Action Packed ... AGAIN!

We have been continuing to work hard in MLH setting goals and getting our artistic juices flowing!

Each of us were given a small piece of an art piece which we had to enlarge. This was a tricky task due to the lines, colours, shading ... not to mention the fact that we didn't actually know what then end product was going to be! We are so proud of our collaborative art piece. It stands proudly in the doorway of Moana 2 and 3 - He waka eke noa! We are all in this together!

We also learnt about Pop Art and it's influence on art. We loved the bright contrasting colours so decided to use this style of art for our portraits this year. They look just like a piece from and Andy Warhol exhibition.

Please come into the class to check out our awesome artwork!

We are very proud of everyone from MLH who participated in the Weetbix tryathlon this year. You represented yourselves and our school with pride and gave it your best - TU MEKE!




Last week we started our pepeha walk by heading down to our awa Hamanatua. We learnt about what the awa was used for in the past and ways in which we can look after it now. Part of our mission is to get rid of the fennel which is suffocating our native trees by the Okitu Bridge. If you would like to help us on this mission let us know - many hands make getting rid of fennel happen faster!!

We would also like to thank Sonia Keepa who came down to talk to our Y6 students about ocean safety. We learnt the three R's - Relax, Raise your hand and Ride the rip - which will help us to get out of a rip safely as well as how to spot a rip.

Three weeks down already! This term is whizzing by - I guess time flys when you love learning in MLH :)


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Where in NZ is Koka Ngaire?

Last week our teacher went missing. Koka Terri was missing her partner in teaching crime so we set out on a mission to find her.

We had to use the clues she had left to help us figure out where she was.

                          

We organised a Google Hangout with her and were allowed to ask her 5 yes/no questions to help us locate her. In our Buzz groups, we discussed which questions would give us the most information and narrowed them down to our top 5.



In the end, we asked these 5 questions:

                                                 

During our Google Hangout we had to write down Koka Ngaire's answers and then use these to help us to narrow down Koka Ngaire's exact location. She made it tricky by moving around the country!

In the end, we managed to figure out that Koka Ngaire landed in Christchurch, drove to Akaroa then headed off to Hamner Springs.

Lucky we were super detectives so she is back in class this week!

Saving Up For An Overseas Experience

Today one of our groups of young mathematicians collaborated in solving a problem so that Marama knew how much money she needed to save before going on her big OE.

What was and always is incredible to see, is the variety of strategies that we all use and can explain to others so, like all good mathematicians, we can double-check our answers.

After we solved the problem, we explained our methods to each other and pointed out where some of us made mistakes. 

Post problem discussion:

• "It's OK to make mistakes, because we can learn lessons from them."
• "I didn't get that. Can someone explain how they solved it?"
• "What did I do wrong?"
• "That was easy.... I just solved it in my head."
• "Can I use a calculator?"