Lung Capacity; Science Fair

This term we have science fair. Bonnie and I did a project on Lung Capacity. 

It is all about how to measure your lung capacity.  

We got lots of different people to come and test it out. 

It took us 2 weeks to complete this project and we are happy with how it turned out. 

Our science fair and 8 others have been displayed in the hall to be judged. 

The judge will be looking out for great layout and hard work. 

Hopefully our will get into the regionals.

We learnt that young people can have a large lung capacity as well as adults. Our hypothesis was semi correct because adults got a large lung capacity as well as kids. 

Please have a read of the slides below to  understand the project more. 

Term 2 Overview

This term has been another fun yet busy term. My most memorable and favourite part was the Jump Jam competition and the Gymnastics Festival.  

The terms topic was Retro Technology. This is the technology they used in the olden days. For this topic we visited the East Coast Museum of Technology where we found many fascinating pieces of tech that  had never seen before. As well as that we visited Electric Village and the Gisborne Museum. In the museum we wrote with feathers and ink and in Electric Village we learnt about new tech and how we use it. 

Also this term we have started a new play every Friday named "discovery." This is when you visit other classes to learn something new. 

We had a sharing in the hall about everything we did about retro tech as well as shared food for the parents who came. 

The Jump Jam team placed 1st in the Napier Jump Jam competition. We had so much fun traveling to Napier and staying at Kennedy Park.

We had a visit to the Life Ed Truck that came to our school. In this we learnt about friendship and what's most important in our lives. 

Every second week we go weeding a Hamanatua stream where we mulch and fix all pull out all the weeds. 

I loved this term so much and I can't wait till term 3!

Escape from Kraznir

From the end of term 1 to week four of term 2, in the writing workshop we have been working on a chapter book named escape from Kraznir. I am up to chapter 5 so far and I am really enjoying it. Here is a link to my writing:

Escape from Kraznir

Electric Village

This terms inquiry topic is retro tech. For this topic we went into town and went to electric village. Half of the class went to the tairawhiti museum and the other half went to the electric village.  I preferred the electric museum and that is what I will be informing you on today.

As soon as we got there we huddled around the electric bikes on show. We talked about electric vehicles and how much they have changed over the years. Did you know that electric vehicles are really old  but nobody used them in the olden days because they were really expensive. After that talk we talked about how electricity gets to your houses so fast and what is used to get it there. Next was free time. We could go on the electric scooter, play with robots controlled by ipads or play with wooden blocks on the road map.

I really enjoyed my visit to the electric village. I learnt lots and I will definitely going back with my family. 

Here are photos of us at the electric village.

Ban The Boring

For a quick write this week was to list all the ways you can write said. The topic was word, words, words. In my book I listed 50 words. I really enjoyed doing this quick write because of all the different ideas you could write.   I will be using this wonderful words in my writing now to make my writing better than before.  

Probabilities With Socks

For the last couple of weeks at strand we have been working on Statistics. Also probability, and that's what I will be informing you on today.
We tested this by reaching into a paper bag and pulling out socks. In the bag was 2 purple socks and 2 blue socks. We pulled out 2 socks and saw if they were odd or a pair. We did this theory lots of times to see what our final answer was. We found out it was 50% chance to get a pair and 50% to get odd.
After doing this we added in another purple sock, then we tried to find the percentage. To find out this answer we did a graph. This was my graph:
We found out that 6/25 was the answer to getting an even pair of socks. Also 6/25 was the answer of getting an odd pair of socks. This means there is a 12/25 possibilities of getting a odd or even pair of socks. This is a screencastify of myself explaining this in more detail:

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Cat Catastrophe

For this week, the quick write topic is cats. We did an acrostic poem on Domestic cats. This is mine: