Richard Pearse

Today we created a Powtoon about Richard Pearse. Our group collaborated to finish this task.This task is about New Zealand Inventors. Other groups had a different New Zealand Inventor. While our was researching, we learnt a lot of information about Richard Pearse. After finishing our task, we then show our presentation to the class. Other groups  also had cool presentations to show and we learnt a lot from them.

Steampunk and Victorian Era

This week we have been learning about steampunk art and the Victorian times. I made a DLO explaining more about sport they played in the Victorian time. I have also been able to draw a picture of two steampunk skull face with a top hat and a santa hat using paper and google drawings. I am very proud with the drawing and the DLO I've made because it's a new thing that i have accomplished.

Paper Plane Analysis

Today we have got into new groups for leadership week. In my group there Joseph, Fui and Te Pounamu. Together we created a paper plane design to see which plan could go the furthest. This DLO shows the Analysis of who won. My plane got the furthest by 9 meters. Then we went to the hall to see ou tof the year 7's who's plane would be the best design. Overall Chavda's plane would by 14 meters. Her plane managed to get all the way to the end of the hall. It was a good game. This challenged showed us that collaborating with each other would let us be successful.

Athletics day

Today Panmure Bridge School had athletics day. Athletics is when you do a bunch of course's with your class. There were 4 group colors, They were red, blue, yellow, and green. There were nine course's. The course's were rob the nest, sponge relay, shot pot, discus, lifesaver, egg and spoon race, rest/dance station, long jump, and the Frisbee race. My house group was blue. In my group it was me, Jonathan, Jack, Sanujan, Nickela and joel, We all enjoyed the activities that we participated in. Students from Tamaki College came to help us with the activities. My favourite activity was the hurdle and sponge relay, because it was a refreshing game because if the water. The last field event that we did was sprints. Each year group had a different meter mark to run from sadly I came fifth out of the year seven boys.

All about Wolves

Today we had book week we looked at a book called wolves  by Emily Gravett  she is a british author. For this DLO I had to check if myths about wolves were true or not. This DLO shows the myths and facts about wolves one of the myths is do they hunt in packs the fact was Wolves do hunt in packs of six to ten.

All about Meerkats

This week we had book week we looked at a book called Meerkat mail by Emily Gravett  she is a british author. For this DLO I worked with Mataio we made a DLO About the meerkats. This DLO shows the Meerkats Diet it habitat the appearence/features and some facts about the meerkats. Did you know that Meerkat means Lake cat

Armistice Day Commemoration

Today the whole of Panmure bridge school had a special Commemoration for Armistice day.At the start of the commemoration we planted poppies and every class signed a poppy and then two people from each class put their poppies on the fence . There was a special Guest From the NZ Defense Force and we sang Reveille, Last Post and Mrs Kirkpatrick Read In Flanders Field. Mr Johnston is going to plant three Olive tress that show that the school has hope and love.

Battle of the somme

Yesterday me and ofa finished our Collaborative Comprehension DLO about  the battle of the somme. In the story the brithish army had to join the french army and they had to attack  the german army. This was apart of our inquiry session and we got geven some questions about the battle. This was a fun and new activity.

Formal and informal Language

Formal:

I thought I’d write/ I am writing to complain about the state of the yard/condition of the playground.
Over the last two weeks, I have noticed loads of rubbish/a great deal of litter.

Informal:

How are you?/I trust this letter finds you well. I’ve been dead busy/extremely busy since your last letter.
We have to work really hard at school to get ready/in preparation for our PAT tests.

These examples show formal and informal language. For this activity we read each text then we would change the color of the answer that best fits each sentence of formal or informal. This activity teaches you how you use them and where you use them, so if you were to write a email for a job interview or colleagues you would use formal language, but if  you were to text your friend you would normally use informal language.  

Native New Zealand animal fact page

 

  Today i finished my reading DLO about Native New Zealand animals for a book that LS2 will be making. The Animal i picked was a huia it is an extinct bird that was last found 25 of December 1907. If you want to read more about Huia's Read My DLO (digital Learning Object).

Spaghetti Bridge testing

 2nd Group

 1st group

 2nd group Testing

 1st group Testing

Today for Inquiry Ms Kirkpatrick's inquiry group has been building bridges out of spaghetti for the past two to three weeks. It was a challenge, but today we managed to finish it. For this task I have been working with two groups which is Jeremiah, Christopher, and Ofa and Jack, Sanujan and Jericho. The First group I was with (Me, Jack, Sanujan and Jericho) Built a truss Bridge which could hold Seven bricks. The Second group I was with (Me, Jeremiah, Christopher and Ofa) built a Cantilever Bridge. Sadly it could only hold one brick. It was a fun day and a fun three weeks building the bridges.

Exponents

Last week we learnt on how to use exponents and how to use Squared and cubed which are the two powers for the exponents. it was fun, i liked doing this because it is new and different I think other people should try doing this.

HIIT training

Last week on Thursday for HIIT training we done Tap steps, Push ups, Star jumps and sit ups. The reason why we have been doing this is because AUT let us do a research for them about our fitness this was  a fun experience because i like exercising a lot. Today was the last day we have have been doing this twice a week for fifteen weeks or three months and three weeks which is a long time. Our fitness changed  and it was harder to get puffed then the first time we done it. The Research was called pau te hau which means get puffed and for the whole fifteen weeks we did get puffed.  

Features of a visual texts

Today for reading our group (Motuihe) had to find were the arrows go it was fun and hard. This week the book was about people on earth it was hard but it got easier, today our group got our own books to place the arrows on it and it was easier then last weeks one.

Goldilocks Pick a path story

Please try my pick a path story.

Here is my pick a path story. I made a Goldilocks pick a path story I like this story because it was a new experience and I want to do this again because it is fun, new and interesting. It  is a awesome way to do a writing lesson. I think everyone should have this experience and have fun.

Features of a visual text

Today for reading our group (Motuihe) had to find were the arrows go it was fun and hard. This week the book we used was great scientist it was hard but it got easier I liked what we done today because it fun.

The Kiwi Kapers Orchestra trip

Today we went to the Kiwi Kapers Orchestra (Auckland Town Hall), LS2 watched three performances by the Auckland Philharmonia  Orchestra group. After the Orchtestra We watch a performance from St kents and Te kura kaupapa o te Ngatapawae all the performances were in the Auckland town hall and we also watch two solo-est, The first one was an opera by a male And a solo by an cello est. The sections in the Orchestra Were The Brass, Woodwind, String and Percussion in the Brass there is the french horn, trombone, trumpet and the tuba. In the Woodwind There is the flute, clarinet, oboe and the basson. In the String There is the harp, violin, viola, cello and the double bass and in the percussion is the drums, cymbols and the triangle. 

LS2 using VR

Today Yvonne and her researching team. her team is from the augmented human lab at the university of Auckland. We used either the VR cardboard or the magic window i was using the VR cardboard. Using the VR cardboard we learnt about how to build  the panmure bridge and we also had a mission to give a letter to the Jones family in 1862 and we had another mission to send a pastel to Mr and Miss Brown. It was fun using the VR cardboard because it was a first time experience for some of us. After all that hard work the whole class had pizza thanks to Mrs Anderson and Miss Kirkpatrick for making this Virtual Reality happen for Learning Space 2.  

Features of a Visual Text

Today in reading Motuihe and Pakatoa worked together to label the labels in the book. It was hard to put the labels were it goes most of the words we didn't know were to put them because we didn't know what it meant. I think both groups like to do what we done because it was fun.  

Thank you Mrs Anderson

Today was the last day for tech our group had loads of fun with Mrs Anderson. learning about coding and learning how to code was fun and interesting i hope we can do digi-tech again because it is fun new and interesting. I hope you like the card i made for you and i also hope you  like this one to.

Evaluation of my animated story

My animated story is currently under construction. Could you please help me, by giving me some feedback on my conceptual design of my animated story.

HIIT training

Today we had HIIT training, the work outs today were Push ups, Squats, Tap step and star  jumps. We had a lot of teamwork, we are using the tabata timing style which was 20 seconds doing an exercise and 10 seconds rests and then we had to repeat that 4-8 time. We had a lot of commitment and we also showed a lot of hard work.

Maths week: Scale drawing

Last week was maths week. For maths week LS2 did scale drawing. It was the first time I did scale drawing it was fun, new and interesting to me. The best part about scale drawing was when we had to actually draw it before we drew it we had to enlarge it, the normal sized grid was a 1 cm square and the enlargement size grid was a 2 cm square . I drew Bart Simpson from the Simpsons it was  hard and then it started to get easier. I didn't know what to do at first but I got into it and it started to get easier and easier. Next time I will try to focus more on the drawing and take my time and stop rushing it. This is the finished drawing of Bart Simpson.

HIIT trainig

Today we had HIIT training we done push ups and star jumps and we done a warm up  challenge called  whanowhano. We had to take 20 seconds to do the push ups and star jumps and we 10 seconds rest. it was hard an fast we  had eight sets of the Push ups and star jumps.

Whare hauora Opening

Yesterday was the opening of the first Medi cube in the whole of New Zealand. For the opening me and the kapa haka group done two songs were called Rona and E te iwi e. I was excited and happy but also Nervous and scared but the one thing i didn't release was that i were on newshub on channel 3 and i was Interviewed by alice from newshub about the new and improved medi cube.

Whare hauora Blessing

Panmure Bridge School is the home of New Zealand's first medicube. The purpose of this new building is to make sure that children are fit for school and that they get a sense of focus so that they do not worry about getting sick. Our nurses will carry on doing a good job and making sure we are alright for school. Like every new building at Panmure Bridge School the Maori blessing took place early in the morning and as we are in kapa haka we were asked to perform an item and represent our school. Our song was He Honore which was a nice soft song that we sang to with just an acoustic guitar. We were all proud of our efforts and it was a honour to partake in this event. The Kaumatua went around the medicube blessing the building in Maori. We all followed the visitors into the medicube looking at the space the health nurses are fortunate to receive.

Careers

Matariki Celebration

This is some information about what we have done for Matariki. Matariki is one of the most important celebration of the Maori generation and is also about Whanau coming together.

Casey and Jeff animation

This is an example of an animated story that i recreated in scratch.

The components used to create this include:
backdrops
charecters
speech bubbles

The codes that I used to create the story include:

•  Events to start the story 
• Looks script to enable the sprites to talk

Te Pounamu - Unicycle Craze - Reading

Today for reading we read a story about The Cycling Craze, it was about some of the things that we used in the olden day. We also learnt about the different types of cycles there are three types unicycle that means it balances on one wheel, bicycle that means it balances on two wheels and the last cycle is a tricycle the tricycle has three wheels on it. On this video he is balancing on a tight and is riding a unicycle.

Tech

Today for tech I was doing coding on a site called scratch. It is a coding site and allows you to make games, animated stories, animations, interactive art and music and dance games. I learnt how to create a animated story about Casey and Jeff going to the park by coding it was fun because it was my first time and it was different because i have never done coding before.

Samoan Language week

As it is vaiaso o le gagana Samoa (Samoan Language Week) my group and i made a DLO about Samoan language week. Me and my group learnt about what the Samoan coat of arms represent and also what the flag represents.

The Leap of faith narritive

Leap of faith

The sun went down and it started to get darker.

“I am ready to fly mum‘’ I said.

‘’Go on then son,“ Yelled mum.

I was nervous and excited, my heart was pounding fast and my eyes were wide open.

“I really want to fly,‘’ I cried. Straight away I saw the delicious wriggly worm. I was tired of sharing one worm, I wanted to eat my own worm. I was sick of being hungry’! I saw the nice wriggling worm wriggle and wanted to eat all by myself, but there was only one thing stopping me. I needed to learn how to fly right now.

I lifted one leg. I could feel the cold wind flowing underneath my talons. I knew I had to be brave so I spread my wings, closed my eyes and leapt. I felt strong and so free. I saw the grass get smaller and smaller as I got higher and higher. I saw the cars zooming fast down the road and heard the trees flowing through the rhythm of the air.

This week for writing our task was to create a narrative. Our prompt this week was to write our narrative based on the story called A leap of faith.  I struggled because I had to use a plan and I didn't know were to put the plan into the narrative. We also used a word Cline to chose what powerful to pick and put in our narrative.

Tech Refliction

Today for tech I was finishing off my work book and then me and the rest of my class made a thank you letter because it was the last day with Mr Grundy. It was an amassing opportunity to work with him and to create our pewter casting design. THANK YOU MR. GRUNDY

Mathematical Me

This week for math's my partner Kanye and I measured our body parts to see if they were the same size and if it was True or False. I didn't know that your foot was the same size as your forearm.

I didn't believe that you foot is the same size as your forearm but is was true.

How to survive a cow attack

Today i made DLO about how to survive a cow attack. One of my facts was to make sure that your dog is under control at all time.  

Hineahuone

This is me and my partner storyboard of Hineahuone the first women created and also about the maori legend and tane mahuta creating the first woman that was created.

Memorial and the Unknown Soldier

This is one of my slides from my presentation about memorial. This slide is about the unknown soldiers around the world.

Making Connections

LI: Make connections text to text, text to world and text to self

Today I made a making connections sheet about snowboarding. In my text to text I copied a video about the someone surf medals for 2016, we needed to look at this because in the text it talks about surfing. In my text to world I wrote that Zoi Sadowski Synnott and Nico Porteous won medals. In my text to self I wrote that I haven't been Snowboarding but i have been skateboarding.