What Do You Know About Mood And Atmosphere

 For the last few weeks in Te Ngahere we have been learning about mood and atmosphere. We had 3 texts to pick from, they were called The Promise, Mirror Image and Brave Flower. For my story I picked The Promise, The Promise is about 5 kids that are trapped in a bunker and there are bombs going on outside and they are arguing when the right time to go and get more resources. With the story we had to pick a small extract from the story and find all the language features like metaphors,similes, concrete nouns,verbs and adverbs. When we found a language feature we would try and find what mood the sentence made for example  The colours in the bunker were muted, fading in the grey shadows. The author uses the words muted, grey and fading to make a mood of gloom, and then we had to write why. When we finished we had to right a script to explain what we learnt for a DLO. Can you analyse a text for its mood and atmosphere?

Here is my script so far.

The Best Teacher Ever

At the start of the year we were so lucky to get a new teacher Whaea Shanna. Whaea Shanna is a really  funny  teacher and she loves sports. Later in the year Whaea Shanna gained confidence and got more interactive with us students. All throughout the year we have been doing a lot of P.E and sports and it has been really fun. Whaea Shanna has taught us  lots of skill in P.E like passing and catching using our teammates but also she teaches us Math, T-shaped and more. Whaea Shanna is one of my favourite teachers we have had at this school. Do you have a teacher as great as Whaea Shanna!? 

What Do You Know About T Ball

 n Te Ngahere we have been learning a game called T Ball. T ball is like cricket theres a fielding team and a batting team. If your on the batting team you hit the ball and when you hit the ball you drop the bat and run to the 1st base. If the batting team make it all the way round the field they get a home run. The fielding team have to try get the ball and get it to the base before the person on the batting team gets there. One hard thing was catching the ball also it was a bit hard hitting the ball off the t ball stand because sometimes you hit the stand and not the ball. An easy thing about it is throwing the ball to the base. Have you ever played T ball?

Amazing Adverbs And Verbs

 For the past week in Te Ngahere we have been learning about adverbs and verbs.  We are doing this to identify the mood in stories. In our reading groups we made a google doc with three stories on it. In the three stories we had to find all the verbs and adverbs and write them down on our doc. When we finished that we did three other stories that I found harder because there were some words I didn’t know. I kind of enjoyed learning about the adverbs and verbs but at least now I have a better understanding on what they are. Do you know what adverbs and verbs are?

Amazing Cricket

Today in Te Ngahere Someone called Neil came to teach us some skills about cricket.  First he gave us some tips of how to hold the bat & how to stand properly. After he finished talking to us we got into pairs and started practising hitting the ball and fielding. After a few minutes of hitting and fielding we played a game called Non-Stop cricket. To play Non-Stop cricket there are two teams the batters and the fielders. Also there were only three bats. The batters job is to just hit the ball but if the fielders catch it they lose a bat. If the batters loose all of their bats the teams switch over. I really enjoyed playing and practising cricket and I hope Neil comes later in the term to teach us more skills. Have you ever played Non-Stop cricket?

The Best Holidays Ever!

 Last Sunday I went to the rugby game in Whangarei. The game started at 2pm and it was Northland vs Southland. When we got there the two teams were doing some warm ups like practising their passing, catching and tackling. Both teams were pretty good. In the first half Northland was winning 11 to 7. But at full time it was 14 to 18 to Northland. After the game we got a picture with the mascot. It was really fun watching the game and I hope there is another one soon.

The Best Artwork Ever!

 This week Te Ngahere have been doing art. For our art we have been practising to draw continuous lines and blend with coloured pencils. First we got a template that you could just see through the paper and then we had to draw with our shoulder for the out line. Drawing with your shoulder is like doing big long lines because if you draw with your wrist you can only do small and not as tidy lines. When we were really confident in ourselves we could start practising  blending with colored pencils. One of the things we can’t do is talk because our teachers say we need to really concentrate. I found the art quite fun and I can’t wait until we start our good copy. Do you use your shoulder to draw?

The Coolest App Ever!

 This week we have been making music. For this we have been using an app called Chrome Music Lab. With this app you can create rhythms, moods, songs and more. Our goal was to learn about rhythm, then we created a tune that shows a mood. When we finished making a mood and rhythm we could make a song. What I found hard was timing, it was really hard to get the beats right on time.This app is really fun to use and learn about other ways of making music. Have you heard of seen the Chrome Music Lab app?

The Best Rippa Game!

  

This week in Te Ngahere we have been doing P.E. This week for P.E we have been playing rippa rugby. If you don’t know what rippa rugby is it's a game where there's two teams the team that starts with the ball has to tap the ball with their foot and pass back to one of their teammates  and then there teammate has to run and try get a try (goal) he can also pass to his teammates when he is running but he can only pass backwards. When we got to the field we were put into three teams. I was in the green team. For the first game it was the blue team vs the yellow team. Then it was our turn to have a game. We played the yellow team and lost 2 to 0 but we still played well and had fun. It was really fun playing rippa and I hope we can play again soon. Have you ever played rippa rugby before?

Stunning Te Reo

 This week in Te Ngahere we have been practising our Te Reo. This time we were learning how to pronounce the weather in Te Reo. First we just practised pronouncing the kupu (words) then we started matching them with the pictures. When we finished practising, we started to play some games like maumaharatanga (memory) and Ika (Fish). I enjoyed learning the weather kupu. It was hard to pronounce some of the long words but we got there in the end. Do you know how to pronounce some maori kupu about the weather? 

Our Best Rocket Launch Yet

This week we have been doing the wonder project and this time our rocket finally launched. If you saw my last post you would know that our rocket didn’t fly last time and it collapsed. This time  round we had to take our rocket apart because the fins and the bottle were broken from our last launch.  We changed our finns to smooth curved fins and then our rocket was ready to launch. We didn’t think our rocket would go that far, but when we launched it we were surprised how far it went. It only went 14 metres but it was still better than last time. Here is how our launch went.

Have you launched a rocket before?

Interesting Tips For Your Chromebook

 Last week in Te Ngahere we learnt about the kawa of care for our chromebooks. We read all the rules and how to keep our chromebook safe. When we finished going over the rules we had to make a DLO of what we learnt. I liked learning about the kawa of care because now I know how to keep my chromebook safe. Here is my DLO.

Do you keep your chromebook safe?

The Best Wonder Project.

 Last week Troy came to our school to talk about the thrust, weight  and how the rocket drags. Troy is an engineer who is part of the Wonder Project. He goes to different schools and teaches them about rockets too and this time he is at our school. He normally has a buddy called Gustavo but he was looking after his wife. When the rocket flies it is using thrust but when it runs out of thrust and starts coming down that is because of the weight. After he finished talking about the weight and thrust we went over to the field and launched a rocket made from a plastic bottle. When we launched it for the first time we only put it on 40 psi and it didn’t fly that high. Then we did it on 60 psi and it flew as high as the goal post. I really enjoyed this and I can’t wait until we make our own rockets. Have you ever done the Wonder Project before? Here is my rocket design

Awesome Te Reo

 This week in Te Ngahere we have been learning about Te Reo Maori and how to pronounce the words properly. I liked learning new Te Reo words. We are learning to use the correct pronunciation of Te Reo Māori by reading the book called Ngā Mahi Pārekareka Kei Te Marae which means Fun At The Marae. We are practising reading the book so when we know how to say all the words properly we are going to read it to the little children. We are doing this so we get better at our pronunciation with maori words. Can you speak Maori?

Wonderful Mosaics

This week in Te Ngahere everyone made a mosaic on a google drawing. For my mosaic I did a kangaroo with my friend Ondreous. At the start we didn’t think it would look that good but then when we were finished we were surprised how it came out. A mosaic is a picture that is broken up into little pieces here is mine. We found it hard but it was worth it. Have you ever done a mosaic before?

Awesome P.E

This week we have been doing P.E and fitness. For the fitness we had five cones and each cone had its own exercise we had to do. We did sit ups,  burpees, ski jumps, crab walk, high knees and russian twists. For P.E we played a game called Universal Ball. Universal  Ball is a game where the teacher throws any ball up and if it is a netball you play netball and if its a soccer ball you play soccer. We also had to do some relay laps to practise for cross country that is coming up soon.  The P.E was fun and easy but the russian twists were hard for me.  I liked it because sports and P.E are my favourite things to do. Do you like P.E?

Awesome Laser Tag and bowling

In the holidays we went to laser tag and bowling It was cool because we saw Ondreous and Pharrell. First we played a game of bowling, It was cool, me and my dad came a tie. After that we went to play the arcade games. Have you ever played laser tag?

The Coolest Artwork.

This week we have been learning some skills to help us make a pou. A pou is a carving that represents someone or something. We drew poupou that represented our-self. We started with a practise pou first. Then we did our real one. First we drew lightly with pencil to get the outline. Then when we got our outline  we made the outline darker. Then we went over it with vivid and coloured it in with pastel. When we were doing our pastel it was important that you blended the pastel to give a nice effect. I used warm colours for my pou and cool colours for the background. Cool colours are like green blue purple and hot colours are red orange and yellow. I enjoyed doing art because is one of my favourite subjects at school. Do you like art?

Terrific League

This week we were taught about how to play league. First we ran around the field for a warm up then we practised passing and planting the ball. He taught us how to plant the ball to plant the ball you place it on the ground roll it back with your foot to the person behind you and they run.After everyone practised some skills with the ball, we played a game of touch. The score was 0-0 but it was still really fun! I think I could improve my passing by  making my passes more straight. Have you played league before?

The Best Paper Plane Trickshot Ever!

This term we have been doing trick shots. For this week’s trickshot we made a paper plane and we had to get it in our book box in the most creative way possible. My group made a glider a glider is a plane that glides and goes slow. When we made the glider we started getting our trickshot right. We had to make sure the wind was right for the glider to glide. First we threw our paper plane in the opposite direction as the wind and it did a backflip and glided down into the book box. Have you ever made a cool paper plane trickshot before? The video is on my trickshot post.