Lego day!

 Hi guys,

Last week on Friday a Lady named Rachel from house of bricks came to our school with lots of Lego!

We have been learning about Character and Collaboration for P.B.L and this was our booster to get some Character juices boosting through us. We had a few fun challenges that we had to get through, through the day that we all really enjoyed. The first activity that my group went through was the Mosaics. This was a fun activity for many people but this just wasn't my thing I like art but after a while of making designs made of Lego and breaking it apart i was a bit getting a bit bored but after morning tea I was in for a real treat! After morning tea we all headed to year 7 and 8 hub where Lego of different shapes, sizes and colours were scattered across mats. We sat down listening to Rachel as she explained the next task. The task was to go over to a mat of our choice which already had small brown bases for everyone to build upon. When we had chosen a mat we would start building something for a period of 5 minutes after the 5 minutes was over we had to pass it round to the next person clockwise and they would continue building on our base for another 5 minutes and pass it round to the next person. So I started building a Pre-school. My Pre-school was going very successfully until the 5 minutes was over and I passed it to the boy next to me for him to continue, and everything from then on just changed! At first he was building on to make my Pre-school then he saw a eyeball in the Lego pile and stuck it on and my Pre-school become a Eye-school. We  went round and round in a circle and my creation kept becoming more and more eyeballnised ( if that even is a word ) until my Pre-school came to one person who changed it completely. This girl took every single eye-ball out of the Pre-school and returned it to what it was first supposed to be an ordinary Pre-school.  Soon after our time was up and we went to the next rotation. We got into peers to make a super fast, super speedy speeding race car. We were all given wheels to start our creation with. Me and my buddy looked round for things that would make it go a larger distance faster. We thought that weight at the back would make it go fast so thats what we did. We went back and forth testing our race car until time was up. We all sat down and watched cars race down the ramp. Ours was first. We were against someone and we won. We had a chance...although we thought. As more and more cars went down the ramp we knew we were not gonna be on that podium. In the end we were no where close to the top, although our car did go down the ramp we lost, and what a great loss it was.

Comment down below what you like to do with Lego!

Junk food or no junk food?

 Hi Everyone and welcome back to my blog, 

Today I have a debate that needs to be settled among the schools. Should schools have junk food?

Comment below to share your views on the subject. Enjoy!

Junk food should be allowed and served at school

Junk food, delicious food served at takeaways but not at school. Yes not at school! Wouldn't you love to open your lunch box and see a juicy burger and some french fries waiting for you to dig in? Don't you think that schools these days are getting a little unfair. 

A lack of food can cause a lack of energy which would cause a slump in children's focus. Why can't they just eat normal food you ask, not many kids like the food put in their lunchboxes and that causes them not to eat it due to a lack of appetite.

These are some more reasons why Junk food should be allowed and served at school.

Ever forgot your lunch and the teachers gave you something disgusting to eat but you had to eat it because you had no lunch. Ever been tired one morning and don't want to go to school, junk food waiting for you can boost your excitement and make you extra ready to get to school. 

So teachers and parents, pack a nice big burger, hot dog or more in your child's lunch. Do you agree that it will bring a brighter day to your child's life?

Umbrella- A story of empathy, love and gratfullness

 Hi again, 

We have been writing a small chunk of the short film Umbrella which is all about a girl who went to visit an orphanage and her whole life was changed. Through a small act of kindness she had made the greatest choice of her life. Here is my chunk comment below what you think!

-Umbrella-

One foggy dawn, while the dew fell upon the leaves, the door to Miss Elm’s Home for Children sprang open with a bang! The girl with the stunning, sunshine yellow umbrella tiptoed reluctantly into the orphanage, quickly finding a safe home for her umbrella. And not wanting to be seen Boris crisply whipped his head round the door frame so he was hidden from view. Standing off to the side the little girl watched the glorious scene as the children searched in the box for her lost treasures. A smile glistened across the girl's face as she watched the other young girl clutch the doll as if she was her own mother. The girl's smile swiftly melted as she looked over to the umbrella stand that was left with puddles of cold water. Her beloved umbrella had been stolen before her very eyes.

I hope you like the story for the real clip search Umbrella short film on YouTube or click the link below.

Link to clip=Umbrella ( short film )

Tumu's birthday months!!

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My goal was to display data using a stem and leaf graph, choose an appropriate data, display using more than one variable, interpret information from graphs plan an investigation. To do this we first collected data on everyone favourite numbers and favourite activity. Later today we made graph about everyone's birthdays. First we collected everyone's birthday data by standing up when they called out our names then we made a sheet with everyone's months and went through the steps of making a graph. Next we got to make our own graph. We had all the data already so we just had to put it into two charts. After doing that we put the charts on a google drawing and made some statements about the graphs.

These are my graphs I hope you like them

What month do you think has the most birthdays?

The secret to multiplication.

 Hi guys,

Today I am gonna be showing you the secret to  multiplication. Multiplication is very easy and can be not  that complicated. Here is the video! I hope you enjoy and learn the secret to Multiplication.

What have you learnt  from this post? Comment below

How to tell the time

Hi welcome back to my blog! Today I am teaching you how to tell the time. When your telling the time on a digital clock there is a 24 hour time. Thats when the time says the numbers on going after the 12pm it continues with 13 14 and 15 instead of 1 2 and 3. You can learn all about it in my slideshow! I hope you enjoy! 

What did you learn from this post?

Tumu's tremendous town trip!

 Tumu Town Trip!

Hi everyone! Thank you for tuning into my blog today! On Thursday 20th of May 2021 me and my hub went on a fun trip to town. We had so much fun and I hope you have fun reading and learning all about our trip! We first stopped at Margaret Mahy. At Margret Mahy we stopped and talked about what we were going to do that day then Rata went to Victoria square named after Queen Victoria.

Victoria Square!

On our way to Victoria Square we saw lots of Māori artwork. When we got there we got to explore. I saw a pou. It has a lot of Maori designs on it. There was a picnic table that talked about sharing and gathering together. We also saw a statue of Queen Victoria and Captain Cook. I learned that Captain Cook was the first Englishman to step foot on New Zealand. We also saw a maori mat. It talked about gathering together and sharing. It was number 8 of the 13 mats in New Zealand. We also drew the pou and its designs as we leaned on the picnic table. Victoria Square was super fun and super cool, but I knew there was a lot more fun ahead of me!

Margret Mahy!

Our next rotation was with Mrs Carney. We walked over to Margret Mahy park with our parent helpers and teacher aids. At Margret Mahy we met Mrs Carney and started our rotation. We talked about what was important in the park and the story behind it being built. We talked about how people were afraid of coming out from their homes after the earthquake and how they made the park to attract people back to the city. After we learned all that important information we got to have a scavenger hunt! We got into buddies. My buddy was Lucy. We walked around looking for the things on the list. After that we talked about the things on the list and its connection to New Zealand. After we all got pieces of paper and some crayons. We put our paper against one of our favorite carvings and rubbed our crayon against it making the design appear on the paper. After a few more minutes of drawing we all moved back to our spot and had some morning tea and continued onto the next rotation. 

The Mats and Tuna!

The first mat we saw was the one in the Margaret mahy park. Mrs Bryce told us what it ment and how the designs all had different meanings. This mat was about playing, having fun and family. One of the patterns looked like leaves. It talked about healing leafs that were actually used to heal. We thought they added healing leaves because people might get hurt at the park. Next we went out of the park. We looked at some other mats around Christchurch. We saw three mats with Mrs Bryce. It was super fun but the fun had only just begun. Next we headed over to the Eels. We were super blessed and lucky because we got to feed them. I learned that the Moari name for Eels was Tuna. I also learned that the Tuna in cans were pronounced Chu-na. We all got some cat food to feed the Eels. I saw one but it did not eat from my spoon so I just dropped the food in the water. Beth was really lucky because the eel ate the food right off her spoon! I loved that rotation because we got to feed the eels!

Waka!

The Waka was my last rotation but it was my favourite! I had been waiting all day for that moment. When I saw other people on the Waka I thought it would be easy to just glide across the water… But I was wrong! I headed onto the water and we used Moari commands to know when to move in the water. When the commander would say some magic words we would start. We would chant He! When we put the oars in the water, we would say Ha! When we hit on the put. When I went back and forth on the water creating ripples. It was so fun! It was my first ever time on any kind of boat! Yes, it was my favorite but again I tell you it was hard work! 

I loved my trip and I highly recommend going! I had a time of my life and still learned so much! On this trip the thing I found most interesting was why they built Margaret mahy. The trip has helped me with my PBL because I have learned all this information and seen all this artwork and I would love to incorporate them into our school!Did you know about those things before this post? Comment down below and tell me all your experiences and learning about those places before and after the post.