Rikesh's blog

In Te Ngahere we have been researching about the ngahere (bush). Me and my group research about tuataras.. We had write all of the  info like what it eats, threats and habitats. What I learnt was what the threats are to our birds and what Tuartuas eat. What I enjoyed was writing down the interesting facts. Here my presentation Hope you like it  

In Te Ngahere we have been learning about healthy ecosystems and unhealthy ecosystems. We had to write an explanation about a healthy ecosystems. It took a while to write our explanations but we finished it I enjoyed learning about  ecosystems and learning how they work. What I could do better is responding to my feedback properly. I hope you like my explanation. What is an Ecosystem? WRITTEN BY RIKESH PATEL Ecosystem An ecosystem is made up of two different groups, living things (organic matter) and nonliving things (inorganic matter). These living things could be humans, animals or plants and some of the non living thing could be soil, water or sunlight as energy.  An ecosystem is made up of lots of things like animals, plants, dead things, organic matter and Inorganic matter. But let’s see what makes a ecosystem! Inorganic Matter Inorganic matter is non-living and it’s a resource. Inorganic matter is rocks, sand and dirt and more. Here's are some of  t...

Last term in Te Ngahere we have been doing our metaphor poems for the Get NZ writing challenge. We were learning about understanding  how to use metaphors and using them in our writing. The hard thing was coming up with metaphors. What I did well was making my poem. Here is my metaphor poem Rikesh is a lamborghini, sleek and exotic Rikesh is a comedian packed with  jokes, that make people burst out with laughter Rikesh is a light bulb, flashing  with awesome ideas Rikesh is a memory card, full of thrilling things Rikesh is a credit card, jammed with money

In Te Ngahere we have been learning about making connections between different things we read or view. Our topic was about Kaitiakitanga O Te Moana which means guardians of the ocean. We learnt about rahui, kina barrens and kaitiakitanga. A rahui is a area that you can’t fish or take seafood  and a kina barren is group of little spiky balls that lives in seas of New Zealand's. After writing down all the new information we had to make something to show our learn like a quiz, poster or google slide. What I did well was understanding what I read. Next time I need to not sit by my friends and not getting distracted.

In Te Ngahere, just the year 6’s, have been doing this activity called passion projects. A passion project is something that your passionate about. I was in group with some of my classmates. There’s names are Tayla and Bella. Our Passion Project was about making music. It’s was really hard to share the one ipad because we didn’t know who had  the ipad. What we did well was to create a song. Here is my passion project