On Friday we made cork boats. It was made out of 3 corks and 3 leaves, to keep it all together we used hot glue. We did a few trail runs. I made 3 boats when I glued the bottle caps it turned hot. The one that I used in a race was made out of 4 corks, a kebab stick and a piece of calf meal sack. I won 2 races, Jackson won 1. We did it in a trough in the horse's paddock. When I was coming up to the house I was humming with glee.
WALT solve subtraction equations using different strategies.
At first I found rounding and compensating hard. But after some practice I found It easy.
We are learning about the Olympic Games. WALT skim and scan information to answer questions about the Olympics.
The Olympic games took place over two thousand seven hundred years ago in Olympia in ancient Greece. the Greeks took part in the Olympics to celebrate the Greek gods Zeus and Hera. In the ancient Olympics only men and boys were aloud to compete. the Olympics take place every four years. If an athlete 2nd they are awarded a silver medal. The Olympic torch is lit to let people know about the games. the Olympics torch h will travel around the country that the games will be held. the symbol of the Olympics are 5 interlinking rings. the 5 rings represent the 5 continents. the Paralympic games take part after the Olympic games.
We have been learning about the taonga in our school and community. We have also been learning our pepeha.
We learnt that a pepeha is a way to introduce ourselves. We have been learning our pepeha in class and are have said our pepeha in front of the class.
