Play, Make , Create

 This week for Play make create we did a book called Were all equal. I worked with Heidi and e made a house for the bear and the turtle. 

My favourite part was the food stand Because it looks cute and it had little tiny food on it, Like hot chips and burgers.

We made it out of a paper bag and made a little pound out of the ribbon stuff. We made the food stand out of cardboard, We made the bear and the turtle out of paper and added little googly eyes to them to make it look cool and cute.

I liked working with Heidi because she helped a lot and she has a lot of ideas. I would work with Hiedi again.

I think it is a shooting star and I think we could do better next time.

Whetu Challenge

 

This week for Whetu Challenge we had to make a tower out of newspaper. I worked with Gosahib, Sarah and Bella. I learnt how to roll the paper the correct way.  What I found challenging was trying to make it stay up and making sure that we had the right amount of tape. What I found easy was rolling the paper and, making the base. What I found better than last time was that I worked with different people and that we worked as a team.

Play,Make,Create. Theodore the unsure

 

This is me and Scarletts Play, Make, Create. We made ice creams the choose your decision.

Kite Day!

 

On Friday we made kites to fly. Last year some people were still in lockdown but some weren't. Last Friday last year we flew kites. I wasn't at school though but I still made kite (Which didn't quite work). I made mine out of a chiefs flag, Ribbon stuff and Tape. It was a little hard but I didn't really care. I worked by myself but I worked alongside my whole table. My kite didn't fly that well but I think it flew a little bit but sometimes it just flopped on the ground. I like creating my kite because it was fun and I made mistakes but I could fix them. My favourite part was trying to get it to fly even though I didn't fly it was still my favourite part to do. If I had to change something about my flag would probably the amount of tape I put on my kite because that's probably the reason why my kite didn't fly.

Play, Make, Create.

 

This is my Play, Make, Create. I worked with Haven.

Play,Make,Create. "Be Me"

 This week for Play, Make, Create I made something that I love which is netball so I did a netball court.

I made a netball out of wool and made it into a pom pom then I trimmed it and made it smaller so it could fit in the hoop.

The most challenging part was trying to make the hoop. I tried to make it out of cardboard but it didn't work then I tried to make it out of paper but still didn't work. Instead, I got the hot glue gun and then did a circle and waited till it dry and then glued it on the stick.

The thing that worked well was the ball because it really cute and it's cool because it goes in the hoop.

The book is about not being afraid of who you are and always being your self no matter what. I like this book because it encouraged me to be me and never give up.

.Numbot and TT rockstars.

 Term 2, Week 1 2021

During Term 1 we have been practising our addition and subtraction knowledge through the online programme called NumBots.  At the start, it was super easy but progressively got more challenging.

I am now on  Glass level of NumBots. I'm trying my best to get up to tungsten and I can't wait until I do. 

I enjoy NumBots because it's fun but it gets harder and harder as you move along. I also like it because it helps with my subtraction and addition.

What I find challenging is trying to get up to higher levels so that I can complete them all and get up to diamond.

This week we have started TTRockstars.  This is an online programme which helps us to learn our timetables. I have gone back down to rock legend and I'm trying to get back up to rock hero

I think that TTRockstars will be quite hard because we haven't done it in for a long time But as we continue on I will get better. I like TT rockstars because it helps me memorise all my times tables

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Play, Make, Create. Up the creek.

Today I and Chrysler made Cup Phones but they didn't quite work as well as we thought they would.

The story is about 3 friends a bear a Beaver and a moose who don't quite agree with one another but make it work out at the end. We did Make a way to communicate. We decorated the cups with a sharpie and we had to figure a way to make it work. It was very easy to make. I think we tried our best and did a good job.

Whetu Fun day!!

 Whetu Fun Day

Last Thursday we had a Whetu Fun Day as our camp was postponed.  Our teachers planned a fun day for us instead!  We participated in a Whetu Amazing Race, a range of different fun rotations, a BBQ lunch and play on the council playground then we finished the day with an Easter Egg hunt and an ice block.

My favourite part of the Amazing Race was running around Ngatea and it was really hot and we didn't have our drink bottles so our coach Nicole got us 2 bottles of cold water from the four square while we were doing a task.

The rotation I enjoyed the most was the stem challenge because we had to make a costume and Emily was our model. Everyone in our group made something to go on the costume and it was a little bit funny making the headband with bunny ears because we had 1 meter of tape and we used most of it on the outfit.

During the Easter Egg Hunt, I found my stick in the little trees out on the field in the black weed mat stuff. Then we had to take it bake and swap it for an ice block and an easter egg.

The people in my group was Me, Chrysler, Maia, Emily, Jasmine and Pippa. and our coach was, NICOLE!!!!

Play, Make, Create

This week for Play make Create the topic was. CAMP. I and Chrysler did a campground. We used the hot glue gun but the glue sticks ran out so we had to find another way to stick all the things on. It was really weird to just have a one-word topic and

create something to do with that one word. 

Maths mystery

 

This morning we did a maths mystery. On the first question, I and Chrysler mucked it up and put plastic instead of metal. I thought that it was a little bit easy and a little bit hard. 

Play, Make and Create

Today we did Play, Make,  Create.  Our story that it was based on was. Giraffes can't dance. I did a watercolour painting, with the moon in the background and the giraffe in the moon. I blended all different blues together to make it look a little prettier. My favourite part was drawing the giraffe because it was really challenging to do. I think it is a super over because I blended all different blues together.

 

GRUFFALO!!!!! Play,Make,Create.

This is what I did for my Gruffalo, Play, Make and Create. I did a map. I was going to do his house but then last week I did that for the hungry caterpillar. I started to rule the path and then I added a little drawing of where the little mouse went to. I put sellotape on the lake and the stream to make it feel rough and make it look realistic. I put the Gruffalo in every picture. In the end, it looked kinda plain so I put some dirt on the path way. I think its a SUPERNOVA! 
 

Week 5, Term 1, 2021

 Monday was our school Swimming Sports. On the day I think I did 1 length freestyle 1 length breaststroke and 1 length backstroke. I think I did good and will be better next year.

We had two art sessions this week and I have managed to do 4 strips of material and paper. I wasn't here to do the last one we did. I have done eagle eyes for my art. I am doing art with Miss Mac.

In reading this week we have been introduced to a book called Gorges Marvellous Medicine. It is a really good book. We are reading it Fred the moth (the best homeroom ever).

Part of our maths programme is NumBots and I think I am doing good because I am up chrome. It started off how many cogs and that was really easy but now it is getting harder. My goal is to be able to do more challenges.

Week 4, Term 1, 2021

 The most interesting/fun thing we have done during class time this week is creating our stars. My dad came to help me, He cut all the photos out and I glued them in.

We started our art this week and I have chosen to do art with Miss Mac. Our art is going to be colourful and amazing, I'm doing eagle eyes because they looked cool.

We created our Whetū stars on Thursday and they look really cool, there going to look cooler when they get put up on the wall.

Next week we have our school swimming sports. I am feeling confident, nerves and happy because I can dive now. Last year I couldn’t but this year I can. I'm going to do 1 length freestyle 1 length breaststroke and give 1 length at backstroke.

Week 3, Term 1, 2021

 Someone who I've helped this year is Meah by helping her with making her blog.

The most interesting/fun thing we have done during class time is playing numbots and doing our me myself and I and the last whetu challenge when we had to do the obstacle course.

The most fun thing that I have done at a play or lunchtime this year is playing crocodile with Maia, Emily, Jasmine, Candace, Briana, Tayla.

One word that describes learning in Whetu is being kind to everyone and taking care of each other.

Something I am looking forward to is more whetu challenge's Because. they are fun

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 Hi, I'm Shylah- Faye I'm a year 6, My favourite colour is red. my favourite animal is horses and birds. I go to Ngatea primary