steampunk art

Today were working on my art our art were called steampunk we were having lots of fun drawing it I drawed the web to show that it hasn't been used for a while.

world war 1 medal

Today we were creating a medal about a person from the world war one this person I researched about is Willia Mahomiro his rank was private 

Timeline

Today we were doing a timeline about the war there were 50 men arrive from the South Island and 36 from Hauraki and native forces should not take part in the white racer because they have ain't involved with there buisness

athletics day

Today we had athletics day we were doing lots of activities like shot put,rob the nest and sponge relay my favorite active was sponge relay I was in group B red my partners are chavda,junior,mele.

formal and informal

This morning for reading I was learning about informal and formal our task was to change the informal and write the formal in a different colour. and make a DlO about formal is like speaking to your boss or grand parents and informal is having a conversation with your friend because you are using different languages

Tech down at tamaki college

Today for tech I was finishing off my carving and starting to get the paint and roll it over your piece of wood. When you put hen wood with the wet paint on this other piece of paper and then put it into this machine were it flattens it. And when that was finished I scrubbed my piece of wood and then I used the blow dryer to quickly dry it.Then I was ready for he next colour to get rolled onto.

armistice day ww1

Today we were creating a collage of ww1 when the war had ended people were celebrating the soldiers that had survived and came back from the world war people were happy and they were sad because mum had lost there husbands and kids.

tech down at tamaki college

Today for tech down at tamaki college I was in the art group I was starting to finish my carving out when I had finished carving I have to get a roller and roll the paint and roll it onto the piece of wood the I put it into this machine that squashes the paint and the piece of wood.

How has technology changed the way we learn?

In the olden days children use to sit in rows and look up at the blackboard. They used slates to do their work but when they had finished they would rub it out. Today technology has changed where there are laptops were you can use your google drive to be able to look back at your work.

As technology got better the children started sitting in groups of four. There were listening posts so they could hear stories and tv’s would get wheeled in for the class to watch documentaries on.

Then came out the plasma tv’s, smart phones, smart boards and laptops that became popular. Kids used simple class computers until the chrome books came out and they had different kinds of technology in front of them.

Did you know technology connects us to the world? We are able to create DLOs using google drive and still be able to look back at the work that has been done.

We are also able to look at other people’s blog posts. You can share your work that you have posted on your blog. So then people can comment on your work or do something similar to what you have done.

Kiwi Sport Boxing

Today we did boxing we learnt our stance it was called the rock we also learnt how to protect your face when they are close or far away. We also learnt the three commands they were respect, safety and discipline.

tech down at tamaki college

Today for tech we were I was starting to draw my art work on to my blank of wood when I am finished I was starting to carve my art work out and with the carving tools that we had gotten given. 

Tech down at tamaki college

This morning for tech we were starting to transfer my art work to my piece of wood we got to choose our own work to design it was hard to find what I wanted to draw when I have finished drawing I was starting to colour in what I had been drawing when that was all finished you have to transfer your art.    

Peace of Mahatma Gandhi

This week for Inquiry we were learning about peace is freedom and every body is laughing instead of going to war and killing people of something I choose to research about Mahatma Gandhi he was thirteen when he first had gotten married  he was born on October 2 1869 in porbandar,India he passed on 30 January 1948   

How have camels adapted to their environment

Camels adapted to their environment by the temperges always changing they can hold up to 42 degrees.

Did you know that the desert is one of the hottest places. The desert has sand storms from the wind that can cause you to get blind.

Camels have adapted to their environment

By being able to close their nose when there is a sand storm they also have pads and webs in the middle of their toes so they are able to walk without sinking in the sand. They also have hair on their back so for shade.

Camels have humps so they can store fat.water is very rare in the desert

camels have thick lips so if they don't have anything to eat they can chew on twigs,thorns and cactus without hurting their mouth.

Over time camels have adapted to their environment they are able to survive up to 42° in the hot sun.They can also drink up to 46 liters in one session.

Today were writing a Explanation about how camels have adapted to there environment camels have webs in the middle of there toes so they can walk on the ho sand with out sinking they are able to drink up to 46 liters

new Zealand shake out

Today we were learning about the shake out. If there is ever a Earthquake you should drop and crawl to a table and put your hands and arms around your neck and wait until the shaking has stopped.

basic facts boxes

Today for math  I have been doing my addition and subtraction basic facts up to 20. I am doing well on practicing my basic facts. want to go up to 100 basic facts challenge. the addition was better then the subtraction.

formal/informal

Dear James, hi. I’ve been dead busy  since your last letter. We have to work really hard at school to get ready  for our PAT tests.

Dear Mr Johnston,

I am writing to complain about the condition of the playground. Over the last two weeks, I have noticed a great deal of litter.

Today for my reading group we were learning about formal and informal formal is writing a card or texting a work mat or boss in formal is talking about your new house or texting you friend. 

math challenge

Today for math we were doing a math using subtraction and addition we had to add number and find out the answers  and if you get it right it comes up with good if you get it wrong it comes up with try again the easiest one was addition. Subtraction was sort of hard but i completed it.

panmure bridge

Did you know that the first bridge built in Panmure was a swing bridge because people needed the bridge to spin from Pakuranga to Panmure bridge so that boats can go in and out.

When Panmure Bridge was built in 1865. Until that one became unsafe then they built another bridge that was the second bridge built in 1916.

Then the second bridge was made of iron from Sydney and kauri trees. They drove a big steam roller over the bridge to show that it was strong. The second bridge was used for 43 years until it started to crack.

The third bridge was opened in 1959 that is the bridge we still have to this day. That bridge is built of concrete and boats can go under  to the other side of the bridge.

Bridges helped people transport their goods to other places before the 3 bridges were built they had to cross the river it was difficult and was dangerous to cross.

Today we were writing a story about the first three bridges in Panmure was used for over ten years when the first bridge was built the second bridge was used for 43 the third bridge was opened in 1959. this is the bridge we currently use.

Duffy assembly

Today we went to a Duffy assembly the person that was speaking his name was called Micheal Mulipola he loves reading comic books he draws comic books and he is a semi professional gamier,wrestler  when he was a kid his favorite character is green lantern he liked green lantern because any thing he thinks of it makes it 

Making connections

Today for reading my group and I were reading A book called Sports News there were all different kinds of new sports like ice hockey, mountain biking, rock climbing, skateboarding, mountain boards and baseball there were lots more fun sports.

Tech at tamaki college

Today for tech we were designing our patterns we had to draw patterns that relate to our culture it was quit hard drawing them but I got there in the end my culture was Maori I had a piece of paper and I had traced a square and drawed three line so the those line are for different patterns to go into

How to make a Hangi

This week we have been writing explanations. I found it interesting that only the men do the cooking. Here is my explanation that tells how a hangi is made.

How to make a hangi

A hangi is a traditional Maori way to cook food. Different cultures have different kinds of cooking their food. An interesting fact is that only the men are aloud to put the hangi into the ground.

When a hangi is being prepared the first step is to dig a pit in the ground. While they are digging the pit people are preparing the food to go in the ground. Timber and irons are burned and the irons are placed in the middle so they can heat up and cook the kai.

While the fire is burning a karakia is said to protect the environment and the native trees,  make sure the food tastes nice and to bless the food.

They break down the fire by digging out the ashes to remove some embers.This stops the food being too smoky and acrid. The food gets wrapped in cabbage leaves.This keeps food from drying out and keep the dirt out.Wrapped food is put into the baskets and put into the pit.  Meat goes in first because it takes longest to cook, then the baskets with the vegetables are placed on top.

Cabbage leaves and sacks are soaked in water and are put on the hot irons. The baskets are covered with wet sacks to keep dirt from falling onto the food, then finally covered with a canvas. The food is cooked  for 3 or 4 hours before they they remove the sacks. Men work quickly to remove the food from the pit.

bridge building

Today we were doing our bridges our group has been working together to build our bridge we were building our bridge with tooth picks we started off with pva glue but then we got the hot glue gun the hot glue gun dried instantly but when our inquiry group has finished we had a compaction to see who had the strongest bridge we can second our bridge could hold our one could hold 1,580 but the bridge that come second could hold 1,860.

Kiwi can

Today for kiwi can we were learning about perseverance is were you try your best and never give up. Today we had and energizer called tangled it was were here was one person in they had to tag some one and when they had tagged some one they had to lock arms and try get the rest of the people.  Then we went into our activity our activity was invisible touch when you touch them you got the ball .

math strategy

Today Joshua and I have been doing a math activity. This activity was a bit hard because we had to answer the questions. We choose to go up to 100. We both took turns answer all questions. I also practice addition. Thank you to Mr Wong for creating this math activity.

wheel word

Today our reading group was on wheel word wheel word is when you have these words and the letter in the middle the one you have to have in your word my letter was D it was hard but I only got a little bit of numbers.

adding decimals by rounding and compensating

For math we are learning how to add decimals by rounding and compensating. We need to round to the nearest whole number. The example above shows I have subtracted .3 from 8.3 to make 8 the whole number, then compensated by adding .3 to 2.6 to make 2.9 then adding 8 + 2.9 to get 10.9

readtheroy

This is my progress of my read theory account is was at four but then I started going down to three then two but I am able to read at level four my progress needs to say at level four not keep going down I need to start getting all my progress 100% so my grades can go higher and higher.

cook island

today for  cook island we were speaking rarotonga/Maori we had to budy up and pronounce the words  English and in  rarotonga/Maori  we made a presentation about the cook Islands did you known that it takes 45 to 50 minutes to drive around rarotonga.

wheel word

Today for reading me and my group were doing wheel word we had to use a word with the letter starting with o I only got a little bit because o Is  a hard word to use most of this is starting with L I was aloud to only use three hints to help me figer out the words most of my word were loop lousy and molly.

Tech at Tamaki college

Today at tech down at tamaki college we were cutting out our design and people are sanding there design and they are about to get them shaped into the design that they had created. I'm doing a Facebook logo

making conection

Today we were reading a book about ready steady snack it is about when this boy just eats junk food and watches TV a lot then this chef Jeff comes and tells josh to eat healthy foods and he gets given a can of a tin of yogurt. The characters in the story are the mum,josh, chef Jeff and then he starts to eat heather then he was.

kiwi can

Today for kiwi can we were learning about accountability our kiwi can teacher were Mr Matt and Mrs Lily we were talking about honesty and integrity our challenges are 2 truth 1 lie,copy me,GKQ and green light green light is when you have to copy what shed say in a action green light meant switch side with your partner fruit salad was when you power walk around the circle and you have to try and beet the other people around you me and my partner Jeremiah won on of kiwi can group B.     

Tech reflection

 

Today at tech down at Tamaki college we were in computer casting our teacher was Mr Grundy some of the people were still finding images for there design. Some people are on to the sand paper. all I have to do is to start cutting my design with the machine. When you have finished  you have to go to Mr Grundy. Sand paper have different kind of grips on it.

kiwi can

Today for kiwi can we were learning about integrity our activity was out and under we had to be still as. When Mrs Lilly called a person we would do the pose and we had to partner up the most part was being still I came second out of the kiwi can group B.     

Tech at Tamaki college

Today for Tech at Tamaki college we were choosing images of what we could use as a necklace one of my images was a Facebook logo but I had to chose people in my family to put image that they do I choose my dad,uncle,uncle and myself I had to choose an image and pick a family member that I had choose I choose a boxing glove.    

Samoan language week

This week we were learning about Samoan language week we chose to write about the coat of arms and the Samoan flag the coat of arms represent the shelid and the southern cross Fa'avae i le Atua means God be the foundation of Samoa. we worked with LS1 and LS2.

wild boars

Today we were learning about wild boars. We were finding images and writing the body parts down. The tusks on the bottom lip are one of the most dangerous features of a wild boar. The boar also has 44 teeth in its jaw so it has a strong bite.

read theory

This is my progress in read theory since I last read and when I read today.  My grade levels are at three  now and when I last read I was at two. I started focusing and I started getting 100%.  my grads have been going up.

school transposition

Today we were learning about what was the most popular way to get to school the Secondary pupils would want to catch the bus because there parents trust them but the primary school kids get drooped off because they are to young to get on a bus or walk them self to school.  

Math problem

Today we were learning about math problems we were working out the problem the oldest one was Craig he was 60 years old. The youngest person was peter and he was 22.    

kiwi can

Today at kiwi can were were learning about integrate and making good choices
 and our energizer was called save the jet eye and  is when you have balls and noddles the person that has the noddle is the one that saves the people that had got hit by the ball.

body measurements

 This week my partner and I. was learning about measuring our body parts to see if they were true or false most of the body measurements were false.

learn the skeletal

Today we played a game were you put the right body pieces in the right place and how many times you try is a score the highest score you could get is 26 and I got 26 it was challenging but I started  getting use to it

How to prevent a cow attack

Today for I created a DLO to show how to survive a cow attack. To get the information read an article called A Shortcut. here is a link to show what I read to create this DLO How to prevent a cow Attack.  

Memorial

This week we were learning about memorial and this image I have chosen is about the Auckland war memorial museum this Is were people had died and there names got put on the wall click here presentation.

grad level progression

This is my read theory progress and how many levels I have read this year there are story's. That I've read my highest grade level is three I need to read more so my grade can go higher and higher the dots are my progress.

Finding angles using a protractor

Today we were learning about angles we were using a protractor we had to measure from zero to what the number said It was hard and but I was getting easier then I had got all my angles on my work sheet right. 

5 main ideas

Today for reading I was learning about the winter Olympics  we had to work in pairs in 2014 Olympics in so-chi were the most expensive ever costing more than $ 50 billion there are 92 countries and 92 teams participating in the winter Olympics.

professor Stephen hawking

Sadly professes hawking passed away last week we have created a DLO to show he was and why he was .In this task we focused on using our own words and attributing images.

let me tell you something about the winter olympics

Let me tell you about the Winter Olympics. There are medals such as gold silver and bronze If you come first you will get gold If you get silver you get second and then if you come last you get bronze pyeongchang is a South Korea that is leading the Winter Olympics there are 92 Country competed in the Winter Olympics sport events like snowboarding, cross country skiing, figure skating, snow skiing, ice hockey,long track speed skating, curing sledding, bobsledding, luge ski luge ski jumping.

This morning we were working in pairs and we write a five minute paragraph and we write a sentence each there were 92 countries competed in the winter Olympics we had to fix our mistakes and made sure it had to makes sense.

making connections

Today I was doing reciprocal reading with my group. Our book was 'Big Air' it was easier not being the leader the hardest bit of being the leader for me was summarising what had just happened in the story the easier bit was answering the question or answers. Our second activity of the day is making connection this book is called 'The Olympics'. The easiest bit of the activity is text to self because I have been ice skating before. The hardest bit of making connections was text to world because I had to find out how many countries competed in the winter games.   

PBS & winter Olympics comparison

Today I was learning about the Winter Olympics Today I worked with Jericho and Taiva. To create a Venn Diagram comparing the Winter Olympics and PBS. We found that we share some of the same values like respect and excellence. We did this to find the differences and similarities between PBS and the Winter Olympics.

All about me

Today at tech I was in graphics and we created a google drawing called all about me. In the google draw I inserted  images of what I like to do and some of my favourite brands,cars and games and food. I used my research skills to find images I created my avatar. In graphics our goal is to make a 3D printed mobile phone holder.