills. 

Fractions

A fraction is one whole thing cut equally into peaces.  

The  simplest fraction is halves. Halves are a whole thing cut into two peaces. 

below are some example of origami papers folded into halves. 

Quarters are a whole thing cut into four equal peaces.  below are some examples of origami papers folded into quarters. 

 

L.I to identify and create halves,and quarters. 

Inter school touch tournament

 On Wednesday some people from LS1 and LS2 went to Dunkirk Reserve for a friendly touch rugby  tournament. Competition was split into Y5,Y6,Y7,and Y8 different yeal groups. 

First we played against Sylvia Park. When we played against Sylvia park we lost by 0-5. The skills that we needed to work on was running straight and catching the ball. We also needed to communicate more and not waiting for the ball to come to us. 

Then we played against St Patrick's. When we played against St Patrick's we had a tie 3-3. When we played against St Patrick's we got better at communicating,but we still needed to not stay behind and wait for the ball to come to us. We also needed ton work on catching the ball. 

After that we played against Sylvia Park 2. When we played against Sylvia 2 we tied 2-2. The things we needed to work on was running the ball straight, and spreading out. 

Lastly we played against Stone Field when we played against Stone Field we lost by 2-3. We got better at moving up together in a line and spreading out.  

I liked how my team got better at some of the skills and they were listening to each other more and got better at running the ball straight. 

 

 

Kiwi Sports

This week for kiwi sport we learnt new basic skills. One skill we learnt was placing the ball. To place the ball I had to put the ball down with two hands. 

The first game we played was bibs and non bibs. 

The things we learnt in bibs and non bibs. Was planting the ball to plant the ball I had to  put the ball on the ground with two hands then I stepped over the ball. 

The last game we played was attack and defend. To play attack and defend there were two different teams one team was the defend and one team was the attacking. 

Understanding materials: warm/cold

Insulators are things that stop heat from travelling. The materials that kept stuff warm was the paper cup,tin,and paper. 

The best insulator for keeping things warm was the polystyrene cup. 

The best insulator for cold was the plastic cup. 

The materials were tested with thermometer. The materials that stopped heat from escaping was the glass and polystyrene. 

The insulator best for hot and cold is polystyrene because it has a lower number on both of the experiment. 

Here is the results of the hot and cold experiment. 

L.I To learn and practice experimental methods  

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