waka mahi

 Today for our mahi we got put into groups with the year 8,7,6, and 4's. The people in my group was Te Paea, Pippin,and Eva. The other groups had to find out stuff about the other waka but my group had to find out about the fleet which is the 7 different waka. For the first 2 blocks we had to research about the 7 waka and at the end of the second block we started making a sheet of all the research we found and had to add a border with Maori patterns as well as pictures of waka. 

Koala Bears

Koalas aren’t bears, they are actually marsupials.

Marsupials are a members of pouched species.

Koalas look soft and they have grey fur and a black nose and ears.

Habitat

Koalas live in the eucalyptus forest because their favourite food grows there.

Koalas live in Australia. 

Diet

Koalas eat eucalyptus leaves.

Koalas also eat grass.

                                                

Fun facts

Koalas have pouches.

Koalas do sleep at night.

Koalas have a good sense of smell.

The family that koalas are in is called the phascolarctidae.

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How to use doubling and halving.

 Today we have been learning how to use a new maths strategy doubling and halving. You may ask what is halving and doubling? It is a strategy to solve multiplication equations such as a question like 25 x 16.

First you choose what number to double.

25 x 2 = 50

Then you halve the other number.

16 divided by 2 = 8

Now our new equation is 

50 x 8 =

You can keep doing this..

100 x 4 = 400

It make the multiplication so much easier.

Have you ever you used this maths strategy.

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Koru art

 

                                             This is my Koru art that we've been doing for release team.

I like the red in the middle.