Tag: Whānau Project

Sundial – Step it Up

I made my own sundial by using a paper plate, blue tack and a lolly stick from the ice block I had just eaten.   I had to wait till the next day to place it in the sun as it was not sunny the day I made it.  I placed it in the sun at 9am and marked it every hour until 3pm.  It was not easy as it turned out to be a cloudy day.  This is my completed sun dial with the marks on every hour.  I am going to make one out of metal with my Dad that I can leave outside in the garden as I think they are really cool.

Laser Maze – Step it up

Here is my laser maze activity. I used streamers for the lasers as they are delicate so if you touch them too much they would snap. Here is me trying it out and trying to get to the other end.  It was not easy as it was very windy and I had to modify it a bit from the picture on the Kick Start.

 

Connecting with your Whenua – Step It Up

The Connecting with your Whenua Step it up activity was to while on your walk take loads of pictures of things you see.  This is my slide show of my walk to Rainbow Falls (please make sure you read my Connecting with your Whenua – kick start to see why this place is special to me)

The Human Sundial – Kick Start

For today’s task I had to make a human Sundial.   you make a human Sundial by standing in the same position each time and having someone else draw around you.

My two Interesting facts are linked to my sundial….

Interesting fact 1:  in the middle of the day when I did my sundial the sun was in the centre of the sky this means that the shadows that are formed from the sun are very small but really dark in colour.  From 2 pm the shadow will begin to grow long and less dark this explain the large gap in my human sun dial from 2-3 pm as I went thinner.

Interesting fact 2: I never knew this until after I did my son dial  but the  human Sundial works by having your arm up in the air as this represents the time on my sundial you could use the top of my head to work out the time.

Here is my sundial I was only able to do it from 1 pm till 3 pm as it got to cloudy and the sun vanished.

Ping Pong Battle Game – Step it Up

Here is my Ping Pong Battle Game – Step it up.  This  Challenge was super fun and my family and I played for ages trying to improve our scores.

After a few practice turns we did a race to see who could get the most in within 20 seconds, Here are the scores:

Lucus – 5/8

Dad – 8/8

Mum – 7/8

Alex – 4/8

Connecting with your Whenua – Kick start

For today’s Summer Learning Kick Start Activity I had to go for a walk to a place that shows a connection to my Whenua.

I had to use pictures of the last time I went to my special place as I can’t go just now because my Mum over did it with her leg and is now on rest mode aka turning into a couch potato.

I chose Rainbow Falls in Kerikeri, this place is special to me because I went here with my Grandparents when they were over visiting from Scotland in October (yes my mum is in a moon boot in the pictures and is sill in it now – she really messed up her ankle).  It is a very special place to us because ever since I was little my Granny and Grandpa told me when I see a rainbow it means they are thinking of me, and now my brothers too, so to be able to go to this place with them and see Rainbows in the falls means a lot to me and my family.

 

This is my Granny, Gramdpa, Me, My mum, brother Alex and little brother Callum at Rainbow falls.

Anemone is not the Enemy: Step It Up

For today’s Step it up activity I had to draw a Anemone.  Here is my drawing and under is some facts I know about an Anemone due to learning about sea creatures at school.

  • Anemone’s uses there tentacles to sting whatever touches,  it sting paralyses the creature.
  • An Anemone Is part of the jellyfish family.
  • Only clownfish are safe from their Sting so and an Anemone makes the perfect home for a clownfish as no Predator can get to them.

Anemone is not the Enemy – Kick Start

Today the task was Anemone is not the Enemy. I had to watch to a story called ‘Anemone Is Not The Enemy’, it is about making friends and self acceptance. I watched it with my brothers who are 6 and 4 years old. My brother’s wanted to help me with creating our own rock pool. We used mums new plastic box, spare pebble gravel from our fish tank, shells and rocks we collected from the beach last week and my youngest brothers sea animals. This is what we created.

 

We had a squid, octopus see all stingray seal and my little brother wanted a seal on the rocks as he was protecting the rock pool.

Octopus Fun Fact – Everyone thinks an octopus Has It arms but it really has six arms and two legs.

Squid Fun Facts – Squids have the largest eyes in the animal kingdom.

Seal Fun Fact: Seals sleep on land and in the water.

Stingray Fun Fact- A stingray contains venom in its tail but its not the venom itself that can cause death but the  puncture wound that the barb causes,  this will kill a human if the barb goes into chest or neck.  Steve Irwin was killed by a stingrays barb that not only punctured his lung but went into his heart causing him to bleed to death, He was unaware that it had got his heart until it was to late,  when this happened he was trying to film stingrays in their natural  environment to bring awareness to the fact the a lot of stingray species are under  threat of extinction.

 

 

R.E.S.P.E.C.T – Kick Start

I made my Ta’ovala design by using shapes based of a circle.  I did a circle and added colours to it like a peacock but with different colours as my little brother loves peacocks.  I then decided to add blue arch around it to make it look more interesting.  I chose blue as the background as it is my favourite colour.