tree Hat

We have been learning how to use adjectives to describe a mood and atmosphere. Here is a picture of our tree hut that my group made and the adjectives to describe the mood. Can you guess the mood and atmosphere?

Posing maths problems

 Kia ora

We have been learning about how to use Compatible Numbers. Compatible Numbers are any two numbers which add together to make a Tidy Number 

(a  number which ends in zero).  We had to choose two Compatible Numbers and another number. Then we had to think of a word problem which used our numbers and give the problem to a buddy to solve. Mrs Ogle, our maths facilitator, said this is called 'posing problems'.

Jack had $95 and Joe had $125 and kale had $262. How many do they have altogether.?

$95 + $125 =$220

$220 + $265 =$482

ski trip

This is me and my friend going up Mt Ruapehu  to go skiing in Happy Valley for the first time.    I thought that skiing was hard at first but luckily we had skiing lessons. The second day we went skiing we were hitting the jumps. It was cool! Some of as landed the jump and same didn't.

Maths

This week we made a measuring slide show and on the slide show we recorded the measurements of the heads of the people in our group. First we estimated their head size by looking at their head. Next we put a piece of wool around their head and cut the wool. Then we estimated the wool size. Finally we measured the wool. I found if fun finding out about the size of my head. I found it hard cutting the wool in the right place.

Maths

 Kia Ora,

The other day in Team Moana we were learning on how tectonics plates work. We used ice cream wafers to show the mountains forming. Then, we used homemade tomato sauce. we punched a hole in half of the wafer. The learning behind the  task was to learn how mountains form using tectonic plates. I thought it was fun. meshiring....... I though it was hard.bloging.......

lahar/Science

Today we built Mt Ruapehu in the sandpit. We also made the Whangaehu River valley, the plain below the mountain and the railway bridge at Tangiwai. We wanted to learn how the lahar destroyed the bridge in 1953 causing the Tangiwai Disaster. Kora and Ariana poured lots of water into the crater we had made on top of our mountain. It whoosed down the side of the mountain and into the river valley. The bridge collapsed and bits of our train fell into the river. After that, we watched a short video about what do do if you are on Mt Ruapehu when the lahar siren sounds.  Now I know how to keep safe from a lahar if one happens when I am on a mountain.  Here is my Hazard Notice with the most important information

Bush Wren

Here is our presentation about the bush wren. We had to find out why it became extinct.