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Earthquake Experience

Olympic Google Slide

My Book Review

Title:	Zac Power: Shock Music
Author:	H.I. Larry
Illustrator:	Cal Bennet
Storyline [summary]	Zac is called by the most famous rock band ever and they asked him if he could play the guitar with them and he said yes.  Was he serious or was this a set up?.
What I liked best	I liked the part when Zac figured out the master minds true identity even though he was disguised as a rock band director.  But little did Zac know Dr drastics plan was to take over the world by hypnotizing every person in the world with his new “hipno song”.
What I didn’t like	The part when Zac nearly died by Dr Drastics wrath. But Zac always finds a way out of his trap
Favourite character	My favourite character is Zac power the main character.  He’s my favourite character because he will never fail a mission, Even in tough times when you think he’ll fail he’ll turn the table and come out as the winner.
Would I recommend this book?	I would recommend this book to those who are interested in action books/movies.

Olympic Artwork

Olympic art work

Here is a unique piece of artwork that I created along with support from Miss Hills and my classmates.

The first step that we had to make was to go on google and find an olympic athlete, after we found our athlete we had to print the picture off.  Then step two was to take a photo of yourself [and we needed our teacher Miss Hills to help us], Ms Hills asked us to look up to the roof like we had just won a gold medal.  Step three was to get an A3 paper and rule 4 cm in on the side and the same thing on the top.  We had to join these to make the border.  Step four was to come up with 2 similes and 2 metaphors for our poster and some speech bubbles and thought bubbles to put the similes and metaphors in.  

On the border of my artwork we had to have the olympic values and they are…

• Excellence
• Friendship
• Respect    

To make the tessellation we needed to measured a triangle with sides that had to be 3.8 cms, I even made hexagons!.  If you don’t know what a tessellation is it’s a repetitive pattern that can’t overlap or have gaps. Did you know that the only polygons that can tessellate by themselves are the hexagon, triangle and square, while the other polygons can’t really tesselate.  A polygon is the posh name for a shape,  a regular polygon is a shape with all equal sides well a irregular polygon is a shape with all unequal sides.

My challenge for you is:  

Can you find the triangles hidden in the hexagons?

Hong Kong STEM challenge

Hong Kong STEM Challenge

           

These are the materials we used:

6 x long sticks

1 x  wooden square

2 x pipe cleaners

2 x straws

1 x 1m ruler

11 x plastic cubes

1 x bunch of popsicle sticks
4 x wooden small flat pieces

Challenge #1 - Build a structure with a cube as the base:

Challenge 1 was really hard because our structure fell a couple of times.  The hard thing about this  challenge is that there was a time limit and if it kept falling we would have to start over again.  I think we did well for our first structure, but now  I think we can do better for the next one.

Challenge #2 - Build the tallest structure that you can and your base can be any size:

Challenge 2 was really hard because we had to build the tallest structure but the problem was it kept tumbling down.  We ended up being disqualified because we had to many of one material.  But at least we participated and tried, we thought we could complete the next challenge and we did. We think it was because the weight was not equal on both sides.  But then we decided to put two blocks on both sides so it would be an equilateral structure..and that was not allowed and we got disqualified.

Challenge #3 -  Build a structure with something that balances off the side of it:

                

Challenge 3 was really easy because the block/stick were sitting on the big flat bored.  The hard thing about it was making the little pieces on top balance.  We could have done better, just by sticking it out more, but at least we tried.

By Philip, Kisayah and Mereana

Moment In Time Week7

Today our teacher asked us to write a ‘Moment In Time’ piece using a picture of a boy in the water.  We planned as a class to make sure we had the 5 W’s and the 6 Senses.  

Before we began our writing in small groups we discussed the importance of using descriptive writing, using similes and metaphors where appropriate, using dialogue and have done our best to make sure our punctuation is correct.  Some of us have even used ‘Show Don’t Tell’ in our writing to provide our reader with more of an experience.

Our teacher gave us 10 minutes for each paragraph and then 10 minutes for editing at the end.  We had so much fun working together!

If you have a moment, we would love you to comment on our writing.  

Boy Overboard!

Jack was water skiing when he saw a group of sharks swimming towards him.  Jack was so frightened that he let go of the rope and fell on his back slap Jack started to drown.  The closer the sharks got to Jack the more frightened Jack became.  He could taste the sea water dripping from his mouth. “HELP! HELP!”

Jack saw the sharks swimming closer and closer “HELP! HELP! SOMEBODY HELP!” Jack screamed.  The sharks finally surrounded Jack when he felt like his heart was going to jump out of his chest. One of the sharks lunged forward and tried to bite Jack but he was too fast for the shark and he just dodged in time.  Then the next shark then the next and so on.

The final shark managed to bite Jacks leg “AHHH” screamed Jack as the blood was oozing out of his leg like a tree with tree sap sliding down the tree trunk.  But Jack didn’t only scream because of the blood he also screamed because the sea salt got sucked into his leg like a vacuum.  It was only Jack and the sharks alone in the salty sea water.  Jack knew this was the end but was it?….

Written by Philip, Eraia and Javahn.

Eraia

What I did well was putting interesting words    

Javahn:

What I did well was sharing my idea and sharing my knowledgeknowledge.  

Philip:

I think I put in some descriptive words to make it interesting for the reader.

Tesselations

Tessellations

Definition: A pattern made of identical shapes: • the shapes must fit together without any gaps • the shapes should not overlap Look right to see an example of a tessellation.

Vocabulary Vertice = Vertices are the points or corners of a shape. Polygon = A plane shape (two-dimensional) with straight sides. Examples: triangles, rectangles and pentagons. Angle =   The amount of turn between two straight lines that have a common end point

Regular polygon When a shape has all equal sides.	Irregular polygon When a shape doesn’t have equal sides.
Salzman, L., (1990).  Cool Tessellations.  Creative activities that make math and science fun for kids!  P6-7)

Reference lists:
Vocabulary references	https://www.mathsisfun.com/definitions/tessellation.html https://www.reference.com/math/vertices-math-120e19b75c4758c1
Picture	http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/tess/triex.htm

Matariki...

This is what I have been learning in my group.
Here is a picture I drew to share my understanding:

This is my picture of a Marae because a powhiri is nearly always peformed at a Marae

The Elixir of Love

 education@nzopera.co.nz

Jaxs fish ‘n’ chips

Purpose: Thank you note

Dear Jax

Thank you for coming to Rangikura school and sharing your opera.

The thing that I found cool was how interested Nemo was to the elixir of love, but I think it was because he had the best chance of this girl falling in love with him.  I also liked all the actors voices they were so loud and proud, so smooth actually so smooth that I couldn’t even here a single drop.  I really liked the show especially Nemo and Docs handshake because they just met then they both had the same idea of a handshake.  The funniest part for me was how Nemo only had 50 cents.

Here is a photo of my favourite moment during school.

Yours sincerely

Philip
Rangikura school

Philip @ Rangikura

Book

These are my books I got in the Duffy box.
so far I have only read spider man vs mysterio but eventually I'll read my other book to.

My Book Choice

My book choice
This is my book choice, I chose this book because of all the action Alex rider skeleton key was like the most exciting book I ever read. I wish I was a spy just like Alex rider!!!!.


Please leave a comment and tell how I did

Thank you

Weaving a box

1. Get all your gear to start.

2. Measure ten 30 cm long and 1cm wide strips of paper.

3. Cut the strips of paper out.

     4.   Place 5 of the strips on the mat.[make them about 2cm wide from each other].

    

     5.    Take hold of one strip and go over under over under and keep going until it comes out the  

             End.

     

      6.    Carry on with step five using the other 4 strips .   

              

      

     7.      Use a ruler to make the side of the box stick up.

      

     8.      Sellotape the sides sticking up so they don’t fall apart.

     

    9.     If the strips don’t stick up fold them over the base.

    

    10.    Cut out 4 more strips [about 24 cm long and 1cm wide.

     11.    With the same strip weave it through 4 sides [keep it tight].

     12.    Take one strip and fold it into four quarters.

     13.    Sellotape each corner to keep the strip in place.

      14.    Repeat step 12 and 13 with the three remaining strips.

       15.    For a finishing touch tape down any strips sticking up.

        16.   Enjoy your hand made box.

Me

This is my art I have been working on for nine weeks.  It shows all about me and my family, if you can't really see I have my mihi, whanaungatanga, definitions for whanaungatanga and manaakitanga, identity artwork and my face photo artwork. 

Whanaungatanga means a sense of belonging to a group and manaakitanga is all the steps to whanaungatanga, for example, hospitality, partnership, protection and participation.  

It's hard to see my mihi but it says who my principal is, what my school name is, my room number and who my Teacher is.  It also says Where I am from,what my family name is, my normal name and how old I am.



Please leave a comment, thank you

Sincerely Philip

My Poster

This is my poster, If you can see it it says: Alex Rider skeleton key There are also Alex rider snake head
.
If I actually wrote this book would you buy it and why?

Leave a comment and tell me what you think.

My poster is showing if you bought this book you would get another one for free!

That was if I actually wrote the book. Well be sure to leave a comment.
http://thehomeofbooks.wikia.com/wiki/Alex_Rider

http://www.storysnoops.com/detail.php?id=474

This is my poster that I, published

Venn diagram

This is my Venn diagram.
In my group we talked about the Venn diagram and who knew and
didn't know.  We had two journals one about how Fiji people fish 
and one about how the Tokelau people fish.  We used the Venn 
diagram to see the differences and similarities.  The Venn diagram
is used for seeing the differences and similarities between two things. 
I wrote what was different and what was the same.

Venn

Inside My Journal

This is my journal it's about how the Tokelau people fish.  I also read another
journal that was about how the Fijians fish there are similarities between
these two journals they are that they both are about fishing, they both
take place in a village, they both fish with spears and they both share
the fish that they caught with their village and families.

Term 1 Goals

These are my goals for term 1...
Reading: Practice going back to the text to show where the information was found.
Maths: Work with fractions looking at how to order them
Writing: To extend ideas further

My Artwork

This is my artwork that I made.  As you can see I used reflection.
We called this special piece of art our insect art.  I am proud of my art.

Whanaungatanga

This is my Whanaungatanga it represents my family the little korus are the children and the two big korus are the parents.  The korus are touching each other because they want to be part of the group.  Whanaungatanga is a sense of belonging to a group.

This is my Whanaungatanga.