Case Closed

 Today we close the case, the person that did it was .......Mrs Taaffe. She came to school in the holidays because she needed to drop off a few things and she went into the Whetu building and took the HDMI cable and took a few chocolates from the jar. The reason why she did it was because she likes mini chocolates. This happened on Friday the 9th of October to Sunday the 11th of October. Mrs Taaffe came in this morning and we told her evidence on why we think it's her, and she later confessed.

    

Think Like A Detective (CODE...!)

 For this weeks think like a detective code we had to figure out what the code was and then make our own, The first Code was *MPPL DBSFGVMMZ UP VODPWFS UIF DMVFT* and the answer was*Look carefully to uncover the clues* The second one was *GSRH RH ML IVW SVIIRMT* The answer is *This is no red herring* The two codes I made was *LB SRXF* *Ka rawe* the other code I did is *SVOOL* *Hello*.

 

Letter of the week W5 T4

 For this week's letter of the week, The letter was C, For my common noun, I did Christmas, For my proper noun I did Casper, For my verb I did Cage, For my adjective, I did Chatty, For my onomatopoeia, I did cha cha, For my Four letter word I did care, For my rhyming words I did Car jar and are, For my Word that ends with C is mic, For my word that has double C in it is broccoli, For my sentence I did Charlottle chased Casper around the car.

   

Letter Of The Week W4 T4

 For the letter of the week, I did This orange gradient background with boxes. The hardest part was finding words for my letter of the week. The easiest part was doing the boxes and images to match the words. I think I did a supernova because I did great detail.

  

Athletics reflection

 On November the 3rd I participated in Athletics. For our first field events, we did shotput which I came 2nd in. Then we did 100m sprints which I came 4th in. Then we did high jump but I sat out because I could'int jump that high. After the high jump, we went to the long jump. After that, we had 200m sprints I came 2nd to last because I was still sore after 100ms. Then we had relays, Weka won by 3, Orewa came 2nd with 2 and patiki came 3rd with 1.    

Fingerprints

 For today in our homerooms, we did our first rotation for this week. We learned how to lift fingerprints off surfaces. We first had to rub our thumb in our hair to get oil on our thumb so can press our thumbs on the window, and then we had to put cornflower on this brush, and then we dipped the brush in the cornflower and brushed the print on the window and after that, we lifted our fingerprints off the window with tape.

Whetu Case 2020

For this term, we are trying to figure out who did the crime scene. For the first day, we looked at the crime scene and did some crime scene notes. For the second day, we looked at evidence and clues we also looked at how we could collect some evidence like (how big the footprints are?) or (fingerprints on the pen). The crime scene looks like this.

 

The Mystery Of The Astronaut W10

 For this Mystery, I worked with Alyssa. The hardest part was Figuring out what the clues meant. The easiest part was Woking with Alyssa because we work well together. 

  

The Mystery Of The Missing Moji W10

 For this mystery, I worked with Alyssa. We both say that we work great together because this week we got everything done. We both agree that the hardest part was the first and last clue. The easiest part was writing the clues and gluing the subsect list on and crossing off the subsect list.

   

ChapterChat W10

 For this week's Chapter Chat I did Jimmy with "DRUMMER" at the back of his t-shirt. First I drew Jimmy and then did his name at the top so people know I did Jimmy, After that, I thought that I should make it more of a supernova so I put some words around him that describe him and then coloured it and sharpied It.

letter of the week

 For this weeks letter of the week the letter is M. For the background I put a moving M. I put pictures next to the words to match it. I tried to make everything blue. The hardest part was trying to find a picture for every word.The easyiest part was finding a word.

Inquiry (bugs galore)

For our inquiry, we researched about bugs. We were also collecting the super insect cards from countdown. We started to researched about making bug hotels and then we started to bring our stuff in. In my group there was Bella, Jessica and Jolie. We brought three tin cans, sticks, pinecones, and bark. First we sticked the the tincans togeather and then stuck all the bark and moss in the cans, Then we tried to make the pinecones fit in the cans.

Letter of the Week

 For the letter of the week the letter was "G". First thing I did was read the instructions to see what to do because I have never done letter of the week but I also got help from Amy. The hard part was thinking of words for the questions. The easiest part was finding the images to match the words.

    

Cooking Reflection (Opt-in Workshops)

 

This week I joined the cooking group.

On the first day we looked at safety in the kitchen and vegetables that we can bring.

 

On the second day we cut our vegetables and did a word search. 

On the third day we cooked and ate our soup with some bread.

The part that I liked the most was eating the soup because I really wanted to try it.

Te Wiki o te Reo Maori Challenge

 For the Te Wiki o te Reo Maori Challenge, I did a google slide. The phrase I picked was "Kia Kaha ake" but I choose to do Kia Kaha instead. the easiest part was doing the slides but the hard part was recording and putting the video on slides.

The Mystery of the Missing Medal (literacy)

 For my literacy Mystery, I was working with Alyssa on figuring out who stole the medal. It was really hard so I wanted to work with someone. The best part about doing mystery is doing the clues to find out who did it. For my working out, I glued the suspect list on the right page and did the working out on google drawing and did the clues on the left page.

The Missing Slice of Cake Coding Mystery

 For the maths mystery this week it was about the missing slice of cake. It was a little hard so I worked with Alyssa. It was pretty hard doing the working out because the sheets weren't printed out. For my working out, I did it on the working out page and glued the subsect list on the other page. I enjoyed doing the maths mystery because its fun crossing off and doing the clues.

 

Maths Mahi (Investigation) coordinates

 For this week's investigation, we are working on coordinates. We had to do two sheets of coordinates, The first one was the zoo one where you had to read and write the coordinates and the second one was the emoji one which one pretty hard in my opinion and I also didn't finish it.

   

Epsom Salt Crystals!!

For this week's workshops, I choose science. For today's science experiment we tried to paint Epsom salt crystals. My one didn't work but we think its because of the paper. we also experimented with food colouring. 

  

Investigation Mahi (Co-Ordinates)

For our maths investigation this week, we had to do four sheets of Co-Ordinates. There are three emoji Co-Ordinates and one pirate one. I really liked the pirate one because we had to write and read the Co-Ordinates. The hardest one was the unicorn one because it has lots of shapes.

Anna Paquin (report writing)

For our literacy we have been researching on famous people in Aotearoa. We had to choose famous New Zealanders on the slide that Mrs Kennedy picked for us. I choose Anna Paquin for my research because I have never heard of her before. The hardest part was making the drawings because I wanted to make it perfect but I didint want to have too much going on. The easy part about this was writing the report because we had to research about her and put the reaserach on a peice of paper before writing the report which made it easier.

Whetū Workshops Reflection

During Term 2 and 3 the Whetū students have had the opportunity to be involved in a range of different workshops.

The workshop that I have enjoyed participating in the most has been science because I like science experiments.

The new learning that I have learnt is drama because I have never done drama before and it was fun.

What I have most enjoyed about the workshops are that we could pick whatever one we wanted to do. 

I am interested in learning more about science experiments and things that react when mixed together.

Zoo Inquiry "so what?"

So what?

This is my zoo inquiry, my opinion is that zoos are great for endangered animals. I did a poster because I thought it would bring peoples attention to the poster, I also tried to make the colours pop. Since I think that zoos are great I put good facts about zoos and how they help endangered animals. I give my inquiry a supanova because I was sick and only had three days to complete and I did and I put a lot of detail in.

   

Maths Mahi Investigation

For this week's Maths Mahi investigation we had to do enlargement geometry. I chose to do the bear because it looked easy but it actually took a long time to finish and I did the star but for the star, I had to finish the other side of the star on the smaller grid and then copy it on the bigger grid. 

Whetu challenge (cartoon creation)

For this week's Whetu challenge we had to do make a cartoon group on google drawings with our constellation groups. I did Kiki which is the baby that has a red bow and red shoes. It was really hard to trace it because I always double-tapped but when I finished I didn't know how to colour so I just traced the parts I needed to colour.     

Maths Mahi (Investigation)

For our maths Mahi investigation, we had to draw lines of symmetry, we had to choose which two ones we wanted to do but before we did we had to watch a video-based on symmetry. I choose the butterfly which was pretty hard and the ballon which was not that hard.     

Chocolate Bean Ganache Cake

When we go to play at lunchtime we go and play at the mud kitchen for today we made Chocolate Bean Ganache Cake me and Bella were making the ganache well Alyssa was making the beans and Xanthe and Jolie were doing the water. 

EGG DROP CHALLENGE!!

For our Whetu challenge, we did an egg drop challenge!
I worked with Scarlett & Xanthe. When we dropped the egg I totally thought it was going crack but instead, it didn't I was so excited and surprised. The hardest part was trying to figure out a sculpture for our egg to survive, we ran out of time but we quickly found a way to make our egg to survive.

 

Maths Mahi (Investigation)

For the maths Mahi investigation, we had to grab some paper and make circles after we had to fold it and cut out some little bits and open it up we had to do this about five times but some you had to fold it into quarters. After you did the circles we had to write what you notice with the patterns.   

Matariki Jigsaw Puzzle

For Matariki, we made a jigsaw puzzle with Matariki activities on the puzzle pieces. The activities we had to do was our family tree and you had to design your own kite. it was really fun and especially glueing the puzzle pieces together to make a puzzle.

My Term 2, 2020 Reflection

The new learning activity that I have enjoyed the most this term is the opt-in workshops because we could choose what to do for our learning.

Something that has challenged me this term has been Number of the Day but it's getting easier.

The Whetu Challenge I enjoyed the most was the Catapult Challenge because it was fun catapulting the pompom and making the catapult with my friends.

The opt-in workshop I enjoyed the most was Dance which was taken with Mrs Fraser. We did line dancing and it was so much fun.

An aim I have for my learning is to keep focused on my learning and not get distracted by others.

Whetu challenge (egg carton)

This week for our Whetu Challenge we created something using egg cartons.

I really enjoyed this whetu challenge because I have some experience with egg cartons because I did it in lockdown.

What I used in this egg carton creation was: a egg carton, pom poms, blue and green paper, buttons, and some rocks.

Matariki writing challenge

 Today I finished the Matariki writing challenge, I coloured it with felt tips but I didn't colour the whole thing in. For the first worksheet →
I had to fill in the missing words and I had to design my own kite.




 For the other worksheet I had to make my own calendar to show when Matariki starts and then
I had to write three facts from the fact card.     

Matariki reading challenge

For this task, we had to do some true or false facts about Matariki. For the facts, we had to see the answers on the doc. We had to tick or cross off the true or false facts. The last question was a little tricky because it didn't come up with anything so I thought that if it didn't come up with anything it was a false statement.     

whetu challenge (paper plane)

Whetu Challenge - Paper Planes

Today our challenge was to design an accurate paper plane. We were given a draft piece of paper to trial and a good piece to use once we had tested the accuracy of it.

Before we started I thought this challenge was going to be about how high and how long it goes but instead we had to do a landing and a bullseye.

I decided to use the design because it worked well but I just had to aim.

The hardest part was to aim because the plane went the other way.

During our competition time I managed to get it on the runway.

Synthesis eggs week 10

For my synthesis eggs, I researched on the biggest beetle (which is called Titanus giganteus).

 I thought that it was the size of my hand but it was a bit bigger than my hand (I checked with a ruler).

it can grow up to 16 cm and my hand is 15cm. These beetles are harmless but will defend if necessary with there spicky spines and there very stong jaws.