Super Scooper

Kia Ora Bloggers!

Sadly we are in Lockdown, but I will still keep posting so you can learn about what I am doing for online learning. Yesterday, my teacher tasked me with the choice of three choices. I chose the second choice. The choice was to make a tool that you could use to scoop out potatoes. You weren't allowed to use tape, or glue or anything. You had to pretend that you were in older days where they didn't have all of that stuff.

Here are some photos of my invention:

What materials did I use?

I used a bamboo stick, a large shell, and some flax.

 

   When I did this I found it tricky finding everything that I needed to make my invention. The shell scoops out the ground to find the potato, and the shell also gets out the potato. Why did I wrap the flax round so much? Well, I cut the stick slightly at the top to wedge in the shell, so the flax is making sure that the stick doesn't break so easily. 

Welcome Back to Term 3! The Olympics.

 Kia Ora, and welcome back to my blog!

The holidays are over, we are back in school! This week for Literacy, we have been learning all about the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, (It's the 2020 Olympics because it was postponed and it was meant to be last year, but because of Covid 19.) I made a slide with all of the tasks that we had to accomplish at our own speed. 

Here is the slide:

I found this challenging at some parts, because I found not find all of the information that I needed on the internet. This slide is not done, so this slide will update loads. My sources were the internet, Google slides, Google sites, and the New Zealand Olympic site. What is your favourite Olympic sport? What are you learning about in school? 

The Toast Butterer 2: Designed On Paper!

 Hello Bloggers,

This week for Literacy we are making inventions. If you think back to my last post, it was about the Toast Butterer, but it was designed on a device! But now, I have made a design of my Toast Butterer on paper. It has a picture of what it would look like, how it works, what it is made of, why it is better, and what it is! I also drew a diagram of the parts that the Toast Butterer has.

When I did this I found it really fun to write and draw, and as you can see, I spent AGES decorating! It was fun and definitely my sort of thing to do! My resources were paper, pencils, coloured pencils, and my hand. (My hand was very sore at the end!) What would you invent? How would you market it? If you want to answer these question comment below!

My Invention: The Toast Butterer!

 Kia Ora Bloggers,

This week for Literacy we have been looking on Kiwi Kids News. If you haven't been on Kiwi Kids News before, search it up! It's a really good website where you can read about factual news, weird news,  interesting news, and more! We found an article about a straw that stops hiccups! We read the article, then we answered some questions, then finally we where allowed to make an invention of our very own. I called mine The Toast Butterer!  

When I did this I found it really, really fun! I love inventing things, even if sometimes it's crazy and impossible! Sometimes, I try to make my inventions, but most of the time it doesn't work too well. My sources were google drawing, the internet, and a book I read. The book I read had this invention in it, but I explained it further, and adder a few more ideas of my own! 

If you could choose anything to invent, what would it be? 

Great Geometry!

 Kia Ora Bloggers,

This week in Maths, we have been learning all about Geometry. The first thing that we did was answer a 5 questions and then we could draw a map of of our school.

Here is my map:

When I did this I found it sort of easy, because I love to draw. But I found it tricky to think of every single place in the school, because my memory isn't great. My sources were: My Maths book paper, and my Chromebook camera.  

Do you like Geometry? What did you like about my blog post? What feedback can you give me for next time?

Thanks for reading!

Satisfying Syria

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A few weeks ago we had and event called Court Theatre Day. This was a day where some people come in and see how confident you are! When my class was waiting for our turn to go to the people, we had a bunch of tasks to do. One of the tasks was to research about Syria. I chose to do the task about Syria.

    

When I did this I found it tricky getting all of the information, but fun to get it all together and design it into my slide. My sources were the internet and google slides. What did you like about my slide? What could I add next time? 

Rembrandt Artist!

 Kia Ora Bloggers!

This week in Literacy we have been learning about an artist called Rembrandt. I gathered all of my information into a fact book. Once I had my information, I tried to make the slide look interesting, so more people would want to see it. 

My Sources were Wikipedia (I checked somewhere else to check it was true.), Britannica, google slides, and the internet. When I did this I found it sort of hard to gather all of the information, but it was okay in the end. Did you learn something from my blog post? What could I add?

Thanks for reading!