This week we started a science block with each of the Kaiako every day last block but today we did the second block. My favorite block was with Whaea Rachel. With Whaea Rachel we used the scientific method and got to experiment with dry powders and wet liquids . My favorite mix was the baking soda, blue food coloring, vinegar and oil because it fizzed then turned into a lava lamp. My least favorite part was spilling the blue dye all over the table. I learned that different powders and liquids have different reactions.

At School these past four weeks I learnt different styles of dance for my action station . These dance styles were line dancing and The heel n toe polka. In line dancing I learnt The cupid shuffle, the nut bush and we made our own line dance in groups to. In the folk dance I learnt the heel n toe polka . I learnt how to move to the beat with my buddy plus the music and more. I really enjoyed making our line dance with a group of our choice. What I found difficult at first was turning with the whole group and my buddy  in the heel n toe dancing. Lastly, The RISE value I showed was success by being able to do all the dances we learnt.

Harold The Giraffe.

Kia Ora. On Wednesday the 10th and Thursday the 11th of April all year 5 and 6 in my class got to attend Harold at our school. Our first class was really fun because we got to do jokes to Harold the giraffe with Jo. Jo also showed us some apps with Harold in them. Then she showed us and talked about our basic needs which were Exercise, Water, Food, Wash, Sleep, shelter, safety, Love  and more.

The Next day of Harold the giraffe and Jo we learned a bit more about the body. We learned that an avocado felt like a brain and if you put both your fist together it’s the size of your brain too. One other thing we learnt was about hearts. She showed us a real heart in the body and the same with lungs, veins and more. Lastly we had a mini disco to a Harold song.

Today we had our action station. We started this last week so this was my second class. First me, Stella and Tiger all went to Tangaroa to see Tailei for dancing. Every week we do A different style of dance for example Like Jazz, Acro or maybe even hip hop. last week we did line dancing and it was pretty fun because we got to make our own at the end. But Today we did heal & toe dancing. Something I didn’t like at first was when Tailei said we had to get into pears but us three all wanted to be together to Tailei put me with a girl named Jade and she was pretty fun then Stella and Tiger went together. something I learnt was heal toe dancing. Something i didn’t understand was when we had to turn with our partner then grip onto another person then some how switch partners. Everyone was confused so we just turned in a circle with our buddy In the end.

What Has Happened Lately  I My Class For the last few weeks My class and I have been doing a lot of different types of persuasive writing. My favorite part about Tuhituhi so far is probably getting to try to persuade Matua Travis. Something I didn’t understand at first was the super sentences with Whaea Isla. My least favorite part about persuasive writing is probably fitness flip because I’m not a huge fitness fan. Something I learnt was a bunch of new sentence starters and more.

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This week my class and I have started a new reading block. Basically Matua gives us a book to read and a few tasks to do that involve the book like what did kane say when he was by the bay or we have some activities to do on our chrome books too. My favorite part about reading so far is probably getting to draw a map of the locations in the book. Something I didn’t understand at first was the tasks because they were pretty hard to find in the book. My least favorite part about reading so far was the first time we started reading I had to share a book. It wasn’t bad but it wasn’t good. Finally something I learned was all the names of things in the boat from the book.

Beach Ed

On Tuesday the 20th of Feb year 6,7 and 8 got to attend beach ed. My favorite part about this experience was that we got to swim in the ocean with the life guards, Parent helpers, teachers and friends. My favorite part about swimming was the dolphin dives. Something my class and I learnt was how to keep safe in the water like in rips. My least favorite part about beach Ed was probably when the lifeguards gave us pieces papers in groups and we had to pretend we were lifeguards and write down what we would do in that scenario. I didn’t like this activity mainly because it was boring and my group and I didn’t get to finish. Something I didn’t understand at first was the beach games. 

Feb 16, 2024

This week I have learnt how to write more persuasive words and persuasive sentences, letters and stories. I really enjoyed the part where we did super sentences with different subjects. I didn’t really understand the super sentences at first but then I understood. I think this will help me get better at Tuhituhi.

Today we learnt the sentence structure of Na Wai. We also learnt how to Include the speaker & listeners and how to exclude the speaker & listeners. Some others things we learnt was how to talk about 1 person, 2 people and 3 or more people. For E.g

Na wai ahau i whakahoki ki Rotorua? -Who will take me back to Rotorua.

Na Mere ahau I whakahoki ki Rotorua-Mere will take me back to Rotorua.

Here is a link to my Mahi.