Ready.. Set.. Bike training!

Bueno dias Blogger!

Today some of paterson class has been learning how to ride bikes with a lady Loni and the rest of the class has been with a man jason.

We have been doing races like the Turtle race and the direction race. At the start we were doing warm ups and the warm up was just seeing if we could ride a bike and checking if everyone has there steady.

What I learnt is how to ride with no hands and what that was, was hand directions on a bike. So if the hand signals were, right hand was  to show that you were indicating to the and, your left hand was to show that you were indicating to the left and the last one was top, that signal was putting your hand up but not to up just half way

What I enjoyed was standing up and riding the bike it was the easiest because I had my steady and I could ride it and I wouldn't  crash into anything.

For tomorrows session I feel ok because I kept crashing into the either because someone was next to me or my foot would hit the tire and the other reason is because I would have my steady and I was able to control the bike I was riding.

Loni & Jason

The Wonder Project

Fakaalofa lahi atu Bloggers!,

In the senior school we've been learning about rockets. We have been making rockets out of plastic bottles it good for recycling we were also working with a scientist Colm, hes apart of the wonder project. We used and made:

• Fins (Cardboard)
• Parachutes ( Cloths)
• Nose cone
• designs

We were also learning about the 4 main forces (Thrust, drag,weight and lift). 

Safety rules

• High vis vest
• Safety glasses
• Don't launch the rocket when raining or windy
• Don't go over 60 psi 

We learnt that if there's more water then it might fail (won't go high or far)

My favourite part of the wonder project is launching our rocket we've been working hard to make these rockets and we did our final test flight and we've recorded our flight here it is!

Waka description

Talofa lava, Bloggers

For the last few weeks paterson class has been learning about wayfinding navigation and waka. Yesterday I was making a Waka Hourua. Here's what it looks like.

One of the features of my waka hourua is a small round hut, it's a small storage and equipment room. For my hulls, they are going to be triangular. My sails are made out of flax (or in other words harakeke te reo maori). My wood is made out of totara wood. I chose it because it's sturdy and doesn't grow mold on it.

My job is to be a Cook chef, it means that I teach the crew how to cook.

Thankyou, for reading!

Wayfinding Navigation

 Talofa lava,

Today I´m going to teach you an amazing millennial knowledge of my 

Polynesian ancestors: 

Wayfinding navigation. Back in the days there were no modern 

instruments like: A GPS, Google maps and a compass. They used birds, 

waves/currents, the position of the sun & the moon, wind and stars. 

Birds would help them by whatever direction they are going in is the 

way to land . The currents direct them to land by the way that the 

currents are moving going is the to land.

Matariki, 

Matariki is a star cluster that also helps the navigators sailing. How you would recognise it? Look for a 9 stars cluster, a constellation.

Exquisite Sentence!

  Talofa lava Bloggers!

Yesterday we were learning about Space. I wrote a lot of sentences and out of those, these were my favourite ones:

•  I like the Milky Way. It's a galaxy that Earth is inside.There are different types of sizes and shapes of galaxies but most of them are a circle. It's like a big blanket covering the earth.

  

NZ Sign language week!

 Talofa lava! 

This week is New zealand sign language week!. Our teo reo teacher (Papa jarrod) came and taught us how to learn sign language in maori.He taught us how to say Aotearoa, whanau and Kia roa,and we also learnt how to spell out our names in sign language.

What I enjoyed was learning how to spell my name in sign language but in teo reo. What I found challenging was learning at first because papa jarrod was going to fast but then he went slower so it got less challenging.

About me! :D

Hi My name is Martha 

I am a year 4

I go to WPS that stands for Wesley primary school.

I live in Auckland,Auckland is in Aotearoa

I like Playing Rugby,Rippa rugby,Roblox and Minecraft

I like eating Sour cream chives and chips,fish and chips  

I dislike Gooey slime and make up 

My really favorite thing is CHIPS!

I am also new to blogging so what should I do for Blogging?