Balancing Butterflies

Today for STEAM we were balancing butterflies that we made using a printed paper butterfly, card, scissors, crayon, tape, match stick, and two paper clips. You cut out the card and the butterfly and make sure they are the same shape. Glue them together, color it in, and tape the match stick to the body. Add the paper clips on the corner of the wings, and viola! Try to balance it on your finger! (TIP: Bend the wings to balance it better)

Reflection:

I think that this went really well, it was such a fun activity and I enjoyed it a lot! My favorite part was finally being able to balance it on my finger. It looked really cool! I was able to balance the butterfly. I think it was pretty cool how it was able to balance just on the tip of my finger. I think that its balancing because the paper clips put enough weight for it to balance. That's all!

The Learning Pit

Today we had to create a learning pit. The learning pit is when you're learning something new and you find it way too hard. You can try more and more and get help from others. Jumping over the learning pit doesn't help you learn anything, so always go through the learning pit. You can learn from your mistakes.

Reading WK3 T2

This is my reading this week! My favorite task was Monday's task, we got to choose our own two articles to evaluate on. I chose the topic of the ocean. I also enjoyed hearing the stories we read for the rest of that week.

Hiwi the Kiwi

Do you enjoy fishing? You’re in luck, because today I’ll be telling you some
interesting facts about water safety, seabirds, fish, facts, and why our
ocean matters.

Fishing for the future is all about keeping our ocean safe and making
sure we leave fish if they are too big, our too small. If it's too small, it's most
likely still a baby and still needs to grow up into an adult. If the
fish is way too big, it could be a mother with babies in it's stomach, which
is why you should leave it in the ocean and let it live. And you must make sure
you don’t catch lots of fish, you should be consider others who fish, they might still

want to catch some.

Water safety is very important! You have to make sure you’re
wearing a life jacket on a boat, kayak, paddleboard, canoe and
more. Don’t leave the life jacket
at the other end of the boat in case the boat/kayak/paddleboard/canoe has an accident.
In case it happens too fast, leave your life jacket on. I also think that it's very
important the children are taught swimming in schools. This is because students should
be able to swim in case their boat (or whatever they’re using), for example, flips over,
they are able to swim to safety.

You don’t want to catch a seabird, right? That’s why it's really important that you

don’t catch a seabird! In other words, SOS. SOS means Save Our Seabirds.
There are birds that are almost completely gone, for example the Black Petrel bird. The Black

Petrel is a New Zealand bird, and it looks wonderful, I would hate to have them extinct.

There are also some seabirds who mistake plastic for food and accidentally eat it.
Once they eat the plastic, no other food can get through, and they end up dying. It's
very sad. That’s why we should SOS!

When you catch a snapper, make sure the fish is 30cm before you catch
it. If it's under 30cm it's too small to be caught. That’s why you should bring a ruler
to measure it. When you measure the fish, you have to measure it from the middle
of the tail to the nose. Make sure that once you catch it, pick it up with a wet towel
so that you don’t remove any of the scales. If you remove the scales and end up
putting it back, the fish will die. If you do catch it and take it home, put it in salt ice.
If you put it in salt ice it’ll stay nice and cold for you to eat.

Here are some interesting facts that I think you should keep in mind. Kai
Moana means seafood in Maori, did you know that? There are also more than
3000 kinds of fish! Which is why you shouldn’t litter because you wouldn’t want to
kill any fish, especially 3000 different kinds. But unfortunately, over 1000 of those
fish species are threatened by extinction. I think that it's very sad that some fish
species might go completely extinct. And 6.5 million tons of litter enter

the world’s ocean each year! I find that very disappointing to hear.

I know that lots of people already know that our ocean is important, but
sometimes people still litter, and the rubbish ends up in the ocean. Here are
some good reasons on why our ocean matters. You may not know this, but
the ocean produces half of the worlds oxygen. And of course, oxygen is very
important. Otherwise, how would we be breathing? Anyways, lots of people
can get sick sometimes. The ocean can help fix

that, actually. The ocean provides medicine ingredients, some that could
even cure diseases. They also contain more than 97% of the world’s water.
So make sure to pick up any rubbish you see on the

beach.

Did you learn something? I did. Make sure to share this information, thanks for reading!

Making Triangles!

This week we did something different. We were making triangles using colored paper, a ruler, pair of scissors, and a pencil. We made 47 triangles altogether, but we had to make at least 30. We have some leftover paper since I thought that we were making too many. That's all, have a good day.

Maths WK2 T2

My Math for this week. We mostly did division worksheets which I found a little bit hard, but I still managed to finish it. I hope you have a good day.

Reading Tasks - WK1 T2

My favorite story I read would have to be the book I read of Wednesday, I found it interesting and enjoyed my tasks.

Maths Tasks - WK1 T2

My Math for Week 1, I was working with some help by Samantha, check out her blog here:

http://pcssamanthac.blogspot.com/

How to feel Calm

Are you ever feeling angry or overwhelmed? Then listen closely, this is what you should do to

feel calm.

First off, you know that you’re angry when you feel like yelling, maybe trying to defend yourself

in an argument. You might want to be alone, not speaking with

anyone, thinking to yourself. Maybe you don’t feel like talking to anybody else. Then you might

start to feel frustrated, even at the smallest things. You could’ve gotten distracted when you

want to be alone, and that might make you feel

angry.

Next you should go to the kitkat corner. The kitkat corner is where you sit down once

you are mad. Once you’re in the kitkat corner, try to calm down. Take a deep breath and

try to feel better. Try not to get distracted by other people, it might not help. And again so you

don’t distracted, focus looking at the wall, or outdoors.

Then try to think of your happy place. Your happy place could be anywhere. For example, it

could be sitting at home. You could be doing anything, like reading a book quietly. That's my

happy place. If you think about your happy place it might make you feel more calm and

relaxed instead of mad, or

overwhelmed.

You know that you’re calm when you can finally smile, you no longer feel like yelling at

anyone, and you start to feel much better, less stressed and more relaxed. You should

remember these for the next time you’re mad/overwhelmed now that you know. I hope you

learned something. Follow these steps the next time this might

happen.

In class we were writing an explanation writing on 'How To Feel Calm.' We had to fill out a sheet answering questions such as 'How do you know you're mad/overwhelmed?' 'What is your happy place?' We put three answers for each question, and wrote them down as paragraphs.

BOT Letter

Tara

Papakura Central School

Papakura

8.4.19

Board Of Trustees

Papakura Central School

Dear BOT,

Thank you for the brand new TVs! I enjoy having them in our hub.

The Teachers are usually using the TV for Hapara, so the Students can see whenever someone is on a site they aren’t supposed

to be on. The Teachers also use them to play music.

They are great, and I am very happy that we now have the privilege to

use them in our large hub. Because the TVs are so big, it's easy to see

what the Teacher is trying to explain.

I remember all of the excitement on everyone’s faces when they

entered the classroom to see 2 new TVs. I was excited to have them,

and even more excited once they got the TVs set up. I also think

the Chromecast is really helpful for the Teachers, because they all can

connect their laptops to the TVs. I think the remote is really helpful too!

Yours Sincerely,

Tara

Balloon Experiment

For STEAM Rotation we had to try to balance a balloon mid-air by blowing through a straw. I think it went well, it was a fun activity. It looked hard at first, but I would definitely try doing it again. But I was still able to balance the balloon in the air and I enjoyed it a lot.

We also needed partners for this activity, Charlotte was my partner, you can see her blog here:

http://pcscharlotter.blogspot.com/