TaskMaster

 In Te Ngahere we have been doing a thing in our class called taskmaster. The activity we did contained a runner and we also had a drawer. The runner had to tell the drawer what to draw and the runner had to makes sure that the drawer was doing it right. The challenging part for the drawer was that they could not see the picture so we had to go outside and see the picture ourselves. We did this activity twice. The first time I was in a group of 2 as the runner. The second time I was in a group of 3 as the runner again. The first time was hard because it was just so hard to tell them what to draw and where to draw it. I was getting very frustrated because they were drawing it wrong. The hardest thing was that we couldn’t touch the paper and we had to do the drawings in specific colours. The round was over and we had only drawn 6 things out of 12 so we still had 6 to go. The second round I was in a different group of 3 so only one of us could run at a time. We had the same picture as last time and we had to do it again. The second time was a bit better than the last time. We got 10 out of 12 and we just had 2 more to go. Then after the second round we compared both the pictures to the teachers. The were a lot different.

Terrific Tips To Help You Measure

 In Te Ngahere we have been learning about measurement. We had a sheet of paper and we had to measure the objects on the paper. We were also in  groups of three so we had to work together as a team.

I learnt that 30cm is equivalent to 300mm and that 1m is 1000mm. 

What I found hard was measuring in the right place like and using the tape measure.

Have you measured with a tape measure before?

Here is my DLO

Terrifying Tsunami

 On Friday it was just a regular day until there was a tsunami warning. The whole of the Bay Of Islands had to evacuate. We had to sit down on the mat and do the roll to make sure everyone was here. Then we had to go up the big hill next to our school called Totara Heights. It was hard work to walk up my legs started to really hurt. Once we got up the hill we had to sit down and do the roll again for safety reasons. We slowly moved up the hill while people were getting picked up by their parents. Then we stood up and watched the water rise. Everyone was getting thirsty and hungry and some were using the teacher’s phone to call their parents. After a while a lady came out a gave us some fruit. Then about an hour later people started being very nice and giving us water and food. After that we found a way to keep ourselves entertained by reading a quiz. Soon two people came out and gave us wieners and they we delicious!!!

Then they came out with a second batch and they were being very kind. Then the principal went down to go get everyone’s bags. We then had a proper feed with our lunch boxes and I wasn’t bored anymore. Soon we got the all clear sign and we got to go back down to school. We had to do the roll once more to make sure everyone was here. And so we made our journey down the big hill; Totara Heights. We eventually got back into our class and we were safe at last. We then got an ice cream. Soon my mum came and picked me up.

It was a very interesting day. Have you ever experienced anything like this?

Fantastic Things About The Ecosystem

 In Te Ngahere for the past few weeks we have been learning about the ecosystem. We had to say what we already knew what we discovered and what we now understand. 

I learnt what happens in the ecosystem and there are 3 important things in it. The consumer, producer and the decomposer. The producers contain sunlight which is called solar energy so that the producers can eat then the decomposers start to eat the leftover dead animals like the bones and rotten flesh. 

What I found hard was understanding how the ecosystem works and collecting and writing down my new understandings.

Do you know anything about the ecosystem?

Here is my DLO about the ecosystem.