LI: to paint a picture with your words to describe the setting
To continue on our weekly topic which was online gaming we wrote a season description. In our DLO (Digital Learning Object) we described what settings are in Fortnite. A season in Fortnite is like a new version or updated version of the game. It was cool doing this activity and being able to collaborate with my friends.
L.I to reate our own game map
For our Distance Learning activities we continued on with our weekly topic of online gaming. Our DLO (Digital Learning Object) was to make our own map, it was cool collaborating with our friends being able to make this map. It was cool seeing the previous maps from the previous seasons seeing how Fortnite was able to change and progress their maps.
LI: to use the most efficient strategy to find the answer
For Maths we continued on our topic of Fortnite and we had to answer a bunch of math equations and word problems, using the most efficient strategy we can find. The equations and problems consisted of Subtraction and Addition. It was fun doing as we got to work these answer out with friends collaborating together.
L.I to create a profile about your skin
For our Distance Leanring activities we continued on our weekly topic which was Fortnite. Our task was to create a DLO (Digital Learning Object) about a Skin Profile. The task was to either make a profile on our favourite character from a game or we create our own Skin from Fortnite. It was fun doing as we were able to create a character using our own creativity as well as collaborating with our friends.
L.I to explin what vbucks are in 25 words
LI: To use the most efficient strategy to find the answer
For Maths we continued on our topic of Manga and Anime. Our questions were based on Manga and Anime Series such as Naruto, Dragon Ball, One Piece, and Yu Gi Oh. It was a fun and interesting task to do as we were to answer these really fun and cool questions. We were also able to collaborate with friends.
L.I. to use 6 sentences to set up the structure of a narrative
For Writing we continued on our topic of Manga and Anime. Our task was to make a six sentence story. Our six sentence story was based off of the manga and anime series One Piece. In our story we were talking about Luffys dream, his abilities, and his settings. It was fun doing this activity as we were able to collaborate with our friends.
L.I to create a character profile
LI: To read for meaning and understanding
For Reading we were learning about Anime and Manga, using this topic to improve our comprehension skills. Manga, is known as a Japanese Comic. It has widely spread throughout the world, and is a very popular trend. Manga and Anime have become a big part of Japanese Culture. There are Manga and Anime such as One Piece, Naruto, Dragon Ball that have taken over the world.
Our task was to make a DLO (Digital Learning Object) about the History of Manga, describing the origin and what it is?
L.I to design you own custom shoes
LI: To use Google Draw to recreate a famous artwork
To define the terms and understand the properties of 2D shapes.
Our challenge today was to find the definitions of a 2D shape then draw the shape. I chose to draw my own/use the shapes tool because…I found this activity interesting because I got to learn about geometry and the properties of 2D shapes.
L.I to define geometry terms
This week for Maths ib lockdown learning we are learning about geometry. Geometry is a branch of maths which focuses on measuring and comparing shapes. For this task we defined different geometry terms and showed an example of them for example circumference which is the perimeter of a circle.
L.I to write a goodbye/hello poem
This time for lockown writing we wrote a goodbye/hello poem. For this poem out topic was lockdown, it had ight line and you had to start each line with Hello Lockdown. After that we wrote something that we won't miss when we are in lockdown for example waking up early, in the line below that we wrote something we will miss whil in lockdown for example KFC. We did this until all the eight lines were filled and we had wrte what we would miss and not miss four times each. This activity was fun because we got to think about the pros and cons of being in Lockdown.
Lockdown
Hello lockdown
Goodbye waking up in the morning.
Hello lockdown
Goodbye walking to KFC with my friends.
Hello lockdown
Goodbye School lunches.
Hello lockdown
Goodbye Getting driven to soccer training.
Hello lockdown
Goodbye Having to wear School uniform.
Hello lockdown
Goodbye Play at morning tea and lunchtime.
Hello lockdown
Goodbye forgetting my PE gear when we have HIIT
Hello lockdown
Goodbye freedom
L.I to Understand the main idea of the text
Today we read a story called Fred’s decision, this story is about Fed who buys a new car and needs to looks after it. In order to do that fred bus two geese to alert him if anyone tries to trespass and try to steal his car. Fred chose geese because they used to alert roman soldiers when the enemy had come to attack them. For the create activity we created a DLO that has a labeled diagram of a goose and tells you five facts about the animal.
L.I to find the most efficient strategy
As a group we worked on papers to write our thoughts more clearly. Our strategy was to add the first 3 numbers (657, 493, 1183) and get an answer of 2333, we then subtracted that number from 6000 to get our final answer of 3667. We then created a DLO of our understanding.
L.I to use the most efficient strategy
This week for online learning I worked with a group of four people to solve this question. We worked out that each person would shake hands with 53 other people since there are 54 people and you can’t shake hands with yourself. So we multiplied 53x54 to the answer which is 2862.
Question: There are 54 students in LS2. If everyone shook hands with each other how many handshakes would there be altogether?
L.I to write a list poem
For lockdown writing this week we wrote a list poem. A list poem is where you list a bunch of different things about your topic. The poem uses repetition in the sentences in between the first and last sentences. It also does not have to rhyme so you can write anything related to your topic. A List poem is a fun way to write poems and I really enjoyed doing this activity because of that.
A Million list poem
A Million is the days it feels like in lockdown
The heartbeats we have
The number of possibilities
The words I’ve spoken
The number of times I have enjoyed a meal
The hairs on my head
A Million is the amount of times my mom has yelled at me to wake up.
LI:To use the most efficient maths strategy.
For the first Maths lockdown challenge we figured out how many wall and roof pieces the world’s first 3D printed house has.
What we did- we read the questions then we did 195 + 85 = 280
We did the rest of the questions as you can see above in the DLO. We worked cooperatively in groups to solve these questions and create a DLO of our findings.
LI: to extend our vocabulary with the letter Q
For Reading we were learning about words starting with the Letter Q. We started off by reading a text talking about the origin of the Letter Q, and where it came from. Our task was to create a DLO (Digital Learning Object) showcasing words we know starting with the Letter Q, and words we don’t know starting with Q.
It was really fun and interesting doing because we got to learn new vocabulary, and we were able to do this activity with our friends.
L.I to understand how we can make sure that we are ready for learning
This week for PB4L our topic was about getting ready for school. Getting ready for school is important so you can learn properly and succeed in school. For our task we made a DLO explaining why we should get ready for school, how we can get ready for school and the consequences getting/ not getting ready for school.
L.I to see and understand the connection between the written code, the block codeand the flow chart.
L.I to use the most efficient strategy
For this challenge we had to find the differences between the gold, silver and bronze medalists scores in gymnastics. The strategy we used was subtraction, first we subtracted the difference that the second place was beaten by (0.001) After that we subtracted the second places score from the third place score (14.975) to find the difference.
L.I to find the most efficient strategy
For this olympic challenge we had to find out how many right angles were on a olympic badminton racket. Our clue was that there were 250 squares on the racket. The strategy that we used was multiplication. When we finished our DLO we made a screencastify explaining our strategy.
Link to screencastify
L.I to use the most efficient strategy
For this challenge we had to sort measurements and records from the olympics. In total there were 20 questions that we had to get the answer. Of. Some of the questions we had to answer were: height of basketball rim, Usain bolt’s 100m sprint record, Men's triathlon 2016 Olympics winners time, etc...
LI: to practice mindfulness when in stressful situations.
Mindfulness is training your mind to become aware of not only yourself, but also your surroundings. When it comes to mindfulness, there are two zones. The red zone and the green zone. The red zone is all the negative emotions you feel when stressed. The green zone is all of the positive emotions which help you when feeling stressed. For example, when in a stressful situation, you can clear your mind and stay calm. This is when your mind enters the green zone. In the red zone, you feel waves of negativity overcoming your mind.
When trying to focus, your mind wanders. Although your body can be present, your mind can be wandering around and thinking about the past or future. With mindfulness, you focus on the present moment and what is happening at that moment.
The mindfulness practice helps you clear your mind, focus on your breathing and overall makes you content and composed. To do this activity, we faced away from others to be focused. We had a straight back, soft stomach, closed eyes and our hands on our knees. When the mindfulness bell rang, we calmed ourselves and focused on our breathing. When breathing, you are more focused on you and your surroundings.
LI: to form an informed opinion
A provocation is a topic which brings our strong emotion within somebody. This provocation was about olympic venues and should countries that host the olympics spend billions on these facilities just for them to not be used again. In this task we formed an informed opinion on whether we thought it was a good idea or bad idea to build these venues.
L.I: To compare the past and present rules.
For this reading activity we were tasked to compare the olympics rules from the past and the present using a venn Diagram.
There was a big difference between the past olympic rules and the present. The rules that stayed the same was no shoving, no holding, no cutting of other racers.
L.I to find the most efficient stratigy
For this olympic challenge we counted the medals of the top 10 countries to create a medal tally. The medal count was from two dates 1986-2012 and the 2016 olympics. Once we count up all the medals from the top 10 countries we put ranked them from 1 to 10. The strategy that we used was addition. The country with the most medals was the USA with 2673 olympic medals.
L.I to identify main ideas
This week for reading we read a text called Poros of Malia. This text was about a man named Poros who competed in the sprints in the ancient olympics. Poros had won this event in the olympics prior so he had to win or they would have been made fun of. After we finished the text we answered a list of questions, by answering these question we got a better understanding of the story because it helped us remember the details and the main idea f the text.
L.I to understand how flowcharts to relate to coding blocks\
To understand how to get the microbit to talk toanother microbit using radio signals
L.I to use the most efficinet stratigies to find the answers
Since the olympics is currently happening, our maths group have 8 olympic challenges for us to complete. This challenge was about Michael Phelps and the events he competed in. Our questions were: On average, every swim stroke Michael Phelps take gets him 2 metres down the pool. Michael comped in 8 different events in the beijing olympics in 2008. In total how many metres did Michael swim for his gold medals?
FInally, how many strokes did Michael have to take in total for all o his events if Michael can propel himself 2 metres with each stroke. The strategies we used addition and division, first we added up all the metres Michael swans and then divided it by two because he advanced 2 metres down the pool.
L.I to recall yout timestables quickly
This week we played super fingers which is a multiplication game that requires you to recall your times table. FIrst there was a draw where we picked partners to go up against. Whover won advanced to the quarterfunals, semi finals and then the final. The final was between Chris and Afatia which Afatia won. I realy enjoyed this because it is a fun way to remember and recall your times tables.
L.I to try and ge thte mbot to draw a star shape for Matariki
L.I to strengthen our connections to Matariki
For Matariki we made a brochure for the celebration. A brochure is a informative paper document that can fold, it gives you information bout a place, person, celebration, etc... In our brochure we created different parts with different topics explaining the harvest, traditions, and many more. In this activity we also showed the origin of Matariki and how it was named.
L.I to strengthen ur connection to Matariki
Matariki is the Maori new year celebration. It takes places each year when the cluster of stars known as Matariki are seen in our skies. The new year is a time for new beginnings and is a time to embrace tradition. To strengthen our connections to Matariki we had a choice of research activities. For this task we learnt about facts about the matariki stars.
L.I to learn how to code the microbit in python
The first onr shows the python for flashing hearts. It flashes between the small herart icon and the large heart icon. THe main thing to ntice between the pythin coding and the blocks is the the forever loop is at the top nd bottom on the centent of both.
LI: To edit our writing using DRAFT
This week for writing we wrote abstract noun poems in pairs. An abstract noun is something that exists but cannot be touched. Our abstract noun poem was about happiness. An abstract noun includes the 5 senses (Touch/ feel, taste, hear, see and smell), punctuation ( Capital letters, .), complex sentences, metaphors and similes After we finished writing our poems we used the DRAFT (Delete, Rearrange, Add, Fix, Talk) process to check our poem, with draft we can make correct errors in our writing.
LI: To consider both perspectives
For this task we chose one of the seven places Maori in legends and looked at the evidence for the stories being real or not. After we have looked at the evidence we as a group were tasked to form an opinion about the place and if we think if the stories are real or not.
LI: To find as many similarities and differences as you can between the video and the text of “The Beginning”.
For this task we compared the text “The beginning” and the video of rangi and papa’s story on a venn diagram. A Venn Diagram is used to show the similarities and differences between two or more things, the parts of the circle that overlap the other are for writing similarities and the parts that do not overlap are for writing the differences between the two things.
L.I to explain in fewer words what the text is about
A summary is a quick and short way to explain the main points of a story or text. For this activity we watched a Video about Rangi and Papa and their story. From the video we had to choose twenty important words from the story. Then we chose the six most important words and wrote a short summary that tells the reader what the story is about.
LI: To identify the main ideas in a text
For this task we watched a video about the story of how maui slowed the sun. From this video we had to pick the ideas in the video, the four main ideas in the story and the three main ideas of the story. The main idea is the point of a text, story, book, etc..
L.I to learn how to code the microbit to play Rock Paper Scissors and understand how the flowchart matches the code.
L.I to write an abstract noun senses poem
Abstract nouns are nouns you can feel but can’t physically feel/ see, smell, taste, hear and feel. For example: Happiness is the key to my heart. A metaphor is descrigbing someting without using like or as. To write the poem we used the 5 senses which are Hearing, Smelling, Feeling, Tasting and Seeing.
L.I to use the ideas on your plan to write a narritive
THis week for writing we looked at narratives, a narrative is a story of a sries of events or experiences that can be fictonal or non fictonal. We wrote a narritive about a pair of shoes that were in a really bad condition. My partner and I wrote the narritive in first person. Before e wrote our narritives we had to ask our selves these questions about the shoes:
How did they get here?
What happened along the way?
How did they feel?
What did they see?
What did they hear?
What did they smell?
What did they touch?
Narrative:
New to old
LI: To use the 5 senses and personification to help us paint a picture with words.
LI: To devise a writing plan
LI: To use the ideas on your plan to write a narrative
There I was, old, abandoned and mistreated. I was left on the dark and dangerous streets all alone ownerless, But I wasn’t like this before.
Once I was prized possession of a young little boy called Jake. He wore me everywhere, to school, to the mall and even in his house. He wore me a lot, maybe a little bit too much.. The more he wore me the less durable I was getting. One day he put me on to go hiking with his friends, that was the last time he wore me.
One day, Jake went hiking with his friends where he slipped on a rock and he ripped me in half.He was so sad that he glued me back together. But it didn’t last. I thought it was all over, but fortunately Jake had another solution.
He took me to a shoe shop and he repaired me. When I was repaired I looked good as new. Old to new It was a miracle.
L.I to use and correctly puntuate dialogue dialogue when writing
This week we looked at dialogue and how to porperly use it. Dialogue is a conversation between two people in a book, text or play. To indicate dialogue you use speechmarks at the begginging and the end of the conversation. Dialogue is important because you can show what is heppening in the text instead of telling what is happeneing.
L.I to understand how the mbot is put together so that I can fix it when something goes wrong
Today, we took an mbot apart and then reaassembled it. We then tested it with some codes to make sure that it worked correctly.
Here are the parts of the Mbot that I took apart
Here is the reassembled mbot
Here is the code that I used
LI: to understand the behavior we should present in school and to juniors.
This weeks PB4L learning is about following classroom rules and expectations. PB4L is a acronym describing Positive Behavior for Learning. PB4L helps us understand the correct behavior for inside classroom learning and outer learning. This consist of Classroom discussions, walking to assembly, behaviour on school trips, wet day procedure eg. respecting wet day monitors. All of these prospects will help us develop a strong and healthy learning enviroment. I found this activity interesting because we talked about expectatiosn in our class.
L.I to identify the main ideas
We were tasked to read a story called "New New Zealanders," it was about how a boy named Christian Kaka and his family seeked for a better life in New Zealand due to the war going on at Syria. After the story we were tasked to identify the main ideas in the text. For the Three Vital Ideas were Registered refugees can't be sent back to their country, The Refugees wanted people to know their story and many families moved to New Zealand because their country is to dangerous.
This activity was interesting because I found out what Syria is going through and that there are many problems outside of New Zealand.
L.I to write a cinquain poem that describes a sports star
We have been learning to write cinquain poems to help us strengthen our connections to description. A cinquain poem has 5 lines. Each line has a different purpose. Line 1 is a noun which is a name. Line 2 has 2 adjectives that describe the noun. Line 3 has 3 verbs that end in ‘ing’ and describe the actions. Line 4 is a noun phrase which is a group of words (not a sentence) that go together to describe the noun. Line 5 is a synonym which is a word with a similar meaning to the noun.
I enjoyed this activity because we made a poem about a athlethe you like.
L.I to show my personal journey through books
This week is book week at Panmure Bridge School, which means every class participates in a number of reading activities. One of our activities was to create a reading pathway that shows how my favourite books have changed over time. At the moment I like reading the Dem Slayer manga because it has lots of fights and it has a good story.
LI: To use technological practices process to design a toy
L.I to learn about exponents
This week for maths we learn about exponents, exponents are the small number on the top right of an normal number that indicates how many times that mumbers has to bemultiplied by itself. Out task was to create a DLO explaining what an exponent it and give a example of it.
L.I to represent Panmure Bridge School in interschool soccer
On Wednesday 19th of march Panmure Bridge School went to madills farm for interschool soccer. I was in the Year 7/8 team and our game was 15 minutes long, we had 5 games in total. The first game we played was against Stonefields, unfortunatly we lost this game 1-0. Our second game against glengrae we had a draw with 1 a piece. The third game that we played was against sylvia park school which we won 1-0. Our fifth and final game was against the other panmure bridge year 7/8 team whom we beat 3-1. Overall we won 3 games, had 1 draw, and 1 loss. We all really enjoyed this experience ant thank you to everybody that helped during the day.
L.I to Identify, Investigate & Design a model of rover
The three technological practices were identify, investigate and design. When doing these technological practices, we need to make sure we are doing it properly for a proper trial and error project. Identify means to observe the opening problem. Investigating means to research how to solve the problem or research how to use materials for the model. Design means to draw or create a blueprint/sketch of your model. These three practices help you to build an end product of your model. Our group enjoyed looking into these practices and worked together as a group to come up with a design.
L.I to be wise with your money
Today Marlon from ASB came to our school to teach us about how to be smarth with our money. One of the things he taught us was to stop think and make a good decision with our money either to spend it or save it. To practice this we played a game where we went on holiday to Fiji and we had $1800 to spent on our passport, plane ticket, accomidation,travel insurence, food and activities. Our passport was $200 and if we would purchase it later it would be $400, for our flight we had to chose from economy class or first class which was $300 more. Our options for accomodation were a 5 star hotel by the ocean (+ $100 if we wanted to pay fr the food or it would be double the costs) or a $200 budget hotel. After that we chose if we wanted travel insurence, our group did and it payed of when we got food poisoning and had to pay the hospital bills. Lastly we got to chose what activites, the choices were surfing for $100, snorkling for $200 and skydiving for $300, our group chose snorlking.
LI: To use powerful words to describe a setting so that it paints a clear picture in the mind of the reader
This week for writing we looked into settings, The setting is a short description of a place which sets the scene and opens the door to begin the writing. Settings are important because it paints a clear picture in the readers head where the story is taking place. For our task we chose a picture and described it in ten words, after that we used as many of the ten words to write a short desctiption of that picture.
LI: To use the language features and structure of published poem to help use write our own poem.
We looked at the language features and structure of a poem called ‘A Moment in Time’ and used our experiences from camp to follow the structure and collaboratively create our own moment in time poem. To describe what we heard, what we saw, how we felt and what we wondered we used our senses, adjectives and adverbs.
Ajectives are words that describe a noun.
Adverbs are that modifies a verb.
LI: To strengthen connections to technology
This week we have been learning about the 6 processes of Technological Design and how each one is important in the process of designing a product. We are using the processes of technological practices to design and build a rubber band- powered rover that can scramble across the floor. I found this interesting because we faced different challenges, for example what materials we could use to make our rover.
LI: To compare the Key Competencies we think we will use on camp and the Key Competencies we actually used.
LI: To create an infographic using google draw that tells your audience facts about the kokako.
LI: To a collaborative brochure that tells others why Kokako Lodge is a great place to go on camp
LI: To create a collage of your camp highlights
This week LS2 have been celebrating our camp. I created this collage to show my time at camp and the activities I enjoyed. To make my collage effective I thought about the size of the images, the angle of the images and I tried hard not to leave any gaps between the photos. I enjoyed doing this tasks because I created a collage about the things that I did at camp, also because I got to look at the photos.
