Old toys

On June 27th 2017, the senior side of the school visited the Howick Historical Village. There were four activities that we had to go through. Since there were many students we had to break up into 4 groups. The first activity my group went to was old toys. I enjoyed playing with many of the old toys. I loved how none of the toys needed any batteries or a switch, it was all wood and rope. If I could I would choose my favorite however I just loved them all.

Matariki sisters

I worked together with Zain to create this poem about Matariki. We made this to somewhat celebrate Matariki and show our knowledge about Matariki since we have been learning about it for the past few weeks.

Matariki rhombus

Walht: identify and draw a rhombus

Vocabulary: Quadrilateral, parallelogram, parallel, diagonal, bisect, polygon, specialist, right angles, opposite, arrows, degrees

For this activity we had to use the seven stars of Matariki as points to draw a rhombus. A rhombus is a specialised four sided figure. It’s opposite lines are parallel and the diagonals must bisect each other to create a 90 degree angle.

I enjoyed doing this activity however I did have a few difficulties. Only about two words confused me which were bisect and parallelogram. However now I have a sound understanding of  both what it means and what is a rhombus.  

The victory is ours

What a surprising win! I’m so proud of you all for winning the America’s cup. Your hard work really did pay off.

Pizza pinwheels

Today in food technology we made pizza pinwheels. My partner had to go home because she was sick. Luckily I worked with another group and created some beautiful work. I really enjoyed making pizza pinwheels.

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Volume activities

Today, during the morning block I have been doing math activities. The activities had to do with volume. I enjoyed doing these as it helped me get a better understanding of volume. To complete these activities I had to have a strong understanding of multiplication. However since I do know my multiplication I found these activities easy.