Science Fair

Yesterday we had our school science fair. My science investigation was about paper plane.

waitangi digital learning

On Tuseday the year 4s went to Waitangi to do digital learning using scratch and unplugged activities. My favourite activity was the scratch because you can move the people and create your own person.

Speech writing

For the last two weeks we have been working on writing speeches. 

My topic was video games

We had to present them in front of our class. 

I think I was good

Here is my speech.

Why are video games bad for people?

Do you enjoy playing video games? A video game is a game played using a controller with a tv or computer. These games are created to engage people and give them something to do. I  believe video games are bad and here are my reasons why.

Firstly, video games are bad because it keeps you there for a long period of time and you might forget that you have other things to do.  You might forget that you have to feed the cat and dog because you are hooked into the video game.  The poor dog or cat will starve.

Secondly, video games are bad because some of them have inappropriate things.  Some games have guns and involve killing people which is not good for young aged children to play.  

Finally, video games are bad for kids because they can become addicted and stay up all night. Kids need sleep so they can focus at school the next day and so they learn things. Kids need sleep so that we can grow taller and stronger. 

These are the reasons why I think video games are bad.  Kids should be playing outside or playing board games.

By Kristy 

Maths Book

For maths this week we read a book called One is a snail and 10 is a crab. We then worked in groups to create our own version. My book is called 1 is a snake, 10 is a lobster. Here is my book I hope you enjoy it.

Moon Rover lander

For science we made a Moon rover lander using only a paper cup,

paper, cellotape and straws.  We were given the task of making our Moon rover land softly onto our Moon landscape so that our marsh-mellow astronauts did not fly out.

The materials I used for my Moon rover is Straw, paper, paper cup, tape, glue, string, materials.

What I like best about my Moon rover is the paper on the bottom of my rover.
What I needed to modify on my Moon lander rover was put the paper on the bottom.
One thing  I learned about landing on the Moon was having a soft landing.
Here is a picture of my Moon rover landing on our school’s Moon surface.  I hope you like it!

Maori

We have been learning to talk to each other in Maori. Here is a conversation I recorded with Sienna.

Maths Term 2

I am learning to solve multiplication problems using different strategies. Here are some problems that I have solved.

                     

Art Term 2

Space Writing

This week we have been writing about space. Here is my piece of writing. 

Alien

Today we learnt how to create a mine craft style character in google sheets.We created an alien Here is mine.

Pepeha

Here is my pepeha

swimming

Steam blog post

We made bugs out of nuts and bolts,art and crafts. We used straws, cardboard and sticks.

I made an origami butterfly. Here is my creation.

Bug hotel

We made a bug hotel so we can see the living things. We want to attract good bugs to our garden.
We made signs for the bug hotel this is my set of signs.

Wha's in the box?

Today we wrote a poems about living things.we had to use an adjective noun and verb.Here is my published poem.

maths

For maths we have been working in mixed ability groups to solve problems. The focus has been solving word problems using place value. We have to select the correct the correct strategy to solve the problem. I have chosen two problems to show you how I work them out. I find addition easy.

Hector's world.

We have been learning to be safe online this my Hector's world.

Colour poem

We wrote poems about colours. I had to write a poem about green because that is the colour of my house group. Here is my poem.

Environmental writing

We sketched our bean plants that we grew in class. We then wrote words around the outside to describe the bean plant. We had to use these words to write a piece of descriptive writing. We then cut out our picture and glued it on to your writing. Here is my writing. 

 

Self Portrait Art

We have been learning how to sketch our facial features. We needed to put them in the right place on our face. For our background we typed our full name and learned to copy and paste down the page. I like hair my hair.

I need to work on _____.