Image Attribution

 

In Te Ngahere we have been learning about Image attribution. Image attribution is when you search up a picture on Google and you find out if your allowed to use the picture for anything people are doing. We are doing this because if you don’t you can be sued for copyright infringement. Before we did this I knew nothing about it and If I didn’t know and kept on doing it I might be sued. I learnt how to find  creative common licenses.. I Think i have been doing well by always looking for creative common licenses on pictures.

Will this help you in the future?

Here is my DLO

The Journey To The Bird Song

 Kia ora, in Te Ngahere the year Sixes on Tuesday we were going on a trip, the trip was to the Bird Song/Project Island Song. The day before the trip people from the Project Island Song came to Paihia School and told us about what they do and what they have done in the pass, in the pass when the Europeans came they would of said they couldn’t  think because of how loud it was because their was too much birds the people said. Around 2000 the noise died down so much because of pests that the Europeans brought to New Zealand. The next day I couldn’t wait to go to school because of the trip. The Project Island Song has saved 7 islands, the island that we were going to was called Urupukapuka. We were going to that island because it is bigger than the other 6 islands. When I got to school I was very very excited and as soon as the first bus got at school we waited a few minutes until it was time we leave. We were at the wharf and limited people got jobs, my job was to be the media team that I volunteered for, there was one boy me and a girl called Marley. After that we went on the boat. We were halfway and turned off the boat and went to make sure everyone was quiet. We saw some Pied Shags and birdlings in their nests. We were gliding on the water zooming past many Islands until we reached our destination. I was in Roopu rua tahi and we were making traps first. Matua Shane said to get into groups of 3 and one pair of 2. We were finishing the last screw and then we were finish, we got told to decorate it. We got felts and thought of stuff that would attract the pests. We thought of meat, cheese and peanut butter. It was finally time until we swap to go and plant. We went up hills and saw the most beautiful view that I have ever seen, we were at the biggest hill and there was an ocean but there was a MASSIVE MOUNTAIN. We were at the garden and  I looked back at the hill and saw how steep it was, I was devastated when I saw it but carried on. We got told the steps and followed. When we were finish we gave it a Karakia and hope one day it will grow up strong and big. We were back where we created the traps and left.

Have you ever gone to the Project Island Song?     

     

Be Safe Or Else

Kia ora and in Te Ngahere we have been learning about Cyber Smart Relationships. We learnt this because we are trying to be more cautious online then in real life. Cyber Smart Relationships is when you are safe online because people can lie and bully you if you are not careful online. To stop that from happening we watch a video about a girl that shared too much personal information and there was a stranger that was lying by saying that he was 13 when he was an old man. She got a little cautious but still carried on talking to Simon telling him where she lives and where she hangs out. Eventually she found out and called the cops on Simon and he got arrested. After that we had to copy a Google slides and get into groups of three and share it to each other and answer questions on the Google slides. We were upto the last question and said what will we not do online me and my friends thought deeply and I came up for an answer, my answer was to not talk to strangers. My friend didn’t go on social media so he write down stuff when he does go on my other friend was equivalent to mine.

Would you ever share personal information online? 

What It Might Be?

 What It might Be?

In Te Ngahere we have been learning how to read whole texts and to use our prior knowledge to figure out what the author could be describing. We had limited text to think of what it might be. It is important to read the text because then you don’t know what you are doing.

The the first text said in the early evening I see a big _________ with its eyes shining bright yellow. At first I thought it was a tractor headlights because their big and you normally work in the afternoon and if you turn on the lights it shines yellow bright. I felt like it wasn’t that so guessed another thing. I guessed yellow glow sticks because some people use them at concerts and some concerts start in early evening. I also felt suspicious about that to so I guessed again this time I guessed a light bulb because people turn them on at early evenings and some are big and shines yellow. The next day we got one more sentence it prowls for ages along the road so I thought it would be a New Zealand possum because it has big yellow eyes and sometimes they come out on early evenings and they hunt stealthy. I felt like I was close but not there yet so next I guessed Dingoes because they chase in early evenings with yellow eyes and it stealthy goes across roads. I felt just like I should think of a panther because they normally come out in the early evening to stealthy hunt for their prey with their big yellow eyes across roads. The next day we got more information that said and only stops to drink at Caltex.I can hear it roar.

At then I knew what it was, it was a car! because! it can go early in the evening I see a big car with its headlights acting like eyes shining yellow and it stealthy goes for ages along the road and it goes to Caltex to refuel and when it is finish it roars its engine.

Do you know what it might be? 

The Challenging Catapult

In Te Ngahere we have been learning about the E Pro8. The E Pro8 is when there are different challenges that are fun and challenging. We had more than an hour to finish a catapult and other challenges.  

In E Pro8 we had to create catapults out of Bamboo sticks, Electric tape, Scissors, string, Rubber bands, one Ping pong ball and 1x Measuring tape.  We had to get into groups of 3. My group had 1 boy and 2 girls. The teacher said it had to be a mixture of gender so at least 1 girl 2 boys or 2 girls 1 boy. We learnt about potential energy and kinetic energy. Potential energy is when something is storing energy and kinetic energy is when you use a slingshot and you fire. We thought we should build a triangular prism and we  put a bamboo stick in the middle so we can hit the bamboo stick to bring kinetic energy. The potential energy happens we are about to launch the catapult. We tied it up with rubber bands and when we were finished we had to test  it. The Success criteria said that it has to go pass 3 meters before landing. We had some bad attempts at first but then we knew that we were ready. We got the measuring tape and measured it up to 3 meters. A few seconds later I launched it and it landed pass 3 meters. We didn’t get the exact number of the measurement but we know that it went past 3 meters. 

Have you done The E Pro8 Before?   

The Suspicious Instructions

 The Suspicious Instructions

This week in Te Ngahere we were learning how to follow instructions properly. We did this so we can see who can read the whole question properly. There were 23 Instructions and we had 4 minutes to finish it. 

We got a paper by the teacher. These instructions were confusing because one of the instructions said to write down 8950 and 9805 on the reverse side of the paper.  The 4 minutes was nearly up I felt like I didn’t realise something but I still carried on. When I got to 20th instruction the time was up. We got told to go down to the mat and she pulled up the picture of it on the screen. As soon as she pulled it up one of the people in my class realised something. She realised that there was something that we didn’t realise in the first Instruction. It said Read everything carefully before doing anything then I realised. The teacher explained why we were wrong. I thought at the end was just a big instruction but it was telling us to only do the 1st and 2nd instruction I felt dumb afterwards she explained it to us. For now on I will try to read questions properly. 

Do you follow instructions Properly?

The Te Reo Pronouniation

 The Te Reo Pronunciation

In Te Ngahere we have been learning how to pronounce The Te Reo Alphabet, Te Reo greetings and place names in Te reo Maori. We had to create a slide presentation with us recording in Te Reo Maori. I learnt how to pronounce Te Reo Moari place names Like New Zealand, Auckland and Dunedin. It was a little hard because all the noise in the background. It was also hard because the place names had one that was called Otepoti/Dunedin. I think that next time I need to practice how to pronounce place names in Te Reo Maori. 

Do you Know how to pronounce Te Reo Maori correctly?