Egg Carton Creation Week 11 Whetu Challenge.

This week for the Whetu challenge we had to make something out of egg cartons it was very fun this week I made a sewing kit and it was so cute I didn't get to finish it because there wasn't enough time I still think that I did a really good job and it is really handy for keeping all your needles and sewing stuff in. I painted it blue and I think I did a really good job me and Madeleine did the same thing but with different sewing stuff in it, everything was going really well until Madeleine cut herself with her fabric cutting scissors and there was a little bit of blood everywhere. I made my sewing kit out of blue paint, egg carton, and sewing things in the egg carton I think I did a Supernova!!!

Read Write and Predict #4

Gordon lay in his bed, listening for sounds. CRUNCH! GROAN! SLOBBER! GRRRR!

There it went again. He pulled the covers over his head but the noises wouldn’t go away. He slipped out of bed and turned his light on. He stood, looking around. He walked over to his closet and opened it. There was nothing in there except for his toys and his clothes. He dropped to his knees and lifted the covers.

"HI!" the monster said, sliding out from under the bed. Gordon was about to scream when the monster put his fingers to his lips. "Shhh! Don’t be afraid. I won’t hurt you."

Gordon didn’t say a word. He stared at the monster. It was purple, had big yellow spots all over its skin, two fat horns sticking out of the top of its head, sharp claws on its feet and chubby fingers. Its lips were bright green and its eyes were orange. Gordon noticed a tear running down its face. "Why, why are you crying?" he stuttered. Because I have a cut can you please help me. “Of course,” said Gordon. Gordon bent down and saw a cut on his leg he got a cloth and started to clean it up. A couple of months passed and Gordon and the monster were best friends but one night the monster came to see Gordon and he was crying again he told Gordon that he missed his Mum and Dad. Gordon said ok so he was going to go the next night but he is going to come back and see Gordon. The next night came and the monster was packed to back home “Goodbye Gordon” said the monster “ Goodbye” said Gordon back until next time.

2. Jot down any keywords from above or thoughts about what might happen. e.g. Monster says it won’t hurt him. Monster is crying. The monster is probably hurt and he maybe wants help from Gordon the monster askes for help and Gordon helps him with his cut and they see each other every night.  One night when the monster came to see Gordon he told him he was sad because he wanted to go back to the monster world and go see his Mum and Dad.

Maths Mystery week 11

This is my maths mystery it was really hard but I did it with TK we got Amalia Clifford we hope we get pulled out of the draw because this week it was so hard.  The thing I loved about this maths mystery is that it was a really big challenge and it took us nearly a whole week to do but I loved it because it made me understand things a lot better and ya it was fun working with TK. 

Paper plane challenge.

Whetu Challenge - Paper Planes







Today our challenge was to design an accurate paper plane. We were given a draft piece of paper to trial and a good piece to use once we had tested the accuracy of it.





Before we started I thought this challenge was going to be exciting and different it was different from all the other challenges because we had to make a paper plane and we got to decorate it so it was a bit different.





I decided to use the design on the top of the plane because I did a heart and That was the biggest place to put it and when you open up the heart it had zig-zags and then it looked like a broken heart but I think it really looked like veins fly trap.





The hardest part was making it go into the hanger because it had a runway and I got it on the runway but it was hard to get it into the hanger because you had to fly your plane accurate but it was fun and it was a real challenge.






During our competition time I managed to score 14 but that was only one of my scores but I forgot the other ones. I got it on the runway a couple of times but I never got it into the hunger!!! this was another fun Whetu challenge:)

Read and predict #3

This is my read and predict number 3 it was so fun I added more detail them I did on all my other read and predicts and I am proud of myself.  This read and predict it was a person walking in a desert and he ran out of water so it was a good story to work with I hope you like my read and predict and I think it is a supernova!!!

As Frank marched through the desert, the high winds blew sand at speeds that stung his exposed skin. He looked back and could see his footprints for hundreds of feet, beyond that the winds had blown them away. He had no idea how long or how far he had walked. He turned his back to the wind and opened his canteen. He attempted to pour it into his mouth, but there was not a drop. He rolled his tongue around the nozzle of the canteen, but it was bone dry. Frank dropped the canteen in the sand and continued walking. His steps slowed. He was getting dizzy. The sun's rays seemed to only increase in intensity throughout the day. It hung high overhead and punished all that resided in the desert beneath it. Frank was lightheaded. He felt his knees get wobbly...

1. What event is most likely to occur next? I think he is going to fall over and then a plan passes bye and the people land and run over to him they put him on the plan and they go to the nearest place that has water.  They brought him out of the plan and got him a drink of water they put water over his face and he opened his eyes a little bit but not that much and them they made him drink the water.  After a while, he sat up and told them how he didn’t know where he was going so the people offered him a ride on there plan he said yes so they took off.  He pointed down at his village and said a big thank you to the travellers.

2. What evidence from the text supports your prediction? In the story, it said that he got a bit dizzy and then his legs got wobbly so I thought he would faint or something.  In the desert, some people fly plans to look at the sites so they would have flown over him and saw him lying in the sand so they landed and took him to help him.  And I wanted a happy ending so I put he saw his home and he returned home.

Word of the week.

This is my word of the week it was really fun the word of the week was luminous it was a very fun word to learn about I worked alongside Mia and we had good fun.  It was kinda hard to find a picture of luminous because we didn't really know what it looked like but I thought luminous was something bright and we found something that we thought it looked kinda like so we went with that picture this was my first word of the and it was fun.

My Read and Predict #2

This is my 2nd read and predict it was really fun I love these because you have to do a lot of proofreading and a lot of spelling and I love it because in a way I find it challenging and really fun so this is my read and predict.

"Don't forget to lock the barn behind you, so the animals don't get out." Farmer Green told his new farmhand, Danny. Danny nodded and went to work. He fed all of the animals, and then he cleaned the stables. It was hard work, but Danny was happy to have a job. At first Farmer, Green watched him carefully, but gradually he gave Danny some distance, showing him his trust. Danny was exhausted from a hard day's work. He wiped the sweat from his brow and proceeded to exit the barn. He left the lock in a pile of hay by the shovels and shut the door behind himself, walking away from the unlocked door. Danny was off to see Farmer Green to find out his next task...

1. What event is most likely to occur next? The animals are going to escape and Danny will find out the animals have are gone and try to hide it from Farmer Green and he will try to catch the animals but later on, Farmer Green will find out and they would work together and catch the animals but after they are finished locking them in the barn Farmer Green told Danny that he lost all trust and he was fired.

2. What evidence from the text supports your prediction?  At first Farmer, Green watched him carefully, but gradually he gave Danny some distance, showing him his trust. That bit made it clear that Farmer Green was really trusting him and he broke the trust

Week 9 blog challenge.

For this week's blog challenge we had to do what our lives would look like in 2030 it was really fun we had to do an avatar and when you compare my avatar to the one in 2030 they look different but I don't know what I would look like 2030 so I just guessed.  And the avatar looked pretty old and ya I think I did a good job at it and we also we had to do the places I have visited and I want to visit a whole lot of places but I just did the places I wanted to see the most and ya.  I really want to be a vet because I love animals and my mum is a vet and she is a really good vet and I want to be a really good vet as well and I want to help animals because they are so cool.  I will be 20 in 2030 and that is really old I think I might be working as a vet or I will be in university so I will be really old I think I will still be friends with a lot of people but these are maybe the main people Lily, Ashley, Tayla and the thing I will achieve I don't know but let's see what I will achieve!!!!

Tennis ball towers.

Tennis Ball Tower Challenge





Today for our Whetu Challenge we worked in a group to build a tower out of newspaper, 2 straws and sellotape. We needed to make our tower strong enough to hold a tennis ball and be able to stand alone (not leaning on anything or needing support).





Today I worked with Lily and Marly I worked with them because I have never worked with them before and we were quite happy with what we did.





At first, we had trouble getting the newspaper to stay because it was very floppy but we all loved a good challenge.





The easiest thing was building the base because it was very strong because we taped a whole lot of newspaper together so that was the easiest thing dor us





The best part of our tower was that it was very tall it measured at 118cm so we were very happy and we got the tallest tower so we are very proud.





Our tower looked a bit funky because there was a lot of sellotape all over it and it looked very weird but it's still the tallest so we didn't care





In the end, our tower fell over because the top we not that strong so it could fall over but it held for a long time so it doesn't matter.

This is my predictor role it was very fun I loved doing it because it was exciting because words were very exciting and I tried to make my words exciting as well so it was a good challenge.  The thing I least liked about it was I didn't really know what I was doing to I asked Mia and she was a big help.  I think I did a good job predicting the little story and it was really fun!!!

The little story
Vince Thunder waved to the crowd one more time before he put on his motorcycle helmet. The crowd cheered uproariously. Vince looked down the ramp and across the 17 school busses that he was about to attempt to jump. It was a difficult trick and everything would need to go right for him to nail it. His cape blew in the wind. As Vince hopped on his motorcycle and started down the ramp, he noticed something that he had not seen before. There was a large oil slick at the end of the ramp. He attempted to stop the bike, but it was too late. He had already built up too much momentum...

My prediction
What event is most likely to occur next? I think he is going to slip and full of his motorcycle because of the oil and he is going to go to the hospital and is too scared to do motorcycling but he faces his fears and he does it and becomes famous.

My evidence
What evidence from the text supports your prediction? Because the way it said too late he had already built up too much momentum… something bad was going to happen and he might get really hurt because of the oil slick.