Week 5, Term 1, 2021

 Monday was our school Swimming Sports. On the day I felt good but as the race approached I started to feel nervous. I competed in the one and two lengths freestyle, the one and two lengths breaststroke and the one-length backstroke. I came first in the one and two-length breaststroke, I came sixth in the one-length backstroke but I don't know where I came in the one and two lengths freestyle. I am proud of myself for doing all of those events.

We had two art sessions this week and I am doing art with Mrs loft and Mrs. Heaven. I have finished my draft and I have started my good copy. Our art is like a self-portrait. The hard thing was to trace over my draft because I had to do it up against a window. I am enjoying my art so far.  

In reading this week we have started the book called The Twits. The Twits is for my homeroom book. The other book is the Magic Finger that is the book we are reading for literacy. And the book I'm reading for dear is Geronimo Stilton Hands Off Cheeder Face.

Part of our maths programme is NumBots and I am loving it, I am on Tungsten it is a type of metal. As you move up the equations get harder at the moment they aren't too hard but they definitely have got harder. I play the game at school and at home.

Whetu Challenge

 This week for Whetu Challenge we got to do whatever we wanted about caterpillars a chose to do the caterpillar house. I worked with Sol and Christian. The materials we used were sticks leafs a cardboard box and a coloured sharpie. The hardest parts were to make the tv, oven, the washing machine but above all the hardest one for me was the stick Shelter. There weren't really any easy parts to do but it was really fun. 

Here are the pictures!!!

 

Week 4, Term 1, 2021

 The most interesting/fun thing we have done during class time this week is Takaro because usually, we don’t get to play on the playground or get out the sports equipment. I played a lot of things I played on the muscle boys, I played cricket and then played touch rugby and we got to do half an hour of it. I am really enjoying Numbots.

We started our art this week and I have chosen to do art with Mrs Heaven and Mrs Loft. Our art is going to be portrait art. I am looking forward to starting but I also think it might be a challenge to get my head shape right. 

We created our Whetū stars on Thursday and they look amazing. I created mine with my mum. I had pictures of Kalie and Dad surfing, Henry and Mum on the biscuit and photos of me surfing and playing rugby and the last photo was a picture of my whole family.  

Next week we have our school swimming sports. I am feeling confident for some strokes but nervous for some others. 

I love to do breaststroke so I think I could come first in that.

Cohen's first blog post 2021

 Week 3, Term 1, 2021

Someone who has helped me with my learning this year is Mrs. Kennedy and some of the other teachers and my friends. 

The most interesting/fun thing we have done during class time is swimming, Numbots, the water slide, Takaro, seeing my friends after the holidays and rotations. 

The most fun thing that I have done at a play or lunchtime this year is playing team handball with my friends and playing ball tigi on the big blue.

One word that describes learning in Whetu is fun, interesting and challenging.

Something I am looking forward to is swimming sports, learning new things and helping out when I can.

 

Chapter Chat

 This week for Chapter Chat I drew Big Ben. It was had to draw the shape of Big Ben and to get the little

details on it. It was easy to draw the clock and all the windows. My draft looked really bad but my good copy looked way better.

Here is my photo!!!

 

Case Closed

 Today in Whetu we have found out who the person was that stole the chocolates and the HDMI cable the criminal was Mrs. Taaffe aka my Mum. The crime scene was in Whetu's milky way Ngatea Primary School.  Mrs. Taaffe stole the HDMI cable and around 18 milky ways. Mrs. Taaffe stole HDMI cable because she was having trouble casting with her computer and she stole the milky ways because she felt like on but she stole 18. Mrs. Taaffe disabled the alarm for the school in the office and then unlocked the door. Mrs. Taaffe committed the crime Friday the 9th of October. This morning Mrs. Taaffe came into team Whetu to confess some things and she said that yes to all our evidence.

 Our evidence was that her fingerprints were all over the crime scene, Mrs. Taaffe parked in front of the office on the day of the crime and that is the way she went, Mrs. Taaffe was at school on the day of the crime, Mrs. Taaffe had a cut on her wrist, she went to the hairdressers after she took the milky ways and the HDMI cable and she likes mini chocolates.