Athletics Day

Today the whole school did Athletics. We were split up into four group colors. The colors were green, blue, red and yellow. I was in the green team.There were 9 stations (Activities) that groups were needed to go to. All of us took part in the activities. The 9 stations (Activities) were Frisbee, rob the nests, long jump, shot put, hurdle and sponge run, hula hoop throw, and egg run. Thanks you Tamaki college helped to demonstrate the games and collaborated us. In group A, green team won. In group B green teat, green team was in the 4th place.  

Maori - Whurutu

For Maori, today I created a poster that shows a Maori names of fruits. While doing this activity I learnt some of the fruit names in Maori. Some of them sounds the same in Maori. The task was to just use the Maori name so we can understand by looking at the photos.

Basic Facts - Challenge

Today for math, I have practiced my up to 20 addition and subtraction, basic facts. I have done well on practicing my basic facts. I'm looking forward on doing on, up to 100 basic facts challenge. I have enjoyed doing this activity.

Willow - Film Study

Willow -

Opening Sequence

L. I. - To understand how narrative elements are used in film

Watch the opening sequence...

Answer these questions:

What is a prologue?

A prologue is an opening to a story that establishes the context and gives background detail

Who are the characters introduced in the prologue?

Princess Aloradenan,Queen Bawmorda  

What is the setting of the main story?

The setting of this story is the Moses story.

How is humor used to stop the scene from being too over the top?

Don’t touch it, we don’t where it came from.

Yesterday we did a film study. The movie that we watch was Willow, this movie is a about an evil queen tries to kill the baby princes because she is the only one who can defeat the evil queen, but fails. I have answered some questions based on the movie. I have enjoyed doing film study.

1865 Panmure Bridge - Label

This term for Inquiry we were learning about different types of bridges and how are they strong. I created a DLO that shows a bridge with labelled diagram. For this activity I learnt that Iron came from Sydney in Australia because in 18th it doesn't have enough Iron in New Zealand. 

How To Use An Apostrophe

Today for writing Miki and I collaborated to complete this DLO. We were learning about when use an apostrophe and what they mean. Then We made a DLO that shows what an apostrophes is and I wrote some examples on when to use them. I learnt that apostrophes are used for 2 ways . I had fun doing learning about Apostrophe.

The Man Made World - Labeling

Today for reading our group Pakatoaa and Ponui have worked together to complete this task. We labeled a book which is called The Man Made World. Both groups collaborate and communicated to complete labeling this book. There are a lot of things in this book that we have labeled. We made sure that we have put the right label in the right place. I have fun doing this activity  because we learnt some new words while doing this activity. 

Math Challenge

Today for Maths Mr Wong. We continued doing Mr Wong's challenge. This time I have different questions.  I also did the subtraction questions. This has challenged me a lot and fun at the same time. This challenge is fun because you can use different strategy's.

Duffy Assembly - Michel Mulipola

Today, it was a Duffy assembly. Our class went to the hall to listen to Michel Mulipola. He explains a lot of things like, his job, and what he does at his spare time. He is a really talented comic illustrator. He showed us some of his drawings and the drawings the he drew for wrestlers, school journals and different types of super hero's. Michel Mulipola is not just a comic illustrator. He is a wrestler and a semi - gamer. He also told us a tip. Using your face as a guide to draw a proper face and easy. We have enjoyed listening to him. 

Hipposandal DLO

This DLO shows you the parts of a hippo sandal. It is also labeled. We read a book about horse shoe and answered some questions about it. I learnt a lot from this activity.

How To Make A Hangi

How To Make A Hangi

A Hangi is a Traditional Maori earth oven. To cook a Hangi it takes 3 to 5 hours to cook. You can also make this dish on special occasions like Celebrating birthdays or a Christmas dinner.

Firstly, stack up the woods and burn the stack of wood so it can heat up the iron which helps the food cook. Then say a karakia to bless the environment, people, and the food. You need to use volcanic rocks because if you use normal rocks it’ll explode.

After burning the wood, dig up a hole which can fit the basket that has the food in it and transfer the iron or volcanic rocks into the pit. The iron will be placed at the very bottom. Put the wet cabbage leaves to create the steam. Put the basket filled with stuffing, chicken, pork, beef, and vegetables into the pit.

Then place the wet sacs onto the side of the pit so that the dirt won’t fall in. Put the tarpaulin on top of the food. Cover the tarpaulin with dirt so that the steam won’t come out. Wait about 3 to 5 hours until the food gets cooked.

After waiting for 3 to 5 hours remove the dirt, tarpaulin and wet sacs. Then carefully take out the basket filled with foods. This shows how the Maori people cook Hangi. A Hangi is usually prepared by  woman and the men cooks.

Today for writing we wrote about how to make a Hangi. This writing explains on how to make a Hangi step by step. We first watch a video explaining how to make a Hangi. I learnt a lot from doing this. I learnt that woman prepares  the Hangi and the men cooks the Hangi. I really enjoyed doing this writing. 

Bridge Testing

Today after lunch Mr Johnston came to our class to test our bridges. Our bridge was really stable and it looks astonishing . Things that we did great was we used a lot of  triangles we used for our bridge and the PVA glue we used was very strong. Things that we didn't do well was not supporting the sides of the bridge to make it stronger. I learnt that we need to make sure that we add more sticks on top to support the sides

Kiwi Can

Today for Kiwi Can we were talking about perseverance. You can show perseverance when you are not giving up and keep trying.  You can use perseverance when you are trying to get a job, doing a test and trying to achieve your goals. We then played a game. This game is about one person tagging other people to make long line. If you get tagged you will be at the very end of the line, that means are the only person who can tag. After playing that game, we then played invisible touch. This game is about Mr Matt and Miss Lilly calling out numbers. If your number gets called you will stand up and verse the other team. If you get tagged the other tea gets the invisible ball.

Maths - Strategy

Today for Maths Mr Wong has created an addition and subtraction challenge for us. This challenge is very fun because it makes you think properly and you can use any strategy you learnt. This really helped me a lot on my addition skills. 

Kate Sheppard

Yesterday we made a DLO showing who was Kate Sheppard. We list 5 facts about Kate sheppard. We have collaborated and used our smart searching skills to find facts about Kate Sheppard. For this activity I was working with Hajera. I enjoyed this activity.

Bridge Building

Today for Inquiry we have continued to make a bridge stronger and gluing each part together. Our group has finished creating our bridge. We manege to glue the trusses on the side of the deck. We collaborated and worked out how to make our bridge stronger. We have placed more sticks under the bridge and we have used 196 toothpicks and each toothpicks are worth 25 Cents. All together it was $49. There was some problem. The problem was that the truss were not bending over slowly, but we fixed the problem by using a straw and putting it on the truss and using a laundry clip to help it stick together. I had enjoyed doing this activity with my group.

Orchestra

Today LS2 went to Auckland Philharmonic Orchestra. We saw a lot of instruments. There were 4 different sections and they are Brass, woodwind, percussion, strings and conductor. For Brass it was Trumpet, trombone, tuba, french and french horn. For woodwind there where flute, oboe, bassoon, piccolo and clarinet. For Strings there are violin, viola, cello and double bass. I saw a conductor that guides the musicians for loud, soft, slow and fast music. We then watch a performances from St Kents and Ngatapawae. There was a opera singer that sing for us and there were a lot of people that came to listen the Orchestra. I enjoy listening to the Orchestra performance.

Building A Bridge

Today for Inquiry we were building a bridge. Our group had collaborated to find out on what bridge are we going to make with glue and toothpicks. We manege to complete the main part of our bridge which are the deck and the sides. Our challenge was to make the strongest bridge and making sure it was wide enough that can fit objects. We also made sure that it can carry heavy objects and the measurements are right and we made sure that we counted the toothpicks correctly because each toothpicks are worth 25 cents. The most challenging thing was making the toothpicks touch each other and the same length. The people that are in my group are Miki, Jaydon, Jona, Reneir. We had fun doing this activity. We had fun doing this activity.

Harbour Bridge

This term for Inquiry we were learning about different types of structures. Mr Johnson talked to us about the building of the Auckland Harbour Bridge and some fun facts about it. Then we had to research facts about the information Mr Johnson gave us, then Josh and I created a DLO with this information.

Auckland Harbour Bridge And Sydney Harbour Bridge - Comparison

For this challenge was to compare the Auckland Harbour Bridge and the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Both are Arch bridges but they are a different shape and the Sydney bridge is longer than the Auckland one. I have worked with Miki for this activity.