Prep Market 2016

Who-  The Poke Creators 

                                             What- Poke Balls                                                          

Where- Rangikura School 95 Conclusion st

Why- To prove that kids at Rangikura School can run a business 

                   

Olympic Slide 2016

My Book Review

By Memphis

Title:  Green Eggs & Ham

Author:  Dr Seuss

Illustrator:  Dr Seuss

 

Storyline (Summary): A boy named Sam keeps pushing this man to eat green eggs & ham but this man doesn’t want to.  But they keep fighting because one man doesn’t want to try something new.

What I didn’t like?

 I didn’t like that the man could have just tasted the green eggs & ham, instead he keeps refusing.

What I liked Best?

 I liked that this book was all about trying new things.

Favourite Character & Why?

I like Sam because he wouldn’t give up no matter what.    

Would I recommend this book?

I would recommend this book to people who like rhymes and reading.

          

My Olympic Artwork!!

This is my Olympic artwork.  In it I have all of the things that me and my class have been doing for our Topic Inquiry like our maths  tessellation, similes, metaphors and Olympic vocab.

First let me explain similes and metaphors.  In the speech bubbles we have similes.  Similes are a comparison  two things using like or as.  For example she is like shadow when she creeps up on her pray.  In the thought bubbles we have metaphors.   Metaphors are when you compare two things without using like or as they just say what they want to say.

Tessellations are a repeated pattern with no gaps or overlapping. In the back of my art work you can see this piece at the back, that is my tessellation.  To make a 3.8cm triangle.  It was pretty hard to make but I manage to make it and made a pretty cool piece.

The last one is my olympic vocab.  We had to put in friendship, respect and excellence.  We had to because those were the olympic values.

I hope you enjoyed my writing and have great day.

S.T.E.M Challenge

Our Materials:

Challenge #1 Build a structure with a cube as the base: Challenge 1 was really fun but at the same time it was very frustrating too because it keep falling down when we were building it. But at the end we made a pretty cool structure. Challenge #2    Build the tallest structure that you can and your base can be any size: Challenge 2 was very hard because me and my team were finding it hard to make it very tall. At the end we made it as tall as we could. Challenge #3 Build a structure with something that balances off the side of it: Challenge 3 was easy but we only got 5 minutes to do it so that one was a bit rushed but that was okay. Written By Memphis

Here are the materials we used. 6 x long sticks 1 x  wooden square 2 x pipe cleaners 2 x straws 1 x 1m ruler 11 x plastic cubes 1 x bunch of popsicle sticks 4 x wooden small flat pieces

Moment In Time Week 7

Boy Overboard!

Jack and uncle Cakey were looking over the side of boat trying to catch a glimpse at the great white shark, suddenly he tripped over the anchor rope that his uncle told him to put away and he fell into the water like a polar bear diving for its food. “HELP!” cried Jack but uncle Cakey could not hear him because   he was deaf.  Jack was gasping for air as he was slowly drowning, he thought he would die.

The teeth chattering water was rising above his head,he could see sharks that had eyes of steal.  They were surrounding him like they had not eaten in months. He was as scared as a kid in a haunted house and he was missing his mum and his Uncle Cakey,he was fading into the darkness just him and his lonely soul.

He decided to lie on his back, say his prayers and let nature do what nature needed to do.  The goosebumps on his arms were  slowly going away, the waves were pushing up and down.  He was now in the power of nature. He knew the right thing would happen and he might not die a painful death.

Written by Memphis, Jipsy, Daisy and Mereana.

Memphis:

I think me and my team done really well on working together and finding where we needed to put full stops and capitals letters.

Jipsy:

I think that me and my crew done really well for this moment in time, cause we had a lot of ideas in our mind that we shared.

Mereana:

I think that me and my group did really well.  I liked that everyone put all their great ideas together and made a good piece of writing.  I also learnt some new words from my group.

Daisy:

I think me and my group did well on this piece of writing because we all put all our ideas together and made a really good piece of writing that is really descriptive and has a simile that decrided the sentence that it was used  really well. But in this piece of writing we still needed to go back and change same words and read it for sense.

M.I.T

The day Robby got a Tooth to the nee

One day Bobby said to his mates in class how about we play soccer at recess, they all replied “ shore thing Bobby “ The teacher heard them and they got the strap, but the worst part was they got it on their bottom so it hurt even more.

Finally recess was here.  They all yelled yay recess is here where free.  Some of the other kids were thanking the lord because recess was here.  Bobby said “ it feels like it has been millions of years” & all of his friends agreed even the other kids did to.  When they started the game Robbys eyes were as black as coal, Bobby said  “are you okay Robby” “year I’m fine” replied Robby.

After that they just carried on with their game until Bobby tripied & his teeth landed in Robbys legg.  “ Robby screamed Ouuuch ”   “ Bobby your teeth are daggers, there really sharp”.  “ Sorry I hope I am forgiven for what I have done”.  “ Of course you are you did not mean to do it “.  “ Thank you for forgiving me and sorry again”.

Coding

Coding Certificate!

I finish course one on coding.

I am so happy about it!

Tessellations

Tessellations

Tessellation means:A pattern made of identical shapes with no gap in the pattern.	Like this:

Regular Polygon/ Shape: It means the polygons sides are all the same length.	Irregular Polygon/ Shape: It means that the polygons sides are not even.
Salzman, L., (1990).  Cool Tessellations.  Creative activities that make math and science fun for kids!  P6-7)

Vocabulary/ Glossary
Irregular Polygon	It means that the polygons sides are not even.
Regular Polygon	It means the polygons sides are all the same length.
Angels	They are where are corner meets.
Polygon	Posh word for shape.

Matariki Reflection

Value the past…

‘Kia mau koe ki nga kupu o ōu tupuna’.  ‘Hold fast to the words of your ancestors’.

Think of those in your family who have passed away.  What lessons/value do you take from them along with you each day?  Write their name/s below.

My little baby sister Slater.

Live in the present.

‘Aroha mai, aroha atu’.  ‘Love in, love out’.

Sit quietly without distraction.  Close your eyes and breathe slowly and deeply 5 times.  While you  are quietly breathing think about someone who you are grateful for having in your life.

Aunty Rissa, Uncle Alan and My parents.

New pathways

‘Ma mahi, ka ora’.   ‘By work we prosper’.

Think of two goals you would like to work on for the coming 12 months.  Write them in the spaces below.     

  I get better at reading.        I get better at writing

Matariki...

This week me and my group have been learning about matariki.  Here is a picture I drew to share my undestanding.

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/12v4FAuscWSyB6rvyier7aICjmMLlnHr-K7LWKFMt1u8/pub?start=true&loop=false&delayms=10000

Whanaugatanga

This is my whanaungatanga art work.  This art work shows my family and me.  Each koru represent someone in my small family.  And I forgot to tell you about what whanaungatanga means so whanaungatanga a sense of belong to a group so that you don't fell left out or sad.

Instructions to weave a box!

Equipment

Scissors
Paper
Ruler
Pen/Pencil
tape


 1.  Gather all your equipment so you are ready to start.
2.  Measure 10 strips of paper 1 cm wide and 30 cm long.
3. Cut out the 10 strips of paper.
4. Place 5 strips on the mat next to each other about 2 cm width apart.
5. Grab a strip and weave it through the strips on the mat.
6. Repeat step 5 using the 4 strips remaining.
7. Once step 6 is completed carefully push the strips closer together until they meet.  And the inside makes a square.
8. Cello tape each corner to help keep the strips in place.
9. To make the sides of the box, fold the outside strips back over the base.  (to keep the sides straight fold the strips using the base as your guide.)
10. Cut out 4 strips that are 24 cm long and 1 cm wide.
11. Take one strip and fold it into 4 quarters.  (to give it 4 corners)
12. With the same strip weave it through the 4 sides.  (Keep it tight)
13. Cello tape each corner to keep the strip in place.
14. Repeat step 12 and 13 for the 3 remaining strips.
15. To finish the box make sure you fold over any strips sticking up and tape it down.

This is my duffy book.  It is a lego book and it is called Fire Truck To The Rescue.  It was written by a woman called Sonia Sander.  It is about a fire going on in lego city.  The fire fighters and the fire truck are on the way.  They can save the day.  At the end they go home knowing that they saved the day!

Purpose: Inform (share is our knowledge and facts)

Here is some information about harakeke.   Harakeke is also known as flax and can be found in gardens.  Before you even touch the plant you will have to say a karakia (prayer).  Another two things are number one you can not cut it in the rain and you can not cut it when it is in flower.   And you can’t cut the three middle ones or the whole plant will die.  The plant can live for a very long if time you don’t cut the middle three.

http://www.bushmansfriend.co.nz/phormium-tenax-flax-harakeke-xidc17787.html

All About Me!

Hi this is my work.   It shows me and some of my family. It also shares the definitions of what whanaungatanga and manaakitanga means.  Also manaakitanga means the qualities of  a good person like:

helpfulness, friendship, love, hospitality, protection and many more.

 Whanaungatanga means a sense of belong to a group so that you don't feel left out or sad.  It also took 9 weeks.
Please leave a comment to tell me how I did.

Venn Diagram

This is my venn diagram in the middle it shows the similarities that the two books have and on the outside it shows differences that they have.

Book Selling

This is my poster and it is to sell my book please give me some feedback and tell me what you think.  Thank you.

Weaving

Look at what I am doing.  I learnt how to weave  a box and write instructions.