Rocket design challenge presentation

This is my presentation including posters and images of the process of creating a bottle rocket. There is text explaining my predictions and outcome. 

Rocket design challenge

Rocket Challenge
This is my animoto I created with a variety of images from today when we launched our rockets.

Thanksgiving Task #3

For the past two days, Room 9 have been completing tasks based around thanksgiving. My partner and I created a prezi to present the third task we've completed. I hope you enjoy our prezi.

Thanksgiving Task #2

For the last two days, Room 9 have been focusing on thanksgiving. We were asigned tasks to complete. This is the econd task i've completed. To present our task, my partner and I used prezi. I hope you enjoy.

Thanksgiving Task #1

Since Tuesday, room 9 has been focusing on thanksgiving. We were asigned to complete four tasks within two days. This is the first task I completed. I created a padlet to answer the question based around the image. 

Unhealthy diet and life - Scratch Digital Story

This is an unfinished product I have been creating on scratch at Tamaki College for digital tech. It's about a bear named Jumbo showing Lolla how to eat and exercise to maintain a healthy diet and living. I hope this scratch encourages you to eat healthier and exercise more often.

Blog Comment

 Yvette said...

Hi Room 3,
your video is very creative. It's upsetting knowing that these inicent turtles are being killed by the amount of polution in our enviroment. Before we know it, the sea turtle species will be extinct. It's very cool watching those props move around. It was especially cool when the turtle dug the whole and little white balls started falling in. I can't wait to see another amazing manaikalani film festival film from your class.

Above is a blog comment I made to room 3 at tamaki primary. 

Narrative Start

In the land of the lost, a family of three rapidly examined their surroundings in search for the deafening roaring sound that had awoken the frightened family from their slumber. Aged 13, Paz stumbled to her feet thinking of what creature would have the ability to make a noise so loud and make the floor beneath her vibrate. Her mother(Saffron) knelt beside her wounded father(Asarif). “Mother, the vibration is growing stronger and the roaring is getting closer. We need to leave before we’re too late!” “Paz, I can not leave your father, not like this. Leave me and your father to be, find your way off the unknown.”

“No! I’m not leaving you nor father” “Silence! You will do this. Leave. Now!” With a tear of sadness rolled down the soft and pale skin of Paz , she packed her bag and kissed her parents goodbye then sprinted as fast as she could away from the creature. Paz felt ashamed. Leaving her mother and near deceased father to be murdered by a horrid and massive creature of the unknown. Paz ran until she couldn’t feel the touch of her feet hit the ground. She spotted a cave and decided to relax inside for a nights slumber after clearing the inside for any creatures. Where do I go, how do I escape from an Island in the middle of no-where?, thought Paz sadly. The earth beneath her slowly calmed down, her environment was dead silent. A bomb of relief exploded in the face of Paz. She has escaped from the beast, but only for now. Paz awoke to the intense shine of the daylight. With a sigh of sorrow, Paz slithered out of her sleeping sack then rose to her feet, determined to discover a way off the island. Paz searched daily and nightly for anyone and anything to help her escape from this unknown island. Paz had hope in everything, but in her situation all hope was lost.  If Paz was to became extinct on an isolated island alone, she wanted to become deceased being proud. “I vow to my lord and parents to defeat the monster who stole the lives of my mother and father or perish from existence trying” echoed Paz’s voice. Paz planned to create a racket of deafening noises to attract the beast. Then with all her might, she would strike the creature. Her idea was crazy, but it was the only idea thought of. Paz collected rocks from the bottom of the sea bed. For the first time, Paz was having fun on the Island. The crystal clear water brushed against her skin like paint. The sea bed provided the most beautiful rocks that glimmered in the ocean. Those were the rocks she would collect. Paz collected around 500 rocks which surprisingly only a one hours time of work. Later on, she evenly divided the rocks into nine drum shaped objects. She began drumming. The rocks made a clatter of a noise. The beast heard the deafening sound and came storming after it. Paz felt the rumble of the ground, then the roar of the creature. It was coming, and it was coming fast.

Creating #3

This is a brochure I created for my ADL task. I needed to create a brochure that informs the reader about the country that your article comes from. The country my article comes from is New Zealand. It includes facts about New Zeland and it's symbol the 'Kiwi. I hope you gain more knowledge about New Zealand from my brochure.

Creating #2

Below is a flipsnack I created to retell the article 'Return Ticket, Please!' in my own words. I hope you learn some interesting facts from my retelling.

Click Here to see my flipsnack

Bedroom comparison

I used photo story by James Mallison to create this venn diagram to compare two different bedrooms. The first bedroom (left) belongs to Jivan. He is a four year old boy in New York. The second bedroom (right) belongs to a four year old boy in Rome who wants to remain anonymous. 

My special friend

Below is an explanation explaining what a special friend is and why my special friend(Savannah) is my special friend. I hope you enjoy reading my 'Special Friend' explanation.

My Special Friend

A special friend is someone who comforts you in times of difficulty and sadness. When you’re feeling sorrowful, heartbroken, betrayed etc…… your special friend would understand and help you. A special friend would show sympathy by comforting you in emotional situations.

My special friend is Savannah. In times of sadness, Savannah always looks at the funny side. We laugh about humorous things in our past errors, never at each other. Savannah is the only person who is able to activate my humerous bone when feeling emotional.  Savannah is my special friend.

Savannah is reliable and trustworthy. She is able to identify my emotions when feeling depressed, frightened, regretful etc…. I can share confidential information with her because she is trustworthy. Savannah is a dependable and trustworthy person.

A special friend comforts you when your feeling unpleasant emotions. When you’re feeling upset, embarrassed, enraged etc…… your special friend would be there to comfort you. A special friend would show sympathy by comforting you in emotional situations.

Phases of the Moon

Below is a presentation explaining the phases of the moon. It also includes two video's that is of interest. I hope you enjoy my group(Fine, Juliano, Efaraima, Yvette) presentation. I hope you enjoy this presentation.

My group presented this presentation to Room 5. Mrs Eeles liked how we added 'how to tell when the moon is waning or waxing' because she always forgets. I hope you enjoyed my groups presentation as much as Mrs Eeles. 

Stars explanation

Below is an explanation explaining why stars are not visible during daytime. This explanation was writen by Fine(a classmate) and I. I hope our explanation fascinats you to explore furthermore into the world of astronomy.

Why are stars not visible during daytime?

Have you ever wondered why stars aren’t visible during daytime? Majority of people believe that stars have disappeared as the sunset rises, but stars are still there, just hiding. Stars are hidden behind the bright blue rays that are received from the Sun.

Stars are produced when a nebulae creates a ball of helium and hydrogen. Soon this sphere flames up and creates a star. When the helium and hydrogen gases interact with each other, they form an explosion or scientifically known as a ‘Nuclear fusion’. The more nuclear reactions that occur on this star, the brighter the star becomes.

As the Earth is spinning on its own axis, it absorbs darkness from the moon and light from the Sun. This is because one side of the Earth is facing the bright light from the Sun, while the other is facing the dark moon. It’s like when a person is facing the light, and the back of their body is dark. This creates the illusion of day and night. Due to the Suns bright blue light, we are not able to see the stars that are actually still there. Luckily as night falls, the stars shine brightly and are visible to the human naked eye.

Isn’t it amazing how we aren’t able to see stars at daytime, when they’re actually still there? The world of astronomy and stars contain a huge range of information that has still not been discovered to this day, but its a triumph to know we both understand just a small amount of knowledge on this particular subject.

Maths

This is a google poster I created answering a decimal question. 

Create Task

This is my 'create' comic life poster I created for a homework task. It includes facts from the book I read about the first astronauts rocketing to space. I hope you enjoy my information poster on astronauts. 

Solar System Paragraph

Below is a paragraph my group created based around the solar system. I hope you learn some important facts about our solar system.

The Solar System is apart of the galaxy usually known as ‘The Universe’. The Solar System consists of eight planets, and more than a quadrillion amount of stars. In ancient times, people began to create constellations with the stars. Most people say that they’re able to probe the stars but do they realise stars are light years away from us, somewhere floating in lost gravity? Light Years away, Earth is spinning on its on axis. This process produces an illusion of day and night: One side of the Earth absorbs light from the Sun,  while the other side absorbs darkness. Because of the nuclear fusions happening inside the Sun, day is caused when  bright blue Sun rays hit Earth’s atmosphere, hiding stars from the naked human eyes. Astronauts who travel to space are trained so they’re able to help expand knowledge in space explorations and technology. We believe, that our solar system is unique.

Maths

This is an example of answering an easy addition problem.

Holiday Reading

Casting Choices

Title: "WHY I HATE SCHOOL"
Author: Kris Stanhope
Type of Book: Fiction

Character:	Michael Fatarsky	Sharon Cramshaw	Miss Russell
Photo:
Actor:	Jack Austin	Mackenzie Foy	Alexandria Deberry
Why:	I chose Jack Austin for the position of Michael Fatarsky because he is a kind-hearted, sweet, caring and nice  young boy. He has a beautiful personality which this character has but hids for a reason he does not know.	I chose Mackenzie Foy to play the position of Sharon Cramshaw because of the sweet, kind and  funny personality of hers which Sharon Cramshaw absolutely has.  I also chose her by the age comparison looking at them.	I chose Alexandria Deberry for the position of Miss Russel because she is a really nice and kind person which Miss Russel is.

Title: "WHY I HATE SCHOOL"
Author: Kris Stanhope
Type of Book: Fiction

I would recommend this book to Fine because this novel triggers different emotions, it shows friendship and it includes a variety of different reasons of why someone might hate school. 

Holiday Reading

Title: Spirit Walker
Author: Michelle Paver
Type of book: Fiction

Spirit Walker is the second book of the series 'Chronicles of Ancient Darkness'.

Paragraph:

Torak's life was at stake. Helplessly, I watch as Tenris takes hold of a knife. If  I had fought harder, if I had convinced Torak of who Tenris is, Torak wouldn't be in the position of death, the forest and sea wouldn't be further indangered, and Torak would be safe. Torak's power is too powerful to be in the hands of someone so evil and horrid, so with all my strength, I pull apart the rope around my sufficating hands and search for my bow. The female soul eater noticed I had escaped and was heading in my direction. I glimpse my bow and arrows and head to seize them. Before the soul eater had a chance to lunge at me a shoot an arrow at Tenris. He falls to the ground in pain and aggeny. I rotate round and shot the female soul eater. As fast as I could, I untied Torak from the stone that had Torak strectched like dough. "Renn, I'm so sorry. I should have beleived you before - " "Come on! You can apologize as much as you want, but we need to leave now". Torak and I ran our weak bodies to the seal clan and had our weak bodies treated. 

Holiday reading

Title: Wolf Brother
Author: Michelle Paver
Type of book: Fiction

Wolf brother is the first in the series 'Chronicles of Ancient Darkness' by Michelle Paver. Wolf brother takes place over 6000 years ago during the new stone age, and tells the story of a boy named Torak of the age 12, of the wolf clan.

Character:	Torak	Renn	Wolf	Fin Kedinn
Photo:
Name:	Asa butterfield	Emma stone	Wolf	Tom hiddleston
Why:	I chose Asa butterfield for the position of Torak because of his athletic abilities and personality which matches this character.	I chose Emma stone for the position of Renn because of her kind-hearted personality and the pinch of curiosity which perfects this character. She also has the same hair colour as Renn in this novel.	I chose this specific type of wolf cub because of the playful, kind, motivated look it has which ticks all the boxes of this character.	I chose Tom hiddleston because his beard and hair nearly matches the character in this novel. he also has that patient look which Fin Kedinn defenitly has.

Maths

This is a simple strategy you can use to solve multiplycation problems. I hope you can take my straegy and use it to help you solve multiplycation problems.

Junior Concert

This is my Animoto on my school's junior production. Each class in the juniour school chose a country to do a dance around. I hope you enjoy. 

Museum Facts

This is a poster of facts I learnt on my school trip to the museum. This poster includes facts/information and pictures for you to gain more knowledge about New Zealand's history.

Sentence Punctuation

This is a short story I corrected by putting the right punctuation in the right place. The words coloured in red are my punctuation changes. The blue ticks means the sentences where I have corrected punctuation are right.

Tech

This is my google presentation I created for my tech homework. The game I played to create this learning presentaion requires full consentration and thinking. Have a go and try the game at Code.org/learn. It is extremely fun.

Why do people migrate to New Zealand

Why do people migrate to New Zealand?

Our task was to explain in our own words why people migrate to NZ. The skill we were practising was to find evedince to support our thinking.

- YvetteMy belief for migration to New Zealand is due to the better education that is desired by parents. According to the information from  www.stats.govt.nz, younger aged people move from their recent home to another nation for their own education. Based on what I read on ‘ENZ’, people migrate from their nation  because of the immense population and the quantity of pollution that had parents revise their decision of their child being educated in that certain country.

Contraction challenge

This is called contraction match. I need to match together the words with the contraction. eg; 

•  is not - isn't
•  would not - wouldn't
•  can not - can't
•  were not - weren't 

India Prezi

This is a prezi my partner Fine and I created for Topic around India. Together, we presented our prezi. Our teacher said we spoke with a confident and clear voice. I hope you learn something from our Prezi.

Code.org/learn

I have been doing programing using code. We used blocks to instruct an angry bird to a pig. This game gets harder and harder and includes full concentration. 

Apostrophe challenge

For grammer, we did an apostophe challenge. I highlighted the commers, speechmarks eg... red to show you what I have changed. There are a lot of examples to help you understand apostrophe's. 

Maths

Today, I was reminding my brain about the 3x tables. My group watched a video to show us how to solve 3x table questions.

Blog Commenting

These are my blog comments to Paris from Tamaki Primary and Fine and Lathem from Panmure Bridge. 

Homonyms

In room 9, we learnt the diference between to, too, two. This is my poster which explains the differences between to, too, and two. It also includes examples. I hope you learn from my google poster. :)

What is culture

In room 9 for reading, we needed to record down on a google draw what we thought culture is, research online to find out what culture really means, then transform the information we found online into our own words explaining what culture is. 

Historical Recount

For our topic in room 9 we are focusing on migration. We have been learning about the early voyaginging waka. We worked in groups to describe how we thought the chef, passengers, or tahunga felt onboard the voyaging waka as if you were the actual person onboard. In my group (Samantha, Fine, Yvette(me)) chose to describe how the chef felt. This is our historical recount below. ENJOY!!

Life at Sea

Onboard, my responsibility was to cater food for the pāhihi. This was a huge responsibility being that food was scarce. I prepared for the long voyage by gathering foods such as kumara, sugar cane and green coconuts. Ika was another option of food if meals were not available at times. Being that all wahine who were wise with food had tamariki, I filled the position of becoming the Kuki Rangatira. I would be abandoning my ngā mātua, although other wahine would shelter and provide for their family, I was turning the other cheek, looking forward to the journey ahead of me.  The departure from Hawaiki was sorrowful, yet exciting. The water was crystal clear, passengers had seen dolphins and whales, and the Kaihī were having a good streak of luck on catching ika. Our surroundings were dead silence but with a twist, we were able to hear the screams of the wind 20 paces away. From then we knew, the days of excitement had ended. After the Kaihī had caught ika, the waves were unkind. All the pāhihi aboard the waka were not informed that the Kahihi hadn’t blessed the ika and sent a grateful prayer to Tangaroa. Because of this, wahine and tamariki aboard were feeling sea sick. For two days, all pāhihi were frustrated with the Kaihī, but when the waves had calmed down we carried on with our journey. After five days aboard the waka, I began to question myself if finding new land was possible. I had heard all the myths about other travellers and their waka’s crashing into the seabed. We were aboard with the best Tahuna and Kāpene, yet we couldn’t find land. There were no surroundings, no ika, no food and no hope. Quicker than the blink of an eye, a tamaiti had climbed up on the sails. Before the wahine could warn them to come down, the Tahuna howled out. “ Whakamoemiti atua kua kitea e matou i te whenua hou ” Within a second, laughter and song filled the empty ocean. The waka slowly slithered onto the sand and all paihi had ran out of the shelter and stretched. The hou whenua  was unfamiliar but felt comfortable. The journey was dangerous and took more days than expected but in the end, finding hou whenua was worth it.

Kiwi Can

Kiwi Can has been teaching students at Panmure Bridge School about honesty, integrity, responsibility and following rules. Ms Latioya and Mr M are the Kiwi Can people at our school. This is a fun experience for me because we are able to do fun activities and learn. 

Storylines Show

Today, Storylines Show came to Panmure Bridge School and performed a show called Space Jump. The two performers were named Tye and Naomi. The show was about an alien from outer space coming to earth seeking creative books (fiction books). The alien was taught by a human friend how to use imagination and creativity. My favourite book that they had talked about was the Boring Book and the Three Bears Sorted. They taught us that even though we might not be able to read some books, you can always look at the pictures to help you understand what the book is about, or you could ask someone to read it to you. I really liked the performence they did for us and I hope that they will perform for us again next year.

Homonyms

In a groups, room 9 created a google presenation to help us remember the difference between there, their, they're and you're. 

CHECK IT OUT!

Melting Pot Mash Up

I created an imovie based around the lyrics of the 'melting pot' song. This song was a huge hit in New Zealand because it talked about different cultures coming together. 

Why is Facebook a problem?

Why is facebook a problem?

Do you know what Facebook is? Facebook is one of the most popular social networking sites in the world. But over the years, Facebook has been turning into the worlds biggest black hole.

For starters, many kids are under the age limit to be using Facebook, yet they still do. This is illegal! These under age children are not aware of what could happen to them. This leads children to get involved in sticky situations.

Facebook affects the minds of children. Facebook is addictive! Children all over the world go on Facebook more than 3 times a day for an hour or more. This causes a massive drop in grades!

Some kids have more than 500 friends. That is okay, unless these friends are people you do not know. Kids get in dangerous situations when they socialize with anonymous people. Some kids don’t understand the dangers out in the world! Children can be given fake information by their anonymous friend like their age and name.

As kids, we need to be careful of who we socialize with. There are a lot of dangers socializing with random people, we need to start realizing the situations that could happen and think more carefully of how we can resolve this. It is true to say, Facebook is ruining minds.

Where in the world

Manaikalani principals went to visit google. We needed to guess where they were and mark it on are map. We also needed to provide evidence to back up or decision. A

Holiday reading

Casting Choices

Title - Jaws in a Jam

Author - John Parker

Type of book - Humorous

Character:	Mum	Dad	Zac	Callie	Mr Samuels	Mrs Samuels	Cat
Photo:
Name:	Olivia Wilde	Robert Pattinson	Jake T.Austin	Mackenzie Foy	Andrew Garfield	Emma Stone	Cat
Why:	Olivia Wilde has the same positive and cheerful personality as the mum in my book.	I can picture him as the dad in this book.	He nearly matches the skin tone as mum and callie. He also looks like a good boy who would search forever to find his pet cat, just like Zac in the book.	She looks like the perfect child to have.	He would be the guy to help out his neighbours.	She is a perfect match next to Andrew Garfield, and she is very nice.	This cat is soooo cute, it was just meant to be!