Marvellous Maths or Hnin's Surprising Discovery - Manaiakalani Film Festival 2023

Maths is EVERYWHERE! 

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Do you enjoy art, music, fashion or sports? Do you like solving fun riddles and challenges? If your answer is yes, guess what? You're already a math whiz, even if you don't know it yet! We're inviting you on a marvelous adventure to open your 'maths eyes' and see how maths is all around us, just waiting for you to discover and use it every day!

It was fun exploring maths during our LCS Film Festival project

The Twits at Te Oro

 
After the show, we talked about The Twits show. It was such a great experience!

Book Review by Loraya and Sharon

 

Fractions by Salesi

 

Fractions by Jeremiah

Dances of Samoa

 Reading follow-up task completed by Jeremiah,Tavake and Alvarez

Place Value - 3 and 4-digit numbers

Jeremiah:

Mary:

My Weekend recount by Alvarez

 

Statistical Investigation

Hnin's blog post is here

Place Value: 3 and 4-Digit Numbers

by Avery:

by Rosalie:

by Loraya:

Reading a Calendar

 Great work Alvarez!

The ants and the grasshopper - reading tasks

Reading comprehension and CLOZE activity by the Hiriwa group

My Taniwha by Wynta

My Taniwha 

My taniwha is as black as the shadows and it's as big as the Kraken. It has strong tentacles that have a massive pull. Its teeth are so sharp that it can bite through diamonds and emeralds. My taniwha legs are so strong that it can kick enemies really hard. Its jaw is also very strong because it eats whales. Sometimes it goes into the sky to catch birds like seagulls and eagles. His name is Doug and he is a couple 1000 years old. Sometimes depending on the weather he will turn brighter than ever. He is a shapeshifter and he can be big and small. I like my taniwha because its really cool but I am glad that it is not real.

Reading Maori Myths and Legends

 

Matariki Kites

by Smile

Matariki is the time when you fly kites high up in the sky and celebrate Maori New Year. You can eat kai with your family and make your own kite! You can design a Maori one by using Maori patterns on it. You can even put glitter on your kite to make it beautiful.  Then you can fly your kite up in the sky with your friends or cousins. I love Matariki!

by Avery

There are 9 stars for Matariki. It is a time to come together and have a feast. People like to fly kites and they like to celebrate. Some people think there are 9 stars and some people think there are 7 stars but we learned that there are 9 stars.

by Rosalie

Matariki is a creative story about the Maori New Year.  People make  colourful kites to celebrate it. Some people get kites from the shop or create by themselves. Some kites are bright, some are big too. They fly kites on windy days. Everyone comes to the Kites day! Some kites have patterns. It is fun to make and fly kites!  

Matariki presentation by Loraya and Sharon.

 

Working on our Matariki stars

 

My Amazing Holiday by Tavake

 My Amazing Holiday by Tavake

In the holidays me and my sisters went to the movies to watch a new movie. We went with my cousin and my brother in law. We went to watch the Spiderman into the spider verse movie but we had no popcorn and no drinks. After the movie finished I left with my sister and cousin and we went to my car.  While we were driving for so long I slept. All of a sudden, i woke up because we were getting domino's pizza. Then I went home but I went to sleep because I wanted to save my pizza for dinner. I woke up at six in the morning and ate my pizza. Next I went to turn on the TV so time could pass by faster. Soon my mom woke up and told me to get ready for church. 

I had so much fun on those two days!

Matariki KWL

Team Kea students have been thinking about what they know about Matariki, what they want to know, and what they have learned. 

Riddle by Hnin

 

LCS - Students Achieving with Confidence and Enjoyment - Term 1 Rm 8 2023

 

Biomimicry. Inspired by Nature!

Visit our class site to join our learning journey and see what we have learnt about biomimicry!

Amazing Animals and Plants

This week, Room 9's students wanted to learn about animals, technology, sea animals, creatures, plants, science etc.  We decided to explore animals' superpowers and find out if people can learn from nature.

Here is our first brainstorm. We are so excited to learn about incredible animals and plants!

 

Welcome to Room 9 2023!