Museum Trip

On Wednesday the 13th of June, myself and Room 15 went to the  Museum to learn about solar energy with Anthony. First we talked about planets and how heavy and light you would be on the sun and moon if you were 60 kg on earth you are 36 times your normal weight on the sun, but if you were 60 kg on earth you would be around 15 kg I think. I liked it because we made solar energy cars my activity group made a car that looked like one of those old fashioned horse carts but without a horse and with a solar energy pad. My favourite part about the Museum trip was running on the S.N.A.I.L which was a speedometer that worked out how long it would take you to run to the moon.    

Getting ready to run as fast as I can on the  S.N.A.I.L. speedometer.

My activity group and I are really proud of our solar powered car!!

This is my Waka Huia, They are used by Maori chiefs to keep their Huia feathers safe while they sleep. 

The Explorer

This term we have been reading the book The Explorer written by Katherine Rundell.  The book is about 4 people who crash in a plane in the Amazon rainforest, At the moment in the book the character called Con is taking a risk by revealing  things she may not have wanted to have been said. I am enjoying this book because it is action packed and at every chapter  there's always something big happening!!
Have you ever read any of Katherine Rundell's Books?

Scratch Coding

I have been doing a lot of scratch at the moment, what is scratch?
Scratch is a coding program for school children. I quite like scratch because it is a challenge, and we do scratch so that when we are grown up's we can code software for computers. In scratch the characters you use are called sprites and the backgrounds are called backdrops.
I hope you like this photo of my latest completed project!!
Have you ever had to code before?

 

Spencer Park Camp

At camp I enjoyed it so much because the parents were there to help they are superstars they went above and beyond.

At Adrenalin forest I loved getting out of my comfort zone, I liked it when I was doing the level 2 long zipline!

                                                                                                  

Here are some photos of me on  Spencer Park Camp:

 

Koru Art

Here is my koru art based on the work of Raewyn Harris, a New Zealand artist.

You can look at her work by clicking on this link. I like the colours and koru shapes I have used. 

What kind of art do you like? Feel free to leave a comment about what you think. 

Poetry

In writing I have used a poem by James K. Baxter as a starting point to write my own holiday poem. I hope you like it.

Lachie’s James K Baxter Inspired Poetry

Hanmer was usual enough;

It had a lolly pot, a pool, some pedal bikes, a few waterslides and even a Fudge shop.

My family, Amber’s family and I did what swimmers do -
Sliding down the waterslides, pedaling hard on the pedal bikes, fast, quick swimming, relaxing in the egg smelling spas, drying off in the 27 degree sun and Having lots of fun in Amber’s family’s wooden police apartment.

Doing nothing important.

Welcome to my 2018 Blog.

  

This year I am in Te Kanawa's Marae - Room 15 and my teacher’s name is Mrs Peterson. 

I am very excited to share my learning journey with you this year.

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Thanks, 
Lachie