Earthquake slideshow.

This is a slideshow of safety instructions if an Earthquake strikes while your at school.

Layers of the earth.

WALT-make a model of the layers of the earth out of play-dough.

so...that when we learn about natural disasters we can use our knowledge of the layers to understand them better.

To...help us in topic and science and learn about the earth around us.

The crust contains continents and seas.The thickness of the crust 15-75km.

The next layer is the upper mantle.It is 400km thick.It is made out of iron,magnesium and silicate.

The lower mantle is more dense than the upper mantle.It is 2300km thick.

The outer core is a liquid.It is 2300km deep.It contains iron,nickel and sulphur.

The inner core is solid.It also contains iron,nickel and sulphur.The inner cores temperature is 6050 degrees Celsius.

Whanaungatanga Story

I sniffed the fresh air at the very point of my nose. I smelt the burning smoke of a hangi. I was drifted away in the fresh points of the earth. My eyes opened as if I were in paradise. I was shocked to the tip of my eyes. I saw kaumatua having a hui. Old women weaving harakeke. The joy that I felt was unspeakable. The kids running around made me want to jump down from the sky.

As a shadow walked closer to me, I was unsure who it was. As she spoke to me her voice was a sweet cuddly one. She offered me a night at her house. As I entered the room the warm air was filling my lungs. The damp ground made it harder for me to sit, but the lady showed me around the house. She said her name was “Tania.” She had never had any kids. When the sun rose upon the middle sky, I heard a tohunga bless the harakeke.

As the time machine was transferring me back to my time, I thanked Tania for giving me this place to live. I arrived back to my time. I couldn’t believe this had really happened.

Art Group - Inquiry Presentation

I researched Maori Art from past to present as part of our topic 'Whanaungatanga'. Did you know that some Maori tattoo instruments were made from albatross bone? Neither did I! Check out my presentation below!

My First Movie!

Miss Hansell set a challenge of making our very first movie using iMovie! We had to take the pictures, add transitions, add music and edit it all ourselves! Here is the end product, I hope you like it.

Prediction Key

Prediction Key

I have predicted what my uniform will look like in 50 years using the Prediction Key.This is what I predict we will all be wearing in 50 years time!

My goals for term 2

Term Two Learning GoalsMy learning goal for Reading this term is:
Make sure I read a chapter of a chapter book every night to help build my vocabulary and use what I read to influence my writing.
To achieve this goal, I will need to:
Read and also understand what the story is about so I can advance in my reading.
My whanau can help me achieve this
They could take me to the library and I could take some books out to read.

My learning goal for Writing this term is:
To aim for a higher standard of my writing and get deeper into describing.
To achieve this goal, I will need to:
Make sure I practise over and over again, by taking my re-crafting seriously and writing at home when I can.
My whanau can help me achieve this by:
They could help me by telling me new words and the meaning of those words, so I can build my vocabulary and use these interesting words in my writing.

My learning goal for Maths this term is:
To make sure I learn my times-tables so that I can recall them quickly and use them when solving maths problems.
To achieve this goal, I will need to:
Recall my maths times-tables every night.
My whanau can help me achieve this by: They can ask me a mixture of questions about times-tables and testing my knowledge.

My personal goal this term is:
To be a Tongan choreographer.
To achieve this goal, I will need to:
By practising, dancing and smiling.
My whanau can help me achieve this by:
They could teach me some Tongan actions, songs and teach me the traditions.