T2 Strand

Strand-Math

 

One of my favourite subjects at school is strand because it's very different and it's really fun!

When the term started, we were doing the nets of a 3D shape and for a few weeks we were creating a wall full of the cuboids , cubes and triangular prisms ect. I liked it because we could learn and see if we needed more parts. We all enjoyed strand.

Once we had put all the shapes on the wall, we started to learn about reading a calendar. I liked this because it helps us with seeing when an event is, but I have a feeling it was a bit too easy.

This week and last week we started to learn about patterns. we used beads and paint and tried to make questions out of the patterns. and the end we were allowed to connect each end to make a bracelet.  I never wear mine, but I have to say, it was really fun to make. It was also fun to figure out questions, and answer them.   

I think you should try strand too. It's a fun experience.

My learning week three

Little Blue Kоrоrā 

This term our inquiry is the Little blue Kororā; The smallest penguin in the world. 

Last week we had the task to create a slide which included the life cycle of the Little blue. We had the choice to do a slide for each period of life, or just create a quick, life cycle like this: 

But, I chose to take the long way.

Enviro Action day T2 W5

 Enviro Action day

Wednesday was one of my best days of the week. It was another Enviro action day. But this time,  for some reason, it was better than normal action days because instead of sitting on the mat the whole day (and also getting so tired you can't concentrate) we went to the BEACH. Even better, we didn't have the whole school with us so it wasn't so busy. 

Why did we go to the beach? Well, we went to the beach in groups. My group had Amber, Bridie and of course, me. We were picking up rubbish to help the environment.  You know what was great? There wasn't even much GROSS plastic. You know what was even better? There wasn't even much plastic at all. Unfortunately, there was still some waste and mostly glass. That's a bad thing because it's probably the most dangerous.

When we arrived back at school we counted how much waste we had found. That's when I realized how well we went. Our group found 204 pieces of glass. Although I was tired, I was still excited! We could win ( I also forgot to tell you that we could win a prize if you found more waste than everyone else)!

At the end of the day I was SO TIRED. We didn't win, turns out some people found way more waste than us, but I was happy with what we found.  At least our beach is cleaner than it was before.