Matariki Kites

For homework in Weeks 5 and 6, we had to design and construct our own kites to fly on the school field. We had an awesome response to this homework, with everyone bringing in such creative designs! On Friday we took to the school field to test them out. The day started out promising with the sun shining and wind blowing. With the whole school out in force, we took our kites to the sky (or at least attempted to!). Unfortunately, the afternoon was cut short due to rain. We didn't let that dampen our spirits though! Check out some pictures of the spectacle below...

Shared Lunch (mmmmmm)

To celebrate Matariki we decided to have a shared lunch. Each member bought a plate of yummy food to share with the class. Eva even went the extra mile and created cupcakes which had 'Matariki' written on them! Here's a pic of us before we ate waaaay too much sugar!!

Stained Glass Kites

As part of our Matariki week at HNI, we decided to include this celebration into our weekly Art lesson. Our task was to create our own stained glass kite out of clear dura seal and tissue paper. This was a step by step process, which had us measuring out our kite first using black paper to create the frame, before using the tissue paper to make patterns which represent Matariki.
They look fantastic hanging up on our windows!

The Blender!

Today in Art we decided to explore the technique of blending using chalk pastels. Our task was to blend two colours on a template using our fingers. We had to think about the colours we chose, and how we could effectively blend these to make our shape stand out.

X-Ray Art

As part of our inquiry focus on the incredible human machine, we learnt about the bones in our hands and what this looks like when x-rayed. Our task for art was to spray paint our own hand with white paint, and then create the human bones out of cotton buds.

Homework

As part of our homework for Week 3, it was our task to make up and perform a song or rap that clearly explains the benefits of regular exercise. Some groups were really creative and even created a youtube clip to present it. While some groups treated us to a live performance.

Mufti Day!!

It was Mufti day today, we naturally we all came to school in our pajamas and onesies... looking snazzy Room 9!

Reliability Checklist

This term in reading we are learning to how check the reliability of a website. This involves us questioning the information which the website provides us. To help us assess whether it is a good website to use or not, we brainstormed in groups then created our own checklists to cellotape to our desks. Here are some of the checklists we created:

Human Machine Challenge!

All of the students in Room 9 have passed medical school and are about to perform our very first operation. Chief of surgery Dr. Fisher has supplied us medical clothes and operating tables. It is our task to get into groups of 4 (select one member to be the patient with the others doctors) and construct and plant every major organ into the patient. When making the list of organs below, we had to think carefully about their size, shape, colour and more importantly the positioning.
Dr. Fisher also tested our knowledge by allowing the class to ask us questions about each organ. These responses were pair assessed by the class.

Graffiti Wall

For our introduction to The Human Machine we researched facts and created a graffiti wall to display in the classroom.  We had to research our fact and check that it was true by referencing 3 sites. 

Here are some of our facts:

Rotation using fractions and degrees

We have been focusing on transformation this term in Maths. One of these transformations we have been learning about is rotation. We learnt that you can rotate or turn a shape/object clockwise or anticlockwise. We then learnt how we could describe these turns by looking closer at fractions and degrees. We then went outside and drew our circles which showed this new learning.