Coordinates Challenege

 LI: to use your knowledge of coordinates to answer the questions and find the locations on the map

For todays learning activity we were tasked to use your knwoledge of coordinates to answer all the questions correctly. We needed to look at the map and then try and answer the questions by naming the correct place that is on the map. 

V-bucks Summary

 LI: To summarize what V-bucks are in 25 words.

In this DLO we were asked to summarize what V-bucks are in 25 words. To be put simply V-bucks is the currency that is used in the Fortnite game. V-bucks can be spent on items such as, outfits, emots, pickaxes, and battle passes.  

Console Ad

 LI: To create an ad for a gaming console that we think is best to play games on.

For This weeks online learning we are learning all about online gaming. For our first task we were challenged to create an add for a gaming console that we think is best for playing games such as Playstation, X-box, Nintendo, and many more, The console I chose to advirtise was the PS4 because the PS4 does not lag or glitch making it suitable for playing games without interfernce and also allows you to do other things aswell instead of playing games such as watch movies and many other things.

I enjoyed this task becuase It was fun to explain why we think that a game console is better than another one.

Cinquain Poem

 LI: To write cinquain poem that describes our favorite anime character 

This week we have been exploring the world of anime and manga. Our challenge today was to write a cinquain poem to help us strengthen our connections to description that describes our favourite anime/manga character. 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. 

Anime/Manga Character Profile

LI: To create a character profile

Our challenge was to choose our favourite anime/manga character adn create a character profile for that person. Our next challenge was to draw the character on our chromebooks or on paper. I chose to draw my character digitaly becauseit was more easy for me to draw digitaly. Our final challenge was to write a paragraph that describes our character. 

I enjoyed this because it was fun to write a paragraph about our favourite anime character so that others will know who they are.

Manga Artist

LI: To use your smart searching skills to find information adn retell in your own words.

Our challenge today was to use our smart searching skills to create a DLO in our own words that tells us about the life of our favourite manga artist or a well known manga artist. The manga artist I picked was Koyoharu Gotouge who is well known for the Demon Slayer series. I chose to do Koyoharu Gotouge  because they are one of my favourite manga artists that I enjoye reading from.

I enjoyed this task becuase It was fun learning about the life of our favorite manga artists.

The History of Manga

 LI: To read for meaning and understanding

For this weeks distance learning we are exploring the world of Anime and Manga.o ur challenge today was to complete a reading comprehension about the history of Manga to show that we are reading for meaning and understanding. Our final challenge in this activity was to create a DLO to share the information we found out.

A fact I found interesting is that manga has been around for a century and is still around toay I found this fact interesting because its interesting that something from 100 years ago is still around in todays time.

Summary

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

In this summary I summarized what its like for Rangi-Haira Jaxon Greening to create custom sneakers using this article to help me gather infoermation about how he creates his custom sneakers and what its like for him the create them. He first started shoe custamization as a hobby about ten years ago and has now been doing it profesonaly for three years for his brand 'Gyst For Kickz' . He first saw shoe customizing through a documentary Just for Kicks and he was amzed that he was able to combine art and sneakers together.

I enjoyed this task becuase it was interesting to find out about how he got into customizing shoes and why he loves doing it and how he can relate it back to his culture.

Custom Shoe Design

 LI: To create our own custom shoe design

We learnt about Rangi-Haira Jaxon Greening and how he creates is custom shoes and why he does them for others. we were tasked to define the word custom then create a summary about Rangi-Haira Jaxon Greening and his custom shoes and to lastly create our own custom shoe design. The word custom can be described as to change the apeareance of something.  In this DLO it showcases be shoe design and by reason for designing the way it is. When I first started I thought that I would add frogs somewhere on the shoe but then decided to add lily pads instead becuase some frogs sit on top of lily pads.

I really enjoyed this task becuase I found it fun to create our own shoe design based off of anything we liked.

Dawn Raids | Stories

 LI: To use our own knowledge to write what we know about the Polynesian Panthers

The activity was named Dawn raids and this is my first activity for the Stories category. Our two response choices were to create something about what we know about this part in Aoteroas history our second choice was to create an apology to the Polynesian Panthers from the perspective of the goverment/prime minister. I choes the first option and chose to write about the dawn raids becuase I think that it is important to adress what had happened during the dawn raids and how many lives of Polynesian familes and comunites were affected during these devastating times. 

I enjoyed this task becuase I this is a topic that I know about and also becuase it is important to speak up about what happened during this part in Aotaroas history.

Good as Gold | Places

 LI: To leave a review on the short film "Good as Gold"

The name of this activiy is named Good as Gold the two responses that we were given were to create an ad for it, a DLO, and or review for the video the second response that was there was to create a story board for a short film you would like to film one day. I chose do work on the first response by writing a review for the video good as gold. In the DLO it has my review and rating adn the video is aslo there if you would be interested in watching the short film. while creating these responses we were allowed to work colaborativly with other stuedents who would also give as some feed back if we needed it.

I really enjoyed this activity becuase I enjoyed watching the short film and it was interesting to see what would happen during the video.

Child of the Ocean | Places

 LI: To undertsand what it means to be a "Child of the Ocean" In this document it shares my opinion on what the phrae child of the ocean means to me the task I decided to work on was named Our ocean. the two responses that we were able to chose from where create a DLO advertising  the Pacific. and out second choice was to write what it means to us to be a child of the ocean. while responding to these responses we were also challenged to expirment creating our DLOs by making them multimodal meaning it can be accsed by people who struggle with certain disabilites. This is my second response for the responses in the places category once we would complete three responses than we would be emailed a digital badge. 

I really enjoyed this activity becuase it made me think alot about what the phrase means to me and how I am a child of the ocean.

Slam Poetry & Spoken Word | Places

LI: To create our own Slame poetry, Spoken word performace I see me is a website that is being developed and  is targeted for young pacifica youth do find there roots ti have a strong understanding of their own culture and other pasifc cultures. There are four different categories Places, Objects, Stories, and Futures. within these different categories we have many different responses that we are able to chose from 1 - 2 different responses we would also be given different recourse to help us gather information such as videos, websites, stories, and more. All of the responses are linked to Polynesian cultures which help us connect to our Pacifc cultures. the response I chose to respond to was a respone from the places category the name of the response was Slame poetry & Spoken word.

The response tasked us to create our own slam poetry, spoke word performance. Slam poetry is a form of performance poetry that combines the elements of performance, writing, competition, and audience participation for my slam poetry I decided to use the word peace becuase I thought that  it would be a  good topic to write slame poetry about.

I enjoyed this activity becuase I found it interesting tolearn about slam poetry and understand how it works.

Swimming week 1 and 2

LI: to learn safety in water. 

Last week and this week the Y8 group went to the YMCA pools in Panmure to learn safety skills in the water. We were split into 2 groups depending on how confident we are in water. To get into the pool safely we put both hands on one side and entered. 

The skills we learnt were

• Floating (facing up) - make a star fish facing up.
• Floating (facing down) - make a star fish facing up. 
• Dolphin Diving - dive down, touch the floor of the pool with both hands and jump up. 
• Streamline - put our arms behind our ears and kick (with and without swimming board). 

Ancient Greek Olympics

LI: To present a DLO as a group about the ancient Greek olympics.

LINK TO PREZI

In our prezi it talks about the history, events, women in the olympics and also shares some interesting facts about the ancient Greek olympics The ancient Greek olympics would be held over five days the only kown date for the first olympics is 776 BC, the olympics started as a religous festival in honour of their God Zeus and was a time for peace and celebration. different sports would be played to the sports that are held in todays olympics sports such as pankration, the stade, jumping, boxing, horseraces, and many more were some of the events that were held during the Greek olympics. presenting our presentations as a group helpt make us feel more confident speaking infront of others.

I enjoyed this task becuase it was interesting to learn about the ancient Greek olympics.

Hauroa Infographic

 LI: To create a infographics that explains Hauro as an athlete

Hauro is the Maori belif of mental and physical well being. This infographic explains tha Hauroa means and what the four walls are through the eyes of an olympic athlete. What if all four walls of an athlete were not supported and are not standing or what if all walls of the athlete were standing how would this affect the athlete. If all walls were standing then the olympic athlete knows how to win and lose and is able to learn from loses and also celebrate victories having this information as an athlete will help them mentaly and also physicaly. 

I enjoyed this activity becuase it made us think from the athletes perspective and think about how they would feel.

Hauroa and Olympian

Being able to have all four walls of the ware tapa wha standing is important as an athlete becuase you are prepared for challenges that come your way mentaly or physicaly. It is important for athletes to celebrate victories but equally important athletes should also remember unsuccsesful times as you are able to learn lessons that can help improve and inforce your four walls. it is having self beilf that boosts your self esteem and confidence that helps you improve and keeps your motivation going. being able to remain calm in stressful situations can help you from feeling discouraged, emarrased, and feeling like you have let somone down. 

Juel and Carson

PB4L Ready for Learning

 LI: To create a DLO about being ready for learning.

For todyas PB4L session we learnt about what it means to be prepared and ready for learning. first we defined prepared so that we could understand todays session we found out that prepared means that we are ready to do something or deal with somthing. So being ready for learning can mean that we prepare for school the night/day before and also charged device, clean uniform, focused mindset, ect.  So coming to school ready to learn can help us understand better what you are learning at school and can also help you become motivated and eager to learn in school.

Coding With Python

 LI: To see and understand the connection between written code, the block code and chart

 LINK TO DLO

This is the comparison between the Python coding, the blocks and the flowchart for making the Microbit act like a dice.

Olympic Maths Challenge #5

LI: To find the most effecient strategy.

 

For olympic maths challenge five our focus was to sort out the mesurements and records into the correct place we could figure out the correct measurements and records by using our smart searching skills to find the correct records. In the table above it shows the correct records and measurements.

I enjoyed this task becuase it required us to use our smart searching sklills to find out the answers to the olympic world records. 

Olympics Maths Challenge 4

LI: To find the most effecient startegy.

The maths question for challenge four was to Create a graph to display this data. Include a comparison to NZ’s medal tally. Be creative with the data you choose to show. The more information you include, the easier it will be to analyse and draw conclusions. Using information from 2 different charts of Medal statistics we found out the current top 10. In my screencastify I have made explains my strategy.

Mindfulness Reflection #1

LI:  To become Mindfulness being, in the present. 

Today was LS2's first session of Pause Breathe & Smile. Pause Breathe and smile, focus's on creating and training yourself to have a healthier and positive mindset; helping navigating to live in the moment. It also helped us spark our curiosity and focus on our well-being. 

This concluded in us doing breathing exercises with the standing bell/tibetan. The bell played a very important role, as it instructed us to breathe and become more mindful. We were required to put our hands on our knees and have a soft tummy, with a straight back. 

When doing these excercises, we felt balanced and lightened. We really enjoyed this session because regain relaxation and focus in our well being.

Olympic Maths Challenge 3

 LI: To fidn the most effiecent strategy.

Todays maths challenge we were asked to find how many right angles there were in a badmintin racket. Our maths questions was, An Olympic Badminton Racket has approximately 25 strings in total. When these strings intersect they form squares. This means that there is approximately 250 squares on the racket. Take what you know about right angles to figure out how many right angles there are on an entire badminton racket. To find the answer to this question we would need to find the out how many angles there are in a square whitch is 4. so our new equations woulf have to be 250 x  4 whitch is 1000.

To find out my strategy you can watch my video that I have created.

Poros of Malia

 LI: To create a DLO describing poros charectar

Today our focus for reading is oral language. In this DLO it talks about the Poros. Poros was a athlete in the 106th olympics Poros and ran in a race called the stade. The book we read about talked about the olympics that had took place back then. The skills that we practised during this group activity were predicting, colaborative comunication, and working together. We worked colaborativly in pairs to answer questions about the book that we read this is were we would need to predict communicate colaborativly and share ideas as a group.

I enjoyed this activity because I found it interesting to look back at the anceint olympics and try to compare to the olympics that are being held today.

Flow Charts and Radio Chat

  Learning Intentions

To understand how flowcharts relate to coding blocks.

To understand how to get the microbit to talk to another microbit using radio signals.

Here is my flowchart practice document.

The next activity today was coding the microbit to send a radio signal to another microbit. We had to make sure that both microbits were on the same group number so we didn't accidentally get a message from another group.

Super Finger Competion

 LI: To recall our time tables quickly

Today for maths we  recalled our multiplication knowledge by playing a game called Super Fingers. This is a game to see how well and how fast we are able to answer multiplication questions.

The instructions of this game is that we need to write a word/phrase 'superfingers' is what is commonly used when playing super fingers, then write it on a white board or piece of paper. to play superfingers we would need two dice, when the dice are rolled we had to multiply them for example: you have rolled 2 and a 6 you would then need to figure out the answer in your head and the first person to call out the answer first wins a point. points are tallied by rubbing out a letter of the phrase or word you have chosen. The first person with and empty whiteboard/no more letters. wins the match.

The process we did it in was similar to a netball game, draw, quarter finals, semi finals, and lastly finals. To run this competition smoothly we created a bracket which showed who will play who. Our bracket were not even so later in the game we added two other players who were our wild cards witch were Vayan and Micah.

In pairs we challenged each other to see who was faster at answering the questions. The winner would go against the winner from another person. Whoever wins goes up against another winner, and it will keep going until there are two people left, which would be the finals.

The two people facing each other in the finals were Afatia and Chris. I enjoyed this game very much becasue I got to learn my time tables faster.

Olympic Maths Chalenge

 LI: To find the most efficent strategy

 This week for maths, our learning was based on the Olympics. Our first challenge was about Michael Phelps. This task was about Nastia Liukin. The question sayed The Olympic sport of gymnastics is judged with a point system. Nastia Liukin, an uneven bar champion scored a disappointing 16.725 in Bejing putting her in second place. Her opponent beat her by 0.001 of a point. The Bronze medal winner's score was a 14.975.What was the Gold medal winners score? By how much did Nastia score over the Bronze medalist? We had to find out how much of a point nastia opponent score was, and we also had to find out how much did Nastia score over the bronze medalist. I found this task intersting becase we learn new way of trying to solve different math equations.

Olympic Challenege

 LI: To find the most effiecent strategy

This week for maths, our learning was based on the Olympics. Our first challenge was about Michael Phelps. The question was, on average, every swim stroke Michael Phelps takes gets him 2 meters down the pool. Michael competed in 8 separate events during the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, It meant that we had to find out how many meters Michael swam for his  gold medals. In total Michael swam 1500m in all eight events. When it says that every stroke Michael takes he ends up to meters down the pool. If he swims two meters in one storke that means 1500 neededs to be divided by 2. The answer is 750, which means Michael Phelps did 750 storkes to get to the 1,500m range.

Olympics Venue Provocation

LI: To use provocation to understand both sides of the story

A provocation is a act or speech that triggers emotion in others.

Our provocation that we were given was It’s costing Japan 15.4 billion dollars US to host the Olympics. Should host countries have to spend so much money on building Olympics venues? I worked collaboratively` together with Lily and we both formed our own opinions on what we think about the provocation.

We both shared the same opinion that we are against the provocation and that they should not be spending that much amount of money on the Olympic venues of they are going to be left and are going to be run down and not going to be used again.

Matariki

 LI: To understand the meaning behind Matariki

This week for inquiry we’ve been focusing on Matariki. Matariki is a time where we can come together and celebrate the Maori New Year with our whanau and friends.

The first activity we did was the birds of matariki. For this activity we researched the birds that were eaten in the Matariki feast each year. We expanded our knowledge by finding out how the Maori foul and preserve the meat.

I found this activity fun because I expanded my knowledge of Matariki and found out what is eaten during the Matariki feast. An interesting fact that I learnt was that people eat New Zealand birds during the feast.

Matariki

 LI: To understand the meaning behind Matariki

This week for inquiry we’ve been focusing on Matariki. Matariki is a time where we can come together and celebrate the Maori New Year with our whanau and friends.

The first activity we did was the birds of matariki. For this activity we researched the birds that were eaten in the Matariki feast each year. We expanded our knowledge by finding out how the Maori foul and preserve the meat.

I found this activity fun because I expanded my knowledge of Matariki and found out what is eaten during the Matariki feast. An interesting fact that I learnt was that people eat New Zealand birds during the feast.

Matriki

 LI: To understand the meaning behind Matariki.

This week our focus was about Matariki, as it is the time of year we see the Matariki stars in the sky. It is the Maori new year, a time for new beginnings. On Wednesday we had our school wide Matariki celebration. During this week we have completed different tasks to help strengthen our connections to Matariki. 

The first task in this DLO was to find where we will see the matariki stars. The next task was about where in the sky is the Matariki stars and write where they are. The last task was about why does the matariki stars disappears in may and reappears in june. This task was fun because I got to learn more about the celebration of Matariki.

Coding In Python

  L.I : To Learn how to code the Microbot in the Phyton.

 Here is an example of the buttons,  the main thing to notice is "def" which is defining what the on_button_pressed will make the microbot do. Again this has a top and bottom so the content has to go insde it. 

The first one image shows the Phyton coding for the flashing hearts code that I made. It flashes between a small heart icon and a large heart Icon. The diference between python coding is that block coding uses blocks and python coding uses text that you have to type down.

Organizing and Researching

 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 intereting because its was interesting to learn about ancient greek and learn about anicent greek and research about the different places

The word/place I found most interesting was Aliance because people would make alliances and work together to defeat the foe or enemy. 

Greek Mythology Notes

LI: To use our smart searching skills to find information about the Greek gods

 

Today David shared his 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. We earn CARE award badges in year 7 and 8 to show that we understand our school values. In this activity we used our smart searching skills to find information to help us complete the table.

I found this activity fun becuase it was very interesting to learn about the greek gods and godesess

The Greek god I found most interesting was hades because its was interesting to learn about hades

Vision Board

LI: To create a vision board of goals we want to achive

A vision board is a board of goals we want to achive at the end of the year or during the year. When creating our vision board we could add images or text or symboly or anything that could help us remember our goals that we need to complete at the end of the year. In my vision board I put images of things that I could improve in school or out of school. One of my goals for this year was to imrpove in my maths and reading  or to move up a level. This activity could help us set goals and comlete them in the future. 

Abstarct Noun

 LI: To edit our writing using DRAFT

Today, we focused on writing abstract noun senses poems. An abstract noun is an existing that cannot be touched or physical obtained such as, happiness, sadness, and anger. Metaphors compare two things without using the words 'like' or 'as'. The five human senses are sight, hearing, touch, taste and smell.

For this task I worked with my partner  to create a poem using abstract nouns. Our group was given a list of abstract nouns that we can use to write a poem. The abstract noun we choose was culture. We used the five senses to describe what misery sounds, looks, tastes, and smells like while using metaphors to structure a poem correctly.

An abstract noun is a feeling or emotion that cannot be physically touched. A metaphor is the comparison between two things without using as or like. 

For example: Happiness is a river of joy that is flowing through my heart. 

The word happiness is the abstract noun and is used to create this metaphor. 

I really enjoyed doing this because I got to work collaboratively and work together in a group and also use powerful words to strengthen the poem to make our poem stand out.

Rock, Paper, Sicissors Flow chart

 LI: To learn how to code the microbit to play rock paper scissors and understand how the flow chart matches the code.

LINK

1. When I shake the microbit it will chose a random number between 1 and 3.
2. I have to make a variable called 'hand' and set this to the random number.
3. if this number is one - the microbit will show the symbol for papper.
4. if this number is two  -the microbit will show the symbol for rock.
5. if this number is three - the microbit will show the symbol for scissors.

Misery

 LI: To write an abstract noun senses poem

Today, we focused on writing abstract noun senses poems. An abstract noun is an existing that cannot be touched or physical obtained such as, happiness, sadness, and anger. Metaphors compare two things without using the words 'like' or 'as'. The five human senses are sight, hearing, touch, taste and smell.

For this task we worked collaboratively to create a poem using abstract nouns. Our group was given a list of abstract nouns that we can use to write a poem. The abstract noun we choose was misery. We used the five senses to describe what misery sounds, looks, tastes, and smells like while using metaphors to structure a poem correctly.

An abstract noun is a feeling or emotion that cannot be physically touched. A metaphor is the comparison between two things without using as or like. 

For example: Happiness is a river of joy that is flowing through my heart. 

The word happiness is the abstract noun and is used to create this metaphor. 

 really enjoyed doing this because I got to work collaboratively and work together in a group and also use powerful words to strengthen the poem to make our poem stand out.

Did this happen?

LI: To consider both perspectives  

We are learning about the Taonga of Storytelling, the story that we learnt about was about Maori legend about the mountains. For this task we worked together to decide/negotiate whether or not we think that it had happened using evidence to help support our opinion. We used our smart searching skills to help us find evidence that it happened or didn't happen. We then negotiated whether or not we though if this actually happened and then said why we thought what we thought. 

I really enjoyed looking at how the other perspectives have different ways of thinking.

Main Ideas Rona and the Moon

LI: To identify main ideas in the text.

Our group watched the video about the story of Rona and the moon and how the moon took rona away. Today we wrote about Rona and the moon it told us about how Rona was lazy and bossy and made her husband do everything for her. For this activity we wrote down the main ideas starting off with the important ideas than after that we then used our negotiation skills to pick out four very important ideas making sure that we all agree that they are very important ideas, Then after that we then picked out three vital ideas again making sure that we all agree that they are vital ideas by using our negotiation skills

I really enjoyed this activity because it strengthened our ability to negotiate with others.

Venn Diagram

 LI: Find as many simalarites and differences as you can between the video and the text 'The begining'

We watched a video about the maori creation story and we also read a text that was also about the maori creation story, when comparing them together there were some noticeable differences that were easy to spot. Our task was to write down the differents and the similarities of the video version and the written version. We compared and contrasted and we then looked the some of the simalarites that they both had. Our group enjoyed doing this because it helped us know the difference between the two different stories as some stories tend to chnage over time as stories are passed down

I enjoyed this task to because I found it easy to find the differences and the similarities between the video and text.  

Maori Creation Story Summary

LI: To summarise the maori story of creation. 

For inquiry we are learning about Taonga of storytelling or the treasure of storytelling cultural stories that have been passed down through our ancestors.  We learnt about the maori creation story and we also  summarised the story. We used this summarizing template to summarize the video that we watched of the maori creation story. The video had no words so we had to look and try to understand what we are seeing to then gather information from the video to then think of twenty words that would help us summarise the story of creation in a few sentences.

I really enjoyed this activity because I found it fun to learn about other cultures stories.

Flowchart and Graphical Dice

 LI: To learn how to use flowcharts to plan coding

LINK TO DLO

Elements to a Quality Blog Post

 LI: To show others the main elements of createing a quality blog post

For this Cybersmart  task we have learnt how to Quality Blog post. The main elements of a quality blog post is a Clear title meaning that people know straight away what the post is about and also a blurb the describes what you have learnt about with correct punctuation, spelling, and word use. And lastly is you labels when adding labels make sure that you stick to one or two labels instead of a long list of labels that do not need to be add an or off topic. There are many other elements to a quality blog post but these three that I have explained and talked about are the most important  that you should focus on to create a quality blog post.

I really enjoyed talking about the elements of the quality blog post becuase it was fun to help others and tell others about elements of a quality blog post.

ATV Challenege

LI: To use technological practice process to design a toy. 

Our focus for this week in inquiry is to create a summary on the following, Identity, Investigate & design. All of these technological practices will help us design our very own rover toy. In our groups we all contributed to summarise the following. Identifying, is finding what the problem is, and how it can be resolved. Investigating 

Mood Board Rovers

 LI: to create a board of ideas that can help us create our own rover

Our focus for inquiry is Toys and machines. this also connects to the Mars landing, which was helped by these rovers seen above. The mars landing rovers were created to help investigate a planet that has not been searched. This mood board is to help us have an idea of what we are making by looking at different pictures and putting them onto a mood board., we are rubber band powered rovers.

We enjoyed this task because it helped us to have a good understanding of what we are making and how  we can make them successful. 

Dialogue

 LI: To explain and have agood understanding of what dialogue is.

For writing we are learning about dialogue and how dialogue is used in text. for this activity we were given four different scenarios about the story of the little pig we then used the site Ifakemessages.com to write the 5 lines od dialogue to carry on the scenario that we chose. We then put our dialogues onto a DLO and added speech marks and the correct punctation. We then explained what dialogue is and how to use it corectly with punctiation we learnt this by watching a video and thinkg about the perivious activity. 

Building an Mbot

 LI: To understand how the Mbot is put together so that I can fix it when somethig goes wrong.

This week for tech we leaent how to disasemble and re-asemble the Mbot by taking the Mbot apart and learning about all the parts like the motors, ultra sonic sensers, and also the line reader sensor. I worked in pairs  we worked togetehr to disasemble and build it again. After that we coded to robot to move backward, foreward, turn left, and turn left to make sure that we asembles the Mbot corecctly

Following Classroom Rules & Expectations | PB4L

LI: To follow the rules and expectations, expected from teachers.

 

Our topic for PB4L this week was focused around the expectations in LS2 and we should know how to understand and carry them out because we are the role models of the school. As a class, we talked about the expectations of the moniter jobs witch menas that we should be on time if we are expected to do our moniter jobs, the common expectations inside of the classroom are completing all of our work on time, showing respect, 

Some students showed us an example of how we can show respect in other classrooms as well as our own. They roleplayed an example of what they should do if a class was acting up during a wet-day and including other students during a casual conversation. More topics that we talked about was the necessary noise volume in different situations.

I found this lesson interesting but easy to understand because I am familiar with respecting the classroom rules and following expectations to a high standard.

Main Ideas - New New Zealands

 L.I: To identify the main ideas in the text.

We were tasked to read a story called "New New Zealanders," it was about how a boy named Christian Kaka and his family seeked for a better life in New Zealand due to the war going on at Syria. After the story we were tasked to identify the main ideas in the text. For the Three Vital Ideas were Registered refugees can't be sent back to their country, The Refugees wanted people to know their story and many families moved to New Zealand because their country is to dangerous.

This activity was interesting because I found out what Syria is going through and that there are many problems outside of New Zealand.                                                                                                                                                                       

Being a Jedi in Coding

  LI: To code the robot to move backwards without touching it.

My robot will wait until I have pressed the on board button before I have done anything. We used an 'if'. 'then'. 'else' as this gives the robot two choices of things to do. We are using the ultrasonic sensor on the front of the robot to sense if there is anything within the 10 cm radius.  if there is something in 10cm  of in the robot or less than the robot will move backwards if not the robot will move forward, this is than put into a forever block that constantly reapeats itself trying to sense if theres anything within 10cm.

Stuedent Led Confrences

 LI: To share our learning with our families.

Stuedent Led Confrences are led by stuedents to show there families there work that they have been doing in class. This year for stuedent led confrences we created learning journeys with lnks to our blogposts that we shraed with our families. We also showed our families around our classroom and showing them the work on our class walls. stuedents also had scripts to read to there parents about the our writing, reading, maths, and inquiry blogposts. Parents would also comment on at least on of the blog posts that we showcased.

Cinquain poem

LI: To write a cinquain poem to describe a polar bear

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 I found it fun to write a cinquain poem about polar bears.

My readng pathway

 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 like reading the series of unfortunate events because I really like how the story is set and how the authors words paints a vivid picyture in the mind of the reader.

Polynesian Panthers

LI: To evaluate (form an opinion) the text and respond to provocation.

A provocation is a meaningful action or speech that strikes strong feelings about lawful and political topics. A provocation is something used with the purpose to make someone feel angry or upset but that is not the purpose of our DLO. Were  the Polynesian Panthers right to Protest against the actions of the Government? 

Polynesian Panthers was a group formed in 1971 by a group of university students and former gang members fighting for the rights of all polynesians that has been affected and scarred by these raids. Dawn Raids are raids that happened at dawn where police officers, government officials, and dog squads would raid the homes of Polynesian families and shine torches in the faces of many people no matter if they were elderly or little children police officers would ask for passports and ID if they were not shown then families who had all right to stay in New Zealand would be deported to there place of birth, this has caused trauma for many Polynesian people due to the traumatizing events that has taken place within their homes. The dawn aids will forever be a shameful stain in NZ. Police officers would also go up to people who looked Pacific Islander and  would ask for passports and identifecations these racial acts were kown as “Blitzes”.We think that the Polynesian Panthers had all right to protest against the wrongful actions of the Government because families were being teared apart and deported and also being traumatized due to the Dawn Raids.