Big Ben clock

 This week for chapter chat I drew the Big Ben clock

Cracked Case

            On the 23 of November whetu solved the crime scene

mrs Taaffe  confess t that it was her that it was took the chocolates and the H.D.M.I cable, she was at the school on the day,  she wears scrunchies, she died her hair dark on the day the crime, she likes mini chocolate, shoes at shoe size fits the ones that we found, fingerprints are in the crime scene 3 x, she cut her hands on the day the crime scene happens, she parks by the front of the office.

Who Dunnit?

It was a Saturday. The sun was shining and I was walking down to the drain at the edge of the College field.  I was wearing my favourite black shorts and my old dark green t-shirt.  I am tall for a ten year old and I have freckles, brown eyes and hair.  My longish hair is getting sweatier as time goes by.  

I get to the drain and I see duckweed, hear bird’s chirping and I smell mud!!!  The water is calm and murky from the ducks.  I put some bread in the water and then I wait for the fish to come and start eating it.  When they start nibbling it, I grab the net 1and try to catch the small fish.  I catch about five to ten fish with each scoop of the net.  I end up with about 50 fish in my bucket and am ready to carry them back home in the heat.  

Just as I am about to pick up my bucket I see a strange man, sneaking quietly and `placing something in the water.  I wait a few minutes until he has gone then I go and check it out.  I think he saw me before he left. I headed on over. When I got there I saw something poking out of the water… so I look a little bit closer. It was a treasure chest. I could try and get it with my net but it would snap so I had to think of a different way to do it. Luckily I had some rope with me so I tried to wrap it around the treasure chest. It took me a while to get it snagged on the chest. I tried to pull it up but I couldn't so I wrapped the rope around a tree and pulled and pulled it as hard as I could. Finally I got it unstuck so I reached and grabbed it by the handle when I got it up onto the bank I left it there for a little bit to drain. When it had drained I opened it and there was… NOTHING IN IT!?!?!? So I went back to my stuff to go home. 

I soon realized that my epipen wasn’t there so I searched for a while but I couldn't find it so I decided to go home. When I got home I froze the fish to feed to my bigger fish. The next day I get a knock on the door so I go and see who it is.  When I open the door I see a man that I don't recognise but also looks a little bit familiar. I look a little bit  closer and I see my epipen. So I said “Is that mine?”

 “Yes,” the man replied, “I have come to give it back. I realised that it was really important so I decided to give it back. 

So it turns out that he is a nice man after all.

                                                            By Max Joynes

Athletics reflection

Yesterday it was school athletics.I did shot put ,long jump , 60 m 100 m and 200 m sprints .

 The hardest thing was the sprints. The thing I enjoyed the most was long jump I think I did really well.

C.S.I

 This term in whetu there was a crime scene that we have to try and solve who did it in our groups.

In the crime scene, there was a broken vase smashed window, a pen, scrunchie, Milky Way bars, Mr sings license, a cup with some sorts of liquid in, and a tissue with blood on it. 

fingerprints 2020

 

This week we were looking at fingerprints first had an ink pad and we rolled our fingers to get the ink in between your fingerprints, then we dabbed them to get some of the ink off, then we rolled it onto another piece of paper. I have 4 arches and 4 loops, then 2 whorls.  

letter of the week

 

Soup

 This week I join the cooking group

On the first day in our group, we decided who was gonna bring what vegetables.

On the second day, we prepared the vegetables.

On the third day, we eat  the soup

Pop art

 This is my pop art. The hard part was getting the shape of the bugs right.

letter of the week

 

Poster

 This is my inquiry I created a poster. The question was should animals be kept in the zoo? My opinion

was pro. The hardest part was deciding what facts to poot on. The best part was when it was finished.

 

Cross Country Reflection 2020

Cross Country Reflection 2020

This year I participated in the NPS Cross Country held at school on the Ngatea Domain. 

I ran in the - age group. 9 

I am proud of not coming last I think I pushed myself.

I think my effort towards our training at school was tiring

I showed the Learning Power of Resilience by keeping on going.

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chapter chat freak out dial

This is my  chapter chat freak out dial the hardest part was thinking of the text

                      and the easiest part was making the arrow

                         it was fun!!!

  

This is my Google drawing I did Squidward from SpongeBob the hardest part was getting the colors rightmy favorite was the finished bit was the end. 

Egg Drop Challenge

• The easiest part was throwing the egg and our creation off the grandstand.

• The hardest part of making the creation was getting it done in a short amount of time.

• The people who I worked with Ryan Cody.

• Our egg didn't smash our egg didn't smash

• what we used we used scissors, tape, two balloons, three straws, one brown paper bag, and newspaper
  
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letter of the week

The letter of for this week is P.

letter of the week

Me drumming

This is me drumming. I am drumming to the song "Legend".  I really enjoy drumming and I want to become a drummer in a band when I am older.  Click here to the link

My Term 2, 2020 Reflection

The new learning activity that I have enjoyed the most this term is the workshops because I really enjoy what they put up to choose from and being able to choose what I want to do.

Something that has challenged me this term has been the Number of the Day and TT Rockstars because with the Number of the Day it's been taking me quite a while and on TT Rockstars I've been moving up and then back down.

The Whetu Challenge I enjoyed the most was the paper planes because I won the challenge because I flew it into the hangar the most times.

The opt-in workshop I enjoyed the most was anagrams because it was a challenge. I enjoyed figuring them out by using the letters.

An aim I have for my learning is to get my Number of the Day done quicker.

EGG CARTON CREATION

This week for our Whetu Challenge we created an egg cartons creation. I used egg cartons and 4 spoons. The troublesome part was hot glowing the mouth opine. The easy part was holding it for the photo. It was fun!!!!

read predict and right

Dream bedroom

This is my dream bedroom I have a TV drum kit and a couch in my first pat and in my second part, I have a desk and chair a bedside table a lamb, and a bed and in my their part I have to bean bags and a table and my and my last part I have a dog four fish and a turtle.

Paper Planes 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 it was going to be boring.

I decided to use the design of a jet plane.

The hardest part was getting the folds even.

During our competition time, I managed to score first I really enjoyed it.

read and predict

mystery

bean facts

predicter 2

"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
find out his next task... 

1. What event is most likely to occur next? The animals will get out and go onto the rode.

2. What evidence from the text supports your prediction? He left the lock-in

a pile of hay.

Me in 10 years time

This is my blog challenge. I decided to make an avatar on me in ten year time.

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 Ryan and Johan.

At first, we had trouble finding the end of the tape.

The easiest thing was to scroll nothing newspaper.

The best part of our tower won the tennis balls stayed on when we were presented.

Our tower looked newspaper.

In the end, I enjoyed it.

My playground

This is my playground Discovery I have on my playground a slide monkey bars tunnel later and a bridge.

Me and my dog

This is me and my dog. He is a boy and he is an outside dog.

max's prediction

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...


1. What event is most likely to occur next? I reckon he will go flying and he won't make it over the school buses.


2. What evidence from the text supports your prediction? slippery stuff at the end of the ramp.

catapult

I think that the most challenging part was not breaking the rubber bands in the spoon

The things that I used to make my catapult were: ice block sticks rubber and plastic spoon
To make my catapult I worked with Janko Ryan
catapultOur best results were 25 of my feet

emoji

I made a car emoji on Google draw first I got a circle and then I got a car off today internet and Trace over it with the circle can I put the car on top of the circle.

book prediction

I reckon they are going to mack an ant farm the book I am reading is ant farms.

Week 1 Reflect

Week 1 Reflect

What has been my highlight this week milk bottle creation because it was fun

What was I nervous about this week coming back to school.

For dress-up day I dressed up in Black

The funniest thing has happened this week is seeing the teacher's dress up

I think the best-dressed person was me

Milk bottle bird feeder

   

The milk bottle creation I made was a bird feeder.

The hardest part was fitting the stick through the hole in the milk bottle.

The easiest part was hot gluing everything down

I enjoyed making it.

diry

Fish

I made this fish out of egg cartons for the egg carton art. First I cut out some egg cartons and then I glued them together with hot glue. I painted it red and coloured the tail in with a whiteboard marker.  The hardest part was painting the areas the brush could not get to.  I liked using the hot glue gun.

skink

I went on a walk along the stopbank and I found this skink and I had to carry it home in my hands. Then when we got home I made an enclosure for it. I put a water container made out of a glass jar lid and a little hidey-hole for it and some rocks to go and hide under. I found an ants nest by my treehouse on the fence and so I fed the ants to it a baby. It ate three ants and a moth.

treehouse

Oscar, Greta, and I made a treehouse out of pellets we didn't have any nails so we had to go and get some from hammer hardware.

Toddle bike

I drew Fudge and his toddler bike for chapter challenge. The hardest part was drawing the shapes for the bike. And the easiest part was coloring it in this is my second chapter challenge.

Feijoa muffins

I  made feijoas muffins for chapter challenge. The hardest part was measuring the amount. The easiest part was eating them. it took ages to scoop out all the feijoas think the nurses and doctors would really like then.   

Picture of fudge and Peter

This week I decided to do two chapter challenges because I did my cake on the second day that the activities came out and I decided to do a picture of Peter and fudge instead of just doing better or just fudge.

Birthday cake

This week for Chapter Challenge I made a cake with a turtle made out of icing and the grass is coconut that I turn green with some food coloring. The hardest part was doing the turtle because the icing kept sticking to the plate and it was really hard to shape. The easiest part was making the chocolate icing. I can't wait until morning tea!!!