Lockdown!!

 On Tuesday at 12pm it was pronounced that the whole of NZ was going into lockdown because Jacinda Ardern  our prime minister pronounced that we were going into  level 4 because there was another case of Covid-19. I was upset because I love going to school to see my friends and learn about new things everyday but when I saw we were doing online work I was really excited because I still got to work. I watched the news on Thursday to see what was going on with Covid-19  and I think that we will be in lockdown for another couple of days because there were more cases of Covid. Everyday e have google hangout with the class at 10:00 am and 2:00pm. I was really shocked when we went into lockdown because I didn't really think that there was going to be another case for a while but I was wrong.  

The 4 Different Shots!

In Te Ngahere  we have been learning about 4 different shots combined  into a movie. The shots that we were learning about are establishing shot, long shot, medium shot & close up. Establishing shot shows the setting a long shot shows the setting as well as the characters, the medium shot  shows you what the characters are doing, & the close up shows you what the characters are doing or what they see, in the close up you will see none of the setting. The thing my group did well was that we followed our plan correctly. I think we  could of made the words bigger at the end of the movie on the sticky note because it was hard to read. 

This will help me when  I am creating my movie because I will know what shot to use and how to use them. 

Do you know any different shots?

 

I am Hope!

 On the 10th of August we had a really special person from I Am Hope named Tai and Trent, Trent is Tai’s bodyguard that follows him everywhere to make sure he is safe. Tai came to talk about how his life changed from one incredible person named Elliot. He also came because he wanted to help young people understand Mental Health. If you don’t know what I Am Hope is it is a foundation that supports mental illnesses.  My favourite part about his speech was when he  started talking about the inner critic inside your head that says things to let you down, for example they don't like you. I learnt that an inner critic is a voice inside your head that makes you feel really bad. I will use what Tai told us to support other people to find there positive voice inside their head.  

Have you ever heard about and inner credict? Have you ever heard about I am Hope? 

Science Fair

 At Paihia School we are having a science fair today, Te Ngahere has been doing science experiments to show the school and Nano Girl. My group is Breeze and Gail, Our science experiment is testing the absorbency of 2 & 3 ply toilet paper. Our hypothesis was that we thought 3 ply Quilton paper would absorb the most liquid and it did. I Learnt that an Independent variable meant a variable the will deliberately  change in you experiment. I also learnt  that a dependent variable means how you are going to measure your experiment. The last thing I learnt was that 3 ply toilet paper is just 3  1ply toilet paper stacked ontop of each other. It was hard to test the toilet paper because the first time we tested  we did it wrong. The reason we did it wrong was because we had the toilet paper sitting on top of a jar and it kept dripping through the toilet paper. So we tested again and this time we dropped 45 drops of food coloring onto a plastic plate  then put the toilet paper on the liquid and waited ten seconds to take it off, this time it did work. The easy part was setting up the board because all I had to do was glue the paper on the board. 

I think next time we could off used 2 3 ply toilet paper because we used 2 2 ply toilet paper so it wasn’t very fair using 2 2 ply and only using 1 3 ply. I think that I used the hoe of Tu maia because I never gave up and I kept going even when it was challenging. 

Have you ever been in a science fair? 

Dot Plot

 In Te Ngahere we have been learning to analyze and make dot plots in maths. 

I learnt that a Dot Plot was actually a graph and not just a group of dots combined together.  I also learnt how to put data on a dot plot. The last thing I  learnt was what  range ment, range means  one place to another for example you have your lowest number 3 and your highest number 19 you subtract 3 from 19 which would be 16, so that's another thing I learnt. We had to make a DLO to show and explain our evidence, the thing that was wrong in my DLO is that I had to re check the true and false questions that had at least in them because I wasn’t quite sure what the questions meant by at least. I thought that when it said at least in the true and false question I thought it meant the same amount of people threw ten meters from each class, so I asked someone to explain to me what it meant and I found out that it meant the people who through ten or more meters. I think in my DLO I could of explained the true and false questions a lot more better and clearer because they weren't that clear for the audience to understand. 

It was hard to explain the true and false questions that had at least in it because I didn’t understand what it ment but now I do because I asked my friend for some help. The easy part was making the dot plot because all you had to do was roll lines and then put the right data on it to show what room 2’s class throws looked like. 

Do you know what a Dot Plot is ?

The Great Marble Challenge Take 2

 Welcome back to my blogging, today I am going to be talking about The Great Marble Challenge Take 2. On the last day of school we redid the marble challenge to give everyone another chance to beat their last score. We were allowed to modify our last ramp or we could build a whole new ramp for the challenge. 

My group decided not to build a new ramp but instead we modified our old ramp to give it another chance. We changed what we were holding the ramp with and we changed it to a small box. It was hard to try and modify it in a small amount of time but in the end we were still able to complete modifying the ramp in time for the marble challenge take 2. When it was challenge day I was really worried because we thought we lost are marble but luckily it was still in my chromebook case. When it was are turn to have are marble ramp tested I wasn’t even able to watch because I felt like I had butterflies in my stomach. My team and I got 39 point last time we only got 11 points so to me it was a really good improvement. 

Have you ever been in a marble challenge before?

Mosaic QR Code Art

 In Te Ngahere we have been making QR codes to put on our classroom window for people to look at and find out more about our Ngahere. We did this to show and teach other people about our Ngahere and how to protect our Ngahere.  We are also putting our mosaic art on the black front wall in our class.

It has been hard for me to do this mosaic art but I am still trying to finish my Gold Striped Gecko because I have a lot of faith in myself. I found making the video for my QR code easy because I was not making little shapes into mosaic art when I made my video. My favorite part about making this is being able to teach others about our Ngahere.  

Have you ever seen a QR code before?