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Earthquakes

Today the class earthquake experiment. We did it by getting cornflower and water. Then we mixed it together. At the start we stuck our fingers in the cornflower and water. It was kind of hard to get our fingers to the bottom of the cup. We were in a group of six. When I put my finger in it felt like it was pulling on my finger. When we didn’t have our finger in it we could see the water but when we did have our finger in it we couldn’t see the water. When we shock the container the water would come up.

world most grumpy child

On Thursday we had a show. The show was called the worlds most grumpy child. There were three people that come into school. it was a good show. The show went for one hour. Some parts of the show was really funny. My back started to hurt from sitting on the ground for to long. We had  Kokatahi school come and watch the show with us. I liked the show.

trip to Hokitika Gorge

On Wednesday we went to the Hokitika Gorge. We went to the gorge to look at the alpine fault. When we were at the gorge we could not walk very far because one of the swing bridges was closed. We had a look at a sign that told us all about the alpine fault it told us that the earths crust 48-68km deep. Then we went to Tara’s grandad’s farm.

Bridge Valley Camp

Last week the year five and sixes went on school camp. Some people from Kokathi School came with us. When we got to the camp it was raining. I was in a cabin with Sam, Oliver, Nixon and Austin. There was a luge, lazer tag, archery shooting, team building and high ropes. There was a pond and two slides. There was a playground and a zip line. There were eels in the pond. Lazer tag was my favourite activity.               

my week

This week I have been doing lots of different stuff. On Monday we did maths we did writing we did reading and lots of other stuff. The rest of the week we did mostly the same as on Monday. On Thursday we made some sheep and some daffodils. We made the sheep out of cotton balls. We would stick the cotton balls onto a piece of paper with a picture of a sheep on it. We made the daffodils out of paper and cut it. After we put the cotton balls on the piece of paper we would colour the nose and the feet. I liked doing it all.

maths

This week at maths we have been playing a new card game. It is a maths game. When we play the game we all have some cards we put a card down and say who has this number. The person who has that number puts there card down that has that number on it. When we had finished the group my group wanted to keep playing it. My group got the card game and we played it again. It is a maths game to tech us fractions. It is a fun game I like it.

matariki

This week in reading we have been learning about Matariki. There are nine stars in Matariki. Some people say that there are seven stars. Here are the names Watariki ,Pohutukawa ,Tupuarangi ,Tupuanuku ,Waiti ,Waita ,Ururangi ,Waipunarangi and ,Hiwa-i-te-rangi. Matariki is the mother of the stars.