Science badges

In term 4, Kaupeka got to choose if they want to do a maths and science badge for the rest of the year. I chose to do a science badge because I love science a lot and its so interesting. there are different topics for science like home chemistry, home physics, zoology and a lot more. You get a badge for each topic complete. I chose to do home chemistry and home physics. To get a badge for each topic, you need to get 20 stars on that topic. Down below is one of my assignments I completed.

In Home physics, one of the assignments was to make a telephone using 2 cans or pots that are similar and you needed some string. What I did first was get 2 empty Pringles jars and I also got some string. Then I got my dad to help me drill a hole on each can at the bottom for the string to get through. I then put the string through and tied knots so they wont fall out. One of the questions for the assignment asked "Can you make it work around corners? How?" So I wrote a brief report on how it works.

"You can make it go around corners as long as you make the it so that the string is looped and twisted around a solid object so where the string is twisted, it forms a continuous vibration. If the string is gong around the corner and it touches something that doesn't vibrate, then it wont work."

This assignment was 2 stars and I know need 18 more to get a badge.
Are you doing a science or maths badge?

NZSL

In Term 4, Kaupeka has been learning sign language because if we met someone who can't talk or is deaf, we can communicate with them so they feel included. I really enjoyed learning sign language and would love to learn it more. I learnt the whole alphabet in just one session and I'll now show you the alphabet in NZSL.

Have you ever learnt sign language before? 

Art day

On Monday 13 November, our teachers were away doing some PBL work so we had relievers. In the morning we did prayers like usual, and then we got to some Picasso art. Picasso art is a type of art which doesn't have to be perfect so if you are bad at drawing but like it, this is a good piece of art to do.
I drew a Christmas tree with a face and some stars in the background just for fun.

Have you ever done Picasso art before?

Book Character Day

On Friday, the 3rd November, St Francis of Assisi had book character day. Book character day is where you dress up as a character from a book. I dressed up as Alice in Wonderland and Amber and Methuli dressed up as the white rabbit and Mad Hatter. In the morning, we had a parade with all the costumes walking around the court. After that, we had a dance battle between Kaupeka and Tumu but I think Tumu won. Then we had a class photo of all the costumes.

What would've you dressed up as or if you were here, or what did you dress up as?

What the Kaupeka hub is about

In Kaupeka hub, there are 66 students. There are 3 main rooms in our hub and we also have a silent room called the breakout space.
 For literacy, we get to choose what writing pieces we want to write about.
We use Chromebooks in Kaupeka so we can do most of our work on them.
This is what our timetable normally looks like: In the morning, we do RE and a bit after that, we start doing maths. At 10:25 am, we go out for play and at 10:50 am, we eat our morning tea. Then we do literacy and at 12:25, we go out for play again. We eat lunch outside and then we do stuff like languages and after that we do fitness. At the end of the day, we all go home. PBL is project based learning.
One of my favourite PBL's was a science project. The science project was to see which rock candy crystals would grow the most in water or in water with sugar melted in it.
 By the time you go to high school, you should know all your times tables and know how to spell/read everyday words.
My favourite learning area in our hub is the breakout space because if you want to work without getting distracted, you can go in the breakout space and work silently.
My proudest moment of the year was when I finished the cross country course and when I built a dam in the river so we can get clean water at camp.

What are some similarities and differences about your classroom/hub/school?