Estimation DLO

Fractions Of A Set

Sushi DLO

Solo

Ways in which I have participated in and contributed to my learning this term: This term I participated in
and contributed to my learning this term by participating in a tramp, sport, Westamaths and my learning.

Ways in which I have participated in and contributed to my environment this term: This term I
participated in and contributed to my environment this term by picking up rubbish, eliminating plastic,
taking care of things.

Ways in which I have participated in and contributed to my family this term: I have participated in and
contributed to my family this term with helping with dishes, vacuuming and helping siblings.

Ways in which I have participated  in and contributed to the local community this term:I have
participated  in and contributed to the local community this term by helping special needs to play
basketball, sports, kea patrol, librarian,the gala, peer support, P.E and workshop leaders.

Ways in which I have participated in and contributed to the global world this term: I have participated
in and contributed to the global world this term by posting things onto my blog, Tuhimai tuhiatu,
Kidzlit and Westamaths.

Te Uru

Walt participate in the learning of others.

Why: Building on our transition to high school.

Success Criteria: Be active :use our listening skills, watch, ask questions and practice.

Yesterday 10CH from Grey High School walked to Karoro school. They came to teach
us a game from a different cultural for a project called Te Uru. First they explained the
rules which were you when you landed you couldn’t walk with the ball and when you
caught the ball you had to catch it with a flat hand. They also explained that there
were 4 dots and the aim of the game was to remove them. To remove them you had to be on a dot and catch the ball without dropping it.

We then did a warm up which was seaweed, it was a bit hard though because there
were so many people. Then we did some drills, my favorite drill was the one where
you passed the ball around and if you dropped it you had to sit down.

After that we got sorted into two teams and we played the game. It was a bit chaotic
though because we had to many people so it meant that it was hard to play. In the
end the high school students came off and it was a bit better.

I think next time they should have the teams organised a bit better and maybe have
to games going at once so that it isn’t as crowded and the high school kids can play.
They should also have two referees because people broke the rules alot and got away
with it. Overall it was very fun and I hope that they can come and play again.

Purerehua DLO

Purerehua Poem

Purerehua Poem

Searching the beach, finding the perfect wood.

Sanding  down, till  smooth

Running  fingers down, feeling no knots

Time to paint

Dipping my paintbrush into paint

Stroking on wood

Making the perfect Maori design

Finished

Let it air dry

     Drilling holes slowly, threading the string

Tying a double knot

My purerehua is completed

Swinging it around my head

Letting it make the beautiful soft sound

Luring in the lizards

Hearing the sound of the buzz from a blowfly

Listening to it with whanau

in the pure darkness.

Book Review

Book Review       Create - Literacy WALT write for a particular purpose and audience. WALT think critically about the texts we read.

We will have met the success criteria when we I have read a book within the past three months and reviewed it using the key elements of a book review. have shared our book review online. have entered a re-crafted version of our book review in the Paper Plus Book Review Competition.

“Anne Of Green Gables” by Dianne Bates

Illustrated by Lucy Corvino

Have you read Anne Of Green Gables before? If you haven’t you need to, because it is a
great book. It all starts when Matthew arrives at the train station to find a girl called Anne
instead of a boy. The orphanage had sent the wrong child. They went home to the farm
to Matthew’s sister Marilla, Marilla wasn't excatly happy, a but they had a trial peroid to
see if they would keep her. Anne starts school and starting an ongoing feud with a boy
called Gilbert(the smartest boy in the class). They then both get offered to learn a bit
more to get the scholarship. Do they end their feud and both get the scholarships?

The main characters in the book are Anne, Marilla and Matthew. Anne is a 11 year old
girl. Anne has bright red hair and a very mischievous personality with occasional kind
of streak. Marilla is a tall skinny old lady, but is a hard working, kind person. Marilla
was always quite shy though. Matthew is a 60 year old man, with a hard working
personality also. He is getting quite old and is finding it difficult to work on the farm.

Anne of Green Gables is a fiction book with adventure. I really think that you should
read this book if you haven’t because it is really good. I really enjoyed reading it because
it has got lots of different genres in it. I think this book is for 10+ because the language
is appropriate and easy to understand.

Dianne Bates is an australian writer and also a teacher. Dianne Bates was born in Sydney
and spent her early years in Appin, New South Wales, attending Campbelltown High
School. She has authored over 90 books and has won numerous awards.

Space Inquiry

Mind Mapping

International Space Station (ISS)

What is the abbreviation for the International Space Station? The abbreviation for the
International Space Station is ISS.

The International Space Station orbits the Earth how many times in a day?  The
International Space Station orbits the earth 16 times a day.

How high above the Earth is the International Space Station’s orbit? It travels
320 kilometers above us when it orbits the earth.

Many countries have worked together to build the International Space Station?
How number of countries does the article state? 16 countries have worked together to
build the International Space Station.

Why is the International Space Station one of the brightest objects in the night sky? The
large solar panels make it the brightest object in the sky.

What direction does the International Space Station move in? The International
Space Station rises from the western and travels towards the east where it sets.

What is the main purpose behind the Columbus lab on the International Space Station?
The main purpose behind the International Space Station is so that the astronauts can
carry out scientific experiments in weightless conditions.

How did ‘Columbus’ get to the International Space Station? Columbus got delivered to
the International Space Station by Shuttle Atlantis.

The International Space Station is the biggest object ever flown in space. Its large solar
panels make it one of the brightest objects in the night sky. Europe’s biggest ISS project
is the Columbus science laboratory, where astronauts can carry out scientific experiments
in weightless conditions. The Columbus lab is ESA's main contribution to the ISS. Many of
the European experiments take place inside ESA’s Columbus laboratory.

400 km above our heads, travelling at 7.7 km per second, is the largest object ever put in
orbit. Columbus was delivered to the ISS by Shuttle Atlantis and attached to the
Harmony module on 11 February 2008.

Gravity

Writing Focus:I am learning to support the main ideas with relevant
detail and elaboration. Reading Focus: I am learning to locate the
main idea within the text.

Gravity is a force that attracts all objects towards each other. Gravity decreases as
distance between the objects increases.  Isaac Newton was the first to come up with the
idea that all objects are attracted towards each other by gravity.

As a satellite moves around the Earth in a circular orbit, the direction of the force of
gravity is always towards the centre of the Earth. However, if the satellite is given speed
in any direction horizontal to the surface of the Earth, it will travel further before it hits
the Earth.

When does gravity decrease?  Gravity decreases as distance between the
objects increases.

When does the force of gravity become noticeable?  Gravity only becomes
noticeable if one (or both) of the objects has a lot of mass, such as the Earth.

Gravity disappears when you are above the atmosphere. True or False?
Gravity doesn’t disappear just because you are above the atmosphere. Even
if an object is high above the Earth’s atmosphere, there will still be a strong
force of gravity pulling it towards the centre of the Earth

According to the text, how long does it take the International Space Station
(ISS) to orbit Earth?  
Astronauts and (ISS) are also both travelling horizontally at 28,000 km/h. As
they fall towards the ground, they travel so fast horizontally that they miss
the Earth altogether and orbit the Earth once every 90 minutes.

Who first stated that all objects are attracted towards each other by gravity?
Isaac Newton was the first person to state that all objects are attracted
towards each other.

Find six words in the text that have a suffix.  (Orbit-ing), (fail-ed), (weightless-ness),(attract-ed),(notice-able)and (horizontal-ly).

Financial Literacy

Wednesday Weaving

I Am Not Esther

Hermit Poem

Hermits starring into complete blankness

Hiding from Humans in the pure darkness

Isolated from the busy, noisy world

Sitting in a small old shell all curled

Eating orange carrots and homegrown green peas

Hearing silly buzzing busy bees

Hermit Crabs swimming in the bright blue sea

Dancing round with happiness and pure glee

Hiding behind an ancient brown oak tree

Eating left picnic lunch and a green pea

Swimming to little underwater homes

Going to sleep with red and blue gnomes

Waitangi Treasure Hunt

 We did a treasure hunt around our classroom.We had to go around looking for cards and filling the information in we needed. Our treasure hunt was around the treaty of waitangi and waitangi day.

Picnic Tea

                    Picnic Tea

Bright blue ocean glimmering,

       White spume loudly crashing down,

Spraying screaming children,

Crying Seagulls flying over shimmering water,

Searching for whitebait to prey on,

Adults loudly having a yarn,

Laying out their fish and chips,

“Teatime” adults loudly scream,

Children splashing in sparkling water,

Running back to the sandy beach,

Seagulls swooping down,

Children hiding precious food,

Dark Night sky slowly setting in,

While they pack up,

“It’s time to head home.”

Safe Cycling Skills

Safe Cycling Skills - A statistical investigation

Question: Are Karoro School senior students safe cyclists on the roads?

Recently Room One students participated in a safe cycling skills programme facilitated by the New Zealand Police.

Students learned about the correct way to wear their bicycle helmet. In the first session Jos came in and told us how to wear a helmet probably and what could happen if you didn’t wear a helmet. Helmets need to be tightened so that if you fall of your bike and fall on your head you are protected by your helmet . Jos came in to our classroom and taught us that there should be a max of 2 fingers between your eyebrow and the front of your helmet.After that we learnt that the chin strap should be up to your chin. He taught as that triangle shape on the side of your helmet should be touching underneath your ear. He also taught us if there is rachet at the back of your helmet tighten it to help your helmet stay on.

The second part of the first session was learning about road rules. If you want to turn right  look back to see if there is any cars there and then hold your right hand out for three seconds before you reach the corner. Turn the corner and then check if there is any cars again. Do the same for when you want to turn left except put your left hand up. When you are going to stop put your right hand up and make a stop signal with your hand next to your right ear, hold that up for three seconds.    

The next day we brought our bikes in and we did the N check. You check the front tire to make sure it has all its spokes on and the tires are pumped up. Move up to the handle bars and check that they are not lose so that they don’t fall off or move around in the wrong way. You also check that the brakes work and the wires are not twisted. Go down to the chain and make sure it is oiled, while your there make sure your pedals turn easily and make sure they have reflectors on them. Go up to the seat and sit on it make sure that both your feet can touch the ground. Make sure that you have a reflector on the back of your seat or on your back tires.

The second session involved a skills based session on the court. Students had to follow the lines of the court and turn corners using hand signals, go around cones, look behind you and say the picture you saw. We also have to ride across ramps and go across a ladder that was laying on the ground. We also had to follow the road rules on the court with mini stops signs, giveway signs and turn they way the one way signs said.

Following the court session students participated in a road circuit skills session. There were people placed around the circuit and marks were given for using the following skills: Being approx 1 metre from the kerb, scanning hazards, checking parked cars, look behind before hand signals, correct hand signal, look behind after hand signal. This is where we went on the road.

On the road we went down tasman street then we turned left into Wilson crescent and went up and came back down Wilson crescent. After that we turnt left again out of Wilson crescent and went along the road and turned left into Warburton street and went down there and got to the give way sign and turned  right onto Domain terrace and then turn right again onto Miro street and went down there and took a right on to Tasman street and ride along to back to where we started.

Approx 1 metre from kerb	Scanning for hazards	Checking parked cars	Look behind before hand signals	Correct hand signal	Look behind after hand signals	% Average Across Skills
4/5	0/2	2/4	4/6	6/6	0/6	55%

This graph shows that I need to work on looking behind after hand signals and scanning for hazards. My strongest points were my correct hand signal and being approximately 1 metre from the kerb. My

recommendation is that we do this Safe Cycling course every year starting from a young age because this shows that we need to do this a bit more to become better.

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