Jet Boat

Today we did a team challenge which included only 4 people in each group. Our topic that we researched about was a famous kiwi inventor. As a group Nyjah, Joel, Chavda and me agreed on the same inventor which was Bill Hamilton. We created a DLO to show how this inventor created the first jet boat. The first jet boat that was created was named after Bill Hamilton last name. We created our own characters to show a conversation between a reporter and Bill Hamilton. Today the Hamilton jet is displayed at the maritime museum. 

Steampunk Art

 

Today we got to finish off our DLO about Victorian children at work. What I did for my DLO was I picked one job that the children do and this job is called Chimney Sweep.This DLO shows one of the jobs that the children do out of ten jobs. This DLO was followed by my Steampunk art DLO. What I did for my Steampunk DLO was write a definition about Steampunk and write one interesting fact about Queen Victoria. What I also did was draw a picture that is related to Steampunk art but also change it up a bit. 

Maori Battalion Badge

In inquiry we have been creating medals for soldiers that fought in the Maori battalion. What we also did was we got to choose a soldier that was in the Maori battalion and write why we would give our badge to them. What I really like about this DLO is how we got to create a badge.

Tech - Art

Today we had our last session for tech. What my group was doing was art. What we did for art was we made an original drawing that was based on our culture. What we did next was make three other drawing that is the same as our original drawing and paint over it. The colors we used was the paint colors  that we got to use on our three other drawings. The two colors that we must use on our drawing was White and yellow. The other colors I have used was Light and dark blue, red and orange. What we also did was use a small wood board that we had to put our original drawing on it and then curve it out at the end of each color we did. What I really like about art is how we can be creative and chose colors that matches our patterns.

Maori Pioneer Battalion Timeline

For inquiry we got to learn more about the Maori battalion and also create a timeline. What this timeline is about is how brave the men were when they fought in WW1 through out the years. The people I have been working with is Joel, Joshua V and Marieta. What we also did was put our information that we found on different sites and create a timeline about The Maori pioneer battalion and also write what happened in the start and write what happened at the end.

Athletics Day

Today we got to have athletics and the whole school took part in it. There were heaps of activities. We were all set into four teams. The teams we had was Green, Blue, Red and Yellow. The team I was in was red. What I think  my team showed was teamwork, encouragement and sportsmanship. The actives I really enjoyed was Rob the nest and shot put. My favorite activity was The Sponge Race. In the afternoon there were sprints and the people that took part did very good and ran really fast. Thank you to the Tamaki College students that were helping us with the activities and to the parents for supporting us and to the staff. What I really like about athletic day is we get to have fun and we can also be competitive at the same time. The activities  we played were rob the nest, hurdle, sponge relay, shot pot, discus, lifesaver, egg and spoon race, rest/dance station, long jump, and the Frisbee race. The people that were in my team were Savelina, Nevaeh, San Kyaw, Joshua W and Tai.

A dog called homeless

Today we got to finish off some of our book week activities. What I did was I got one of my favorite books and then get the ending of the book I am doing. What I did next was I made my own ending to this book. The reason why I did this book is because it is very interesting and it is based on a dog called homeless. What I really like about doing this activity is how the activities are interesting.

Read Theory Progress

Today I have created a graph which shows the amount of progress I have put in to  read theory. What I have also done was write witch month I got my highest grade in and the lowest score. I think I need to approve more on my read theory.

Wolves

Today we got to create a DLO on wolves. What we did was Write myths and facts. What the myth is we get to write 5 things that we think that wolves do and for the facts we write our answer. What I really like about creating this DLO is that I got to learn heaps about wolves.

My Reading Journey

                                     
Today we got to do a reading task. What we did was we got to create a DLO showing the books we read when we were Young to what books we read now. My favorite books are mystery and comedy. What I really like about this reading Journey is I got to remember the books when I was young.

Book Week - Favorite Character

Today for book week we got to go to different table that had questions that were based around books and than we can write our own opinions. What we did was we picked one question and create a graph with three statements. The question was what is our favorite Character? On the side is what characters do we like from different books. The people I have worked with was Joshua V and Tai.

Questions we want to know the answer to

Today we got to do a challenge about WW1 for inquiry. The person I have been working with is Sky. What we did was write two question and then give our answer with proof as well. The reason why we choose these questions is because we thought these questions were very interesting. What I really like about doing this challenge is how we got to learn more about WW1 and learn the story behind WW1.

Book Cover ( The name of Jesus )

Today we got to do some fun challenges that was based on book week. What I have chosen was to change a book cover off one of my favorite books and this book is about Jesus journey. What I really like about book week is we get to do fun challenges and we get to be creative as well. What I have also done was draw crosses that is related to  the book cover I am doing.

Armistice Day

Today we got to create a collage  about armistice day and how they celebrated  the  war ending. What I did was  pick different types of photos of different countries celebrating after the war ended. What  I really like about creating this collage is how I got to see all of the soldiers celebrating when the war ended and them showing happiness.

Facts and information about WW1

Today we got to create a table on a Google Drawing for inquiry. What we did was we put facts on the what we remember about WW1 and we had 5 minutes to wright is much things we remembered . Than we put ticks on the other side to show if we got it correct and than we put details next to the three ticks. The people I worked with was Hajera and Nickaela.

Goal Setting

Today we got to finish off our care awards. I have been focusing my Excellent and Innovation badge. For this task I did a DLO about my goals I have achieved for this term. What I did was I wrote down my three goals that I set at the beginning of this term and than I put a tick next to it to show that I have achieve it.

The Battle Of The Some

Today we got to create a DLO about the battle of the some. The people I have worked with was Julian and Joel. What this is linked to is our WW1 DLO for inquiry. What my group and I  have done was read an text about the battle of the some and than answer the question on the next two slides with some evidence from the text. 

Did I Miss Anything?`

Today we got to create an animation for reading. What we did for this animation was we got to illustrate it and use one verse form a poem. The people I have worked with was Hajera and Nickaela. What I really like about doing this activity is I got to illustrate a verse from an interesting poem. What this animation is about is students waiting for the teacher.

Kiwi Can Reflection

On Thursday we got to go Kiwi Can. What we did was learn more about respect. What respect is is when you respect other people and you also need to respect there values. What we did next was play a debate game. How you play this game is two teams get given should or shouldn't we... The question that were asked was should we or shouldn't we have fizzy drinks and rules and than give a reason with it.

New Zealand Shakeout Day

Today Joel and I found out information about shake out day. The rules that you have to follow while in a real earthquake is drop, cover and hold. Joel and I worked together to find out about the Christchurch earthquake and the Napier earthquake. We found some interesting facts about Christchurch and Napier earthquake.What we also did was learn more about shakeout day. 

Basic Facts

Today for maths we got to do basic facts. What we did was do a challenge that Mr Wong set up. What we did was we got to do addition that goes up to 100, 5, 10 or 20 or we can do subtraction. What I really like about doing addition is we can think of different strategy to use that can help us alot.

Formal and informal writing

Formal -

It is my opinion that this litter is a health hazard. For example, yesterday a year 4 boy fell over and cut his hand on a broken bottle. The boy in question needed four stitches

Informal -

How are you?. I’ve been dead busy since your last letter. We have to work really hard at school to get ready for our PAT tests.

Today we got to do reading. What we did was see what you should and should not put in a formal and informal writing. What formal means is when having the form or appearance without the spirit and what informal means is when you are having a friendly or relaxed manner. What I have done was take a informal and formal sentences and turn it to examples. What I really like about this task is it shows us what the difference is between informal and formal.

Problem Solving

Today we got to finish off our DLO about problem solving. The person I have been working with  is  Nickaela. What we did was explain and also give an example to go with it. What I really like about creating this DLO is it helps me more with my problem solving.

Spaghetti Bridges

Today we got to do spaghetti bridge testing. What we did was we first check the span witch means cm. My group span was 28 cm. For this we got to make a plan so we can know how we can make it and know how much spaghetti and rubber bands. We also put bricks inside and my group bridge could only could hold on to one brick. The people I have work with is Sky, Mele , Marieta. What I really like about making bridges is we get to learn that bridges can be made out of different objects. 

Word Finding

Today for reading my group Ponui and Pakatoa were learning about features of a visual book that are in the same series of books. The features on these two book was the caption or the inset. What we did first was looked for different parts in the book so we can put labeled arrows on it. The books we were reading was Manmade World and People on Earth. 

Duffy Assembly

Today we got to have Duffy Assembly. What we did was have a wonderful Samoan guy that loved reading and his name was Micheal Mulipola. What he did was talk about how he loved reading. He also loves Green Lanton and he loves playing Tekken. He also illustrated and made school journal and also made a comic.

Bridges Explanation

Why do people build bridges

People wonder when they drive past or when they see the bridge
open and close repeatedly  like doors shutting when you walk in and out.

The reason why people build bridges is because people can go
mode faster to there destination and there is no traffic lights.
Another reason why is because you can see a better view of the sea.

People also wonder what kind of bridges there are and there
is an arch bridge, brooklyn bridge, golden gate bridge, suspension
bridge but for it to be a bridge it needs something to protect or stable the bridge.

People wonder why would they take all there time to just build a
bridge but they build the bridge for many reasons and how can
boats go past but they never remember that bridges can open and
close.

People now know why people build bridges and it is important
why we have bridges.

Today for writing we got to finished off our explanation about bridges. What I did was I explained in different parts about bridges. What I also did was write what kind of bridges there were.

Wheel Worda

Today for reading my group got to do Wheel Words. What wheel words is is when you get to use the middle letter in every word you make or in other words create. The middle letter I use was T. What I really like about Wheel Words that I get to learn interesting words. I find it harder when I needed to look for some words. I got 3 out of 34.

HIIT

Every Monday and Thursday for 15 weeks. We had our section on Thursday. What we did for HIIT was we got to do different exercise. My favorite exercise was push up. The reason why push up is my favorite is because it is more challenging and there are more ways. What I really like about HIIT is every time we go there it challenges us even more.

Basic addition up to 100

Today we got to do maths. What we did was do a math task that Mr Wong created. What we also did was answer 10 question that go up to 100. What I really like about this addition game is it is really fun and challenging for some people.

Fraction Strategy DLO

Today we got to do maths. What we did was we got to create a DLO about how we used division and time table to solve fractions. What I did was explain how I solved the question and a example to go with it. What I really like about maths is we get to learn how to use one strategy to solve other strategy.

Word Finding

Today in Reading my group Ponui got given different words to place on different pages. Our first page we did was the Index. What my group did was we talked to each other and collaborate with Pakatoa. What we also did was we picked a page and than label it with some arrows. The book we read was Great Scientists.

Assembly

Today for assembly I got my attitude badge. What this is is when I complete my task for one off  my badges from my care award booklet. What I really like about care awards is we get to set our selves a challenge. What we also did was complete 5 task as well.

Kiwi Can

Today we got to do Kiwi Can. What we did was plat two games. The first game was beats. How you play this game is there's one person in middle with there eyes closed and than we pick a person to do the beat and the person in the middle has three guests to try and say who you think did it. The second game was props and how you play this games is you need to use what ever props is in the middle.

Sentence illustration

For writing we got to do a colon task. What we did was grab a sentence and do a illustration and we also did a DLO to explain where colons go. What I really like about my DLO is how I got to explain what colons are.

Orchestra

Today we went to kiwi capers for a school trip to watch the orchestra people perform. We also went there to hear at all the music they played and the instrument. There were three sections with different instrument. The sections were brass with the french harn, Tuba, Trumpet and the trombone. For woodwind with the flute, clarinet, oboe and bassoon. Next section it was the string with harp, violin, viola, cello and double bass. The last section is percussion is with the triangle , drums and the cymbal. The theatre was the Auckland town hall. There were three pieces of music. There was a Romeo and Juliet dance and the music was the beauty and the beast theme song.

HIIT

On Monday we got to do HIIT. What we did was do push  ups, high knees, mountain climbers and star jumps. Our goal was to try and get our self to red and we did achieve it. The leaders were Tiava, Mataio, Lyric, Zane and Affonso. What I really like about HIIT is that we get to challenge our self. 

VC Research

Today in the morning we got to do the vc research. The person who took it was Yvonne and her team. The two activity we did the Magic Window and VR Cardboard. What we got to do for the Magic Window was they got to travel from Pakuranga to Panmure. The team and Yvonne came from the Auckland university.  

Sensory Verbs

Today we played a quiz. This quiz was kind of tricky to play. I got everything right and I was very happy because in my head it means that I know what are sense and verbs. If you want to play the quiz or learn more it would be at the bottom of the blurb.

https://www.ecenglish.com/learnenglish/lessons/what-are-sense-verbs

Wheel Words

        

Today for reading my group got to do Wheel Words. How you play wheel words is you need to use the middle word in each letter if it is in the Middle, front or at the end. The middle word I use was R. The hints I have used was only three hints. I got 11 out of 25. What I really like about wheel words is that I get to learn new words.  

HIIT

On Thursday we got to do HIIT. What we got to do was star jumps, high knees, tap steps and squats. What we also did was do a warm. What we did for the warm up is we got to go in pairs. The people who took it was Tiava, Lyric, Mataio and Affonso. What I really like about HIIT is that we all try and get ourselves to red.

Venn Diagram

for inquiry we have been doing a venn  diagram about towers, bridges and tunnels. What we did was we  had  to compare and contrast. The person I have worked with is Marieta. What really like about this venn digarm is I get to learn more about bridges, tunnels and towers. What we also did was find some more interesting facts.

Decimal

For maths I have been working a DLO that shows my understanding about decimal. What this DLO is about is how I worked out a problem by using decimals and addition. What I really like about my DLO is that it shows a clear understanding about my thinking for maths.

Explanation - Analogue Clock

Analogue Time

How can we understand time on an analogue clock? Well analogue clock can contain many parts. These parts can be on a clock or a watch but now we need to get a good explanation to answer the question “How can we understand time on an analogue clock?”

 First you need to learn about the face on a watch or a clock. What the face is it is the front of the clock or on a watch and it has the numerals, in other words, numbers on it and the hands. The face for the analogue can be small or big and that's because it can be on a clock or a watch. 

 Next I will be guiding you through why we have the hands on a clock or a watch. The reason why we have a short hand, a long hand and a second hand is because it is showing us if it is past or to. Now I am going to talk about numerals. 

The numerals on a clock or watch is the numbers to tell you the time. For example 9:15 but people wonder how you can tell the time if it's a two digit number? You can see that when the hand goes past the one digit number than you know it becomes a two digit number like how three becomes fifteen. 

Now you can have a good explanation on why it is easy to tell the time for an analogue clock.

For writing my group has been working on a explanation about an analogue clock. What we got to do was explain how you can tell time on an analogue clock. What I did was explain the three parts that is on a watch or a clock.What I really like about this explanation is that it gives you heaps of detail.

Eels DLO

For Reading we have been working on our DLO for key into evaluation. As you can see I have been working on my eel DLO. What my DLO is about is How to fish for a eel than some pictures with some interesting facts.What I really like about this DLO is how I can explain how you can fish for eels and I also learned more about like how there are 400 species eels. 

Bridges - Venn diagram

For inquiry we have been working on bridges. What we got to do was we got to compare the golden gate bridge and the habour bridge. What a Venn diagram is is when we have three sections one side is a place than facts then on the other side its the same thing but a different place than in the middle you do what both places have in common. The person I have worked with is Marieta. What I really like about this is we get to learn more about bridges.

Tunnels

Today we got to do our DLO about Tunnels. What we got to do was create a Venn diagram. What we did was compare the water view and the Gotthard road tunnel.The people I have worked with is Sky and Mele.
What I really like about this Venn diagram is that we get to compare two tunnels together to see what's different and the same.

Read Theory

Today I got to look at my results for Read Theory. What I did was I set a goal for me to achieve and that goal was to get to grade four but I didn't and I tried to achieve this year but I didn't so I'm going to try and set it again so I can try to achieve before term three ends. As you can see I only got one four. What's challenging for me is that i'm trying to get a passing score but I keep on failing. How Read Theory  works is that when you get a article you have questions and when you answer you get green if your correct and read if your wrong and finally at the end you get a passing or perfect score. What I really like about Read Theory  is it challenges people.

Tech - Pewter Casting

This morning we got to go tech. For tech there was 3 groups. The three groups were Digital Tech, Pewter casting and Food tech. What my group is doing currently is finishing off our workbook to get top marks for our report. The thing I made was a boxing glove for my brother. The reason why is because he fights most of the time. What I really like about tech is because I got to make something one of my family members.

Mapping of NYC

Today for reading we got to make a DLO about where the Empire State Building is in NYC (New York City). What I did for my DLO was I got to look for Empire State Building on the map than I got to do five places that near Empire State Building that I would go to. What I really like about this DLO is that I get to be creative and I get to choose five places where I would go to.

HIIT

On Monday we got to do HIIT in the afternoon. What we did was 4 exercise. The three exercise was tap steps, star jumps and push ups and squats. For the warm up we did some of the fortnite dances like take the L. What we did was get into 5 lines and than get into are warm up and our exercise. What I really lime about HIIT is we all get challenge and we all work really hard.