Play, Make, Create

 Kia Ora!<3

On Friday, we did Play Make Create. This is where the teacher reads you a story and you discuss the message in the story. Then you create something based on the message and also do a piece of writing. You can use materials or make a digital creation.  This week Mrs Craig Read the book: One for you and two for me.

 It was about the importance of friendship and sharing thing fairly.

 I chose to make friendship bracelets for my friends. My friends copied me of course😒. I made a bracelet with yellow, white, and this light orange colour I made one for my friend and she liked it!. It took pretty long like 20 minutes, But I got it! We also had to make a recpie that had to be about strawberries. I chose to make a strawberry milkshake.

Here is my work:

Vaseline Saucers 2021

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We have Pet Day at Ohaeawai School every year and one of the activities we do is to create a symmetrical design on a saucer using flower petals. You put Vaseline on the saucer first to make the flowers stick. That’s why they are called Vaseline Saucers. Here is a pic of me with mine:

Mosiac art

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This week we have been doing some Mosiac art. Which means you make something with little shapes. I chose to do my Zodiac sign and a smiley face with a pink background. 

Here is my work:

Play, Make, Create

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On Friday, we did Play Make Create. This is where the teacher reads you a story and you discuss the message in the story. Then you create something based on the message and also do a piece of writing. You can use materials or make a digital creation.  This week Mrs Craig Read the book: That’s Not the Monster We Ordered.

  It was about being grateful for what you have.

 I chose to design a Monster, and we also had to make a writing review task. For my Monster I chose to give it a purple vest with yellow buttons. And I cut a spoon in half and glued them on different sides of this little white box I made for its body. I gave it yellow arms and blonde hair. I also gave it orange eyes and one leg to jump. I chose to name my Monster Emily. Here is my work:

Frank Stella Art

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We have been learning about abstract art. It’s all about creating works of art that don’t actually look like anything. We focused on the American artist Frank Stella, who liked to make pictures using shapes like circles, triangles and rectangles.

Here is my work:

Play, Make, Create

 Hello!

On Friday, we did Play Make Create. This is where the teacher reads you a story and you discuss the message in the story. Then you create something based on the message and also do a piece of writing. You can use materials or make a digital creation.  This week Miss B Read the book: I am Peace. It was about how to hold, & control your feelings.

 I chose to Make a tree. I cut the top open to put all these worry, feeling notes in the top. For the writing we had to write about how we would feel if you were alone in the middle of the ocean.

Here is my work:

3D Clock

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Yesterday, for maths we had to read a step by step procedure for making a 3D clock. It was very tricky. We had to measure in centimetres to make equilateral triangles, measure the angles with a protractor to check they were 60 degrees, make a clock face and arrows and tie it all together with string. I was glad when I finished. The clock hands were the hardest part. Here is a picture of my clock.

Handwriting

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This week we had to do a handwriting sample this week. My handwriting is not that good but it’s way better than the start of the year. Here is my work:

Hinengaro Poster

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Every week on Tuesday we do Te Reo Maori. This week we had to do a feeling poster. I chose to make a feeling poster and the feeling words were in Te Reo Maori. 

Here is my work:

Play, Make, Create, Week 9 2021

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This week for Play, Make, Create we read a book called Wombat stew. I decided to make a trap to catch a Wombat for the dingo to make a Wombat stew. I made a video of trapping the wombat and we also had to piece of writing about how to make Wombat stew. Here is my work:

Play, Make, Create

On Friday, we did Play Make Create. This is where the teacher reads you a story

y and you discuss the message in the story. Then you create something based on the message and also do a piece of writing. You can use materials or make a digital creation.  This week Mrs Craig Read the book: Maui and the sun.

  It was about the Maori myth which explains how/why the sun moves across the sky.

 I chose to draw a piece of art about the sun.

Opposite poem

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In week 8, 16th September we have been learning how to write different styles of poetry. Here is my Opposite poem.

Play, Make, Create Week 7 Term 3

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 In Week 7 of Term 3, we got back to school!!! On Friday, we did Play Make Create. This is where the teacher reads you a story and you discuss the message in the story. Then you create something based on the message and also do a piece of writing. You can use materials or make a digital creation.  This week Mrs Craig Read the book: Tidy

  It was about a badger that was too tidy.

 I chose to make an

Environment poster about caring, and saving the Environment. And we had to do writing. For writing we had to do a Sorry letter.

My Activities, Week 6, Term 3 2021

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 This week we carried on with our ‘insect’ topic for reading, writing, handwriting and art. For maths we practised basic facts and worked on writing a variety of equations which would have a certain number for the answer. We also practised solving problems using place value or known facts knowledge. Here is a selection of my work:

Reading:

                                                                        Maths:

                                                                        Writing:

                                                                               Art:                    

                                                                     Handwriting:

Collage Insect

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Because we were using ‘Insects’ as a topic this week for reading and writing we created some works of art based on insects also. We had to make them out of any materials we could find at home. I chose to use:...

Here is a photo of my creation:  

Solving word problems

 Another thing we have been  learning in maths is how to solve word problems involving combinations of things. You had to be able to write addition equations showing as many different   combinations as we could. 

Some people found it was useful to do your figuring out using a table. But not the kind of table you eat off-a mathematical table.

Here is my work.

Play, Make, Create

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 In Week 3 of Term 3, we did Play Make Create. This is where the teacher reads you a story and you discuss the message in the story. Then you create something based on the message and also do a piece of writing. You can use materials or make a digital creation.  This week Mrs Craig Read the book: the smartest Giant in Town by Julia Donaldson.
  It was about being kind.
 I chose to make a spider web for a friend and a green cup crown for my teacher!

And we had to make a peace of writing about the giant.
Here is my work:

Play, Make, Create

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Today for Play, Make, Create we read the three silly goats gruff. We had to make 2 things, I chose to make a wanted poster for the troll and make a troll pet for me!🍄 In my wanted troll poster I just put a random number. And on my troll pet it took a long time to cut out. But anyways here is my work:

Matariki venn Diagram

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In week 9 we have been doing lots of Matariki reading activites. You could do a DLO or a Venn Diagram. I chose to do a Venn Diagram. You had to do Matariki culture and you got to pick another countries culture. I chose chinese culture. You had to write in the middle the same things and on the sides what's the difference.

Here is my work:

Weather poem!

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Today we wrote a piece of writing about the weather. We got to chose what ever type we wanted.

I chose to write about rain. 

Pixel art

 Last week we have been doing art. I chose to blog my pixel art. I did some bubble tea and a chicken. Our teacher prints them out then I'm pretty sure she makes magnets or something. But I think it will look cool!

Here is my work:

Play, Make, Create!

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 In Week Seven of Term 2, we did Play Make Create. This is where the teacher reads you a story and you discuss the message in the story. Then you create something based on the message and also do a piece of writing. You can use materials or make a digital creation.  This week Mrs Craig Read the book: The Day the Crayons Quit.  It was about not being used and being used to much!

 I chose to make a poster with my friend! Here is my poster!:

Week 9 recount

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This week we have been working on a recount. We could make our recount about anything you have been doing on the weekends. I chose to do netball. I write about last weekend for our last netball game. How we got there, Prize giving, Chips, Sushi, And home. Here is my work:

Matariki Day/ Sound Lab

Last week on Friday we had a Matariki day. We got to do activities about Matariki! Mine were paper plate weaved star and coding. In coding we made music using sound lab.

Mrs C

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Last week our librarian had to retire, And we had to dress up in our favourite book character. I chose to be wacky and dress up as a boy! We also had to write a goodbye card to her. I made one and I also drew the pigeon. Here is my work:

The old playground!

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In Week 7,  we went outside and looked at the old wooden playground  to see if we could think how to write about it using personification. We tried to think about the old playground as if it were an old person. We wondered what the old playground might look like or do that was like an old person. Here is my work: 

Matariki art

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This week we have been doing activities about Matariki. I did a poem, Matariki bracelet, and star!

Here is my work:

Play, Make, Create Week 6

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In week 6 we did play make create. The teacher reads us a story and we do some activities about the book. The book this week was Twig. We had some options. I chose to design something to make Heidi stand out also movie poster. Here is my work:

Cat simile poem!

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Last week we have been doing simile poems about animals, ourself, and other things you want to write about! I chose to write about my cat, Furball. He is a boy, and he's fluffy! Here is my simile poem I wrote about my cat!:

Seeds

Last week we went on a hunt in the playground to see if we could find some seeds and then we came back to class and wrote about them using our senses of sight and touch to describe them. Here is my work:

Feathers

Last week we went on a hunt in the playground to see if we could find some feathers. We didn’t find any but luckily our teachers had collected some so then we came back to class and wrote about them using our senses of sight and touch to describe them. Here is my work:

Play, Make, Create!

 In Term 2 Week two we did Play Make Create. This is where the teacher reads you a story and you discuss the message in the story. Then you create something based on the message and also do a piece of writing. You can use materials or make a digital creation. We read a story called Stick and Stone which was about friendship. I chose to make something with glitter for my two friends. I created it on a white piece of paper and it had their name on it with glitter!:>

Coding of a Cicada life cycle

We have coded our own unplugged program of the five stages of the cicada life-cycle. We have included some obstacles too. The goal is to be able to have someone follow our codes to navigate our life-cycle by getting from stage 1 to stage 5 and avoiding the obstacles. Here are some examples of our coded life-cycles.

Swimming

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We all understand the importance of being safe in and around the water. This term we have been lucky to swim most days.