Math DLO

In Te Ngahere we have been learning how to double and half hard multiplication problems e.g 18 x 7. Do not do doubling and halving on basic facts you should know them. After we had completed a practice sheet we had to plan and create a math DLO. For this DLO we had to explain it clear so everyone could understand the DLO. Some of my DLO had arrays because they helped us work out the problem if we couldn’t quite figure the equation out and it also made it clear to understand, but some of it was writing and I had to fix it up a few times until I made it better and I still am. We also had to create another DLO that was trebling and thirding. The point of doubling and halving, trebling and thirding was it made the hard equation easy. Something I enjoyed about this whole strategy was when we had to fill out the practice activity. I think I need to improve making the DLO’s, and speed up making my DLO’s. I think I did the practice sheets well and planning of my DLO.

Rararanga Matahiko

Kia ora, recently the year sixes had the amazing opportunity to participate in the Rararanga Matahiko program sponsored by the Waitangi Treaty Grounds. This is a program that helps young kids like you learn about the history of New Zealand and also be able to use different technology.On the first day we split in half, half went for a hikoi and explored the treaty grounds and te ngahere. The rest stayed and had a tutu with heaps of cool stuff like Virtual reality, Green screen, Stop motion, Paint 3D, SculptGL, Tinkercad & coding with robots. On the second day we started to create our movie. We all had to make a tree and hoe using Tinkercad. Then we used Paint 3D to create a person that represents us and some animals for te Ngahere. Next we used SculptGl to make a pou to represent our whanau. on our last day our teachers started to put all our learning together in a Virtual Reality world, they made te Ngahere & te Moana with the different tools in the app tilt brush. They added all of the trees, people, animals, plants, pou, hoe and waka in to the world for our movie.

Doubling and Halving

In Te Ngahere we have been learning about doubling and halving. The reason why we learnt this strategies is to simplify a big multiplication problems. I think what I did well was understanding how to use the strategies to solve a big multiplication problems. Lately we’ve been working on our math DLO, to explain why we using this strategies, how we work it out, and explain what this strategies is all about. I always enjoyed learning new strategy, but i was struggling to create the math DLO. I hope i can do better at finishing or creating DLO in the future.

maths DLO

In Te Ngahere we have been learning about using doubling and halving. By using doubling and halving it simplifies big multiplication problems for example 14x5 if you halve 14 and get 7 then double 5 and get 10 so 7x10 = 70.

This week we had to make a maths DLO to explain and to show why we use this strategy and how it works.  

I think i did well showing of how it works I enjoyed making the DLO because every time you forget or don’t remember how to use the strategy you can look back at the DLO you made and remember how to use it. I could do better with having less words in my DLO

Sea cleaners!

On the 12th of March the sea cleaners came to see us. We learnt that the great pacific garbage patch is so deep that  they can not measure it, we also learnt that a couple years ago they found a turtle with 267 pieces of plastic in side of its stomach. Apart that was really cool was when we watched the video they made about people cleaning the beach and the ocean, coming back with lots of rubbish bags on their boats. We will pick up the rubbish even if it was not ours as it is being kind to our world.👍

Robett

On Monday, a guy named Robett came to Paihia School to talk to Te Ngahere about “Saying yes to success”.  He was traveling all around New Zealand to talk to high schools about his life and how he became a successful man. He explained to us how hard his life was growing up and how he didn't have much. My favourite saying from him was that “You don’t have be smart in school or have the best grades to be successful”.   His message to us was if you hang out with people that make bad choices or are negative people you could have a tough life. But if you choose to hang out with people that make good choices and are positive people there is a big chance that you will have a great life and be successful. I really enjoyed Robett visiting and inspiring us to work hard and keep pushing to what we want to achieve.

Ki O Rahi

Last week on Friday the year 7&8’s competed in a Ki O Rahi tournament in Kaikohe. We played
three games losing one game and winning two. Our first game was against Kaikohe Intermediate. The score was 11 - 12 beating them by one. Our second game was against Kaikohe Christian School. They were hard to beat losing by one point. The score was 11 - 12. Our last game was against Matehitehi winning by one again. I'm not sure what the score was but we beat them by one. Ki O Rahi was fun that day because our team were able to work together and learn new tactics and strategies. Next time our team could work on our passing and throwing skills so next time we are ready to play strategically and better.