Te Reo (I SPY)

 Today for the Te Reo Challenge we have completed the ispy. In this activity there were a list of object we needed to write the number of things there were in the image in Maori. To help us count more accurately without counting the same one again we put shapes to remind us to not repeat it again. 

Some questions that were given were...

how many KutiKuti-scissors are there?

how many Tamariki-children are there?

how many pirihimana- Police are there?

 

and many more

I enjoyed this activity because it helped me with my Te reo knowledge.

 LI: to draw and label your own Hauora diagram.

canva

In order to be able to perform at their best athletes need to have a four walls of the whare tapawha standing. We created this poster to show what each wall represents and why it is important.

I found this activity fun because I enjoyed learning about Hauora.

I found out that Taha Wairua is the spritual well being.

Ancient Olympic Games Presentation

Olympic presntation

LI: To skim and scan to find facts about the Ancient Olympics and make notes in my own words.

We used our reading time this week to find out about the Ancient Greek Olympics. Once we had made our notes and reorganised our information we collaboratively created a presentation.

I found this activity a little tricky because there was different roles for each person in my group my not everyone chose to do it.

I enjoyes this activity because I had the chance to research more about the ancient games.

Hauora and Olympians

 

Hauora and Olympians

 

Athletes at the top of their field train menally and physically because it is both the body and the mind that need to be strong to have a balance as an athlete. It is important to enjoy and celebrate the success you earn but it is equally as important to embrace the less successful times. It is learning you take from losing that makes you stronger and wiser. Having made an error you learn to remain calm in stressful situations. It is having a belief in yourself and the support of your Whanau that keep you motivated 

Mindfulness Reflection *1

 What is mindfulness?

Mindfulness is a meditation that calms our body and our mind using a mindfulness bell. It also allows us to focus on now, and leave the past and not worry about the future. There are two zones of mindfulness which are red and green. The red zone is when you are angry, frustrated, distracted, anxious, etc. The green zone is when you are calm, clear, peaceful, engaged, etc. This also lets us remove our negativity from our minds, and control our thoughts and emotions. To have a mindful mind you will need to have your legs crossed, hands on knees, close your eyes then breath in and then breath out while your back is straight. 

After doing this mindfulness session I felt more calm, and had a clear mind. 

Matariki

 LI: To strengthen our connections to Matariki.

Matariki is the Maori new year celebration. It takes places each year when the cluster of stars known as Matariki are seen in our skies. The new year is a time for new beginnings and is a time to embrace tradition.To strengthen our connections to Matariki we had a choice of research activities.

Matariki

 LI: To strengthen our connections to Matariki.

Matariki is the Maori new year celebration. It takes places each year when the cluster of stars known as Matariki are seen in our skies. The new year is a time for new beginnings and is a time to embrace tradition.To strengthen our connections to Matariki we had a choice of research activities.

I found out that Matariki was a celebration to connect with others and to socialize with family and friends.

• 
  

• 
  
  

Bubble Science

For tech we learned about bubbles. We learn how to stack bubbles .

First we had to fill 250 ml on a beaker half full.Wieght 5 grams of sugar stir into the unti the sugar is dissolved.

Then measure 3 mls of glycerol and Measure 10mls detergent. Then Stir the contents in the beaker so all ingredients are thoroughly mixed thought.

Lastly we had to stack the bubbles we made stick and grab a straw then blow it then you can stack it.

Identifying Comparisons

 LI: To use our smart searching skills to expand our knowledge of Ancient Greek Mythology.

Today David shared the next reading challenge with us. It is all about the Greek gods and helps us to practise the skills we have been learning in our reading lessons with our teachers. 

David created this task as part of his CARE award challenges. In this smart searching activity, we used our comprehension and research skills to learn about the difference between Athens and Sparta. 

I found this activity fun and very informative because I was able to learn a lot about Greek Mythology and participate in learning activities to expand my knowledge. The fact I found most interesting was that women couldn't participate in government but could recieve physical training and own property because usually, women wouldn't be allowed any rights. 

Organizing and Reserching

 LI: To use our smart searching skills to expand our knowledge of Ancient Greek Mythology.

Today David shared the next reading challenge with us. It is all about the Greek gods and helps us to practise the skills we have been learning in our reading lessons with our teachers. 

David created this task as part of his CARE award challenges. In this smart searching activity, we used our comprehension and research skills to learn about Greek Mythology vocabulary and identify Greek places on the map. 

I found this activity fun because I was able to learn about the Greek vocabulary and learn about the places in Greece. The word/place I found most interesting was Plato because he was an Athenian philosopher that discovered and researched many things.

Vision Board

For the past few days I have been working on my vision board.

My vision board is about some of goals and my cultral flag

 A vision board is a poster that displays what your goals are and how you are going to accomplish them, with words or photos

there is a few goals that i have chosen I have been working on these goals since the begining of the year and hopefully I aclopish them all.

here are some

- to work hard

- finish all work/Study

-try to understand all work 

- ignore rude people

- Helping my mum with her buisness.

-Spend quality time with family

These are goals that I want to accomplish before the end of the year.

Abstact Noun Pooem

 LI: To edit our writing using DRAFT 

This week for writing we have been learning about abstarct poems. In writing we have two parts to our task, for the first part of the task we wrote a abstract noun poem in a group, for the second part of our learning we wrote another abstract poem in pairs. Our poem was about beauty. After writing our poemwe needed to proof read our poem. When we proof read our poems we use DRAFT. DRAFT is a acronmy that we use in writing.DRAFT stands for Delete, Rearange, Add, Fix & and Talk. In this poem we also used puncuation, metaphors, similes, the 5 senses, and an abstact noun. The 5 senses are smell, taste, hear, touch - felling & see. I found this task very intersting because learning about types of poem will help me with my writing.

Rover DLO

 LI: To design a mars Rover

In Inquiry we have been learning about technological practice.  This week we have been learning about the 6 processes of Technological Design and how each one is important in the process of designing a product.

We are using the processes of technological practices to  design and build a rubber band- powered rover that can scramble across the floor. (add your ATV challenge here).

I found this activity interesting because I learnt why we need to follow the six technology topics.

Tech

LI: To explain the different parts in the Hibiscus flower

Today for tech we have been learning about the different parts of a hibiscus flower. 

The first task we wrote was about our learning goals and outcome. We also wrote the name of the flower if it’s still not opened yet, what we notice when we look at the flower, and why a flower it's important. 

Our second task was about learning the parts of the Hibiscus flower. To learn more about the parts of the flower we watched a video about what the parts are and our teacher explained what it is used for. 

The third task was to learn how to dissect a Hibiscus flower in half. We watched another video about the equipment we need and the method of how you can see each part of the flower. 

Lastly we put pollen on a rectangular piece and looked put it on the microscope to get a closer observation

I found this activity fun because when I saw the results at the end it looked like corona virus and I found it interesting

Jealousy

   LI: To write an abstract noun senses poem.

An abstract noun is something that can’t be physically touched, as in a feeling (happiness, fear, love, etc) also the 5 senses. This week, LS2 have been learning about Metaphors and Nouns. We got into groups and were introduced  on what is nouns , what we see in the poem ( The Structure) and the 5 senses. Our group created a Metaphor about happiness; Happiness is the blooming rainbow that shines when the sun comes out after the rain. A Metaphor is a comparison of two things without using ‘like’ or ‘as’. We created our own poem as a group about Jealousy. 

Main ideas

 LI: To identify the main ideas in the text.

For reading, we have been focusing on understanding the important main ideas of the text/video. The video we used for this reading task was about the traditional Maori story about how Maui slowed down the sun and brought more length to our days.

For this task, we watched the video about Maui's traditional Maori story of how he slowed the sun, and identified the main ideas between our group. From those main ideas, we discussed the more important parts of the stories and then identified the three most vital ideas from the story.

I enjoyed this task because I was able to learn more about the traditional Maori stories. Something I found interesting was that Maui was able to slow down the sun because of the pain he caused with his Grandfather's jawbone.

venn diagram

LI: To explain in fewer words what the text is about.

For reading, we have been focusing on comparing text information such as stories, articles and other texts. The text we used for this reading task was the traditional Maori story of how the world came to be. This text was about Papatuanuku and Ranginui waking up from eternal darkness in earth's first light, and Tane Mahuta (one of their children) seperating them to grant his siblings and himself freedom from the darkness. Tawhirimatea was angry at the seperation of his parents.

For this task, we watched a video and read a text based off of the Maori story of how the world came to be (In the Beginning). We labelled the main parts of the video version that are not included in the written version, and labelled the main parts of the written version that were not included in the video. In the middle, we labelled the similarities between the two stories.

I really enjoyed this task and found it easy because I am familiar with identifying the key ideas and comparing the two similar but different texts/information sources.

Creative Writing

 LI:  To understand how to use descriptive words to make your writing more interesting.

Our focus for writing this week was to use descriptive writing, which means using words that are powerful, making your text more exciting to read and add more detail into your writing. We were tasked to work collaboratively in pairs to complete this task. 

    our task was to describe one of the two pictures that we were given. To make this task easier we would use our prior knowledge of sentence structures, nouns, verbs, adjectives, and descriptive words to create a piece of writing that uses descriptive words to make the text exciting to read.

I found this activity fun because I love learning and writing about sea creatures.

Sumarising

 LI: To explain in fewer words what the text is about.

For reading, we have been focusing on summarising text information such as stories, articles and other texts. The text we used for this reading task was the traditional Maori story of how the world came to be. This text was about Papatuanuku and Ranginui waking up from eternal darkness in earth's first light, and Tane Mahuta (one of their children) seperating them to grant his siblings and himself freedom from the darkness. Tawhirimatea was angry at the seperation of his parents.

For this task, we found exactly twenty keywords to build an understanding of the text about. Keywords help us understand more in a short amount of time. Then from those twenty words, we chose six of those words to create a summary on. A summary is a short and brief description of the story so that we can understand the text in fewer words.

I enjoyed this task and found it easy because I am familiar with summarising and understanding texts using the key reading comprehension strategies so I can expand my knowledge of a story.

Cinquain poem

 LI: To write a cinquain poem to describe a sports star.

We have been learning to write cinquain poems to help us strengthen our connections to description. A cinquain poem has 5 lines. Each line has a different purpose. Line 1 is a noun which is a name. Line 2 has 2 adjectives taht describe the noun. Line 3 has 3 verbs that end in ‘ing’ and describe the actions. Line 4 is a noun phrase which is a group of words (not a sentence) that go together to describe the noun. Line 5 is a synonym which is a word with a similar meaning to the noun.

I enjoyed this activity because it was fun to write good things about a sports star.

My reading path way

 LI: To show my personal journey through books.

This week is book week at Panmure Bridge School, which means every class participates in a number of reading activities. One of our activities was to create a reading pathway that shows how my favourite books have changed over time. At the moment.

I liked this reading because I had the oppurtunity to explain the books I loved to read.

Duffy Assembly

LI: To understand how reading can change one's life.

Today we had Marc from Duffy come and talk to us about the importance of reading and how reading can make a big impact on your life.  Although Marc had some challenges in his life he used reading as a tool to get through the hard times.  Marc believes that there is only CANs and not CAN’Ts.

I found the words that Marc said interesting, sad because he couldnt find a job because of his criminal record

• ortAbout tha

Key Competencies

 LI: To compare the Key Competencies we think we will use on camp and the Key Competencies we actually used.

Before we went to camp our challenge was to think about when we might use the Key Competencies as we faced the challenges.  When we came back from camp we looked at this and compared how we thought we would use the Key Competencies and how we actually used them. 

I found this activity very interesting because I relised how key competencies helped me during camp.

brochure

/>

LI: To collaborative brochure that tells others why kokako lodge is a great place to go on camp

Over the last week everyone challenged themselves during the session at archery, high roped, kayaking, raft building, camp cooking/pancake race, and team building, orienteering. Our group collaborating to create a brochure that shows others why Kokako Lodge is a great place to go on camp.

I found this activity exiting to do because its about camp and I liked how my group and I were listing words about certain activitys 

camp collage

LI: To create a collage of your camp highlights.

last week LS2 have been celebrating our camp. I created this collage to show my time at camp and the activities I enjoyed. To make my collage effective I thought about the size of the images, the angle of the images and I tried hard not to leave any gaps between the photos.

I found this activity fun because I were reminded of the time where I had a really good time with my friends.

5 minutes of camp.

LI: to recount a 5 minute snapshot of one experience you had.

The experience of High Beam

I climbed up the ladder step by step.

 The ladder moved every step I took.

 I stood in shock dripping with sweat hoping I wouldn't fall.

As soon as I reached the top of the beam the inside of me screamed with happiness.

As soon as I reached the top of the beam I was so happy that I made it.

I walked slowly across to the other side feeling a bit scared as well as trying not to look down because I knew it was high up.

I walked quarter of the way feeling the beam shaking and walked a little bit more hearing people below myself supporting and cheering me on as I walked more and more reaching out to the end of the beam.

As I reached to the end of the beam I heard clapping and more cheering I said to myself congrats you made it

Feeling so amazed with what I just achieved I slowly sat on the beam letting my legs dangle towards the ground.

When I touched the ground I saw my teammate walking towards me clapping and smiling.I felt my teammate touch my shoulder and congratulate me.

Tech Reflection

LI: to make simple curry.

   Today  for our third session of tech at Tamaki colloge the year 7s learnt how to cook and prepared curry.

First the year 7s went to get the trolley wiith all the essientsials in it then moved in to the food. 

Next I cut the onions and garlic, put them in the pot on the stove aswell as putting the tomatoes sauce and spices.

After all the food was ready we went to Mrs Heka and she put the rice in our containers along with the paste.

I enjoyed this weeks Tech learning and cant wait to go back to learn more cooking.

AFL

L.I : For A4L we learned how to kick,throw anc catch with our partners. 

For this challenge our coach Rebecca taught us how kick , catch and pass the ball A4L. For A4L we also learned new facts and information as example the A4L we learnt that the A4L fields are 150 meters. For this I enjoyed playing with my partners. I also liked making sure im kicking the ball stright. I also liked making sure that we worked collabortivtely.   

Tech Reflection

This week was our second time at tech and we made food including pikelets,ice-cream, fruit sauce.

First I washed my hands and put on a aprin making my way over to the kitchen where we listened to the insructions

After all the instructions were explained Te raumati Jemma and I began to gather all the ingrediants to make the pikelets.

After all the food was made everything was cleaned Mrs Heka put the ice-cream on the pikelets along with a fruit sauce.

I really enjoyed making delicious food today manily because of the cooking part.

PB4L

 LI: To have a positive behaviour for learning 

This week for one of our PB4L sessions we learnt about how to show respect when were on the bus around other using the public transport as well as us. We had to make a DLO showing what and not what to do when your on the bus. On of the main things you need to do when other are on the bus with you is to show respect and don't be rude to the others because they didn't do anything to you and  the bus driver can also tell you to get of the bus.

Tech Reflection

                                                LI: to make a smoothie and a fruit salad 

Today it was the first day of Tech that LS2 and myself went to.

For the first week of tech we were learning abouy food technology and how to make a smoothie, fruit salad. LS2 went to the cafe kitchen where we put on aprins and washed our hands. Next Mrs Heka explanined how to use the utensils, what where doing, instructions on how to do everything.

After all of the insrutions were talked about we started to make the fruit salad by cutting up all the fruits 

Apples, Watermelon, manderians, banannas, kiwi fruit  where the fruit that were cut.

Next we began to make the smoothie, the ingredients bannanas, yougurt, milk.

I enjoyed my first day of Tech because I had the opportunity to make food that was delicious.

Addition and Subtration Maths

LI: To find and use the most efficient strategy to answer the question.

This week we were practising our addition and subtraction strategies. We had three levels of questions to choose from and had to decide after reading the questions which level challenged us the most. I have created DLO to show the strategy I used to solve the question I enjoyed answering. Which strategy would you have used?

TEEL Paragraphs

LI: To understand how TEEL paragraphs can help us structure our information and ideas in a paragraph

    

We use paragraphs in our writing to expand on an idea. In LS2 we use the TEEL acronym (title, elaborate, evidence and link) to help us structure our thinking. The example on my DLO shows what the TEEL acronyms stand for and where in the paragraph it shows the TEEL acronyms.

I enjoyed this activity because it was challenging to explain my learning about what a teel paragraph is.