Test Maori Knowledge

Today for Maori we have recapped about the Maori sentence structure. In the google doc showen above it says what the object is, and where it is, using Maori dictionary. After we finished that activity we went on a site called test your knowledge of these kupu. This site was to see how much Maori words knowldge we knew. I enjoyed doing this activity because it built up more of my Maori word knowledge. 

Culture

LI:To edit our writing using DRAFT.

This week for writing  LS2  has been focusing on Abstract Noun Poems. Our abstract noun is about culture. An Abstract noun is something that exists but you cannot touch, an abstract noun also comes with metaphors and 5 senses. The 5 senses we use to make our poem powerful is using smell,taste,hear,feeling and see. Something that helped us write our abstract nouns  is using Metaphors , Simile , complex sentences , punctuation, complex sentences and word hippo.The poem starts with a definition of the abstract noun we've chosen and the next sentence starts with it is … using one of the senses.LS2 definition  or using DRAFT is Delete,Rearrange,Fix,Talk.

Something we found interesting is how the DRAFT System works.

Something we learnt is how the DRAFT system works.

Flower Dissection | TECH

Our task today was how to dissect a flower. 

Our learning goal and outcome:

1. Know the parts of the flower and what function of each part is.

2. Be able to dissect a flower, arrange its parts and collate on an information sheet

3. Complete a diagram of a flower

Parts of a Hibiscus

• Stigma

• Style

• Anther

• Pollen Tube

• Sepal

• Thalamus

• Male Gametophyte

• Petal

• Ovule

• Female Gametophyte

The Steps to dissect a flower:

1. remove one petal and sepal 

2. make it clean

3. carefully pinch the sides of the ovule

4. straight cut to see the pollen tube and ovule

5. remove the style 

I enjoyed this weeks lesson because I learnt how to dissect a flower.

Success

LI: To write a abstract noun senses poem

Our task was to create a poem using metaphors and abstract nouns. 

A metaphor is a comparison of two things, saying one thing is the other without using ‘like’ or ‘as’.

Abstract nouns are things the we can see but we can't physically touch it.

The 5 senses are sight, hearing, taste, smell and feel. 

First, we chose a word from the list, our group picked success. After picking the word,we looked for the structure in the example given to us. Then, we created a poem with the structure. After writing the poem, we created a DLO about the poem.

The word that our group chose was Success.

We really enjoyed this activity, because it taught us how to create metaphors and poems, using abstract nouns.

Test Maori Knowledge

Today for Maori we have recapped about the Maori sentence structure. In the google doc showen above it says what the object is, and where it is, using Maori dictionary. After we finished that activity we went on a site called test your knowledge of these kupu. This site was to see how much Maori words knowldge we knew. I enjoyed doing this activity because it built up more of my Maori word knowledge. 

Names

This week for Maori we learnt some names, boys and girls. 

This time we didn't use Maori Dictionary to translate the Maori names into English names. We used clues to figure it out. 

In the Maori alphabet there are no 'j,s' so they use 'h'. Also In the Maori alphabet there are no 'i and d' so they use 'r'. In the Maori alphabet there are no 'v' so they use 'w'. Also in the Maori alphabet there are no 'b' they use a 'p'.

I enjoyed this task and found this task easy to fill in. Today I have improved my knowledge of Maori names

Opinion Making

Our group has been focusing on consider both perspectives. Perspectives means a different points of view. Our group has been gathering information of our topic whether it is true or not.The topic was about sacred spots from Maori mythology.One of the myths our group decided to chose was Waipoua forest,Waipoua forest is the creation story of Tane Mahuta creating the Earth by lying between his parents Papatuanuku mother earth and Ranginui the sky father.Tane Mahuta pushed and stretched his parents apart to fight for the light and space for him and his siblings.Something we found interesting about our task given was exploring our researching skills to find the evidence that is true and not about the myth we have chosen above.

Main Ideas

For reading we have been focusing on the Maui and Sun story.Our task was to identify the main ideas in the text.Our information we have gathered together is our opinions we have mixed together to create a more explained main ideas.Something we learnt from this activity is to read the text and identify all the different main ideas we might find important to vital.Something we found interesting about this activity is being able to identify the main ideas of a text.

Venn Diagram

For reading, we have been focusing on summarising text information such as stories, articles and other texts. The text we used for this reading task was the traditional Maori story of how the world came to be. This text was about Papatuanuku and Ranginui waking up from eternal darkness in earth's first light, and Tane Mahuta (one of their children) seperating them to grant his siblings and himself freedom from the darkness. Tawhirimatea was angry at the seperation of his parents.

For this task, we watched a video and read a text based off of the Maori story of how the world came to be (In the Beginning). We labelled the main parts of the video version that are not included in the written version, and labelled the main prts of the written version that were not included in the video. In the middle, we labelled the similarities between the two stories.

I really enjoyed this task and found it easy because I am familiar with identifying the key ideas and comparing the two similar but different texts/information sources.

Summarising

For reading, we have been focusing on summarising text information such as stories, articles and other texts. The text we used for this reading task was the traditional Maori story of how the world came to be. This text was about Papatuanuku and Ranginui waking up from eternal darkness in earth's first light, and Tane Mahuta (one of their children) separating them to grant his siblings and himself freedom from the darkness. Tawhirimatea was angry at the separation of his parents.

For this task, we found exactly twenty keywords to build an understanding of the text about. Keywords help us understand more in a short amount of time. Then from those twenty words, we chose six of those words to create a summary on. A summary is a short and brief description of the story so that we can understand the text in fewer words.

I enjoyed this task and found it easy because I am familiar with summarising and understanding texts using the key reading comprehension strategies so I can expand my knowledge of a story.

Science | TECH

 LI: To predict and test the buoyancy of an object.

Our task was to the predict and test out diffrent object's buoyancy. First we discuss why does something float, why does something sink and why does something semi sink.

The reason why objects is light and also it doesn't asborb H2O. The reason why somthing sink is heavy and no air. The reason for why does something semi float is heavy but has some air.

Then, we took notes of what is floating and sinking, we also talk about the Archimedes principle, the principle states that a body immersed in a fluid is subjected to an upwards force equal to the weight of the displaced fluid.

After taking notes, we moved on to the experiment. The equipments that were used were:

• Marbles - both large and small

• Golf Ball

• Table tennis ball

• Tennis ball

• Different sized wooden blocks

• Different sized plastic blocks

• Polystyrene

We made a recording sheet that tells the buoyancy of each of the materials.

I really liked today's lesson because I got to learn why something, sink, and semi float and also I got to learn about Buoyancy and Buoyant.

  

Aquatic Centre

LI: to understand a budget is a plan for managing money.

LI: to plan a trip that fits within the given budget of $45.00.

This week for maths we have been learning about financial capabilities. FInancial Capalities is about spending money wisely for a budget.

This week's work was about a family planning out to the pools that had a budget of $20.00. We spend $13 on admission, $20 for the activites, and spend $105 for swimming lessons. So the budget was over budget.

I found this activity interesting because it was a bi5t hard to solve all of the questions.

Using the five senses

LI: to use the five senses and personifications to help us paint a picture with words.

LI: To devise a writing plan.

LI: To use the ideas on your plan to write a Narrative.

For writing we created a narrative about shoes with the five senses and using personification.

The five senses are:

1. Sound

2. Sight

3. Touch

4. Feel

5. Taste

Personification is when you give human characteristics to something non human.

First we made a copy of a the framework of the narrative and answered the questions:

• How did they get there?

• WHat happened along the way?

• How did they feel

• How did they see

• How did they hear

• How did they smell

• How did they touch

After answering the questions, we moved on creating the narrative by using the plan and ideas we have written on the framework DLO.

I enjoyed writing the narrative because of the amount of time used to write up the framewok and the narrative.

10 facts about the Mars Rover

For Mrs F's inquiry group, we have been focusing on researching the mars rover and its properties. In our groups, we created a poster including information and facts about one of the NASA mars rovers. The rover that my inquiry group picked was Curiosity.

First, we researched and surfed the media to look for information and wrote down notes on facts or things that we found out and learnt. Our sources of information were many mars rover NASA sites and youtube videos of the NASA landing.

I enjoyed this task because I was able to learn new things about the mars rover.

Greek Mythology Lesson | Teacher Task

This is my last task to get a Gold Confidence badge. The aim of this task was to make LS2 set up for the topic Olympics in Term Three.

First I emailed Mrs Anderson if I am allowed to do a lesson on Greek Mythology. Then, I made activities that were related to Greek Mythology. After creating the activities, I created a wesite and put all the activities on it. 

This links to Confidence because I had the confidence to teach year 7 and 8 class.

How to be Cybersafe

 

This my fourth task to get my Gold Confidence. I did like a computer layout for this DLO.

First, I wrote a conversation between a underaged boy chatting to a overaged girl. Then, I did a computer alerts so that Ben could read it and leave conversation. For the first computer, I wrote what Cybersmart is, then for the second alert it wa how Be was underaged to date/hangout. The third computer alert was how Ben left the chat.

Teach a New Skill

LI: to teach your teacher a new skill.

This is the third task to get my Silver Confidence badge.

I made this during Term two. I got some inspiration from Chris because he took the Burmese one, but I changed it to Korean.

A link to the DLO.

How to label - Teacher Task

This is my second task to get my Gold Confidence badge. This was a teacher set task. This task was about how to label.

Labelling is a giving something a name. To label something, first figure out the name of what you are going to label and write it inside of a textbox. If labelling is not clear add a arrow to make the label understandable. 

Make sure that your labelling is clear and easy to understand. Ask for help when you are stuck or don’t understand part of the task and check with someone that the name you used in your label is correct. If your picture is very detailed, have your arrow point closer to what you are labelling so that they can see the specific area that you are naming.

Teach a Small group of juniors to play a simple game

 LI:to teach a small group of juniors to play a simple game

This is my first task to get my gold confidence badge.

On Thursday Chisa, Kauri, Te Raumati and I tought some of the juniors to play cops and robbers. Cops and robbers is like tag, but the difference is that if the cops tag the robbers they have to sit down in a current place. For the robbers to escape the robbers need to count to 20 seconds so that the juniors can be involved in the game. First I needed to find juniors that wanted to play this game. Next I told them the instuctions so they know how to play this game. Then we played the game. Lastly we played rock paper siccors shoot snake addition.

Paying it foward | Bokmarks

This is my last task to get my Gold Attitude. This task is about Paying it forward. I decided to make a bookmark for the new library and for the juniors.

In my bookmark, I divided the page in half and added colors. After adding the colours, I searched up quotes about reading, for the first quote I made my own and for the second I got the quote from J.k Rowling.

Then, I added drawings of books and person.

I enjoyed doing this task because I had the oppurtunity to make a book for the younger kids and also for the new library.

Tutor someon who needs extra help

LI: To tutor someone who needs extra help with a skill.

The purpose of this activity was to share your knowledge and understanding of a task with someone else who needs help with understanding the activity or completing it.

For this activity, I helped Peyton complete her must-do tasks for the corresponding week. I explained to her the task in a way she would understand, I gave her examples of the activity using my own work. Once his understood, I answered any questions she had and helped her blog her work.

This C.A.R.E award task links to attitude because I required the right kind of attitude to help someone else with a skill they needed assistance with, and having a positive attitude to be able to help someone.

I enjoyed this activity because I was able to share my knowledge and understanding to help someone in need. I also found this activity fun because I had the opportunity to share my work in person as an example to someone who needs it.

Dialogue

LI: to understand how to use and correctly punctuate dialogue when writing.

Dialogue is a conversation between people in books, texts or plays. The punctuation mark that are used in writing a conversations and in books is speechmark. But writing a text to someone they don’t use speech marks but they use formal language. For example, “Hello my name is Terry”. See they used speech marks to introduce yourself in an interview or a special event.

Role of the SWiS

This is my third task to get my gold Attitude badge. This task was about researching the role of the SWiS.

Social Workers in Schools are qualified social work practitioners who are experienced in working with children, young people and their families to help find solutions to issues that impact on their education, well-being and rights as children and young people.

SWiS is there so that they can help you, your school, and your family. Offer parenting support. Discuss legal advice. Support referrals to community-based services such as counsellors. Provide group programmes to support students at school.

Following Classroom Rules & Expectations | PB4L

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

This weeks PB4L learning is about following classroom rules and expectations. PB4L is a acronym describing Positive Behavior for Learning. PB4L helps us understand the correct behavior for inside classroom learning and outer learning. This consist of Classroom discussions, walking to assembly, behaviour on school trips, wet day procedure eg. respecting wet day monitors. All of these prospects will help us develop a strong and healthy learning enviroment. 

I found this activity intresting because it was easy to write but hard to remember.

Science | TECH

LI: To explore science equipment.

Our task was measuring an exact amount of sugar and dissolve in both hot and cold water to make a solution.

The equipment we used was:

• A petri dish
• A weighing machine
• Table sugar
• 200 ml beakers
• A pipette 
• Thermometer
• Stopwatch

Method: We placed a petri dish on the weighing machine or scale. Fill a beaker with 100 ml of cold water, Measure 10 grams of sugar in the petri dish. Pour the 10 grams of sugar in the 100 ml of water in the beaker and stir. We used the stopwatch to time how long the sugar to dissolve into the water. We did the same with the warm water 

Results:

Temperature of the cold water was 25 celsius and the time taken by sugar to dissolve in cold water was I minute and 10 seconds. 

Temperature of the warm water was 84 celsius and the time taken by the sugar to dissolve in warm water was 17.18 seconds.

Video about Attitude

This was my second task to get my gold attitude. This task was about creating a video about why having positive attitude is important.

Attitude is one of our schools C.A.R.E. values. The meaning of attitude is having positive behaviour. Showing a positive attitude can teach people and kids to behave properly.

A bad attitude doesn’t take people far in life. If someone has a different opinion or emotion it doesn't mean that they have a bad attitude. 

Hiroo Onada | Gold Attitude

This is my first task to get my Gold Attitude badge. The task is about researching a person who has shown positive attitude. The person I picked was Hiroo Onada.

Hiroo Onada was the last Japanese soldier formally to surrender and fought in World War 2. He surrendered at the age of 51 and died at the age of 91.

He died by 10 arrows around his waist because of that he standed there and he surrendered after the countries lost.

I enjoyed this task because of the researching part and the organizing. 

Current Events

LI: To find the important information in a current event.

LI: To identify the author's purpose.

This week for reading we learnt about the authors purpose. Authors write for a purpose/reason. These reasons are to persuade, inform, explain or entertain (PIE).

First we looked on Kiwi Kids News to find a article. Then, we made a copy of the current events DLO and answered the questons: 

• What is the article about?
• When the artice was created?
• Where the article was made?
• Who created the article?
• Why the author wrote the article?
• How it was made? 
• What do you think the author wanted you to learn from the artice?.

I found this activity fun and intresting because it was fun to fill in the questions and the article I picked was intresting to learn about.

Book Week

LI: To celebrate reading.

This week was Book Week at Panmure Bridge School, which means that we had the opportunity to celebrate reading by participating and contributing to a range of reading and literacy activities.

Today, a special school assembly was held where everyone was able to see the book character costumes that each student was wearing. In celebration of Samoan Language Week as well, we sang O le pepe and the Duffy song.

Each class had the opportunity to take a class photo with the student's in their book character costumes. A special guest attended this assembly and found a very creative way to encourage reading. The guest was Spiderman and he found a way to promote reading for children.

Finally as a last activity to celebrate reading, the school was split up into three groups and the senior student's read books to the junior kids. We were also able to eat together during lunch.

I found this event very fun because I love reading and I was able to celebrate it in a very fun and creative way where I could engage in literacy activities.

Student Led Conference

LI: to share our learning with our families.

Yesterday was parent interview. We have been putting our finished work on our wall for display. This was an opportunity to shour families what we have done at school for the last 15 weeks.

The things I showed were the Summarising, Current Events, Answering Questions work for Reading, my Settings blog post for Writing, my Budget blog post for my Maths, my What does Culture to me DLO for my Inquiry, and also showed our learning journey that have links to our work.

After a few days, we practiced our script with a buddy, and did a runthrough of showing our work on the walls. When the day came I was really nervous because I didn't knew how my dad going to say or react. At the end, my dad told me that he really enjoyed the worm art and the Agent of Change DLO.

I enjoyed doing this activity because I was able to show my dad te I have done in the last 15 weeks.

Science Exploration | Tech

 LI: to learn the basic science equipment.

This week for Tech we learnt the basic Science equipment. For the first task we listed things that we don't have in the classroom but have in a science lab.

For the second task, we listed the equipment and a image of it:

• burette
• anmeter
• pipette
• bunsen burner
• tongs
• brushes
• microscope
• spring balance
• crucible
• watch glass
• test tubes
• beakers
• water bottles
• litmus paper
• funnels
• thermometer
• spatula
• tripod
• volumetric flask
• weighing machine
• magnifying glass

For the third task we poured 200ml's water in a beaker and  cylinder. After pouring water in the beaker, we poured 40mls in a measuring cylinder. Then, added 3ml's in the cylinder. 

We also learnt about the Meniscus. A meniscus is a phase boundary that has been curved because of surface tension.

I enjoyed this week's session because I got to learn how to measure volume and also learn about meniscus.

Brochure About Belonging PBS

This is my last task to get my Gold Respect badge. This task is about creating a informative brochure about belonging in Panmure Bridge School.

First, I talked about what the school looks like. Then, I talked about how Panmure Bridge welcomes new students, how the teachers teach their students. 

How to Laminate - Teacher task

This is my fourth task to ge my Gold Respect Badge. 

This is a teacher task. For this teacher task I made DLO about how to laminate things.

In the first sentence I explain what a laminator is and what it is used for. Then in the big paragraph I explain how it works and how you can put it up on a wall.

I enjoyed doing this task because I got to explain how a laminator works.

Life at Panmuure Bridge School

This is my third task to get my Gold Respect badge. The task is about creating a poster of showcasing the life of Panmure Bridge School.

First, I talked about what the school looks like. Then, I talked about how Panmure Bridge welcomes new studets and how the teachers teach their students.

Locations | Maori

 LI: to learn the locations vocabulary in Te Reo Maori.

This week for Maori we have been learning the locations and vocabulary.

First we had to fill in the questions:

• He aha te huarere?
• Kei te pehea koe?

Then we learnt the locations, The locations are:

• Te taha mauī - Left

• Te taha tatau - Right

• Waenganui - Middle
• runga - Up
• raro - Down
• roto - up

This is how to write a sentence if you want to let the reader to answer the question:

• Kei hea te ……..?

• Kei ……. i te ……..

After that, we had to fill question that describe the image given.

I enjoyed doing this task because I learnt the locations and also it was fun to fill in the questions.

Samoan Language Week

LI: To pay it forward by creating a DLO that teaches others how to use Samoan words and phrases

This week is Samoan Language Week - Vaiaso o le Gagana Samoa. The theme for 2021 is Poupou le lotoifale. Ola manuia le anofale which means strengthen the posts of your house, for all to thrive. In LS2 we have decided to value the measina of the language by creating a screencastify that teaches others how to use Samoan words and phrases. 

I chose to pay it forward by showing others how to greet each other. 

I found this challenge pretty easy because I get to teach people how to greet each other formally.

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 learnt how to write a different knid of poem.

My Reading 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 was the age of eleven because I am in love with the book because of how easy is to understand.

Jacinda Ardern

This was my second task to get my Gold Respect badge. This task was about creating a DLO abou a New Zealand leader. I picked Jacinda Ardern because she is the Prime Minister of New Zealand.

First I did my research and wrote everything in my own words on a presentation.

In the presentation I wrote:

• Who is Jacinda Ardern?
• Where did she grew up?
• Where did she take education?
• How did she influence other people?

A fact that I never knew was that Jacinda Ardern went to the University of Waikato and got a Bachelor of Arts.

I enjoyed doing this task because I get to tell the biography of the Prime Minister.

CLIMB by Stan Walker

This is my first task to get my Gold Respect badge. This task was about researching CLIMB created by Stan Walker .

First, I listened to the song, then I summarised the whole entire song and write the summary in my words on a DLO and add pictures that were relating to the topic.

Sir Peter Blake, Hero of the Sea

This was the last task to get a Gold excellence badge. 

The task was about researching a New Zealander who has shown excellence and / or creativity in their life and making a DLO about the research you made.

I decided to do Sir Peter Blake. I did research about him a little bit because I got a novel about him so I collected all the information from the book and the research and made the DLO and I also added some quotes that Peter useed before he died and some facts.

I enjoyed this task because of how he showed Excellence befored he died.

Three Novels and A Review

This is my 4th task to get a Gold Excellence. This task is about reading three novels in a term and making a review for each one of them.

The three novels I read was:

A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Austere Academy

Geronimo Stilton: The Guardian of the Realm

Hello Neighbor: Buried Secrets

I liked reading those because of the storyline and also I like the way the author painted a picture in my head by using words.

I enjoyed doing this task because I can explain what I like about the story/novels and I learnt how to write a review.

Who is my Mentor?

This my 3rd task to get my gold excellence badge. This task is about creating a DLO about who is your mentor.

What is a Mentor?

A mentor is a person who helps a lower rank person.

Who is my Mentor?

My mentor is the Head students because They taught me how to be friends with other  people. Now, here i am, being a grade under the head students. They also taught me how to be nice to other people.

I enjoyed doing this task because I get to tell who my mentor is.

Complete all 6 days on transum to learn a times table (includes beyond activities)

 This was my 2nd task to get my Gold excellence badge.

In the last 6 days, I was on transum to learn the 14 times tables. At first It was hard but on the second day I got a bit better and each day I got better.

This task was fun and intresting to see my improvement in my 14 times table