Wonderful Statistics

 In Te Maunga we have been learning about statistics. All we had to do was pick a question to ask the class. It could be any question but not a yes or no question. We had to get into pairs and my buddy was Kova-Rose. We decided to ask a question and give people options. The question we chose was “What is your favourite ice-cream out of hokey-pokey, mint chocolate chip, chocolate and cookies and cream?” The most chosen ice cream was cookies and cream with 21 votes. Chocolate got 8, mint choc chips got 13 and hokey-pokey got 8. We had to find a way to gather our data so Kova and I got four pieces of paper and wrote the ice cream names at the top of the paper and went around the entire class and wrote down the names that chose which ice-cream. Then we had to transfer our data to our chromebooks and make it into a bar graph. We also had to write a little explanation each to say what we learnt and what we maybe could’ve done better. 

Our Amazing Swimming Session!

 In Te Maunga we have been swimming. We learnt how to do sculling and we had to swim from one end of the pool to the other. My favourite part was when we had to float on our backs.

Pepeha Art That Will Blow Your Mind!

 In Te Maunga we have been learning about Kowhaiwhai patterns and doing some Pepeha Art. First we drew our maunga/awa in our book as a practice. Then we had to get a piece of paper and copy the drawing onto the piece of paper. Later, we drew on some kowhawhai patterns with a pencil. After all that, we had to write a whakatauki on our art. My whakatauki said “Kia mau ki te tokanga nui a noho” meaning there's no place like home. I tried hard to keep inside the lines.

Measurement

 In Te Maunga we have been learning about measurement. One of the activities I did was called Shady Shadows. We had to measure the size of an object and we had to measure the size of an object and the size of the shadow of the same object. I learnt how to measure properly using a metre ruler. My favourite activity was growing in water. We each got a capsule and we had to measure the size and width of the capsule. Then we put the capsules in warm water and watched them grow. It was very satisfying watching them. I had fun learning about measurement.

Learning about science.

 In Te Maunga this week, we had a visit from the Northland Science Roadshow. We learnt about rockets, water testing and spectroscopy. Our class got split into 3 groups. I was in group three and we were first to do the rockets. We used plastic bottles as rockets. I learnt about the amount of pressure you had to have in the bottle to make it go far. Next we did water testing. For water testing we used two chemicals called nitrate and ammonia. I learnt that if you put a different amount of the chemicals in water it changes color. We looked at the different types of water and they weren't drinkable. The last activity we did was spectroscopy. We got a box with a slit in it and a CD. We had to slide the CD into the slit in the box and it made the CD look like it had a perfect rainbow on it. I really liked doing science projects with the Northland Science Roadshow.

Playing Cricket

In Te Maunga we learnt how to play cricket. We got taught by a guy named Neil. I was very scared to do cricket because I thought I wouldn’t be good at it but it was really fun. I learnt how to hit the ball with a bat properly. After the warm up, we played SPEED cricket. It was really easy and fun. I hit the ball twice in speed cricket.

Poetry

 In Te Maunga, we have been learning about poetry and how to write a poem. The things we learnt about were, adjectives, adverbs, similes and more. An adjective is a describing word. For example: harshest, shimmering, big. I enjoyed learning about poetry.