2019 Home Camp

On week 7 we had a full week of activities for our Home Camp.
I had a great week swimming, visiting my Intermediate for next year, camping, going to the Museum of Transport and Technology and going to Grays Bush.
I had a great week!

Learning Buddy

We got given a Year 3 Buddy to teach how to work a Chromebook.
My buddy was Tom I had to teach him how to access things and work his Drive.
Me and Tom want to go to Africa to see all the wildlife there and see all the big cats.
Tom says using a Chromebook is fun!

STEM Challenge.

On Wednesday we did a STEM Challenge.
We had to make a paper chair in a group of 6 or 7.
It was hard to keep it standing.
It was easy to roll up the paper and tape it.

Ancient Civilization.

This week we discovered about ancient civilizations.
My civilization was the Vikings.
I picked the Vikings because they were hard working and brave people.

Rugby

On Friday we played Rugby at Sonrise School, it was a tough game, in the end we lost 25 to 75.
I enjoyed tackling people and running after the ball.
It was hard to get the tries.

My Extinct Animal.

We have been learning about extinct animals.

We had to pick an extinct animal and make a slide about it. I picked a Barbary Lion it is the biggest Lion in the world.

I liked looking at all the extinct animals.

I found it hard to find a picture of it.

Haast's Eagle

This term we are learning about the past.
Our main focus was on the Haast's Eagle.
We had to work with someone we had never worked with before, I worked with Inigo.
My favorite part was learning and reading the facts about it.
The hard part was finding facts about it because it died 600 years ago.
I enjoyed Working with my buddy.

Free Fun Spot In Gisborne.

For our work we had to make a presentation about a free fun spot in Gisborne.
I found it easy to write about my place.
I found it hard to think of a free fun spot.

Earthquakes.

We had to make a presentation about Earthquakes for our reading work.
I found it easy to find a background.
I found it hard to find the information.
The interesting part was looking at all the recent earthquakes.

What I Do To Be a Powerful Learner.

This week we made a slide about how we are Powerful Learners.
I found it easy to think of things I am good at doing.
I found it hard to put the hexagons in a circle.
It was fun picking the backgrounds.

ANZAC Facts.

This week we were learning about ANZAC day. We had to make a slide with ten ANZAC day facts on them.

I found it easy to write out the facts.

I found it hard to put the music on.

The interesting bit was reading all the facts.

STEM Challenge 1, Term 2

This is our first STEM challenge for term 2 we made a periscope.
We maade periscopes because, we had a virtual tour of Te Papa, we learned about the war at gallipoli exhibition. We saw that they used periscopes to see over walls without being shot in the head, so we thought it would be fun if we made one.
I found it easy to fold the cardboard into a rectangle.
I found hard to glue on the mirrors.
I found it interesting how well they worked when we tested them.

How to make a straw hoop glider.

At school on Wednesday we made straw hoop gliders.
We had a competition who's could go the furthest.
I didn't win but mine went really far.
After that we just had fun with them!

Stem Challange

This is the instructions for how to make a paper tower.
We made one and had a competition for who can make the tallest tower.

2019

Welcome to the year 2019.

I am in Rimu Learning Hub.

I am a Yr 6

I am looking forward to be a leader and a role model to little children,  to step out of my comfort zone and  not be  afraid to go into the Learning Pit.