Cultural Festival

On Saturday we went to the Cultural Festival. First I did my Irish dancing which was fun and tiring. We had lunch then got ready for our Kapa haka. Both times I was very nervous before I went on stage that I might forget what to do or that we all might forget what to do but we all did it perfectly!! It was a long, hot day but it was fun and worth it! 

High Jump

A little while ago we had our high jump competition at school. I was nervous and excited as I waited for my turn. We started on 95 centimetres and then went up to 1 metre then up by 1 centimetre at a time. Soon we were down to 3 people as so many had dropped out. I was shocked! I was in the top 3!! One jump later we were up to two. We inched up a centimetre at a time until we were so high that I didn't clear it. I was sad but I was very happy I had come 2nd, But it was all about having fun!! 

Athletics day!!

Yesterday was Athletics Day. We went on a short bus ride to the track before starting the day with the optional 800 metre race. Out of the 10 and 11 year old girls I came 3rd. Next was the 200 metre race I came 2nd in the heats and 4th in the final. After that was the 400 metre race and that was judged by time so I don't know what place I came overall but I won my heat. I didn't make the 100 metre finals because I came 5th but that was fun! Next was the field events. We did discus, shot put and long jump. It was a lot of fun but I'm sad I only have 1 Athletics Day to go! 

Beak Science Experiment

Today we did an experiment on different bird beaks and what beaks pick up things better than others. We found that the flattest one picked up the paper best. The bent, pointy one picked up the gummy worms best and another flat one picked up the skittles best. We had fun and learnt a lot!

Comics

This week we were able to learn about writing and drawing comics. I created a comic about two of my own characters, puppy girl and cat boy. I learned how you start off with a small draft then you edit and expand it to become a better comic. This was very fun and I would do it again!!

Pedes

This week in Maths we have been learning about patterns and for that we have been drawing pedes.  Some examples are humped back pedes, straight back pedes, dotted pedes and big headed pedes. Today we got to create our own pedes. Me and my partner created a dog-cat pede. We had to create a pattern that continued on with every pede. Our pattern was that the tail got one square longer each time. This was a lot of fun and I learnt a lot about area and patterns.

Shields

In class we have been making shields talking about ways we are unique and and ways the our class is special. I wrote, I am unique because I do 3 dance classes a week and because I am writing a comic book series and our class is special because we get along very well and we all help each other out. This was a very fun project and I would love to do another similar activity.