L.I to find out which one doesn't belong
For this activity we had to find out which one of the pictures doesn't belong and give a number of reasons why for why each one doesn't belong with the other pictures. We were also tasked to make our own Which one doesn't belong and challenge other to find the differences.
L.I to arrange the words in the correct order
For this task we arranged the Maori words to create a sentence, the question was "What are you doing today?" We chose on of he activities that was in one of the slides prior and find an image to show wat the activity is.
L.I to write a quality blog comment on someone else’s blog that starts a rich learning conversation.
For this task we learnt how to make quality comments, comments are important because they allow u to engage in a learning conversation with other students on our blogs. I commented on Lukah's blog about how he created an insect with things like leaves, flowers, twigs, etc.
LI: To create your own comic strip of an imaginary conversation.
For this challenge we created insect art out of leaves, twigs, flowers and things that we could find on the ground. The insect I made was a beetle, I used a pear as the head and for the body and wings I used orange & green leaves.
L.I to decorate the Christmas tree with our decorations
This week we finished our holiday decorations for our school Christmas tree that we have been working on this term, these decorations represent the different people in Panmure bridge. We went to the office and hung our decorations on, they looked really good on our Christmas tree.
L.I to design holiday decorations
This term we have been learning about Design technology in order to make felt holiday decoration for our school Christmas tree. Today we evaluated on our product to find out the positives, improvements, the things we could change and other questions which asked us about our experience about the sowing. If we do this next time I think I could do smaller stitches and add more stuffing for my decoration.
L.I to work out chance
This week for maths we learnt about probability, probability is the chance of something happening. To expand our knowledge we made a DLO about one of the questions we did and explain how we worked it out. The question that we solved was about the chance that a person could pick the same two flowers out of a bag, there were 6 frangipani and 4 tiare taina that made the chances of her pulling a frangipani 6/10 and the chances of her pulling out a tiare taina 4/10. When she picked a second time the chances would be the same (6/10 for frangipani and 4/10 for tiare taina) After we have done that we multiply the chances to get the answers, first you multiply 6/10 by 6/10 (the chances of pulling two frangipani's) The answer we get is 36/100. After that we multiply 4/10 by 6/10 (the chances of pulling a tiare taina and frangipani) Then we multiply 6/10 by 4/10 (the chances of pulling a frangipani and a tiare taina) Lastly you multiply 4/10 by 4/10 (the chances of pulling two frangipani's) Finally we add 36/100 and 16/100 ( the chances that two of the same flowers are pulled) Which gives us 52/100.
L.I to use TEEL paragraphs to explain out colour choice
Last week I completed the step it up challenge from the summer learning journey activities. The purpose of this task was to explain our colour choice using the language and vocabulary we learnt from watching the informational video. I used the TEEL paragraph structure to help me explain my thinking. The painting that I chose was "The veteran in a new field" I used bright colours for the clothes and sky to make it pop out.
L.I to learn how leaves make food
This was our last tech session for the term. We learnt about how plants make their own food. To make their own food plants need leaves, they then need Water, Sunlight and Carbon Dioxide. Plants get water from rain. They get Carbon Dioxide from humans when we breathe out and plants take it in, and sunlight comes from the sun. Once these three ingredients are gathers plants can star making food,n this process is called photosynthesis which happens in the leaves.T
L.I to experiment with colours
This morning we tried one of this year’s Summer Learning Journey activities. The purpose of this task was to experiment with colours by mixing colours from the original palette with pop colours. This allowed us to recolours famous painting or images of landmarks around the world. I liked doing this activity because you can personalize the paintings by adding colours of your choice. The painting that I customized was was "The Veteran in a new field" by Winslow Homer, this painting was created in 1865.
LI: to unpack the text together
Chris, Lukah, Fau, Sulia, Afatia, Azatulah and I were introduced to the activity, Book Club by Mrs Anderson. Each member of the book club has a role to take each week. The 7 roles are, The Discussion Director, Connector, Summarize, Passage Picker, Word Master, Illustrator and Meeting Report. The book that we read this week was called “Bok Choy” by Paul Mason. The moral of the story was describing the differences between the Chinese people compared to the Englishman. This was basically unpacking how racism was around those days and how it affected others. From this story we learnt to accept one another despite who we are and how we look. Once we have completed the tasks for our roles, we report back to the group and share our thoughts and ideas. .The Discussion Director’s asked questions and guided everybody to be on the right track. The Summarize, picked 20 most important words from the story, to 6, and used it to summarize the text. The Passage Picker would pick a part of the story and write why it’s important to you. The connector had to make connections to themselves, to text, and to the world from the book. I enjoyed how we shared our thinking and perspectives about the text.
L.I to learn about the Maori culture
Today we had a performance from the Te Whanau Raukura group who perform at the Auckland museum. They came to perform cultural Maori dances, teach us the meaning behind the dances and why they do them. We also showcased some of the items and weapons that they use, the first one was the taiaha which is a long spear type weapon that the Maori people used in battle. The second item they showed us were the rakau sticks which is used to play games with. The last item they showed us was the poi which is an item that use use your wrists to swing.
L.I to identify the author's purpose
Authors write for a purpose (reason). These reasons are to persuade, inform or entertain (PIE). Each day, newspaper editors around the world must make decisions about what stories they will run. We explored different current events that are happening in New Zealand, thought about why this story was made by the news and plotted a location on a google map. I found interesting that some residents in Hawke's bay are getting dirty brown water.
L.I to identify and consider the two perspectives of this provocation to help me form an opinion
A provocation is an action or speech triggers strong feelings about a topic. Today we considered both sides of the provocation 'Should masks be compulsory on NZ public transport?' We then used that information to help us form an opinion that we could justify with evidence. My opinion is that masks should be mandatory because it help stop the transmission of Covid - 19.
L.I to understand the narrative in the poem
Today for reading we learnt about the poem called The Charge of the Light Brigade which was written by Alfred Tennyson it is a ballad poem a ballad poem is a poem that tells a story. the Light Brigade is a poem it about is about a Crimean war that lasted for 11 months. At the war there were 600 men who had no choice but to join even if they were to survive or die. The Crimean war were fought by the British and Turkish forces against the Russia, the war was fought due to Russian pressure of turkey.
LI: To explain how we solved our maths equations.
For Maths we worked in mixed math groups to practice our team skills and to help us explain how we solved these word problems. The topic of these word problems were about Metric Measurements, which was more specifically about weight and mass. The word problem was about the ingredients and the weight of these ingredients. We had to find the weight of the missing ingredient by adding up the weight of the ingredients we knew, and subtracting it from the weight of the whole food.
L.I to create a flow chart about the design process
This term for inquiry our topic is design process. This week we made a a flow chart that informs others about the design process and information on designing a product.
LI: to use transitional vocab
This week we have been revising explanation writing. Next week is our assessment week so we did this collaborative challenge to remind ourselves what is needed when we write explanations, our explanation was about our school's CARE values and why they are important for learners In PBS.
L.I to learn about the highest common factor
This week for maths we learnt about the highest common factor, the highest common multiple is the biggest number that is in the multiple of both and is the opposite of the lowest common multiple. Our task this week was to make a DLO about what the highest common factor is.
L.I to learn about the lowest common multiple
This week for maths we learnt about the lowest common multiple, the lowest common multiple is the smallest number which is in the multiple of both for example 21 is the lowest common multiple of 3 and 7. Our task this week was to make a DLO about what the lowest common factor is.
L.I to learn about Inertia
This week for reading we were learning about Inertia, the part of science that describes the changes by force, or either being still in rest. Due to force. There are three laws of inertia which are Inertia of Direction, Inertia of Rest and Inertia of Motion. We created a DLO about what Inertia is, and the rules of it. We thought this was really interesting, because we thought it was all just gravity, but there’s more.
L.I to write an explanation
This week for writing we prepared for our writing test. We did this by writing and explanation about why it is important to make wise choices with the topic of our choice. In my explanation I talked about drugs, why people take drugs and the consequences.
Drugs are a substance that is not food, water or oxygen, like most things there is a good and a bad side to drugs. The good types of drugs help people get better and support the body, these types of drugs include Panadol, Antibiotics, asthma inhalers, etc. The bad types of drugs cause people harm, it causes brain damage, changes their appearance and causes them to hallucinate ( Imagine something that is not actually there)
People take drugs usually because they want to forget something, but the effects wear off after a certain amount of time. That causes people to want more therefore getting addicted to them and that leads to bad choices being made. In New Zealand there are three different classes of drugs, Class A, Class B and Class C. These classes are different levels of drugs, they all have different consequences. You can get punished for having them in possession or making them.
If you are caught with A class drugs which are the most harmful drugs you could spend up to six months in jail, getting caught distributing them you could spend life in prison. With B class drugs you can spend three months in jail, distribution of these and you could spend 14 years in prison. Getting caught with C class drugs will make you spend about three months in prison as well, distribution of these drugs and you’ll be spending eight years in prison.
As you now know drugs can be good or bad, Some countries aren't as generous though, having drugs in countries like Indonesia will get you executed. It comes up to our choices that can prevent us from going the wrong way.
L.I To think deeply about a change I would make
If I was prime minister I would make public transport cheaper for people over 55 because some elderlies don't have a source of income.
LI: To decide which political party will get your vote by making an informed choice
To decide which political party I would vote for I read a summary of the policies each party wants to introduce should they win the election and the right to form a government to run NZ. Doing this allowed me to make an informed decision. If I was 18 I would vote for Labour because I like the way that they handled the Covid - 19 pandemic and kept the damage to minimum. I also like how they are providing wage subsidy for the employees that lost their jobs and giving tax relief to businesses that are being affected. This means if Labour Won the election in my electorate Jenny Salesa would be our member of parliament and Jacinda Ardern would become the Prime Minister. Something I found interesting was that today there are 120 members of parliament compare to 37 in 1854.
L.I to strengthen the ability to make positive life choices
This week we learned about Legal and illegal drugs, Legal means something that is approved by the law and Illegal means something that is banned by the law. Legal drugs are medicine, asthma pumps, etc and Illegal drugs are the ones that are bad for your body physically and mentally. Our task was to make a DLO about the things we learnt about drugs and and the effects it has on you.
