Area Of Triangles.

This is a google drawing about our maths learning focus, areas of triangles. This poster seeks to help you to do it yourself. I think this is quite challenging to get your head around to begin with, but once you know how to do it it's pretty easy.  

 

Area Of Triangles & Rectangles.

 Our learning focus in maths has been: how to find the area of triangles. 

To solve these questions we: 

1. Find the area of the rectangle (Times the length by the height)
2. Find the area of the non-shaded triangle, Half the base (can be anywhere) then times it by the height (needs to be perpendicular to the base)   
3. Then subtract the two measurements. 

Our Science Experiment

This is a google drawing I made about our science experiment. We are doing this experiment to find out the impact farming run-off has on our estuaries. We are also learning about what fair testing is and how to apply it to our experiment. 

 

Making An Ukutangi

 This term my class and I made Ukutangi, this is an explanation about how to make one.  I think I did alright, something I could work on is getting a better hook and using a variety of sentence structures in my writing. In my writing, I am learning how to use De;de sentences. Hope you enjoy.

Making An Ukutangi

Introduction

Do you know how to make a Ukutangi? Ukutangi translates to ‘clay flute’; Maori people used to, and

still do, use these Taonga to connect with God. They are also used to create a calm space, sending messages, and just to create music in general.

Ukutangi are really cool and easy to make. My class and I created some and I wish to show you how to create one too.

Moulding

To start off, we needed to split a piece of clay roughly into two pieces. Once we did this we rolled

the two pieces into spheres. When we were happy with the shape of our clay we then imprinted our thumbs into the top of

our clay, we applied pressure and used our index finger and middle fingers to rotate it around our thumbs, making sure the

rim of our Ukutangi was at least one-two centimeters thick. Eventually, our Ukutangi were beginning to take shape.

Taking Shape

At that point, we had our two pieces of clay that looked like bird nests. We then used a toothpick to scratch lines all

around the rims of each piece, we did this to help the two pieces grip to each other better. After we scratched the lines

into the rim we carefully joined the two pieces together. Next, we used our index fingers to smudge the lines where the two pieces

had joined, this helped the Ukutangi stay together and to make it look nice. Once our clay was in one piece using our pinky fingers, we drilled a

hole through the top until we could feel the empty space. Then, we used our index finger to make the hole bigger. It is very important to keep the top of your Ukutangi flat otherwise it won't work.

Final Test & Decoration

Once we did all the steps listed above we were ready for the final test. That test was to see if our Ukutangi made a noise before it was dry. To do this we put our mouth on it, turned our heads, and blew half our breath in and half our breath out. If it did then our ukutangi were ready, if it didn't you probably have to reshape it. When our Ukutangi passed the test we decorated it.

For my class we did Maori designs, first, we did it in pencil then used a safety pin to carve it in. 

Conclusion 

    All in all, Ukutangi are really cool, sure they’re hard to make but the beautiful sound and look in the end is very rewarding. I really enjoyed making these instruments and love the sound it makes and hope you do too.  

Planetarium Trip 2021

This is a google drawing about my experience at the whangarei planetarium. It was a great trip and I really enjoyed it. The trip was really fun, I learned so much and found it really interesting learning about the other planets in our solar system and other stars.  

 

200 Minutes Of Danger

This is a book report I wrote on what I think about the book 200 Minutes Of Danger. 

 At home and during reading time in class I read 200 Minutes Of Danger. It is written by Jack Heath. This book is a series of 10 small narrative texts inside one book.  

What makes this book unique is it has multiple stories in one book. Over time, all of the stories/main ideas fit together to make one big storyline even though they are all completely unrelated.   

All in all, I really like this book. It is very well written and leaves you at the end of your seat after every story. I liked it because I like action and adventure stories. I also like it because there are heaps of plot twists. I would recommend this book to anyone 10-13 years old especially if you like action.