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.  

ASB Getwise

 LI: To be wise with your money

Today we worked with Marlon, Marlon told us all about how to make wise choices with money by watching how we spend money. Making smart choices with money means that you are being careful of what you spend and making sure that you have saved enough. To have a better understanding of this Marlon played a game with us. We got into groups of five, In the game we are given 1800 fake dollars and we must spend our money wisely on our trip to fiji. Our group counts as one whole person and we must pay for passport fees, Plane ticket, Accomodation, Travel Insurance, and activites. During this journey we learnt how to make wise choices with our money without being in debt and learnt how to budget money and make smart choices.

Financial Capabilites

LI: To plan a night out that fits within the given budget of $45.00

Today for maths we are learning about Financial Capabilites adn how to make wise choices with money by budgeting this also ties in with our Get Wise learning. Our task for maths today was to plan a night out that fits with in the given budget of $45 for the smith family. We must answer the questions with the answer we got from the strategy that we found most easy and was more efficent for us also known as finding the most efficent strategy for us.

Map of the world in Te reo

 LI: To find the Maori anme of Countries and Contenints of the world

Toady for Maori we are learnign how to map and our task that we were given was to translate the names of countries and contenints of the the world into the maori translation. We were given 12 country names in Maori and our job was to translate them into english and find them on the map and then to create a DLO of the map of thw world with the maori names of countries and contenints.

Maori

 LI: To find the translate the contenents of Britan and South America

This week for Maori, Whaia Ode came in and taught us the different countries of South America and Britain. We worked individually in this activity. In south america I learnt that another way to say Argentina in Maori is Aaketina. Learning this was very interesting because it helped me build my Maori Language.