SLJ Activity

 L.I: To collect materials needed to successfully complete our weekly superpower building missions with Nano Girl.

This week we started the day by working with the year 4's from Room 5 complete their first Summer Learning Journey activities. We worked in groups so it would help us think of different ideas. I found this activity fun because I got to help a younger student complete the first SLJ activity.

Operation Christmas Drop

 

L.I: To write a summary of the story behind the Operation Christmas Drop in your own words.

For the last 68 years the men and women of the US air force who are based at Andersen Air force Base in Guam. The Anderson Air force have been piloting planes which drop supplies for 60 remote island where people don't have much things.In my opinion I think the idea of Operation Christmas Drop is good because it helps people who don't have lots of supplies can stock up for a bit, give people hope and brings each other in the community together. I really liked learning about this because it reminded me that some people are less fortunate then I am. Something interesting that I found out was that the crates that they drop off the plane weighs around 180kg which is a lot.

Food Technology

 L.I: To follow instructions to make sushi.

This week we had our last Tech session for 2020, and we made sushi for our last tech session. The ingredients were Rice, Nori Sheets, Chicken, Yellow Capsicum, Sweet Chilli Sauce, and Mayo. first, we had to shred the chicken, then add Sweet Chilli Sauce, along with the Mayo. This keeps the chicken moist. Next we banged the rice to make it soft, then got our Nori sheet, and put it onto the sushi wooden roller. Next, we put the rice onto the Nori sheet, using water on our hands, so the rice doesn't stick to your hands. You had to fill up 2/3 of the Nori sheet with rice. Then after that, we put the chicken at the end of the rice on the Nori. And then you roll it up using the wooden roller to help make a perfect circle. Lastly you had to cut that roll up into 8 pieces. This session was amazing because I got to make some yummy food.

Art Colouring Book

 L.I: To experiment with colours.

This Morning we started the day with one of this years Summer Learning Journey activities. The purpose of this task was to experiment with different colours from the original painting palette by using pop colours. This allowed us to recolour famous paintings or images of landmarks around the world. The painting that I chose to repaint with my own colours was a woman combing her hair. This painting was made by Goyō Hashiguchi. I enjoyed this activity because I got to be creative.

Provocation: Should masks be compulsory

LI: To identify and consider the two perspectives of this provocation to help me form an opinion

 

This week for Reading we were learning about Provocations. A Provocation is an action or phrase that triggers strong emotions. Our provocation was "Should masks be compulsory in Auckland public transport?". In our DLO (Digital Learning Object) we had to say if we agree or not with the provocation, and then share our opinion. My opinion is that I think we should have a free choice on rather or not we want to wear masks. Some people have not too good health and would have trouble breathing.

Charge of the light brigade

L.I: To have a clear understanding of what happened in the Crimean war.

This week for reading we were learning about the famous war that happened in crimean. This DLO represents the story behind the war and facts about it. We had to work in groups of 3 which then could make us feel more confident when making this and give feedback to each other. The thing that we really liked about this task is how we got to find out interesting things about the war and the people in it. 600 men were in the war and less than 200 people survived. This DLO can give other people a clear picture on what happened, where it happened and more.

Weight Challenge

 

L.I: To create a DLO about any of the Weighty Maths Challenges.

This week we were put into groups for math in these groups we made up names that  represent maths or includes maths names, our name that we chose for our group was The multiplying 7’s because we had seven people in our group and we were supposed to multiply our questions we were given. In the multiplying 7’s were Victoria our leader Giovanni, Makaili, Afa, Ong, Lily and I. We put all of our opinions together to come with different solutions to solve our challenges and we would have to ask questions if we didn't understand the question or ask for help because no one should have sat in silence because we are a team and we are all  supposed participate so we all can have friendship even though we haven't worked together but we did make a big difference and we worked as a good team whether we liked  working together or not. Something that I enjoyed about this activity was that I got to work with people I haven't worked with a lot. 

Lowest common multiple

   

L.I: Is to find the lowest common multiple

This week for maths we were learning how to find the lowest common multiple. We first learnt by doing 1 digit by 1 digit and started moving on to even harder questions. This activity was fun because we got to work in a group. The people in my group were Matthew, Giovanni and Ong. The lowest common multiple is when the 2 numbers have the same multiple, that is the lowest. For an example 8 and 6, we know that 8 x 3 and 6 x 4 equals 24 and nothing is lower than 24. To find the lowest common multiple, the easiest way to do so, is to multiply both numbers. If we were to find the lowest common multiple of 4 and 5. We multiply both numbers, which makes 20. There are no lower common multiples than 20. This is a strategy we all found out, from doing the first 3 questions.

Law of Inertia

L.I: To create a DLO that explains the Law of Inertia.

This week for Reading we have created a collaborative DLO explaining what the law of inertia is. Who creator of the law of inertia was Issac Newton. Isaac Newton was born january the 4th 1643, he died on the  31st march 1727. There are three laws of Inertia if an object stays in rest or stays at a constant speed this motion will keep on going until unless some type of pull of force stops the object or moves it. We did this in groups I was with Leroy, Fau, Ellenora and Matthew.

Why it is important to make wise choices

Why is it important to make wise choices?

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Did you know when you litter around the sea, plastic is going to the ocean and creates pollution in the sea? Due to our careless actions these marine animals have been suffering from plastic, most of the time they mistake plastic for their lunch as a result the marine animals will start to get sick or most of the time even die. Most of the plastic that ends up on our grounds then goes into the drains, which then drifts slowly to our oceans, lakes and rivers. Every day around 8 million pieces of plastic makes their way into our oceans.

Would you like to be a sea animal tangled in plastic and not be able to digest food? Plastic doesn’t actually fully degrade, it only disintegrates into smaller particles. There are now 5.25 trillion micro and macro pieces of plastic in our ocean, and 46 thousand pieces in every square mile of ocean weighs around 269 thousand tonnes. About 252,000 tons of plastic are also headed into our landfills every year. The more people fill the ocean with plastic, the less marine animals we’ll have. The generation of sea animals will be gone and the ocean will be filled with plastic rubbish. You can help stop this by collecting all the plastic you see laying around. Different different things that are affected by the pollution are Global Warming, Climate Change, Acid Rain, Smog effect, Deterioration of fields, Extinction of animal species and Respiratory health problems.

What would you do if you saw a marine animal with plastic in its throat or plastic stuck around its neck which stops it from eating. There are seven different types of pollution: air, water, land, radioactive, thermal, light, and sound pollution. Because of our selfish ways the marine animals in our ocean will soon be extinct like the dinosaurs if we don’t do something about the pollution in our waterways. 700 marine species are affected by the damage caused by plastic pollution. A way we can stop this problem is by picking up rubbish whenever you can. Pollution also affects the marine ecosystems which is pretty bad.

Another We can help get rid of this problem by picking up rubbish even if it isn’t yours to save animals and the environment then maybe we can keep the marine animals safe and healthy, but if you don’t the marine animals in our oceans they will die.

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L.I: To simply write an explanation.

This week for writing we created a explanation about any topic. The topic that I chose to make an explanation out of was pollution. Pollution is a big disaster which is causing the marine species to get lower and lower, and it needs to stop. I liked to make this explanation because pollution was a fun write about. My explanation explains why it is important to make wise choices.

DARE to make a choice

LI: to learn more about the dangers of Drugs and Alcohol.

As we continue with the DARE Program we have gone more in depth about the dangers of drugs and alcohol. We started off by trying to identify if some drugs are Illegal or Legal. We then later ranked them in Harmful to Most Harmful. After we talked about the classifications of drugs and the consequences and risks of being in possession or manufacturing the drugs. After we looked at some scenarios and tried to find out the penalties and consequences of the actions they have done. The DLO we’ve made showcases the learning we have looked at and we have discuss what we learnt. 

Food Technology

L.I: To follow a recipe to make corn fritters.

This week for Tech at Tamaki College we were doing cooking again. We were cooking corn fritters with Mrs Heka. The ingredients that we used to make the corn fritters were 2 eggs, afull can of corn, 1/3 of milk, 1/3 of a cup of flour, 1/2 a teaspoon of baking powder, 1 table spoon of oil. This was fun because it was yum.

Place Names

L.I: To find out the facts about New Zealand places.



This week for maori language week we found out interesting facts about the city's in New Zealand. The city's that we chose for our map Hamilton, Auckland and more. We worked in groups of 3 to finish of this task since we wanted to get work done quickly. The thing that i liked about this task is that i got to learn  new things while researching about these city's.

Whakatauki/Proverbs

Whakatauki means proverbs, for this DLO we picked a proverb and explained the meaning and the lessons we can learn from it. The proverb we picked was a day of hard work which means how hard you work in one day. I created this DLO with Matthew and Jayden.

Tuakana Teina

This week LS2 helped room 1 and 2 with there art which was really fun. The first thing that we were doing was practising our patterns to put on our portraits. We thought about different things that could be related to Maori which we thought was like animals different type of patterns and more. This was fun because we got to help the younger kids of Panmure Bridge School do some fun art.

History

L.I: Is to understand the history behind Maori language week



This week is Te wiki o te Reo Maori so the whole of this week we have been creating DLO'S. In this DLO we wrote about what Maori Language week is and why te reo is important. Matthew and I worked together to complete this DLO. Te Wiki o te Reo Maori is a week where Kiwi's or New Zealanders try and speak some Te Reo when more then usual. This DLO was fun because we got to draw the photo in the middle of the DLO.

App

L.I: Is to make an app that is based on maroi language week.


This week in New Zealand is maori language week which we celebrated with making an app and doing other challenges. This app is based on maori question  which consists of naming foods, the time, months and NZ place names. We worked in groups for this since apps take a long time to process. We ended up learning all these words by searching them up on the maori dictionary which has really good since we don't know that much maori. The thing that I liked about this task was how we got to make it super efficient.

It's Cool 2b me

This week we filled in a DLO about ourselves. It is about your goals, who you want to be when you grow up, things you like doing, your best friends, favorite foods, great things about me, your wish, and qualities you look for in friends. I like this DLO, because people can look at it and learn about me, and what I look for in friends. This was so fun. I hope people will know me more better.

M.R.S C .G.R.E.N

 L.I: To understand the meaning behind the acronym MRSCGREN



Our body's has a lot of qualities and different features. This week we were learning about the qualities of different living things which is MRS C GREN. This means Movement, Respiration, sensitivity, cell, growth, reproduction, excretion and nutrients. We had to explain the meaning of these different words and explain how the process works with living things. The thing that I liked about this task was how I got work in a group with my friends instead of explaining all those words.

Footprint Observations

Learning Intention: To make observations about Footprints.

This week for science, we were learning about observations, and observations are watching the behavior  . We decided to try to guess what happened by reading pictures, or trying to guess what happened by looking at the pictures. We had three different observations to guess. The first one had big prints, and little prints next to each other. We thought and guessed that it was a mother and it's baby. The second one had two different prints, crossing over each other, and the all going around in a circle. We thought they were fighting, or making a home. When we finished and all agreed it was a fight, because because only the big tracks were coming out, and not the little ones. The last one had the same except they both went into a circle, but didn't leave.

Sunflower Paintings

L.I: To paint a still life photo 

last week for art we were creating some flowers in a vase. We were painting these flowers because of a famous post impressionist, and his name was Vincent Van Gogh. Something that I really liked doing this fun activity was that we got to mix the colours to make them lighter and how we needed to use different skills.

Food Technology

This week for tech we rotated to a different station. We went on to food tech with Mrs Hecka, cooking fried rice with partners. My Partner was Matthew. The main ingredients in the fired rice that we used were sweet chilli sauce, soy sauce, chicken breast, carrots, roasted pepper, onions and rice. We started by cutting the onions, and grating the carrots, and cutting the chicken breasts. We also cut the roasted peppers. We then put all the cut up ingredients in the pot and started to stir it. We then added the soy sauce and the sweet chili sauce. After we finished cooking the fried rice we were washing and drying the dishes with our partner.

Duffy books in School

Today we received our Duffy books. The Duffy Books we get are given to us every term, we are given our Duffy Books to inspire a long love of reading any type of book. The books that I chose were named Spirit riding free and like an Enderman I would like to give a big thank you to Duffy Books in School for giving us our Duffy Books that I can read at anytime. we were allowed to choose four books the first two are the ones that you want, and the other two books were just if we didn't get your first two choices.  One book that I didn't get was an amulet book amulet is a book series. These books are helpful because some of the books that we could choose from could help us have more knowledge in the future. Both of the books that I chose were just for me to read for fun. Thank you again to Duffy Books in School for our amazing books. One book that I didn't get was an amulet book amulet is a book series.

Vincent Van Gogh Timeline

L.I: To create a Timeline about Vincent Van Gogh.

This week we were working collaboratively to create a timeline on padlet about the Post Impressionist by the name of Vincent Van Gogh. This Padlet timeline about Vincent Van Gogh is about the events that happened in Vincent Van Gogh's life. Vincent Van Gogh was a artist who was apart of the impressionist movement which meant that he liked to paint still life paintings that captured a moment in time. Something I found interesting was that he only sold two paintings as a art dealer.

Tech

This week for Tech we coded our Mbot to do a less complicated version of the figure 8 symbol with Mrs Ferguson. The blocks we used were the main blocks, the forever block, the if then else and custom blocks that we made, But before we could use the custom blocks we needed to put the definition block with the name of the custom block on it , and put blocks that meant what we wanted the custom block to do. This week was fun and boring because we already did the figure 8 symbol before.

Dance Class #1

L.I: To use our body to move around or dance.

This week we had our first dance session with our dance teacher Mrs Rebecca. Our theme this week was Me and my body. We started by doing a warm up we were doing star jumps and then we were hopping around in a big circle. We learnt that dancing is expressive, it includes movements, creativity and that when you are dancing you can move freely because you can't make mistakes when you dance. This was fun because we could be creative.

Life Education

This week the Life Education caravan came to our school and Nichole told us about our brain. First we watched about Kapi and how is four walls of Hauora were falling apart. We also found out that our brain thinks 70,000 thoughts everyday and that we are born with 100 billion brain cells. I didn't know about these interesting facts until we watched the video about our brain. My favourite part of talking with Nichole was talking to Harold because he made all of us laugh.

What is Science?

L.I To summarise the information.

L.I: to find the most vital ideas from the information to help us answer the question what is science.



This week for reading we have been learning about what science is. We started off with writing down what we already knew about science on sticky notes, then we watched a video to find out more. While watching the video we used the sticky notes to make notes. The video explains the areas of science, the difference between basic science and applied science. One thing we found really interesting was that you use chemistry, physics, and biology when you make a lime juice from fresh limes. 

We negotiated and shared ideas to create a summary, we used the sticky notes to create sentences for the summary. Our group worked collaboratively to get these activities completed. We enjoyed doing this activity as we were able to practise negotiating and taking time to respect everybody's ideas. We have summarised our learning below.

Science is about getting knowledge from asking questions . It is divided into 3 areas: Chemistry, Physics and Biology. Science is both basic and applied, basic science using what you know. Science is either beneficial or harmful depending on how you view and use it. 

Questions we want to ask: 

Where can science be used?
Why is science important to our world ?
When do scientists ask questions?

Making Connections to Problem Solving

L.I: To explore problem solving.

We explored problem solving because we had no internet connection. The steps were easy to follow because the steps were told one at a time but we needed to listen carefully. Tangrams were made in China around 200 or 300 years ago, and Tangrams were used to cure boredom and Tangrams. We created our own Tangrams with one A4 paper and a pair of scissors. We used our problem solving skills by trying different options to make different animals. The Tangram includes of seven pieces. The hardest shape to orientate was the rhombus and the easiest one was the square. This was fun to do because we got to get creative.

Negative Numbers Maths Challenge

LI: To add and subtract positive and negative numbers

This week for Maths we made a DLO about Negative Numbers. We have been learning to add and subtract Negative Numbers which has been fun to do. We wrote our own question about negative numbers we chose do do my name and a character from a Naruto. This activity was fun to do because I got to learn about negative numbers.

10-5-7-10

An upward struggle

Jess was a normal woman who loved to do rock climbing. She went on an adventure on a high cliff that she loved to climb, but every time she climbed it got even harder. Lara wanted to be a professional climber. Everyday she practised on the same cliff. The thing was even though how much she stretched her whole body was aching after her climb.

The time was 4:40Am and the sun would rise at 7:25Am in the morning where she would climb up the cliff until sunrise. Halfway up the cliff she was sweating and she could taste the saltiness of her sweat as it ran down to her mouth. She saw the view of the mountain across the bay like it was right next to her. She had a quarter left to go but there was a challenge ahead:

The rocks were starting to slip as her hands were sweaty and she thought she was going to slip, but luckily there was a little platform where she could just reach. The time was 6:50Am so she had 35 minutes to reach the top. She was almost there. She realised that she dropped her water bottle while she was climbing and she was so thirsty but she kept climbing. She was filled with happiness because she made it to the top.

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This week for writing we did another writing activity, But this time we had 10 minutes to plan, 5 minutes to write, 7 minutes to chat about our writing with a partner and another 10 minutes to write more. This one was easier because we had an extra ten minutes to plan unlike the first time we didn't have time to plan. This was fun to do.

5-7-10

L.I: To use 5-7-10 to write creatively.

Lightning never strikes twice, does it?

That was the question that occupied their frightened minds as they crouched, huddling together, next to the pile of dusty sacks in the base of the windmill... This event started on a sunny morning when a group of college friends were planning to go on a trip because they were on a college break, and they knew they wouldn’t have anything to do. 

Between the 4 friends there were two girls and two boys getting ready to go on their trip. They knew that there was a chance of a thunderstorm. On their trip it started to rain, and as they went further on the rain got harder. They saw strange things as the night was rising.

Soon after it started thundering and both girls were getting scared of the loud noises. The two boys found a windmill and they went inside since it was the only source of cover that they found nearby. They went inside and huddled together in the dusty sacks waiting for the morning.

When the morning sun rise was upon them they woke up with relief that they made it through the night with no injuries. They went home safely and agreed that they would never go on a trip without making sure the weather would be sunny or at least not be a potential thunderstorm.

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For the first day of term we started by doing a writing activity called 5-7-10. In this activity we we first had 5 minutes to write as much as we could using this in the start of the paragraph, That was the question that occupied their frightened minds as they crouched, huddling together, next to the pile of dusty sacks in the base of the windmill...

Goodbye Term 2 of 2020

Term 2 has been the weirdest term of the whole of my school life. In Term 2 we had something called level 4 lockdown, which meant we had to stay inside of our homes. All of New Zealand was in this level 4 lockdown for around 7 or 8 weeks. We were in this lockdown because of the Covid-19 pandemic. We had 12 weeks of school because two of those weeks that we spent in lockdown we were meant to be at school. When Panmure Bridge School were in level 4 lockdown we were keeping our learning going. It also meant that it was longest Term that any student in Panmure Bridge School has experienced, But luckily we are having our school holidays now so we can have a break from school and work for 2 weeks. Next Term we are having our first interschool sports since the level 4 lockdown. This blogpost was just so I can say Goodbye to Term 2 of 2020. Everyone have a safe holiday and be ready to come back to school for Term 3.

Matariki Challenge 5

 L.I: To find out the similarities and differences between Matariki then and now.



For the last Matariki Challenge we made a Venn Diagram. This is the DLO is about the differences and similarities between now and then of the Matariki celebration. This Venn diagram was has the information about the differences, and the similarities about

Tech Reflection (Coding)

L.I: To code the Mbot to go around a race track using the skills from last week.

This week for tech was our last session for our rotation and this term at Tamaki College. Mrs Ferguson challenged us to code the Mbot to go around a race track. To do this we needed the Mbot to sense the Black line to follow. If the Mbot went off the black line the Mbot would go backwards and try to find the black line to keep on going. At the end we had a competition and my time was 53.84 seconds the fastest time was 31.32 seconds. This was challenging but fun to do because it was fun to test our Mbot and see the result.

Matariki Challenge 4

L.I: To explain what tools they used to harvest?



For the fourth Matariki Challenge we did a DLO about harvesting the food. In Matariki they would harvest all of their crops and have a huge feast, they would usually cook the crops in a hangi. This activity was done by helping each other write the information and help finding out some crops they harvested. This activity was fun to do.

Matariki Challenge 3

Learning Intention: To explain what Matariki is and why we have it?



For the third Matariki DLO we wrote the importance of Matariki. This DLO was about the importance of Matariki. This DLO was simple to make because we were working on this DLO together. Matariki is the mother and the six daughters and they are all the seven stars of Matariki. This DLO was fun to make.

Matariki Challenge 2

 L.I: To explain in fewer words what Matariki is about?



For the second Matariki Challenge we made a summary about Matariki. This summary was about who the stars were and when the Matariki stars come out. This DLO was made by the same group as the first one. We worked together for all of the activities. This activity was fun to do because I got to look for the words which helped us get the task done faster.

Matariki challenge 1

L.I: To use our knowledge to explain what Matariki is?



This week we made five or six DLO's about Matariki. This is the first one in this DLO we talked about what Matariki is. This DLO was made in groups. In my group there was Matthew, Giovanni, Azatulah and myself. In this DLO we wrote about what Matariki was, and what it was about. This activity was fun and interesting to do because we worked well together and we didn't know much about Matariki.

Careers: Software Developer

L.I: To explore a career that interests me.

I took a Career Quest quiz to help me find a career that interests me. At the end the three options I chose were Game Developer, Software Developer and a Chef. This DLO shows the pay of the job, the skills and knowledge you need for the job, the training length, the working conditions, What you will do and the job opportunities of getting the job.

What is a periscope

L.I: To understand how a periscope works.

For the second inquiry task we worked with the same people as the first one but in this task we needed to explain what a periscope was. We did this task because Mr Johnston came to our class and told us some information about periscopes.Mr Johnston told us that  the angle of incidence equals the angle of reflection, and that means that when light hits a mirror at a 45 degree angle and then reflects, as that same light reflects back on another mirror at a 45 degree angle. This task was fun to complete.

Facts about light

L.I: To write four or five facts about what light is.

This week for inquiry we made a DLO about light. this was one of our inquiry tasks we were tasked to work in partners but the twist was that we needed to choose a partner that we hadn't normally worked with. In this DLO we wrote five interesting facts. This activity was easy to do because we had a few facts that we use that were on the board.

Tech (Robotics) T2W10

L.I: To use the infrared sensors to follow the lines.

This week for Tech we had a little revision about binary which was what we did last week. Our task was to make our M bot move in a figure 8 on a black line. Our revision was the binary work we were doing last week, binary is how robots and computers work. First we started by making sure our M bots were working properly. Then we were making sure our code was correct, but we kept going back and forth so like trial and error. Tech this week was fun to do.

Respected Leader C.A.R.E Award

This week I made a DLO about a respected leader. The respected leader I chose was Matthew I chose Matthew because  I have known Matthew the longest and because I know how hard he works to be a good role model even though he gets himself into trouble. This task was easy to do but was one of my favourite ones. The photo of him was made this year by him when the whole class made a digital made potrait. This task was fun to do because of how I got to talk about a leader of Panmure Bridge School for 2020.

Tech (Robotics)

This week for Tech at Tamaki College we were doing something different to coding. Mrs Ferguson was telling us how us humans count and how computers count. Then we went outside and got into three groups of four and we had four pieces of paper for each person in our group. I was with Matthew, Pouvi and Giovanni. Mrs Ferguson worte a number on whiteboard and I was the number 8 so if the number was over eight then I had to flip my paper over which had the number 1 on it so it shows how many eights are in that number. Matthew was the four's Giovanni was the two's and Pouvi was the one's. Then we went inside so we could do the work Mrs Ferguson gave to us. We had to write the our name in a code, and then we wrote a coded message.

Blog Post Analysis

L.I To analyse our blog post data to help us set blogging goals.

I used the statistacal information on my blog to help me set goals for 2020. Before I can publish a blog post I need to complete the task. I worked the average number of posts I made for each month and used this data to set a realisitc and acheivable blogging goal.

PBS livestream assembly

During the Covid-19 lockdown we have had Assembly livestreams so we could keep up with whats happening sort of like the news. We had 6 livestreams that we watched. Matthew was the camera man. There was a segment for Mrs Pryde's singing group. Giovanni and Florence the Head Students were talking about what happened through out the week. There was also a segment for Mr Johnston to give messages about the covid-19 stuff. The livestreams werent that long.

Tech

L.I To create a code that makes the Mbot move backwards when my hand is infront of it.

This week for Tech we started by making sure our Mbots were working properly. Then we Tried to make our Mbot move in a straight line but when we put our hand infront of it the Mbot it would move backwards which is like the force. Once we did that we made a copy of a slide that Mrs Ferguson made for us. We took a screen shot of our code to make our Mbot move backwards, and put it on the slide. After that we wrote what the input was and what the output was. Then we took more screen shots and put them on a different slide and wrote what that block was used for in my code.

Cityscape of Sydney Australia

L.I To write a description of my cityscape using prepositions.

On the right side of my cityscape you can see the Sydney Harbour bridge. Not many people know in Sydney Koala’s they have cousins called Drop Bears that look similar to Koala but Drop Bears are more dangerous than Koalas. The tallest Shopping mall in Sydney is the Chifley tower. Sydney is the closest Country to New Zealand. The beautiful Country of Sydney has many tall buildings that stand beside each other. Sydney’s most prominent building is the Sydney tower, the tallest building in Sydney and also the Opera house. Sydney harbour bridge is like New Zealand but the sydney harbour bridge is bigger. We used warm or cool colours for our cityscape to be either on a warm day or cool day, a sun rise or sun set.

Lerna's Hydra

L.I To understand the exponent of a number says how many times to use the number in a multiplication.

This week for  Maths we made a DLO on Lerna's Hydra which was a mythological character. We answered two questions about it's head, and how when one of it's heads get cut off another two grow back. One of the questions were how many heads would the Hydra have in three days. We worked in partners I was with Azatulah. First we practised on a maths site which had a quiz. Then we wrote the questions, the answer and the working out on our book. The Maths this week was fun to complete.

Robotics

L.I To code the Mbot using Mblock so it could move in a square.

This week for we had our first Tech Session back at Tamaki College. We were with Mrs Ferguson Doing coding. We used Mblock to help us code our Mbots. This week was just about revising what we did last year with our old robotics teacher Mr Krishna. The first thing we did was make our Mbot move in a straight line. Then we coded our Mbot to move in a square. This was more challenging than last year because The wheels were loose so the Mbot would move diagonally. Tech this week was fun to do.

Ancestor Poem

L.I To write a poem to describe our Ancestors using the literary devices alliteration, onomatopoeia, Metaphor, Simile, Hyperbole and rhyme.

  

This week for our writing we Made a Poem about our ancestors and how they have helped me and what they have done for our Country. We first started by writing our poem on a planning frame to help us organise where we were writing. For example the maori ancestors were on a journey to find the land we call The Long White Cloud. We also talked about our taonga that was given to us from our ancestors. This weeks writing was fun to do because I got to talk and write about my ancestors.

Steps web

L.I: To use suffixes.

Today we started by doing steps web. Steps web is a learning site to help learn words. We did this for 15 minutes. Mrs Anderson assinged us some work like to learn suffixes. One of my words were Available This was fun to do.

Maths DLO

L.I To find the most efficent strategy to solve the problem.

This week LS2 were working on a DLO about Ta'Ovala. The answer we got was 39 We did, 1/2 of 12 which was 6 then 1/2 of 6 is 3, 1/2 of 3 is 1.5. The 1.5 x 26 = 39. The question was How many metres would they need to make 26 Ta ‘Ovala? The main information was For 8 Ta ‘Ovala, it takes 12 metres of material. This Maths challenge was fun to complete.

Maths Challenge DLO

L.I to find the most efficient strategy to solve the problem.

This week I made a DLO with my partner Ong about Fish. We got four questions, the question were about fishing. The main information was that they caught three fishes every hour and threw 1 fish in the first hour and subtracted 1 from the three fish. We added the main information. This activity was fun to complete.

Maths challenge 1

L.I to rind the most efficient strategy to solve the problem.

This week I worked with Matthew to complete a Maths cahllenge because it is the second day back at school. This activity was about weight, fractions and fish. We first tried to work it out on a piece of  paper. After that we made a DLO and copied the information on the paper onto the google drawing. Once we completed the DLO we presented them to some of the class then blogged it. This challenge was fun because I could communicate with someone.

Maths Challenge 1

L.I To find the most efficient strategy to help you solve the maths problem.

for another one of my Maths Challenges this one was about bread slices. I had to find out how much loaves of bread Whaea Marama needs to oder to cater for 267 people. For my strategy I used division and multiplication. This challenge took a short amount of time to complete and it was fun to complete aswell.

Maths Challenge 2

L.I To find the most efficient strategy to help you solve the maths problem.

For one of the maths challenge like the others this one was my favourite to do because it was about a Hangi. Hangi is a traditional New Zealand Māori method of cooking food using heated rocks buried in a underground oven. I used two different stratagies the easiest one for me was the one at the bottom. This challenge was fun to complete.

Maths Challenge 3

L.I To find the most efficient strategy to help you solve the maths problem.

For the third maths challenge it was the same as the other two maths challenges. The third maths challenge was really simmilar to the first one it was about a Ula Lole or Kahoa Lole. I had to find how many red fruit bursts and green fruit bursts would fit in a amount of a Ula Lole like how many red fruit bursts would fit in a Ula Lole that can hold 65 lollies. This challenge was also fun to complete like the other ones.

Maths Challenge 2

L.I To find the most efficient strategy to help you solve the maths problem.

For the second Maths challenge it was like the first challenge but different questions and a different topic. In Q3 Once I figured out to add 7 + 4 = 11 it was easy to come up with the strategy to find out how many in total Koro and Zion had harvested between them. This challenge was fun to complete.

Maths Challenge 1

L.I To find the most efficient strategy to help you solve the maths problem.

For one of my Maths challenges this week I made a DLO about Kahoa Lole which is a lolly necklace. This chalenge I answered 3 questions that were given to us. One of the questiong were Nana is making Kahoa Lole for prize giving. If every Kahoa Lole has 21 lollies in it and she has 138 lollies. How many Kahoa Lole can she make and how many lollies will she have left over? Once I answered all 3 questions I explained the strategy I used to answer these questions. This challenge was fun to complete.

ANZAC facts

For the second ANAC challenge I made a DLO that has 3 facts about ANZAC and why I found it interesting. Another facts that I found interesting was that Services are held at dawn because in battle, dawn was the best tim to attack the enemy. Soldiers would wake in the dark so at the first sign of light they were alert and awake.

WW1 Collage

For one of the ANZAC challenges I chose to make a collage about the brave men in WW1. In the War men fought for our country and people lost someone because this war. The war was a hard time for the men and women in the war and their family who wants that person back in one piece.

Kelly Tarltons

For another one of the home learning activities. This one is about a place in Auckland called Kelly Tarltons. I worked with Matthew and Afa for this activity. The first activity was about how much it would cost for our whole family to go It would cost $159 for my whole family to go. The second activity was an info-graphic about one of the sea animals at the aquarium we chose a Seahorse, and the last activity was about the opening hours and the ticket prices

Leaf art

For the home learning we had to use our creativity to make an animal out of leaves that we could find around our house.I chose to do a Giraffe because it was the first animal that came to my head. This activity was fun to do because I got creative and was able to make it using different types of leaves. Three fact about Giraffes below.

• A group of Giraffes is called a Tower.
• Giraffes spend most of their lives standing up even when giving birth and sleeping.
• Their legs are taller than many humans.

Skyline Luge

For one of the home learning activities we had to complete a few activities that were given to us from what other people made if we went into lock-down which we did. This DLO is about the skyline Luge in Rotorua. The first activity was about why we should wear helmets and what would happen if we didn't wear a helmet. The second activity was about what activities I would go on and the price for your whole family to go on all the rides. The last activity was about the distance from Auckland to Rotorua the time to get there on a plane, and the time to get there in a car.

Name Exercises

Our teacher gave us an activity to keep us active and focused. The activity was we did exercises that resembled to the letters in our name. Mine were K-(10 push-ups), A-(50 Jumping jacks), R-(15 push-ups), L-(2 minute wall sit), O-(25 burpees) and S-(30 burpees) these were fun to do and doing this can keep me focused and active. I did these with my little brother.

Kiwi Can Reflection (Term 1/ Week 7)

This week for kiwi Can we were learning about role models. Role models are people who inspire you and someone you can look up to. We started off with our energizer called hammer. It was related to the topic because we were trying to work together and trying to listen. Next we talked about who role models are in our lives and how they are role models. Most people chose their mum. After we talked about who inspires you in your family. Then we played our activity called picture it. It was related to the topic because it was about working together as a team to make the picture right. Lastly we played a GKQ (General Knowledge Questions) game called end of the road. It was girls vs boys. The goal was to try to answer the question. When the last person gets out, their team loses. It was fun today at Kiwi Can.

Tech

This week for tech everyone went tamaki college. The year 8's are finishing off their pewter casting and trying to make it to a completed mirror finish. So we have to make the casting so that we can see our face but it might not look like a perfect reflection of yourself. This tech term has been fun because it is easy, and has fun steps to go through to get the finishing product.

Explorer vs Adventurer

This week for inquiry we made a Venn Diagram about different type of people who are explorers and adventurers. If they were both  an explorer and adventurer. The people that I knew about were the people the whole class have researched about.

Then & Now

This week for cybersmart we worked collaboratively to discover new things about a gourd. We started on by using  what a gourd and what it was used for. We found out that it was used to storage fresh water to keep hydrated. We also found out that a gourd is a type of fruit which is related to the cucurbit family, which includes melon, cucumber and squash.

PBS Collage

This week I created a Collage showing my life at PBS. I decided to work with Ong for this task. This was a CARE award task/challenge. My favourite part about being at this school was that I made lots of friends that could help me when i'm not feeling %100

Exploring Provocation

L.I To consider two side of a provocation.

This week we have been exploring two sides of a provocation. A provocation is an action or speech that triggers emotions or feelings. Our provocation is that if NZ should be a cashless society. After considering both perspectives we think that we should not do this because people might need the money to survive, like what if they only have 20 dollars on there card.