Hi, bloggers, this blog post is about what I did in the holidays
In the holidays I went to Wellington to go visit my Dad.
In wellington, my sisters and I went to the pools, we went on the trampoline and played with the dog, We went for walks in the Poole Cresent Reserve
The flight there was not the best because there was turbulence.
In Mr. Shaw's math group we have been learning about 24 hour time and how to convert AM/PM.
Today we had to make a math question about 24 hour time and movies. And then once we have made that we had to share it with someone we don't usually go with and see if they can figure the question.
Hello bloggers,
This weeks blog post will be about Maths (as you can see by the title)
In Mr shaw's math group we have been working on the probability of coins, and the patterns we can get out of flipping coins.
For maths, we had to make an animation!
Here's mine:
Click this link to see my maths animation
Thanks for reading my blog post!
See you next time!
Page 1:
(narrator speaking:)
“Once upon a time, there were some sheep on a farm that had a VERY big problem, a problem that left one sheep to overfeed and the rest went hungry…”
Page 2:
“Munch, munch, munch,” said Billy “all of the food for me but no food for you baaaaa”
“But, why won’t you share the food with the rest of us Billy?” asked Harold “sharing is caring” added Cindy
“Because I’m the oldest!” Billy snapped back “I'm older and you’re not so that makes me better than you so, I should get more food!”
Page 3:
“I trade you a piece of grass stuck in between my mouth for 30 straws of hay”
“I'll trade you gold for 500 straws of hay!”
“NO, those are ALL bad trades!! My trade is even better! I'll trade you a whole lot of water for a whole lot of hay”
“I’ll trade you nothing for all of the hay”
“NO, NO, NO, AND NO, as I said I’M THE OLDEST SO I GET ALL OF THE FOOD!”
Page 4:
“Hmph, fine we’ll find a different way to get food then!”
“Good luck, you won’t get very much though”
Page 5:
For a few days, the nice sheep went hungry, then later that night the nice sheep came up with a fancy plan to steal all of the food from Billy to make billy know how it feels to go hungry.
Page 6:
The plan is that while Billy is asleep the sheep would sneak past him and eat all of the food and when Billy woke up he would see that the rest of the sheep were well feed all except for billy
Page 7:
“ZzZzZzZZzZzZzZ, mmmm, wait, where did all my food go?” asked Billy
“We ate it all,” replied Harold
“B-bu-but that's not fair! that's my food!”
“But it wasn't fair when you wouldn’t share the food with the rest of us” Replied Cindy
“Umm, yes it was! I'm the oldest so I get the food, you sheep are the youngest so you just get to eat, dirty grass!”
Page 8:
“Well, we are not giving any food until you say sorry for not sharing AND promise to share the hay with the rest of us.” Replied Harold
“I'll make you a few offers:
“I’ll trade you a piece of grass stuck in between my mouth for 30 straws of hay
I'll trade you gold for 500 straws of hay!”
“NO!”
“I'll trade you a whole lot of water for a whole lot of hay”
“NO!”
“I’ll trade you nothing for all of the hay”
“NO, NO, NO, AND DEFINITELY NO, as we all said, we are not giving you any food until you promise to share the food with the rest of us and say sorry for not sharing the food with us,” Mellisa said
“Hmph, I’ll find a different way to get food then!”
Page 9:
After awhile Billy's tummy started to rumble, he was getting VERY hungry.
After a few hours, his tummy started to rumble again! So Billy said:
“Since the mean sheep won’t share with me, I’ll go find some other food, it's not that hard!
So off billy went to go find some other food
Page 10:
“This grass looks very green and tasty, I think I can eat this!”
So Billy ate the grass and…
“YUCKY, this grass is too dry!”
So off billy went to find some other food
“This flower looks very colorful and tasty, I think I can eat this!”
So Billy ate the flower and…
“YUCKY, this flower is to bitter”
Im still working on it but it will hopefully be finished soon
Hello readers,
Today's blog post will be about the southern lights and the Matariki
In Toroa we have been learning about the southern lights and the Matariki.
Today we all did an art piece that represents the Matariki and the southern lights - before that we all had to work on creating a book, animation, puppet show of facts about the Matariki, and how and where to find them.
I decided to use a book creator to explain the Matariki, my book explains:
The story of the Matariki
Ways to celebrate the Matariki with your family
Matariki star facts
A drawing of the Matariki (drawn by me!)
And a special surprise at the end...hehe
Below is a link to my book so you can read it for yourself!:
Click here to see my book about the Matariki!
The southern lights/the Aurora
Hello readers - again…
The second part of this blog post is going to be about the southern lights/the Aurora
I have learned/found some interesting facts about the southern lights/the aurora:
In the southern hemisphere, the southern lights are also known as aurora australis.
Most southern light shows occur during the southern hemisphere fall and winter months, which go from March through to September.
The Cree called them the ‘Dance of the Spirits’
In Finland, they said the lights were caused by the firefox running so quickly the snow that his tail sent sparks into the sky
Ancient Chinese observers believed that the Southern lights/the Aurora were the flames of good and evil dragons battling in the heavens
Even today, these mysterious and unpredictable lights are called ‘Arura after the Roman goddess of the dawn.
An aurora, also know as a polar light, is a display of lights in the sky in the Arctic and Antarctic regions, in an area known as the auroral zone. An aurora around the north pole is called ‘Aurora Borealis’ or the northern lights
The southern lights last anywhere from 10 minutes to all night long, depending on the magnitude of the incoming solar wind.
Today in Toroa we created an art piece of the southern lights/the aurora - Down below is a photo of my creation:
The steps on how to make this are quite easy!
If you want to make your own follow these instructions:
1. Hold your plain A4 paper landscape and rip a mountain-like shape across it. This will be used to mask off the hills - Mask this onto the bottom of your black piece of paper.
2. Then dip your toothbrush into some of the white acrylic paint, then run your fingers through the bristles of the toothbrush to flick paint over your black piece of paper. This will create the background stars.
3. While the stars are drying, use your ripped card and color the top ripped edge of it in with your different colored pastels. Make sure you change the color every few centimeters.
4. When the paint is dry, place the chalked paper onto your black paper. Now run your finger through the chalk upwards towards the stars. This should smudge the colored chalk from the plain paper onto your picture.
5. Mix a small amount of yellow and white together. Make sure you use more white than yellow, you want it to only have a tint of yellow in it. Using your toothpick or the end of a paintbrush dot in the Matariki constellation.
6. Remove the paper from the black paper and walla!
Your finishing touch should look something like this:
Hope you have a great school holidays bloggers! - what are you doing these holidays??
Bai for now!
Matariki has MANY names around the world
There are 9 stars of the Matariki
The 9 stars are known as the Pleiades
Hiwa-i-te-Rangi - the youngest wishing star
The first modern-day Matariki celebrations to place in Hawkins bay in 2000
Around 500 people went tot he first Matariki festival but by 2003 the numbers had risen to 15,000 people
The reappearance of the seven Matariki stars, in late May or early June, signals the beginning of the Māori New Year
Matariki is one of the star clusters nearest to Earth.
Matariki – signifies reflection, hope and our connection to the environment
Pōhutukawa – connects with those who have passed on
Waitī – ties to bodies of freshwater and the food within it
Waitā – ties to the ocean and the food within it
Waipuna-ā-range – associated with the rain
Tupuānuku – is for food that grows within the soil
Tupuārangi – is for food that grows up in the trees
Turangi – is the star associated with the winds
Hiwa-i-te-Rangi – the youngest, is the wishing star that also ties into our aspirations for the coming year
Here are things that I found out that people do when the Matariki come:
Have a celebration with friends and whānau.
Learn or do some weaving.
Learn about stars and see Matariki through a telescope.
Talk to people in our family about our family history and stories.
Fly kites.
Watch kapa haka performances.
Learn about Māori origin stories and culture.
Give respect to the Whenua (land) on which we live.
Learn more about how we can care for our Mother Earth Papatūānuku
Here are some more things that happen when the Matariki come:
Finish storing up food for the winter.
Create new woven clothes and baskets.
Remember our ancestors and listen to old tribal stories.
Learn about the natural world.
Learn to play string games.
Celebrate the coming year.
Make, decorate, and fly kites.
Ways to celebrate Matariki:
Cook with the traditional Maori vegetables
Explore the outdoors
Spend some time with kids/family in the kitchens
Set exercise goals
Get involved
The best time/place to see the Matariki is:
From early June, before sunrise, look to the north-east horizon.
(I haven't yet finished mine, but I'll make it)
Binary is a number system that uses 1’s and 0’s to represent all of our normal set of numbers. You can use the place values as multiples of 2 to work out how to do it for yourself! Try watching this video to give it a go yourself!
ASCII is a set of encoded symbols that a computer uses to turn Binary into letters and other symbols from the English language (like what is on our keyboard). I turned my initials into binary numbers, and then turned those binary numbers into an ASCII code! Using colors to represent the 1’s and 0’s, my initials in ASCII can be represented by the pattern you see in my image below!
Have you ever tried encoding anything in binary or ASCII?
Could you have a try for yourself?
Can you work out how to write my initials in ASCII from the pattern above?
Anyway bloggers,
See you next time!
