Reading | The Witches

The Witches is a book about Witches who hate children and the Witches also want to do mean things to children. The main character Boy, has a grandma who knows a lot about Witches, and how to recognise one. 

Boy's parents died in a car crash and had to live in Norway with his grandma. Witches have a sizziling hot hatred for children. Boy wants to find all the witches and then grind them up, so that there are none left in the world. 

Witches are bald, have a pink ring around their nose, and yet they can still appear as ordinary people. Witches are always women, ghouls are men, but out of all the horrible things on the earth the witches are the most dangerous.

The Witches is a very interesting novel and its really intriguing to wait for the next chapters. 

LI: To study a novel.

 

Athletics Day

This week Panmure Bridge school had athletics day. Athletics day is a day where all classes in P.B.S participate in different challenges. Each class is divided into 4 different teams. There is green team, blue team, red team, and yellow team. After each class has completed a challenge, they all meet up and either watch people race or race.

The first activity, was rob the nest. In rob the nest all 4 teams had a 'nest' and in the middle there were 'eggs'. First each team would run in to the middle and collect as many 'eggs' as they could. They could only take one at a time back to their 'nest'. After all teams have collected all the 'eggs' they would then try to steal more eggs from other 'nests'. At the end everyone would count the amount of eggs they had. 

The second activity was Lily pad paper/scissors/rock. In this activity, because there were 4 teams in total we would divide the teams by 2 then merge them together as one big team. There were a set of lilypads we would have to jump on, when we would meet someone infront of us then we would play rock paper scissors with them. If you won then you would advance, and repeat the process if you encountered anyone. If you lose then you will have to go to the back of the line.

The final activity was the sprints, a week before athletics day there was a qualifier sprint, if you qualified then you would have the opportunity to race in the sprints. After each class had done the sprints then we would have a champion race, with all the previous winners. Whoever the winner of the final race was then they would be in the sprint team to go to zone. 

I enjoyed Athletics day because I got to work on my physical ability and my mental strength.

Human Body

SSR Selfie helps learn how to summarise or retell a text. The book I read was called Human Body. 

This book has lots of information and facts about the human body. For example it says that a lifetime supply of food for a human is 50,000 litres of water and 50,000kg of food. There was also a lot of other questions that were needed to be answered.

LI: To summarise and retell a text. 

KUBB

 KUBB is a game that was meant to improve the axe throwing skills of vikings.

Each team has 5 soldiers that they can place anywhere within the boundaries of the rectangle. both teams are then given 5 sticks that represent the axe. The aim of the game is to throw the stick at the other teams soldiers. After all soldiers have been defeated then you must aim for the king in the middle of the rectangle. 

When throwing the stick, make sure that the thrower is behind the throwing line and is throwing the sticks underarm. If the person steps over the throwing line or throws in a different style than underarm they're disqualified.

This game improved my trajectory calculations.

Quiz

Fact families are all the knowledge that can be unlocked within the fact. Strand includes measurement, time, money, statistics, geometry, and fractions. 

Some examples of fact family questions would be: 9 x 8, 9 x 6, 9 x 2, 27 ÷ 9, 81 ÷ 9, and 72 ÷ 9. These fact family questions are based on nine.

Some examples of strand questions would be: How many grams are in a kilogram, someone has $7 and decides to buy something worth $4 how much money do they have left, what is 1/3 of %100.

Fact families and strand is very usefull outside the classroom, geometry is in lots of jobs, so is measurement.

LI: To use knowledge to test knowledge. 

Comment thread

Comment threads are the gateways to starting conversations.

A quality blog comment should compliment the blogger on something positive they've achieved, inform them on something they could do better, and lastly end the comment with an open question for a comment thread. A comment thread is a back and fourth conversation between the blogger and the commenter. In comment threads both parties can share knowledge and learn new things. I had decided to leave a comment on Lukah's blog post about commenting.

Summer Learning Journey D4T3

This week for my next activity for the Summer Learning Journey program I made a summer haiku. I based my summer Haiku off of eggs because during the summer I would always eat sandwiches on the deck outside. A haiku is a Japanese styled poem using the 575 code, Aka 5 syllables, 7 syllables, and then back to 5 syllables.

Summer Learning Journey D4T2

This week for my next summer learning journey activity I was asked to find reasons for why something doesn't belong with the others. I filled out the slideshow you see below with my answers of what doesn't and does belong of the four items. I did this nine times, I also created my own "What doesn't belong" challenge on the last slide. Challenge yourself, and try my game on the last slide.

Summer Learning Journey D4T1

In this activity, I was asked to create a chorus about a topic chosen. The topic I chose was about sandwiches because they are one of my favorite snacks to have. In this chorus I used the ABC's tune as the tune for the chorus. 

I found this challenging and at the same time creative and interesting.

Summer Learning Journey D3T2

 For our task today we were doing a task called What are you doing today?. In this task we have to rearrange Maori words to make a sentence. 

The first sentence we arranged is "What are you doing today?" The translation of that sentence is "Kei te aha koe i tenei ra?"

The next sentence we arranged is "I am going to.." In this one we had to add the right Maori word from a pile of words. I chose papa takaro which means field or playground. So the sentence would be "I am going to the field/playground."

The final sentence we arranged is the same as "I am going to.." but we get to choose any word. I chose kaukau which means swim. So that means the sentence would be "I am going to swim"

This task was hard because I'm not that good at understanding Maori.

Summer Learning Journey D3T3

Optical ilussions are pieces of art that messes with the eyes. 

My optical illusion is called the impossible triangle. To make this shape I followed a step by step tutorial. The triange on the left is the tutorials and the right one is mine. 

To make this optical illusion I used a ruler, a piece of paper, a pencil, and an eraser.

There are many different kinds of optical illusion like moving ones, ones that have a short effect on the world around you, and etc.

This activity helped with my listening skills because I had to listen and pay attention to. Heres a link to the tutorial I watched: Link. 

 

Summer Learning Journey D3T1

Kowhaiwhai is a form of Maori art that represents a story.

First, I researched about someone called Tanerore. Tanerore has something to do with shimmering air. People in Maori performances will shake their hands to represent the shimmering air action.

Next, I watched a video that showed people using the shimmering air action in a Maori Dance.

The kowhaiwhai I made is meant to represent the waves at the beach. I thought that people go to the beach during summer so I chose to represent waves.

This activity opened up my imagination a bit because I had to think of something summer related that I could represent using kowhaiwhai.

Summer Learning Journey D2T2

 I created a look-a-like of a moth. To create this I used things that I found outside. I chose a moth because I had an idea for the wing patterns. 

First, I thought about what insect I was going to make. After I chose the moth I found a reference image of one. 

Next, I went outside to try and find the materials that I thought I might need. The materials I gathered were dandelions, buttercups, different kinds of leaves, and a plant that I cannot name.

Lastly, I tried to piece my materials together to create a moth like creature. I tried to find things for the furry body, the big and small wings, and the patterns on the wings.

This activity was quite fun and it made me use my creativity a bit more. 

Summer Learning Journey D1T2

A quality blog comment should be positive, thoughtful, and helpful.

A quality blog comment should compliment the blogger on something positive they've achieved, inform them on something they could do better, and lastly end the comment with an open question for a comment thread. A comment thread is a back and fourth conversation between the blogger and the commenter. In comment threads both parties can share knowledge and learn new things. I had decided to leave a comment on Lukah's blog post about commenting.

Summer Learning Journey D2T1

The Fishy False Teeth article is based around a practical joker admitted to faking a story. Students read through an article explaining the story and what happened. 

First, students watch an instructional video on how to complete the Fishy False Teeth task.

Next, students would fill out a template thats supposed to show who the characters are, what part they played in the story, and what their outcome was. students completed this template so that they can understand the article.

Lastly, students watched a soundless video that was similar to the fishy false teeth article. After watching the video students would fill out a comic strip with phrases that we thought the two men in the video would be saying.

This activity opened up my imagination a bit because I had imagine what the characters were saying.

Summer Learning Journey T1D1

In the first part of the Summer Learning Journey I was briefly introduced to Nanogirl, or Michelle Dickinson. I had been told that Nano girl will be with the Summer Learning Journey for the next 6 weeks.

The first task that I recieved was to find and collect some materials that she had talked about in the task explanation video. These materials might be found around your house, but if you didn't have the materials at your house then you might have to bribe Mr Wong and Mr Ogilvie to borrow a material.

Next I had to record me and my group going around and collecting the items. We had to make sure that there was a specific way we held the camera. We had to make sure the camera had 1/3 of our face in it and the rest was us showing the materials that had been gathered.

LI: To participate in Summer Learning Journey tasks.

Emergency shelter sales pitch

We presented a sales pitch about the shelter that my group had created. Our shape was an octagon, and we presented our shelter to P.B.S.

First, the feedback we recieved after presenting was that, we should've stopped talking about alternatives, and we should've had more deliverables.

My group and I should've made our slideshow more appropriate for the situation. We also should've explaind what our shelter was protecting against.

I think that my group and I could've done a way better job at a lot of things. My group and I didn't really meet the criterias so something that I think we could do better next time is to include what was instructed and to make our presentation and vocabulary choice better suited for the situation. I also think that my group could be more confident when speaking. We should've also made sure that our lines in the presentation were remembered so that everyone knew what parts they speaking.

LI: To create a presentation of your design to bid for the building contract.

The struggle of working is real...

My group and I filmed some videos and edited the videos into a movie.

First, we created a filming schedule that had the actors in the movie, the time it will take to film the movie, the scenes of the movie, and the equiptment and the location needed for the movie.

After that, we began practising the lines. The film we chose was about how working isn't always easy. The total time we needed was 25 minutes.

Lastly, we put all the scenes together and then edited it using WeVideo.

I enjoyed acting my part. I thought it was easy and hard to act because sometimes I only had two lines. One of the lines were hard to get because I had to be in sync with one of the other actors.

LI: To film a screenplay.

Badge Bidding

This year, LS1 started doing badge bidding. Students would bid for four different badges. Those badges are confidence, attitude, respect, and excellence and innovation. Each week you'd inform your group about what you've done to gain one of the four badges. Each badge has a rank of bronze, silver, and gold. 

Bronze badges might be achieved by showing work and acting on feedback. Silver badges might be achieved by getting all your work done by a certain day. A gold medal might be achieved by getting 1000 blogposts. 

I obtained my badges by showing work, helping others out, and helping pick up rubbish throughout the school and helping the senior students with duty work.  

The badges represent how much a student has accomplished this year. The badges also shows how the student has progressed from the start of the year, to the end.

Comprehension strategies

Comprehension strategies include prior knowledge, visualising, predicting, questioning, summarising, inferring, making connections, and skimming and scanning. There are different comprehension strategies that can be used at different times.

When seeing the books cover, use visualising, predicting, and inferring. People could visualise images on the cover. People could predict what is going to occur in the book. People could also use inferring to figure out what the book might be about because of the title and author.

When starting the book use prior knowledge, visualising, predicting, inferring, making connections, and skimming and scanning. Use prior knowledge to try and unlock the definition of words, and use visualising to help create an image using the text. Predicting is used to try and guess what will come next.  Inferring is used to find unsaid information. Making connections is used to link things from the book to other things. Skimming and scanning can be used to find specific information in the text. 

When reading the middle pages use prior knowledge, visualising, predicting, questioning, inferring, making connections and skimming and scanning. People can use the same skills as when first starting to read the book. 

At the end of the book use questioning, summarising, and skimming and scanning. Ask questions with an answer that deepens the understanding about a book. Use summarising to briefly explain the book. Skimming and scanning can be used to quickly look back into the book to find specific information.

Knowing when and how to use the comprehension strategies is good because it can enhance reading skills. 

LI: To practise comprehension skills.
LI: To test grammar knowledge.

Summer Learning Journey

The teaser task for the summer learning journey was to re-colour an original artwork on a colouring site.

The artwork below was originally made by Vincent Van Gogh and it was made in 1890. The title of the artwork is 'Roses'.

The reason that these colours were chosen to redraw the image was because most of them were similar to the original artwork.

LI: To redraw a famous artwork

Commanding Conversations

Commanding conversations is a can do based around writing. Commanding conversations gets the person to use their imagination to come up with conversations.

Commanding conversations gets people to select a photo, and write a conversation based on the events in the photo.

Commanding conversations works on your punctuation, vocabulary, and social skills. 

LI: To write descriptive conversations.

The Witches

The Witches is a novel written by Roald Dahl. It is about Witches, who plan on wiping out all kids.

Luke had stolen the formula. He then makes his way to the kitchen so that he can put the mouse transforming formula into the witches food. Unfortunatley he is spotten and gets part of his tail cut off. 

Luke makes a quick escape and heads to his grandmothers purse. Bruno, Grandma, and Luke watch all the witches of england turn into mice. After there big operation Luke and Grandma live a peacful life together. Grandma creates all kind of inventions for Luke.

The Witches is a novel that should be interesting for all ages.

LI: To study a novel.

Maori weapons

 This week I watched a kapa haka group perform. 

First, the kapa haka group performed their entrance ceremony by using various tools. They also informed me about the weapons, tools, and their purposes. The first training item was the Poi which works on the flexibility and dexterity of the wrists and arms. The second training item was the ti rakau which was also for the dexterity in the arms. The last item, which was an actual weapon, was called a taiaha. The taiaha is meant to represent the human body, and it can be used for offense and defense

Next, I watched the second part of their performance. At the end of their performance they performed a haka. The haka is traditionally used to scare opponents before certain events. Our school's kapa haka group also responded with a haka.

Lastly, I played Matau & Maui. Matau & Maui worked on my reaction and listening skills. Our objective was to not drop the rakau on the floor. 

I found their performance fun and educational because I gained a deeper understanding of Maori culture. 

LI: To learn and experience kapa haka performance

Driving forward

This weeks touch rugby session was about driving forward. Driving forward is running straight forward. 

First we practised two and three man settles to get ready for a game of touch. Coach Mark told us to aim for one person when we drive the ball down the field.

Next we played a game of touch. The game was for learning how to play and how to use a two and three man settle in a running game of touch rugby. 

I was able to help with the two man settles with my partener, Spelman. I need to work on communication so that I can tell my partener where to go or what I'm going to do.

Division Crash Course

Division is splitting a group of something into equal pieces

Division is similar to fractions and is basically the opposite of multiplication. For example 3 x 4 =12. Its optional to reverse that in to division to make it 12 ÷ 3 = 4.  

Remainders are the remaining numbers. For example 149 ÷ 4. It is possible to divide 100 and 40 by 4, but we can't divide 9 by 4. The closest answer we could get is 2 but there'd be one leftover. The basic answer is 37 remainder 1. It is possible to make that answer more precise.

To make the answer more precise then divide the remainder by 4. The answer to that is 0.25, so add this to the 37. This gives a more precise answer, which is 37.25

Divison is a good strategy to understand because it helps you in multiplcation and fractions.

 LI: To gain a better understanding about division.

Requisition Request

Emergency shelters are protection against natural disasters such as a storm or an earthquake. 

The Protectors requested aluminum foil, hard plastic, metal poles, clay,  chicken wire, and plaster of paris. 

The aluminum foil is for the inside of the shelter, the foil is used because it is a good insulator and heat reflector. 

The hard plastic is for the windows, the hard plastic is used because it’s easier to shape than glass.

The metal poles are for stabilization, it was used because it is a heat reflector insulator.

The clay is used to form most of the shelter, it was used because it is tough, so if the shelter topples over then the poles will not easily break off.

The plaster of Paris and the chicken wire is used for a similar purpose as the aluminium foil, they were used because they were used to hold the clay.

The tin can is used for the door, the front and the back of the shelter. The purpose of this shelter was to protect against bushfires. 

Emergency shelters are used worldwide and are very important. There are a lot of steps you need to do to build an emergency shelter.

Credit Oscar

Touch Rugby

For touch we focused on two main skills. Which were the two man and three man settle.

The first skill we practised was three man settle. When practising a three man settle first you run up, get touched and then plant the ball on the ground for the dummy half to pick up and then pass to the next person.

The second skill we practised was two man settle. If practising a two man settle first you run up, get touched and then plant the ball for the dummy half to pick up and pass it to the same person who got touch. We kept on practising these skills to get used to it. 

I enjoyed this weeks session for touch rugby.

LI: To practise the basics of touch rugby.

Athletics day results | Maths

I calculated the average score for the Athletics day teams.

To find the average, I added the class scores for each team then divided the total by the number of data points.  

I rounded the numbers up when I divided them. When rounding, if the number is four or less, I round down. If the number is 5 or higher then you round upwards. 

Knowing how to calculate the average is important because it can help to find out the scores of things without a calculator.

LI: To use statistical investigation.

The Witches | Reading

The Witches is a novel written by Roald Dahl. It is about Witches, who plan on wiping out all of the kids on planet earth.

Boy is transformed in to a mouse, along with a kid named Bruno Jenkins. After the Witches leave, Bruno and Boy escape and make their way to grandmamma. They then have a plan to steal a formula from the Grand High Witch. 

Boy has a plan to put some of the formula in the Witches drink. When Bruno Jenkins met his parents in mouse form. Mr and Mrs Jenkins told grandmamma to get lost, but she kept trying to explain to them that their son is a mouse. 

LI: To study a novel.

SSR Selfie

This week I completed SSR Selfie. The purpose of the SSR Selfie is to learn how to summarise or retell a text. The book I read was called the Kitchen Science Cookbook. The book was interesting. 

There were several questions, like who the author and illustrator is, some facts about the main topic, some new words that were learned and what the most interesting fact that we learned was.  

LI: To summarise and retell a text. 

Narrative | Writing

Screenplays are scripts of the actors lines. They are divided into scenes. 

The actor's line goes under their name. The actor's line does not need speech marks. 

People sometimes add a little pointer on how the line should be said. The pointer about the line is just under the actor's name, and to the right a little bit. 

A screenplay has the scene headline in all capitals. The actor's name is centre aligned and is also in all capitals. 

Understanding how to write a screenplay is important because actors would know what their lines are. 

LI: To convert a story into a screenplay (script) or storyboard.

Film Festival | Manaiakalani

This week Manaiakalani schools attended the 13th Manaiakalani film festival that was in Sylvia Park's Hoyts. Most of the films that we watched were about Covid 19.

The Manaiakalani film festival is held for schools in the Manaiakalani cluster. 

Our film talked about the importance it is to sanitise. Most of the other films were about the pandemic, and paying tribute to essential workers. 

The film I enjoyed the most was Maori language week by Tamaki college because it was pretty funny and interesting.

LI: To react to different films made by the Manaikalani cluster.

Maori Names

For Maori, our activity was translating Maori names into English. 

Some Maori names sounded very similar to english names. Some of the names that were new to us were: Hera which means Sarah, and Pati which means Patricia. The rest of the names were also new to us.

The Maori alphabet doesn't have all the letters that the english alphabet does. For example, J and S are turned into H.

The activities were educational because I learned about some things about the Maori alphabet and that they don't have all the same letters as the english alphabet.

Novel Study | Reading

The Witches is a novel about witches in disguise who want to do horrid things to children. If there is a kid by themselves they'll most likely be taken away by a witch. 

Grandma gets pneumonia so her and Boy aren't able to go to the lake in Norway, but the doctor allows them to go to a nice hotel in England.

After they arrived at the hotel, Boy seeks out to find an area to do his pet qmice training. He accidently stumbles into a room where he gets caged in with Witches, including the Grand High Witch herself. Boy overhears the Witches evil plans...

The Witches have sniffed out the scent of dogs droppings. To Witches children smell like dog droppings. They sniff out Boy so they had no choice but to turn him into a mouse along with Bruno Jenkins. Luckily Bruno and Boy find a place to hide from the witches.

Witches is a book, that should be interesting for little kids and older kids. I've heard that the movie is scary and quite interesting.

LI: To study a novel. 

Basic Facts Boxes

 Today I did basic facts boxes. I did the speed demon challenge. The speed demon challenge times how quickly you can do your basic facts. Once all the questions have been answered you stop your timer. I got all the questions correct, I think I could've done better because of how long i've been doing multiplication.

Geometry & Time | Maths

This week, I was taught about geometry. Geometry is shapes and measurements. I was also informed about time.

Ariana first told me about the different kinds of shapes, like 2d shapes and 3d shapes. 2d stands for 2 dimensional, and 3d stands for 3 dimensional. 2d is a flat shape that can be measured using width and height. 3d shapes can be measured using width, height, and depth. 

Ariana also informed me that vertices are where two or more lines meet up on a shape. Edges are the corners on the shapes.

Paul explained to me that the base of time is 60. Some examples are: 60 seconds = 1 minute, 60 minutes = 1 hour. There are 24 hours in a day, 7 days in a week, 52 weeks in a year, and 10 years in a decade. 

Paul also informed me that there are 3 main ways to tell time, analog, digital, and 24 hour time. Analog time uses hands and is shown on a clock. Digital time uses a lightup display. 24 hour time begins at 0000 and ends at 2359.

I think I was a good teacher because I went through the lesson quickly, and both students seemed to understand what I was explaining. I also enjoyed being taught because my classmates informed me about things that I needed a better understanding on.

Inquiry | Emergency shelters

In this week's inquiry session, we learned how to design an emergency shelter. 

First, we designed a quick sketch of an emergency shelter on a piece of paper. We had to draw our design from a front angle and a side angle. We also had to think about what shape would be suitable for natural disasters such as strong winds. We used an octagon because if the wind toppled it over then it would still maintain its shape. 

 

Next, we designed a 3d version of our emergency shelter. To help us make the 3d shapes we used an app called sketchup. We had to replicate our paper design. 

Lastly, some changes we think we could make is, getting rid of some of our pillars, because the storm is capable of blowing down the pillars which will make the octagon roll repeatedly, and we could take away one of the windows so that there's a less likely chance of things flying through it.

This activity taught me about 3d shapes, and what kind of designs are good for certain natural disasters.

LI: To digitally model an emergency shelter.

Kiwi sport | Touch Rugby

This weeks touch rugby session, we learned the two man settle and the three man settle. 

The two man settle is the process of one person running forward, initiating the touch, planting the ball, then the last person picking up the ball passes it back to me and repeats the process. The three man settle is similar to the two man settle, but the second person passes the ball to the third person who then repeats the process. The two and three man settles are used for driving up the field.

To practice the two and three man settle we played a game of walking touch rugby. Everytime someone was touched we had to remember to step five metres back, or in line with coach Mark.

This activity taught me more of the basics to touch rugby.

LI: To learn the basics of touch rugby.

Duffy Theatre | Bex meets a Coggen

 We watched a performance by Duffy theatre group about the Coggen. A Coggen is a mythical creature that is a mixture of a cat, dog, and chicken.

Before the show, the actors introduced themselves. Then we sang the Duffy song.

Then the actors performed for us.

Lastly the Duffy group held a question and answer session.

I thought the show was very interesting, they must have spent a long time thinking about it.

Maths | Money

Money is notes from a country used to pay or buy things.  New Zealand money uses place value.

The New Zealand money has 5 coins and 5 notes. There is 10c, 20c, 50c, $1, and $2 coins. There is also $5, $10, $20, $50, and $100 dollar notes.

Here is an example on how the place value system works. Imagine a person used up a $1.50 and a $1.70. How much does the person have left? This can by solved using place value. First add $1.50c and $1.70c up. 70c+50c=$1.20c. Then add $1+$1=$2.00. After that add $2.00+$1.20c=$3.20c. Then take away $10.00-$3.20=6.80.

Its important to understand money and change, because you could be scammed of your money.

Maori | Maori Names

 In our Maori session, we translated Maori names into English. Our activity was searching up Maori names by using the Maori dictionary. We also made a DLO showing the directions in Maor.

Some Maori names sounded very similar to english names. Some of the Names we learned about were: Hamuera which means Samuel, and Huhana which means Susan. The rest of our list of words were new to us.  

Next we made a slideshow that shows directions in Maori. We also added pictures to show the directions. Mua means in front, Muri means behind, Maui means to the left, and Matau means to the right.

The activities were educational because this week's session was about Maori names.  

Touch rugby | Kiwi sport

This week for touch rugby we focused on how to plant the ball. 

Planting the ball is placing the ball under your legs with both hands on the ball. To practice planting the ball we played a game in pairs. We would have to run to a cone then put our right hand up to initiate the touch. We then planted the ball for our partner to pick up. After our partner had picked up the ball they would have to pass it back to the planter. The planter had to make sure they were behind the person who picked up the ball, so that it wasn't a forward pass.

The second game we played was bibs verses non-bibs. On each team a certain group of people had rugby balls. They had to avoid being tagged by the people on the opposing team that didn't have a ball. Same went for the other team. If you had a rugby ball and you got tagged you would have to plant the ball for whoever tagged you. They would then have to try and avoid players.

The last thing we did was an activity that had one attacker and one defender. As we progressed, there were now 2 attackers. The attackers had to make sure that they would make the defender commit to getting them. They then had to pass the ball to there teamate who would get a try.

I suggest trying these activities if you're a beginner in touch rugby or planting the ball.

LI: To learn how to plant the ball. 

Kupu revision | Maori

In Maori we were revising our Kupu task from last week. 

Like last week, there was a list of Maori words to find the english definitions of. To help translate some of the words we used Maori dictionary. Some of the words that I knew the meaning of were: Moana/Sea, Kai/Food and Maunga/Mountain. One word that was new to me was Putiputi/Flower. 

There was also another list of places that we needed to translate into english. Some of the places I knew were: Maungarei/Mount Wellington, Moungawhau/Mount Eden, and Maungakiekie/One tree hill. 

LI: To revise Maori words and phrases.

The Witches | Reading

The Witches is a novel about witches in disguise who want to do horrid things to the children. If there is a kid by themselves its most likely they'll be taken away by a witch.

These witches aren't the kind that are green and have creepy hats, who ride on broom sticks. These witches are REAL. They have terrific faces that will spook people out of their skin. The only reason they aren't caught easily is because they disguise themselves as ordinary women with ordinary jobs. The lovely teacher who shares knowledge with the classroom, could be a WITCH! 

Witches are ALWAYS plotting on a way to terrorize children. There are certain ways to figure out a witch and they're: a REAL witch will always be wearing gloves, a REAL witch is as bald as a boiled egg, you might catch them scratching there head because of wig - rash, witches have slightly larger noseholes than normal people and the rim of each nose hole is pink and curly.

Witches is a book, that should be interesting for little kids and older kids. The book is very interesting.

LI: To study a novel.

 

Maths in jobs | Maths

 Different kinds of math is used in all jobs, in cooking chefs use measurement, estimation and counting. 

In cooking measurement can be used to measure the amount of an ingredient. Estimation can be used when getting ingredients because people can guess how many ingredients they'll need depending on how many people will be eating. People can then count the amount of ingredients to get. 

It's important to be good at measurement in cooking because the dish will turn out nicely. Even when people are at home they could make their own food. 

Not being good at measurement could make the dish have a one sided flavour. If the chef is not good at estimation and counting then they could make to much or too little of a food.

Maths is a very good skill to have in any job, make sure to practice as much as possible.    

Inquiry | Tempature experiments

Insulators are materials that limit heats movement.

Insulators are used to stop heat from traveling. Five materials were experimented on for the ability to insulate: glass, plastic, metal, paper, and polystyrene.

The best insulator for keeping things warm was polystyrene because it only lost 8 degrees over time. The worst insulator for keeping in heat was tin, plastic, and paper because they lost 10 degrees over time.

The best insulator for keeping things cold was paper and polystyrene because they only lost 2 degrees over time. The worst insulator for keeping things cold was glass.

The best insulator for both hot and cold was polystyrene.

Kupu | Maori

 In Maori we were doing a task called Kupu. 

We had a list of Maori words to translate, we were using the Maori dictionary to translate them. The english translations in green were the ones that are correct. The words I knew were: tane/boy, makariri/cold, ka pai/good and wera/hot. One word that was new for me was rangatira which translates into chief. 

Inquiry | Experiments

 This week in inquiry we conducted expirements. We did the experiment to figure out the absorbency of materials. We also did the experiment to learn about experimental methods, consistancy and precision.

First, I gathered a specific amount of materials. We got 100ml of water inside a beaker, we also put exactly 5 drops of food colouring in the water. 

Next, we got 50g of our material. We tipped all of our water onto our material, we then carefully tipped the water out into the beaker. We looked at how much water wasn't absorbed.

Lastly, we wrote down our results on a recording sheet. To be consistant and precise we had to learn how to use the equipment correctly. 

I learned that rocks aren't very absorbent, and diapers are very absorbent.

LI: To learn and practice experimental methods.

Formal & Informal | Writing

Formality is knowing if the situation is formal or informal and knowing what language to use. There are also different kinds of formality in some cultures. 

Formal means when you have to follow the rules. An example of formal language is: "Would you like to watch the rugby game with me?" Example of formal situations are: meetings, interviews, funerals and church.

Informal is when you don't have to follow the rules. An example of informal language is: "Chur broo wanna go watch rugby, eyy?"Examples of informal situations are: playing at the park, going shopping, birthdays and hallowenn.

Sometimes formal situations can be similar to informal situations, for example: having a meeting at the park or having lunch at a meeting.

 LI: To identify formal and informal language.

Te Reo Maori

This week we learned how to say body parts in Maori. 

First, we did a task called Te Tinana. We re-arranged the Maori words with the English words so that they would match body parts.

Next, we highlighted the body parts that we knew, the ones we didn't know we left blank.

I think I should try to expand my Maori vocabulary because I didn't know that many words. 

Maths | Converting measurements

Converting measurements is to multiply or divide, the width or length of an object.

When a measurement has been multiplied by 10, then the decimal moves right once. 

When a measurement has been divided by 100, then the decimal moves left twice.

Place value houses are good to help with converting.

Comment thread

 Today I decided to comment on Fotu's blog post on his Rounding. 

The first question that I asked to Fotu was "The next time you do this will you use this idea to improve your time?"

I then gave him positive feedback "What do you think your new time would be if you applied both ideas?"

To check out what Fotu did for his blog post, check out this link to his blog: Fotu's blog

LI: To create a comment thread.

Basic Facts Boxes

Today I did the basic fact boxes challenge. I did the speed demon challenge up to 20. The time I got was 4 minutes and 42 seconds. I thought that the questions weren't that hard but it was a bit difficult. I think that I can do better next time.

LI: To rapidly remember basic math facts.

SSR Selfie

Today I completed SSR Selfie. The purpose of the SSR Selfie is to learn how to summarise or retell a text. The book I read was called The Gruffalo. The book was interesting. We read this book as a class and used this book to learn new skills.

LI: To summarise and retell a text. 

Gruffalo Art

For art, we drew sections of the The Gruffalo cover as a class. We learnt new skills during the couple of weeks we did this. 

First, we got chosen to a peice of paper to color. The first technique we got taught was the blending. To do the blending technique we smudge colours together to get a shade or texture. We used a paper towel to blend in the big parts and little cotton tips to blend the small details.

After that, we started to colour in the lines and thought about the colours, details and technique. The second technique we learnt was how to get the light colour for the grass. To do this we went with white and covered the area. Then we got green and coloured on top of the white. Then got white again and coloured over the green to blend the colours.

The last skill we learnt was how to make the colour of the path. The path was difficult to blend. The colours we used were, yellow, gold and peach. We went in with the peach colour and covered the area with it. Then we used yellow and a small part of gold to get the colour. 

I think that this activity was challenging and I found it difficult to make the path. I would like to improve on my blending skill.

LI: To collaborate as a group and learn new techniques to create art.