Greek Gods

 LI: To use our smart searching skills to find information about the Greek gods

Link to Doc

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.

Coding - Tech - Rock Paper Scissors

 LI: to learn how to code the microbit to play rock paper scissors  and understand how a flowchart works.

Link to DLO: https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1NQDOhKG9aft5a2VtLCq4PevFFJg0hZKqAD6slnM_wb0/edit

This week for tech we were tasked to code our microbit to play rock paper scissors. The code for the microbit is in the DLO ubove. We then created a Flow chart on a google drawing to show how the game works.  To test if the LED worked we played a game together as a class. 

1.When I shake, it will chose a random number between1 to 3. 

2.I have to make a variable called and set this to the random nuber.

3.If the number is 1 - the microbit will show the symbol for Paper.

4.If the number is 2 - the microbit will show the symbol for Rock.

3.If the number is 3 - the microbit will show the symbol for Scissors.

I enjoyed this task because we got to learn what a flowchart is and how to code the microbit.

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.

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

We were tasked to read the story about Lake Taupo to understand if the story was fact or story makes sense by saying if the story is true or fake. We wrote our opinion to see that why we picked which side to see if it was right or wrong. We wrote that taupo says according to legend which means it happened but actually is true.

I found this task fun because we got to find new information about Lake Taupo.

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

 LI: To find as many similarities and differences as you can between the video and text of “The Beginning"

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

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. We used the summarising DLO to help us write what we think happens in the in the story is true. First we needed to find 20 important words from the story, then we had to find the 6 most important words from the 20 important words. After doing that we used those six words to make a short story about the story. I found this task interesting because I got to summarise a story in fewer words, meaning I understand what they story is about.

Teaching a Techer a New Skill

 LI: to tech a teacher a new skill.

For my last confidence care award I chose to Teach a teacher a new skill. Chose teach Mrs Anderson how to count in Burmese.

Flow Charts And Dice

 LI: to learn how to use flow charts to plan coding.

Link to DLO

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.

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 pulley a pulley is a type of simple machine that helps lift an object with less effort used. If more pulleys are used the less effort is used. We created our own drawing of what we see a pulley as.

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.

PB4L - Following Expectations

 LI: To understand the expectations set for us as the role models of the school.

Our topic for PB4L this week was focused around the expectations and rules set for us, and we should know how to understand and carry them out because we are the role models of the school. As a class, we talked about the expectations of a wet day monitor, the common rules inside of the classroom and what is expected from the teachers.

Some students showed us an example of how we can show respect in other classrooms as well as our own. They roleplayed an example of what they should do if a class was acting up during a wet-day and including other students during a casual conversation. More topics that we talked about was the necessary noise volume in different situations.

I found this lesson interesting but easy to understand because I am familiar with respecting the classroom rules and following expectations to a high standard.

Maion Ideas - New New Zealanders

LI: to identify the main ideas in the text. 

We were tasked to read a story called "New New Zealanders," it was about how a boy named Christian Kaka and his family seeked for a better life in New Zealand due to the war going on at Syria. After the story we were tasked to identify the main ideas in the text. For the Three Vital Ideas were Registered refugees can't be sent back to their country, The Refugees wanted people to know their story and many families moved to New Zealand because their country is to dangerous.

This activity was interesting because I found out what Syria is going through and that there are many problems outside of New Zealand.

Samoan Language Week

 LI: to learn Samoan.

This week is Samoan Week, for samoan week I created a DLO on how to count in Samoan. In Samoan the numbers are:

Tasi 

Lua

tolu

Fa

Lima

Ono 

Fitu 

Valu

Iva 

Sefulu.  I found counting in Samoan difficult because it wasn't my culture, but I enjoyed learning the new word I learnt in Samoan. My favourite part of this activity was getting to learn new words and getting to know what it means.

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.

Student Voice Survey

LI: To find out the statistics 

For this CARE Award we were tasked to create a student voice survey. For this student voice survey we decided to make the topic about the school lunches. We found out that nearly half of the class said the school lunches were alright and over 21/52 people said the lunches were alright, and over 22/52 people said the lunches were bad. A small amount of people said they were good, which were 5/52 people. I was suprised by how many poeple thought school lunches were alright. I found this activity fun because we got to out poeples opinions about the lunches the school provided.

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.

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

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 the I survied books because I like reading about what they do to survive and the struggles they go through.