Toothpick patterns!

Hello blogging world! This week Manukau did maths. for maths we had to get toothpicks and make patterns out of it. Firstly we had to get a algebra figure it out book and we have to answer all of the page 5 questions. After that we had to make our own patterns out of toothpicks for other classmates to work out. Me, Ashana and Lily made a slide together and we had to answer all of the questions from each person. Under this text is my maths.



If you haven't already seen the answers try answer the questions by commenting. From making this toothpick pattern I learnt a easier way to find the answer to these questions. It was hard to think about a type of pattern to do because, our Chromebook can't take much if it is too big. It was easy to upload the photo and write the questions. I hope that you have enjoyed this blog post and would like to make one of these too! Please feel free to leave a positive, thoughtful and helpful comment just to improve my work! Bye! Bye! Blogging world!

Paper making!

Hello blogging world! On 25th the November our school is having a Gala Day, all of the classes made sustainable products to sell on the day. We thought about having those products because lots of plastic and rubbish is around New Zealand, so we had to think of ways to stop that. Room Hauraki made tote bags, Waitemata made soap and we made recycled paper. If you don't know what sustainability meaning is, it is when you can keep using it, so you don't waste anything. Recycled paper is environment friendly because you don't have to cut downs trees to make paper because you can just use scraps of paper. We also made Christmas cards and birthday cards. Here a photo of some cards.
  

If you are wondering what the materials are they are:

• Mould/Deckle/Screen
• Bucket 
• Hot water
• Potato masher/egg beater
• Tray
• Siccors
• Scraps of used paper
• Big box
• Cloth

1. Firstly you need to rip or cut the scraps of used paper into a bucket. 
2. After you have ripped it in a bucket you soak it in hot water overnight, just so that the paper is easier to turn into pulp. 
3. Once it is the next day you get the bucket and stir it until it is like porridge. Once it is porridge/pulp you pour it in a big tray and then get another bucket of cold water in the tray. 
4. Connect your deckle and mould together so it is like a puzzle piece. Drag the deckle and mould down the tray and shake it around so that you get pulp in your deckle.
5. After that on a big box that is facing downwards then you place a cloth on the box, then drain your water out of your deckle and take the top part of the deckle off. Then flip the whole deckle on the cloth.
6. After that take the other part of the deckle off, and get a new cloth and place it on top of the paper and smooth it out, so that the paper won't be too wet. Then take the screen off the paper which is grey.
7. Lastly you ask a buddy to take the other side of the cloth down to dry it.

Overall making paper was really fun and I would like to make paper again. From making paper I learnt what a deckle was and different ways to make paper. It was hard to stir the paper into pulp because we had to use our hands to stir, and we would always get exhausted. It was easy to rip the paper because you can just roughly rip it. I hope you like this blog post and would like to make paper too. Please feel free to comment on my blog. Bye! Bye! Blogging world!

Lets travel around New Zealand!

Hello blogging world! A few weeks ago Te Waka Ako started a slideshow about maths, the maths was about a NZ journey. Our challenge was to travel for 11 days doing fun activities. We had a choice to hire a car or camper van, if you get a camper van you don't have to stay at a hotel which is what I did. The end of everyday we had to calculate what was the total of money you used. In each day we had to travel with our car, plane or even a ferry. There were lots of fun activities like going to Mr. Ross's farm, going on a Segway ride and a lot more!. You would also have to select accommodation of where you are going to stay for the night(s). Everyone had to travel from south island up to the north island. Overall this was really fun to do because we get to do lots of activities. Under this text is my slideshow have a look!

From making this blog post I learnt how long you need to travel from a car to places, and it is not cheap to travel around NZ. It was hard to find how long you travel from a ferry though. It was easy to add up the total for one day because we could use a calculator. I hoped you liked my blog post and would stop at my blog once again! Bye! Bye! Blogging world!