Great Marble Challenge

 Kia Ora, for the past week in Te Ngahere we have being doing the great marble challenge. The reason that we are doing this is for the science fair, this will helps us with doing the scientific method. How this challenge works is we get into groups and we come up with a design to make a ramp. We then think about what material we have to use and the height measurements. We came up with a hypothesis and we then try to test our results. We do 10 rolls each test and then we put together the results and we see what is one variable we could do to better our ramp. We did the challenge and then we found out who created an ramp with an amazing design and good results. My group came second place in the competition . We then did a reflection of our challenge and saw where we could improve. Have you ever done the great marble challenge before? 

The Tricky Science Fair

Kia Ora this week in Te Ngahere we went to Bay Of Islands to attend a science roadshow. It was very interesting and I got to learn about a lot of things such as, hot air, different gases, taste buds and many more. During this time the teachers there showed us an experiment that involved using fire and nitric oxygen. What I learned from this is that there is false test for example when we were watching the show one of the men there popped a balloon with an orange. People thought that this was because of the acid from the orange juice, but really it was the juice from the orange skin that caused the balloon to pop. I also learned that your height does not affect your jump. Even if your the tallest or shortest it doesn't matter. I want to thank Bay Of Islands College for allowing us to come to your beautiful school and come see the science fair. I also would like to thank the science program for you kindness and amazingness while we were there. Have you ever gone to a science fair? 

What Is a Scientific Method ?

Kia Ora, this week in Te Ngahere we have been learning about the scientific method. The reason we are learning about this is because we are going to be doing a science fair. The year 7 and 8’s in this class have been doing this for the past years they have been in this class but the year 6’s are new to all this. It is very interesting. We are making infographics if you don’t know what an infographic is it is a poster that has both information and pictures.We all made info-graphics about following a scientific method. What I think I did well is tried to do a better infographic than when i was a year 6. What I could do better is add more photos. Have you ever made an infographic before? 

The Missing Word Text

Kia Ora, this week in Te Ngahere we have being doing our panui, the focus of our panui was to fill in the blanks with words that we thought would make sense in the text. This will help us when we are writing and need to change some of ours words to make it make sense. The Text we are reading is about an otter that gets transferred to a different zoo and goes missing. I find that this is an very interesting challenge because we have to look back at words to see where they would go, and looking to see if it makes sense. What I think I have learnt when doing this is how to re-read my work because sometimes I get too  distracted. 

What I think I need to work on, is making sure that the words I use flow with the reading. Have you ever had to do fill in the blanks before?

Wonderful Wings Writing

 Kia Ora, this week in Te Ngahere we have being writing non- fiction stories about a short film named “wings” . We all had to watch this short film and pick a scene out from it. Why we are doing this is to improve our skills when writing these types of text. We have to use powerful words to be able to paint a picture in our readers mind. Using only words we have to be able to get an emotional response back from our readers. We also have to follow a storyline right to the end of our stories. I did this 2 years ago when I was a year 6 and looking back on my work I can see I have improved a lot. Here is some of my writing. What is the best nn-fiction story you have wrote before?

Knowledge About The Ngahere.

Kia Ora this week in Te Ngahere we are finishing off doing our ngahere creations. For the past term we have been working on making a creation about ngahere. We got to pick either a plant,tree or animal. We did lots of research on the ngahere and we took notes to make it easier to make our creations. Me and my buddy picked the Tuatara to research and make a creation about.. The reason that we are doing this is because our class name is Te Ngahere and it will be a good idea to make something about the real ngahere.  What I did we is created a good information. What I could do better is get my work done faster. What's your favourite thing in the ngahere?

Fantastic Wood Works

Kia Ora, this week in Te Ngahere the year 7 and 8’s traveled to Moerewa School for technology.

The year 7’s attended cooking class and the year 8’s attended wood works. In wood works we were starting our projects of making a waka. If you don’t know what a waka is it is a Maori traditional canoe. On the sides including having  many Maori designs and different aspects on the waka. We all got instructions from woodwork teacher Mr E. I like being in Mr E’s class because he is very patient and likes us to be hands on when we are in his class. He gives us a set of instructions but instead of him writing them down he gave us a demonstration. He showed us the techniques and measurements we would have to use when making our waka’s. He also went over the safety rules, safety rules are there to decrease the chances of us getting hurt or harmed when in his class. What I did well was listened and tried my best to get the measurements right. What I could do better is build up the courage to cut my art out. What is your best project you have made before?