Friday, 9 July 2021

Term 2 Blog Post

This term Mrs Hickford has taught us lots of things. These are the things that Mrs Hickford taught us persuasive writing what I liked about persuasive writing is that we got to write about why we think Matariki should or shouldn't be a public holiday.

We have been doing spelling and learning all different types of spelling like practicing contractions, long a sounds, and short a sounds.

We have learned how to use google music lab by making music and taping on the screen and making all sorts of music.  Yesterday we did sculpt GL where you can drag, paint and inflate a ball and make whatever you want.

 We did Matariki activities like one team had straps and one team didn't you had to throw a foam ring and get the foam ring to the goal we played ma and wheto on the turf

In maths, we have been doing tidy numbers and place value tidy numbers is when you get a number that is close to a number and then add on another number to make a number and then add or subtract you use place value when numbers are on nine or under nine.

On Wednesdays or Thursdays, we do P.E. with Naomi where we practice soccer skills like dribbling the ball between our feet and using our right foot and our left foot.  Sometimes we do Kahoots. Kahoots are where there are questions you have to answer. 

We have been doing a debate on three different topics one of the topics was cats vs dogs, plastic is a problem and the last one is why zoos are good for animals.

We also made flax baskets to put our sausages in.  Yesterday we did an animated gif is when you take a screencastify of yourself and download it.

Have you ever done a debate, tidy numbers or place value, or persuasive writing, or P.E. with someone, or Kahoot, or spelling, or sculpt GL, or google music lab, or Matariki activities or Matariki art, or screencastify before?


Friday, 2 July 2021

Flax Basket

 Yesterday my class made flax baskets with flax. Some of the seniors from the Ruma Kereru helped us make our flax baskets. First, we had to put down seven flax pieces going upward then five pieces of flax going under over, under over, under over until you get to the end of the flax do under over to the other four pieces. When you have finished making the mat of your flax basket get the flax sticking out of the side of one of the sides and bunch up the flax pieces you have that you got from the side of the mat and get a piece of spare flax and tie it around the flax that you bunched up do the same to the other side. Next, get some flax that is sticking out of the other sides of the mat do that to both sides. Lastly, make the handle by getting the pieces of flax that were bunched up and tied together with another piece of flax and twist the pieces of flax together that got tied with another piece of flax and your flax basket will be finished. Have you ever made flax baskets before? Do you want to make flax baskets?