Tamaki College Science Expirement

For the past four weeks, we have been taking science sessions at Tamaki College. We have been creating our own moon rover based design with only cardboard, glue, straws, and skewer sticks. The rover was only allowed to be powered by rubber bands. We had been split into two classes since there were so many of us, and at the end we all came together and had a competition to see who's rover would go the furthest. 

Blog Commenting

Below are screenshots of comments I have made on a friend's, students, different school, and class blog giving positive, helpful, and thoughtful feedback. It is the new to teach students who were doing blog commenting in a different way, that this is the best way! The poster informs us on what we should include in a comment. This reminds us of how to properly write a comment. 

Dear Term 1 Me

In Term 1, we wrote a letter to our Term 4 future selves listing goals we want to achieve by the time we re-open that letter in Term 4. We opened that letter today and responded with whether we achieved those goals, and our other achievements this year! Below is the reply I wrote:

L1: To reflect on personal goals set in term 1

Dear Term 1 me,

What a journey it’s been! Three terms have gone by so fast, and it’s unfortunate that this term is going to be my last… But lets not drown ourselves in negativity, you have been an awesome presenter this year! - and fantastic leader might I add. You have accomplished more than you had wanted and ever thought you could! Before I gloat, you’re still working on fractions unfortunately, but you’re getting there. Slowly, but eventually, you will master this! You started using a thesaurus but got slack half way through the year, but your vocabulary has improved a lot since the beginning of the year; it shows in your writing sample. You have memorised your 12x12 and 12x11 multiplication, I don’t even remember how you got confused with these now. You have been reading a lot this year and have gained a new favourite book thanks to fine - Red Queen. You're still waiting for the second book. The highlights of this year has to be our writing improvements, speech contest, and camp. You had gone from a level 4a to 6b! The highest score in PBS, alongside fine. You also came second in the speech competition which was more than amazing! It was even more special that you went through it with a bestie! Camp was an unforgettable experience and we can't wait until our next! Prize giving is coming up and it looks promising, also graduation and college is something to look forward to. That’s all for now, until next time xox

From, Term 4 you <3

Manaiakalani Ambassador Presentation

Today I represented Panmure Bridge School at the Panmure Yacht club to an audience of teachers. Each school in the Manaiakalani Cluster had one representative who presented a digital learning object in their classroom. I decided to showcase a google poster I created earlier this year based around the Maori Pioneer Battalion. My challenge was to write a letter to the editor sharing my reasons why conscription of men who the government has disappointed should not be allowed. All students that had contributed to the presenting today did excellently and we all encouraged each other. It was nice meeting new people and we all said our goodbye's - for now. Below is the presentation I showcased. Hopefully you like it as much as everyone else did. 

Critical Friend - Writing

Room 6 and Room 5 (my class) worked collaboratively together in critical partners to go over one person's writing sample from term 1 and term 4. My partner (Linda) and I decided to work on her writing sample's instead of mine. To correct her work and see what level she is working at and what she needs to do to get to the next level, we used the room 5 writing rubric. The Room 5 writing rubric is a presentation a group of students in Room 5 including myself created for students who found it difficult to understand the teacher rubric to use ours and easily understand what it means. We went over all six slides (rubrics), punctuation, vocab, organisation, sentence structure, structure and language, and ideas. In the comments section, we worked together to find her mistakes and what she had done right. When we figured it out, we listed in the comments what these were. This helped Linda know what she has right and what she needs help with. The rubric told her what level she is at and what she needs to do to get to the next level. We used suggestions to fix up her Term 4 writing sample so she could understand her mistakes and how to fix them and how easily it is to fix. We worked collaboratively helping each other and giving critical feedback. 

Axel and Wheel

This is the ifaketext my partner (zeba) and I created on the axel and wheel history. It gives you a brief rundown of the history of why everyone under three feet was executed. We list all the reasons we know and try make it simple to understand.

The Lever

This is the google poster my group and I created giving you information about a lever. This is based around 'simple machines'. Our science topic. We wrote down in less than 25 words a short explanation of what a lever is. We also included the defintion of the three words present on the image so you understand it more simply. 

Wedge

This is the google poster my group and I created giving you information on the wedge. This is based around 'simple machines'. Our science topic. We included a 25 word explanation about the process of a wedge, and facts beneath to build a bigger picture. 

Tamaki College Science

Today the year 7 and 8 classes went to Tamaki College to start our science project. We were split into two classes and were in groups of 4 or 5. We were introduced to the things we need to know before we create our moon rover. For the next four weeks, for our science we will be creating a moon rover powered by a rubber band. We went over a presentation with different questions we needed to figure out and find out about before we start creating anything. When we finish our rover, we will race against other groups and record down the greatest distance. 

Screws - Simple Machinery

This is the digital learning object my group and I created revolving around screws. This ties in with our science topic 'simple machinery'. We're learning about the Six Simple Machinery. My group and I watched a video that gives you information about screws and created a google presentation recording down what we learnt in our own words. We added an extra slide with fun facts!

Decimal Place Value

This is my Decimal Place Value digital learning object I created. My classroom have been practicing place value and one of our follow up tasks were to create a dlo showing our understanding of decimal place value. I included examples to make it clear. 

Jaffa Roll Experiment - Planning House

This is the Science Planning House we filled out based around the Jaffa Roll Experiment we had done. We needed to start from the bottom of the house and go upwards. My group and I predicted nearly exactly what happened in the outcome, except our Jaffa had gone more further than we had thought fortunately. 

Jaffa Roll Experiment

This is the fotor I created based around the Jaffa Roll experiment we had done on Tuesday. We needed to create something out of cardboard, sellotape, scissors, and glue that would make the Jaffa we were given go as far as possible. Everyone had done something ramp like since it was the most effective choice. Our Jaffa had gone 816 centimetres. The longest had gone over 900 centimetres. We were happy with our score since compared to others was really good. Everyone had fun and had creative designs that turned cardboard into something cool. 

Inclined Plane

This is the google poster my group and I created based around the inclined plane. This ties in with the work we will be doing in science at our technology. This prepares us for the work we will be doing and builds our knowledge on simple machinery. Our task was to write in 25 words what an inclined plane is and how it works.  

Dare DLO

This is my powtoon I created based around wise choices. It gives you an idea on how to make a wise choice in a difficult situation. I did a scenario on being peer pressured into smocking. Hopefully you learn the importance of making wise choices and pass it on!

Rugby World Cup

 This is the Rugby World Cup my partner (Fine) and I created based around try highlights. This presentation includes video's of the tries we both thought stood out among others and wrote down what happened. Enjoy!

6 Thinking Hats - Guyfawkes

This is a google presentation I filled out based around an article about a girl being injured by a firework. This revolves around our guyfawkes tasks. We were given the six thinking hats to record down our perspective on different aspects of this article. Have a read of the article and see what your opinion is on these 6 thinking hats.:

Firework Safety

My group and I (Sajiha, Linda, Silivia, and I) created this google presentation to aware the children in the junior section about the dangers of fireworks but in an easy way to understand for their age. My group presented this presentation to the kids in room 4 who are around the age of 5. The main message we gave was to be safe. That revolves around everything we had talked about. If you have a younger sibling, it would be wise to show them this presentation if you have not already shared the dangers and/or/ are doing fireworks tonight. Happy guyfawkes!

Rugby Under Wraps Comparison

My task was to read the article 'Rugby Under Wraps'. The article was about women in Iran who play rugby. It tells you the rules that the women have to follow to be able to play. After reading the article, I needed to create a DLO comparing women's rugby in New Zealand to women's rugby in Iran.  

T4 W2 - Homework

This is the google presentation Fine, Samantha, and I created for our homework. Our task was to create a DLO that informs someone about the five W's (who, what, where, when, why). This helps us build our writing skills for when we write our recounts in Week 4. 

Care Award Task: Respect

This is my thank you letter to my teacher. It was a part of my respect task in my care award activities. Hopefully she liked it!

Hi Mrs Anderson,

Thank you for being the supportive, defensive, and amazing teacher you are! You have always defended the students in your classroom, and supported us when we needed it. You can be the most loving and caring person ever. I really think it’s your nature. You’re really an amazing person, and wonderful teacher. You have always been the teacher all the students could trust, who I could trust, and I thank you for that. You are the coolest teacher in the school, and I'm really jealous that next year I have to go to college where everything is going to be so different, while the year 7’s get to stay here and be taught by the best teacher in the school (that’s you). Thank you for all the times you have defended me, and looked after me. Thank you, thank you, thank you ❤️‍😘 I don’t know how different things would be if I had a different teacher, but I’m lucky I never needed to find out. Thank you for everything Mrs Anderson.

Sincerely, Yvette 😊

Care Award Task: Excellence

This is my google poster I created on my personal passion as a part of my care award activities. It showcases what I really enjoy doing and is close to my heart. This tells the story of my passion!

Music: Xylophone

Today, we had our music session with our teacher since our music teacher is still recovering from her injuries. We practiced playing 'when the saints come marching in' on the xylophones. At first when we played it together as a class, without much practice, it was really everywhere! (we weren't playing it in time). Our teacher had an idea to partner with the person we were sharing our music with and learn it how to play it in time together and go over some notes. After we got it in time order with our partner, we buddied up with another pair and practiced it in time order with them. It was tricky at first because we were confused of how fast or slow we were meant to go. But in my group, we sang the song to the notes so we were able to see the speed we need to play at. Afterwards, when we spent some time in our groups on it, we played it to the class; group by group. Every group sounded amazing! Even though there were slight speed differences, overall, it was really good. When we played it as a class, it came out better than I expected. One of the students using the xylophones had a ring after playing a note which sounded really cool. It was a great lesson! I can't wait until next week!

Problem Solving

This is the google presentation I filled out for maths. It includes a variety of x7 based questions that I needed to answer. I coloured the answer blue so it was easier to see. To solve these equations, I used multiplication and division. This helped me revise my x7 tables and division strategies. 

x7 Poster

This is my google poster I created based around the seven times multiplication. The questions I have written down are all based around this times table. I included skip counting and repeated addition as an example of using 7x. 

Problem Solving Revision: 3

I created a google poster to show my strategy on how I solved this equation. I wrote my thinking down and made used numbers so you can see exactly how I solved this in detail Hopefully you learn something new from this. 

Music: Ukulele

Yesterday for music, Fine, Tim, and I held a ukulele session since our music teacher is recovering from a concussion. We played two songs; kiwi ukulele and islands. These songs were simple for the people who didn't know a lot of cords or non at all. We started off with kiwi ukulele as a starter so the class would get comfortable with their ukulele and their classmates teaching them. We went straight into kiwi ukulele without reading out the cords so people didn't get confused. We played it a few times so our classmates knew how to play different cords. We then split into three groups and taught a group how to play the plucking at the beginning in islands and a few extra cords they didn't know. We then played the song two times. It was really fun playing teacher! I can't wait to get another chance to do this with my friends!

Shake Out!

This is my presentation that I collaborated on with a classmate. We participated in the New Zealand Earthquake Drill, Shake out! This DLO contains information about what we did and more information about the Shake out.

Problem Solving Revision: 2

I created a google poster sharing my strategy to solving this equation. I wrote out how I solved this and showed my thinking. I hope you can learn something from my strategy. I practised my multiplication, subtraction, and thirds. 

Story Swap

For writing today we practised writing recounts that make sense. Our teacher put up a photo of an abandoned building on our class tv which in partners we would write a recount based around it. My partner was Afu. We needed to write a sentence each watching carefully to see what the other had written so we could carry it on. It was difficult because we weren't able to talk and we had to carry on the sentence without knowing what our partner was thinking. I learnt how to communicate with someone without needing to talk. It was a fun and creative way to practice recounts and I really enjoyed it. We were given a set time to do this in. I hope you enjoy our short fiction recount :)

I ran to Mary’s room. Eye’s filled with tears, heart beating out of my chest. I had to tell her. She jumped out of her bed towards me and asked what happened. I began to tell her my story. “It was midnight. I heard someone screaming so I went outside to see where it was coming from. I was lead to an abandoned house. The colour had faded, the windows were shattered, and when I had walked inside, the ceiling was falling apart. Then the door slammed behind me. My instincts were screaming get out! But my feet said otherwise. I started walking but every time I took a step, the floor creaked like it was going to break. The screaming faded, there were only faint whispers. The lights went off and on. My feet took me upstairs and towards the only door I could see. I slowly opened the door… I tip toed my way inside. It was completely silent, and completely dark.  Suddenly, the room filled with light. There was blood everywhere. I was grabbed from behind. I looked out the window towards the moon which I thought would be the last thing I would see. I squeezed my eyes closed, and then opened them to see I was in my room. I then realised, it was only a dream”.

Subtraction Algorithm

 

Today I practised my subtraction using algorithm. We were asked subtraction questions in the tens, hundreds, and thousands. I answered all questions correctly expect for the last one. This lesson re-freshed my knowledge of how to solve subtraction equations easily using algorithm. 

Grid Challenge

For maths today we needed to get into partners and complete a grid challenge. I worked with one of my best friends fine. To play this game you need a partner, two dice's, and paper with grid lines. The paper has to be separated so you each have an equal side of the paper. When the game begins, one player rolls both dice and whatever number it rolls on you have to create that on the paper. 'Eg; one dice rolled 3 the other rolled 4. On your paper you create a square, rectangle, or any shape that goes 3 across and 4 down, or 4 across and 3 down.' Inside the shape you write the multiplication. It's a race between you and your partner to see who can fill up their side of the grid first. Unfortunately, I lost that time. BUT, only by a few. It was a fun and creative way to do maths. 

Holiday Reading Challenge: Make a recommendation

Title: Hunger
Author: Melvin Burgess
Genre: Fiction
I would recommend this book to anyone who is into horror. This book fits that description perfectly. It takes you into a world of danger, death, creatures from the dead; a perfect horror story. It captures you right from the beginning and makes your heart speed up as if you were watching a scary movie. You'd love it as much as I do if you're into horror and a hint of romance. 

Holiday Reading Challenge: Rewrite the ending

"Maybe... one day I can figure out how to send the lost souls to glory, or even bring them back.." beth whispered as she watched Louis mourn over the blossoming relationship with Coll. The feeling of relief that they were safe from Alghol was covered with sadness from the loss of her best friend, and love. But it wasn't goodbye, it couldn't be. Their parents were furious that they had missed Christmas eve, but that was the furthest thing from her mind. Louis glanced at me, "at least their deaths saved thousands" he sighed. "They would've wanted it that way. Dying of purpose". "We should go home now, before dad becomes even more outraged..." I suggested. He nodded. We turned and walked towards the car, I stopped, turn around and whispered my final words, "goodnight".'

Title: Hunger
Author: Melvin Burgess
Genre: Fiction
I think my version of the ending is better because they hadn't properly said a goodbye or something that gave the book and ending 'wow'. I think I achieved that with my ending.

Holiday Reading Challenge: Make a recommendation

Title: Noughts and Crosses
Author: Malorie Blackman
Genre: Fiction
I would recommend this book to anyone who is into romance, danger, and mystery books. This book tells the adventure of Callum and Sephy who's friendship grows into passionate love. But can they be more than friends? In a world where the two are seen as separates, danger is everywhere. Once you start reading this book, theirs no stopping! Its authentic, original, a true masterpiece in my perspective. Anyone who is into romance and drama would love this book as much as i do!

Holiday Reading Challenge: Retell

Title: Noughts and crosses 
Author: Malorie Blackman 
Genre: Fiction
Retell this book in 25 words or less:
Sephy's a Cross. Callum's a nought. They don't mix. But, when their friendship becomes uncontrollable love, nothing will stop them from being together? they think...

Holiday Reading Challenge: Make a recommendation

Title: Wikidpedia
Author: Chris Van Etten
Genre:
I would recommend this book to young adults/seniors. It is a book of mystery, tragedy, love, and horror. Your average teenage drama, but with a deadly twist. It's an amazing book with surprises on every page that are jaw dropping. I loved reading it and i'm sure many others would too. Younger students shouldn't read this book since it includes violence that would horrify them. Overall, great book and would recommend to any person who loves horror and mystery!

Holiday Reading Challenge: Casting Choices

Title: Wikidpedia
Author: Chris Van Etten 
Genre: Fiction
Below are some actors and actresses I have chosen to full fill the roles of the characters in this novel.

Cole	Gavin	Jack	Lila	Andrea	Whinnie
Dylan O'brien	Daniel Sharman	Taylor Lautner	Emma Stone	Holland Roden	Alexandra Daddario
He’s a great actor and would suit the role of Cole perfectly. His looks matches what the books makes me imagine.	He has that sharpness to his look which makes me  picture him playing this role. He can be deceiving just like Gavin.	He seems fitting for the role of a teenage bad boy. In a series he stares in he fits the description in the book.	She’s has an innocent and caring personality, but can act deceiving for this role which would make her a perfect fit She’s beautiful, young, and would be fitting to play Lila.	Something about her just matches Andrea, She and daniel Sharman both can act that evil kind of look which their character needs.	Whinnie is made to sound beautiful in this novel and Alexandra Daddario matches that. I have watched a movie she has acted in and I know she would be perfect for this role.

Problem Solving Revision: 1

This is my google poster I created showing my strategy on how I answered this equation. I explained and showed how I solved this. I used addition and partitioning to solve this. 

Elective Assembly Reflection

Today we had our elective sharing assembly. The different electives were science, mosaics, dance, photography, mask making, bike riding, stomp, boot camp, book club, and scrap booking. People from each elective shared their learning and some created an e movie showcasing photo's during their time at their elective. Tim and I represented our elective Mosaics. Everyone in our group had used a stepping stone as our mosaic platform. We're taking them home today! I liked watching the dance elective performance. They had performed a dance piece going along with two different songs. It was a really cool and creative performance and I enjoyed watching it a lot. It was out there and different which made it As well as everyone else! It would've been cool to see more out there presentations or something to make it more lively. If I was still in intermediate next year, I would either go to dance, science, or mosaics again. I loved watching and listening to what people had to say. The presentations were amazing and I loved the photography e movie. It was effective and the music hooked me in as well. The picture looked amazing and professional. Even though the science elective presenters were a little un-practiced, what they had done looked really fun and I would love to do it! All of the electives looked fun and mosaics was really cool and I hope I get to do things like this in college!

Care Award Task: Respect

This is my collage showcasing life at Panmure Bridge School using photo's taken throughout this year. I created this using Pic Monkey. It includes photo from our camp, easter egg hunt, duffy assembly, vincent can gogh artwork, and so on. I used this certain image as the main one because it showcases the students of PBS. This was a part of my care award activities for attitude. 

Vincent Van Gogh inspired artwork

This is a photo of me holding my Vincent Van Gogh inspired artwork. I needed to mix different colours to get the proper one for my flower petals, vase, background, and table. I think the outcome of my painting came out how I expected it and which makes me really happy!

Heart Foundation

This is my digital learning object based around our trip to Pak'n'save. We wrote about the five different food searches we did and how we did it. We also wrote down what we learnt. This was an interesting and fun experience. I saw the big difference in the foods I like to eat and what I should be eating. I worked with shantay, sebastian, jaydon, and viva - Mrs collinbranda helped us. We worked well together and it was fun learning about the rainbows or fruit and vegetables. 

Cross Country

This is a photo from when our school went over to the Dunkirk reserve to do our cross country Fun Run! There were places 1st, 2nd, and 3rd for all year groups. In my year group, I came third place. That means i'd be going to interschool along with my other friends that came 1st or 2nd. It was a really fun day - besides the fact we had to run! 

Vincent Van Gogh DLO

This is my popplet I worked collaboratively on based around the life of Vincent Van Gogh. It links in with the artwork we did inspired by one of his famous paintings of sunflowers. This showcases his achievements and down falls in life. 

Tonga DLO

This is my digital learning object based around the culture of Tonga. I worked collaboratively with Fine. We included simple greetings and information you would find interesting about the Country and it's traditions. 

Persuasive argument - 'Breakfast in Schools'

This is my persuasive argument on whether breakfast should be provided in schools. I worked on this with my partner Sajiha. We used our version of the writing rubric to help us structure and edit our writing. Hopefully you understand our message and agree!

Should schools provide breakfast for all NZ Children?

We grow up in a generation where poverty overtakes many New Zealand families. Parents and children face everyday hardships that impact their daily lifestyle, physical well-being, and mental and emotional well-being. One of the hardships that parents face are being able to provide breakfast for their children. Approximately 15% of children go to school without having breakfast. That is almost about 55,000 children every single day!

Students who aren’t provided with breakfast are most likely to be switched off from their learning in class. Kids won’t get the nutrition they need to stay focused and energised, so this would cause massive drops in their education, since they won’t be able to concentrate on what’s being taught in their classroom. Their learning environment would be tampered with, and would lead to massive impacts in their grades -  jeopardizing their education!

It is scientifically proven that breakfast helps you maintain a more healthy body and mind. All a kid needs is a bowl of weetbix to keep them energised and enthusiastic in the morning! It helps them become motivated to participate in sports. Imagine how unhealthy kids would feel if they skipped breakfast every. If children don’t get the proper nutrition in their system, it would cause massive drops in their health and well-being.

Students that aren’t provided with breakfast become emotionally unstable. They experience a whirlwind of emotions: Such as jealousy, hatred, rage, and sadness. Children feel hatred towards other classmates and friends whose parents are able to give them their morning nutrition while they aren’t provided with it under certain circumstances. They envy those who are energised and full, while they are hungry, tired, dysfunctional, and lacking in energy. This envy leads to negative emotions, and a change in their social and active life.

Breakfast determines whether children will be active and properly engaged in their learning for the morning block. That is why our final opinion and perspective on this debate is for students that attend school to be provided with breakfast. This would lead to an enthusiastic, energized, and focused student! Breakfast needs to be provided! Don’t you agree?

Dehydration DLO

This is my google poster on why water is vital to our race's survival. In partners, we needed to write down our answer in exactly 25 words. I worked with Paige, and together we researched information to help us create our answer. We needed to have fact in it. 

My Speech

I’m going to skip the greetings and just go straight to the issue. In my opinion the more you understand the harm this causes, the more you’ll be willing to stop it. Bullying. What does this mean to you? When you hear that word, does it trigger any emotions - provoke you, in any way? Or… do you simply look the other way?  If that’s the case, I truly hope that you listen carefully. This issue needs to be explained, because I am over bullying being swept under the carpet. It does exist! It does happen, and you need to understand that!

Bullying is a form of power that is used to make someone else feel physically and emotionally unstable. It makes them feel insecure about themselves and; makes them question every choice they make. That is plain horrible. I can’t imagine Hailey Petee asked to live in fear of what might be said about her every time she left the house. I can’t imagine why Phoebe Prince asked to hear the constant stream of abuse hurled at her each time she walked out the door. I can’t imagine Amanda Todd asked to have a private photo shared with the world. All these real people have sadly started a new life in heaven; all because of bullying.

A teacher wanted to get the message of bullying out, so she told her students to get a piece of paper, and scrunch it up. Step on it and make it as mashed up as possible; but still try not to rip it. Then the students were told to unfold the paper, smooth out the mess they had made, and see how dirty and damaged it looked. The were then told to say sorry to the paper, but even though they apologized and tried to repair it, the damage didn’t go away. They were told that the scars would never no go away, no matter how much they tried to fix it. This is what happens when a person bullies someone. They say sorry, but the scars are there forever. The damage is done. I really hope you get that message. There are unseen scars, hidden tears, the feeling of dread… Bullying hurts.

Think about the digital footprint you leave behind. Think about the things that you say. Think about the information you give. Think about the reputation you want to up hold; you only have one. It’s okay to walk away. It’s okay to tell someone. It’s okay to ask for help. I want this message to get out, because bullying has to STOP! Bullying closes the door for people and makes them think they have no way out. They lose their belief in everything - that things will never get better. They turn to their faith, and they feel like their faith lets them down. I hope you guys understand the how bad bullying is. We’ve been raised in a society of hate, discrimination, racism. How serious do the consequences need to get before bullies realise bullying is not okay? Word’s hurt…

Cyber Smart

This is my digital learning object based around being cyber smart. It gives you the different scenario's on what could happen, and what you need to do to prevent it. This is a part of our c.a.r.e award activities.  

CARE Activites: Find 3 inspirational quotes from inspirational people

I chose to do my quotes from Nelson Mandela, because his quotes really speak to me and I admire him as a a person. 

Rubbish Type Comparison

This is my google poster based around my Rubbish Type Comparison. It gives the details on the average total of each rubbish type we had collected in our classroom. I worked collaboratively with my partner (Sajiha) on this task. 

Maths DLO

This is my digital learning object showing what I have learnt this week. I have practiced using the strategy 'Multiplication in Parts' to solve the equation I had chosen. I have written out how I solved this equation, and what it looks like. 

Home Learning: Paying it forward

As part of last nights home learning, we had to do another pay it forward. I decided to make my mum coffee- since she really likes it! She was really appreciative of the fact I took the time to make her something. She was really happy since she was thirsty at the time - and it tasted really good!

Home Learning: Paying it forward

Part of my home learning two nights ago, I needed to do something to pay it forward. I chose to clean my wardrobe, so my mum wouldn't have to do it. It always gets messy every few days so she tidies it up. Instead of my mum doing it, I did. She was surprised when she saw that I had done a chore - she was also happy she didn't have to spend time doing it! 

Maths Strategy

This is my maths strategy. It shows how I solved this multiplication equation. I broke the down the numbers into equations that are simpler to solve. I have written down how I solved this and what it looks like. 

Homework T3 W3

This is my google poster on the Cook Islands. Our homework task this week was to create a digital learning object that tells someone something about the islands. My poster gives a brief explanation of the history and some interesting facts. What I found most interesting was that the south Islands were formed by volcanoes. 

Demolition Division

This is a screenshot of the maths game I played that helps me practice my division. The aim of the game is to figure out which vehicle the number in the box belongs to, and shoot it! This game helps re-fresh your memory of your division knowledge and helps kids who need help. This is a fun way of practising division. The game is called Demolition Division. 

Ifaketext - Should there be breakfast in schools?

This is my Ifaketext with sajiha on whether breakfast in schools should be provided. It is in two different versions - direct speech, and on ifaketext. We both agreed that breakfast should be provided. We state multiple reasons why we think this way.