Maraia - Plants in different environment

 Plants in different environment

Today in TWP whanau we wrote about our Dioramas in our group. We had to to a group evaluation where we rate yourself from 1 to 5 about how much work we put in. Then we had to create a google drawing and add a picture of our Diorama and blog.

Here are some facts that we knew about the bush.

1. If a cabbage tree catches on fire it wont burn

2. You can't cut Harakeke from the middle you have to cut it from the sides

3. Before cutting Harakeke you have to say a karakia (prayer) so you have perrmisson to cut the Harakeke.

4. The bush has a lot of plant that are used as medcine.

Check out my activity!

 

Maraia - Our Sailing trip - Volvo Sailing Have A Go

 Our Sailing trip - Volvo Sailing Have A Go 

Last week on Thursday TWP 4 and Mr gaffneys Yr 5s went sailing. For sailing we had to come to school in mufti with our swimming clothes underneath. When we got there we had to sit by the boat on the chairs then after a few minutes we were aloud to play or eat I decided to go and play banana split.

After a little while the Yr 5s got into the boats the Yr 6s had to go second, so while we where waiting our Teacher Mrs Nees Kirua took us to the beach. It was a minute walk or less but while we were walking my friend Aston hit my head so I chased him and slapped his head and we kept on doing that to each other until we got to the beach. When we got closer to the beach I ran ahead and we for the water, but we couldn't go in because we were still in our clothes so I rolled my pants up  because our teacher said we can only go up to our knees.

After a little while we went back to the dock and played games. Then the Yr 5s came back to shore and got changed into their normal clothes.

Later we went to get into out life jackets and then we had to go into the water. After a little while we had a race but I didn't know what to do to control the sail. Then an hour later one of the instuctours came on a speed boat and threw out plastic play balls and we had to get as many as we could, whenever me and Melenaite (my partner) saw a ball we went to it and I leaned over the boat and got the ball. Later on there were no more balls so we counted our and we got 18 the after a few seconds someones boat fell over then if started to get cold so I jumped in to water so I could get warm and then I saw the balls that fell out of the boat that got tipped over and I swan towards it a got some so we then had 21 balls.

We then we back to shore but when we went back to shore the same boat tipped over so we left them and another instructor called Holly came and helped them.

Then we all got change and went back to school.

Photo Time.

Maraia - Tahuna Tōrea Mind Flow

Tahuna Torea Mind Flow 

WALT: allow our inner response to flow and be captured in words form. 

To day in TWP we did an activity about Tahuna Torea.

Before we started the activity we sat on the mat for about one of two minutes and closed our eyes and  think of what we did at Tahuna Torea.We  then had to write out moments of Awe, Wondering and a moment that stood out to me and our favorite Learning moment.  We basically had a flashback of what we did. This activity was very easy  and I don't think that anything was hard 

Maraia - Tahuna Torea trip - Sand Dunes

 Sand Dunes

On the 10th of May we went to Tahuna Torea Reserve to learn more about plants. At the Sand dunes we had to  and to make a transect. We had to make the measuring tape 25 meters, and the we had to go to our piece of paper with a grid on it and we to draw what we saw on every meter two squares equal  a meters I was first to finish.

Our teacher was Miss Knees Kirua

Here are some photo's

Maraia - Tahuna Toera trip - The Bushes

 The Bushes

Yesterday on the 10th of May  Te Wairua Pakiki Whānau and I when to  Tahuna Toera to learn about more new plants. We were put into groups with the year 7 & 8 from Glenn Innes primary school.

I think our teacher was Zhydah and she taught us about what the plants are tall and short.