LI: to draw a tree that is constructed out of triangles.
I am a Year 8 student at Panmure Bridge School in Auckland, NZ. I am in Learning Space 2 and my teachers are Mrs Anderson and Mrs Fisi'iahi.
Wednesday, 15 December 2021
Geometree - Summer Learning Journey
Monday, 6 December 2021
Art Colouring Book
LI:to recolour an image of our choice.
Monday, 27 September 2021
Recreating Famous Art Works
LI: To use your knowledge of colour and colour mixing to replicate the colours used in the artworks.
Character Profile
LI:to create a character profile.
Manga Artist
LI: To read for meaning and understanding
Katsudo Shashin Animation
LI: to create an animation.
The History Of Manga
LI: to read for meaning and understanding.
Story Setting
LI: To write a cinquain poem that describes a character from your favourite online game
Luffy
Kind, clumsy
Punching, kicking, fighting
King of the Pirates
Conqueror
To continue our Distance Learning our new topic was Manga and Anime. For our Writing we had created a Cinquain poem based on an Anime or Manga Character. Our character was Monkey D Luffy from the manga series One Piece. It was a fun and interesting task to do as we were able to write about our favorite characters as well as being able to collaborate with friends.
Monday, 30 August 2021
List Poem
Monday, 9 August 2021
Haoura
LI: to show our understanding of Haoura in context
Thursday, 5 August 2021
Olympic Challenge #3
LI: to use the most efficient strategy to find the answers.
Wednesday, 4 August 2021
Mindfulness Reflection #1
LI: To understand the meaning behind the pause breathe smile program.
This week we had our first session of the Pause Breathe Smile program. Our learning was based on having a calm mindset. We were introduced to this program by first defining what the word mindfulness is. Then we defined it and shared our different definitions with others.
After talking about mindfulness we were introduced to the red zone and the green zone. They are two different zones. The red zone is when you feel stressed,anxious,distracted and others. The green zone is when you feel calm, relaxed, peaceful, curious, clear, balanced, content and engaged.
We were balancing our mind set by forgiving bad things that happened in the past and calming our mind down and focusing on the present. To do this we sat in a circle and listened to the bell while breathing in and out, this helped us relax and focus on positive things.
I enjoyed this session because we learnt about having a positive mindset and about being mindful of others. During this session I learnt how to Pause, Breathe and Smile and calm my mind.
Friday, 30 July 2021
Poros of Malia Venn Diagram
L.I: To compare the past and present rules.
Poros of Malia
LI: to understand the main ideas behind the text.
Thursday, 29 July 2021
Olympic Math Challenges #2
LI: To fidn the most efficient strategy
This week for maths, our learning was based on the Olympics. Our first challenge was about Michael Phelps. This task was about Nastia Liukin. The question sayed The Olympic sport of gymnastics is judged with a point system. Nastia Liukin, an uneven bar champion scored a disappointing 16.725 in Bejing putting her in second place. Her opponent beat her by 0.001 of a point. The Bronze medal winner's score was a 14.975.What was the Gold medal winners score? By how much did Nastia score over the Bronze medalist? We had to find out how much of a point nastia opponent score was, and we also had to find out how much did Nastia score over the bronze medalist. I found this task intersting becase we learn new way of trying to solve different math equations.
Super Finger competition
LI: To recall our time tables quickly
Olympic Math Challenges #1
LI: to find the most effiecient strategy.
This week for maths, our learning was based on the Olympics. Our first challenge was about Michael Phelps. This task was about Nastia Liukin. The question sayed The Olympic sport of gymnastics is judged with a point system. Nastia Liukin, an uneven bar champion scored a disappointing 16.725 in Bejing putting her in second place. Her opponent beat her by 0.001 of a point. The Bronze medal winner's score was a 14.975.What was the Gold medal winners score? By how much did Nastia score over the Bronze medalist? We had to find out how much of a point nastia opponent score was, and we also had to find out how much did Nastia score over the bronze medalist. I found this task intersting becase we learn new way of trying to solve different math equations.Wednesday, 28 July 2021
Oral Language (Provacation)
LI: to Create a DLO that shows both points of view as well as your own.
We were tasked to make a DLO using provocation. A provocation is an action or speech that can show a powerful image in the reader’s mind. For this task we picked an image from a site showing what it looks like after the olympics. We chose 5 to do the Bobsled venue in Sarajevo. The provocation was, Should host countries have to spend so much money on building Olympics venues?
In our opinion we think that they shouldn’t have spent that much money, because they could have used it again so that they didn’t need to waste so much money, and if they did that they could save money and they could help the poor people.
Friday, 2 July 2021
Culture
LI: to edit our writing using DRAFT.
Today, we focused on writing abstract noun senses poems. An abstract noun is an existing that cannot be touched or physical obtained such as, happiness, sadness, and anger. Metaphors compare two things without using the words 'like' or 'as'. The five human senses are sight, hearing, touch, taste and smell.
For this task I worked with my partner to create a poem using abstract nouns. Our group was given a list of abstract nouns that we can use to write a poem. The abstract noun we choose was culture. We used the five senses to describe what misery sounds, looks, tastes, and smells like while using metaphors to structure a poem correctly.
An abstract noun is a feeling or emotion that cannot be physically touched. A metaphor is the comparison between two things without using as or like.
For example: Happiness is a river of joy that is flowing through my heart.
The word happiness is the abstract noun and is used to create this metaphor.
I really enjoyed doing this because I got to work collaboratively and work together in a group and also use powerful words to strengthen the poem to make our poem
Coding in Python
LI: to learn how to code the micro bit in Python.
Thursday, 1 July 2021
Vision Board
LI: to explain your goals using images.
Wednesday, 30 June 2021
Greek Gods
LI: To use our smart searching skills to find information about the Greek gods
Today David shared his reading challenge with us. It is all about the Greek gods and helps us to practise the skills we have been learning in our reading lessons with our teachers.
David created this task as part of his CARE award challenges. We earn CARE award badges in year 7 and 8 to show that we understand our school values. In this activity we used our smart searching skills to find information to help us complete the table.
I found this activity interesting and fun because we got to learn new facts about the greek gods and we go to learn new Gods
The Greek goddess I found most interesting was Hecate because Hecate is the daughter of the titans. She is mysterious and and crafty figure. She is the type of god to be feared.
Friday, 25 June 2021
Coding - Tech - Rock Paper Scissors
Thursday, 24 June 2021
Sadness
LI: To write an abstract noun senses poem.
For our writing task this week we are working on poems and metaphors. Our metaphor poem was about sadness. A metaphor is describing something as something else without using “like” or “as.” an abstract noun is a noun describing an idea, for example see, taste, feel, smell and hear. We worked on this task as a group. After coming up with our poem we create a DLO.
This task was fun because we learned how much creativity we have.
Wednesday, 23 June 2021
Te Reo Maori - Names
LI: to learn how to use write Maori words without Maori Dictionary.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cT3cu7JDRJWqGGNVtAbQrjtNZXFuhrKzMr0Va4GEOkE/edit
For this weeks Te Reo Maori challenge we were tasked to fill in the tables with english names. We then could'nt use the Maori Dictionary to figure out the Maori names and translate it.
Forming an Opinion
LI: To consider both perspectives
Main Ideas
LI: To identify the main ideas in the text.
First to start off the task we watched a video about how Maui slowed down the sun.After watching the video we wrote down the main ideas that happened in the video into this DLO. After finding the inportant Ideas from that we find the four very important ideas. One of the four very important ideas is that Using the flax for ropes slowed the sun. When you find the four very important ideas we found the three vital idean from the four very important ideas. I found this task fun because when you find main ideans from the text that means that you understand the text throughly.
Venn Diagram
This week for reading we have been focusing on the differences of two types of ways a story can be said. This week we were finding differences and similarities from the video and text from "the Begining". This text was about our group finding things that are different and simaler bewtweeen the too. In the video verison it shows the seperation of mother earth and father sky, and in the written version it's explain the love for the two. I enjoyed this task because I got to see the differneces and similaritites bewtween two storys.
Taonga Summary
LI: To explain in fewer words what the text is about
Friday, 18 June 2021
Teaching a Techer a New Skill
LI: to tech a teacher a new skill.
Wednesday, 16 June 2021
Inclined Plane
LI: to read for meaning and understanding.
For inquiry we are working on simple machines. We created six DLO's about the six simple machines. This DLO is about a simple machine called the Inclined plane, an inclined plane is An inclined plane is one of the simplest machines.It’s also known as a ramp. A ramp helps your load move easier to higher levels. We created our own drawing of what we see a pulley as.
This Labled Diagram was fun to work on because we got to learn what the inclined plane is used for.
Pulley Diagram
LI: to read for meaning and understanding.
Friday, 11 June 2021
Building an MBot
LI: to understand how the mBot is put together so that we can fix it when something goes wrong.
Today, we took apart an mBot and reassembled it. After reassembleing the mBot we then tested it out to make it to move forward, left, right and back.
I found this task fun because we got to learn how to fix the mBot iof something goes wrong.
Thursday, 10 June 2021
PB4L - Following Expectations
Wednesday, 9 June 2021
Maion Ideas - New New Zealanders
LI: to identify the main ideas in the text.
Friday, 4 June 2021
Samoan Language Week
LI: to learn Samoan.
Student Led Conference
LI: to share our learning with our friends.
On Thursday it was student led conference, student led conference is when we share our learning with our family. In Student Led Conference we had to show our work around the class room and show the work that has been put up on the wall. We then went on our computer and showed our work from 2021.
Celebrating Book-Week
LI: To celebrate the books we enjoy reading about - to celebrate reading.
This week was book - week, we could dress up as any character from a book. I chose to dress up as Naruto. Our school had an assembly, celebrating book - week. We also had a visit from Spiderman, he told us about his favourite book (Spiderman). This week for book week we have been doing different reading activities, my favourite reading activity was listening to the books Mrs Anderson and Mrs Fis'iahi read to us and creating a reading pathway about our favourite books from age 5 - to now.
Being A Jedi in Coding
LI: to code the to move backward without touching it - being a jedi.
In coding this week we were tasked to try make the mBot move backwards without touching it. My Robot will wait until I press the onbaord button before it does anything. While coding we are using these blocks to start the coding. To make the mBot we needed "If - Then - Else" block to give the mBot to choices of things to do. We used an ultrasonic sencsor which is on the front of it for it to sense if there was something 10cm away from the robot. If there is an object 10cm or less away from the robot the robot will move backwards. If there is an object further than 10cm away it will keep going forward. This is a pull into the forever block so that the robot constantly senses what is in front of it.
Thursday, 3 June 2021
Student Voice Survey
LI: To find out the statistics
Leading a School Assembly
LI: to lead a school Assembly.
On a Friday I was tasked to lead a school assembly. Before the assembly we needed to practice, when leading the school assembly we need to introduce the leaders (The Head Boy and Girl, Sport Leaders, Maniakalni leaders). Leading the school assembly for me was hard and I felt nervous. I found leading the school assembly fun because we could watch who took part in the singing and we could introduce the school leaders. My favourite part of leading the school assembly was to watch who took part in the singing and hearing how many people are singing.
Wednesday, 2 June 2021
Cinquain Poem
LI: To write a cinquain poem to describe a sports star
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 got to use powerful words to describe my favourite sports star.
Reading Pathway
LI: To show my personal journey through books
Monday, 31 May 2021
Technological practices
LI: To use technological practices process to design a toy.
I found this activity fun and exciting because we got to make our own design and see other peoples creativity go to work.`
Thursday, 20 May 2021
Soccer
LI: to represent Panmure Bridge School in the football interschool.
This week we had football or soccer interschool. I was nervouse, every game was 15 mins. Our first game was against Ruapotaka and we lost, 1-0. We then went against Stonefeilds and we lost, 5-1. The next game didn't happen because the school did not come. Our 4th game was against Sylvia Park school and we drawed 2 all. The last was against our own school, Panmure Bridge and we lost 1-3.
It was fun getting to see how other schools play and getting to make new freinds. My favourite was against our own school because we got to play with our own friends.
Tuesday, 18 May 2021
ASB Get Wise
LI: to be wise with our money.
We got a visit from ASB who taught us how to be smart with money and make the right decisions with money. The phrase was Stop think and make a good decision... spend or save. To help us learn we played a game in teams, we had $1800 for a trip to Fiji. The factors of the game was: Passport - $200 Economy flight - $500 or first class - $800 Accomodation by the ocean $500 + $100 to cover all meals or budget hotel for $200 Travel insurance for $300 -Yes or No- when using the credit card it has to be paid back in full, we then had the activities which were $100, $200 or $300, and then something bad happened, we got food poisening. Luckly we got covered by insurence. This game helped us learn how to use money wisely.
I enjoyed this because we got to understand how other people in our group uses money.
Friday, 14 May 2021
A Moment in Time Poem
LI: To use the language features and structure of published poem to help use write our own poem.
Settings
LI: To use powerful words to describe a setting so that it paints a clear picture in the mind of the reader
Toys
LI: To strengthen connections to technology.
Thursday, 6 May 2021
Cybersmart #8
LI: to learn how to make animations with Google presentation.
Space Jam
LI: To find the most efficient strategy to answer the question.
Sir Issac Newton
LI: To use your smart searching skills to find out who Sir Isaac Newton was and how his work connects to simple machine.
This week for reading we were given a collaborative task to find out what Sir Isaac Newton had to do with simple machines. We found out Who he is and why his work is important to him. In our DLO we added one simple machine he created called the Pulley. A simple machine is a machine that makes our lives easier.
Something I found interesting about Sir Isaac Newton was that Sir Isaac Newton's mum wanted him to be a farmer but he refused to be a farmer. I found this interesting because I didn't know his mum wanted him to be a farmer.
My favourite part of this activity was being able to work collabrativly because I got to find out their opinions and ideas during this activity.
Friday, 9 April 2021
Brochure
LI: To a collaborative brochure that tells others why Kokako Lodge is a great place to go on camp.