The broad bean planting sounds so fun!

Yesterday, my class did broad beans. They did the broad bean planting in the afternoon. And it sounds so fun and amazing. broad. And today, Mrs. Taylor told us that we were doing some writing. I didn’t know what kind of writing to do because I was sick. But the others in my class knew. The class told her the steps. And all the steps were on the whiteboard.

First, Ms. Lammas lined up all ten cups against the window. After she lined up all ten cups, she put some soil inside the ten cups. I had a little look at the cups with soil in them. Before Mrs. Lammas put the soil inside the cup, she had to take Louis and E-jay to the garden to get more soil for the cups.

Next, they all had to pick a partner for the broad planting. And my partner for the broad bean planting was Brooklyn. She is my best friend. My friend Brooklyn had to do soil and broad. After that, my partner had to pick a little hole in the soil and put the bean inside. And she had to cover the bean on top with the soil. 

Then each pair planted the bean broad into the soil. After that, they all put the cups in the window. So they could let it grow out into the sun. And then Mrs. Lammas watered the plants so she could make sure they could grow better. And the three things a plant needs to grow are soil, water, and sun. And it will grow into a nice, beautiful plant but if you don’t do all three things, your plant will be dead and will not grow.

Finally, they let it grow out in the sun for a few days and then my teacher, Mrs. Kumar, watered the plants. And I think when she watered the plant, I think the water went like blooop blooop. And if you keep on watering your plants, you will have a healthy plant forever if you keep doing that. And Miss Telumi was the one who got the soil, the beans, and the cups.

I’m so happy that I know about this and it is fun learning about broad planting. I have plants in my backyard that are small and big. I sometimes water it so it can grow. It was all small in the beginning but until me and my dad started taking care of it, it grew. One of my plants was as small as a mouse but now it looks as tall as a ten-year-old child. I wish I was here for this because it sounds fun. 

By: Kalisi

We planted broad beans today!

The preparation materials are paper cups, soil, broad bean seed soil, and water. 

First, Miss Lamas arranged the paper cups. 

Then Miss Lammas put the soil into the cup. 

Next, find a small partner to complete the broad bean planting with you. One has soil, and one has broad beans. Miss Lammas sent Louis and EJ to get more soil from the garden.  Each group planted two broad beans in the soil. We dug a hole in the soil with our hands, put the broad bean seeds in the hole, and buried the hole with the soil. I found a small earthworm in the soil of our group. 

Next, we put the paper cups on the windowsill to bask in the sun. Finally, Miss Lamas watered our broad beans.

By: Kevin

The Egg Experiment

We had certificates in the hall because some of the kids there were good and got certificates today. 

Mrs. Kumar did an egg experiment with the kids on the mat. Mrs. Kumar had salt, two eggs, and two glasses of water.

First, she put two teaspoons of salt in the glass of water. It looked like a cloud in the water when Mrs. put one of the eggs in the salt glass and one of the eggs in the glass of water that had no salt. 

Next. The one with salt floated and the one with no salt didn’t float because the molecules didn’t carry it.

Then Mrs. Kumar told us to get our Chromebooks out and write about the experiment. 

Finally, that was it.

By: E.Jay

The shortest egg experiment but the funniest experiment!

Today, straight after assembly, our teacher said that we were going to do an experiment. I was really excited to do the experiment. Once we came, she told us to all sit down, so we all sat down on the mat. She said it was an egg experiment. After she told us it was an egg experiment, she told us this was a hypothesis. She asked what a hypothesis is. Some of the people put their hands up and some of us didn’t. She chose the people who didn’t raise their hands. They forgot what it meant.

First, she chose some of the people who didn’t and forgot what the word hypothesis is about… And we all said, Make a guess! After that, she first started with two glasses filled with water and she made sure that they were equal. We all had to look very closely so we could write and make sure we didn’t stay after lunch. When she got the glasses filled with water, she made sure that they were equal. After she made sure it was equal, she grabbed the salt. 

Next, when she grabbed the salt, she had two eggs on the side of the table.  And she wrote on two pieces of paper. The thing she was writing was without salt and with salt. She placed the two pieces of paper under the two transparent glasses.  She grabbed the salt that was right next to her. 

Then she got the salt that was right next to her. And she added two big scoops of salt to the one that said salt. And for the one without salt, she added no salt. And once she added the salt to the glass, it looked as cloudy as a white cloud. When she put the salt in, it was so amazing. When the salt and the water collided. The saltwater was much denser than normal water. And the cloudy water looked so amazing!

Finally, she added the egg to two of the glasses; the one with salt in it was no longer transparent. You couldn’t see through it. Once our teacher, Mrs. Kumar, put the egg inside without salt, it sank, and I knew that was going to happen, but I didn’t say so. When she put the egg in the water with salt, it floated. I again knew that was going to happen. And the eggs were small; they looked like baby chicks!

It was so cool and amazing that we did the egg experiment. I loved that I knew that when she added the egg to the salt water, it floated. And it was amazing that it floated and the other one sank. It was because salt water is much denser than normal tap water. And when the egg went into the water, it plopped. And the experiment was as fun as bouncing up and down on a bouncy castle. I am thinking of doing it at home too so I can show my siblings. And hopefully, I  can tell them what the word hypothesis means. It was also a short and fun experiment. And when Mrs. Kumar added the salt to the glass, it also looked like lemonade. When she put the salt in the water, the egg experiment was so cool! 

By: Kalisi

The egg experiment was so much fun to watch!

After we had an assembly in the hall, my teacher, Mrs. Kumar, told us that we were having an experiment, and it was an egg experiment with salt, and it was fun to make a hypothesis. And Mrs. Kumar got two eggs and two transparent glasses. And the eggs are from Mrs Kumar’s home.

First  My teacher, Mrs. Kumar, told us about hypotheses and some of my classmates put their hands up to answer. Mrs. Kumar said it meant making a guess. And when she put it in the glasses—the one with salt—it was floating so the other one was not. When Mrs. Kumar put the eggs in the glasses, it went like a plop.

Next, my teacher Mrs Kumar took some photos and she said I was going to take photos and she was going to put them in the media folder and egg experiment. And the one with the salt looked like lemonade and looked like the clouds.

Then My teacher said to try to make a hypothesis and I was still thinking while my other friend put up their hands so she picked this girl and her name was Syklar. She is very kind and she said the one without salt will float and the one with salt will not float. But Mrs Kumar said, Well, let’s see and my other friends wanted to answer but she already put it in.

Finally, my teacher said go and write about it and remember to have Similes and Metaphors and when you’re done, finish off with a conclusion.

We had so much fun doing the egg experiment and my friends had fun as well. My teacher did have fun as well, taking photos.

I hope you liked my story about the egg experiment. All my friends and classmates were confused because they thought that the one with the water would float but it was the opposite. The yellow part of the egg is called a yolk and the white part of the egg is called an albumen.

By: Anamalia

The Egg Experiment

Today, after the assembly, we did an experiment with two eggs, salt, and two glasses.

First, we went to sit on the mat. My teacher explained how it was going to work. For the experiment, she got the eggs from her home and the salt from the staff room. We got the glasses and filled them both three-quarter-way. Next, some of us helped Mrs. Kumar move the red desk near the whiteboard. She put the glasses on the red table.

Next, she wrote on the paper, and one of the papers said without salt and the other paper said with salt. She put salt in one glass, and she didn’t put any salt in the other glass. Once she put the salt in the glass, the water in the glass was so cloudy that she left the other glass alone.  Then she put the egg in the glass of salty water. That is the glass in which she put a teaspoon of salt. The molecules were helping the egg float.

Then Mrs. Kumar put the egg in the glass that had no salt, but it didn’t float; it sank. Because the molecules probably weren’t helping the egg float. 

Finally, we were done with the experiment. After the experiment, my teacher said we had to do some writing. It took us so long before some of the people were finished with their writing.

Yay! I finally finished my writing about the experiment, and I can’t believe that my hypothesis was right. Hey, if you don’t know what hypothesis means, it means making a guess, which could be either right or wrong.

 

Today my teacher read a short story to the class. It was about Lavalava!

This is how the story went….

In the story “Lavalava,” there are five characters. This is my family; they are the best.. First, when my dad sings to us, he wears lava lava when singing. Then my mum She wears a lava lava well and plays Kilikiti, which means cricket. Next is my brother. He wears a lavalava suit well and his dancing is good! Then my grandad wears a lava lava when he is walking the dog; the dog is so cute and fluffy. Finally, there is my grandma. She wore lava lava when she was gardening. The flowers look so fresh when I see them. Lasty is me! I wear my lava lava when I go to sleep in my bed!

By: Kalisi

The way we celebrated Matariki was so fun.

We celebrated Matariki last week on Tuesday. We went to Te Oro and we had fun. When we got there, they were telling us their names by introducing themselves.

First, I came late to school but I still made it on time for the trip. I saw my classmates starting to go so I ran to catch up with my class. My teacher told me that I had to go and put my bag in the library. I ran back to the library and left my bag there.

Next, we were having a little conversation. Well, the teachers were having their conversation. We were talking so loudly like an elephant but the elephant doesn’t talk. and we got told to stop talking because we were on our way. When we were going to leave 6 Te Oro, we got told to buddy up. I got told to buddy up with my Old friend Akenza. We all thought that we were taking the bus but our teacher, Miss Kumar, told us that we were walking, which made me a bit sad because I walked to school.

Then we got to Te Oro. We went to Te Oro. Then this woman came to the door and said, Kia ora tamariki , my name is Whaea Kelly. Next, she said we had to take our shoes off. We were told to put our own shoes near the window. She told us to wait at the door and the lady will call us in. Then she could act as if we were all standing up on the big mat. There were six girls and one boy, and there was also a little girl there too. They were all standing and closing their eyes while their Koro was saying the prayer. Next, we went into our groups. There were three different groups we could go in. I went to the stone group. First, we were drawing a koru; next, a pikopiko; third, Mangopare; and fourth, Niho Taniwha. I was struggling with my drawing because I couldn’t really draw. I really stink at drawing.

Anyway, after that, we got a rock from Kelly; she said it was not just a rock; it was special, like a present but it is not. Once we got our rock, we went back into Te Oro. We went back to our table and we started to paint our rock colours.

Finally, we were done painting our rocks. After that, we just found out that we could go to one class. We all said, Oh, okay. But we were still sad because we didn’t want to go back to school. Next, we went to the mat because we were all done. After everybody was done, we went to sit on the mat. All of the classes we went to and some of my friends and some other people’s friends

After Te Oro, we all went back to our buddies’ houses and went back to school. When we went back to school, we ate our school lunch and went to play.

By: Skylar

Celebrating Matariki was so fun!

On Tuesday, Mrs. Kumar took us to Te Oro with Room 9 and Room 4. I was just on time and we were waiting for two minutes because the teachers were doing the roll

 First, all the classes were doing their roll and then we were walking out of the school and into an alleyway. When we were out of the alleyway, it was a really steep hill and we walked along the footpath as the other classes were following at the back of my class. When we arrived at Te Oro, we were greeted by one of the workers, who then proceeded to say, Take your shoes off, put them by the wall and wait for the other classes to come.

Next, when all of the classes were lined up girls in the front and boys in the back, an old lady started welcoming us in and then told us to sit on a big mat. Then we saw some people and this guy started talking. The ladies who were sitting down introduced themselves and then we were going to groups and I brought my friend Kalisi with me.

Then, when we were all sitting down, we grabbed a pencil and Whaea Kelly handed us a paper. We hadn’t drawn yet and it took a while because there were three tables. When there was no more paper to hand out, Whaea Kahu told us to fold the paper into four squares and then draw some koru,pikopiko, mangopare, niho, taniwha and taniwha. When we were finished, she started talking and trusted us to look after a rock Then we went inside and we painted a pattern on the rock we grabbed and I drew a sun pattern. It looked kind of funny because it looked nothing like what I expected it to look like but I still liked it so I kept the same pattern.

Finally, we had to go to the mat and we had to present so each group went up one by one and it was so fun. When everyone was finished with their presentation, we went out of the room and put our shoes on. 

After everyone was finished, we had to get our buddies and line up, and my friend Kalisi lined up. When we left Te Oro, we brought the things we made. My brother gave me his bracelet that he weaved and I said thank you and we walked back to school and ate lunch. The next day, the classes had to go to the hall for lunch and everyone had hangi, but I didn’t because I had to eat halal and while everyone was waiting, each group that sang the same song went up to Rooms 1, 2, 3, 4, and my class went up to sing Next up were Rooms 9 and 10. The final classes that went up to sing were Rooms 6 and 7. After that, everyone got a hangi except the Muslim children and Hindi children; they had to have the school lunch and while everyone was eating, Mrs. Kumar took a picture of our class and there were funny photos on our class media on the room 8 site. It was quiet as a mouse when everyone was singing and it was really quiet when everyone was singing in the hall but when everyone was eating, it was like a party had started; everyone was playing and talking so loudly that I couldn’t even hear myself. When everyone was eating chomp chomp chomp, it was so loud because everyone was chewing so loudly, and people were so loud. We never celebrated Matariki like this at my old school. We were only colouring in stars and making stars out of paper. But I like how we celebrated Matariki at my new school.

By: Aaliyah

Celebrating Matariki was amazing and fun!

Last week, Matariki started. I was so excited. And our teacher told us that we were going to Te Oro. When school ended, I went in the car and told my dad that we were going to a place called Te Oro. I was so excited that I kept on talking about it and I couldn’t wait for Tuesday so I went to sleep early. I couldn’t wait to go to Te Oro.

First, when I was at school, our teacher told us that we were walking. We made sure we got our jackets. Because it might rain. Once we came out of our classroom, we lined up together in rooms one, nine, and three. We all lined up together when we saw a late classmate but she came in time. That time, we were all buddying up with someone. My buddy was Aaliyah. When Skylar came, she put her bag in the library. Once she came outside, the person she teamed up with was called Akenza. 

Next, we started walking to a valley, and our teacher, Mrs. Kumar, said we could talk to our buddy but not too loudly. So I started talking to my buddy about things. I started talking about how it would be inside and what we would do inside. When we started walking, it started to rain a bit. So I put my hood on until it stopped spitting. Once we reached Te Oro, we went inside. Once we went inside, there was a person who greeted us and introduced herself. Her names were Whaea Kelly and Whaea Kahu. She told us to take off our shoes and wait for someone to come in.

Then, once we heard the singing, we all came in but the girls had to go in first and the boys had to go in second. Once we came in, we sat in a line, so we all sat in a line. Then, one by one, all the people in the chairs started to introduce themselves. They said they were all born in Glen Innes and they told us all of their names. After that, Waea Kahu split us into three groups. One was for weaving, rock painting, and clay painting. 

I was in rock painting but we didn’t do rock painting first; we had to draw first. We had to divide our paper into four pieces so we could draw four patterns. Once we got our pencils and paper ready, we opened up the paper in four boxes. Then Whaea Kelly grabbed a whiteboard marker and told us to draw a Koru, Pikopiko, Mangopare, Niho Taniwha, and a hammerhead. After doing all the drawing, we had to stand up from the chairs that we were sitting on. Then Wheae Kelly told us to follow her and we sat down on a mat we couldn’t all fit on because it was a little mat we sat on. Then she brought a basket of rocks. She told us these rocks were not just rocks; she said they were treasures, and once we receive our rock, we can’t throw it or drop it. Finally, we all got a rock each and we went back to our table without dropping it.

Finally, we got to paint our rocks. I tried to paint a flower but it went messy instead of good. And then we ran out of time but I added glitter before we ran out of time. After that, we sat on the big mat because we had to talk about what we did with our rocks, clay, and weaving. The first group was our group. We were really shy to talk and go up but three people we went up with were shy. Then we went to sit down and the people that did the clay were some people who were really shy there but then some stood up and gave a thank-you message and talked about what they did with the clay. Then the people who were doing the weaving came up. Only one of our classmates was doing the weaving and she was with the rest of the juniors. They all stood up and went off the carpet. Some of them were shy but were able to talk a bit, so we all clapped for them. Then we all lined up and walked back to school.  When we went back to school, we made a marae. We made the top of the roof and we were the first group. 

We made patterns before colouring our roof. The pattern we made was a pikopiko. We made them upside down and the right side up. We kept doing the same pattern upside down and right side up. Once we were done, we had to colour our roof. The colours we used were black, red, yellow, and blue. Once we were done, we gave our top roof to our teacher, Mrs. Kumar. When the group with the other roof of the marae was done, we stuck the roof together. After doing the roof, the other team doing the side of the wall was done doing their pattern. The colours they mostly used were green and pink. Once everyone was done and coloured every part of the marae, we stuck all the pieces together. It looked so cool when it was displayed on the wall. 

After that, once school was over, my sibling and I asked my dad if we could go to the Matariki lights. And he said yes; he said we had to go change before going to the Matariki lights. I changed into my pyjamas, and it was so comfy. After changing, we walked to the lights. I was riding on my skateboard and then I slipped. I said ouch! And she said it hurt when I stood up. I went back onto the skateboard and carried on. Then my pyjamas got stuck on the skateboard and I fell again. And then I said it again but a little bit louder. Once we reached the lights, I went and got a hot chocolate because it was all free. And then, when I was not looking a bit, a person bumped into me and spilt the hot chocolate on me.  And then I started to cry because it was hot and it hurt. Then my brother came and said, Are you okay? I said yes. Then I got another hot chocolate and it was delicious. It was as yummy as ice cream with marshmallows on it. When I went inside the Marae, it was so loud. It was as loud as an elephant in a zoo. When I was inside, there was a dance floor there. The challenge was that if you could dance the best and most energetic, you would win a prize. I didn’t join because I was too shy. After ten to twenty minutes, I went to the dance floor. After dancing, I decided to get face paint from a lady on a chair; she asked me if I wanted stars or seas. And I picked stars after doing the stars and the dark sky on my head. She took a picture of my head to show the results. She said it was good and I said it was amazing.  But when my dog came, she started barking. She was barking like a wolf! Wolf! Then she stopped. 

When we went to Te Oro and Matariki, it was so fun and amazing. I wish I could go again but with all of my friends and family. I saw some of my friends and I played with them. It was so amazing to play and hang out with my friends and family. It was so amazing and really fun, and I was happy to be able to bring my dog with me. I learned that Matariki is about spending time with your family and even having fun! I like how I celebrated Matariki at this school because my old school didn’t celebrate Matariki. 

By: Kalisi