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Term 1 Week 7

Over the last few weeks I have been doing...

• Art-last time I talked about how we are using close and far away patterns and how it was really fun and cool. Well now i'm nearly done my art. I think it looks really cool with all the different patterns. 

• Reading Challenge-we are doing a reading challenge were you have to read 20 books over the year. We have to read 5 books every term and there are 4 terms.

• Writing-we have been learning how to write a explanation. Our explanation is going to be about the different roles in the Maori culture and why females always stand at the back at a powhiri. 
• Buddy class-we have now got a buddy class. (room 17) With our buddy class we teach them some cool things to do on a computer and we have a garden that we plant things in.

• Ukulele-this year I have joined the ukulele group. Last year I was in it as well. I have my own ukulele and I know how to play. Last year we went to a festival called Kiwileles. I enjoyed it a lot,it is when you go with your school ukulele group and plzy lots of songs. Yo can also buy things like badges,ukulele straps(I got one its back) I would love to go again this year.

• Reading-we are reading the whale rider. I am finding it cool,funny and interesting. We are probably half way through the book now.

Why Females Always Stand At The Back At A Powhiri

My Reflection:
I was learning to write a explanation because we are reading the whale rider book.
I felt happy because it was very easy and I like to write.
I found it easy because we had learnt lots of facts before we stared to write our explanation.
Next time I need to work on finding out more facts about my topic.

Bias In The Whale Rider Chapter 8

We have been learning what bias means in class.
I have highlighted all the parts in the Whale Rider chapter 8 that Koro Apirana has been bias to Kahu.
I have highlighted those parts because it shows he is being bias because he thinks he should not love her because she is a girl not a boy and she is the oldest grandchild.

Koro Apirana will not love her because she is a girl and not a boy and in his family the oldest child is always going to be a chief.

In Koro Apiranas family all the leaders have been a boy and no girls have ever been a leader so he thinks that Kahu sould not be a chief even thought she is the oldest grandchild. But on Nanny Flowers side she has had a female leader so she is okay with Kahu being a chief when she grows up.

Bias is only listening to one side of the story. It can be forms of racism,sexism or other culture beflifes. It can involve people forming stereotypes.

My Reflection:
I found it easy to identify the biased parts in the chapter because we talked a lot about what bias means in class so I new more about what bias meant.  
Next time I need to work on finding more biased parts in the chapter because I only got 3.

Cryptarithms

We have made a video showing the things we have learnt.

I have been learning Cryptarithms for a math active that we were doing.

At the start it was hard but then it got easier.

I was working with a budding and that helped me because we could work together and solve them together.

Next time I have to work on solving more of them.

Kennings Poem

Reading Challenge

Peer Mediator Video

My Reflection: 

We had to make a video showing the skills that we have learnt doing our social skills lessons in class. 

We had to make a problem then someone would come in and help solve the problem.

It was fun working with other students to make my video.

Term 1 Week 5

Term 1

Hello,

Today I will be telling you what I have been doing over the past 4 weeks at school. So lets begin,

• Art-We are making a portraits of our self by using close and far away patterns to make it light and dark. I'm finding this very cool and fun

• Making music with our body-We have been making music with our body that means using our mouths,hands,fingers and feet. This active is very fun!!!!

• Cryptirythms- We have been solving a type of math problems with the numbers as letters. At first i found this hard but now its easy.

 AB

 AB

+AB

____

CA

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• Youth Town-Every week youth town has come to our school and they have been teaching us cool new sports and games. We have played capture the ball(pretty much capture the flag but instead of a flag you use a ball)

• Venn diagrams-We have done a Venn diagram on the whale rider book. We have compered our self to the nana and the poppa in the book. 

• Reading the whale rider-We have been reading the book The Whale Rider. It is a great book. I would suggest reading it if you haven't Already.  

Room 20 Sports

My Reflection:

We have made a from and made it into a chart.

My question was What Is Your Favorite Sport?

When the class had filled out my from I made it into a chart.

The most popular sports that people like was Swimming,Archery and Netball.