Paddle Boarding

Te Manga, Te Puawai and Te Kauru walked to lake ngatu to paddle board and have fun. We walked to get energised for paddle boarding. The first thing that all of us did was have a nibble. 

Mad About Science

 WALT predict and explain what is happening during our science experiments

On Friday 2020 Term 4 my class, Te Manga did some cool experiments. The experiments were Crawling colours, Lava in a cup and Magic milk.

Magic Milk:

You need something that you can hold milk in like a wide container or even a dinner plate and a small skewer. You also need milk, a few different food colouring colours and dish-washing liquid.

1. Get your container or your plate then pour your milk out just below the lip on the plate or half way of the container.

2. Put one drop of each food colouring into the milk.

3. Then get your skewer dip it into the dish-washing liquid then dip it in your milk and watch the magic happen.

https://littlebinsforlittlehands.com/magic-milk-a-classic-science-experiment-for-kids/.

Lava In A Cup

You have to have two see through cup, plastic is best. You also need Salt, Oil, Water and food colouring is optional.

Pour your oil slowly into your cup of water then sprinkle salt into the cup then watch and find out what will happen.

Crawling Colours

Whaea Gee

 In 2020 a new teacher named Whaea Gee came to my class every Wednesday. 

Whaea Gee would take one group of children to do science with bugs, some drama or even dancing. One of my favourite thing that I did with Whaea Gee was drama because I really like acting. Whaea Gee came to learn how to be an awesome teacher, I think she was better than awesome. 

Sailing The Pacific

SJ P2 No3 2003 

- Sailing the Pacific

We are learning about traditional sailing and navigation methods used by early Polynesian voyagers.

Activity 1 - WALT locate, identify, select and present relevant information.

Traditional Pacific Navigators found land by looking for signs like clouds, birds, stars and ocean swells. 

Use the text to help you complete the table about traditional Pacific navigation tools. The first one has been done for you.

Clouds

Clouds moving across the sky slow down when they pass over land

The colour of the clouds would change if they were above land.

Birds

Watching these birds the Shearwater and Godwit helped to lead voyagers to land because they migrate on land. 

Stars 

At night, certain stars always rise and set at the horizon. 

Ocean Swells

Ocean swells, or other unusual movements in the water, could be a sign that land was near. 

Activity 2 - Read about the tirito ‘etu (or starpeeker)

The tirito ‘etu (or starpeeker) is a navigating instrument from the Cook Islands. It was made from an empty coconut shell with holes drilled in it. Water was filled to the level of the lower ring of holes. This helped to keep it lined up with the horizon as the boat moved up and down in the waves. The navigator looked through two of the holes until the reflection of a particular star came into view. The holes were positioned so that the star could be seen only when the vaka was directly east or west of its destination.

Activity 3 - The Vaka

Use the text to help you answer the following questions about ‘The Vaka’

What type of natural materials were used to build the vaka?

Two hulls made from many long planks carefully stitched together with cord made from coconut fibre. Their sails were often woven from pandunus leaves. 

How long was Kupe’s vaka and how many people could it carry?

Some of these ocean going vaka could carry up to 150 people. Kupe’s vaka may have been up to 21 metres long. 

What supplies were often carried on board?

Dried bananas, taro, breadfruit, coconut and fish. 

Raranga Matahiko Waitangi Visit

The second time my class ,Te Manga went to Waitangi we all made atleast one pou each. My pou represents all of the challenges that people had to go through in their Waka. Before we went all of us played chain tag on the giant field just outside Waitangi. 

Kūaka

 We are learning to use visual language features to support our understanding of the ideas and information in the text. 

I really liked making this poster and being creative with it. The part that I found tricky was finding words out of the book for a vocabulary sheet. 

Raranga Matahiko

On the first week of term three 2020 my class called Te Manga and me drove in a bus, it was not any bus though it was an amazing bus that took my whole class on a tiki-tour all the way to Waitangi from Paparore school! As soon as the bus pulled in  to Waitangi I was over excited. When I jumped out of the bus I saw Whaea Keri, she took us to the class we were going in. We all had a korero waiting for Whaea Kristina to come into the classroom. The people that were in my group was Grace, Zana and me. The first thing my group did is book creater, the next thing that we did was called Virtual Reality. 

This is a picture of me at the V.R .

My favourite thing about going to Waitangi was doing sculpt GL. 

My Speech

WALT present a persuasive speech.

My speech reflection is sharing it with everyone and even coming first with one of my best friends named Mihi.

What did you do well?

The thing that I did well is use expression in my voice and in the movements I did when I said my speech to my class and my schools principle. The other thing I did well is be loud, quite a lot of people know that I am quiet and not so good at plays and anything that includes speaking in front of a big audience or even just the biggest class in Paparore school.

What do you need to work on for next time?

I need to work on not being really nervous just before I say my speech to an audience. I do not think I am really good at keeping eye contact but sir said I was pretty good at that.

What was your overall feeling about your speech experience? 

When my teacher said to the class that we were doing speeches I kept saying to myself that I will not be in the top 3. When sir needed to judge in the end I came first in the speech contest.

My Speech Kia ora, I think everyone 16 and older should be able to vote. Do you think your opinion and other peoples opinion is important? Well, I sure do. I think the voting age should be lowered down to 16 years old because teenagers have other hard things in life. Teenagers can have a chance to do better things for their family and for themselves. For example if you were a 16 year old then you would want to vote but maybe not want to go through trying to get a learners licence for driving a car and then getting your drivers licence. If you have a think about you might realise that teenagers are allowed to get a drivers license but not allowed to vote. They are allowed a house and a family but not allowed to vote. Teenagers are allowed to find any sort of job but not allowed to vote. For example if you were a teenager and your parents didn’t let you have a job you could just be able to vote instead of working hard at a boring office or at home. Why were girls not allowed to vote? And why do people only 18 and older be allowed to vote? Do you all think that is fair? I definitely think that is NOT fair because it does not matter if you are a man a lady a teenager or an adult you deserve to be able to vote and make your own choices at 16 years old. That is why I think the voting age should be lowered down to 16. I hope you all agree with my point of view about why the voting age should be lowered to 16 years old.

Keep New Zealand Beautiful

On the 22.09.2020  Te Kauru, Te Puawai, Te Manga had a hikoi to Lake Ngatu to plant with the help of Department Of Conservation and did a clean up on the track. 

All of Te Kauru, Te Puawai, Te Manga got to plant atleast one plant. There were only these native trees Kanuka and Manuka. 

We all learnt to use caring for our environment by cleaning our lake and looking after it. 

What I really enjoyed learning about planting is that  all of us can learn how to use partnership by helping each-other plant. 

Here is an example of what I mean, I could not take a Manuka out of the pot and Kaydee taught me how to do that. 

Unwanted Visitors

WALT use different strategies to understand what we are reading.

SJ Level 3 May 2019 

- Unwanted Visitors 

Activity 1

Use the article to answer the following questions:

1.  What could tramping boots, dairy products and even honey contain? They can hide species that might harm the environment. 

2. Unwanted pests, weeds and diseases endanger New Zealand’s plants and animals. Find evidence to support this view. Pests are animals that cause some kind of harm. Weeds are plants that are grown in places where they are not allowed to grow. Bacteria are caused by diseases, viruses and fungi. 

Problem Solving

WALT solve word problems using different strategies. 

Read, Read, Read Monsters

WALT use our reading strategies to find information in the text and explain it to others. 

On your blog write a reading response to one of the text you read.

WOW that's amazing!

Yuck, gross!

I don't believe it!

Afinemata/Gahehelevao

I can't believe that there are lots of tales and some of them come true. My favourite tale that is on the book called monsters is the Afinemata/Gahehelevao. 

That is my favourite one because it reminds me about the B.F.G and it is probably bigger and taller than a mountain!!

Animal X Factor

WALT use our reading strategies to find information in the text and explain it to others. 


I really enjoyed making the slide about Elephants and why I like them. The thing that I found tricky was making an A-Z about the Animal X Factor because I could not find words for the A-Z. The thing that I could of done better with is finish the learn bit on the class site which is this slide and the A-Z on here. 

Awesome Tiger Facts

Facts About Animal's

Covid-19 Writing

WALT explain what the rules are at Level 2 and what we think about it. 

12.08.20

What happens at level two lock-down? 

At level two lock-down we all have to make sure that we are social distancing. I do not feel happy about corona virus being back in New Zealand. I do feel a bit scared about my family that live in Auckland because most of them are adults. We all should know to wash our hands and use lots of hand sanitiser. That is called hand hygiene. Always remember that we all need to be one metre apart and stay in your bubble. All of the people in Auckland have to be in isolation. You need to try your hardest to not touch your face. Always make sure you wash your hands before and after walking your dog, baking and don’t play on the public playgrounds. It is not complete isolation here, so do not worry about your families, food and other things that you would buy from a supermarket. You need to be very careful about who you touch and who you hug. You can only touch your family like your mum, dad, bothers, sisters and other family members. At most schools the assembly won’t be the whole school together but it will be in a hangout. People always need to wear a mask when you are out and about or when you just have a little walk with your family or by yourself. Te Manga’s assembly was supposed to be on the 14.08.2020 on Friday. Instead of our assembly in the hall we made a really cool video. There has been five corona virus cases in Auckland. On the 12.08.2020 on Wednesday there was too many people doing covid nineteen tests and I could not even have a blood test with my mum. All of the people that got a test were from Auckland. My experience about covid nineteen has been interesting but still a little bit frightening. 

Thank-you for reading about what I think covid nineteen is and what it is like. 

Written by Lucy

Diabetes

WALT use our reading strategies to find information in the text and explain it to others.

What did you learn from reading this text?

I have learnt that you need to be very careful about what you eat and what you do and that you have to use a pump to put insulin in your body.

I really enjoyed learning about what diabetes is and how to look after it.

The thing that I found tricky was making the graphic organiser and do an A-Z.

The thing that I could do better is find words for the A-Z

Why Do Our Muscles Get Tired?

WALT use our reading strategies to find information in the text. 


I learnt what fatigue means and I learn how your body gets tired and what beats muscle fatigue. I have also learnt that you need oxygen and water to beat muscle fatigue. When you get older you do not have as much oxygen than what you had when you were young so your muscles get more fatigue. 


I really like learning about how your muscles get tired and what the word fatigue means. 


The thing that I found tricky was knowing every thing that beats muscle fatigue. 


What could I do better next time? I could of done the Create bit quite a lot quicker. 

Matariki

We are learning all about Matariki.

The thing that was interesting for me is learning how to make all sorts of different Matariki arts. Another thing that I found interesting is all of the new stories I heard that is about Matariki.

The reason I found the art interesting is because I really like art and I really like seeing what other blends I can make. The reason I found the stories interesting is because I really like seeing ways other people do things.

Make Your Own Manu Tukutuku At Home

The thing that surprised me in my learning is that Plaidies is another name for Matariki. The thing that I enjoyed the most is the Scratch Project.

The thing that I did well is making all the different art. The thing that was tricky for me is making the
Scratch Project.  The thing that I could do better next time is put a bit more effort into my scratch project.

Here is my unfinished Scratch Project. 
Click On This To Go On My Class Site

Celebrating Puanga at Ramanui

WALT find out what students at one school do to celebrate the Māori New Year. WALT to use the main ideas to summarise the text. 

https://sites.google.com/paparore.school.nz/temanga2020/learning-areas/reading/j-k-rowling

I really enjoyed learning about Puanga and that they did a time capsule. The thing that surprised me was that Puanga isn't actually part of the Matariki cluster. The thing that I found really interesting is what Ramanui school did to celebrate Māori new year. 

What did I do well? The thing that I did well is read the book with my group and use it to find information for my reading. Click on this link to see the book and the other link for the audio book. 
https://drive.google.com/file/d/19Wb4OY7pUn1KY9i9G75-KKW3JPwXy74q/view
https://drive.google.com/file/d/19WvOAsdz52dSfdeJFoCgZ45jUqPIwk9D/view
The thing that was tricky for me was making the google drawings and put in writing. I think I could add more writing, info and maybe just a little bit more detail. 

Moment in Time

WALT use descriptive vocabulary to describe a moment in time.

The thing that I did well is type out the writing on my Chromebook. The bit that was tricky for me is put descriptive language in my writing. The way that I extend myself next time is make sure that I have everything that I need to make my writing just that little bit better.

The Plastic Free Challenge

WALT find out some of the causes, effects, and solutions for plastic pollution. 

The thing that I found interesting is the Great Pacific Garbage Patch that has lots of rubbish mostly thrown out from humans. Also how much plastic that the students of Room 5 at Motueka South School found only through a little walk. I think that I can use beeswax wrap instead of glad wrap and other plastic that you might use at school. At home every time I go on a walk I will always pick up rubbish and pick up plastic when I play in my backyard. 

The thing that I did well is read the book in a group and use the book to find information for my slide. The thing that I found tricky is making the slide and find out what I can do to add a bit more into my slide. The way that I can extend myself next time is by using a bit more detail and making sure that my slide is completely finished at the right time. 

Math Strategy - Rounding and Compensating

WALT solve addition equations using the rounding and compensating strategy. 

The thing that I did well is solving the small equations. The thing that was hard for me is doing the rounding and compensating with the really big numbers.  The thing that I think that I could of done is challenge my-self bye using really big numbers. 
My favourite way to solve equations is using place value strategy. 
Click Here If You Want To See My Maths

My Bubble Memories

We are sharing memories from our lock down bubble. 

Me and my class have been making a slide about what we have done in our bubble. I have been working on this slide about my bubble memories with my mum at home and I do it at school. I have had to write it into my writing book, put on a document, make a slide and then put it on my blog. 

The thing that I did well is make my slide. The thing that I found tricky is finding pictures of my family to put on my slide. 
The thing that I could  do next time is put a little bit more detail in my writing. 
If you would like to see my classes learning click on this link. 
Te Manga 2020 Site
Have a look at my cool slide. 

Describe a Moment In Time Diving

WALT use descriptive vocabulary to describe a moment in time. 

Me and my friends are in this beautiful turquoise water with the sparkling sun diving into the water. The rocks are razor sharp and are really jagged. 

Haiku Poems

What I have learnt about Haiku poems is that all of them has to have five syllables on the first line and seven syllables in the middle. They are usually about animals and nature. This is a sample of what a haiku poem really is. 

The Striped Invader

WALT find out some interesting facts and information about wasps. I have learnt that if there was no Queen there will be no life for the wasps. I have found all of the information from a book on my class site. I think the thing that I did well is doing all the facts about wasps. The thing that I found tricky was making the life cycle on my slide. I think I could of added a bit more detail in my slide. You can still look at my slide though. 

please comment on my slide. 

Cats - who needs them?

WALT understand both sides of the cat debate and make our own decisions from what we read.

We all had to skim and scan through the book to find answers. 

SJ Level 2 June 2014 
- Cats, Who Needs Them 

Activity 1
Use the article to answer the following questions:

1. How many pet cats are there in New Zealand?
1,500,000 ✅
2. Why do some people want to get rid of cats from New Zealand?
Because they eat native animals ✅
3. What are the three kinds of cats according to the law?
Companion cats, stray cats and feral cats ✅
4. Why might a cat become stray?
Because they lost their home ✅
5. What uses do cats have? 
Cats can get mice, rats and flies also crickets ✅

Activity 2
Complete the cloze activity using the words in the box. 

collar    feral    microchip  popular protect neutered    birds  endangered  

Cats are one of New Zealand’s most popular pets.  They provide company and comfort to many people, but they can also be killers.  They catch small animals, and birds, and don’t care if the bird is a common sparrow or an endangered  black robin. There are three kinds of cats; companion cats, stray cats and feral cats. People have thought of many other ways to help protect our native birds and animals from cats.   One idea is to put a collar which contains all the owner’s details in all cats.  This means that if someone finds a lost cat it can be returned home and will not become part of the stray cat population.  Other ideas are keeping cats indoors when possible; having cats neutered to stop them having too many kittens; putting a microchip and bell on every cat and making sure all cats are well-fed and cared for.

Activity 3
Has this article changed the way you think about cats? 
Write 2-3 sentences to explain what you’re thinking.
I have changed my mind. 
 because at the top of the page cats can get things like rats and mice and flies. 

Elephant Passion Project

I have been searching up a lot of things about elephants. 

I have also asked my family if they want to learn something about  elephants. 

I have chose elephants for my passion project because they are my favourite animal and because I wanted to learn more about them. 

Check out my slide

Lucy Porohita Rounding to 10s,100s and 1000s

I have been learning to round numbers up to one thousand from one hundred. 

it is best to round from tens not one and not hundreds. 

When I started rounding I found it a bit tricky but in the end I did it. 

check out my slide

My Kitten - Draft Writing

My family pet is a kitten called Zoe. 

Zoe loves to run around the house and attack our hands and feet. 

I think Zoe is the second best cat I know, the best cat I know is  Naki my old cat that had pretty ginger stripes, it was a boy. 

Please comment

check-out my cool slide too

This is one of my other pets

A-Z Lock Down - Draft

Kia ora

This is is an A-Z about Covid 19.

If you aren't having a good day at home you can write about how you are feeling in this lockdown,or you can do an A-Z like I did. Isaac helped me with the A-Z

Afraid

Boring

Covid 19

Distracted

Everybody stopped

Fun

Gardening

Happy

Isolate

Jacinda

Kindness

Law

Messy

New

Over excited

Panicking

Quiet

Racing around

Stay away

Trampoline

Uncertainty

Virus

World wide

X-box

Yoga

Zoo reports

Water Conservation Slide

WALT conserve water in New Zealand. 

WALT make a google slide about conserving water.

I used a pamphlet and now I know what I had to write on my slide. 

My group had to make a slide about water conservation in New Zealand. 

I also used my A-Z about the water conservation so I knew what words to write about. 

Check-out my awesome slide...

Kawa Of Care Assembly - Draft Writing

WALT understand the 'Kawa of Care'.

WALT write a recount about our assembly experience. 

Check out my draft writing ...

Last Funky Friday on the 28.2.2020 at 1.45pm it was Te Manga’s Class Assembly. There were actors, actresses, teachers smiling, audience laughing and the children of Paparore school! We danced in with the cat-walk. It was almost time for my turn. I got prepared, put my glasses on and got sauted. That was when I got butterflies in my stomach and felt really nervous. Finally the time came, it was my turn to shine.  My group went out and I did my part, my part was playing as the teacher. At the last part of my groups turn we all had to say make sure your in the right place at the right time online!!! When Tuva-Lisa said make sure you always follow the Kawa of Care!!! Our whole class had to say Kawa of Care and do our super hero pose when Tuva-Lisa said Kawa of Care. After the assembly I felt so proud of myself. 

A-Z Water Conservation

WALT an A-Z about conserving water. I used a pamphlet to find key words to add to my A-Z. There is a drought in New Zealand. When you use water from the tap you have to make sure it's off properly and don't use the tap for long. Everyone has to save water in Northland so we all can have water.

Sea Week 2020

WALT use a website to find out information about the sea during Sea Week. The site is

https://www.youngoceanexplorers.com/

On Sea Week I learnt why our seas are so special to us and why we need to care for our seas. We all had to check-out the cool website called the Young Ocean Explorers. The interesting thing that I have learnt that Fish has scales for many reasons. I found challenging finding a picture of different sea creatures.

Manaiakalani Kawa of Care

WALT take care of our Chromebooks. We have been doing skits about the Kawa of Care and we are going to do them at our assembly.