Night Owls & Early Risers | Activity 1 (Day 3) - Summer Learning Journey | WEEK 2

This was Activity 1 of Day 3 for Week 2 in the Summer Learning Journey. To complete this activity, I had to tell if I am a night owl or an early riser, and think the same about the rest of my family. A night owl is someone who stays awake and an early riser is someone who go to sleep at normal night and wakes up in the morning. I am certain I am a Night Owl. I love to stay up watching videos and being on my Chromebook. I could stay up until bright morning. My sister Tiava is a Night Owl just like me because we usually stay up together. My brother Joshua is one too but can also be a early riser sometimes. My Mom and sister Kahlista are early risers that sleep when night comes to wake up in morning.

Mimosa Pudica & Venus Flytrap | Activity 3 (Day 2) - Summer Learning Journey | WEEK 2

This was Activity 3 of Day 2 for Week 2 of the Summer Learning Journey. For this Activity I had to view a list of 10 strange plants and pick two of them and list three of their similarities and three of their differences. The two plants I chose were the Mimosa Pudica & the Venus Flytrap because I knew a little bit about these two already. For extra points, we had to insert two photos of the two chosen plants.

Dipper Pines | Activity 2 (Day 2) - Summer Learning Journey | WEEK 2

Today I completed Activity 2 of Day 2 for Week 2 to the Summer Learning Journey. I had to pick someone I know either personally or a character/actor who is strong and tough. I decided to choose a character from a show called "Gravity Falls". He's name is Dipper Pines. He may not be so strong and tough physically but why I chose him is because he believed in something even when nobody else did and he kept believing until he was proved to be right and everything he was believing in came to his reality. He was a strong person for that and tough for being able to take any hate that came his way. This made him a strong and tough person mentally.

Flax Weaving | Activity 1 (Day 2) - Summer Learning Journey | WEEK 2

This was Activity number 1 for Day 2 of Week 2 under the Summer Learning Journey. For this activity I had to watch a video of a women weaving a fish out of flax and think about if I would ever do flax weaving and why or why not. I have tried this weaving a long time ago but used paper instead. I would try weaving with flax because I am Tongan and in Tonga flax weaving is a common activity and representative. By doing this I can show my nationality in myself and also have fun by creating different things with the flax.

Flax weaving video - Click me!

True or False Facts | Activity 3 (Day 1) - Summer Learning Journey | WEEK 2

Fish Fact #1: The oldest known fish in the world is a 65 year old Australian lungfish. - FALSE
The oldest fish in the world is Greenland shark living until the age of 226.

Fish Fact #2: Sharks are the only fish that have eyelids. - TRUE
They have a membrane that works like an eyelid.

Fish Fact #3: Starfish are a type of fish. - FALSE
They do not have fins, gills, or scales.

Fish Fact #4: Fish communicate with each other by making low-pitched sounds. - FALSE
They communicate mainly with body language or high-pitched sounds.

Fish Fact #5: Fish usually swim together in groups called "classes". - FALSE
Groups of fish are called "Shoal".

This was Activity 3 for Day 1 of Week 2 under the Summer Learning Journey. For me to complete this activity, I had to read 5 fish facts and decided which ones are true or false which I had to write in capitals next to the fact. I had to research these questions to find their answers. Not only telling which ones are true or false, I also provided a sentence of proof below the fact.

Cycling Race Support Crew | Activity 2 (Day 1) - Summer Learning Journey | WEEK 2

SUPPORT CREW:

1) Tiava because she is a good biker and hard worker.

2) Joshua because he can move fast and is really strong.

3) Kahlista because she is smart and ordered.

For the second activity for the day 1 of week 2 Summer Learning Journey, I had to choose three people as a support crew and why if I were in the Lake Taupo Cycle Race. The people listed were all my siblings because they fit what I needed. My sister Tiava has her own bike and is used to biking for a period of time, and she is very determined when it comes to things. My brother Joshua because he is very fast when moving his legs and he is really muscular as well. Lastly, my other sister Kahlista because she is the eldest and knows more about things and can organise everything. Plus they are all people close to me and I can be comfortable with, and all extremely funny/happy people. 

Favourite Summer Activity/Swimming! | Activity 1 (Day 1) - Summer Learning Journey | WEEK 2

This was activity number 1 of day 1 for week 2 under the Summer Learning Journey. To start this new week, I had to use a picture to show me doing one of my favourite summer activities. Although the picture doesn't show much, it was a photo taken of after my two sisters and I went to one of my favourite places to be because it is one of my favourite things I like to do in the summer, swimming. The only place I go to is the YMCA Lagoon pools. This is one of my favourite activities because I can cool off in the pool and I usually organise to go with my friends. I enjoy swimming very much because I can not only have fun, but I can get outside and enjoy the weather.

Life in New Zealand | Activity 3 (Day 5) - Summer Learning Journey

New Zealand, one of the spectacular countries known to me. The blue oceans are so calming, and the healthy green trees are very welcoming. Full of safe communities and respecting people everywhere.  The places I've seen will always be in my head when I think of here. Experienced some of my best times and met people I can trust. New Zealand, I am glad to call a home. - Victoria

Finishing off Summer Learning Journey Week 1 Activities, I completed the 3rd  Task of Day 5. For this activity I needed to write a description of what life is like in New Zealand for 2018 using detail to create pictures  and feelings. I describe the environment, people, and sightings. This really got me thinking about the country and had me to be descriptive about my personal life here.

Tundra Letter | Activity 2 (Day 5) - Summer Learning Journey

My Letter: Dear, Family my trip was great. Tundra is beautiful and I am loving the view. I was able to experience actual snow! It's icy and crunchy. Very quite and peaceful here, just what I needed. It's odd without trees as I a used to a land full of them everywhere. It's really freezing though, all my limbs are numb. I'll be back soon, wish you could've came :)

Sincerely, Victoria xo

Today's 2nd activity of Day 5 for the Summer Learning Journey was to imagine I took a class trip to Tundra before the weather changed up then couldn't and write a letter about my it to my family or friend. I chose to write it to my family because I would miss them the most and I would already be with my friends. I first had to find out a little bit about this place. It is land that is very cold without any trees. To earn the full point I had to begin with dear and follow it on by 5 to 6 sentence about the experience.

No Logging | Activity 1 (Day 5) - Summer Learning Journey

This was Activity 1 for Day 5 of the Summer Learning Journey. Today I had to decided weather I think logging should or shouldn't be allowed in New Zealand. Logging is when trees are being cut by loggers. I disagree with the ability that people should and can do this. I think this for one because trees supply a safe environment for the animals, but if trees are constantly being cut without replacement, then those animals have to keep calling a new place home until their isn't one. I also think this because trees are an important part of nature as it provides oxygen and a better and healthy environment.

Hotel Room | Activity 3 (Day 4) - Summer Learning Journey

This was activity 3 of Day 4 for the Summer Learning Journey. Today I was to where I would build a hotel and what material would I use. I would like to put my Hotel where the Aurora is visible above mountains. It would be a beautiful site and would put everyone to sleep. I would use soft carpet as the floors and strong wood for the outer structure. For an extra bonus 5 points, we had to design one room in the hotel. I wasn't able to fit everything in my one google draw, but I was able to put basic main things like a bedroom and kitchen. The picture above is the layout of the Hotel room.

Chicken & Cheese Enchiladas | Activity 2 (Day 4) - Summer Learning Journey

This was Activity 2 for Day 4 of the Summer Learning Journey. Today I had to choose one out of my many favourite foods and explain how you can make it. One of my favourite meals are chicken and cheese enchiladas. I love the flavour especially because I love cheese and chicken. The thought of them make my mouth water, these things are so tasty! It is special to me because we don't have them often or as much as I want to, even though they are an amazing dish. I decided to search up the recipe to the Enchiladas. How we make it, may be different in some ways but they are still the same. To make this, you need: Sour cream, Shredded cheese, Chopped cooked chicken and Tortillas. Other ingredients are optional for this but I have just listed the main ingredients. For more easy information for this click here - Chicken and Cheese Enchiladas

5 Questions for Sir Edmund Hillary | Activity 1 (Day 4) - Summer Learning Journey

1) How did you feel reaching the top of the mountain?

2) What did you think about your face being on the New Zealand 5 dollar note?

3) What were you thinking as you were climbing the mountain and when you actually reached the top?

4) How did you handle all the attention you were getting?

5) If there was one thing you could tell children/adults who are inspired by your story, what would you say to them?

This was the first activity for Day 4 of the Summer Learning Journey. For this activity to be completed, I had to imagine I met Sir Edmund Hillary and think about 5 Questions to ask him. He was a New Zealander, and the first man to reach the top of Mt Everest. I had a lot information to go off of for this.

World Wildlife Fun | Activity 3 (Day 3) - Summer Learning Journey

Today I completed activity 3 for Day 3 under the Summer Learning Journey. To complete this activity, I first had to find out more about WWF (World Wildlife Fun) which was a gathering in 1961 about protecting life on earth and animals. I then had to watch one out of two videos about this and then write about the name of the animal these people were working to save, what they are doing to save it, and any success they had protecting the animal. Click me - Tigers (WWF)

My Answer - The animal WWF are trying to protect in the clip are Tigers. To help the animal, they are running funds to save Tigers and making their statement of what they are doing public. I think success reached out of this is more donations for their workings.

DOC Ranger | Activity 2 (Day 3) - Summer Learning Journey

This was activity number 3 for day 3 of the Summer Learning Journey. For this I had to list 3 pro's and 3 con's of being a DOC Ranger after understanding what they do. These people protect the wildlife as living on an island. I also had to tell if I would like to be a DOC Ranger. Besides the good's of being a DOC Ranger, I think it just wouldn't work out for me. I love animals but I don't always have the courage or confidence to interact with some of them. I think i'd just leave it to the experienced to handle the job.

Imaginary Beast | Activity 1 (Day 3) - Summer Learning Journey

Today I completed activity 1 under day 3 for the Summer Learning Journey. For this activity I had to watch a video about unusual or strange animals and beasts. I then had to use my imagination to create my own beast. My beast is Malcolm. He is a winged giant, so skinny you can see his bones. His screeches are heard from miles and his teeth can bite through glass. His eyes are hypnotic and he can shape shift into anything and anyone.

SSR Selfie - The Cat's Pyjamas | Daily 6

L.I: To summarise and retell some text.

This  week I completed a SSR Selfie slide about a book I read called "The Cat's Pyjamas" by Catherine Foreman. This book was very interesting to read and fun as well because the visual pictures. This Cat has many pyjamas that he wears on different days of the week when he goes to sleep. The pyjamas gives him different dreams depending on their design of what it is.

Plant Math | Activity 3 (Day 2) - Summer Learning Journey

This was the final activity for Day 2 for activity 3 of the Summer Learning Journey. For this we took a look at cacti and how they live on 3ml of water everyday to stay alive. We had to imagine having our own cactus and how much ml it would be to feed for a whole year, and how we work it out. To do this I began with the start of 3ml. Then I researched how many days there were in a year, and I came to find it was 356. Multiplying these two answers I came up with my answer, 1068. To show my working out, I first multiplied 300 by 3 because 3 stands for 2ml, but which is 900. Then 3 x 50 which is 150, and lastly 3 x 6 which is 18. Adding 900 and 150 gave me 1050, then adding 18 gave me my answer of 1068.

3 Ferns Sports Teams | Activity 2 (Day 2) - Summer Learning Journey

This next activity was the second for day 2 of the Summer Learning Journey. For this we had to research to find 3 sports teams with "fern" in their name. What I did was Silver Ferns, Black Ferns, and White ferns. We also had to choose depending on the uniform, what we liked best. I liked the Cricket team outfit best because it's more suitable for me and I'd think it'll be more comfortable to wear during the sport since I can move around in it easily and the simple design represents the team but also is simple but layed out well.

Tane Mahuta | Activity 1 (Day 2) - Summer Learning Journey

This was the 1st activity for Day 2 of the Summer Learning Journey. In this activity we had to write about whether we would or wouldn't like to visit Tane Mahuta Tree one day. I decided that I would like to visit the tree because it would be a great site to see and get out in the nature. It was fun researching and finding a bit more about this Giant tree.

Rosa Parks | Interactive Presentation

L.I: To create an interactive post about a peaceful activists.
The past 2 weeks for inquiry we have been working on creating an interactive presentation. My partner was Florence, and we chose to make our D.L.O on Rosa Parks. There were specific things we needed to include, being philosophy, biography and LS1 philosophy application. We did this on a google presentation since it was better for what we  were doing. It also had to be interactive somehow so we can then present it in front of the class. Our script had to be different from what was on the real D.L.O so we wrote what we were going to say in the speaker notes. To make our presentation interactive, we asked 4 questions about Rosa Parks for the class and viewers to answer.

Digital Footprint | Activity 3 - Summer Learning Journey

This is now the 3rd Activity from the Summer Learning Journey that I enjoyed completing. For this we had to make a copy of a footprint and type inside how to stay smart online. Using the cyber-smart skills that I have learnt at school, I used what I knew to write about being smart online and safe surfing. I was able to fit 5 things to know about online safety in the footprint.

My Home Town | Activity 2 - Summer Learning Journey

This has been Activity 2 I've completed from the Summer Learning Journey. In this activity we had to think about our home town and what about it makes it special to us. My home town is Auckland and the structures and people make it special to me. Even the little things are beautiful and give me a great home to live in. It was good to get time to think about my home because it reminds me to be grateful for what I have.

Top 3 Fun Facts about New Zealand | Activity 1 - Summer Learning Journey

This week LS1 has began our start on completing the week 1 activities for the Summer Learning Journey. The first activity was to read facts from the provided site and choose 3 top facts about New Zealand. The 3 Facts were what interested me most and were extra information adding on to my knowledge about New Zealand. It was fun to read more about this country and create my D.L.O.

Click - Fun Facts about New Zealand | Auckland, New Zealand

Division Video | Math Task 4

L.I: To create a video about Division.

This week for Math we had to finish our last task for the week. I was to make a video about division. This time we could choose what strategy, what number range, and how many questions. I was doing place value, in 100 to 1000's number range, and 3 questions. The first thing I did was make my script of what I would say and later create the video. To read the script as I recorded, I used a whiteboard and wrote it down on it. The site used o record was screencastify. 

List of Idioms

L.I: To learn a whole bunch of idioms.
This week for Reading we had to get into a group a of three and write a bunch of idioms, using some ideas from the 2 linked sites. I worked with Andrew and Florence to create 28 idioms all together and adding up to 29 points in total. The points were scored depending on if the idiom was from either of the lists which was 2 points and if it wasn't which was 1 points. I did 6 of the idioms, as Florence did 1, and Andrew did 21. To finish a complete slide we had to write and link the definition, example of the idiom from a text or such and explain the idioms used in that tense. An idiom that sounds different from what it actually means.

Maori | Nga Taone

This week for maori we had to match the english translations to the maori name and we listened to 5 maori song of a Christmas songs and guess the christmas song it was and also we had to use a dictionary to find out what the places were. We also had to find out the part it is from either north island,south island and some couldn't all be answered.

Kiwi Can | Fun Week!

This week Wednesday was Fun week at Kiwi Can. Today we recapped what we did through the term with Ms. Peho and Ms. Page since Mr. Matt couldn't attend today's session. The class discussed the one theme which was respect and the 3 topics, respect for our school, respect for our community and respect for our environment. We rehearsed all the actions and words for the phrases and got in a circle to talk about what we enjoyed and liked most about Kiwi Can. I said I enjoyed the fun activities and energisers Kiwi Can set up for us to play. Then we all said games we liked so that we could play 3 of them depending on majority of votes. The games were Octopus, Invisible Touch and 10 second tag but we first played 10 second tag inside of the classroom. One of the leaders pointed to someone and that person had a certain amount of time to tag as many people as they could. If you were tagged then you were out and you had to sit out. The last two people were out of Akuhata and I but Akuhata won it. The next game we played was invisible touch in girls verse boys. We finally played the game that got the most votes out of class, Octopus. We played two rounds of Octopus and the first taggers were Fanini and Liletena, then Sakina and Mojtaba. Lastly we finished off the lesson with GKQ Master. Today was fun and exciting as it was Fun week at Kiwi Can.

Inter-school Athletics 2018 | 75m Sprints / 5&6 Relay

On December the 5th, the 2018 athletics was held in pakuranga and a group of special people from Panmure Bridge would be attending including myself. These people made it in because they had a useful part in them and were the top at doing something and would help represent our school for some of the events held like every other year. I was in for year 6 75 metre sprints, and year 5 & 6 relay team. I felt nervous before every event I was participating in, but I didn't care how well I did in them. The first thing I did was year 5 and 6 relay heats. In this team with me was Charlize, Sione T, and Karlos. After pushing threw and putting in our 100 meters, we made it in the finals after coming 2nd/3rd. In the finals we tried hard once again but I don't remember what we came. In 75m I was still a little exhausted but I came 4th. This was an exciting and tiring day but fun.

Rosa Parks | Planning

This week for Inquiry we have been researching activists and working on creating interactive D.L.O's on them. The chosen activists for Florence and I was Rosa Parks. She was an African-american women supporting and fighting for racial rights. We have completed our planning of what needed to be had in our presentation about our activists. This was a lot to complete and would talk around 2 weeks so what is shown is a plan of what will go in our D.L.O. Her story was a big movement and story. In a short description, she was the women who denied moving from her seat in a bus for a white man and was arrested for the issue.

20 Verbs | Perfect Tense (Past Perfect, Present Perfect, Future Perfect)

L.I: To identify verb tenses.
This week for Writing we took a look at perfect tense and how to write them in past, present, and future. Each of the different tenses show us what is going on. Perfect tense tells us what is happening until one point in each past, present, and future. The future perfect tense tells us something that will happen until a sudden point, the past perfect tense tells us something that already kept happening until a point, and present perfect tense tells us what has been happening. After writing all 20 verbs and inflecting them, we had to record at least 7 videos for each of the verbs. Florence and I recorded 8 videos, 4 on the bottom and 4 on the top. To make a future perfect tense sentence, you have to add will + have then the verb. To make a past perfect tense sentence you have to add had + been then the verb. Finally to make present perfect tense you need to add have/has + been then the verb. The common thing between all of them is the word "been".

Find, Draw, Animate, Act | Vocabulary (Words)

L.I: To learn a bunch of new words.
This week for Reading we looked at a bunch of new words and their definition. We showed them by either acting them out, drawing it, animating it or finding it online. Kaitlyn, Florence, and I completed doing 18 words some from each of the 2 provided lists of vocabulary to help us. First we had a small discussion about the different types of words we know as in verb, adjective, noun, and etc. We made two videos under act, 4 animations under animate, 4 drawings under draw, and 8 images on find. We also had to explain what the word meant in a short description or other words with their meaning. This was fun discovering these new words and creating or finding sources about it.

Kiwi Sport | Boxing

This week was our last session of kiwi sport with Pax in our classroom. Today we learnt new boxing combos using the punches and techniques we learnt throughout the weeks of boxing. First we got into partners and my partner was Florence. For the first part, Florence put on the gloves and I got two pool noodles. The first combo was jab, jab, cross, guard, cross. We did this a few times before moving on to the other combo which was jab, cross, left hook, bridge, left hook. The last combo was using uppercut and roll. We swapped position in our pairs after so that I had the boxing gloves on and Florence had the pool noodles. I then got to practise doing the combos we learnt. Afterwards, we all went over a few more things that we did in the other weeks of boxing. We also did some combos as a class and did all the boxing punches (Jab, Cross,  Left Hook, Right Hook, Left Uppercut, Right uppercut). We finished up the session by taking a final photo with our coach then putting the gear away and saying our thank yous. Today was a good session and everyone enjoyed learning all Pax had to teach for us as Kiwi Sport.

What is Peace? | Peace Poster & Peace Slide

L.I: To investigate and recognise characteristics, actions and symbols of peaceful activists.
This week for Inquiry we are looking at Peace and everything around it. First we wrote about opposites and sames of peace, using our understanding of peace itself to help us. To do that we got into groups of 5 and wrote as many words of synonyms for peace and antonyms for peace. We then split the group of 5, into 3 and 2. I worked with Florence and. We had to write at-least three words that describe each photo on a google presentation. Using those words, we then had to make sentences out of them and also make sentences of the people's perspective in the photo. We also had to look at statements that we had to talk about what it means when it defines peace. Finally, we went away and made posters explaining what "peace" means to us and put the poster on the slide.

Kiwi Can

This week Wednesday we had Kiwi Can in room 7 with Mr. Matt and Ms. Page. Our new topic is Respect for the environment and our theme is respect. First we had a little discussion of what environment means and how we can respect it. The first thing we did was our energiser which was called Snake. The volunteered tagger would have to crawl and squiggle on the floor, attempting to tag the other people. If you were tagged, you had to be a snake as well and try to tag the other people too until their was the last person standing. Then we played  one more round before coming back to the mat. The next things we did after another discussion, we played our activity which was Tic Tac Toe on chairs and with people. We got into groups of 5 and one group of 6. My group was of six and was of Florence, Alayah, Sakina, Miiana, Sulia, and I. Our group name was Islanders. Two groups versed at a time and in the end, The Footballers team won the rounds. We finally came back and talked abuot our theme and topic once again and share ideas on it. We finally ended the lesson of Kiwi Can by having a game of Master which was like GKQ (General Knowledge Question). The master from last week was Sandra which she started off the game. We finally said goodbye to Mr. Matt and Ms. Page. after the circle went around completely and there was only one winner

Inferring (Thoughts and Emotions) | For the Birds

L.I: To infer thoughts and emotions.
This week for reading we watched a short film from Pixar called For the Birds and inferred emotions and thoughts that we spotted in situations of the clip. This was an interesting and funny video to watch for the whole class. The whole class first did a few examples on a D.L.O, before we then had to go away in our reading groups and make one inference to start ourselves off. The inference my group and I made was "Confusion" because the looks on the birds faces. The layout of our slides on the presentation had to be the time stamp included, the emotion, a photo of the time, and your inference with proof. In total on my own, I made 5 inferences.

Blog Commenting

Today I commented on Kaitlyn's blog. I commented on her SSR Selfie post. She did a great job in my opinion. I was interested in what Kaitlyn read this week since I did an SSR Selfie for my book too. I really liked the D.L.O layout and the information she also included besides the summary. I also liked her blurb because she tells us it is her favourite book and little bits in and about the book. She also included the extra detail about what she had to do, to complete the SSR Selfie. I wanted to know something from the book that she liked. 

Here is a link to her post and my comment below - SSR Selfie

20 Verbs & Tenses

L.I: To identify verb tenses: past, future, and present continuous.
This week for Writing we looked at three different tenses, past, future, and present continuous. We then had to make a list of 20 verbs and show a video or photo of one of the inflections (tenses). I partnered up with Florence and Angelica. Usually to make a simple future tense, we add a "will" in front of the verb. For example, will jump. This means it hasn't yet happened. To make a present continuous tense, we add "ing" at the end of the verb. This means it is currently and still happening. Usually to make simple past tense, we add an "ed" or "d". This means that it has already happened. Our D.L.O was a presentation because it was the best to showcase all the verbs in one format. Different verbs show all their different tense of form. We used one tense for a verb and showed it with either a picture or video. I found it a little difficult to complete videos and photos for all 20 verbs, but it was fun to think of ideas to do for them and work with my partners to create some of them.

Kiwi Sport | Boxing

This week Thursday we had another session of boxing on kiwi sport with Pax in the hall. Today we were learning about defending in boxing. First we got into pairs, my pair was Florence. We had to warm up by playing a cone game where the partners had to try and grab the cone first. One of the partners had to put gloves on which was Florence, and the other had to get a noodle which was me. Then we learnt to keep our guard up. I had to swing the noodle down on Florence's head as she has to put her boxing gloves over her head so she can block it. Then we practised doing slide, where we move back in our rock position. I swung the noodle down and Florence moved back to not get hit. We finally learnt about the U roll because we didn't have enough time to learn the Spin. I had to hold the noodle on the right side of Florence's head and she had to go under the noodle and on the other side. After learning these for defence, we swapped over roles so I could practise the defensive moves.

Basic Facts Boxes

L.I: To answer basic fact questions about simple subtraction, addition, multiplication, and division.
This week I completed another 20 basic facts of the Basic Facts Boxes on subtraction and addition. For the subtracting boxes, we had to subtract the numbers by 32. For the addition we had to add on by 20. After completing the 20, I am 80 questions through from finishing 100. 

SSR Selfie - Toad Delight | Daily 6

L.I: To summarise and retell some text.
This week I completed a SSR Selfie slide about my library book "Toad Delight" by Morris Gletzman. This is a funny like book, including crazy and wild events a crane toad deals with. He goes on exciting and also terrifying, unexpected events on his adventures but he can be a strong toad about it. This book interested me from on the shelves because of the eye catching cover and a different look about the book and the whole concept of it.

Inferring | What can you tell?

L.I: To infer information.
This week for reading we have been working on inferring pictures with a partner. Inferring is using information to make an inference, because the author or such hasn't exactly pointed it out or said it. First we tried making an inference on an example photo to get a better idea. Then we got into partners and each made our own copy's of a google presentation of "What can you tell?". The google presentation had 4 photos for us to complete and one example photo. If we had an inference, we could right it in one of the boxes and then show our evidence of it, using arrows to also point them out. We had to talk with our partner so we could share our inferences and write them down. My partner was Florence, and she and I were able to get in at least two inferences for each photo.

Maori | Rētihi Poster

This week we had Maori with Ms. Whaea Odie. Today we watched a clip about a myth story of how the south of New Zealand came to be with animated movements. It was really interesting to watch and entertaining of the graphics and motions on the screen. Then we had to go and find a partner and create a poster about a food/s. To do that, Ms. Whaea Odie gave the partners a number, then they had to go and find the food that was numbered the same number as them. My partner was Alayah, and we were given number six which was lettuce and beetroot. Our poster was about lettuce. It all had to be written in maori and not much english words. The photo we used on our poster was labelled for re-use, and majority of the poster is english, but the definition of lettuce is written in maori though.  Lettuce in maori is Rētihi. Alayah and I were able to find out more about lettuce as we re-searched to fill out our poster.

Trench Warfare | WW1 Interactive Book

L.I: To re-search to find information about trenches in world war 1.
This week for inquiry we finished another activity from the interactive book with our partner. This week we were learning about trenches and trenches in World War 1. Trenches are holes in the ground that soldiers used as protection from the enemies and a hide out. We had to find out information about the trenches like how it is built, and also No Man's land. The facts and info we found had to go into the boxes and label them. We also had to find a photo of a trench that we think best represents one in WW1. Me and my partner, Florence decided to write about the use of sandbags in a trench and the periscope. In one of the boxes we also talked about the health in the trenches for the soldiers.

Kiwi Can

This week Wednesday we had another session of Kiwi Can in room 7 with Mr. Matt and Ms. Page. Our theme in Kiwi Can is respect and our topic is respect for the community. First we discussed what is community and the people in our community. Then we went on to play our energiser which was Hand Ball, a game we played before. We had to get int a circle and leave a gap in our legs about shoulder width. Then we had to put one of our hands behind our back and the other in-front of the space between our legs. The other hand out was used to block since there was a ball and everyone was trying to hit it into someone else legs. If it did, you had to sit out until the round was over. In the end there were two winners, but I was lucky enough to make it into top four, before getting out. After the game, we came back to the mat and thought about our topic and theme. Then we had our activity of the session which was hand soccer. The class was split into two groups and each group had to line up on one side of the class facing the other team. Each group numbered everyone in their group. I was in group two, and I was numbered as number three. Mr. Matt would call out some numbers, and those people had to go and hit the ball that was placed in the middle, into the other teams goal to score ourselves a point. The first one to ten was the winner. Our group name was Cookie-potato, and we successfully won the game. We lastly came back to the mat and had a game of GKQ Master before saying goodbye to the kiwi can leaders and going back to class.

Addition Poster

L.I: To create a poster on addition showing Place Value and Tidy Numbers Strategy.This week for Math everyone had to choose 4 subjects or operations, and a D.L.O format to make it under. Everyone decided to do the 4 operations - Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, Division. Depending on which one we were doing, our teacher chose what we would have to teach from that subject. Once a week we would have to complete one and link it on a sheet. This week I have decided to do addition on a poster. For addition we had to show place value and Tidy Numbers. After finishing our D.L.O about the operations, we could blog it and plan our work for next week.

Blog Commenting

Today I commented on Florence's blog. I commented on her Finished art work blog post. She did a good job. I have finished my quatrefoil artwork too and came to her blog to see hers. I wasn't able to see the image she inserted but I am sure she is proud of it and it looks amazing. I liked how she included small details in her blurb, but I wanted to know how long it took to finish and make in total.

Here is a link to her post and my comment below - Finished Artwork

Kiwi Sport | Boxing

This week Thursday for Kiwi Sport we had another session in the hall with Pax. We re-capped the punches we learnt from last week first and went over the three commandments, respect, discipline, and safety. We had to then get in partners, my partner was Florence. We played a game of rock, paper, scissors to decide partner number one who would be the one who won the game. Since I won, I had to go to get gloves like the other number 1 people and line back up. Then we had to practise combos. The first combo was jab, jab, cross. We had to preform the combo on Pax's count. The next combo was jab, cross, left hook, cross. The last combo was jab, cross, left hook, right hook, left uppercut, right uppercut. The partner had to hold a pool noodle for the other partner to hit. Then the roles swapped over and partner two did the combos and partner one held the noodle. We would always have to go back to rock position after hitting and put the gloves back on our jaw after throwing a punch. Now and then we had to do burpees because we weren't following the commandments. It was sometimes hard to keep up with the combo counts because some of them were long and went too fast. We finally said goodbye to Pax and re-capped what we learnt today then went back to class.

Basic Facts Boxes

L.I: To answer basic fact questions about simple subtraction, addition, multiplication, and division.
This week I decided to complete another 10 basic facts questions of the Basic Facts Boxes. The subtraction questions were each taking away 18 and the addition was by 14. The questions would either be correct to move on or wrong which we could try again. After completing them and answering the boxes, I'm at 60 questions completed to 100.

Mounted Artwork Quatrefoils - Finished

This week for art we finished our quatrefoils and mounted them to put up on the walls. We also had to make a blurb for what each of the quatrefoils represents and means. After completting our quatrefoils for Armistice day theme, Max Gimblett theme, and Christmas theme, we had to cut it out to glue and put it on a big white sheet of paper. Our blurb had to be checked then printed out so we could cut and glue on the sheet of paper as well. The medium sized quatrefoil for our armistice/ANZAC day theme was used with pastel and the cross represented the soldiers who took their lifes and the poppies are to signal remembrance and peace of war. The big sized quatrefoil for our Max Gimblett theme was used with paint and represented his style using colours and shapes he used. The last quatrefoil which was the small sized one was used with colours and represented Christmas decorations and the weather. I was very happy with the out come and glad I was able to get it done. 

Paikea Poster | Maori

This week Wednesday we had a session of maori with Whaea Odie. This week we made a poster about Paikea since we learnt about it a few weeks ago. First our Whaea Odie told us the story of The Clay women with visual pictures of the pages in the book. It was about how humans in the Maori traditions were created since there were already gods. The poster was intended for people who don't know about Paikea and etc to find out about it. Before going off and creating our own posters, we talked about examples of what we could include in our post and words to do with Paikea. In my poster I included a short description about Paikea and drew a whale with a person on it resembling tahuhu and the book about Paikea. We had to share our poster with Whaea Odie once we were done.

Kiwi Can

This week Wednesday we had another lesson at Kiwi Can in room 7 with Ms. Page and Mr. Matt. Our theme is Respect and our topic is Respect for the community. Our phrase to remember this is "Come in unity, for our community". Our energiser for today was called remote. The rules of the game were to follow the instructions and sit out on the side if you get out. The instructions were to listen for one of the four things he said and do them. If we hesitated or did the wrong action, we were out. One of the four things was play which was to walk around, another was to fast forward which was to speed up our walking pace, the next one was to rewind which is walk backwards, and lastly was pause which was to stay where you are and not move. Later on the game he added new action which was stop where we had to lay down on the mat. On the first round I stayed in and was one of the winners with a few other people. We then came back to that mat and talked about why our community is important, who is in our community, how we respect our community, and who is in that community. Our last thing we did was the activity outside on the netball court which was invisible tag, a game we played before. For this game we were split into two groups and each group lined up on one side. However many the leaders said had to go around the pole. They had to go around the pole and whoever was first was the one who had the invisible ball and had to go to the other side to score their team a point. If you go tagged the tagger was in and you couldn't tag them back. We finally sat down and said goodbye to the kiwi can leaders and head to class.

Dr. Suess - Author Study | Book Week

L.I: To learn about Dr. Seuss.
This week is Book week and LS1 has done an Author Study. Today we re-searched about Theoder Seuss Geisel, also known as Dr. Seuss. He was an american author, poet, artists, screenwriter, and film-maker. Our library was lucky enough to have a supply of a variety of his books the class was able to read. Our task was to complete an Author Study D.L.O about him so that we could only find out more and build our knowledge about him. We had to re-search and find information that could for-fill the answers to the following questions of his real name, the country he was birthed, his first published story including the date, his target audience for the books, example of his books and the characteristics of the stories he published. We also had to insert photographs and images of Theoder, his country of birth, image of the story, and a book image of choice which I decided to use one of his popular books. Dr. Seuss is one of my favourite artists because of his books, but I didn't know much about him so I got to find out more when re-searching.

Types of Rhyme | Rhyme Study

L.I: To learn about rhyme using Dr. Seuss books.
This week for Inquiry we have been focusing on book week and Dr. Seuss under inquiry. Since Dr. Seuss likes to rhyme in his books we looked at different types of rhyme. There are four that we learnt about which is End Rhyme, Alliteration, Consonance, and Assonance. In a basic definition End rhyme is the end sounds of words are repeated, alliteration is the beginning sounds of words are repeated, assonance is where vowel sounds are repeated, and consonance is constant sounds that are repeated. We have to first learn about them and get into groups of four to work together and highlight the showings of the rhyme that make it what it is. I worked with Florence, Alayah, and Juel. Then we had to make a D.L.O about the rhymes explaining what they mean and examples from Dr. Seuss books. I worked on alliteration and the example book I used was "The Lorax".

Max Gimblett | Quatrefoil Designs

L.I: To create Quatrefoil Designs inspired by themes.
L.I: To re-search about an artists to find out basic information about them.
This week we have been working on creating Quatrefoil designs inspired around Max Gimblett. In pairs, we had to re-search about Max Gimblett to find out information about the artist and his many art creations of Quatrefoils. My partner was Fau. A quatrefoil is 4 leaves or lobes that are joined together. We needed to find out the key facts of where he was born, where he group up, a few of his art displays, and what he did in 2015 and 2016. Then find the defenition of a quatrefoil and why Max uses the design, and 6 images of his work with other examples of quatrefoils that aren't art works. We finally finished searching after finding the installation of the art of remembrance. Lastly we digitally created our own quatrefoils based off three different themes then eventually make it physically. The themes were Max Gimblett Style, Armistice Day Style, and Christmas Style. Fau and I are currently up to creating the quatrefoils physically.

Armistice Remembrance | WW1

L.I: To use our smart researching skills to find out information about armistice day.
This week our focus is WW1 and armistice/remembrance day. Our activity about this was to re-search with a partner to find information about armistice day that is put together in one google presentation. My partner was Florence. We had to watch an instrumental song called "The Last Post" and write what it is and why it is placed. Then we had to listen to "For the Fallen" , "Te Reo Ode" and "The Ode", and write information about the poem for the fallen and why we use the ode of remembrance. We finally had to write about poppies and why they are used. We also had to included examples of poppy art and find photos then attribute them. We could also find extra information like poems, songs, or more art.

Blog Commeting

This week I decided to comment on Nyjah's blog. I commented on her Graphics Flower Designs post. I think Nyjah did fantastic work. I really enjoyed seeing what she has been doing in Tech. I liked how she included the important detail that makes her blurb understanding like what she chose out of the four options and her color choice. I also liked how she included her personal view of things. It was thoughtful to put an image of a bunch of other flowers her classmates made. I wanted to know what she used to make the flowers and how long it took.

Here is a link to Nyjah's blog post and my comment below - Graphics / Flower Design

Basic Fact Boxes

L.I: To answer basic fact questions about simple subtraction, addition, multiplication, and division.
This week under Maths Daily 6, I completed some of the Basic Fact Boxes. I answered 4 sections of boxes under Addition and Subtraction. For this you have to solve the problem by reading the number in the top row, and then the adding or subtraction the number in the bottom row. You can choose how much questions there can be for the Facts. Either up to 5, 10, 20, or 100. There are 100 questions in total for me and so far I have answered 40 questions out of those 100. If you answered the question incorrect, the box would turn red and let you try again. If it was correct, it would turn green and you could move down the numbers. I am going to work my way until completing 100 to move onto my Timetables and Division.

SSR Selfie - The Best Worst Thing | Daily 6

L.I: To summarise and retell some text.
This week I completed a SSR Selfie slide about my book "The Best Worst Thing" as a Daily 6. This book was about Kathleen Lanes life and the unfortunate situations she has been through, like having a murderer on the loose in her area. She deals with her problems and attempts to over come them. Kathleen has to be brave and push through. I chose this book because it includes interesting events for me to read and I'm intrigued from each chapter to find out what will happen next.

WW1 Interactive Book | Battles of WW1 & New Weapons of WW1

L.I: To learn about the causes, conflict, and resolution to WW1 (World War 1).
This week for Inquiry we completed two more activities from our WW1 Interactive book. The first one was about the New weapons of WW1 and the second one was about the Battles of WW1. My partner, Florence, and I had to find out about 3 - 4 weapons in the air, weapons on sea, weapons on land, and the effect those weapons had on WW1 for New Weapons of WW1. Then we had to fill out the questions of what happened and the battles of WW1 in Battles of WW1. We would go back and get our answers checked and get help for certain parts of the activities that we needed it. To complete these two activities, we used the links with the information with the answers to the questions on them.

Recount Evaluating | Writing Rubric

L.I: To evaluate writing samples using the PBS writing rubric.
This week for Writing we had to go back to our writing tests, and use the PBS writing rubric to edit and evaluate the recounts. We had to highlight the the words or sentences if we found one that is the labels using the colour of it to highlight it in suggest mode. In each paragraph we had to included at least 3 shown of that label. The labels were - Yellow for punctuation, Blue for vocab, Magenta for organisation, Green for sentence structure, Grey for structure and language, and Organge for ideas. My recount was about going Bowling with my Family. We had to make it purple if we found a mistake. I didn't get to find and use all of the rating labels. We also had to give yourself a rating for the labels.

Interactive book | U-turn

L.I: To make an interactive book.
L.I: To analyse a story for its conflict and resolution.
This week for Reading we read a new book called "U-turn" and created an interactive book and conflict and resolution graphic organiser about it. Our interactive book (google presentation) had to include specific things. For Dr. Dahl we had to include 2 Te reo questions, 3 Vocabulary questions, 3 Figurative language questions, and 2 Idiom questions. We could create our own interactive book or use the template, which I decided to do. We had to insert screenshots of each page from the book, and link either one of the must includes that we found in the page. One of the four answers would lead to an incorrect or correct page where then you could go back to the story page you were on from there. In the conflict & resolution graphic organiser we had to included the characters and their ideals/wants, conflict, two actions leading up to the resolution, and then the final resolution. In total their are 8 questions. Click through the slides on my presentation and hover over sentences or words that are one of the must include.

Kiwi Sport | Boxing

This week for Kiwi Sport we had another session of Boxing with Pax. In this session we learn two other punches and forward and backward. First we put on our gloves and then boxing gloves, and go over the rock position and our other punches from last week, jab, cross. We did this by getting in a circle and repeating the punch we did after we preformed it. Then we got into a pare and chose who was partner one and partner two. Each partner, depending on their number, had to line up on either one of the two lines. We first learnt the Hook. For this we twist from in our rock position, and lift back to punch in a curve. Our elbows had to be lined up with the glove and then put them back by our Jaw after we punched. We always reset in our rock position after punching, or doing a combo because it is our safe place. We also learned to catch the punched by putting our boxing arm out for the same hand they punch with. Then we learnt the Uppercut. We do the same twist, but push our hand up to the height of where are eyes are. To catch the uppercut we had to put both arms out to our partners eye height. Then we learnt to move back and forward in our rock position. If we move back, our back leg moves back first then our forward leg moves back. If we are moving forward, our front leg goes first and then our back legs moves forward. We practised doing this with our partners. The ideal length between two boxers are the length of our arms lined up. After practising everything, we re-capped what we did and said goodbye to Pax to go back to class.

Fraction Problems

L.I: To create fraction problems in an interactive book.
This week for Math we had to look at a fraction problem card and use our multiplications to solve it. We had to get into a group of 3 to 4 and solve fraction problems together. We then had to create ones ourselves for the other groups to solve. To show our understanding we had to create an interactive book of fraction questions for other people to solve. They had to be questions for 1/3, 1/4, and 1/5 questions. I create a problem for 1/3, Miiana did a problem for 1/4, and Florence did a problem for 1/5. The answers are linked on the corner of the slide. To solve a fraction problem, you can use your multiplication. For example, There are 20 cars. 1 quarter of the cars are red, the other 3/4 are blue. How many blue cars are there? To solve this, you can find the multiple to 4 that equals 20, which is 5. This means 5 cars are in a quarter. If we are counting the 3 quarters, it basically is saying we are counting 3 fives. 3 multiplied by 5 equals 15 which is our answer.

Kiwi Can

This week Wednesday we had Kiwi Can with Mr Matt and Ms Paige. Our theme is respect for our school and our Topic is respect. The first game we played was our energiser which was Centre Ball. For this game we got into a small circle and Paige numbered everyone off between 1 and 4. In the middle of our circle was a ball. If one of the leaders called a number like "3", then all of the threes had to run around the circle clockwise until they are back in there spot, and had to go through and grab the ball. Who ever was the first to get it, one. I got the ball for all my number callings. After the rounds we came back to the mat in four lines and talked about rules. Next we played our activity which was Bus stop. Ms Paige numbered 5 people and they were a group. We had to write "Boy name, Girl Name, Food, Animal, Color, and Total" on a sheet of paper. One of the leaders gave us a letter and we had to fill out as much columns as we could. If you finished everything you shouted "bus stop" and everyone had to stop writting. If another group got the same answer as you, then you get a point as 5, but if no one did then it was a 10. After adding up the points we got for each answer we wrote in the total. My group was Hosea, Diana, Xaiver and Me. In the end we got 185 points. We lastly came back to the mat to re-cap our theme, topic, and what we did, then headed back to class.

Te Huarere (weather) | Maori

This week Wednesday we had another Maori Session with Ms. Whaea Ode. This week she read us a story about the weather in Maori. On the board we had to research Mt. Everest, Wanaka, Lake Wakatipu, and Tairawhiti. Then we had to make a D.L.O either a google presentation or google draw, and write about the weather for the past few days from Sunday until this Wednesday in Maori. On Sunday it was cloudy, Monday was rainy, Tuesday was Rainy, and Wednesday (today) is Sunny. I worked with Kaitlyn and together we made a google presentation. We each did two slides about the weather and found a photo of the weather in Auckland to represent it.

Blog Commenting

Today I commented on Viliami's blog. I commented on his Maori blog post. I think his blog post was great. We also did the same activities in Maori but I wanted to hear someone else's POV and what they managed to do. I liked how he explained everything that happened in simple detail and used a photo of the task that he managed to complete. I also like how he provided information he found on his research. I thought it was a good idea for him to put what Parihaka was just for people who didn't know it. I wanted to know if he found it hard looking for Parihaka on the map. 

Here is a link to Viliami's blog post and my comment below - Maori//Parihaka

Timetables Test | Can Do

This week I decided complete a Can Do under Math. This was the timetables test where you test your knowledge and speed on your time stables. There are 10 questions with 10 different options of answers. Once you begin the game, a timer is start to see how fast you can answer the questions. It is recorded how much you got correct and how much you got wrong. It also shows what timetable you did on a grid next to the test. My goal was to get all the answers correct. My score is shown above and the problems I answered.

Kiwi Sport | Boxing

This week Thursday we had our first session of Boxing. Today in this kiwi sport session we learnt positioning, and two types of punches. First we learnt the 3 commandments which are respect, discpline and safety. These the three things we needed to have in the boxing lessons. We went over a little bit about boxing before putting on thing gloves and then putting on boxing gloves. The first thing we learnt, was our boxing postition which is how we stand when boxing. To do this we start by standing front, right leg out, then right leg back. We also had to bend our knees a little so we were balanced. Then with our upper body, we hold tight so we are firm and with our hands (boxing gloves), we the knuckles over our face so we are secured. This was called rock position. Then In this stance, we learnt the Jab which is basically a quick punch that we did with our left hand. We also practised doing the jab two times in one go. The next punch we learnt was a basic punch with our right hand. Since our right leg was back, our right hand was a little back too so we had to twist our body to punch. After getting that, we did a combo of "Jab, Punch, Jab" and "Jab, Jab, Punch". Once we learnt these basic boxing moves, our lesson was finished. We took our boxing gloves and gloves off and recapped the 3 commandments and the things we did today. We said goodbye to Paxs who was our coach, and went back to class.

Messed up Recount - Fix Up | Paragraph Linking

L.I: To correct certain structure and language features in a recount.
This week for writing we looked at paragraph linking in a recount to correct a messed up one that we read. First we had a lesson where we discussed and talked about paragraph structure in a recount and paragraph linking. The recount was titled as "Walking up Mount Fuji" written by our teacher. Then we went away and fixed up recount so that the paragraphs linked up and made sense. We also had to highlight the changes we made so that they were easily visible. To link paragraphs you need to make sure the last sentence relates to the next paragraph.

M.A.I.N Causes | WW1

L.I: To learn the M.A.I.N causes of WW1.
This week for Inquiry we completed another activity from the WW1 interactive notebook. This time working with our partners, we had to look at the M.A.I.N and the causes of WW1. The M in M.A.I.N as militarism, A as alliances, I as Imperialism, and N as Nations. To find our information we looked at 3 videos which explained the M.A.I.N causes. We also used a google drawing with boxes with setences in them relating and linked to either on the M.A.I.N. We then had to looked at the immediate cause of world war one and write it down with a photo giving a visual example.