STEAM - Fitting Through Paper

 Today in Wānanga we started looking at a new kete. This kete is about STEAM/STEM. STEAM stands for science, technology, engineering, art and math. We are doing the kete in our Wānanga group. Today for the STEAM kete we are doing a challenge. The challenge is to fit through a piece of a4 paper. We had to get into a group of 3 people. The group I was with was my friend Alexia and a classmate, Chelsea. After we got into a group of 3 people we have to get a piece of a4 paper and a pair of scissors. You are not allowed to use glue or tape or anything sticky. I think that it was a good idea that we made it big because then everyone will fit through the paper. If the paper was smaller we probably would not be able to go through it or it would be nearly the same. If the cuts were not as deep it probably would be the same. If the cuts were further apart it would probably be bigger. Here is the photo of our work. (sorry about the glowing)

Te Ao Whanui

 Yesterday in Te Ao Whanui we had to watch a video called "Kaupapa On The Couch Get On the Waka". The video was just basically telling us about wakas. After we watched the video we have to read a book. The book was called Waka Tapu. We now have to do three tasks from a task board. The board looks like a bingo board.  For the board you don't have to do three in a row, you can do any. The three tasks I choose do were a word of feelings, creative writing and traditional instruments. Here is my work.

Creative Writing:

It was a cold day in the ocean. Even though it was cold the scenery was still very beautiful.  The scenery for most of the day was a bright blue sky with some clouds in the sky. Today was my day off from working on the waka. Most of the day I was laying down watching the sky. If I wasn't doing that I was watching the water go by. Sometimes I would put my hand into the water and splash the water onto my face to cool down. The food today we the same as the other day's rice and fish. The rice tasted blended and dry. The fish tasted very salty and dry. 

A Word Of Feelings

The five words I choose to write about were anxiety, regretful, lonely, bold, Excited.
Excited: The reason why he might be excited is because he is going out onto the sea and is going to see things he hasn't seen.
Bold: He might be feeling bold because he is really proud of something
Lonely: He might feel lonely because there is no one around him.
Regretful: He might feel regretful because he did something and he isn't proud of it.
Anxiety: He might have anxiety because he thinks something bad will happen.

Traditional Instrument

After we did the tasks we have to do a fash finish task. The fast finish task is to do a critical thinking sheet. Here is the critical writing.

This is most affected to the Pasifika people and Maori people.
The thing that is getting in the way of the action is the government.
We can see this in New Zealand because in New Zealand there are lots of Pasifika people and Maori people. 
The time we will know that this is acceptable when the government is allowing this to happen.
This is relevant to me because my family is Maori and I know people that are Pasifika and Maori. This is also relevant to me because it is happening around New Zealand.

National Young Leaders Day

 Last week on Tuesday I went to National Young Leaders Day. National Young Leaders Day is all around New Zealand. The place it was at was Christchurch town hall. A group of ten people from that school I go to went. There were 4 people from Tieke, 3 people from Riroriro and 3 people from Mohua. The names of the people that went are Carla(writer), Dylan, Jade, Wiari, Sadie, Heath, Jazaky, Enzo, Sam and Finau. The teacher that went with us was Miss Tozer. Here are the names of the places that National Young Leaders Day happens. Auckland, Hamilton, Hawks Bay, Palmerston North, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin. I think that National Young Leaders Day is a good event to go to because you get to see people that have been leaders. The people that come are people that have been around the world and have been through tough times. The people that came were Cam Colkoen, Brook Neal. Shay Wright, Benny Tipene. We got a book that we could write in and have info about the event.

Novel Study - Fast Finish

 Last week in Wānanga since I finished my work for novel study I could do a fast finish task. The tasks we could do were making a Kahoot, do a q+a with a peer or 5 vocab words. The task I choose do we making a Kahoot. Even though my Kahoot is only 6 questions my teacher said it's fine. I don't really like my Kahoot but here is the link to the Kahoot. LINK

Kwi Innovators - Pavlova

 Yesterday I did another Kiwi innovators comprehension. Even though I didn't finish my must do it until today. Each week we have to do Kiwi innovators comprehension. Last week I did the martin jetpack. This week I am doing pavlova. After we read the article it came with we have to answer some questions. Here are the answers to the questions. The Pavlova is a controversial because two countries claim that they invented it. Anna Pavlova was a Russian ballet dancer. Meringue is basically a smaller version of a pavlova. In the early 1927 in Wellington Terrace Congregation Church. Bert gave the name for the pavlova. I think it could have been both because they both could have written about it and made it at the same time. After we answered the questions about Pavlova we have to watch three videos. After we watched the videos we have to do a task. The task is to design a Pavlova. Here is the Pavlova I designed.

Te Ao Whanui - 3D Cat Armour

 Today in Te Ao Whanui the group I am in has to watch a video about critical thinking. Even though I watched the video and the teacher told us I still don't understand it. After we watched that video we have to read an article. We could choose from any but I choose to read about 3D cat armour.  This person makes armour for cats, the armour is black and it has spikes on the top, it also has a small piece of armour for the cats tail. After we read the article we have to answer some question. We get to choose what the questions are. Here are the answers.

People that benefit from this are cat lovers who want to see their own cats in cat armour.
They may be harmful to other cats when they try and hit that cat with the armour because they can hit the spikes.
I think that the strengths of the car armour are on the back because that's the probably thicker part. I think that the weakness is on the cattail and the head because they seem like they don't have much of the material.
I think that the most important thing is the back and head part because that's where other cats hit the most.
We could see this anywhere in the world.
I think that the parts that could be improved would be the tail and the head because there are parts that aren't necessary on it and there are parts that they could make better.
We will know we have succeeded when cats feel comfortable to wear the full amour without just falling over or trying to get it off them.
When this can cause a problem is when it hurts the cat.
People should know about this because they may want to see their cats wearing cool armour. We have allowed this to happen because there aren't really any problems with the cat armour, and it looks called.
This is similar to another armour for cats or other costumes for animals.
It can harm is other cats because of the spikes and sometimes humans when taking it off.

I think that our teacher should give us other sites to read on. Here is a link to a site you can read it on. LINK

Novel Study - Chapter 12 - 15

 Last week I read 8 - 11 but since lots of people had overdue work, we didn't have any tasks. On Monday I read from chapter 12 - 15. After we read chapter 12 - 15 we had to answer some questions about what happened in the story. Here is the answers to the questions.

I think that it was good that Greg met the Chattertons because it's like they are another family to him.  Greg feels happier with them because they give him opiates that his family would probably not given him. The Chattertons give him food, money, a job and rally opiates. 
I think that they react like that because they don't want to spend money on something that he can buy but he doesn't have the money right now. They also might not want to buy it because it's not a streetcar. (What I mean by streetcar is that the car is a rally car). I can relate to this because when I ask for something they say that I don't need it. 
I think that it is bad that they give him constant criticism but it is a good thing that his mother is warming up to him. It is important to praise your kids because then they feel like they are wanted and that they are loved. If you don't praise your kids they might not feel love and they might not feel like they are needed in this world.
I think that is it good that William is sticking up for Greg because it means that he is trying to make his father warm up to him. I also think that William is pleased that he saved their lives. I think that it is good that she is supporting her son because I making him want to live his dream more. It is also good that she is supporting him because William is not supporting and he needs a parent/sibling to support him.
I am predicting that something is going to go wrong with the rally but then I also think that something good is going to happen with the rally.