Cybersmart Challenge

 In Te Ngahere we have been doing something called the Cybersmart Challenge. For this activity we learnt how to use tools on Google drawing to make an animal out of shapes. The animal I chose to make was a penguin. It was actually a lot easier because I knew how to use the tools properly. I used all sorts of shapes in my penguin and when I had finished I add a bit of colour. I then made a background with using different shape the I coloured it to look like ice, then I coloured the sky and then I was finished. I also learnt how to group everything and then duplicate it. We did this activity to learn about the other tools on google drawing that would make it a lot easier. I really liked doing this because it was fun and I liked learning about it and making my penguin.

Have you ever done anything like this before?

EPro8 Activity

 In Te Ngahere the years Sixes did an activity called EPro8. EPro8 is activities related to measurement. We also did this to see how well we work together, and this week we were making catapults. We were learning about two different kinds of energy. They were called potential energy and kinetic energy, Kinetic energy is when it is moving and potential energy is when It is stored. We had to make our catapults using 30 bamboo sticks, a roll of tape, a roll of string, 30 rubber bands, 2 A4 pieces of paper and a piece of A3 paper. We also used a ping pong ball to fire and we used a measuring tape to measure where it landed. The ball had to go  at least 3 meters before hitting the ground. We had a group of four and we started thinking of a way so that is was stable and it was able to launch. We got up to building the base and we used rubber bands to hold it together. Then two of us was working on the base while the other two was working on the launching part. It was very hard because we couldn’t find a way to make a launching mechanism. What was also hard was that we just couldn’t work together and I was getting stressed out. We then took apart the catapult and then restarted. We managed to finish our catapult and we tested it. We were 100mm away from 3 meters and so we added more rubber bands on the top so it would get more power from the potential energy. We then tested it and as we were done the timer ran out. It was a very challenging activity. Next time I will try work as a team.

Have you ever made a catapult before?

Suspicious Instructions

 For the first day of term 2 in Te Ngahere we did a reading test to see how good we follow instructions. We got a piece of paper with 23 questions and they were a bit confusing but also suspicious. 

We had 4 minutes to do the test and I was a bit nervous. I started doing the test. The 1st instruction said read out all the questions carefully before doing anything. I actually didn’t read it I was just reading part of it and then assumed I knew what we had to do. The 2nd instruction said “write your name in the upper left hand corner” so I did that. Moving on I got up to question 19 which said “on the reverse side of the paper add 8950 and 9805” after I finished instruction 19 the time was up. We went down to the mat and the teacher explained what everyone did wrong. We had to actually read all the instructions and then do question 1 and 2 and everyone had failed. After I realised what we did wrong, I felt so silly. From now on I am going to try and read things as carefully as I can.

Have you ever done a test like this before?