Science Investigation.

Today Miss Well's came in from Tamaki College and taught a small group of students a lot about science! We learnt about the out comes of growing plants using different kinds of fertilisers, liquids and other types of objects like pencil shavings. We all had a lot of fun thinking about the different types of fertilisers we could try bring to Mars for an experiment. Everyone also thought of independent variables we could try for next week. I really liked the idea of chopping tea leaves into very fine pieces so it won't disturb the bean plant when the roots grow under the soil. Another way of using the tea leaves to help the bean plant grow is to layer the top of the soil so it can protect the soil from too much sun.

Venn Diagram to compare the qualities of role models we know and role models we admire.

Today Sandra, Aung naing, Matthew, Jonathan and I made a Venn Diagram
about the qualities of amazing role model's we know. The role models we listed are
Robert K. Merton, Tom Holland, Ryan Terry, Marzia Bisognin and Felix Kjellberg.
We all think that these people have the qualities because they have amazing
flaws.

Differences between a Role Model and a Hero

Yesterday our group made a google draw about the differences of a role model and a hero. We created two sides on a google draw and listed down our opinions on what we thought was different. 

Being A Leader

Today our team consisting of Matthew, Aung Naing, Jonathan, Sandra and I made a
google draw about the definition and goals of a leader. We worked together as a team to
create this google DLO and we were able to write down what we think a leaders

expectations and goals are. We think that as a team leaders should be supportive
and encouraging to everyone in their team.

Bridge Building // Spaghetti

 Tai, Kanye, Fui and I have been making a truss bridge out of spaghetti for the past two - three weeks for Inquiry. The challenge for our whole inquiry group is mostly inspired by the James Dyson Foundation and the task was very hard to do. We had three supplies to build our bridges. The three supplies that we were supplied with was rubber bands, spaghetti and tape. Also our bridges had to withstand one - eight bricks which made this hard for most of us. Our bridge at least withstood two bricks which we found really good. The problem with our bridge was the deck or bottom of the bridge which didn't have enough strength to hold the bridge together. Although this challenge was very fun and the whole of our inquiry group enjoyed it very much.

Matariki

Today LS2 had collaborated with LS1 for the day to make a wonderful Matariki poster or DLO.
Nicole, Sakina, Chavda and I have all created a DLO together.
A lot of group discussions occurred but all worked out in the end.
With each of our skills we managed to make a slide each and expressed what we learnt about Matariki.
The ideas our group shared was great and made the DLO better than we expected it to be.
We all used our smart searching skills to find out more about Matariki and how Maori people celebrate it.
Some of our facts were from different websites, but written in our own words.
But we all had to use some of our prior knowledge about Matariki too.  

Body System

Today Ms Kirkpatrick's group played a game about sorting out the bones in our body. The bones in our body is very important due to protecting organs and other parts.

Professor Stephen Hawking

 Unfortunately last week something very sad happened.... Yes you may know that Professor Stephen Hawking's died. We have made a DLO respecting what he did in the past and about his disease. We studied a lot about him and hope this will teach you lots about this man. He was known as a physicist and was a very smart person. He will always hold apart in the world even though he had died.

Agent of change

This week LS2 looked at how we could be a agent of change in our own 2018 learning journey. We all thought about how we should focus on work more in 2018. We need to think about the future and work harder. But you shouldn't always work hard as sometimes you could get selfish and think your the best person. But I want to take risks and be more confident in front of everyone. Taking risks is a good opportunity to show everyone your thoughts and ideas.

Olympic Values

Today Me and Shakaia made a google draw on the Olympic and PBS mottos,Logo or flag,Values and Whakatauki. We had to find out about the Olympic creed,motto,values and flag. Same with our school. This was a really easy task as we our the year sevens and eights so we would know were to find information!

No medical services / Vlog

This week for inquiry our task was to make a vlog on three subjects... 1. No government services, 2. no Health services and 3 no food services. I made a vlog about no health services. Basically when I mean ALL medical services are gone I mean EVERY medical services. That includes chemists,hospitals etc. Then we had to write a script including what it effects on you and the community. We also had to write about them gone after the apocalypse! 

Three Roles

 LI: Three roles Chose 3 of the ones you like and will like to do when you are older. I learnt how to research on different topics and learn new thing from research we need to learn new things. We learn new thing buy looking at new things for inquiry.. Today for inquiry we did Roles. We had to make a slide and pick three topics from the Emergency service,Professional,Trades,Government Service and last is the three roles.

Government Service

 This week me and Florence worked together to research about Welfare's and Councils. We first started off with walking around and trying to find the teachers fact notes on the wall to write it down and research if it was a true fact or not... We then found keywords about welfare's and councils. After that was token care of we then all split up to find our own facts.

Trades

 This week me and Juel has made a google slide on trades. If confused then we mean public transporters,drivers,builders,electrician,plumber,delivery drivers and food services. Me and Juel studied bus drivers and builders. We looked in the library for books but for builders not much. But asides that we tried our bests to research.

Doctors and Educators

 Today me,Sandra and Fui made a google slide or DLO research slide ob doctors and Educators. We also went to the library to find info in the books.

Guy Fawkes.

 This week me,Jericho,Christopher and Fau worked on a DLO on staying safe on Guy Fawkes! Remember to follow these rules but also other important ones too! Stay safe and remember always obey these simple rules as they could save your life and protect you for major injuries! Stay safe everyone!

Emergency Services.

L.I To learn about Emergency services and working with others.
This week for inquiry our class split in groups of six. After we had done that we chose a partner in our group. My one was Fau and we were working on the Police and Surf lifesavers. This was a fun task to do as there were little note facts spread around the class that we had to look for to get our information on. We were able to find our books too but was a bit hard as we had to find them at the library.

Community Roles.

 L.I to list our Inner,Middle and Outer community roles.
For our inquiry lesson I made a slide of my Inner,Middle and Outer Community. My Inner circle is made up of my family because they made me how I am now and who take of me most of my life. My middle circle is made up of people who helped me through most but not all times or people I see most but not as much as my family. Last of all my Outer is made up of people who I see sometimes and people who have jobs that help us follow the law or help us or me out when hurt or stuck.

Elections

This week for inquiry we made a padlet on elections! Elections are one of many important things in life as elections run for the sake of a country to make things better or worse. I personally think that elections are most important in life as they help country's or streets.. well most do.

Haiku poem

L.I to make a poem on one of the sits
This week for inquiry I made a poem on a haiku site. If you would like to make a poem for yourself or for practice then here is the Link. So this week our inquiry group is practicing on making our poems on different sites. We also the the option to do a Diamante. I made my poem based on being nervous like when it is your first time reading a speech out loud to your class,family,school or even the com unite. Also if you need  to get an Idea look at my poem or at the rules on the site.