Tuakana Teina

Tuakana Teina means helping a buddy with their learning. For a Tuakana Teina day we participated in technology challenges. It was a good experience to be working with older buddies who could help us make the marble maze. It was fun!

3D shapes

This term in Geometry we learned about 2 dimensional and 3 dimensional shapes. We use skewers and blu tac to make models of our 3 dimensional shapes.

Technology Challenge: A Tent Made with Paper and masking tape.

This Term we have been learning about Technology. One of the challenges was to make a liveable tent using paper and masking tape. We decided to make a tent with 9 sides. It is called a nonagon because it has 9 sides. It has a pyramid at the top. The sides of the nonagon have triangular walls. We had to plan to make a strong base so that it could hold the weight of the walls and the roofs. To make the walls strong we provided support of cardboard on the joints. We provided a pillar in the centre to support the roof. It took us more than a week to complete our tents.
It can occupy at least 5 people from our class. We love to read books in our tent.

We used movenote to show the working out for our problems.

AHHHH!!!! ART

We in Room 10 love doing ART. Today Mrs. Manuyag taught us how to make clay fish. We used different tools to make patterns for our clay fish. It was great fun.

Tamure and The Taniwha

This week we read lots of Maori traditional tales. Each Reading group had to read the story and then share it with the class using a medium of their choice. Jeridton, Daena and Kanye shared their tale through a puppet show. Click on the play button to watch 'Tamure and the Taniwha'.




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Explanation; How caterpillars turn into butterflies

I love butterflies when they fly from one flower to another. I like butterflies because they are very very beautiful and it is really exciting to see them fly really really high in the sky.

First the butterfly lays eggs on the leaves. It takes 3-4 days for the eggs to hatch and out comes a really really little caterpillar. The egg is smaller than a 10 cent coin. The little caterpillar looks cute. It nibbles on a leaf and it grows bigger.

Next it hangs upside down on a branch. It pushes and wriggles to take it’s skin off. Next it makes a chrysalis. After 10 days the chrysalis breaks and out comes a beautiful butterfly.

Arizona

I love butterflies because I like watching them fly. When they are by the sun, they shine because they have glitter on their wings. First it lays eggs on the plants. It takes 3-4 days to hatch out. It eats until it becomes big and fat. The caterpillar hangs upside down and then turns into a chrysalis. It stays inside the chrysalis for 10 days. Then the chrysalis cracks open and then the butterfly comes out.

Daena

I like to see butterflies fly in the sky. It makes my eyes go funny. I love butterflies because they have colourful wings.

First they lay eggs. After 3-4 days the eggs hatch into a caterpillar. It eats heaps of leaves and gets fatter and fatter. Then the caterpillar makes a chrysalis. Then it hangs upside down from a branch. After 10-12 days the caterpillar turns into a butterfly.

Rebecca

I love butterflies because they are colourful. I like butterflies because they let me chase them.

First they lay eggs on the leaves. It takes 3-4 days for the eggs to hatch. The little tiny caterpillar looks like a worm. It eats lots of leaves because it is hungry. It gets fatter and fatter. Then it hangs upside down. After that a caterpillar makes a chrysalis. It stays in the chrysalis for 10-12 days. They shed their skins. They wriggle and they push and pull to turn into a chrysalis. After 12 days the chrysalis breaks and a little baby butterfly comes out. The butterfly dries it’s wings and then the butterfly is ready to fly in the sky.

Teresa