Climate Chaos - Water cycle

This week in science we are looking at the water cycle and how it works. Today we had to put these scientific words together if they had something in common. 

My group placed water cycle next to carbon dioxide, because oxygen is in the air and the plants. and plants can't be made without carbon dioxide. 

We also put climate change with carbon dioxide because without carbon dioxide we would have no plants or trees because we would have no oxygen. But the problem is we have too much carbon dioxide for all the plants in the world.

I would like your feedback and see what you think.

Here are some scientific words.

Scientific words: 

•  Evaporation. When water is heated by radiant energy it turns into water vapour.
• Transpiration. Evaporation from plants.
• Condensation. When water vapour cools, molecules join together and form clouds.
• Precipitation. When clouds get heavy the waters falls as rain, sleet, hail, or snow.
• Acidification: the action or process of making or becoming acidic.

Splitting strategy

In maths, we have been focusing on our time's tables. In my maths group, we are timesing big numbers so here is a video that can show you how to do that. Enjoy ! :)

Tane Mahuta

For the past few weeks, we have been out gardening. We have been working on 4 things the outdoor classroom, Greenhouse, Cutting trees and our main gardening area. We have split into groups so we can get more done.


For the last week, we had planned what we were doing for the garden beds. We were designing drawings about our ideas and what we wanted it to look like. After that we got ideas and we went outside to look at the area we had. Then we started to work on the classroom clearing out one side of the classroom and deciding if we wanted to keep the stuff or biff it.


This week we cleaned the other side of the classroom and started to dig the soil to make it soft, when we were digging we found lots of worms. Also when we were cleaning the classroom there were lots of spiders and some cool tools.


Here is what worms do, they are good for the dirt because worms help to increase the amount of air and water that gets into the soil. They break down into an organic matter. When worms eat the grass they leave there manure behind and it can be a type of fertiliser.

Team work

This week in our P.E Hurumanu we have been working on teamwork. We played in the new gym and there were three games set up there was Floor hockey, Bench ball & Football.

Our activity was hockey For this activity I rated my self as a level 3

To achieve at level 3 I have to show that I can consistently always make a contribution and help the team try harder.

During the game of hockey I showed that I am working at level 3 by playing the game fairly and helping my team, These examples show that I have met the standard for level 3 

While playing the Cross-court games, something that I found challenging was when my team was cheating. The reason I found this challenging was because they wouldn't listen and they kept cheating which I thought wasn't fair on the other team. 

However, my team did not overcome it and I think my team need to work together and not cheat.

Next week I am aiming to work at level 4 To make sure that I am working that level I am going to work on making a team goal and always encourage them and help them.

P.E

This week in P.E, we played two games the first one was floor hockey and the second one was 6 corner soccer. We also did a warm-up where we were in a group of three and combined you had to do 100 shuttles and if you and one of your other people in your team went and the same time it would double. You always had to have at least one at the start.

This is what I rated my self. Our first activity was floor hockey, For this activity, I rated my self as a 3. To achieve level 3 I have to show that I can consistently play the game and help my team by playing. During the first game of floor hockey, I showed that I am working at level 3 by Playing the game and helping my team, These examples show that I have met the standard for level 3.

Our second activity was 6 corner soccer For this activity I rated my self as a 4. To achieve at level 4 I have to show that I can consistently help my team by encouraging them and being positive. During the first game of 6 corner soccer, I showed that I am working at level 5 by helping my team and asking them if they could be goalie so they didn't hit our post and I told people we should go for this certain group because they were only hit once. These examples show that I have met the standard for level 3.

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Next week I am aiming to work at level 5 To make sure that I am working that level I am going to work on my attitude because sometimes I get angry and I will help my team more by getting more involved in the game and helping others who don't know how to play or needs help.