World War 1

for the last 2 weeks we have been learning about world war 1. We had a couple of minutes to come with some questions on what we wanted to know about world war 1. After writing our questions down we would create a DLO about what we learnt about our question

Armistice commemorations

 Today a representative from the New Zealand defence force and this was because we were celebrating the 100 year anniversary of the armistice agreement from World War 1. miss Kirkpatrick read to us the Flanders field poem and we also read oath and then we look at the flag because we were putting it down and the back up and that is for the soldier to tell them that there work has been done and that they  did a good job 

Armistice Day

this week we have been learning about world war 1 and armistice day. This DLO shows a collage of people who were involved in the war celebrating the end of the war, the war had ended on the 11th hour, on the 11th day and on the 11th month. It was very interesting learning about world war 1, I learned a lot during this activity and I hope to learn about this again.

formal and informal language

formal

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

informal

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

These examples show informal and formal language. For this activity we had read each text then we would change the colour of the answer that fits best each sentence of formal or informal. This activity teaches you how you use them and where you use them, so if you were to write an email to your boss or a colleague you would use formal language but if were to be your texting your friends you would normally use informal language.  

spaghetti bridges

This week for inquiry we have been learning about bridges. For this activity we were given a bag of spaghetti and rubber bands and we would use these items to build a bridge. The meaning for this activity is study how bridges work and what different jobs they have. Our bridge carried the most weight, It actually only carried 5 bricks but eventually we got to the bridge to hold all 8 bricks and we really surprised on how muck weight it carried, it was a lot fun doing this activity and hopefully we get do some like this again   

Duffy assembly

Today we had a really special Duffy assembly. We had Michel Mulipola come in and talk about how it is important to keep reading and what he does for a living. He talked about that how we wanted to be a illustrator. He makes comics for the WWE and he makes school journals, he also a professional wrestler know as liger and he also made story's based on samon heroes. He went to a video game competition in LA he made to the semi but he lost and came 12th, it was interesting when he was telling us about his job and who knew being illustrator could be really cool. 

Wheel Words

This week for our group has been doing wheel word. When we do this activity some one in our group will time ten minutes then and during time we have to find as many words as we can. I manged to find 20 out of 21 words, as you do this activity gets harder. It's a fun way of learning new words and meanings.

Exponents

For maths today we have been learning about exponents. When doing this strategy if you see for example 4 squared you multiple the exponent by how ever the exponent you multiple by that number. So 42  you multiple it by the exponent twice then you 4x4 then you just work the answer from there 4x4=16 

Reading

Today for reading we joined another group. For this activity we were learning about index and labelling, what we had to do was that we would have arrows that point to different parts of the book. We worked collaboratively with each other to work out were each arrow goes and you can learn a few things while doing this activity. 

Sensory verbs

We were given a sheet of missing colons then we would fill in the missing colons. After you have finished we would make a DLO illustrating one of the sensory verbs explaining why we placed our colons were they are. I placed my colon were it is because it shows the start of the list. 

WHEEL WORD

Today my reading has been doing wheel word. Every week we do this activity so we can keep getting better and increasing knowledge. Every time I do this activity I'm always learning new words and meanings and it's a fun way of learning. 

Rugby cluster

On Wednesday we rugby union from year 5 to 8. The year 7/8 rugby team first game was against pt England, it was a tough game but we lost 1-5. After we lost we were under defeated for the rest of the day, we beat Glen inns, barbing pt England, st pries and bailey road.

Sense verbs

Today for writing I have been learning about sensory verbs. We went on a website called English language centres. This website helps with your writing skill and how you play is the be a short sentence then there will be four answers then you would choose the answer that fits best and once you have finish then you check your answers and if some that are incorrect you can go back and do them again.

wheel word

Today for reading I have been doing wheel word. This website teaches you words and meanings and I have learned a lot of new words and meanings since I started this activity. wheel word can help you with your knowledge and it's a fun way of learning new words and meaning.

Division recap

This is the maths we did today

Analogue time

          Analogue time

Analogue time is a lot different to digital time. Analogue time is easy to learn but it does take time to understand how analogue time works but once you how it works it's only going to get easier.

It’s important that we learn analogue because sometimes at some other places they might only have analogue clocks. The differences between digital and analogue is that analogue time represents hands that go round the clock from hours 1-12 each hand does the same thing but a different way the short hand tells the hours, the long hand tells the minutes and the long red hand tells the seconds and some clocks are in Roman numerals.

We all know that analogue is not as good as digital because radio stations and broadcasting are changing from analogue to digital transmission so they can squeeze in more because digital can fit in more information per second than analogue. Most of the population has move on to digital because it is higher quality than analogue.  

Ready Theory stats

Theses stats show my progress that I have made during this year. read theory is website that teaches you to read a text and find the answer, this website helps with your reading skill and your knowledge. read theory can help with comprehensions and it increases your brain power and read theory is also a online website for all school grades

Wheel words

This week we have gone back to our original week because of maths week. So far to day my reading has been doing wheel word is a website that gives you a challenge to see how many words you can get. Our group would have ten minutes to get has many words has we, I learned a lot of new words during this activity and its fun of learning new words and meanings.

Scale drawings

Lat week it was maths week. For maths week we did scale drawings and what we would do is, we would find a image then we would print it, after we have printed it we would draw a grid around it. After we have finished our grid we would draw our image on to a 1:2 enlargement. It was a lot of fun doing this activity and the best part about this was drawing out the enlargement because it was challenging and the hardest part about was the Nike tick because of the curved part about it was hard to get right and I think i have improved from last year and maybe I might be able to next time during tech drawing.

Professor Stephen Hawking

Cook Island language week

Rugby League 2018

On Tuesday we had school rugby league. Our first game was 10:00 against Sylvia park it was a close game and in the end we manged to beat them 4-2. There were only 3 teams so we versed Pt England and Sylvia park twice because their were no other teams to verse. Our second game was against Pt England it was a nerve racking game because they had a lot of players that were bigger than us but it was a good game but we lost 2-7. In the second round we manged to beat Sylvia park by more points than before and the points were 7-3. Our last game was against Pt England, I think it was our best game because there was a lot of talking and team work and they were leading 4-1 in the first half. In the second half we manged to get some points but we lost and the final  score was 3-6.

Careers

This week we have learning about careers. We went a website called career quest this website was about different careers and job there are, first it will ask a few questions then once you have answered all the questions then it give options on jobs or careers you might be into and it tells you how much money you make off those jobs and careers.

M&Ms DLO

Chicago sports teams

Matariki

Reciprocal Reading

Today for reading my did reciprocal reading. First we read a book could ready steady snack and this book is about a kid getting ready for a big race for school but he's not eating junk food for training then a chef name chef Jeff teaches Josh a lesson that's it not good to fuel up on junk food for sport.

Food Tech 2018

Today at food tech we were baking Quiches. The recipe was simple to do because it was already written on the board. My partner and I worked really well today because we were communicating with each other sorting the things that we should do. The things that I did was dicing the ham into small little cubes to put on the pastry. The second thing that we did was to place the cheese on top of the ham. The third thing that I done was pouring a half cup of milk into the silver measuring bowl and adding four eggs. After whisking the eggs and the milk we poured it into a measuring jug to pour it on the pastry. The cheese was added on the pastry so the texture and mixture can combine. When the pastry is finished getting poured with the milk and egg we had to top up some of the quiches. We put the oven on for 250 degrees and cook it for ten minutes. When the quiches were done baking in the oven the smell of the quiches were amazing. As we tasted the quiches we were proud of what we did because we put a lot of effort in this cooking. I really like cooking with Ms Tuipulotu and attending to her tech.

       

Two wonder day

As I wake up in the morning my teeth start to shiver

I hear the raindrops dripping on my ceiling

I get out of bed then start to freeze

Once I see my lunch I suddenly sneeze

When I walk out the door I feel nauseous and ill

As my sickness gets to me I become depressed.  

As I wake up I feel energetic and fearless

I skip around the house helpful and bright.

As I get my lunch and gallop out the door I see birds chirping and sun behind the hill

As i'm walking school I see the bright blue sky and sunny sun.

This week we have been learning about poetry. We learnt how to make senses and words rhyme and we learnt how to use juxtaposition the definition for juxtaposition is to join two opposites together such as the clock watched over me and the TV stared right back at me. Tai and I made this poem based on how we get ready for school and we learnt a lot while making this poem we learnt how to use powerful words and to make words and scenes rhyme.

Lung capacity

This graph shows the lung capacity of our class. What we did was we each got a balloon then saw how much we can blow the balloon with one breath then we measured it. This activity was learning about human body and we learnt about the lungs. We learnt when breath in air it go's through lungs then you breath carbon dioxide.

How to survive a cow attact

This work shows how what to do in a cow attack. When people are being chased by cows they would usually run but the best thing to do if you are in this situation is to stay still because it keep chasing until you stop and you will make it angry. If cows think you are up to something such as sneaking up on and If they are staring at you the best thing to do is to back away calmly and slowly it will start to lose interest and walk away.

Memorial

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Today we read a sophisticated picture book called memorial. It was written by Gary Crew and Illustrated by Shaun Tan. This is about world war one, world war two and the Vietnam war. The author and the illustrators were Australian. I learned a lot by breaking down the story and looking at different parts to understand it.

Snowboarding vs skiing

Snowboarding vs skiing

If I had to choose between snowboarding and skiing I would choose
snowboarding because in skiing you have a better chance of breaking
something such as your ankles or your knees or injuring yourself.
 For my second reason why I prefer snowboarding because there’s
more tricks and you can do a lot more in snowboarding. For my third
reason why I prefer snowboarding because there are different ways
of snowboarding such as changing your style in mid air getting big
air and speeding. Picking between these two sports was difficult
because I thought about the sports on what happens in these sports
then I made my decision on going with snowboarding.

Ten Beginner Snowboard Skills - First Day Riding

• Skating
• Walking uphill
• One foot riding
• Strap up
• Heel slide
• Roll over
• Toe slide
• Board straight
• Turning

We watched the video and put the skills into order from easiest to hardest.

Skating is the thing you should learn. This skill is useful to getting to the run and getting from and to t
he chair lift. Walking up hill is a skill to help to walk up hill while one foot is strapped to the board.
You start by having your foot in front then you dig your board into the the
snow so you don’t slide down the hill. One foot riding is a necessary skill for getting off the chair lift.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=S0kX1JeecSQ

This list show the skills easiest to hardest. We watch the video so we could start writing our list on how to use ride a snowboard. The easiest skill to learn in skating this skill does not take long learn but it will still take some time to get it right. to. To start this trick you will need to have foot strapped to the board and use your rear foot to push your self forward and after you have this right you can move on to the next one.

Making connections

Today for reading I have been learning about the Olympics and this making connections DLO shows things that relate to the winter Olympics. My group started with text to text it means something that u have read or watched the next one was text to world it means something you know about that is like this and last is text to self and that means my reactions to this story. 

Explanation Writing Plan

Point	What is the point you are wanting to make?
Example/Evidence	Back your thinking up with examples
Explain	Explain how the evidence supports your thinking
Link	Write a sentence that links to the point you are making or `the next paragraph.

Title What is your Explanation about?	How is Chinese New Year Celebrated?
Introduction What are you going to explain?  Why is it important for us to pay attention to what you have to say?	KUNG HEI FAT CHOI! ( Happy New Year) Did you know that Chinese New Year is a very important time of the year, because that’s when everyone comes together. They come together to eat traditional food with their families. Have you ever wondered why Chinese people Celebrate Chinese New Year?
Information Paragraph One Explain the elements or steps in a logical sequence	Chinese people believe that there was a legend about a monster called Meyn. The monster Meyn only comes out in the darkest night  of the full moon and when the full moon is in a disguise. Meyn would sneak into the village and scare the people and the animals.
Information Paragraph Two Explain the elements or steps in a logical sequence	But one day there was a man, that taught them Meyns weakness. Meyns weakness was loud noises, Fire and the colour Red. One day Meyn came back and when he got there he was frightened, because the people we're wearing red clothes head to toe and drumming the dram loudly, and they lit up all the firecracker they had.
Information Paragraph Three Explain the elements or steps in a logical sequence	Instead of wrapped gifts that they give on christmas, kids get red envelopes stuffed with lucky money in it from, grandparents, parents and many more. The happy fact is that kids are allowed to spend their money as much as they like
Conclusion The conclusion sums up all the ideas and repeats a key message to end.  This could be a recommendation or a personal connection.	Other countries might not have Chinese New Years as a public holiday, but they still celebrate on roads and in the cities.

Stephen Hawking

                     

Sadly Stephen Hawking as past away last week but we will not forget all the work he as done and the things that he made possible. Tiava, Jonathan and I have created this presentation to show the thing that we have learnt about Stephen Hawking. He was know as the most intelligent man in the world. For this task we focused on using our own words and attributing images. 

Winter Olympics - 5 main ideas

Today Julian and I made a 5 main idea DLO based on the 1928 winter Olympics. We the site graphic news  to find our five main points. In the 1928 winter Olympics a lady from Norway she set a record for being the youngest lady to win a figure skating challenge.   

Comparison

This week we have been learning about the winter Olympics and part of our Inquiry we created a Venn Diagram comparing and contrasting our school values to the Winter Olympic values. The same thing about our values and the Olympic values is that they both have Respect and Excellence as a value. The difference between our motto and the Olympic motto is that the Olympic Motto is in another language and our motto is in English. We found out that the Olympic motto is in Latin (hendiatris Citius, Altius, Fortius). Panmure Bridge are to show good attitude towards students, teachers and visitors. People participating in the Olympic also have to show good attitude towards other competitors and to their coaches. 

Our whakatauki

Today Alex, Julian and I made a DLO based on our school whakatauki. Manaaki Wehnua, Manaaki Tangata, Haere Whakamua means care for the land care for the people and go forward. We think to follow this advice we need to for care for the land around us, care for the people around us and go forwards to success. This whakatauki belongs to Panmure Bridge School and relates to our school values.

Reciprocal Reading

Today my reading group did reciprocal reading. We read the story then we predicted the story based on what we think could happen in the story. Then the leader asked the other person to see if they have a different prediction. Then we would clarify the words used to see if there are any words we are unsure of.

Comparisons

For Inquiry we have been searching about different mascots. For our task we had to make a Venn Digram comparing Soohorang (main mascot) to another mascot. My group (Alex, Lyric, me) decided to choose Bely Mishka. I learnt that Bely Mishka was one of the mascots who attended the 2014 Winter Olympic. I also learnt that both mascot attend one of the Winter Olympic games. This years Winter Olympic is taking part in Pyeongchang, South Korea.