A Creative Animation

This is Atawhai's wonderful animation.

We made a tamarereti video  to celebrate the seven matariki stars.I hope you like it. 

Technology of Kites

Israel's Reading activity. This term we have been learning about technology and making kites. We have made a range of kites and discussed the technology. This is Israel applying his knowledge from what he has read.

This week we are learning about Maori Technology.So far it is so cool learning about this. 

A fun last day of term!

Today Room 14 had the movie and popcorn they had earned with all their hard work this term. We started off the day by icing biscuits and decorating them with some lollies. We also decorated cups for our popcorn. After morning tea we watched the movie Meet the Robinsons. This movie linked to our term theme of Now That Is Thinking! We enjoyed thinking about what is possible when we think, create and keep moving forward. We also learnt that we often learn more for failure than success. If something doesn't work the first time as creative inventors we must keep trying and designing to achieve success.

Flying our Kites

Room 14 have been waiting and waiting for a windy day to fly our kites. But we never got one. So sadly we had to made our own wind by running. Today we took our kites outside and ran around the court to see if we could make them fly.

We really enjoyed testing our kites and now we have taken them home to wait for a windy day to see if they will fly without running.

A Wonderful Production

This week we were so lucky because we got to go and see the creative and inspiring production put together by the year 5/6 extension group. The children wrote, acted danced, designed all the sets and more. It was so wonderful to see and a group of students working so hard to create something that entertained and inspired their whole school. They told the story of a group of children travelling through time and learning that life is more than just spending time on your computer.

Well done to all the student involved Room 14 loved your show.

Making Kites

We have been working hard all term to make strong kites that will fly without us running. We tested all kinds of materials and decided that plastic was stronger than paper and that we needed a strong frame to hold our kites together. We also talked about how have limited instruction made kite making more challenging.

First we had to tie our plastic sticks to create a cross. 

Then we had to put string around the outside to make a solid frame. 

Some of us found this part very challenging but by working together and helping each other we created string kite frames that were ready for their plastic. 

Once our plastic was on our kites we added a tail and some string. 

Now we just need to wait for the perfect windy day to fly them. We have learnt a lot about kites this term and we look forward to sharing our reflections on how they fly.

Flying Things

This term we have been learning about flying things. We have made paper kites, Paper planes and now we are beginning to explore how plastic can be used to make our kites even stronger.

We are excited to share with your our journey so far as we explore the technology of Matariki through creating kites and paper planes.