Laika the Space Dog

In Reading Sandra, Nidhi, Joel and I have been working on a collaborative task to revise back on the 4 stories that we have been reading throughout the weeks. We have created a display for our space wall. Each of us took role of creating a display. Fui took the role at making display about Laika the space dog, Sandra took the role at doing the flags to represent the countries that took part in the space race, Nidhi took the role at creating a display about Neil Armstrong.

Earth and Beyond

This week for Inquiry, we collaborated with LS1 to active our prior knowledge about science, and earth and beyond. Our first activity was creating a digital bus stop slide to active our prior knowledge. I worked with Charlize and Victoria to fill out as much as we could about science, space, earth, our solar system, moon, and sun without searching up any of this information. Then we created a final list of Vocabulary about words related to solar system. We had a time limit, so it was a rush to get information down, then communicate with our partner/s. We finally all watched a video to build on to our prior knowledge and write more onto our presentation. 

Tech reflection

This week for tech in ms Ferguson group our new focus was finishing our designs for our clocks. As most of our clocks are completed the designs we did were great. For my clock design I tried to make it a mix of my culture. In the centre of the design I put the Tongan flower. For the colour of the petals I decided to make it a mix of red and orange to get the fiery gradient colour. In the background of my flower I wanted it to represent Samoa/Niue with the water splash effects. For my effects I used a mixture of light blue & white. The light blue represents the clear water of the beautiful island Niue. Since blue is the colour of Samoa I chose it to be light blue instead of dark blue as in most Samoan cultural dances they wear blue dresses ect & the white splashes for white Sunday Samoans celebrate. Today at tech was fun as I completed my clock and can now take it home with me.

Stardome trip

This week my class had the opportunity to visit star dome at night time. As we entered the star dome Tobias lead us into the incredible telescope were we layed down and looked at the stars and also learnt some amazing facts about the planets Saturn/Jupiter. We learnt about many fun facts about each constellation. Did you know that eta carinae is 4 million times brighter and bigger then the sun? This trip was so fun as after we explored the telescope we had the chance to do walk around and do most of the cool activity included.

Celebrity stars (flipsnack)

For reading this term Rakino and Waiheke has joined up to complete a variety of tasks aka  (challenges), reading books related to our topic space. The third book I read is celebrity star. This article had a range of facts about Eta carinae (Aotearoa's star). For this challenge I created a explanation using flip-snack to talk about the book I read using my own words. What I found interesting about this activity was that in the book it said that the brightest star is Canopus but as I researched I found out that it is actually Sirius. I learnt about the eta carinae star ( Aotearoa star). I enjoyed this activity as I had the chance to retell the story in my own words and challenging myself to grow my vocabulary using this activity. 

Sun facts venn diagram

This term for reading we have been focusing on books linked to our inquiry topic Space. We did a variety of fun activities with the books we read. My second book I read is Sun facts. For the activity I did I created a venn diagram based on the differences between the first book I read ( The problem with Pluto ) vs Sun facts. Both books are fun books to read as they talk about fascinating facts about the sun/Pluto and as my partner and I found it very interesting. What is a venn diagram? you might be thinking. A venn diagram is when you compare too things and talk about the differences between the two. You then list what the similarities are. I think doing a venn diagram helps you to develop your reading skills to connect  to what you already know to answer a question. In my DLO I have gathered information about the differences about both of the books and then in the middle I have added what the similarities are. What I found interesting is the both books talk about the sun. 

The problem with Pluto

For reading this term Rakino and Waiheke has joined up to complete a variety of tasks aka  (challenges), reading books related to our topic space. The first book I read is The problem with Pluto. This article had a range of facts about Pluto and other planets as well. I  listed three facts I found interesting about the problem with Pluto. Under them I  wrote more facts the book had included. I enjoyed reading this amazing book because everything was clear to read. I also had a learning conversation with my partner Nhidi about the book as we both found it very interesting.

Tech reflection

This week for tech the year 8's had the opportunity to experience what its like to be at tamaki college/college in genrell. In the beginning we were introduced to most of the year ten girls and they shared with us what their first year was like in college and what was their favourite activity at school. We then were given fruits, drinks & muesli bars for morning tea. As our first session ended we moved on to maths. In maths we learnt how to do co-ordinates. The session started off with a game called billy bug. The game billy bug gave us a example of how we do co-ordinates on paper. We then had a chance to draw an alien using a co-ordinate sheet. I really enjoyed maths as we experienced college maths ect. Science was our next rotation. I found science really fun as we got to do experiments using dried ice. We were given glasses & gloves to keep us safe and ready for our next fun experiment. In science I learnt the difference between dried ice and ice we use in drinks. Dried ice includes gas and ice dosent. One of our experiments was to put 2-3 dried ice cubes in a glove and tie a not. As we moved on to our next experiment we noticed that the dried ice we put in filled the glove up with the gas that is in dried ice. Most of the gloves popped as some dident. As we started to ease in to science we were given hard yet fun challenges to do. Such as putting dried ice into a little container, add water and quickly close the lid. The point of this challenge was to see who could close the lid faster and make the container shoot higher. The other cool challenge was to make a bubble using a paper towel(with dish soap on it), Dried ice, a container & water. For the challenge we had to put the dried ice in first, add water and then use the paper towel (Dish soap on it) on top of the container to form a bubble. All in all i'd like to thank tamaki college for a fun experience on how college is like. I enjoyed all the challenges and the students helping us. Thank you to all the staff members who helped us experience how fun college is and that being scared on your first day is ok. At the end of the day i'd like to say how much I had fun their and I am very grateful that they gave us a great tour and provide us with yummy food like chocolate ect. On a scale from one to ten on the tour I would give it a ten and I highly recommend you to go tamaki college. I am definitely looking forward to going college next year.

Gymnatsics

This week for kiwi sport we did gymnastics. For gymnastics we started off with a warm up game. The warm up game we played was stuck in the mud, but instead of someone crawling under us it was the person who got tagged had to go on one knee and bend their arm to be a toilet. Who ever wasn't tagged to free them they would have to pretend to sit on the person and push their arm down to flush the toilet. In the process of the game our instructor (Steve) threw some problems in such as hoping on one leg, jumping with your feet together and Skipping. After that we then got in to our rotation groups and did a variety of activity that were close to us. My first rotation I did was a mix of handstands over a block, Beam-balancing & doing a roley poly on the beam. We then moved on to the other rotations. After we all did the rotations it was the end of our session. I had a lot of fun especially on the trampoline obstical.

Place Value Partitioning

This DLO shows how I used the strategy of place value partitioning to solve addition questions. During our maths lesson we practised using this strategy with number and work questions. When I was answering with word questions I had to look for the maths so that I knew the numbers I had to work with. My screencastify shows the strategy I used. The more I used this strategy the easier it got. 

Agent of Change

This week for agents of change we did a DLO based on our goals, How we will achieve them & What we need to work on. I enjoyed this activity as we had the chance to write down our goals and talk about it. This is my DLO on Agent of Change.