I am a Year 8 student at Panmure Bridge School in Auckland, NZ. I am in Learning Space 2 and my teacher is Mrs Anderson.
Tuesday, 25 June 2019
Rhythm Interrogative's Visit to PBS
This week we had a special member Johnny who came from the business Rhythm Interrogative's. He came today to teach us using drum beats and music about an amazing phrase full of inspiration "Together we can make a change". Instead of saying the exact words we said a translation of the African word " O yaka umba yeah". We had a fun session full of repeating the beats of the drum using a djembe one per person. We then learnt about a back story of what I think is cool and interesting. The story was short but had alot of meaning. It was about a owl who challenged the monkey to make a tribe of drummers to stop the railway being made in their home "Jungle". In the end we had the chance to answer questions and win a drum for our school we also learnt the meaning behind the djembe drum. The meaning is ( Joy and happiness. We had alot of fun and we really appreciate the time and effort put into this visit.
Friday, 21 June 2019
Kiwi can
This week for Kiwican we played games that involved the value integrity. Integrity is when you do the right thing when no one is looking. Firstly we started of with getting into partners. The partners then had to rely on each others balancing by doing fun challenges. The first challenge was feet together, feet touching and holding hands. We then had to lean back and see how long our balance would keep up. Inable to get a good balance we needed to chose someone the same size as us as well as the hight. I enjoyed Kiwi can alot because I found it not only fun but challenging. In the end we then did GKQ were whoever stood up the longest challenged everyone one by one to test their knowledge. If you get out by the person you lost to then that person is now the one who is in the lead.
Tech reflections
This week for tech our focus has been on algorithms. One of the subjects on our list we are learning about. Firstly we started of with coding our M-bots to complete the process of coding them to sense weather something is in front of it so it can move and not hit into it. We had to do this first to master the fun challenge given to us. On a table was a set of objects. Whoever could code their robot to sense a motion in front of them and move then they would challenge another person who completed it and see who did well and what we could change to improve it. Today for tech was fun. I enjoyed coding into algorithms to change the sense of motion so we could complete the fun challenge given.
Thursday, 20 June 2019
Ballet - Royal Newzealand Ballet
This week on Monday LS2 was given an amazing opportunity to do Ballet from a Royal Newzealand Ballet. We started of with some fun warm ups to strengthen our feet and we also learnt to keep relaxed and flowy with our hands//arms as thats what they do in the show (White swan Black swan). I found this activity fun as we had the chance to not only do a fun dance routine but also learn about the backstory of ballet and the music involved.
Thursday, 13 June 2019
Inference - Waltzing Matilda Summary
Today for reading my partner and I read the lyrics of the song ¨Waltzing Matilda". For this activity we made a DLO of our researching skills to create a summary about the information we learnt from the song. The message in the song tells us how in the 1880ś in Australia people who stole, murdered, kidnapped ect was sent to an Australian jail were you have to work hard and could pass in the processes. We know this because in the song it talks about a seasonal worker who used a tree for his shade and a river for his water. As their was a jumbok(Sheep) coming down to drink the seasonal worker(Swag man) Took the sheep and stuffed it in his bag. As he attempted to close his bag 3 troopers came running saying ¨Youĺl come a Waltzing Matilda with me". As he was getting caught instead of the option to go jail he chose to unsuccessfully make a run.
Kiwi Can
This week for Kiwi Can we have been learning about the value integrity. Integrity is when you do the right thing when nobody is looking. To test our skills of integrity we played 2 games. The first game we played is called Head, shoulders, knees cone. For this game we were split into even teams and had to face each other. In between us were some cones. As our Kiwican teachers said head, shoulders, Knees and cone they mixed it up a bit so it could be a challenge on who would get it first. Our second game we played we had to stay in our two groups. In our groups one person could go in the middle with a skipping rope swinging in circles on the ground as we jump over it passing the ball around. In the end of our session we had a fun talk about what motivates us to do things ( School work in particular ) . I am motivated to improve on my work so I can get into my dream college.
Student Led Conferences
This week we had our student lead conferences. A student lead conference is when the students bring their caregivers in to show what they do in school and their work. For our student lead conference my siblings and I showed what we do in our class and how it works. In the end of my student lead conference my nanna commented on my blog and gave me feedback on my work. For this years Student led conference I found it fun as I had the chance to share my work and explain how I did it.
Strengthening connections to maths languages
Today for maths we are learning how to strengthen our vocabulary to grow our maths languages. We started off with an example of the word "Hi". We then thought of the variety of words that mean the same thing as "hi. As we had a idea of what we were learning Ms Anderson then asked us to explain what "plane" is. As we all thought it was the aircraft version of the word "plane" We were then told it was the maths version. After that our challenge was to work in a pair and put all the boxes of words under each category we think it belongs in. In this challenge we learnt what most of the words in a maths problems actually means then what we think it means.
Labels:
Maths,
maths language,
vocabulary
Monday, 10 June 2019
Translation English -Tongan
This term for inquiry we have been learning about space. For this task Sulia, Mele, and I created a DLO that showed the understanding of our vocabulary that relates back to our inquiry topic. As a group we worked collaboratively to create screencastify with the translations of both English and Tonga. We have added interesting facts and images for each stated planet.
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