Activity 1: New Zealand Royalty.

This week is the Manaiakalani SLJ Teaser week. Today, Hector and I has created a collaborative info graphic google draw about Lorde for our practice summer learning journey activities. This will help us keep motivated until the actual program begins. Although, I was really surprised to find out that Taylor Swift was her best friend and she got offered a record deal at the age of 13.

Fishing for the future generation

Fishing for the future generation


Do you enjoy the divine taste of fresh fish from the sea? Fish that swim in the depths of the ocean freely and the delicious taste of its natural flavor. Although, the delicious raw fish and coconut cream, fish and chips and even smoked fish can be reduced because of our own actions as plastic waste has spread through the ocean and because we have either been catching undersized fish or fish that are just about to breed.

Plastic waste has been a big concern as it is spreading more in our sea, rivers, lakes and ponds. Because of this fish are mistaking and consuming plastic for food. Currently, plastic has been spreading more and more world wide through our oceans.

Fish that consumes plastic can be deadly. They will not be able to properly consume food and survive. But, not only is plastic a big problem but catching and consuming large fish. Large fish are actually breading at that state of time. When you take home undersized fish you may also get a fine! This is because undersized fish need time to grow up and breed.

Big fish need time to breed so the population of fish can grow and grow for our future generations. So, it is a great idea to gently place the fish back into the water with a wet towel so you can avoid taking off the special coating on their scales.

Teaching this to our future generations will continue to spread on further in life. Our future children will also get to have a chance to have a delicious bite of kai moana!

Exploring our national current events.

News editors make decisions every day about which current event stories they will run. We explored the different types of current events that are happening in New Zealand, thought about why the story made the news and plotted the location on a google map.

Shake-speare / Pop up globe - Globe.

Rita, Rubin two actors from Shake-speares play, visited LS2. We all got the opportunity to learn about the globes. The original, the rebuilt globe and the pop up globe. Also, we learnt about the cultural acts, original and more. One act, they banged pot and spoons to stop rain. This had surprisingly worked out and the audience was amazed. They include mixed genders, mixed clothes and rhymes in plays. Another fun fact is a tragedy ends in a death. But a comedy ends in a marriage at the end. Did you know, a rehearsal takes at least 6 weeks? Although, a great big thank you to Rita and Rubin! LS2 was able to grow our knowledge about shake-speares plays.

Summarising the Main Ideas

This week for current events I have made a google document on summarizing the main ideas from a national article. I have picked out 20 main words, choosing 6 most important words from that 20 and using those 6 words to make a sentence. After that, I came up with 5 sentences and then added exactly 10 syllables to each of those sentences.

article here: Fungal Disease Killing Kakapos,

Keywords from the title	Keywords from  sub- headings	New words I need to look up
Kakapo, Fungal Disease.	-	-

Write down 20 important words from the text


Kakapo, Fungal Disease, Killing, One hundred and sixty, Sick, Respiratory system, Damage, Medicine, Deaths, Dangerous, Harm, Birds, Lives, Animals, Native,



Chose the 6 most important words.


Kakapo, Fungal Disease, Killing. Native. Birds, Sick



Use the 6 most important words to create a sentence.


New Zealand’s Native Kakapo bird is falling sick because of a Fungal Disease and 7 has unfortunately died.

Currently, one of New Zealand’s native birds (The Kakapo) is falling ill due to a fungal disease that is spreading. This disease has currently killed at least 7 birds in hospital unfortunately. Now, all around New Zealand their is at least 160 of these native birds left. The remaining birds are being fed natural plants but with a dose of medicine to help fight off the fungal disease. People around the country is trying their very best to help.

Brothers in Black

Today Panmure bridge school had a special visit from Jamie! He is a author and sports commentator. His newest book based off of "Men in Black" as his new book is called "Brothers in Black." Before arriving Jamie made a movie for us to watch and it was all about his job. A little bit of past history about him that he told us. When he was young his friends father gave him the book "Men in Black" and he started reading more about the All Blacks.

Food print

Yesterday the owner of Food Print (Michal) visited Panmure Bridge School to teach LS1 and LS2 about her site and the story behind it. Food Print is located in New Zealand, Auckland. It has been in business for 6 months and Michal has worked on the app for 2 years. The idea for food print is to make it easier for people to buy food nearby and to reduce wastage of food. 

Tessellation.

Today LS2 has completed a tessellation pattern piece using a variety of colours for maths. My pattern goes diagonal from every side. Our goal was to fill in most of the space by making a pattern with different shapes. The shape I used was a cross. I found this activity fun but also a little bit challenging. On the way I found a few errors while filling in the white spaces.

Personification writing piece.

Small pieces of rocks, grass and stones stuck in me isn’t such a pleasant feeling. The pain being inflicted on my body hurts badly. Stepping on poop smells DISGUSTING and UNCOMFORTABLE!!! At this point I couldn’t bare to breathe with the unbearable scents surrounding me. Falling into a nasty, smelly, puddle made me soaked and smelly!! I’m starting to think that my only source of food is the stale bubblegum stuck to the floor with each step my owner took on them. Gross… Does my owner even have eyes? Each step my owner took was on one of the most disgusting parts on the ground (puddles, poop, bubble gum and rocks). I’m yearning for the day when I get brought back to the shoe store...

Written by | Nyjah and Chavda

Today, Chavda and I has written a personification writing piece about shoes. Personification is non living objects that has human qualities or abilities. We associated our story with shoes because we use them everyday. Although, the twist was we sat back to back and we couldn't speak while we wrote. Chavda and I had no problem writing this writing piece together as most of our ideas were similar and if they weren't we simply just changed some of our sentences to fit our liking. We used the 5 senses in our writing piece.

The most horrible people in history. Gavrilo Princip.

For the past 2 weeks LS2 has read amazing horrible history books and created a presentation and kahoot. This was a very fun project to work on. I read the most horrible people in history. My main focus was on Gavrilo Princip. I found many facts about him and his past which was very interesting. I managed to create a presentation and kahoot for everyone. A very fun fact I learnt about Gavrilo Princip was that he shot Austrian Archduke Franz and everyone associated the death of Austrian with his people. Basically, people instead insisted that Gavrilo shot "20 million people." (Although, Gavrilo did not.) 

Tennis

Today LS2 participated in another fun lesson of Tennis with Peter. The new skill we learnt was "Volley." Volley is having a iron grasp on the racket and having a short but swift movement with your wrist that hits the ball over. My partner and I was able to volley the ball back to each other after a few minutes of adjusting to the technique and practice. Although, I have created a google draw that compares my movements to a very famous tennis player Serena Williams.

Financial Literacy - Game

Today Florence, Haylee and I have played a very fun and interesting game that is about profit, discounts, selling and balance. The game is called "Market Day." Each person rolled two dice 15 times and landed on two different spaces. Either a sale (you can sell one item which is depended on the second dice) or market option which is selling more items for a discount or giving one free. Our goal was to make a profit and not go overdraft. The items we could sell were 3 juggling per set for 12$ (10 sets of juggling balls so 30 balls in total), 10 Hacky sacks which were 5$ each and 10 Bungy balls which were 8$ each. In the end we all had to take out 70$ from our profit as that was the amount for our stall.

Firework Safety.

Today Chavda, Fui, Marieta and I created a firework safety presentation as today is Guy Fawkes. Guy Fawkes is a fun and special day celebrated by many people. Although, people from all ages should stay safe. We have listed 5 steps you should follow on this day. After creating the presentation we presented to LS1 and Room 5. 

Woodwork - Tech

Today for woodwork in tech some of the year 8s are starting to sand down their projects while others create the joints. I was able to complete my joint which will help join my other piece of wood together. My project is going to be a jewelry tree. I only need one joint cut out and then I will only need a few pieces added to my design. Although, next week I will be moving onto sanding down my wood so that it's smooth.  

Explanations.

Accepting and understanding Disorders.
Many people around the world has certain disorders that randomly appear without warning during their lives. Although, people around the world can be judgmental towards others with disorders. In my opinion this is unfair and actually offends people. This can deepen or worsen anxiety. But in my opinion, we should show empathy and respect to those with disorders.

It is okay to have your own opinion about disorders but criticizing people about it may hurt them. Even if you target only one disorder it still affects a community of people who have it.

A few examples of disorders conclude of OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder), ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) and Anxiety (Separation Anxiety, Social anxiety, Sleep Anxiety). Different disorders all do different things to a person and we should try accepting them for who they are.

Disorders have a big impact on people and sometimes it can even be hard to deal with. Accepting, respecting and understanding them can help them even if it’s just a little bit it still helps them through their certain disorders.

On Monday LS2 wrote explanations explaining Respect, Empathy, Kindness and Qualities. In my Explanation I wrote about Disorders and how helping people with them by showing respect, empathy and kindness really shows them that you understand and accept them for who they are.

Water Filters

During Term 3 LS2 created water filters! Our goal was to filter out very dirty water using materials around the school and provided ones. My group first set off to walk around the school to find the things we needed. Although, we only had a limited amount of time outside to find our items and build our filters. Every group used a 1.5 l bottle to use as the main base of our water filters. The items provided was charcoal, coffee filters, cloth and rubber bands. In the end during our test we found out that the sand we had wasn't very fine so the sand just absorbed most the water so not very much filtered out.

Let me tell you about my favourite cultural celebration.

Let me tell you about my favourite cultural celebration.

Let me tell you about Christmas. Christmas, is one of my favourite celebrations in the world! A few days before Christmas, my family and I go on a shopping spree for presents, clothes and food. Usually, each year my parents take my siblings and I individually out on different days to go shopping for each others presents. I enjoy buying my brothers and family members gifts! The excitement I see from them makes me ecstatic. Before going shopping I take secret notes on what my brothers will really like. Currently this year I know that my oldest brother Jericho, enjoys playing games, talking to his friends through devices (such as the Playstation and his Ipad) and food. My youngest brother, Sasuke, enjoys playing on the playstation, making short vlogs on his phone and playing sports. During time between the 20th - 25th of December I prepare a list of gifts I should buy for my brothers.

Last year, I remember waking up super early with a large smile across my face. I threw the covers off and dashed towards… The kitchen! I see my Grandmother up and early cooking a delicious meal! Ham with a beautiful sauce over it with rings of pineapple, cherry and a crispy layer of skin on the outside. On the other side of the table I see four large cakes with a lovely layer of frosting over the top. But the best part is when the rest of my family comes over… We all sit down in the main room, open presents, have a laugh, eat delicious food and enjoy the company and love of our family~

Today I have created a 5 / 7 / 10 about my favourite cultural celebration. Christmas! Although, to break down what 5 / 7  / 10 means is I had 5 minutes to write and after that 5 minutes I had to check my writing with a partner (or multiple people) for 7 minutes and finally, 10 minutes of finishing my writing off. In my writing piece, our main focus was looking and placing commas in correctly. 

International News.

L.I: Exploring international current events.

This week for Reading we used Google Maps and looked international news that follow either of these reasons; Timeliness, Relevance, Magnitude, Unexpected, Impact, Reference, Oddity, Conflict, Negative, Continuity, Emotions, and Progress. Working in small groups, we located where the event took place and pinned them on the collaborative map. Using sites such as Kiwikids News and NZ Herald. Last week we looked at national news meaning stuff only happening in New Zealand. Now we are exploring things that are happening all around the world, international. We found some very interesting world archives, such as the fire in the Amazon Rain-forest. 

Provocation and Opinion.

Currently, I have created a provocation and opinion DLO about a major supermarket chain that is currently no longer selling energy drinks in their supermarkets to kids under the age of 16. My opinion and two perspectives to this is included in the DLO I have created above. I think that they made a good idea to ban these energy drinks as it could affect a child's health.

Explanation: Should NZ ban plastic straws?

Greetings all. Do you enjoy using divine, mess free plastic straws? Well… A single drinking straw is actually affecting our environments in New Zealand. Each day nearly 500 million plastic straws are being used. A quarter of this amount is from New Zealand as 65,000 straws have been found on our beaches. Plastic straws pollute our oceans, land and air. But the problem gets even worse when they break down into small particles which releases their chemicals everywhere.

Did you know that plastic straws are actually one of the main reasons why the digestive systems of many marine animals are damaged? That the air slowly gets more polluted each day when these straws break down into many chemicals? All these problems can and are still being caused by plastic straws. Most plastic straws don’t biodegrade in the ocean and they are being consumed by poor animals that live in the sea or on land! This is just cruel and absolutely disgusting to the many animals that are living their lives with plastic straws in their bodies and slowly killing them, all because of us. Although, not only is this affecting innocent creatures lives but also the land we live on and the air we breathe.

Imagine the amount of pollution that is spreading around New Zealand, imagine the pain poor creatures endure nearly each day and imagine how you would feel if a single plastic straw corrupts your digestive system. This is because of our actions. Even if we only use just one a day it still increases the amount of plastic straws that are harming the earth.

Currently, companies such as fast food restaurants around New Zealand are banning plastic straws to eliminate the amount of straws we use each day. Sure it may be a bit more mess free and enjoyable to use but the amount of harm it does is insane. Also, people around New Zealand are helping by using metal straws. They can be reused over and over again and they can be put away until your next drink.

Plastic straws are affecting New Zealand and I say we should put a stop to this. If we stop using plastic straws the number of them harming the earth will decrease and save our environment from bigger trouble. You could save the life of a single creature right now by not using plastic straws. So give it a try for the sake of New Zealand!

Speeches / Why people should have more screen time?

Why people should have more screen time?



Greetings all, my name is Nyjah. We can all agree that mainly everyone has a passionate liking for screen time. Right? Well! Some people believe that screen time is bad for development but I disagree. Today, I will be possibly changing your mind about that as many people around the world has succeeded online.

Recently the last fortnite championship tournament took place on Sunday at the National Tennis Centre in New York. 16 year old Kyle Giersdorf (Bugha) won the solo competition against 99 other players! He earned 3 million dollars and many admires the skills he has. This all connects to the internet (online).

People around the world can express their talent through the internet such as entertainment, beauty, art, gaming, cooking and more. People on the internet that we know of today started small and grew in population due to their skills that is being shared online. Many groups of people at any age can be inspired to try something new because of the internet.

Large amounts of communities online help and support different kinds of real life events such as the LGBTQ community, art community, cultural communities and much more which is free and here to anyone around the world.

So much has been expressed and shared throughout the internet and this is why I think screen time helps people teach others, share skills and much more!

LI: To write a speech that persuade others to think the way you do.

This week students in Panmure Bridge School presented individual speeches to their classes so other students and teachers could vote on who would move on to the school competition in the hall. On Tuesday Mele, Jack and Marieta had the most votes and moved on to the school competition. Mele placed first, Jack second and Marieta third. Although, my speech was about why people should get more screen time. Lots of people around the world has succeeded online, started careers and earned money just by being on the internet. 

The story of the dawn raid and the Polynesian Panthers

For the past week in reading, Rakino group has been reading a text that all revolves around the story of the dawn raids and the Polynesian Panthers. If you did not know the Dawn Raids were evacuation protocols which involved the police going to Polynesian homes and forcing them to show their passports that stated whether they were allowed to live in the country. If demands were not met, they were locked up and later kicked out of the country. Our challenge was to read the text and answer questions. With this new found knowledge we needed to create a DLO that showed both perspectives of the issue. 

HIIT

Today for HIIT LS2 worked on building our strength. Three stations were set around the hall for us. Although we all got into partners and completed these challenges together. Victoria (my partner) and I first started with press ups. We took turns at doing different types of push ups like army push ups or spreading our legs when doing a press up so it is a little bit more easy for us. Our next rotation was Mountain Climbers. I found this activity the most challenging as my upper body and legs were getting tired very quickly. Our last rotation was lifting ourselves up just below the bar. My partner had to hold both sides of the pole just to make sure it was stable. When pushing myself up I felt fine but when pushing down I felt very tired. Our final challenge of HIIT was a remake of the beep test. We all did a squat challenge to the song "bring sally up."

Maths Game - Mixed Decimals

During week 9 and 10 I have created a mixed decimals game. I have 5 questions in total and one out of four answers are correct. If you get a question incorrect you can always try again or click on the "help link." If you get the answer correct you move onto the next level. Each level is mixed so not every question is hard or easy. Although, each question does involve decimals and addition. When designing my presentation (game) I decided to have a flower / nature like theme. I made the flowers on the correct slide green and red for the incorrect slide. Each question involves thinking and strategies like place value. Think, Choose wisely an good luck!

Rhythm Interative's visit to PBS

Today Panmure Bridge got the amazing opportunity to have a drumming experience with our drumming teacher (visitor) John Boone featuring Wilson! LS2 was able to help the junior kids by helping with the beat of the drums and paying attention. John Boone did not only teach us a lot of drumming skills but there was a reason (theme) behind it. The theme was: Together we can make a change. Everyone listened carefully to the beat, rhythm and pattern on the drums. We all enjoyed the lesson as we had fun interacting with the drums! Another message he included was "If you can say it you can drum it." The drums we used were African drums which are called Djembe. Did you know Djembe actually translates to "brings joy"? Although, everyone had a fun time and a big thank you for John Boone for teaching us a lot of amazing drumming skills and together we can all make a change!

Robotics Design

During week 8 and 9 Victoria and I has created a design for the robotics club this year. We are really proud of how this has turned out. The theme for robotics this year is architecture so Victoria and I tried to link our drawing to the architecture style base. In the drawing we have cross over roads, the robotics EV3 machine, a crane, buildings in the back and a lovely background. At the start we were a bit stuck on how we were going to lay this out but when we linked ideas we were able to come up with this! 

Ballet Lesson with Chloe

Yesterday LS2 had the amazing opportunity to attend and try out ballet with Chloe. A big thank you to both Chloe and Fiona for making this possible. Our first exercise was to firstly loosen up our feet muscles, legs, arms and hips. After our first exercise we started by practicing a few stances and positions. Our first position was to have our feet in a little v shape. After we got the hang of our positions we did a few ballet jumps. Our challenge was to jump using left leg first in the front and using our back leg to push off. After we had finished that we used our hands as our guide using the opposite arm from our front leg and our back hand facing the side. After we all finished the few exercises Chloe taught us the opening to the swan dance. Everyone in LS2 gave everything a go and i'm sure they enjoyed Chloes way of teaching as she was fun and very productive.

Manaiakalani Drawing.

Last week Friday Alex, Jack and I taught a group of Manaiakalani teachers how to draw using google draw. We firstly presented a little DLO about a quick tutorial on how to draw using basic shapes and curve tools. After we gave a quick example on how to draw everyone tried drawing a flower to start  with. I was really proud of how most of them turned out. Teaching everyone was a challenge at first but when I kept going I got more confident and was able to help everyone by giving directions on how to use the tools and explore tool by myself.  

Waltzing Matilda poem / Main ideas and Summary

This week Chavda and I have read a poem called “Waltzing Matilda”. Waltzing Matilda is written by a famous poet called Banjo Patterson. Banjo Paterson wrote lots of famous Australian poems that told what life was like in Australia in the 1880s. We both made two collaborative DLOs. One was about the main idea and the other one was about the actual summary. For the summary we had to unpack the different languages and find out the actual meaning first. Then we wrote in 20 important words, took 6 most important words from those 20 and made a short summary about the story. The other DLO was about the main idea and the evidence to back it up. There were 3 boxes (detail 1, detail 2 and detail 3).

Strengthening connections to maths language

Today Fui and I have been growing our knowledge in maths vocabulary. We have grown our connections to written math problems too. At the beginning of our session Mrs Anderson asked us to think all of the words we use when we say 'hello'. Even though the words mean the same thing a person who is just learning english would find that confusing. After that we were asked to tell our partners what a plane was. All of us said it was a form of transport but Mrs Anderson was talking about the plane in maths (which is a flat surface).  Our challenge was to move the correct boxes to the right places in our DLO to help us notice the words that mean the same thing. For example adding goes to the addition box. This activity helped us with what we needed to know what the words mean in a maths context to help us understand what a question is asking us to do. This was a little bit of a challenge for us because we weren't too sure on some of the words to move to the correct places. so we used a bit of help from the maths dictionary and the explore tool.

Tech (cooking)

Today the year 8s group b had cooking tech today. Mrs Heka was not here today so Mrs Alice was our teacher. We filled out safety, health and hazard forms, named the different equipment and we also did two word searches. If we completed and filled out those forms we had the opportunity to make a health poster when working in the kitchen. My poster was about keeping safe when it comes to sharp object in the kitchen. While completing and filling out some of the forms we helped each other in case someone was stuck. I was stuck on finding some of the words in the word search and luckily the people around me helped out. The words were linked to different vegetables. The word I found the hardest to find was beetroot since it was going diagonal across the page. 

Literary Devices.

This week I have made a google doc (table) about literary devices. The literary devices in the google document are Metaphors, similes, Hyperbole, Personification, Alliteration and Onomatopoeia. I have written the meaning about each one and I have included pictures for an example. This also gave me a recap about each literary device so I have a better understanding of them. 

Earth and Beyond / Space

Yesterday Fau and I has activated our prior knowledge as we have created a collaborative DLO explaining about the facts we know about space and planet. After that we had watched a video talking about different types of facts about space. We grew and built on our prior knowledge by learning new things we hadn't already knew about. As a team we told each other the things we knew so we could also build on our knowledge by talking about things we already knew about space. 

Science Experiment / Planting our Beans

Last week Mrs Wells from Tamaki College came to Panmure Bridge to test out a science experiment using different types of fertilisers to help plant a dwarf bean. We wrote out our methods, steps, independent variables, dependent variables and our hypothesis. Today, we have all collected soil to use and added in our different types of fertilisers. Although since I didn't have enough tea grounds I ended up having a different amount of soil. I had 20 grams of tea grounds and 200 ml of soil. After mixing both the tea grounds and soil together we gently patted the soil down into two pots but in my case one. For the next two weeks we will all start to water our plants and see who's fertiliser works the best!

Metal Tech.

Today was group b's last session at metal tech. We all had a very fun time from the very beginning to end. I was able to finish my cake server and I am really proud on how it turned out. Although, today we tested out our final designs. We had two pizzas made fresh from Miss Heather so a big thank you to her. I would also like to say a big thank you to Mr Naicker for helping us during Metal Tech. Everyone was able to test out their Pizza Cutters and I was able to test out my Cake Server. I am really proud of my final design and I really enjoyed metal tech this year!

Star Dome Trip.

Yesterday night LS2 got the amazing opportunity to visit the star dome. We all had such a lovely and amazing time at the evening (night) light show. We got to experience such a fantastic show and we even got to learn about the different stars in the sky. Did you know that the rings around Saturn are actually made of dust and ice? We all also found out about the constellations. We found the scorpion, in the middle of the scorpion a red star can be seen and some people call that the heart of the scorpion, the Sagittarius and the hook.

Information Report - Magellanic Penguins.

Magellanic Penguins

The Spheniscus magellanicus or Magellanic Penguins are a extraordinary type of penguin. They have beautiful black and white feathers coated on their body and has a really amazing backstory to their names.

The Magellanic Penguin has a black coat of feathers lathered on their back and their bellies are white. They have a special kind of pattern covering parts of the head, bellies and around their flippers. They can grow up to 61-76cm tall!

Magellanic Penguins ( Spehnsicus Magellanicus) are Carnivores as they eat CuttleFish, Squid and Krill. Did you know that Magellanic penguins excrete extra salt with special glands just near their eyes?

Magellanic Penguins ( Spehnsicus Magellanicus) are Carnivores as they eat CuttleFish, Squid and Krill. Did you know that Magellanic penguins excrete extra salt with special glands just near their eyes?

Magellanic Penguins live in south America. They breed in Coastel of Argentina, Chile and also Falkland island. A group Magellanic Penguins migrate to Brazil as they have been seen in the far North of Espirito Santo.

Did you also know that Magellanic penguins are named after a Portuguese explorer called Ferdinand Magellan. Currently, 3,600,000 Magellanic penguins live on Earth.

I find Magellanic Penguins amazing as they can live up to 25 years in the wild!

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This week I have been focusing on Information reports. I have written about the Magellanic Penguin! I have written about their diet, height, habitat, fun facts about them and their appearance. While researching about the Magellanic penguin I have found multiple amazing facts about them! I never actually knew about the Magellanic penguin till I started learning more about them.

Sun Facts

For reading this term Rakino and Waiheke has joined up to complete a range of tasks (challenges), reading books linked to our topic space. The first book I read was Sun Facts. The article included multiple facts about the sun. I have listed three facts I found the most interesting in the story. Below them I have written more facts the book had included. I really enjoyed reading this book as everything was easy and clear to read. I was also able to have a learning conversation with my partner Mele about the book as we both read it and found it very interesting.

First up / DLO

For reading this term I have completed a range of tasks reading books linked to our topic space! The second book I had read was First Up. I really enjoyed reading First Up as I was able to learn more about the adventure Yuri Gagarin went through. The story is very interesting and everything was clear and easy to read. I have explained about the photos in my DLO using the book and a little bit of my basic knowledge. Victoria and I also had a dialogical conversation! Her comment and feed back was positive and also included a question. I replied and we had a positive learning conversation responding to each others questions and replies.

Venn Diagram / Return Ticket, Please!

This term in reading we have been focusing on reading texts that links to our learning topic which was space! We have replied to comments left on our work and it created a strong dialogical conversation. The comments left on our individual activity's helped us fix our mistakes and created a thoughtful back and forth learning conversation. We have had a range of fun challenges to complete that all links to reading. The book I currently read is Return Ticket, Please! The book includes lots of interesting facts about Venus, Mars and the current plan happening to visit Mars in 2020! The Venn Diagram I have created is about two books I have read and what they are both about.

Gymnastics

Today LS2 had gymnastics. We all really enjoyed the new activities and rotations we had today. The new challenges were fun but also a little bit hard for some of us. Although I first started with lifting myself up on the bars. I found this one really fun as I was good at this activity. The next activity I tried out was lifting myself up using two bars and trying to get my legs straight. I was able to complete this and carried on to the next rotation. I firstly tried doing a forward roll on a beam. After that I then walked on the beam going very slowly being careful not to fall. After those activity's I then went to the last (third) rotation. I did backward rolls, jumping very high and landing properly and hand stands.

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.

Tamaki College Visit.

Today the year 8's had the great opportunity to experience what it is like in Tamaki College and we all had a fantastic time. Our first rotation was Maths. We learnt about Co-ordinates. I was very stuck at first but as time went by I slowly started to learn how to do Co-ordinates. After everyone was able to complete the Co-ordinate math game we were playing we moved on to our first challenge. We got given a ruled out piece of paper and a set of instructions. We all then tried drawing out a alien using Co-ordinates which was very fun. Our next and last rotation was in Science. I really enjoyed science as we were able to complete 4 experiments. The first one was to fill a glove with 3 - 4 pieces of dried ice. Then, we set aside our first experiment and left the glove to grow. Our next experiment was to create a mini rocket using dried ice, water and a little barrel with a lid. We filled up the little barrel with 4-5 pieces of crushed dried ice, pour in some water and as a team we have to quickly close the lid, place it upside down in a little bowl and watch it explode and lift off into the air! Our next experiment was to fill a cup with a little hole in the bottom and at the top it is secured with some glad wrap. As a team we then all placed 5 pieces of dried ice into the cup, poured in a bit of water and tapped the glad wrap gently so the gas flowed out. Our challenge was to put out the candle flame using the carbon dioxide. Our team was able to complete this task. The final experiment was making the biggest bubble using a paper towel dipped in soap and water and dragging it slowly across the top of a bowl filled with a lot of dried ice and water. Our team wasn't able to complete this task but we were really proud of the team who did. After our amazing day at Tamaki College it was time to go back to school. I would like to say a big thank you to all the teachers and student helpers who were there to help us through out the day! I also really enjoyed the many challenges we faced in science, maths and tech. Speaking of tech we all finished our designs! I am really proud to have finished my cake server as I was the only person who completed and made the cake server. Next week everyone will have the chance to use our Pizza cutter's and Cake server on a real pizza and cake.

NZSL Week

Last week was NZSL week. I have made a DLO explaining when sign language was the third official language in New Zealand and many other facts. I have a picture on the side of the DLO to show how to sign the main colours in the rainbow and a couple more extra. I am really proud to have learnt a couple words in sign language and how to spell out the alphabet. 

NYLD Trip.

Yesterday the school leaders ( including me ) had the great opportunity to attend NYLD. We all had so much fun and learnt what the Korero (food) of a leader is. The food of a leader is conversation. When we have conversations we listen, learn and lead. The speakers who presented were Christian Gallen, Hana Tapiata, Ronnie Taulafo, Dr Lehan Stemmet, Kings and the hosts were Liz Alexander and Phil Baker. Everyone's speech was inspiring and amazing. Learning the background's of these leaders were interesting and inspiring. Not every one has a good start but if you push through, stay brave, believe no matter how old and how you look and listen to the good voice in your head you listen, learn and lead. NYLD taught us about the importance of being a leader and the korero (food) for a leader. My favourite presenter / speaker is Christian Gallen. He was funny but inspiring and had a interesting back story. During the start of session three, two giant ball's were thrown out towards two sides of the crowd and our job was to get it to the back and hit it back to the stage. Towards the end we had a special visitor to sing his amazing songs. This independent, strong and inspiring man was King's. Thank you so much to Ms Kirkpatrick and Mr Shaun for bringing us there.

Times table challenge.

Today I completed my times tables maths challenge. I did the seven times table's challenge again but this time I improved a bit in timing. I was able to complete the challenge in 1 minute 9 seconds which was great.

Nyjah - I am an Agent Of Change.

Today I have made my Agent Of Change DLO. I have written down what I need to achieve to become an Agent Of Change, How I can become an Agent Of Change and What an Agent Of Change is. An Agent Of Change shows respect, tolerance, participates in multiple events, stay's on task, listens to other people's ideas and shares there ideas. Three main things I personally think makes a good Agent Of Change is to take risks, step out of there comfort zone and set goals for themselves. 

Time's table practise.

Today I have practised my 7 times tables skill. I am really proud that I was able to pass on both of the tests. Although I was a bit slow on answering so I need to work on remembering the answer really fast. I think I can improve next time but over all I think I have done really well today!

NZ WW1 Life On A Transport Ship.

For this activity Julian, Victoria, Alex and I made a DLO explaining about the WW1 NZ Transport Ship. We had found out a lot of information about the inside of the ship and how soldiers had to be cramped up in such a little space. It isn't as luxury as most people thought. Instead, it is very cramped and there is a huge difference between officers and unlisted soldiers. The officers had comfy beds, good food whilst the unlisted soldiers slept on the floor or on some beds and didn't have the same amount of good food.

7 Continents.

There are 7 continents of the world, do you know what they are? Today Nyjah and I created a D.L.O about what they are and 3 interesting facts. Doing this helped us build our general knowledge about the world and helped us learn to collaborate. In only a few minutes, my partner and I were able to create an informational D.L.O helping you understand little bit more.

Hunua Falls and Kokako Bird drawing.

This week Victoria and I has been doing a fun and productive job. I had drawn the Hunua Falls and Victoria had drawn the Kokako Bird. We are really proud of how it turned out, but for me I felt really stressed because I wasn't familiar with drawing a whole picture of a water fall! Although I am really happy that I was able to finish it and I am really proud of Victoria's drawing too. We both worked really hard. Our drawing is going to be apart of LS2's thank you letters too all the teachers and instructors who helped us through camp. Without them camp wouldn't be as fun. So this is our collaborative thank you!

50 Word Challenge

Today Mrs Anderson gave us a 50 word challenge. We had created a Screen recording of our DLO. Although if we added the following language features: Commas, Simple Sentence, Complex Sentence, Compound Sentence or looking at our photos, the LS2 rubric, Outside the box and using our Camp Diary's. Although Victoria, Chavda and I am really proud of how it turned out!

Kokako Infographic

This is my DLO about the Kokako bird. One fun fact about the Kokako bird is that it was brought back from extinction! It had almost been extinct because of its poor flight. It relies on there legs the most to jump around either branch to branch or on the ground. They have a amazing appearance and a blue beautiful tuff underneath its beak. On my infographic it explains the diet or the Kokako bird, the habitat, the appearance, the skill and a little summary of the south island Kokako bird.

Tech

Today was another amazing day at tech. This time in Metal Work with Mr Naicker I was able to move on from sanding down my handle and polishing it. I was able to get it nice and smooth ready to put the actual cake server part on. Although before I do that I have to let the polish on the handle dry so that handle doesn't stain.

Blog Post Data Analysis.

 

Today I have made a DLO about my blog post analysis throughout the years. I think throughout my digital years I am really proud of what I have achieved. In my first year of using a device was really exciting. I was very proud of what I had achieved. I was able to get 186 in my first year! My DLO explains why the results are like this and how I could of improved. If you would like to find out the rest of the results they can be found on my DLO above.

Stretching a sentence.

This week ls2 made a dlo / poster about stretching a sentence. I found stretching a sentence very interesting because it taught me so much and it gave my sentences so many detail and depth to it. In my DLO I made my own sentence and stretched it using the 5w's and h. 

DARE : Consequences of a bad choice.

Yesterday one of the police officers came over to talk about drugs, cigarettes and alcohol. I have made an awareness poster about why you shouldn't over dose on drugs or alcohol because there could be some serious consequences... 

Kiwi Can

Yesterday at Kiwi Can we learnt about Negotiation and our new topic is Cooperation. Negotiation is kind of like having an argument because you are fighting over two or more ideas. I would negotiate if I was drawing with multiple people, because I am more used to drawing by myself and thinking of my own creative ideas. Although sometimes I can mix my idea with someone else and make a even better idea then before! The first game we played was to follow someone but you have to try stay under cover and then you have to guess who was following you... The next game was magic shoes. One person had to take another person to the other side and so that person has magic shoes and they have to go back and bring there team to the other side. Although you had to carry them across without getting them to touch the ground. My team was able to win!