Here is a selection of my learning that I wish to share. Not all my work will be perfect all of the time as I am a work in progress. I welcome positive and helpful comments.
On a bright, sunny morning as bright as a shining star there were 2 boys called kitkat and Cakeey on their way to school, but instead of them going to school they went the opposite direction and went to the beach. Once they were at the beach, they could feel the golden, silky sand between their bare toes like if you run your hand down a kitten's back. Then Kitkat said to Cakeey “ The golden sand is so soft between my bare toes.”“ I’m not interested! Why don’t we go fishing.” said Cakeey. “Ya lets go.” replied Kitkat. SPLASH!!.
While they were fishing 2 teachers were driving on the dusty road that was as rusty as an old nail. “ I have a feeling that someone is watching us.”“ Why.” said Kitkat “ Because we are at the beach (with water that is as shiny as crystal and sand that is as golden as the sun) during school time.” screamed Cakeey. After when Cakeey was screaming the teachers got closer and closer to them. SLAP!! “ You are such a chicken” said Kitkat. “What are those kids doing out of school.” Miss Humble bird said to herself. “Ew, I can smell coffee”“ Hey you 2 get over here now”“Aaahhh it’s Miss Humble bird, RUN!!” both of them said. So they ran away and decided to never dich school again.
An arrangement of shapes closely fitted together, especially of polygons in a repeated pattern without gaps or overlapping.
This is a picture of triangles and hexagons. If you see the triangles that have no colour, they are still part of the picture and they are not gaps.
The difference between a regular pentagon and a irregular pentagon
A polygon can have a certain number of sides, but the sides do not necessarily have to be the same length. Both of the polygons below are pentagons because they both have five angles and sides, but look at the differences.
Regular polygon
A polygon is regular when all angles are equal and all sides are equal.
Irregular polygon
A polygon that does not have all sides equal and all angles equal.
Salzman, L., (1990). Cool Tessellations. Creative activities that make math and science fun for kids! P6-7)
Tessellation
Tessellation picture
Information of tessellation
The shapes must fit together without any gaps
The shapes should not overlap
a tessellation of triangles
A tessellation is a regular pattern made up of flat shapes repeated and joined together without any gaps or overlaps.
On the first week of June each year our school celebrates Matariki.
Matariki is a māori new year, the māori new year is a time to have fun, bring families together, do kapa haka, share food, singing, dancing, telling stories and lots more.
Matariki is also the 7 sisters or the 7 stars. In our classroom we were doing manu tukutuku (kite making).
Our teacher Miss Hill's put us into groups of 2 and my buddy was David. Before we made our kites we had to listen really carefully or we will all muck it up. The first instruction was to measure our toitoi, and mine and David’s were 45 cm long each piece and we had to break them into 3 equal pieces. I went to the matariki celebration and at that Matariki celebration we had knucklebones, string games, kite making, kapa haka group, the reflection wall, Matariki pupus, koroos, and poi making.
At the Rangikura Matariki celebration there were lots of people and also people kept on coming threw the door like a never ending line. When the kapa haka group started performing there was fruit, bread, and soup being handed out. I had some soup and the soups flavour was… pumpkin soup is my favourite when i’m really cold.
The Matariki celebration started at 6pm and finished at 8pm. We did it at night because the stars only come out at night and so it is nice and dark. If it wasn’t dark we couldn’t have the fairy lights going and it was like the best party I have ever been to but it is achilly a celebration.
Here are the materials we all used:
Toitoi
Pencil
Raupō
Wool
100cm ruler
Black paper
Pastils
Hot glue gun
Instructions:
Firstly get your toitoi and measure how long it is.
Secondly cut you toitoi were you put your line.
Thirdly lay the one with the fluffy bit of the toitoi, lay it straight and put the other 2 on top.
Fourthly measure 100 cm of string and wrap it randomly around the top then tie it at the back.
Filthy get the Raupō and split it so it is the right size for you and lay it on the top of the toitoi.
Once you have finished that get any coloured wool and rule 100 cm long again but do 3 pieces.
Next plat it until all your strips run out.
After all that get your black paper and draw a triangle at the top then cut the triangle out.
Then once you have your triangle done get a pencil and get a clear piece of white paper and practice a maori design and once you have found the pattern you want draw it on the black piece of paper.
After doing all that get your hot glue gun and stick your black paper on it.
This week me and my group have been learning about matariki.
Here is a picture I drew to share my understanding.
If you can't see it clearly here is what it says...
You will need:
news paper
plastic bags
string/wool
seletape
sciseres
vivid
plating skills
Thank you for coming to Rangikura school to show us how to do opera.
I liked the show very much because it was a new experience of singing for me. because I have never heard anything like that before. My most favourite part was when the salesmen said that it was achelly L&P.
Question: How did the salesmen make the drink yellow is it yellow food colouring with vinegar in it in secret?
The book that is on the left is called te popi whero which means the red poppy and this book is about... someones dad going to war but in stead of him saying it to there mother he just writers a note and heads off. This book is rotten in maori but if you ask a person that is this language they can tell you what it means. Also it is about men going to war and also about the red poppy representing the people that went to war and died.
This book on the right is about a team of girls that are mice and they are a little bit like spies because they investigate were a evil person has taken shinny things and stuff. It is also about going on adventures and going to a ball were there are lovely dresses and lots of stuff you could think of. Also this book is about the Thea sisters, Geronimo Stilton, and Thea Stilton. And here are the Thea sisters names and there talent...
Nicky is always in a good mood when she's outdoors.
Colette is energetic and full of good ideas.
Pamela is a peacemaker who can't stand arguments.
Paulina loves traveling and helping other rodents.
Violet is detail-oriented and always open to new things.
