Olympic challenge 1

 L.I to use the most efficinet stratigies to find the answers

Since the olympics is currently happening, our maths group have 8 olympic challenges for us to complete. This challenge was about Michael Phelps and the events he competed in. Our questions were: On average, every swim stroke Michael Phelps take gets him 2 metres down the pool. Michael comped in 8 different events in the beijing olympics in 2008. In total how many metres did Michael swim for his gold medals?

FInally, how many strokes did Michael have to take in total for all o his events if Michael can propel himself 2 metres with each stroke. The strategies we used addition and division, first we added up all the metres Michael swans and then divided it by two because he advanced 2 metres down the pool. 

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Super fingers

 L.I to recall yout timestables quickly

This week we played super fingers which is a multiplication game that requires you to recall your times table. FIrst there was a draw where we picked partners to go up against. Whover won advanced to the quarterfunals, semi finals and then the final. The final was between Chris and Afatia which Afatia won. I realy enjoyed this because it is a fun way to remember and recall your times tables.

Robotics in the Stars

 L.I to try and ge thte  mbot to draw a star shape for Matariki

This week for tech we coded our mbots to travel in a star shape for Matariki. Matariki is the Maori New year and is the celebration of new begennings. This was challenging because we had to testing new codes  over and over until we got the right one

Matariki brochure

 L.I to strengthen our connections to Matariki

For Matariki we made a brochure for the celebration. A brochure is a informative paper document that can fold, it gives you information bout a place, person, celebration, etc... In our brochure we created different parts with different topics explaining the harvest, traditions, and many more. In this activity we also showed the origin of Matariki and how it was named.

Matariki Stars

L.I to strengthen ur connection to Matariki

Matariki is the Maori new year celebration. It takes places each year when the cluster of stars known as Matariki are seen in our skies. The new year is a time for new beginnings and is a time to embrace tradition. To strengthen our connections to Matariki we had a choice of research activities. For this task we learnt about facts about the matariki stars.

Coding in Python

 L.I to learn how to code the microbit in python

The first onr shows the python for flashing hearts. It flashes between the small herart icon and the large heart icon. THe main thing to ntice between the pythin coding and the blocks is the the forever loop is at the top nd bottom on the centent of both.

This is the example for coding hte buttons, the main thing to notice is that the "def" which is defining what hte on_button_pressed will make the microbit do.

VIsion Board

This week we created a vision board for our goals at the end of the School year. A vision board is a display of the things you want to achieve, a vision board is made up of photos about your goals. This give you a remider of where you want to be so that you a focused.