Tinkercad

Today I tried to make a character in Tinkercad. This was a really fun activity because we got to learn about how the camera moves and how we can drag and drop objects. After 11 sessions we got to create our own character. It took a lot of time because I thought that the camera movements were a little hard to control but I was able to make a good looking character!

Product design.

Today the year 7 graphics group has made 3d models of our own design. This design would support a phone because the back ears make the phone stand on the actual design and the the split in the middle is where the phone would stand. The shape of my design is mainly a circle but the over all design is a monkey. I may be able to fix the ears a bit because it may fall off in a little bit so I maybe could fix that.

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.

Comic art illustrator Michel Mulipola

Today we had a very special visitor called Michel Mulipola. He is a professional comic illustrator and is Samoan. He is a very cool man and does not like Fortnite! His favourite character is Green lantern because he thinks he is different from other characters from DC. He also makes awesome comics and sometimes he writes school journals! He also draws WWE Comics and actually made a comic about Dwayne Johnson's grand father! He also is a Semi Professional gamer and is the 12th best player in the Tekken community. One of many books that we have seen that he is illustrated, is a book called breathless. His art is very cool and the pictures at the top is two of his art pieces that I think are the best out of the art selection he showed us. Not only this but he drew a art collection of many different spider man's coming together. I found this really cool and interesting.

Reading presentation

Today all groups gathered together to share our each individual presentations. We have gained more knowledge from each others book by sharing our presentations to people in our group. This task was really fun as everyone's presentation was amazing!

Tech

This week for tech the year 7s has practised shading in with colours but for this practise we have used grey or just a simple pencil. This made it easier to shade. We also drew 3d and 2d shapes which was quite the fun experience!

Kiwi Can

Today for Kiwi Can group B has had a talk about Perseverance. Perseverance actually is one of many quality's but a big one too. To persevere you need to keep trying, try not to get frustrated and even if you don't like a certain something you still keep trying. A good time to use this quality is using it in work, school, tests or renting something you really want its all up to you. Although continuing on what happened in Kiwi Can we played two games. Linking and Invisible touch. Linking is a game where there is one tagger and when they tag someone the person who is tagged must link hands with the person that is tagged. Then they both go around tagging other people and when a third person links with the two taggers then the tagger in the middle can no longer tag because the end people has the opportunity to tag people now. The second game was playing touch but the ball is invisible although everything else is the same

Exponents

Today for maths we have learnt about Exponents. Exponents is another word for power. In my DLO I will show you how to solve exponents or the power and the answers to some of the Exponents we have been given this week!

Why bridges are built

Why do we build bridges?

Bridges help us today all over the world for specific reasons. Bikes, cars and skateboards use bridges to make transport faster and easier. Bridges are built to get from point A across to point B faster and easier.

Unfortunately in the past the Tamaki bridge we know today did not exist in the 18th century. Thus crossing the river was peoples only choice to get to their destination. Taking punts or boats were the only common choices to get across faster and easier. Although sometimes there was a consequence to crossing. People would drown in the process of getting across. This made the river very dangerous to some people, it was so common that drowning was called the New Zealand disease.

In the 19th century in 1865 the first bridge was built and was the start of fast transport. Currently taking a bridge is fast transport for most of us. But again traveling back in time people had to pay to cross the Tamaki bridge in the 19th century. This also was the start for dry transport.

Bridges weren’t only for dry transport, but also for boats too. Underneath bridges boats had the ability to cross without the water system crashing. This made it easier for boats to cross underneath the bridge while cars could drive on the bridge too. Some bridges that are built can actually split in half and open for boats to cross.

It’s easier to see the truth on why people build bridges now. The point was that it could save lives, faster transport and for boats to cross the river. There's much more than just the view from a bridge or just crossing it.

Today our writing group has written a explanation piece on why do we build bridges? This task included formal writing, Facts and more information telling us why we build bridges. I was able to explain the importance of why it was good for boats to cross the river underneath, It was faster transport and how they stopped many lives from drowning which was commonly named the New Zealand disease.

Orchestra Trip!

Today, most people in LS2 had the great opportunity to visit the town hall in Auckland.We watched a orchestra performance. The actual presentation was called Kiwi Kapers, in Auckland. The musicians had presented three pieces. This was a very special opportunity and the music was very calming and relaxing. Some of the pieces even sounded similar to music some of us know! A soloist had also presented a very great piece of music that was based off a bull fight. There also was dance group from St Kens / Ngatapawae, who did a excellent performance dancing. There was also different instruments played at the orchestra and there were four groups. The Brass group, Woodwind group, Strings group and Percussion group. The brass group consists of the french Trombone, Trumpet and the Tuba. The Woodwind group consists of the flutes, Clarinet, Oboe and the Bassoon. The Strings group consisted of the Harp, Violin, Viola, Cello and the double bass. Finally the Percussion group was a mix of the Drums, Symbols and the triangle. We had so much fun watching the excellent performances coming from the orchestra and we hope to come again!

Tongan Language week.

This week has been Tongan Language week and me Miana and Florence has been working on a DLO about Tonga! This activity was fun and since I had the opportunity to work with people out of my comfort zone it has been a pleasure with them both helping me. We firstly made a google draw about a family but they are all titled in Tongan names. We have also made a DLO about the Tongan culture and how to pronounce the days of the week, Sentences or words in Tongan, Numbers in Tongan and Months in Tongan. We hope this helps you!

VR experience.

Today, our class has been lucky enough to do the VR experiment with Yvonne and her research team. We had so much fun doing this activity and we learnt lots! Learning in VR really made my day. We also had two VR gadgets which were the Magic Window and the Cardboard Device. My table was able to use the magic window this week which was on the Ipads. For now I will be talking about the tests we had. There were two different tests, gaining our skill to see. The first test was to read the letters covering one eye and swapping eyes to read the same thing again. After we had to walk along a strip of tape on the floor. The second test was a little bit harder. We had to wear glasses that made our vision see pop outs of pictures in a book. Now I will be talking about what we did for the magic window and the VR card board. First the Magic Window was used to do email service, crossing bridges to get to Pakuranga and Panmure and to deliver packages or mails. Next the VR cardboard. The other bits of people who got to use those learnt or built a bridge using the materials given to them in the VR experience. A big big thank you to Yvonne and her reaserch team for organising this special event for our class. We also give a huge thank you for bringing us a special pizza lunch!

Colon activity.

Sentences using colons

L.I. - using colons correctly

The colons are missing from these sentences. Please add them in.

There are two choices at this time: run away or fight.

We knew who would win the game: the Eagles

He wanted to see three cities in Italy: Rome, Florence and Venice.

Remember: Two can play at that game.

She kept repeating: “I really want that car!”

Barry wanted to know why I didn’t respond to his text: I hadn’t received it.

Here are three states that begin with M: Michigan, Mississippi and Maine.

You can come pick me up now: I am feeling much better.

Never forget this point: Think before you speak.

This house has everything I need: two bedrooms, a backyard and a garage.

The town reminded me of my childhood vacations: both were on the beach.

I have several favorite genres of movies: drama, science fiction and mystery.

This was first said by Shakespeare: “To thine own self be true.”

I bought a lot of meat at the store: bacon, turkey, chicken and tuna.

The world’s a stage: play your role well.

The new boss has many nice traits: friendly, outgoing and fair.

These are my favourite colours: purple, turquoise, pink and yellow.

For writing I have learned about colons and how they work. We had a task to do that really made our brains think. Although I really enjoyed the task because I found it kind of easy. I found the first task easy because I could identify the pauses in sentences and that's how I knew where the colons were supposed to be. The second bit to this activity was to illustrate one of the sentences in the first activity. I decided that the last sentence was simple and easy for me to illustrate so I did that one. After that I have written a short description of how the colon was used in the sentence I chose.

Sensory Verbs

For writing today, we have started with sensory verbs. The key word in the word is Sense. Sense stands for the five senses. Touch, Hearing, Smell, Sight and Taste. Those five words listed our are senses.  I have decided that the most time consuming one was the picture above. We also had a quiz, that we had to solve. For example using the picture above again you have to choose which sense would fit.

Josefa and the vu

For the past two weeks our group Savelina, Fui and I has been reading a book called Josefa and the vu. The main character in the book is called Josefa. Josefa is currently in middle school and has two older brothers named Timoci and Solomone. He is very anxious when inside school grounds but really confident at home. He sadly gets bullied at school for being a little over weighted than the rest of the kids at his school. His biggest problem is Jack Buck'sworth. He is over all the most popular boy but meanest at the school. Jack tries his very best to bully him and to get on his nerve... But Josefa one day had ran around the field because of a single accident that he hadn't caused, and found himself face to face with his ancestor or the vu. Then one day Jack had came to his house and stole the Tabua! ( Whales tooth) from his family! This was really special and it was a very important thing passed down from generation to generation apparently a bad spirit now haunts the city because of this... Currently the vu is talking to Josefa about this. I predict that the vu will lead him into a clearer path to get the Tabua back and to stop the curse!