Camping Ground Sites Math - Summer Learning Journey Day 13.

 Today for our last activity we did a math activity, where we had to try and make an equal camp site with squares with grids in them and at the end we had to do some 15 times tables to work out how much money they would've cost to stay in. I learnt a lot of different things and it was very confusing at first but got the hang of it as I went on.

I found nothing challenging other than the first few slides which were very confusing. I enjoyed most of it and I learnt some new math skills. It got harder and harder until the one where there was a toilet block in the middle and you couldn't really go through it or past it.

Here is my google slide on my maths activity:

Digital Fruit and Veggie Art - Summer Learning Journey Day 13.

 Today for our 1st activity we got to do art but with fruit and vegetables! I choose to do mine on my chromebook because them I'd have access to more fruits I might've not had at home. The person who created this type of art was.. Giuseppe Arcimboldo, he was an Italian painter and loved doing art with stuff you find outside, books, fruit and vegetables.

I learnt that doing art with something other than paper and colours can turn into a masterpiece as well. What I used for my art was a watermelon for the head, blueberries for the nose and eyes, half a lemon for the ears, cherries for the earrings, lettuce for the hair and a banana for the smile! 

I've also included a couple of facts about the painter in my google drawing, here is the art that I made: 

My Super Summer Taste - Summer Learning Journey Day 12.

 For our last activity for the day we had to write and explain our favourite foods to eat in the Summer. I choose, Ice cream, watermelon/any fruit, soda, and yoghurt. I choose these mostly because they are really nice when they are cold and when its Summer you really crave something cold and nice to eat/ drink in the hot weather.

I have explained why I choose these even more in my google drawing! I made a google drawing of the foods, here is my google drawing:

Word Art - Summer Learning Journey Day 12.

 Today for our 1st activity we had to read a slide in Maori and we had to make some word art. Here's a link if you want to try and some word art of your own: Click Here. What I like about word art is that is completely free and you don't have to pay anything. 

The words I used were Persevere, family, friends, Nature, Art, Happiness and Kindness. I choose all positive words because everyone should be enjoying life and being happy! Here is my word art:

Super Column - Nano Girl Summer Learning Journey Day 11.

 Today for our last activity we had to make a Super Column! A super column is like a little experiment to see if you can stack stuff on top on it and see how much it can hold. 

Have you made a super column before? How many items did you put on for it to fall down?

What I used for this:

Paper

Scissors

Card paper/Cardboard                  

Tape

And any slightly heavy item of your choice. Here is my google slide:                                                         

It's Cool To Be Kind- Summer Learning Journey Day 11.

 Today for our 2nd activity we had to copy a kind comment someone has left on our blog, I choose a comment from Shannon, a SMLJ commenter! Then you had to copy and paste your reply!

I like replying to comments because you get positive, thoughtful, and help comments to reply to. Do you like replying to your comments? Here is my google drawing:

UV/ Ultraviolet Indicator - Summer Learning Journey Day 11.

 Today we learnt about a UV Indicator. A UV INdicator is basically a chart called "Ultraviolet". It tells you if you need to protect yourself from the sun today, I made my own Ultraviolet chart for me to hang up at my house. I was thinking placing it in the living room since everyone can see it, a Ultraviolet chart can save you from either getting a sun allergy, cancer or sunburns.

These are the 5 different levels:

1. Low: Low means your all good and you don't really need anything to protect.

2. Medium: Either sunglasses or a hat.

3. High: Sunglasses,hat and sunscreen.

4. Very High: Sunglasses, hat, and sunscreen, stay away from the sun.

5. Extreme: Stay home.

Here is my google drawing that I made:

3D Paper Origami - Summer Learning Journey Day 10.

 Today for our activity we had to make some 3D paper origami. I personally liked this because I love origami and doing crafts very much similar. I made a flower! 

The video I used: Click Here.

What you need:

Scissors

Tape

A4 Paper, and that's it!

I love origami because it's affordable for anyone.

Here are 2 photos of what I made:

Te Huarere / Weather - Summer Learning Journey Day 9.

 Today for our activity we had to do a slideshow that was teaching us about the weather in Maori. I enjoyed this because I learnt the weather forecast in a different language. I found nothing challenging in this activity because it was simple and clear to learn.

For an example I learnt something like this! "He aha te tohu huarere? (What is the weather forecast?), Puahuru & Kapuapua."!

Here are some slides that you can look through that can help you learn some words on your own!

Minecraft - Summer Learning Journey Day 8.

 Today for our 2nd activity, we played minecraft. I enjoyed this because it was fun and simple to learn especially if you don't really play minecraft like I don't. I found nothing hard except figuring out what to do at the starting.

We even got a certificate when we were done, Do you ever play minecraft? Have you done the hour of code? :

Kiwi Jingle Bells - Summer Learning Journey Day 8.

 Today for our activity we had to make up our own Kiwi Jingle Bells, I enjoyed this because it was really fun to make your own chorus for Jingle Bells. I found nothing hard besides trying to figure out what words would come next.

We listened to a song to give us some ideas, here's the link: Click Here

This is my google slide on my song that I created:

Pigpen Cipher Code - Summer Learning Journey Day 7.

 Today for our activity we had to learn about Pigpen Cipher, I enjoyed this because it was simple to learn and really helpful! I found nothing challenging in this activity because the symbols were easy to learn. For my own Pigpen Cipher code that I made, I wrote it about my favourite beach for you to try it out yourself! 

What I learnt from this was how to code but in PIgpen Cipher version which was way more funner. Here is a link to a video that can help you make your own code! Click Here. 

Here is what I made, can you figure out what it says? :

Hana Kōkō Outfit For Santa - Summer Learning Journey Day 6.

 Today for our activity we had to read a book and it was about Santa and Christmas, here's the link: Click Here. I liked this activity because we could give Santa his own Summer outfit so he wouldn't get hot in his normal fluffy clothes. 

My inspiration for the outfit was the weather because its Summer which means it's really hot nowadays. 

What do you and your family do in Summer?

Here is what I created and explained why I choose those certain items:

Summer Haiku Poem - Summer Learning Journey Day 5.

 For our last activity we had to make a haiku poem about summer! I loved doing this because I like making poems, mainly about summer. A haiku poem is a poem with 3 lines, the first line, 5 syllables, middle line, 7 syllables, last line, 5 syllables. 

I like making haiku poems because they are so easy and fun to make. My poem was based on summer and I got inspiration from a photo!

Here is what I made:

Which One Doesn't Belong? - Summer Learning Journey Day 5.

 Today for our Summer Learney Journey activity we played Which One Doesn't Belong. It's a game where you see 4 pictures of the same things, one or all of them might be really different and you have to detect that. I really liked this activity because it was really simple and dun to do, plus its really easy to make your own as well.

I even made my own one at the end of the slides to see if you can figure it out! Here is my google slide:

Made up Song Chorus - Summer Learning Journey Day 4.

 Today for our activity we had to make up or use inspiration from other songs to make up our own chorus. My inspiration was Louis Armstrong, he made a song called "What A Wonderful World". I like it because it's so positive and it's telling you to not give up.

I liked this activity because it was really fun and you can be creative with what you write. Mine is kind of similar but the song is amazing itself, here's the link of the video of him singing. Click Here!

"Here is what I came up with:

It's a marvellous world.

I'm walking on ground.

Talking about heaven on earth.

I've got more than my share.

Haven't got a care!

Happy today and everyday.

It's a marvellous world!

Loving marvellous you."

Here is a photo of Louis Armstrong!

Optical Illusion Art - Summer Learning Journey Day 3.

 Today for my last activity we had to draw an optical illusion. I drew one which looks like a tunnel of some sort and its going down. Optical illusions look really amazing and eye catching for art because it's the way their drawn. What I liked about this was that some of them are really easy to make like the one I have.

You also don't need to buy anything for most of them because most of the time you only need a pencil and paper!

They are really fun to do, it looks very smudged but it looks so trippy and cool to look at once you start to see it! Here is what I made:

Exploring Equipment - Summer Learning Journey.

 Today for our Nanogirl challenge I decided to use something that she used as an example to make something. I saw she had some tomato cans so I got a finished milo can, and turned it into a pen cup.

What I used:

Milo Can

Paper

Felts

Scissors

Glue

I got the milo can and some paper, I cut the right size out of the paper and decorated the paper and glued it in so it looks fun and colourful. What I liked about this activity was because it was fun and didn't take as long as I imagined and it's very helpful if you have spare pens lying around, it's not as good but it's more helpful than it looks. Here is what I made:

Kowhaiwhai Pattern Art - Summer Learning Journey Day 3.

 Today for the activity, we had to do a Kowhaiwhai pattern and make our own. Kowhaiwhai are these patterns that symbolise different meanings like strength and more, you can find some Kowhaiwhai patterns inside some maraes on the inside of the roof with lots of different swirly pretty patterns.

The story of Kowhaiwhai patterns is someone named Tanerore, the sun. Tanerore is the son of Tama-nui-te-ra and he performs a haka for his mother, Hine-raumati. The "wiri wiri", the hand trembling action during the haka or waiata is a sign of the shimmering heat.Some Maori people believe when the land is hot that the air shimmer, they can see Tanerore performing a haka for his mother.

I liked doing this because I love art and it was really fun knowing you could create your own too. 

Here is what mine looks like: 

Exploring Equipment - Summer Learning Journey Day 2.

 For my 3rd / last activity for the day, we had to explore in our house and try find old things that we could build or make something of. For me I used some of my old leggings and made this little pocket thing so you could put stuff in it or like stick it on your door. I was going to make it a purse with straps but the glue I was using wasn't really good. 

What I used: 

Scissors

Old clothing

Glue.

It was pretty easy and fun because it's really helpful to put stuff in. The only thing I found hard was to cut out the shape since some scissors don't work well on fabric. Have you ever made something out of old clothing?

Here is what I made!

False Teeth - Summer Learning Journey Day 2.

 For my 2nd activity today we watched a video about these two men fishing and one sneezes and his dentures fall out and the other man keeps laughing so when he catches a fish he takes out his own dentures and put them in the fish's mouth, he shows his friends and he think they are his so then he tries them on and finds out he's pranking him so throws his friends dentures in the water so they both dont have any.

I found this pretty fun because we got a already made comic and we had to try and write what we thought they would be dsaying in the scene. Here is a link to the original video: Click Here. 

I enjoyed doing this because it was fun and we could make them say practically anything. Here is what I created:

Floral Insect - Summer Learning Journey Day 2.

 Today for my Summer Learning Journey activity we had to make art out of things in my backyard like flowers or leaves! I mostly liked finding the flowers because we had quite a lot I didn't even know about. 

I tried to make a dragonfly with leaves and added a little background. I mostly used flowers, leaves and this thick grass we had a bit of in my backyard. I think this was really fun because it's free and you can make whatever you want. 

We were also supposed to come up with a name for our insect so mine is... Autumn because in some parts of the world dragonflies mainly come out in Autumn!

Have you ever made something out of things in your backyard? If so, what material did you like, such as flowers or leaves? Here is what I made!

Explore Equipment! - Summer Learning Journey Day 1

 Today for our first Summer Learning Journey activity, we had to go around our house to try and find old things to use to turn into something like superpowers or magic but I made some origami paper sword and a axe by using my old coloured paper.

Here are the links so you can make your own as well! Click here. & Here.

Equipment:

Coloured paper

Scissors

Glue

A4 paper.

I hadn't found anything hard but my first plan was to make a ninja star but I couldn't so I found some really cool swords on youtube and decided to make them. 

Here is a photo:

What Christmas Means To Me! Poem.

A few weeks ago we did What Christmas Means To Me. I did an acrostic poem because you can basically write what happens in order, here is mine based on Christmas!

What Christmas Means To Me…

C: Christ is born!

H: Happiness.

R: Reuniting / Reconciliation.

I: Incredible food.

S: Spending time with family  and friends.

T: Time to give.

M: Making cards.

A: Appreciating the gift of life.

S: Surprising with joy.

2020 Goal Update.

 In term 1 we got a goal setting template that we filled in, but today we updated it. We make goals for each year so we can keep track of the year and see what we can do and what we cant. We wrote if we achieved in what we wrote on the google drawing.

Have you or your class done a goal setting?

Making Ice Candles - Science.

 Yesterday we made some Ice Candles, the things we used was An old carton, Some oil, Some old coloured candle, Ice, A long candle to go in the middle. 

The first thing we did was cut the top of an old milk carton so that its shaped as a rectangle. Next we got some oil and poured it into the milk carton and used our fingers to spread the oil around the different sides of the carton so when we pour the hot wax it wont stick into the carton when it dries. After the oil has spreaded we melt the old candles in a pan and wait till its turned into a liquid.

While it was melting we put the long candle in the middle of the carton. Meanwhile the wax has melted we put it aside and put ice in the carton with the long candle and poured the wax into it and left it for 24 hours.

Today we ripped them open and the candle had holes in it and the ice melted so it was pouring quite a lot of water. So that means when we light the candle the wax thats melting by the flame is going to ooze out of the holes in the candle.

Here are photos of our class making it: 

November Reflection Newsletter.

 Today we did our November reflection because it's the 1st of December which means it's almost Christmas! We reflect on our learning every month so we can look back and see what we've done in the past or either there's something that we might need to improve. 

Have you ever done something like this with your class? If so what was the favourite time of the year for you?