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Cooking

 In cooking we have made food.

We have made:

-Cinnamon toast. 

-Cheesy toast

-Scones

-Cheese and greens muffins. (We made this today.)

One day we had to learn about kitchen safety so we could be safe in the kitchen while cooking. 

My favourite recipes that we have made so far is the cinnamon toast and cheesy toast. 

Plant Challenge.

 In class we are growing micro-greens for the wonder challenge. 

First we got an ice cream container and cut a 1cm hole in the side of it. Then we got this brown mat and measured the edges so the mat would fit in the container. Then we put it in the container, the mat was so we could grow the micro-greens without soil.

Next we got a cup of water and poured the water on the mat so that all of the map was damp, we poured out the excess water so it was not to wet.Then we got seeds and soaked them in clean water for five minutes. The seeds my group got was Mizuna seeds. After they soaked for five minutes we put them on the mat and spread them out evenly.

Then we sprayed them with water and put them back in the container.

Right now we are looking after our micro-greens by doing little tests on them each day. There is a conductivity test, light test, humidity, and temperature. They tell us about how the plants are.

Watering the mat

Spreading the seeds out

Our Seeds

Our seeds today

Lion Dance

On Wednesday we did a lion dance. We were supposed to do the lion dance on discover china week but they could not be there because of some issues. 

First we partnered up, one person as the head, and one as the butt.

I was with Sammy an I was the butt of the lion.

We learnt some moves then we got into the costumes. There were only 4 costumes so we has to take turns.

There was a orange, red, yellow, and white lion.

When I was in the butt of the lion, Sammy had a rope tied around her waist and I held onto it while I bent down to make the lions back. 

Here is some photos.

(Me and Sammy is the white lion.)

Probability

 In maths we have been learning about probability. We did some work on it and we had to make a slideshow about the scales on probability. Here is mine.

Discover China Day.

 We did a discover china day in class that went on for two days, we 5 different rotations on the course of each day.

On the first day we did calligraphy, fan dancing.

On the other day we did Chinese music, ta quan do, and martial arts.

Here I am doing Chinese calligraphy with ink and a paint brush.

We wrote 4 different words. 

The words were 

thank you

hello

goodbye

you are welcome

Here we are doing fan dancing. We all got some fans and learnt a dance to do. It was very challenging.

When the fans opened they made a big noise.

We did some Chinese music and the instruments were called Guzheng. We listend to some of the history of the Guzheng, and the Guzheng being played. Then we played it. We had two song choices to play from.

We are doing this tai quan do thing. First we looked at some weapons the man had for training then we did some tai quan do. It was fun.

Otaki Youth Space

 On Wednesday KCDC came to our school and they used our class to see what they should include in a youth space in Otaki. They were given an amount of money to spend on making the youth space feel safe and fun.

We did different stations and they split us into groups. The different stations were about where we would like the location, what we would like in it, what feeling we want to feel, how we find out information about things, and what we worry that the youth space might have.

There were lots of different opinions on things.

At the end we were asked what we would like added to Otaki, lots were adding McDonald or KFC and others were about more shops and sport courts.

It was really fun.

I thought that:

 -it should have a bookshelf for reading

-it should be near the countryside

-it might have too many rules.

The adventure of Hinepoupou.

 In Dance and Drama we read a story about Hinepoupou. We had to do a play, do a dance, or write a short script scene about the story. 

I did the script scene.

Here is mine.

(Brother) I'm sure Hine Poupou could not have followed us across Raukawa."

(Husband) You're right, we should start fishing before night falls."

(Hinepoupou) "I swam across Raukawa for 3 days and all they did was abandon me to greedily fish at the fishing ground."

(Hinepoupou) "Revenge calls me."

(Hinepoupou) "From the storm of the mountains to the breath of the sea, from the seed in the earth to the stars in the sky, may your body now rest in peace."

(Brother) The skies are turning grey, a storm is coming."

(Storm) Too late now, Hinepoupou has gotten revenge."

(Hinepoupou) "Now you may rest."

Gardening

 In class we are helping out Mike in the Horticulture block.  Mike is fixing the garden and we are helping him to do it. 

We all did something different to help. Some people did composting, soil testing, filing wheelbarrows with mulch, raking the mulch, and picking out weeds of the garden beds. This was all done over the course of a few days.

I did the soil testing, picking out weeds from the garden beds, and raking out the mulch. 

Here ia a picture taken of us helping.

I am the blonde one.

My Tapa Art

In Homeroom we made Tapa art for Tongan language week. 

We used: brown paper, vivid, and dye.

First we researched some designs for ideas. On a blank piece of white paper we did a sketch of our design then we drew it onto our brown paper. 

We went over the pencil lines in black vivid. 

Once we had drawn over our line we coloured is in with black and brown vivid, leaving some space empty. Then we scrunched it up multiple times. the paper to give it texture.

After that we started to dye it, we had a few colours of dye to use for it.

I did a turtle with patterns inside of it and two pattern things on the edges.

                                                                     My design

Fractions.

 In maths we have been learning about fractions. 

We did some fraction work showing what fractions are, then we did some Education perfect, followed by some quizzes. We then showed how fractions can be written, and how they are used in everyday life.    Then moved on to some fraction problems that we had to show how to work them out.

My working out of the problems.

My statistics investigation.

 In Math we are learning about statistics. We are doing a statistics investigation on how much sleep people get during lockdown.  In the statistics investigation it included the:                                                          problem, Plan, Data, conclusion, and reflection.

This is my statistics investigation.

Jean batten

 In class we are learning about Jean Batten. We read about her, then we did some research on her. We did five activities on her, then we posted 3 on our blog. The 3 I chose to post on my blog was strength and qualities, Buddy the cat, and Jean Battens timeline. 

Frogs

 This is the frog life cycle.

When and where.

 For my research card I did when and where. I researched some famous people set for me and made a presentation.  

Animal research cards.

 For literacy research cards I researched on animal habitats.

Evaporation

 For my research cards I chose to do the water cycle. The four stages of it are collection, evaporation, condensation, and precipitation.

Rocket challenge test

 In class we have been doing the rocket challenge. We all work in groups and have to complete challenges to get a sticker to move onto the next task.                                                                                                     Since most of my group was not here we had to join groups together.

Yesterday we did test flights with the rockets. We filled water bottles with water and in groups launched the rockets. We had different areas to look at. On was how much psi (pound-force per square inch) each group put in, how much water level each group put in, and notes of how it flew.

For the first few test flights the bottles flew like crazy in the air but when we added the fins on we noticed that the bottle did not spin around as much as when we did not have the fins on. 

The reason for when we did not have to fins on the bottle was because the wind caught on the bottle and made it spin around fast and there was nothing to catch it so it would not stop spinning around. 

We talked about what would happen if you took a fin off and we came up with the conclusion that the rocket would not have enough balance and would go crazy in the air.

But when we put the fins on the wind caught the fins and it had more balance so it did not go crazy and made the rocket fly far and high.

I think that when we did less water and the same amount of pressure the bottle went more straight and far because the water would drag the rocket down if we did more water but when we did less water there was more room for air pressure to launch and fly the rocket.

Here is a table of it and some images.

My mashed up group

Me and my twin

Camel's

 Today for the research cards I researched about Camels and how they survive in the desert.

 

About Tract

 Tract is a really fun learning app that our class does. You can complete paths, donate things, earn XP, and like and follow other people.

 There are paths about lots of different types of projects. You can to art, gaming, nature and even politic paths. Paths have lots of different tasks in them, once you complete a path you get some XP, and the more paths you complete the more XP you get.

For example here are some of the paths I have done or started.

-How to write short stories.

-Elephants can go extinct in 20 years

-How to help someone with their mental health

-Making a difference

-How cheetahs run as fast as a car

So far I have 1,175 XP points and 3 followers.

Here is a link to some of my tract photos

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MifWpslk_yf30-Oi8TJT-JwHLJcySwaH2vmms5eu2P4/edit