My Score On The Maori Language Quiz

On the maori language word quiz I got a 62/100. I think that's pretty good for somebody that doesn't know much te reo. I was mostly just guessing the one that I didn't know, and I think I even got a few right. I think that anything that is over 50/100 is a win. Here is a link to the quiz if you want to have a go, and you can tell me in the comments what your score was. 

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The Olympic Sprints Finals Writing.

This writing was from 4 weeks ago, and my writing group kind of forgot about it during lockdown so today we are finishing it off. Our task was to write a moment in time about the olympic sprints, except we were the runners. I did it like I was an old Grandparent telling his grandchildren about the time, Like it says at the end "Can you tell me another story Grandad?" I thought that it added a bit of a finishing tough to the writing, and I think its really cool. I found it easy to use my descriptive language to make the reader interested in my story, because I read a lot of books and I learn lots of new words from these books. I found it hard to find a quiet place to record my video of me reading, because lots of people were outside recording too. Next time I think I should add more visiols into my publishing, like maybe more detailed people and different designs rather than copy past and change some colours up.

All About ME Poster.

I picked this task from the Team Toroa choosing board, and the task was to make a poster all about us. I will write what I wrote t the end of this post. I enjoyed polylining my minecraft steve because he has lots of squares, and when I colourd him I did some shading, and i think that it looks really cool. I fond it hard to find a good picture of myself, but I found this photo with my guitar. I found it easy to find pictures using the explore tool and making sure that they are free. Next time I think I should polyline more than just one picture.

(The writing on the Drawing)

My name is Toby, I'm 11 years old, and I love Minecraft, Bass Guitar, and my pets. My favourite genre of food is Mexican and my favourite movie is Avengers: Engame. I like to read sci-fi and fantasy books like the Chaos Walking series, and Ready Player One.  My favourite cartoon is Adventure Time, and my favourite TV show is Brooklyn 99. I Have 7 pets, 4 at my dads and 3 at my mums. My favourite color is Light Blue and my favourite animal is a Tiger. My hobbies are cartooning, biking and video games. I hope that this is enough information about ME.

The Fight Against Covid-19 (Covid V.S Pfizer)

This lockdown we have been set 2 writing tasks. This is one of them. Our task was to make a comic book about destroying covid, so I did covid v.s the vaccine. Its only weakness. I did a simple one panel comic, its not an animation. Its a comic. Some comics have both one panel pages and some long panels, and some normal panels. I found it easy to make my characters with shapes and polyline, because I chose to do simple designs so I Can focus on the story. I really like making comics, and I even made one during lockdown. I found it challenging to do the news report part of my comic, because the words would always go really tiny, and I would have to keep on pressing the button to make them bigger until they were at 90. And my stuff wouldn't group properly. For my next comic (If I make one) I might make it longer, and make the story more interesting.

My Spring Rap.

Right. I made a song. I call it Spring. Or something like that. Anyway, we had to make a poem about spring, but I made it even better and made it into a rap. I actually don't own a microphone (Unless a gaming headset counts.) So I used a soup spoon. I even recorded my "Rap" and put it into the flipgrid site. There will be a video down below, underneath my poem. Man Eminem would be proud. I think that I did a really good job with it. I had, song, comedy and tea. Can't forget about the tea. Drinking tea as we speak. This poem is basically how I see spring. I mean rap. When it rains, Netflix is my mate. When it shines.... Netflix is still my mate. Lets face it, we all spend the majority of our time inside during lockdown. And everyone's best friend is netflix or disney+. I found it hard to make my words rhyme, and to make the words sound good together. Because if it doesn't sound good,then whats the point of making it. 

My Olympic Torch

In this activity we had to make an olympic torch. The original torch from the 2020 games is made out of recycled aluminum. I have chosen to make mine out of copper, and the Rings are made out of silver. I really enjoyed making this because I could use my creativity to remake something real. I found it challenging to get the rings on top of the torch, and to have the fire at the back. It was really stressful and it wasn't co-operating with me. I finally made the decision to make a copy of the top of the torch and wedging the fire between the torch and copy. Next time I think that I might make the design more complex.

Meet Paihere, My Olympic Mascot!

 In this activity, our task was to make a mascot if NZ ever hosted the olympics. I think that I did a really good job on this polyline creation, because I didn't trace anything! How I got my name was I went into google translate, did English to Maori, then I did the word Beautiful and I got Paihere. I don;t want to spoil my mote so I'll let you go and have a listen to that. I found it hard to do the lips, because I couldn't get the right shape, but I got there in the end. I decided to add a little olympic symbol on her dress, just to clarify that it was and olympic mascot. I was going to do a headband but I decided that I didn't need one. Next time I think that I should add more words into my mote so it's more interesting for you guys.

My NZ Olympic Pictograms.

Our task was to remake four olympic pictograms if NZ ever hosted the olympics. I did Rugby, Football, Hockey and Horse Jumping. I chose to put the NZ flag on at least one of the sports. What I did was get the 2021 pictogram, then polyline it but with everything filed in, then I would make it look good, by shifting around the corners and edges. I thought that black and blue looked good with the sports, so I kept It all the same. My favourite sport that I polylined was probably my hockey one, and second was my horse jumping. Next time I think I should make the arms a bit better, like on the rugby one I did didn't look that good. 

My Olympic Logo.

 Our task was to create an olympic logo to replace the rings. Since the rings look cool and have a great meaning behind them, I decided to keep them on my logo, with the original colours. I added a border of the colours and these sword type things around the circle. Did you know that the colors of the olympic rings represent the regions of the world that are in the olympics? Blue being Europe, Yellow being Asia, Black being Africa, Green being Oceana and Red being America. Fun fact: Audi actually tried to sue the olympics because their logos look similar. Even though the olympics have been around way longer than Audi. But yeah. I really enjoyed making this logo and I'm really happy with how its turned out.

Lemon Powered Battry.

Last Monday in science we made lemon powered batteries. Our group found that 8 lemons doesn't work, so next time the power goes out, don't run to buy some lemons. We had a three volt light, some lemons, a volt detector, some alligator clips (or omnoms as I liked to call them.) and some copper wire. Our objective was to get the light to go on. We tried four lemons, like they had in the video. then we tried 5 lemons. Nothing. 6 lemons. Nothing. 7 lemons. Still nothing. The potato powered light people already had theirs shining bright, but ours wouldn't. The moment of truth. 8 lemons. Nothi- just kidding. We got a slight glow! A SLIGHT GLOW. By then we had to pack up and do our lap around the rugby field, so we didn't get to try 9 or 10. I had a real fun time with my group to make this and even though it didn't work, I had a good time. So our lesson for this post, LEMONS DON'T WORK TO POWER LIGHTS. At Least that's what we found out...

(This is the 100th post! Yay! My very first post was All About Me In 2019, on June 11th 2019. I barely had any words on my posts, but now look! I have 1842 views on my blog, still growing by the day, and only 1 follower. Nearly 2000 views is amazing! Thank you all for these 3 years of learning and blogging and I am very exited for what is to come next.)

Brainbox Circuit Maker!

Another Wednesday, another science lesson! Today we learnt about circuit's with Brainbox. Brainbox is a fun way to learn about circuits. You can make quite a lot of things. Like a flying fan with an annoying noise machine and a light smiley-face that can walk! (Not actually walk. But that would be pretty sick...) My group made a Fan machine... It would of been way cooler using the noise machine, and make it look really complex, and with a smiley face, but that's ok. We can try again next week. Anyway, I learnt a lot about circuits and technology. Some groups got their fans to fly, but all we could do is make it into a beyblade. Let it rip! We found that our fan didn't beep, and we couldn't find out why. It just didn't. But It did work and we were happy about it. We may be leaning into more stuff about technology than science, so look out for that. 

My Football Team

For reading the last few weeks, we have been doing work on an olympic sport. My team did Football (Soccer) I don't want to spoil the work, but we had a Captain, Coach, Nutrition and Trainer. I was the team Captain. And I was in charge of researching about the history of the sport. I found out a WHOLE bunch of information about the game. Like in the christmas of WW2, the British soldiers and the German soldiers, both dropped their guns, refilled all of the trenches, and had a game of football. While everybody was still fighting. Crazy eh? They could just stop fighting for a day, then the next they began again. Anyway I found it really fun and I learnt alot too. I found it easy to put it into a format so that it easy to read, and to figure out what goes first. I found it a bit challenging to get a lot of information about the sport and the history behind the sport, but I did find some interesting information. 

By Toby, Isobel, Archie C And Vinny.

Tokyo 2020 Acrostic Poem.

This term we have been learning about the olympics. Our task today was to make an acrostic poem about the olympics. We had to use words about the olympics from our learning. Like our olympic values and what it takes to be an olympian. I really liked how I coloured the words the same colors as the olympic rings. I found it easy to think of words for this poem because of all the learning we have been doing about the olympics. I found it challenging to do some of the harder letters like Y or K. And don't get me started on the three O's. But once I got those done I was whizzing through. Next time I think I should of added more words, like two or three words a letter. That would make it pop and more words would be a challenge.

Olympic Values Animation!

In team toroa we have been learning about the Tokyo 2020 Olympic values. Like last time we had a slideshow to work through for over two weeks. This couple if weeks our slide was about the values it takes to be an Olympian. Respect, Exelents, and Friendship. I made this animation with my friends Rhodes and Ceejay. In the animation we are playing basketball. I pass it to Ceejay who threw it at the hoop. Then it bounced back at Rhodes and he jumps to dunk it in, but it missed and he hit his head. We went to see if he was okay. He jumped up and was fine. I thought that making this animation was really fun and the last part was funny. It took us around two hours to make it. Our task was to create an animation about one of the values. We did friendship, and I guess being kind as well. 

The hardest part was making the characters in time. I challenge myself to do 110% of my effort in to my work, so when my friends were ready I was still mucking about with the littlest details that in my mind, needed to be fixed.  My goal for my next animation is to do more animating and less decoration, and to put more movement into the characters. What other values should they put in the olympics? Tell me your ideas in the comments down below!

The Coin Drop Experiment.

 Well I'm a bit late. I was supposed to do this last week. Woops! But anyway a wile ago we did an experiment a bit similar to the egg drop. But this time it was with coins. With the coin drop you will need some coins (10c, 20c, 50c, $1, $2, you get it.) a plastic cup, and some paper. We used two different types of paper. One kinda thick and one thin. Im my group was Ceejay Alex and I, and we faced a couple of problems. First you had to flick the piece of paper in a certain way for it to work. In the video you can see that I don't flick the paper properly. but that is okay, everybody makes mistakes. The idea of this experiment is you get a plastic cup and put the paper on top. Then you put a coin or too directly in the middle of the card, right on top of the cup. Then you flick the piece of paper and if you have done it properly the coins will drop into the cup! 

The Egg Drop Experiment.

Newtons first law of motion explains that an object will stay still until acted on by another force. This is called inertia. This also applies to a moving object. A force will stay in motion unless acted on by another force. This was the topic for today's science lesson. We got an egg, a toilet roll, a plastic plate, and two plastic cups. One big and one small, both filled halfway with water. We put the water filled cup on a flat surface, and put the plate on top. We then put the used toilet roll and put the egg on top. Now we spring our hands towards the plate knocking it away. If the experiment is done properly, then the egg should fall into the water. This experiment was fun. I liked experimenting with different ways to hit the plate and the different sizes of cup. Eventually, Me and my friend Rautaki's egg cracked and its yolk (Brains) came out. We had another try with a new egg that we named Eggy. Eggy had a little face and lasted longer than our last egg. He had a few bumps and scratches but eventually smashed. R.I.P Eggy. You will live forever in our hearts. But ye. I really enjoyed this experiment and it was one of my favourites so far.

P.S Pictures coming soon!

M&M Stacking!

Last science lesson we were learning about the art of stone stacking. It looks very hard to stack stones and we even tried to do it on our own. We used some flat stones and it was very easy. But once we used M&M's it got very hard. If you have ever eaten M&M's before (doubt that you haven't) you have probably noticed that they are round not flat. Our elective best was 3 M&M's but not many people got to that. If you watch 7 Sharp you might have seen that the Guiness world record of stacking M&M's is 5. Yes. 5. The Maori All Blacks had a try at it but couldn't break the record and get a 6, but they did tie and get a 5. My best was two. It was very stressful to get the M&M's to stack, but the best part was eating the M&M's At the end.

Matariki Logo.

 In Team Toroa we have been learning about Matariki. Matariki is the maori new year and people tell stories and have fun with family. It was recently Matariki. It was on July 2nd. You probably have heard this somewhere but next year in 2022, Matariki will be a holiday. So we will be able to stay home to celebrate with our families. Our task was to create a logo for next years holiday. I put the New Zealand flag and the 9 Matariki stars. I found it easy to think of my idea and to put it into slides using polyline. When we were on the mat on Friday and the teachers told us our instructions, I instantly thought of this. And it looked like how I saw it in my head. I found it hard to change my logo around and try different designs that would represent matariki. I originally was going to do the stars in the shape that matariki is in the sky, but then I would have to make everything else smaller so I put them around one big Matariki star. I enjoyed making this logo because I love to polyline. To me, any kind of polylining is fun and just doing art in general is fun. Next time I will get this done on a school day. Its Saturday as I'm writing this. So I guess I should stop talking to my friends and move away from distractions and just do my work.

Natural Disaster Survival Kit

In reading we have been learning about natural disasters and tsunamis. our create activity for reading was to make a survival kit for a natural disaster. I used my thinking and ideas from my persuasive writing that you can find somewhere on this blog. I found it easy to make my tems using the polyline tool, and to trace around images that were too hard to do on my own. I found it challenging to polyline my radio. I got something so simple to do and somehow make it so hard. I could of just made a brick with some buttons but instead I made a full on Sony radio, with a boombox speaker. I enjoyed learning about natural disasters and making this kit. Now I know how to be safe and how to be prepared for a dangerous disaster. Next time I will hand my mahi in on time, and spend less time making the picture look pretty.

Balloon Rockets!

Newton's first law of motion describes that every action has an equal and opposite reaction. We taped a balloon to a straw that was on a smooth piece of string. Be blew up the balloon and let go. The pressured air pushes the balloons along the string. We found out that if the balloon was smaller it was more aerodynamic and was faster along the string. If the balloon was trying to go up on an incline gravity would hold it back and it would just fall back down. Some of the balloons didn't even move. They just went a small distance then spun around the string.

To do this experiment you will need:

A Balloon.

A piece of smooth string, around 2m long.

Half a straw

Some tape

Cold Air Balloon!

When baking soda and vinegar mix, it makes something called an endothermic reaction. This makes carbon dioxide bubbles that can inflate a balloon. It also lowers the air temperature in the ballon, making it colder. If you feel the bottom of the ballon it will be much more colder than it was before. This is very easy to do. And you can even go do it now, you should have the ingredients in your kitchen.

To do this experiment you will need:

A balloon

One cup of vinegar

One tablespoon of baking soda

One funnel

One bottle

First you put one tablespoon of baking soda inside of your balloon using a funnel. Next you put your funnel on top of your bottle and put your one cup of vinegar in. Remember to wipe any excess baking soda off the funnel. Next you stretch the balloon on top of the nozzle of the bottle trying not to get any baking soda into the vinegar. Then once the balloon is stretched over the nozzle of the bottle tightly you can poor the baking soda in. And ABRAKADABRA the balloon should start to fill up with carbon dioxide!

Part 2:

We did a way bigger version of this last Wednesday. We did 4 cups of vinegar and 8 tablespoons of baking soda. It was quite tricky to get the baking soda into the ballon so that was the first problem. Then we had to stretch the balloon over the big nozzle of the milk bottle. When we tipped the balloon over the baking soda dropped into the vinegar. The reaction cause carbon dioxide bubbles like it should do, but then the liquid went up into the balloon! By now the balloon was kinda breaking and the liquid was spraying out of the bottle. I went and felt the vinegar and it was really cold because of the endothermic reaction.

Part 3:

We did and even bigger version of the cold air ballon. We got a super pump water bottle and filled it up. We didn't even measure how much ingredients we used. We used a jumbo balloon so it will fill up with lots of air. It didn't pop but it got very very big. We filled the balloon and the bottle up to the brim and chucked them together and it instantly started to react with the endothermic. We felt the balloon and it felt very tight and cold. I hope that we may be able to do a part 4 with a bigger bottle and bigger ingredients.

I Am Poem

We were learning about how to write a I AM POEM. An I am poem is about you and your interests. Like what you want and what you say. You describe these things about yourself bu sing adjectives or verbs or other descriptive language. I enjoyed polylining my face. I was originally going to do an old photo but this brand new photo was better. I don't really like doing %100 my facials so I ad a bit of cartoon in there. I found it easy to make the edge of my polylined face look like mine. I used the zoom tool to make it look like the edge of my head so it looks a little bit real. I found it challenging to think of my I am's. I left a few out because I don't do some of the things like pretend. But I changed a few because a few of them actually happened

2021 Persuasive Writing: Is It Important To Be Prepared For A Natural Disaster?

We were learning about writing a descriptive piece of persuasive writing, and to persuade somebody into thinking that our idea is the right idea. I enjoyed making my publishing and polylining my equipment like my radio and my thumbs up, because I love to polyline my pictures. I found it easy to piece it together and research with the sites recorded on my Persuasive Writing Reference page. I found it hard to get going with my planning. I took a bit to think of some topics for my persuasive writing, but my head just wasn't ticking properly.  Next time I will try to jot my ideas down on my planning and brainstorming, and to think of my topics faster. It took me an entire writing session to think of my three topics for my writing. So next time I will get my ideas down faster.

Milk And Food Colouring Explosion!

In science we put  milk and different coloured food coloring in a bowl and put a drop of dish soap in the milk and the colours went into the sides of the bowl. At some point we all have done this or seen it on youtube. But how does it work? Milk is mostly water, but it also contains vitamins, minerals, proteins, and tiny drops of fat floating in solution. Fats and proteins are sensitive to changes in the milk. The secret of the bursting colors is in the chemistry of that tiny drop of dish soap. Like other oils, milk fat is a non-polar molecule and that means it doesn’t dissolve in water. When the dish soap is mixed in, however, the non-polar (hydrophobic) portion of micelles (molecular soap structures in solution) break up and collect the non-polar fat molecules. Then the polar surface of the micelle (hydrophilic) connects to a polar water molecule with the fat held inside the dish soap micelle. Thanks to the dish soap connection, the non-polar fat can then be carried by the polar water. This is when the fun begins. The molecules of fat bend, roll, twist, and contort in all directions as the dish soap molecules race around to join up with the fat molecules. During all of this fat molecule gymnastics, the food coloring molecules are bumped and shoved everywhere, providing an easy way to observe all the invisible activity. As the dish soap becomes evenly mixed with the milk, the action slows down and eventually stops. This is why milk with a higher fat content produces a better explosion of colour. There’s just more fat to combine with all of those dish soap molecules. I enjoyed watching the colours drift away from the milk. It just looks so satisfying to watch. I found it easy to make the experiment. It is so cool that you can make a really cool experiment with things that you can find in the kitchen. I found it hard to try not to make the milk and food colouring mix. When it mixed it only made a small circle of white instead of the whole bowl.

If you would like to make this on your own you will only need a few things.

Milk (Full fat is best)

Food colouring (Different colours for the best results

Any kind of liquid soap will do (Dish soap, Hand soap)

Ruaumoko Rages Book Review.

Title of the Book - Ruaumoko Rages 

Author - Bronwen Wall

I rated this book a 3/5 stars because it isn't the kind of book that I would choose to read, but I did read it and i did learn a lot. I learnt about the different types of volcanoes. The stratocone The Lava dome and the Caldera. My favourite part is when they told me about all of the different volcanoes in NZ. THERE ARE HEAPS. You should read this because it is an interesting book, and I learnt a lot. I think that if you like learning something new and you like volcanos then you will like this book.

 

Volcano Animation!

In team toroa we have been learning about natural disasters. In reading we have been learning about volcanoes. My animation below is how a volcano erupts and some questions I had about volcanos that I have now answered! I enjoyed learning about volcanic eruptions and how interesting they are! Did you know that there are three different types of volcanoes? A stratocone volcano, a dome volcano and a caldera! I found it easy to learn the process of how an eruption is caused. It was a bit scary at first, big lava shooting cannons all over the world, but now I think that it is cool and interesting. I found it hard to make the lava inside of the earthquake look kinda good, but it was very hard to just do it with polyline so I went with the option of just a big blob of red orange and yellow. Next time I will put more effort into my polylining, and make it look more realistic.

Cool Lava Lamp Experiment!

In science elective we did a cool lava lamp experiment. How did that turn out?  The oil stayed above the water because the oil is less dense than water. The oil and water do not mix because of “intermolecular polarity.” Molecular polarity basically means that water molecules are attracted to other water molecules. They get along fine, and can loosely bond together. This is kind of like when magnets are attracted to each other. Oil molecules are attracted to other oil molecules, they get along fine as well. But the structures of the two molecules do not allow them to come together. When you added the tablet piece, (aspirin) it sank to the bottom and started dissolving and creating a gas. As the gas bubbles rose, they took some of the colored water with them. When the blob of water reached the top, the gas escaped and down went the water. If we shone a torch light through the cup, it made a nice glow making a lava lamp! All you need for this experiment is some water, (If you want you can put some food colouring in it) some cooking oil and one aspirin tablet.

Cool Bath Bomb Experiment!

 In our science elective, we learnt how to make bath bombs for mothers day. But how do bath bombs react? When a bath bomb comes in contact with water, the baking soda and citric acid react to make carbon dioxide bubbles. This is an acid–base reaction, where baking soda (also called sodium bicarbonate) is a weak base and citric acid is a weak acid. We had lots of fun making our bath bombs, and my mum loved hers! Here are some photos on how they turned out below!. Here is the recipe for the bath bombs if you would like to make them yourself!

Bath Bomb Recipe What you will need: (dry) - 1 cup of baking soda 1/2 cup of citric acid  1/2 cup of epsom salt (or any salt but epson is best) (wet) - 1 tsp of water 1 tsp of essential oil 3 tsp of olive oil / coconut oil / Almond oil 2-3 drops of food coloring  Measure out and whisk together your dry ingredients in a large bowl. Next, in a small cup, mix together the wet ingredients. This is also where you’ll add the essential oils.  The next step is very important. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients. You’ll want to do this very slowly, adding little drops at a time while mixing. The citric acid is what causes the bath bombs to fizz when it comes into contact with water. Adding the wet ingredients slowly minimizes this affect. Then, firmly press the mixture into the mould.  Let the bath bombs dry for at least 24 hours.

Awesome Earthquake Animation By Toby And Ceejay!

In team Toroa we have been learning about earthquakes. Our task this week was to create something on google. Ceejay and I decided to make a animation about earthquakes. I found it hard to get the effect of the shaking look good. We went with the idea to take a screenie and make it shake, but it ended up looking blurry. But its okay. Nothing is perfect. I found it easy to polyline our city called Pensilvile. We added four buildings. My favourite one was the toaster oven shop. I enjoyed working with my mate Ceejay to do this animation. We did start goofing off at some points but we got it finished in the end. Next time I will try not to goof off with Ceejay. We started to get off task a couple of times. We also took a wile to make the city's buildings. But it was fun. 

What I Have Learnt From UV

This term we have been learning about UV or ultraviolet, which is energy from the sun. We can use this energy to power our houses. But UV can be dangerous as well. Read my slide to fin out more. I found it easy to find my information by using sites like Kiddle, Science Learning Hub, and many others that the teachers picked out for us to use. I found it hard to understand the science behind the UV spectrum. It took me a wile to get my head around it, but I now know what the UV spectrum is. I enjoyed testing the UV levels outside with my UV beads. UV beads are beads that change colour when exposed to UV rays. Next time I will make sure to stay on task and do my work, instead of talking with my group.  

All About Me Logo

We were learning about creating a button all about us, and the things that we love. I found it easy to make it clear on what each section of my logo means, Like my bass guitar. You would nearly instantly know that it represents music. I found it hard to make my polylined face look good, without tracing. I try to make my work 100%, but I'm not all that impressed with my polylined face on this creation. I enjoyed making my button. You guys know I love creating stuff on google slides and drawings. Next time I will finish this at school. I'm posting this in the school holidays because I ran out of time. Whoopsies!

Camp Kaitawa Slideshow / Kayaking Animation!

We were learning about camp reflections, and reflecting about our time at camp. We had such a great time at camp. I found it easy to answer the questions honestly. I didn't really think that camp needed to be changed. Except the Birmur Trail... I found it hard to polyline my characters. You might notice that the Mr.Barclay polyline was just a edited version of my characters. I couldn't figure out how to make the people paddle with the paddle so its just floating there. If you want a laugh, hold down the --> key on your keyboard to see  super saiyan Toby with his paddle. I enjoyed going to Camp Kaitawa! I had such a great time at camp, and my favourite part was getting flipped over by Mr.Barclay. Next time I will make the arms move the paddles. I was trying to do the animation quickly so It wasn't too great, but I still enjoyed making it.

Earthquake Writing

We were learning about commenting on our blog buddies blog post. We were asked to published a recrafted, finished writing for our blog buddies to comment on. I found it easy to polyline my little pictures. I did myself as a superhero for the start of the story, because I had a dream, and I also did the WhatsApp logo, from the story to. I found it hard to find my spelling mistakes and to edit in more rich words, so my writing will pop. I enjoyed re-creating the event of the earthquake. It was a bit scary at the time, but looking at it afterwards, I thought it would be a great story to write about. Next time I will edit in more adjectives so my writing is more interesting to read, and to get the reader hooked in. 

My writing is about the March 3rd earthquake of 2021.

Horouta Animation

 We were learning about the story of how our ancestors traveled to New Zealand. Our task was to create an animation of our favourite part of the Horouta story. I chose the part when Paoa goes out to look for the special timbers. I added in some other things I thought were funny. Like the video game like fight the axe and the tree had. I used mote to record my voice into the characters. I found it easy to find my favourite part of the story. i was sitting down on the mat thinking about how epic my animation was going to be. I found it challenging to get it done on time. I can take a bit to finish my work. In my opinion, my work has to be the best work that I can do. So I sometimes need a bit more time to get into the zone. I enjoyed polylining and animating. Anything where im allowed to let my creativity run wild is my favourite thing to do. Next time I will add more detail into my polylining. From slide one to slide eight I don't think I was doing my best with my trees.

PB4L Logo!

We were learning about how to use Mote. Mote is a voice recorder on google slides. Just click the purple volume icon on my slide. I found it easy to polyline my PB4L logo. it represents bucket filling. The bucket is overflowing with kindness. I enjoyed using Mote to record my sentences. It is easy and fun to use. I found it challenging to think of my ideas. It took me a little wile to think of my topic. "Should I do Kind To The Environment?" I was asking myself. Then I remembered about bucket filling, and here we are! Next time I will add some more kind shapes to make my logo look more exiting.

(My next time I will was some feedback from Daniel.)

TRYathlon Writing

We were learning about writing a rich recount about the Awapuni School triathlon. I enjoyed competing in the triathlon. I know I may not be too good at running or swimming, but It feels good to know you tried your hardest. I found it hard to remember the order and sequence that the event went in. I found if easy to make my little polynined man using shapes, polyline and curve. Next time I will try to write short and rich, not going on and on.

Solar Car Videos!

We were learning about solar energy and how it works. Solar power is a type of energy generated from the suns UV rays. It can be put through a solar panel, to then generate power for a house or business. I found it easy to understand the way it all works, with the sites provided. The science reading hub is a really great place for learning, and the best thing is they explain it at a level that kids can understand! It's the best site ever and it taught me so much about solar energy. We found it hard to keep it going in the same direction. One of the tires weren't on, so it kept on spinning. but we took all of the tires off so it was a bit better. I enjoyed playing with the solar car. It was even funnier when Rhodes and I started singing! Its so cool that a thing so small can move with the power of the sun. 

(Also April Fools!)

 

Solar Kiwi Book Review

We were learning about solar energy and solar power. Solar power is energy generated from the sun. People put solar panels on there roof to generate electricity for their house. I found it easy to find my favourite parts of the book. So do you know when you're learning something new that you like, you get really invested and interested? Well that happens with every book for me. I could be reading about nearly anything and I would enjoy it. I enjoyed learning about solar energy. It is so interesting that the sun can generate enough energy to power a house or two. I think that solar power could benefit so many lives. I mean yeah they are crazy expensive, but It could also save quite a lot of money for families in need.  I found it hard to make my way through the book. Sometimes with books I'm reading it takes me a little wile to get going, so instead of it taking me five minutes to read the book, it can take me ten minutes. I get lost in the words, and lose my place, but once I regain some balance... Im off. Next time I will try to use my other resources for research. I was only limiting myself to only the books I was assigned. But I also had the science learning hub (Link to the document about solar power below) that I read AFTER doing my follow up activities. I should of done it the other way round so I didn't have to continuously open the slide to add more info that I had learnt. So next time I will read ALL of the sites and books I had been given BEFORE doing my follow up activities.

This has been Toby and bye bye.

(https://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/resources/1746-solar-energy)

Kauri Group Collaborative Creture.

We were learning about working online in our co-operative groups, and all agreeing as a team. I found it easy to think of my mythical part of our creature. I thought that everyone would do dragon wings, and we thought having wings would be cool, so we chose angel wings instead.  I found it hard to even out the work to everyone. I was helping out everyone in the group with everything. I enjoyed having fun with my awesome group. we just work so well and decide on everything together. Next time I will be less helpful and focus on the task my group has given me.

This was made with Toby, Jade, Uma and Lilly.

Sunflower Environmental Poem

 Hello everyone! How has your New Year been? Mine has been great. First Post of 2021! Yay!

We were learning about sunflowers. I learnt that sunflowers follow the sun (hence the name). Mrs.Bava brought in a sunflower from her garden for us to feel and look at.   

I found it easy to do my brain storming. We always do a brainstorming before any writing, so the words are already in my head, or in my writing book next to me.

I found it challenging to 

Next time I will try to give my writing more descriptive words, and to personify it. To personify means to give something that doesn't have emotion or isn't alive, a human function. e.g The Trees Danced In The Wind. 

(unfinished)