Rugby Profile and Performance

LI: To write a Rugby profile for a player of our choice
This task was about making a Rugby Profile ( Statistics about a player ) and Performance about a player from the country of our choice. The player I chose was TJ Perenara from New Zealand. We had to find information like his date of birth, place of birth, position and more. We could also find out more information about the player.

Rube Goldberg

LI: to make a working Rube Goldberg machine by using the 6 simple machines.
Over the past weeks, in groups LS1 had to make a Rube Goldberg machine, We used the 6 simple machines. Wheel and axle, Lever, Incline plane, Pulley, Screw & Wedge had to be included. The challenges were turning a Chromebook on, helping Mr Wong roll dice and hitting a putter. Our scenario was turning on the Chromebook.

On the last week our group had managed to get the machine finish. We used four different types of simple machines a wheel and axle, pulley, incline plane and a lever. For the wheel and axle we used a car. For the Pulley we used a string from a yo-yo and latches from the window. For the incline plane we used a marble roll down a ramp. And used the dominoes as the lever. 

The most challenging task was creating the machines and trying to apply the 6 simple machines and communicating with our group to know what is going on and how we could help. I'd change another way of putting dominoes up without it falling because we always had to keep putting it up and the amount of sellotape we used.   

All About All Blacks

LI: To link the positions to the players.
In this task I had to link the players to the positions they play in rugby, Like how Brodie Retalick plays lock and Jonah Lomu plays wing. We could also add some extra information and images so thats what my group did. From this task I learnt more about players and there positions, I also learnt what they look like so next time I can find them.

RWC | Rugby World Cup

LI: apply inquiry, literacy and numerecy skills to learn about the Rugby World Cup.
For this learning task I had to complete what the time would be in the different countries during the final of the RWC. The final kick off would be at 6pm Japanese time. The time zones of the different countries compared to Japan are shown on the table. For big countries like America, Australia and Canada we had to split them up into west and east coast times. It was very important that we used AM and PM, AM stands for Ante Meridian ( Before Midday ) & PM stands for Post Meridian ( After Midday ). My group also had to convert the times into 24 hour times.

Maths | Artwork

LI: To earn and look after money by using maths.

This is a Geometric Landscape artwork that also uses shading. The shapes used were triangles & circles. The Height is 27.5cm and the width is 33.7cm, the amount of area I could use was 926.75cm.

Reading | Faulty Reasoning

LI: To Understand Faulty Reasoning.
In reading we are trying to understand Faulty Reasoning. Faulty Resoning includes Illogical / Simplified Assumption, Circular Reasoning, Over Generilazation, Biased Argument & Contradiction. The Illogical / Simplified Assumption Means Providing Evidence that doesn't directly support your claim, A Circular Reasoning means supporting a claim thats the same claim as the other, Over Generlization means making a global statement when there are likely exceptions, Contradiction means providing evidence against your argument.

Writing | Advertisment For Thneeds

LI: To Create an Advertisment by using the Knowledge and Skills we have Learnt.
In Writing we are trying to create an advertisment about a fictional item like a Thneed ( From The Lorax ). First we are making a print advertisment and then we had to make a script for a TV Ad. We had to work in groups on a google drawing.

Swimming | Kiwi Sport

LI: To learn about water safety.
This week in swimming the strokes we were doing were backstroke and freestyle, we also had to do some laps of these strokes. James was working elsewhere so our instructor was Maddee. After the strokes we formed groups and those would race and the winner from all the groups would race eachother to see who is the fastest in Maddees class.

Kiwi Can | Resilience

LI: To cope with challenges.
We learnt how to face our challenges and experience them. We looked at 3 different types if challenges and wrote about our feelings when we face those challenges. We figured out coping stratieges in groups of three. The types of challenges were Physical, Mental & Social.

Writing | Advertising 3.0

LI: To learn about persuasive tools in advertising.
This week we have made a advertising 3.0 slide just like the last couple of weeks. In the first slide we had to find 3 NZ ( New Zealand ) Celebrities the ad they endorse and the link to the video. In the next slide we had to fill out some questions about an ad called the unsell. Lastly we had to do the second slide again but with a ad of our choice. The ad I chose was the " Katapult Kit Kat " if you want to look at my answers you can read the slide below.

Maths | Art WIP ( Work In Progress )

LI: To earn and look after money by creating maths.
In Maths we are trying to make an artwork related to maths. The artworks we can choose from are a Tapa, Geometric Landscapes, Geometric Abstract Art and 3D Object shading. Unfortunatley I didn't get the art done but I have finished my measurements. The art I have chosen to draw is a Geometric Landscape and my measurements are: Height - 27.5 Width - 33.7.

Reading | Fun, Fantastic, Fabulous Fitness Flipgrid

LI: To synthesise information for the CRAAP test.

In reading we had to finish our next QAR ( Question Answer Relationship ) which was about Fun, Fantastic, Fabulous Fitness. In QAR There are four different types of questions which are Right There, Think & Search, Author and Me/You & On My Own. Right there means the Answer is right there in the text, A Think & Search question is when the answer may be in the paragraph but you have to search other places to find it, Author and Me/You means using your background knowledge and what the author has told you to come up with your own answer & On My Own means you can walk up to anyone and ask them the question.

Next we had to do our synthesis ( Prior Knowledge - New Informtation - New Understanding ) and then we had to show a script for our flipgrid. To watch my flipgrid click the link below.

Link To Flipgrid: https://flipgrid.com/s/7ae124fe8057

Kiwi Sport | Swimming

LI: To learn water safety.
In Swimming ( Kiwi Sport ) the strokes we did were streamline, Freestyle, Backstroke and me and another person got to do Breathestroke. We had a new instructor for week 8 and her name was Karen ( Sorry if I spelt it wrong ). In Streamline we have to keep our arms stiff and straight behind our ears. In freestyle we have to do windmill arms and each three strokes we would turn on our side to breathe, then we would turn back onto our stomachs. Backstroke is like freestyle but on our backs ( Also we dont flip to "breathe" ). Full Breathestroke timing is pull ( With your arms ), breathe ( Above water ) & Kick glide ( For 2-3 seconds ). The thing is you have to keep your knees together and make your legs go in a circle.

Kiwi Can | Dealing With Challenges

LI: To deal with challenges.
We need to practice dealing with challenges to deal with them easily in the future. We did a Bus Stop activity. We had to get into groups and each group had a photo of a person doing a challenge. We had to explain what the challenges were, How the person doing the challenge feels and how they could fix the problem. Everytime a Kiwican leader said swap we would have to give our photo to the group next to us and it would work as a rotation.

Jamie Wall | Duffy Rolemodel

This week in assembly we had a duffy role model come to teach us the great things reading can do. This years role model was a man called Jamie Wall. As a kid Jamie read a book called Men In Black, Which is about all the All black players and all the All Blacks Games. His new job is writing for different new outlets and traveling the world to write about sports games. He writes for Maori Telivision, RNZ ( Radio New Zealand ), News Hub & Stuff. He writes about the All Blacks, Warriors, UFC ( Ultimate Fighting Champion Ship ) Boxing, Cricket, Super Rugby & Fifa WC ( World Cup ). He has also has traveled to Japan, Italy, Argentina, France, England, Ireland and Australia.

Reading | Flipgrid

LI: To synthesise information for the CRAAP test.
CRAAP stands for Currency, Relevancy, Authority, Accuracy, and Purpose. We had a persuasive speech on a topic, my topic was about Firing Fast Food and how it should happen. We had to write down our prior knowledge down on the synthesize poster about what we already know about the topic. We then had to fill in a QAR poster. We had a bunch of questions about the book, we had to answer the questions but also place where the type of question is. Next we had to finish off our synthesize poster by filling out the new information and new understanding. Lastly we had to write down a script for our Flipgrid, and in our script we had to say if we agree or disagree with the article that we found information from.

Link To Flipgrid: https://flipgrid.com/s/cfcde56fd9c1

Ads vs Reality | Writing

          
LI: To learn about persuasive tools in advertising
Advertising is a media to show a product to sell or service to use. In advertisements they use persuasive tools to persuade people to buy or use the product or service. This week we were talking about a spokesperson or a mascot for a company. Like McDonalds mascot is Ronald McDonald. Our slide had us talk about celebrity endorsements as well. Like how Lionel Messi has a deal with Adidas. We then had to write down our POV on celebrity endorsements as well as other examples. We then had to find slogans for food companies, tech companies and more. Lastly we had to write down a slogan for our school and write down advertising effects in commercials.

Inquiry | Archimede Screw

LI : To learn about simple machines (the screw).
The Archimedes screw is what we were learning about in inquiry. We did a test on trying to make on how we could make an Archimedes screw. We had a tube and a long stick and a bucket full of water, an Archimedes helps water travel from the bottom travel to the top (using the tubes ). When we did this test we then had to fill in a google drawing explaining what a Archimedes screw is with questions about the test we did (there were also videos explain what a Archimedes screw is).

Cybersmart| Print Design Rules

LI: To apply the print design.
In Cybersmart we had to apply the print design rules to a poster related to one of the six simple machines. The 4 areas of the print design rules are color, text, layout & composition. Color controls the colors that you use, Text controls the aligning of the texts, layout controls where things go and composition controls the balance of text and images.

Maths | Artwork Plan

LI: To measure the length and calculate the perimeter and area.
In maths we are learning about measurments. To figure out the area of something you have to multiply the height and width. We are also doing artwork. The pieces of art we could choose from are tapa's, Geometric Landscapes, 3D shape shading and Geometric Abstract Art. We had to measure the width and height of the two blank spaces in LS1

Kiwi Can | Understanding Challenges

LI: To learn how to Deal with challenges.
In Kiwi Can we started off by making a circle and discussing what challenges are because our new module is dealing with challenges. A Challenge a diffucult task that is given to you. There are two different types of challenges which are physical and mental. Our energizer was trying to follow commands without being tricked. Our activity was getting into groups of three and we had to try and cooperate to make a addition ( Plus or Cross ) symbol out of six shapes.