Kapahaka Roopu training

The Kapahaka Roopu have been practicing hard to perform at the cultural festival which is being held at Kawakawa Primary. This event is this Friday. I am very excited to go to this event since it’s my first time. We have been rehearsing every morning tea and lunch for these last 2 weeks. I really need to work on smiling on happy songs, holding my pukana and my action until we are given the next instruction by our leader.

Kupe DLO

In Te Ngahere we have been learning about how explorers (Kupe, Nukutawhiti, James Cook and Abel Tasman) journeyed to Aotearoa and the significance of their journeys. My group have started a DLO (Digital learning object) about Kupe. We had to include the following questions: How they got here, why they came to New Zealand, what footprint/impact did they leave behind, interesting facts and anything else you want find out about. I think we did well on researching and finding out facts to finish a draft. What we could do better is to talk more and collaborate better.

The Great Marble Challenge

In Te Ngahere we have been doing a activity called STEAM (an abbreviation for science, technology, engineering, art and mathematics). Our task is to create a ramp (made with classroom objects) for a marble to roll down. It might seem easy but the challenge is for the marble to stop at exactly 110 cm (1.1m) and we aren’t able to put anything in front of the 110 mark to stop the marble. We were able to select our groups for this project. My partner was Anyah. This activity is super fun!  I think we did well working together and communicating but what we need to work on is not changing variables (a variable is when a modification is made, which changes your result/outcome) all the time.