End of Term Reflection

1. What has been the funniest, awesome, coolest achievement that has happened this term? Making new friends from our class.

2. What progress have you made with your reading, writing, inquiry and maths learning this term? Provide evidence and examples of your thinking. My goal was writing which I think I have improved, maths, reading and inquiry.

Lime Battery

We wanted to see how a battery worked. We put zinc nail and a piece of copper into a lime and connected to a volt meter.
1 Banana=1 volt
1 Lime=0.95 volts 
2 Limes=1.96 volts
3 Limes= 2.9 volts and it lit up a LED

So does it depend on the size of the lime?
What if I put more nails and copper in?
Can I use different metals? 
Can you put more wires in? Yes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhbuhT1GDpI

Electronics

Get Ready Get Thru say ‘We need a torch in our survival kit’

Information Report-Innovator

Ashley's USB 2017

Alphabet Research 2017

Cell phone Diagram

This is my diagram, it is a cell phone. We had to find a picture and label the parts. It was really fun and easy. I used google drawings and it was very quick and easy.

Our Passions By Ashley & Zahra

Writing Class Challenge, Robotic Arm Challenge.

Robotic Arm Challenge

By Ashley

Did you successfully complete the challenge? Describe how it went

I thought that the challenge went well because…we had more than one idea if one plan did not work we would do another one.

What are the rules, equipment and tools that you used for this challenge? If someone else read this would they understand how to play?

A meter ruler was used to measure the distance that we needed put the coke bottle

You must raise the coke bottle up 15cm high before placing it down.  You have 15 pages of newspaper, 1 meter of tape, and 1 meter of string. You also had scissors but only used to cut things, and you weren't allowed to add it to your design.

What are 2 more aspects of your design that you think worked well?

• The paper structure we made was very strong and did not break while we were lifting the bottle.
• We could manage to lift the bottle 15 cm of the ground.
• We lifted the bottle more that 80 cm in front of us.

What are 2 more aspects of your design that you think that did not work well or as intended?

• The lasso of string was hard to pull tight around the bottle and we had to redo it twice.
• Our team could not manage to lift the bottle past the 1 meter ruler.
• The bottle was really heavy therefore it was very hard to move it without tipping over.

The name “Robotic Arm Challenge” is a good name for this challenge, can you think of 2 more names that you could give this challenge?

• Levitating coke magic
• Magic Coke Bottle
• Flying bottle

Room 11 and 12 are thinking of doing the same challenge, can you think of any tips and tricks that you could give them that would help them do the challenge better?

• I would think of a different way of holding up the bottle instead of string because the string struggled to hold the Coke bottles weight.

• Make the design so two people can hold the string on each side of the meter ruler.

• Make sure the strongest people in the team hold up the bottle when you are trying to get the bottle over.

You had only 5 pieces of equipment to use for this challenge, these were:

- Coke Bottle

- News Paper

- Tape

- String

If you did this challenge tomorrow what equipment or rules would you allow, switch out or take away?

- I would add in different shaped bottles some with wider lids than others so that we could pick them up in different ways.

- I would add more string.

Room 10- Class Technology Challenge

Yesterday we had a challenge to build the tallest tower, made out of marshmallows and spaghetti. We had a team of four, I was with Paige, Gio, Ocean and me. We ending up coming 3rd which was pretty good. Overall it was so really fun.

Term 2-Punctuation To Go Guide

Narseal- Character Description

Narseal- Character Description, By Ashley:

Quad Death

Quad Death

Writing Purpose: To inform other HNI students the rules of the game and to develop our creative thinking ability.

Audience: Miss O’B, Mr Harman and HNI students

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJfVvophGAk

Use your creativity to come up with 3 alternative names for this very exciting game!
Awesome Foursome	4 Quarters	WW3

Imagine another class here at HNI has not played this game before. Complete the rules below to clearly describe the aim of the game and exactly what the rules are.

Aim of the game:

Rules:

1. You must sit down on you bottom if you go on your knees you must sit out

2. The aim of the game is to get all the balls in one quarter

3. You can’t  aim the ball at a person’s face

4. You get a point if all the balls go in your quarter but the team with the least amount of points win

5. Make sure you are always looking around

Game Adaptations

Use your creative thinking to explore possible adaptations to this game to enhance both the fun factor and the ability to win the game. I have given you one example for each category but challenge yourself with other ideas and thinking.

Attack	Defence	Game Plan/Strategy
Use balls other than netballs that aren’t as heavy so the speed of the travelling ball also speeds up the game. Dodge balls instead of netballs	4 players from each quad are allowed to sit on the bleaches to stretch with their arms and intercept flying balls. One person on each team can play on their knees	People on the perimeter of the quad pass the ball to someone closer to the bleaches to allow them to throw it further into the opponent's area. More confident people at the front and least confident at the back

Maths Week 1 Term 2

This is my maths that I did in term 1 and a bit of term 2. We were learning to measure length with Mr Harman. It was very fun and we learnt a lot about measurement thanks Mr Harman and Miss O'B!

Art Reflect 2017

Music Group 2

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Turangawaewae

Ko Wai Au 2017

Ko Wai Au?

My Mum is on the left and then there is my dad on the right and he is a bit bigger than my mum because he is 3 years older. Next there is 3 koru. In the middle is me, Summer, Bailey. Then I have my puppy Roxy, the heart is my amazing auntie and the sun is for summer time.

Ashley

Strike Performance:

I could feel the vibration underneath my feet as they were hitting very hard on the drums. It was very interesting to feel the vibration of the drums underneath me. I could feel everyone really like the performance because everyone was whispering about how much it was so cool.

I could see the sweat dripping on the performers faces and they were hitting the drums as hard as they could to get the sound out. The music they were creating was very interesting and entertaining. I could see everyone was super happy and enjoying it because they were all clapping along to the beat.

I could also see the smiles on everyone's facings as they were listening to them perform. I was very loud but that was kind of the point. I was very interesting and fun and you could see how hard and much they practice to get the performance perfect. And in my opinion it was perfect.

I could tell that all the performers really love music and very into their drums. Overall it was totally awesome and so entertaining and they had the school drooling over them.

Maths Reflection- Learning Pit.

I think I have been doing good but I think I can be a lot better. If I ask more questions if I don't understand. Other than that I am working well with others and other groups.

Problem Solving Maths Week 6.

This is my problem solving that I did with Kennedy and the help of Miss O'B.

Rm 10 P.E Crab Soccer.

Rm 10 Buying New Zealand Made

Buying New Zealand Made?

Vocabulary: Use the text to find definitions for these words. Write your own sentences or find pictures on the internet to accompany each word.

Word	Definition	Sentence/ Picture
Confectionary	Lollies and chocolate soft drinks	Soft drinks are probably one of the most popular confectionary things
	occurring once every year.	Annaul
revenue	The amount of money that a company gets in a specific amount of time
	(of a place) not occupied; empty.
efficient	Systym or michien
	between or among nations; involving two or more nations

• List three good things about supporting New Zealand made products.

• We need to support New Zealand made products otherwise nz will just ship them away to other countries for them to sell.
• No more countries will  want our products.
• It's our country and we need to support our country.

             

• How many New Zealanders lost their job with the closing of the Dunedin Cadbury factory?

• 350 Workers.

• How do you think this would affect families? The community?

• The Families would have no jobs anymore. Also the community may or may not get bigger when they move the chocolate workshop.

• List three bad things about supporting New Zealand made products.
• Not everyone will want to support it.
• I might not work.

• Do you think it is wrong that big multinational companies are closing smaller factories? Why?
• Yes I think it's bad because Some people love the smaller factories and plus they are nzs companies and they are kind of making us ship our factories away.

Choose one of the tasks below…

1. Using this countdown online shopping link, list at least 8 different items you can buy that are made in New Zealand (use the search button).

Here Is my Work

Mandarin Lesson 2.

My Favourite Free Writing Entry

Breakers

Yesterday I went to a restaurant for dinner called Breakers It was delicious. I went with my family . And that includes my mum, dad, sister, and cousin. We all were very hungry because it was seven thirty and we normally eat dinner at six. We all just wanted to eat. We finally got there and ordered our food. I got a chicken wrap and some fries and also a nice cold glass of Fanta. Then we all just sat and talked for a while until our food came. Then finally our food came it looked and smelt great. I ate it up all very fast. Next it was all gone, I ate a big bowl of fries and a big chicken wrap in about 10 minutes. I was hungry! My mum was very surprised. She said I had never ate so fast in my life. I think that was definitely true! A few minutes later we had all finished and it was time for dessert. I ate that.

Mandarin - Lesson 1

Room 10s Karakia 2017

This is room 10s  Karakia. 

Learner License - Agentic Learners Taking Charge Of Their Learning.

	Novice Must be inside for all learning. Must complete learning tasks and follow instructions as they are. Still learning how to be an active/independent learner.
	Apprentice Needs to ask the teacher where they can be for learning. Needs to ask to adapt learning tasks if wanting to do something different. Is learning how to be an active learner.
	Qualified Can be inside or outside for learning without asking the teacher. Can adapt learning tasks to best suit the way you learn best. Is an expert/active learner who uses their skills to teach other people.

Sheppard House (Kate Sheppard)

Kate Sheppard:

Sheppard House has been named after a very prominent woman. What do you know about Kate Sheppard already? What was her cause that she considered worthy of fighting for? What future milestones did she carve the way forward with? What similarities do you have with her?

Copy URL address	Make short and brief notes, (you can’t COPY AND PASTE).
Website 1 https://nzhistory.govt.nz/people/kate-sheppard	Kate Sheppard was from liverpool but then migrated to Christchurch when she was in her early 20’s and then she met Walter Sheppard. They soon became husband and wife and had one child. But sadly he passed away but she kept his lasts name. Then when she was 78 she remarried but had no children.
Website 2 http://www.nzterritory.com/famous/sheppard.html	Kate sheppard also had a sister named Isabel and the both wanted to help womankind. Kate wanted to get the right to woman to vote. And Isabel her sister wanted to improve the suitable clothing and hygiene for women.
Website 3 http://www.nzgirl.co.nz/life/5380-2/	Kate sheppard's life was definitely a great one! But sadly she of course pasted but at the age of 87. Here is her date: 1847-1934.