HOUSE CHANT PRACTICE

On Friday 20th May our NINJA's KITIONA and SOPHIE who are PIWAKAWAKA house leaders

did a brilliant job in leading their house learn their House Chant.

Their efforts and leadership skills in managing their house was rewarded 

with full bonus points for being  the best organised house.

Mihimihi/Pepeha

Whaea A helped us learn how to 

introduce ourselves in Maori.

We learned how to pronounce the Maori words correctly

We also had the opportunity to ask our parents and whanau to give us a hand with our Mihimihi

During the week we all had a turn in sharing our mihimihi in front of the class

 

 

If we were too shy to share, Whaea A and our confident friends helped us read it

 

MATHEMATICS - Measurement Strand - Focus: TIME, ANALOGUE CLOCK

This week in Mathematics we learned how to read and tell the time

Whaea A continued to be a great help

Making sure that our Ninjas know how to read an analogue clock

What did we learn?

Second hand

Minute hand

Hour Hand

5 minute intervals

Hours

seconds

past

to

Science - SOIL

Our SCIENCE week involved the study of SOIL. 

We focused on the importance of WORMS to our SOIL

What did we find?

The largest earthworm ever found was 6.7 meters

Some earthworms found in NZ can glow in the dark

Earthworms can eat 50-100% of their body mass per day

Earthworms breath through their skin

Why are worms important to our soil?

They help drain and aerate the soil

plus

they help recycle nutrients back into the soil which helps plants grow

Our Learning Journey

 Some of us love worms and some of us don't

We found heaps of worms out for a stroll just outside our classroom

 Some of us were so intrigued with how they move

 We came across Room 25 and 26 hard at work, digging

so we shared our learning with some of our junior students

   

then with a buddy we created an information poster showing our learning

Whaea A & Health Expo

Whaea A

Our Ninjas' are so lucky to have Whaea A join us for 4 weeks

She has been assisting with teaching our students in RUBIES with Math, Reading and all other general learning areas

HEALTH EXPO

Some of our Ninjas with their parents attended the Health Expo which was held at our school hall.

At the expo they learned how to make a healthy meal at a very reasonable cost. They also got to sample the meal and take home a recipe book.

Then they learned about how much sugar they get from a variety of drinks, and received information about diabetes

They also learned the importance of dental hygiene and received free toothbrushes.

It was an awesome afternoon full of information

Measurement Lesson

Measurement

This week in Mathematics we started learning about Measurement 

Skills we covered: units of measure, starting point, units,  true measure, metre ruler and problem solving through team work.

Learning experience: This week one Ninja shared that Kiwi free-diver William Trubridge broke his own free diving world record in the Bahamas. William Trubridge set a new wor;d record free diving to a depth of 124 metres.

In order to put into perspective the length Trubridge dived, students worked in groups using a metre ruler to measure 124 metres.

Students discussed in their group how they were going to work out the length using the metre ruler.

Students then tried measuring 122 metres using the metre ruler

After their task they got back into their groups to discuss what they found worked well, what they found challenging and what they could do better next time.

Group feedback: 

- They needed a better plan next time before they start

- Team members were good/helpful

- Some team members did not participate fully

- Team work makes work easier

- They could have used something to mark the ground with using a team      members finger to mark where the ruler stopped didn't work as when the    member moved they loose the mark and had to start again. Some teams  restarted 3 times. 

- To get a true measure they needed to measure in a straight line

Outcome

- They were amazed at how long 124 metres measured

- Two groups came close and only got a rough estimation of 124metres because they did not measure in a straight line, deeming it not a true measure.

- Trubridge performed this feat by holding his breath for four minutes and 34 seconds - so we tried holding our breath for this length of time but did not come close to 30 seconds