What is Taha Whanau? ~ Inquiry ~ Room 4!

This week we have been looking a lot at the 4 Taha's of health. For this task we took a closer look at Taha Whanau which is about relationships with family, friends, ETC. We talked about how it is affected by lockdown and how we could support it. We also talked in group about what 'we' think it means.

Taha Whanau! ~ Inquiry :)

For this task we had to label the jobs everyone in my bubble had done. The roles they did :) 

My brother looked after us while our parents were either working or sleeping because they were tired. He also made us laugh and bought humor to lockdown by telling jokes and showing us many different funny videos. Other then that he also played nice songs to vibe to while we were meant to be doing work :)

My sister did her job in cleaning. She made sure she did her dishes, etc. She turned our lounge into a movie cinema for the twins and entertained by coming up with new things to do almost everyday. 

The twins struggled a lot during lockdown as they weren’t able to see their friends. But they jumped on their calls and even tried to do some work of their own. Asking for lots and lots of help to complete it. They both also had fun times with their toys and cleaned up after themselves. But other then that, they also did a great job of yelling in my ear to wake up every mornings :) 

Dad cooked us all dinner while mum was at work. He made sure we were well feed and on top of that he did his role in being an essential worker. He worked very hard. He also encouraged us to finish our work, to attend out meetings, and to be fully ready in the mornings.

Mum also did some cooking for us too! But as she was at work, she found it hard coming home and making dinner. Which is why she relied on my dad :) As said, she did her part in being an essential worked and worked very hard also :) Other then that, she shopped for the things we needed during lockdown and also cleaned every mornings before she was off to work.
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( I know I wasn't suppose to do as many paragraphs as I had done, but I felt a bit weird as I hadn't finished my work on time so I decided to do a bit of extra work to motivate me to do better next time and to Finish It Off Properly! )

Taha Tinana ~ Health ~ Inquiry

Walt: Describe the affects of


Today we worked on this task. We talked about what Taha Tinana is and how it was affected when we were in lockdown. We wrote and stated reasons to answer to every question asked.

Time Line ~ Room 4 Inquiry - Otirinui

Today we looked at different people's point of view. My person was Otirinui. We looked at what had happened on the 9th of November, 1769. The tragedy of Gore and the shooting. We looked and investigated it as a class. We talked about what each person saw and what they were doing.

The Watcher Of The South ~ Mrs Tapuke Inquiry :)

In the presentation above we had to complete the following slides. We watched a video and also took notes. We also had to put together a story. We watched a video with no noise and tried to correct the story we were putting together. We then listened to the story to see if we had it all correct :)

Paul Bunyan! ~ Room 1 Inquiry

Task Description:

In this presentation we got the opportunity to learn about Paul Bunyan. We watched videos about the Myth and wrote down notes about him. We talked amongst ourselves and talked about how it could've came to be. The last and final task we had was to highlight the special landmarks that connected to paul.

Cambodian Myth of Lightning, Thunder and Rain ~ Room 5!

Task Description:

Today in Room 5, we learnt about the Cambodian myths. We watched a video explaining what it was about. Lightning, thunder and rain! Our next task was to complete the Match'em up task. All we had to do was to match the correct items, ways and more to the correct God.

The Myth Of Hermes

Task Description:

Today in inquiry, we learnt about the ancient Geeks and some famous myths. We learnt about the different God, their creation story and about Hermes.

What is the Biosphere

Walt: Learn about the biome


Task Description:

In this presentation we learnt about the Biosphere. We learnt about what it's about and what some Biome are. We watched videos and answered questions. We had a look at different biomes what animals and the different features of the biome.

Enjoy :/

The water cycle!

Task Description:

In this image we had to number the steps of the water cycle. First we had to watch a video about the water cycle. It explained what and how it works. Then we moved onto our create task. Which is the image above. We also had to take notes and explain what each step means in our presentation. 

Hello ~ Goodbye

Task Description:

We were tasked to make a Hello goodbye poem. Hello to school, Goodbye to isolation! We had to base our poem on what our isolation/quarantine was like. I had lots of fun doing this since we don't really do poems. Goodbye to all the memories I made at home :(( But at least school is fun, and safe! 

Bring it on!

2020, a new start. This year has already been flying past and so I’m sure I need to set some goals. I actually have a few goals for 2020. One of my goals is to be a good role model for others. As part of being leader for 2020 not just for Kapa Haka but for the school too, I think I should be setting goals to improve my leadership skills. Another goal I have set for myself is to try new things. Things like new sports, new things at home and more. I think that everybody should be able to try new things because sticking to one thing is simple. The world isn’t simple and so why should people be basic and simple? I want to be able to take the risks and reach for the stars!

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Genomics

Walt: Understand what DNA is


Task Description:

In this presentation, we were tasked to write what we know about DNA. We had to write in bullet form and we had to understand what DNA is and what is apart of it too. We also had buddies to talk to if we needed help. Throughout the weeks we were also given a book. That book was for us to draw cells and other things that is apart of this topic.

DNA poster! :)

In this poster it explains how life is made. DNA is formed into RNA. Then RNA forms into Proteins and lastly, Proteins are formed into Life. Living things are all apart of DNA, RNA and Proteins. 

Having a closer look at onion cells!

Scientific Experiments:

Aim :
Are we going to be able to see a clear picture of onion cells?

Hypothesis :
We’ll be able to see the cells by 10x

Equipment :

• Slide
• Cover slip
• Tweezers
• Blue dye
• Microscope
• Onion

Method :
First we received our equipment. We then used the tweezers to peel a thin layer of onion and placed it onto the slide. Next we used saline to flatten the onion layer. We then used blue dye so we were able to see the outlines of the cells. Lastly we placed the cover slip on top of the slide and placed our finished object on the microscope.

Observation :
Even at 10x we were able to see the basic shapes of the cell. We were also able to see the cells from 10x and 40x. When using 100x all we saw was purple.

Conclusion :
Onion cells are very interesting to study. Even with a low observation you are still able to see the cells.

Onion cells through a microscope! (10x)

Task Description :

Today Room 4 was given the task to have a closer look at onion cells. Most of you may know that I am in Room 3. But because Whaea Kelly wasn't here today, Room 3 got split into different class rooms. Anyways, Room 4 got told to get into groups of 4 and follow the following instructions. The information that was based on what we had to do is in the writing above. After completing the instructions we were given,  we then were given the task to blog about it.

Zebra fish poster

Task Description:

In this poster we had to provide 5 facts about the Zebra fish. Like the octopus poster we had to give a fact for every stripe instead of a tentacles. A Zebra fish has 5 stripes and so we had to complete the following instructions from Whaea Kelly. "For every stripe there is on a Zebra fish you have to provide a fact. Make sure they are each different." We then had to share this on our blog for our viewers to see!

Click HERE to see poster!

Octopus poster :)

Task Description:

In this poster we had to list 8 facts about a octopus. For every tentacle we had to come up with a different fact. We then had to post our poster on our blog and summarize what we learnt about. To complete this poster we had to post a title, write a task description and add labels.

Some of the things we learnt about is, where octopuses live. They like to hang around coral reefs and in the shallow grounds under the water. We also learnt about, what type of species octopuses are. We found that the octopuses are mollusks.

Click HERE to see poster.

DLO 2019 Term 2 (Continents!)

In this post, this is my animation for term 2. I used the site scratch. I used different codes to make this. We had to include the 7 continents and also had to choose 3 out of the 7 to talk about. This was very fun to make and so I hope you enjoy!

Traveling to Beijing, China (SLJ)

Day 1: Preserving the past

Activity 3: The Sky in Shanghai.

Here is my poem that I have created about travelling to Beijing, China. I tried my best to make sure it rhymed. I am proud of this poem because, it kind of tells the story of peoples live. Trying to fix the pollution is different countries and even people who has experienced problems like this. I hope you all enjoyed this blog post from today.

Create Your Own Google Logo

Today room 9 & 10  had 2 special guests Makayla and Nathan. Makayla and Nathan are from OMG tech. OMG tech is a coding company.  If you don't know what coding is, here is you answer. Coding is where you can make you own games you can also play on other peoples games that they have made their self. One of the games that I played was Create our own google logo. Create your own google logo is when you can do anything.  You can change the color, you can do anything to the letters, you can even make them move.  Also even change the background. I made my own google logo, my google logo was representing out topic for this term which is musical madness. Create your own google logo was a cool game to play. I loved creating my own logo.