Maths by Htoo Say Wah

Our class Covid -19 shape questionnaire activity

Today Tamar has completed her Covid-19 shape questionnaire activity in class. She has done a brilliant job!

Our Reflection on how we coped since school was closed and how we can move on

Today Chicago work really hard on answering the questionnaire on how we can support each other while at school during alert level 2.

BAR GRAPHS - Collecting Data and information

Reihaneh has completed her very first bar graph. It is a new skills for her to gather and organise data in a sensible way before she create a bar graph to display it.

Reading task about the OLDEN DAYS

This is Owyn's Reading task. First he read the story and find difficult words then look for synonyms for those words. Last he wrote a summary of what happens in the beginning, middle and end.

OLDEN DAYS 

Story

Read the story OLDEN DAYS and summarise what happens in the beginning,
middle and end. 

1. Beginning - What happens? 

On Wednesday by aliens, But they were not aliens they were time travellers
from the future And when Mr Potts was telling the school about it they didn't
believe him. Everyone was laughing until Mr Potts said that the time travellers
wanted to come to their school to learn and take a trip around the school. 

2. Middle - What happens?                               

Mrs Hayes took the other time travellers to all the little classes and 

there were two of them that went with Morgan, a boy named Xan and a girl
named Zu. Xan had a chip in his finger to take photos and Morgan asked if they
took photos picking their boogers but Zu said only babies do that. In their
classroom they had whiteboards and in Xan and Zu’s school they had flexible
tablets and screens and at playtime they had virtual theme park. But in the
school they had slides and swings.

3.End - What happens? When the bell rang at lunchtime they all came
together and took a photo. And when they were about to leave all the future
kids went on the bus. They took a photo and made it on the old newspaper.

TASK: Write the synonyms of each word in the right hand column

VOCABULARY: Smart Words	SYNONYMS: A word or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word or phrase in the same language, for example shut is a synonym of close.
ordinary	Normal
kidnapped	Snatched
spaceship	Rocket ship
stunned	Surprise
vanished	Disappeared
strange	Weird
museum	Display of history
implanted	Inject
flexible	Stretchy
virtual	Theme park
grumbled	Mumbled
confused	Dizzy
dangerous	Caution
fort	Big house
fogged	Gloomy
structure	Building

General Knowledge about New Zealand

These are Christine's answers to the New Zealand general knowledge quiz.

1. Who was the first known European explorer that arrived in New Zealand and in what year ?

The first known European explorer that arrived in New Zealand was Abel Tasman, he had arrived in the year 1642

2. Which British sailor arrived in 1769 ?

James Cook/Captain Cook

3. Which city is the capital of New Zealand ?

The capital of New Zealand is Wellington

4. What are the 3 colours on the New Zealand flag ?

The 3 colours of the New Zealand flag are white, red and blue

5. How many stars are on the New Zealand flag ?

There are exactly 4 stars on the New Zealand flag 

6. What’s the Maori name for New Zealand ?

The Maori name for New Zealand is Aotearoa 

7. Which is our largest lake ?

Our largest lake is Lake Taupo 

8. Which mountain is the highest in the country ?

The highest mountain in the country is Aoraki/Mount Cook

9. What’s New Zealand's longest river ?

The longest river in New Zealand is Waikato river

10. What is the name of our national museum in Wellington ?

Te Papa Tongarewa 

11. What’s that name of the ocean that New Zealand is currently sitting on ?

The name of the ocean New Zealand is sitting on is the Pacific Ocean

12. What is the name of the sea between New Zealand and Australia ?

The name of the sea between NZ and Australia is Tasman sea 

13. What is the name of Captain Cook’s ship which he sailed on to New Zealand? The name of Captain Cook’s ship was Bark Endeavour 

14. Which New Zealand fruit was originally called the Chinese Gooseberry ?

The fruit that was originally called Chinese Gooseberry was Kiwi Fruit

15. What are the names of the 3 main islands of New Zealand ?

The names of the 3 main islands of New Zealand are North Island, South Island and Stewart Island

16. New Zealand currency is called ?

New Zealand Dollar

17. The largest city is not the capital. Which is the largest city ? 

The largest city is Auckland

18. Name the plant that is our national symbol

Silver Fern 

19. Which flightless bird are New Zealanders named after ?

Kiwi Bird

20. Which famous New Zealander was the first to climb Mt Everest ?

Edmund Hillary 

21. What plant did Maori weave into baskets ?

Flax

22. What name is given to the Parliament Buildings in Wellington because of its shape ?

Beehive

23. What is the largest native tree in New Zealand ?

The largest native in New Zealand is Kauri Tree

24. What is the name of the stretch of water that separates the North and South Islands ?

Cook Strait

25. Which city is named The Garden City ? 

Letchworth

26. What is the name of the “living dinosaur” that only lives in New Zealand ?

Tuatara

27. Which New Zealander directed the famous Lord of The Rings films ?

Peter Jackson

Map Activity

Reihaneh has been working tremendously hard on her maze activities, using arrows to navigate her way through the maze.

Reihaneh's Directional Movement DLO

Today Reihaneh has been working very hard to complete her directional movement task. Not only did Reihaneh draw a beautiful picture to help identify the positions of objects, she also correctly placed arrows in half, quarter and full turns. 

Christine has been exploring her talents

How awesome is that Christine. You have been devoting time to explore your talents. Thank you for sharing your video with us. It just gives us an idea on how we should be spending time positively during lockdown.

Showing Manaakitanga towards our younger siblings.

Please watch this amazing video where Opeti does not give up on his little brother. Thank you Opeti for showing Manaakitanga and Tukumariae towards your little brother. You are awesome Opeti.

Covid -19 By Soliana

 Here is Soliana's attempt to share how she feels the difference before and during Covid 19.

Changes in my life - By Punua

Changes in my life because of Covid 19

Covid-19 is a destructive virus that can kill people once they get infected. This is a deadly virus that has killed thousands of people all over the world.

Life was cool and normal as usual. I went to school everyday and had a good time learning and playing with my friends. It was excellent. All shops and restaurants were open and mum would buy us some takeaways at times. 

But  suddenly on the 24th of march everything came to a stand still when our Prime Minister announced  a level 4 lockdown.  The school closed and we have to live in our bubble. I could not see my friends anymore, we could chat only online. Mcdonalds and KFC were closed and mum could not get any takeaways for us. We had to learn online. Teachers met us through class sites and sometimes it was hard to follow.

I hope that we can stay safe and get rid of covid 19.

Character description

This is a Venn Diagram to differentiate between the characters

in the story.

Rata is a human being and he wants to reach home as soon

as possible so that he doesn’t get stranded when there is war

between Tawhirimatea and Tangaroa. Rata wanted to get back

home quickly so he wanted to make a waka. However Rata

was disrespectful because he did not ask for permission, or

even remembered to thank the God of the forest after cutting

down trees to make his waka. This shows that Rata was a bit

selfish and disrespectful.

On the other hand the forest creatures demonstrated their

values by teaching Rata a lesson. They put all the trees

together that Rata had cut down. The creatures of the forest

were humble and thankful towards Tanemahuta the God of the

forest. They worked in a team and were always calm and

cheerful, They taught Rata not to forget his values even when

he was in a desperate situation.