Find the Kiwi- A Book week competition

 To encourage ākonga to know their way around the Whare Mātauranga, we had a special Find the Kiwi competition this wiki.

From our class, Lilou was a lucky winner.

"The competition was fun and you never know, you could win"!

 

Dress Up as your favourite book character day.

 Can you guess what book characters we have dressed up as today? 

Type in a comment all of the book characters you can identify?

Wiki Pukapuka- Book Week 2022

 All of this week we have been engaging in activities that encourage us to celebrate pukapuka and pānui.

    

       

Who is your favourite book character?

Who is your favourite person to read with?

Which Book day selfie characters would you draw?

Have you ever written a book review before?

Share your thoughts in a comment!!!

Super selfies! Abstract art.

 

3, 2, 1 ...... Kua rewa! (Lift Off!)

 During the last two weeks we have been doing some Pūtaiao (Science). There is an expression  "It's not rocket science", well in our case it was.

We engaged in 3 different experiments; Tākirirangi Pahu (Puff rocket), Ngā Tākirirangi Poihau (Balloon rockets) and Ngā Tākirirangi Gazoom (Gazoom rockets).

Tākirirangi Pahu (Puff rocket)  

In pairs we constructed our puff rocket. Then took turns using our own straws and our own puff to make the rocket fly.

We learnt that:

•  a force is needed to make a rocket fly      
• a puff or push or thrust is a force.  

                         

Ngā Tākirirangi Poihau (Balloon rockets) 

In pairs we worked together to blow up three different types of balloons; round balloon, rocket balloon and a skinny balloon. We then had to let them go, carefully watching and recording their flight path.

We learnt that:

• a force is needed to make a rocket fly
• a thrust is a force
• stability of a rocket in flight is required to keep it on its intended flight path.

It was really hard to follow the balloons as they went in many crazy directions.

Ngā Tākirirangi Gazoom (Gazoom rockets)

In pairs we worked together to carefully read the ngā tohutohu (instructions) and fill our rockets with the correct amount of water and secure our Alka Seltzer tablet using Blu tack to our canister lid. Of course, safety is important so we had to wear safety goggles.

We learnt that:

• unbalanced forces cause a change in the motion of an object.

So when the Alka Seltzer tablet was added to the water a chemical reaction occurred. As more CO2 is produced, the pressure in the canister builds up until the seal of the lid is broken. The pressure provides the 'push' that launches the rocket.

We had some success and we had some failures. Most important thing, is that we all had fun and showed manawanuitanga during both of those times.

Caught Being Good! Certificates and pukapuka!

Every Rāmere, I get to choose two amazing ākonga (students) and award them an Caught Being Good certificate. Certificates can be earned for many reasons and are strongly connected to our 3 school values. This wiki (week), I had to acknowledge four ākonga because I was away last wiki. One recipient was away today, so they will be receive their certificate next wiki.

Congratulations to these 3 amazing ākonga.

Shuaib for always showing great manawanuitanga during class games.

 

Madeline for her fantastic manawanuitanga during tuhituhi (writing) time.

 

Vivek for being super focused on his work.

Puriri Whā learning at home.