Ukulele

In Te Ngahere we have been learning to play the ukulele. Before we started I was very excited. When we got there Alison went through the things she wants us to do and things she does not like. She talked a lot about the ukulele parts and chords, then we finally got started. We didn't have lots of time to play the ukulele and I can’t wait for next time.

Native birds and tree

In Te Ngahere we have been learning about trees, birds and plants for inquiry. I chose to research the manuka tree and kakapo. I think I did a good  job by adding information for the kakapo. When I made a presentation about the manuka tree it had lots of interesting information.

Here are my presentation's.

Kakapo

                                               Manuka treee

Healthy ecosystem

In Te Ngahere we have been learning about ecosystems. First we study about how it works and what it is and we wrote a story about ecosystems, I think I did good at writing what it needs and how it works, I think, I could get better at adding more information in my ideas. Here is my story.

Healthy Ecosystems

A healthy ecosystem is made up of inorganic matter (non-living) and organic matter (living). Producers, consumers and decomposers are all living things.

Inorganic matter are things like: rocks, sand, water and the sun. Organic and inorganic both have an important role in a healthy ecosystem.

Decomposers are living things such as bacteria, algae and fungus  they are living and decomposers break down dead matter.

Producers are also living things such kelp, seaweed and neptune necklaces because they live by sunlight, water and co2 (carbon dioxide) they make their own energy.

Consumers are living things such as fish, kina, sharks, crayfish and they are things that eat consumers they also eat producers and each other.

Inorganic matter are things like sand, rocks, water, sunlight and some shells, inorganic matter can provide a ecosystem for some animals.

If one of these parts are missing then the ecosystem becomes unhealthy. So if there are no kelp that absorb the sunlight then the kina is going to be hungry and so will the others.

Moment and time

In Te Ngahere we have been learning about descriptive writing. We had to put descriptive writing into our story called moment in time it was about Te Ngahere (the bush) . I think I could do better at adding In more descriptive words in my story and finish it.  

Here is my writing.    

                               Moment In Time

The green bushes with the deep blue sky and the sunlight bouncing off the
The Beautiful ferns, The smell of refreshing air, Unaware of any humans,
a deep cliff about to touch the cloak of the sky,
very interesting noises of bird like music to my ears,
leaves blowing across me, trying to find a path way.

Kaitiakitanga o te Moana

In Te Ngahere we have been learning to make connections between different things we viewed or read about Kaitiakitanga o te Moana and rahui. I enjoyed learning new things about rahui and kina barren. I enjoyed learning about rahui because I had no knowledge about it and I learnt that the pou is a carved wooden post. It is a signal to tell you not to go there for fishing or diving for sea food because there is a rahui in Matai Bay and they want to save the fish. We had a choice to share our learning about Kaitiakitanga o te Moana. I chose google slides.I think I need to work on finding more information and collaborate with my group.

passion project

In Te Ngahere, well year 6’s, have been creating passion projects. Passion projects are things we are passionate about like Tia and I are passionate about rockets flying and how it works. We then experimented what rockets can actually do. The next week we brought some ingredients each and we set off the rocket. The next week we did the same but with a different rocket. I am not going to tell you what happened so see for yourself!

Here is a presentation with some videos why we chose rocket science and What we could do better.

food chains

In Te Ngahere we have been learning about healthy ecosystems and food chains. I enjoyed making the animation about food chains. I think I could do better at putting more information in the food chain and also have no background sounds while I record. Hope you enjoy the animation.