Why our environment should be litter free

Hello everyone,

Littering is a very common thing to us humans and animals ( land animals and sea animals ). Littering is bad for the environment and our animals. If you trow stuff in the sea such as glass bottles or plastic straws in the sea it will really affect the sea life animals.  And also for the land animals like a cross river gorilla which is also non as the Critically Endangered. You should really think before you do something when you are at the beach or when you are near the water or when you are going camping. Please don't litter, it really hurts our sea and land animals.

Hayley's animal report ( litter free )

Hello everyone,

I did a animal report about why you shouldn't litter. My animal was a turtle. I had to write my opening statement, my animals' appearance, diet, habitat, threats, reproduction and finally my closing statement. This activity was one of my homework tasks after my school got shut down for 4 weeks because of Covid 19. So I ended school early because of what was going around ( Covid 19 ). When I started doing this report, well at first I didn't even know what to do for my opening statement, but now I think it was easy and enjoyable. You can see my work below.

Whitebait movie

Hello Peeps,

In the last whitebait blog post I did a fish bone diagram for Whitebait Fritters; a story that Mrs A has been reading to us in class. Today, I did a movie based on the same story - Whitebait Fritters.  It was really fun. I worked with a buddy, her name is Ariana Craig. We have been working hard on this movie so you can enjoy it.  We did a green screen to do show the whitebait in our movie. What I found hard was talking to the camera when there was a word I didn't know. What I found easy was the writing for the movie and to say which letter we were on (based on the science principles of MRS GREN which are movement, respiration, sensitivity, growth, reproduction, excretion and nutrition).  I learn't so many things about Whitebait just from this task. This week we learnt so much about Whitebait and MRS GREN. Here is our whitebait movie.

Fake whitebait fritters

Hello everyone,

Making fake whitebait fritters.

This term for our novel study, Mrs A read us Whitebait Fritters which is a novel written by a Kiwi author Kingi McKinnon.  My favourite part in Whitebait Fritters was when the characters, Wiremu and his dad Hone went to go to their family hide out which is only to be used when their family is going fishing for whitebait.

To wind up our learning we decided to make some fake whitebait fritters
because we can’t afford to buy real whitebait. We used grated potato to take
the place of whitebait and mixed it with eggs and onions. They were really tasty.
Then we had to write out the recipe, put it on a Google Drawing and add some
images. You can see my work below.

DNA Bracelet

Hello everyone,

Today I did a bracelet to represent my DNA. At first I needed to find my first and last initials, then I used my piece of paper to see what I had circled about my DNA.  Brown bead equalled brown hair, a black bead equalled no hitchhikers thumb, wavy hair will be purple, purple bead for no widows peak, green bead for hand clasp, left thumb on top of the right thumb, blue bead for what hand I write with ( right hand ), pink bead for freckles, green bead for dimples, black bead for cleft chin, orange bead for a detached ear, pink bead only if I can roll my tongue and lat be not least what colour eyes.  I have a brown bead for brown eyes. After that we all moved  to the fun part, and that is..... the beads. So what ever I circled on my piece of paper I had to get that answer that I circled and find the correct colour bead. After I had finished doing the beads part there is one more thing that I need, and that is ....... the start of my last name. That is my bracelet. Here is a picture of it.

Science 1 Science: Me and my DNA

Kia Ora whanua,

This term for science we are learning all about how the human body works and how special we all are. We are also trying to learn how to think and act more like a scientist. So, Miss Fletcher asked us to look at our faces in the mirror and write down notes about what we look like. The information had to be precise and clear so that when someone read it, it would help them find the person it described quickly. It was a bit like being a detective. You had to look and notice things carefully.

Miss Fletcher said that what we look like depends on our mother and father. Making a new human is a bit like making a cake.  You get some ingredients from your mum and some from your dad. The ingredients are called DNA. Everybody’s cake is different to everyone else’s. 

Miss Fletcher said the person with the most efficient description was Andrew J as he wrote: My hair is 1cm long all over. He is the only student in Team Moana with a haircut like that so he was able to be identified very easily. You can read my description below. The sentences highlighted in blue are the ones that Miss Fletcher said were not precise and clear enough. 

Maths 1 Maths: Geometry Safar

Hello,
This term for maths we have been learning in a team. We went on a Geometry Safari around the school grounds to see how many 2D and 3D shapes we could find. Then we had to write what we had found into a table. I worked in a group with Manea, Kayla, Mikalya, Ngarino and I. You can see ours below.

Team Moana Geometry Safari

We went on a Geometry Safari to see how many 2D and 3D shapes we could find in the
playground. Here is our list of what we found and where.

 I was in a group with Kayla, Manea, Ngarino and Mikalya We found out that geometry is
everywhere!

What shape did you find?	Is it 2D?	Is it 3D?	What is it part of or where was it?
Octagon	No	Yes	Picnic Table
Square	Yes	No	4 Square
Sphere	No	Yes	Ball
Circle	Yes	No	Centre of court
Cylinder	No	Yes	Sandpit Pole
Triangle	?	?	Fling Fox
Cone	No	Yes	Field Cone