Inquiry

 Emergency shelters are protection against natural disasters such as a storm or an earthquake. 

The Protectors requested aluminum foil, hard plastic, metal poles, clay,  chicken wire, and plaster of paris. 

The aluminum foil is for the inside of the shelter, the foil is used because it is a good insulator and heat reflector. 

The hard plastic is for the windows, the hard plastic is used because it’s easier to shape than glass.

The metal poles are for stabilization, it was used because it is a heat reflector insulator.

The clay is used to form most of the shelter, it was used because it is tough, so if the shelter topples over then the poles will not easily break off.

The plaster of Paris and the chicken wire is used for a similar purpose as the aluminium foil, they were used because they were used to hold the clay.

The tin can is used for the door, the front and the back of the shelter. The purpose of this shelter was to protect against bushfires. 

Emergency shelters are used worldwide and are very important. There are a lot of steps you need to do to build an emergency shelter.

Kiwi sport

 Today for kiwi sport we learnt how to do the 3 man drive.

First we started off by doing the three man drive. After doing the three man drive we did the 2 man drive. As we did the man drives we had a letter the runner is the letter A the second person is B and the last person is letter C.

To do the 3 man drive you have to run with 3 people. When the person with the ball gets touch the person plants the ball on the ground then steps over it. so the second person can pass the ball.

To do the 2 man drive two people run up and the person when the person with ball gets touched. They plant the ball down then runs at the back of the other person so they can pass the ball.

I enjoy learning how to do the three man drive and the two man drive.

Reading

This week for reading  did a table mat, synthesis and a making connection.

For the first task we did a table mat. For that we needed to find 4 facts, 3 keywords and 2 key question. We also had to define one word from the 3 keywords.

The second ask we did was making connections. For this task we needed to making 2 connections for text to self, text to text and text to world.

The last task we did was synthesis for that task we needed to write our prior knowledge. Next we wrote our new information. The last thing we did was write our new understandings. 

Writing

We wrote a persuasive speech about a topic. My topic is why people should stop littering. 

First I introduced myself and introduce my topic.

Next I said my POV witch means point of view and why I believe my argument. I also said my reasons.

After that we said our facts to help back up our topic. We also said our solution and our summary.

I enjoy writing my speech and saying my speech.

Maths

I learnt about fractions. I learnt fractions by cutting cups into different fractions like eighths and quarters.

The fraction I made first was quarters. First I cut a cup in half. Then I cut the halves into halves again which ended up with quarters.

The next fraction I made was eighths. First I cut a cup in halves. Then I cut the halves again which made quarters. Next I cut the quarters in halves which ended up with eight pieces.

I enjoyed making fractions out of cups.

LI. To define fractions.

Maori

 This week for Maori we translated peoples names.

First we learnt the Maori letters. For Example: j and s is the letter h in Maori. We used the Maori dictionary to translate Maori names into English names. 

Inter school touch rugby tournament

 On Wednesday some people from LS1 and LS2 went to dunkirk to have a friendly touch rugby tournament. The competition was split into Y5, Y6, Y7 and Y8 different year groups.

The year six's had 7 games. The first team we played was against point england. The points was 3 neal to point england school. The next game was against saint patrick's. 

The points was 3 neal to us. Next after that game we played stone field 2 times. We lost the first game and won our second. The first points for the first game was 4 to 5. The second points was 4 to 2. 

The next school we played was sylvia park. We lost by 3 points the points was 3 neal. The next game was against bailey road. We won the points was 5 to 1. The next school we played was point england school this team was another group. We won the points was 3 - 1.

The skill we need to work on communication. The hardest team to play was sylvia park. The most fun game to play is bailey road school because of my run away.

I enjoy participating in the touch tournament because I get to play other schools and play proper touch.

Reading

 For reading we did an activity that was called tabe mat. For this activity we had to find 4 facts about a book called (Water Power) But first we had to write our prior  knowledge.

Next we had to find 3 keywords while writing 3 key words you had to defend one word and add in image that links with the key word. Next we had to find 2 key questions. After that we had to write a questions to ask the author.

Maths

A faction is one whole thing cut into equal pieces. For example, someone has one whole pizza. Then someone cuts the pizza into equal pieces

Halves are one whole thing split into two equal pieces. For example, someone has a whole pizza. It then gets into to two pieces  

A quarter is one whole thing cut into four equal pieces. For example, someone has a whole pizza. It then gets cut into four pieces.

Here are some examples of fraction.

LI. To define the fraction.