Math DLO: What You Have Learned This Week

WALT: To be able to multiply numbers up to 4 digits by a 2 digit whole number.

Kia Ora guys,

For the last two weeks me and my class have learned how to do multiplying in columns. When I first did it I thought it was super hard. But thanks to my teacher and Emma, they have helped me understand how to do it. I have not mastered it yet and I am still learning how to do this. For this we had to at least try to explain how we did it and how we work it out how to multiply in columns. I have definitely not mastered it yet but I will try to explain it well. But overall this is what me and my class have been working on in our workbooks. Hopefully I will get better when I fully understand but I will try to explain the best I can. Thank you for listening and looking at my work with me. Any feedback is appreciated and I hope you have a nice day. Thank you.

T1 Science: Water Drops Experiement

Kia Ora today I will be talking about the Science experiment that me and my class did. For this experiment it was called the Water Drops experiment. This was about taking..- ah..borrowing one of Mr Smalleys coins. We would get five different liquids and add the drops onto the coin and count how many it would take for the water to fall off/break. Some that I smelt or knew was Water, Soapy Water and Vinegar. Not sure what the other two were. Anyways, for this we had to wear safety goggles in case we got anything in our eyes. All of the equipment we used were Test Tubes in a rack to keep them from falling and breaking which unfortunately, some did break in our class! Anyways the other thing we used was a thing called a Pipette which we used to get the liquids to drop onto the coin. Next obviously we had one of Mr Smalleys shiny coins, Then we had the safety glasses (which I talked about earlier).

Anyways, When we counted the drops we recorded them onto a chart. We had three tests with the same liquids in different times. Remember, we had to dry the coin after each liquid so they wouldn’t get mixed or wouldn’t really work. Here is the tests we did and how some were near the same and some were both different. Some even were pretty close to the same numbers and calculations.

Lastly, there was a chart that had all the different liquids and their drops and how far they were on the scale. We had to look at the ones closest and that they might have water in it which makes it almost the same. The ones that would be the most close to each other was B  The scale was showing how high or how low they were to water. To see which ones got the most drops on the coin before it broke. Here is the chart:

In conclusion, we did a lot of measurements and testing for the project to work. I actually had lots of fun doing the experiment and it was a nice little start for this. As this was our first ever experiment. I hope to do more things like this in the future. Tell me if you have any feedback or suggestions for my next blog post. Thanks for listening and I hope you enjoy the rest of your day.

T1 W4 Everyone Can Dance

Kia Ora

Hello everyone. Today I will be writing about a dance task. We have been looking at everyone can dance. If you don’t know what it means I will be happy to tell you. Me and my dance class have been looking at people with disability’s being able to dance with certain way. I will be explaining some more information all about it, and some examples of how everyone can be included no matter.

Next I will be talking about why we have Musicals.  Musicals are used to show and explain peoples emotions through dancing and singing. Like one of a popular musical that most people know about is “Matilda The Musical” which is a movie about Matilda. But the musical has lyrics and singing dancing, and music.

Dancing being for everyone is really important. Everyone knows people can dance because that’s just basic knowledge. But some people out there don’t have the ability to but it’s not their fault. Which is why a few dances are made just for these people. There are dances out there that can help these people feel alive and warm just like everyone else. One dance is wheelchair dancing. Some people with disability’s are able to be hooked up onto a wheelchair and raised into the air and able to be swung around and uses their arms to add more emotion and movement.

Here is a photo of wheelchair dancing to get an idea of what it would look like:

Dance Theaters UPDATE: 27/2/25 

This update will be talking about dance theaters. Dance theaters Dance theater, to me personally, means that there’s no hierarchy of materials you can use to make a piece. Movement is not more important; text and narrative aren’t more important. I feel this complete free range as they try to express something, to use a whole variety of theatrical elements, like relationship, cause and effect, clothes, dance, singing, talking, found text, plays, literature—this cornucopia of theatrical possibilities. So that’s my part of what Dance theaters are and what they do.

 

T4 W8 Maths!

WALT: Compare warmer and colder temperatures

Kia Ora guys,

Hello everyone! Today I will be showing you the task I did for math. For math we were looking at negative and positive numbers. Negative numbers are laid out like this: -9, -4 and so on. Positive numbers are just 9 and 4. For today’s lesson we were looking at the classic crocodile eats the bigger number. For positive numbers you would just do 9 > 3 right? but for negative stuff, if it was -9   -17 the answer would be -9 because, in the negatives the bigger number is the one closest to the zero and positive numbers (i’m pretty sure). We had to fill out a sheet that had different questions with positive and negative numbers to see which one was bigger with the crocodile mouth. I got mine on paper on the sheet. I hope you enjoyed this and if anyone has any comments for feedback, they are all appreciated! Thank you guys for looking at my work with me and I will see you guys in the next blog post!

 

Reflection: I found this task quite easy because once I got the hang of It, it was super easy to do! I guess this task was sorta fun but kinda boring because I knew what to do and yeah. Thank you guys for looking at my work with me and I will see you guys in the next blog post!

Ka Kite!

T4 W6 Inquiry Animal Adaptations!

WALT: Identify  animal adaptations and why this occurs.

Kia Ora guys,

Hello everyone! Today we had a new lesson of inquiry. We were looking at different animal adaptations. We learnt about Penguins and their Adaptations. But after we finished the drag and drop penguin activity, we got to do a cool new fun task! We got to design our own new animal! We had to do at least five ideas but I thought we had to do five so..I did five. The different animals I added were: Cat, Tiger, Wolf, Falcon and Monkey. It was supposed to look silly but it actually was pretty good! I will explain everything about it.

Name of my animal: Meowlf

Cat: I chose this for the body and yeah that’s it.

Tiger: I got this one for the stripes to help camouflage and blend in with the surroundings.

Wolf: Wolf body parts like wolf ears that have enhanced hearing.

Falcon: Wings from the Falcon to fly away from predators and collecting food.

Monkey: Monkey tail with extra senses to detect danger.

So that’s why I chose those animals because I thought it would be pretty cool! I will now talk about the adaptations, Habitat, food and defense!

Adaptations: Eyes go from green to blue as they live in tropical rainforests and eyes can stay open in the water.

Habitat: The Meowlf is found in Tropical Rainforests. They live on the Canopy level. They like to fly around which is why they live high in the tree tops.

Food: They eat mice, fruits, nuts and leaves that are around the Tropical Rainforests.

Defense: If threatened, The Meowlf covers itself in it’s wings like a shield.

For this task we had multiple. I am updating this from ages ago. We had to make a animal habitat. I made mine at the back of my writing book. And I will also add the Meowlf from the google drawing! Enjoy!

Meowlf Google Drawing:

Meowlf Animation:

 

Reflection: I found these tasks fun. I didn’t really try on the google drawing of the Meowlf. But my animation I tried really hard on. It took me all night to do. But I hope you guys enjoy this and I will see you in the next blog post.

Ka Kite!

T4 W7 Math Year 5 Camp!

WALT: No walt

Kia Ora guys,

Hello Everyone! Today on the task board we were working on Math. For Math we had to complete one sheet of Prototech and Then we had to choose a buddy and work on a Year 5 camp. My Buddy was Hannah and she shared it with me and we worked on it together. It was pretty easy to add them all up. I don’t know if we did it right but oh well? Anyways This task was pretty easy but it was fun to do it and me and Hannah were a great team! Again sorry for the short description I guess I don’t need 5 paragraphs for every blog! Though I expect myself to. Anyways thanks for looking at my work with me and I will see you guys in the next blog post. Bye!

Ka Kite!

T4 W7 Writing: Welcome To The Senior School!

WALT: No walt

Kia Ora guys,

Hello everyone! Today for writing on the task board there was a task we had to do. It’s almost time for new classroom changes and new people to meet. Sadly as a year 6, I will not be here to help anyone. Which is why this task is for all the new seniors coming over. I also heard about the new classroom Whiro. But this is all for the new seniors. I filled out a few things like what to expect and what to be excited for. I hope this helped and sorry for not that many words as I don’t really see what else to say for this simple task. Thank you guys for looking at my work and I will see you in the next blog post! Bye!

Ka Kite!

T4 W7 Reading

WALT: Respond to and evaluate what we have read.

Kia Ora guys,

Hello everyone! Today I am going to be showing you the really fun task! I read the whole book! So I have finished Two Degrees. It was a good ending but not as good as I thought it was going to be. But for these tasks they were a bit more than research! For the first task we had to make a trailer for our books. My buddy for this project was Brenna! It was pretty good! For the next task we got a HUGE poster sheet. It was a book review when we had to fill out the questions. But the most fun about this task was once we were done we could colour it! I also went over writing and drawings with a sharpie! I really like mine because it was fun to make and I could share my thoughts and feelings about the book! Now that I think about it I would give it 4 stars and not 5 because the ending was quite boring in my opinion. I thought it was boring because the ending was quiet basic. They could have made the crisis happen again and end the book in like “Is it really over?” Or “The End!…Or is it?”So yeah. But I liked the book a lot and I also liked the tasks. But we also don’t have to put the trailer in our blog so it’s fine. I cannot put the picture just yet because Mrs Lee has to do something real quick but thank you guys for reading this and I will see you in the next blog post. Bye!

T4 W6 Reading Novel Studies!

(No WALT today!)

Kia Ora Guys,

Hello everyone! For Novel Studies this week we had to read pages 237 – 330! I only read up to page 298! OOP! Anyways I again had the same Google slideshow and I hope that’s okay! So far in the book Akira found her family and are soon to be rescued by a helicopter with their horses. Owen and George are also almost rescued before they jump in water to save drowning Nanuq. Lastly, Natalie has rested in Patience’s home (the women who helped her) and Natalie and Patience are thinking of a way to help people. It’s super interesting! The tasks were also simple but you will hear about them soon! Thank you guys for tuning in and looking at my work with me! Hopefully this was enough information and if it’s not I’m sorry! I would love some feedback about it. See you guys!

For the slideshow we had different tasks for each of the different characters and their story. For Akira her and her family meet up again and they have to take the horses Dodger and Elwood to escape Morris the fire that is burning their house. We had to talk about how Akira saved her family and stuff like that. For Owen and George, We had to talk about why Owen and George jumped into water when they were on the brink of being rescued. We had to design a machine that would help take a polar bear out of the water. Lastly, for Natalie, we had to talk about what the plan to help everyone she was thinking of was? Well it was Natalie and Patience. So that was all the tasks on the characters!

Reflection: There is no walt but for this we had to read A LOT! We read a HUGE chunk in our book! Again, there were plot twists, exciting parts and it was so interesting! I have almost finished the book too! This week was fun and i’m sorry if your bored of the same old slideshow but it’s simple and where I keep all my Novel work! Thank you for looking at my work with me and I will see you guys in the next blog post!!

Ka Kite!

T4 W6 Inquiry Penguin Drag And Drop Task!

WALT: Identify animal adaptations and why this occurs.

Kia Ora guys,

Hello everyone! Today for Inquiry we were looking at how different animals have different ways they adapt to their new habitats. Like Capybaras have webbed feet so they can go in water! Same with Platypuses! Anyways for this task we made a copy of a google drawing that had a penguin and a penguin baby and boxes, arrows and other things and It was a very fast and simple task. Listen, If I got anything wrong then I’m super sorry about that! But this task was easy and fun I guess? although I got it done in like less then a minute but sorry for not saying as much as this was very fast and simple and I hope you guys enjoy this a lot! Thank you guys for looking at my work with me!

Ka Kite!