Today I finished the tastes of summer task, for the summer learning journey.
Before starting task I watched the to get an Idea of what to do.
For this task we had to pick 3 favourite foods that we like to eat during the summer time.
I had to make sure to use adjectives to describe how it feels while eating our favourite food.
This task was really enjoyable to do.
Today I completed the dam task of the summer learning journey.
First I went on the summer learning job to find out what a dam is. I watched both to understand what a dam is.
A dam is a barrier that stops the flow of water.
After getting a better understanding of what a dam is, I started doing my template. After completing my dam on the template I wrote what materials I used and why I used them. My materials were sticks, mud, rocks and leaves.
In my template you can see why I decided to used these materials.
Today I done the Hana koko task for the summer learning journey task.
I first watched the to see what I have to do. Before starting the task I read the article.
Afterwards I went on the template to begin my design.
In my design it includes: Shorts, a t-shirt and sandals.
Lastly I gave my reasoning on why I used these clothes for my design.
In this activity for the summer learning journey we had to make 2 xylophones. I created one xylophone using a glass cup and water and the second using paper and tape.
For the first xylophone I used 3 cups. Then I poured different amounts of water into the glass to make different pitches. A pitch is the vibration from the cup which makes the sound.
How much water you have, depends on how much glass can vibrate. Like if the glass of cup is halfway fulled of water it makes a low pitch, but if there is a small amount of glass it make a high pitch sound. Lastly, I tested my xylophone using a pencil, by gently tapping the glass.
For the second and last xylophone I made was used out of paper and tape. To make the xylophone I used 5 sheets of paper. Afterwards I rolled the paper into a tube, then used tape to secure the paper from it opening. I had to cut the tubes smaller and smaller from each other to make the different pitches. Similar to what I did on the first xylophone. If you have a long tube it would most likely make a low pitch sound. If you have a short tube you most like to get a high pitch sound.
Here is me using my xylophones:
Commenting on others blog is a great way to share your idea learning with each other.
I commented of Deysen's blog post of his Kawhaiwhai blog post.
His blog post was amazing. My question to Deysen was how did his colours represent summer. The colours that he used were white, black and green.
For the third activity we made a optical illusion.
I went on website about optical illusions, to get an idea on what to use to draw my illusion.
The shape I used for my optical illusion was shape. I started with a big square, then I copied and paste the square multiple times. Then I made the squares smaller and smaller.
Today I did the Kowhaiwhai art task for the summer learning journey.
Before starting the task, I watched a video to get a understanding on what to do.
I made all of my Kowhaiwhai's huge to represent a big wave.
Lastly I made the background half blue, half yellow to represent summer.
This summer learning journey task I was called insect.
We first went outside to find twigs, petals and leaves. After we found all the materials we needed, we had to make a insect.
The insect that I made was a butter fly.
Here is my creation :
For our second activity we did a task called fishy false.
I first watched a video that gave me a understanding on what to do.
Afterwards I watched a video about 2 men fishing and one of them lose teeth. I watched the video to get a idea on what to write on my comic strip. Then I wrote my comic strip.
Here is my comic strip:
In the first part of the summer learning journey we were introduced to nano girl, also known as Michelle Dickson. She is a educator who teaches kids in New Zealand about science.
For our first task with nano girl, we had to go for a scavenger hunt to find some materials that we would be using with for the next 6 weeks.
We used screencastify to showcase we found during the treasure hunt.
Today my group presented our presentation about our shelter to get the contract.
First we got prepared by practising our lines from our speech. We had to make sure that our speech persuades our clients.
After that we presented our speech. In our speech it involved why should they invest in it, the alternatives of each material, how we designed the shelter, and what we used to create it.
Our feedback was about most of the time being used by saying nothing like forgetting lines. Our second feedback was not showing our cardboard prototype while presenting. Our last feedback was about the look of our presentation.
Our feedback taught me to be fully prepared. It also taught me to pay more attention to the work. Next time I will learn to speak with more confidence.
Faulty Reasoning is giving a reason which didn't strongly convince another side of their argument. There are 5 types of faulty reasoning: illogical or simplified assumption, circular reasoning , over generalisation, contradiction and biased argument.
Circular reasoning is supporting a claim with the same claim.
Contradiction is providing evidence that goes against the original argument.
Illogical or simplified assumption is making a global statement when there are likely exceptions.
A over generalisation is making a global statement when there are likely exceptions.
A biased argument is making a claim that is influenced by your own personal feelings or experience
The first activity we did was to find a sentence that involves a faulty reasoning. We had to try figure out what faulty reasoning that the sentence was using.The second activity we did was where we had to guess what faulty reasoning that a sentence was using. The last and third activity we did was where we had to make a faulty reasoning sentence for the 5 faulty reasoning's.
For this activity we customise a image of a landmark or art.
I used these colour to represent some countries in Europe. The colours represent Ireland, Columbia, Italy and France flags.
This week my group started filming using our screenplays.
Before filming we practised our lines. We used our story boards to figure out what location that we are are going to film at.
After that we started filming the scenes of our narrative. I found filming fun but hard because sometimes we forget what to say.
LI: To film a screenplay
Today I matched Maori names with the English name.
First we tried translating the Maori names without using a Maori dictionary. Then I used the Maori dictionary to help me translate the Maori names I don't know.
After that I did a task where I tried to translate a conversation from Maori to English. We tried figuring out what the sentence say with our prior knowledge on translating Maori words and names.. For example: Te kau ma waru ōku tau= I am eighteen years old
Emergency shelters are protection against natural disasters such as a storm or an earthquake.
The Protectors requested aluminium foil, hard plastic, metal poles, clay, chicken wire, and plaster of Paris.
The aluminium foil is for the inside of the shelter, the foil is used because it is a good insulator and heat reflector.
The hard plastic is for the windows, the hard plastic is used because it’s easier to shape than glass.
The metal poles are for stabilisation, it was used because it is a heat reflector insulator.
The clay is used to form most of the shelter, it was used because it is tough, so if the shelter topples over then the poles will not easily break off.
The plaster of Paris and the chicken wire is used for a similar purpose as the aluminium foil, they were used because they were used to hold the clay.
The tin can is used for the door, the front and the back of the shelter. The purpose of this shelter was to protect against bush fires.
Emergency shelters are used worldwide and are very important. There are a lot of steps you need to do to build an emergency shelter.
During this weeks touch rugby we practise two and three men settle.
A two men settle is when one person plays dummy-half, and the other person is a runner. The runners is the person who gains the metres for your team. Once the runner gets touched he plants the ball. The dummy-half is the person who passes the ball once one of the runner gets touched he plants the ball.
A three men settle is when the runner gets touched , then the dummy-half passes the ball to the other runner which is the third person.
After that we played of touch. My team loss because our defence was poor. We weren't doing any 2 man or three man settle.We also didn't play the ball with a great attitude.
This session of touch teaches me how to play more smarter and better.
LI: To learn how to play touch
This week for Maori we had to translate the Maori names for volcano into English.
For example: Otahuhu- Mt Richmond.
First we tried translating the Maori names of the volcanoes without using a Maori dictionary.
After that we used a Maori dictionary to find the names we don't know.
This session for Te Reo Maori was fun and amazing because I know how to say places in Maori.
LI: To learn words in Maori
This week for maths we learnt about averages.
Averages is adding up all the numbers and then dividing them by how many numbers there are.
We first added up all the numbers together from each team. The blue team had 186 points, yellow had 182 points, red had 182 point and green had 174 points.
I am going to show how to get the average for 186: First you divide 186 by 9 which equals 20.7 . People usually think it will be 20.6 but your wrong. You have to round the number. To round the decimal point up it you can use the number 5, 6, 7, 8 , 9. The numbers that make the decimal point go down are 4, 3, 2 , 1. That's why the number is 20.7 when you divide 182 by 9 .
This week for I did a table mat, making connections and synthesis.
The first activity I did was table mat. I had find facts, keywords. I had to define 2 keywords. and key question.
The second activity I did was making connections. I had to make 2 connection for the text to the world, text to text, and text to self.
The last activity I did was he synthesis. There are three main text of the synthesis task.
There is prior knowledge, new information and new understanding. Prior knowledge is when you already know something. New information is finding facts that you know. New understandings is the what you learnt from the book like facts and new words
This week on Friday we did athletics day.
The first station we did was rob the nest. In this game there is one defender/tagger and the other people in the team have to rob the nest/hula-hoop.
The second station we did was long jump. The game is simple, what you have to do is try jump the farthest.
My favourite station was called discus. In this game you have to throw three hula-hoop onto 3 different poles. The first is worth 1 point, the second pole is worth 5 points and the last pole is worth 10 points.
My other favourite station was egg and spoon. In this game you have too make sure the egg doesn't fall off the spoon. You first have to around 3 cones. Then you have to go over a chair. After that you have to go around a hula-hoop. Then go over the chair again and go around the cones again.
We finished the day by doing sprints.
I enjoyed doing all of these activity/stations.
Today I took the speed demon challenge on Multiplication and division. It took me 4 minutes and 55 seconds. Some of the answers I got wrong because I forget them or I don’t know them. I try get more faster and learn all of my division and multiplication.
LI: To rapidly recall basic facts
This week for reading I did a synthesis. Synthesis is task that involves prior knowledge, new information and new understanding.
I read a book on White Water Action and I first started with my prior knowledge. Prior knowledge is what you about that topic. After that I found new information. New information talks about the things you learnt such as facts from the topic. Then I used understandings from new information I learnt from the book.
I enjoyed doing this task.
For SSR Selfie my book was called the pencil of doom. This book was about a man named henry mcthrottle. Henry was an ordinary kid who wanted to get good grades. Mr. Brainfight was like a magician, he made a pencil vanish. Then the pencil was weird because whatever you draw it will become real.
LI: To retell a text
This years Manaiakalani film festival was held in Sylvia Park.
The first film we watched was our school's film. Our film was based on why we use sanitiser during level 2 at school.
After that we watched different films from other schools. Most on the movies were about our community heroes working during lock down.
My favourite film was community heroes from Tamaki primary school.
This week for writing we had to write a screen play about our narrative.
A screenplay is story written in spoken parts only.
When writing a screenplay the characters name has to be all in caps(ABC).
The name of the character has to be centre aligned.
You have to write what the character said under their names so the actor knows what to say.
It's important to know how to write a screenplay because if the actor doesn't understand it the film might be bad.
LI: To identify and describe connections
This week for reading I did a making connection with the book white water action.
Text to self is something that happened in the book which has happened to you. For example:In the text white water action it says I started surfing in my father's canoe. My connection that I started doing MMA in my trampoline.
Text to text is something that happened in the book that also happened in another book. For example: In the text the boy kayak-er, who has competed in many competitions. My connection in the text Chris Pither, Chris Pither is a racer
This week we translated people's names in Maori to English.
First we tried translating the Maori names into English without using a dictionary.
After that we used a Maori dictionary to help us translate the Maori names that we don't know.
This week for maths we had to buddy up with a person and share what we have learnt during the past 3 weeks.
My buddy was Paul. Paul gave me some information about time. The units of time are 1 minute(60 seconds), 1 hour (60 minutes) , 24 hours (1 day) 52 weeks (365 days/1 year) and 1 decade (10 years). On a clock the thin, long hand counts the seconds and the little hand counts the hours.
My other buddy was Ariana. The information I learnt was about geometry. Geometry shapes are 2d and 3d. 2d stands for 2 dimensional, for example a square. 3d stands for 3 dimensional, for example a cube. 3d means width, length and height. The 3 in 3d represents the measurements in the shape. 2d means height and width, the 2 represents the measurements in the shape.
I like teaching others new information that they never learnt before. I was a good student too.
In this week's inquiry session, we learned how to design an emergency shelter.
First, we designed a quick sketch of an emergency shelter on a piece of paper. We had to draw our design from a front angle and a side angle. We also had to think about what shape would be suitable for natural disasters such as strong winds. We used an octagon because if the wind toppled it over then it would still maintain its shape.
Next, we designed a 3d version of our emergency shelter. To help us make the 3d shapes we used an app called sketchup. We had to replicate our paper design.
Lastly, some changes we think we could make is, getting rid of some of our pillars, because the storm is capable of blowing down the pillars which will make the octagon roll repeatedly, and we could take away one of the windows so that there's a less likely chance of things flying through it.
During this weeks touch rugby we practise two and three men settle.
A two men settle is when one person plays dummy-half, and the other person is a runner. The runners is the person who gains the metres for your team. Once the runner gets touched he plants the ball. The dummy-half is the person who passes the ball once one of the runner gets touched he plants the ball.
A three men settle is when the runner gets touched , then the dummy-half passes the ball to the other runner which is the third person.
Learning these skills help know how to gain metres more faster and get to the try line faster.
On Wednesday some people from LS1 and LS2 went to Dunkirk Reserve for touch rugby tournament. The compeion was spilt into Y5, Y6, Y7 and Y8 different year groups.
I played in the year 5 team. Our first game was against Sylvia Park primary school team 1, we lost by 5 nil. We realised that we were bunching up where dummy-half played the ball and we didn't sub when we were tired.
Our second game was against St Patrick, we had a draw and the score was 1 to 1 . In this game we improved our defence and our offence.
Our third game was against Sylvia Park primary school team 2, we had draw and the score was 2 to 2. Our defence was starting to become poor, we left wide open gaps for them to run through.
Our final game was against stone fields,we lot by 1 point. The score was 3 to 2, we were starting to get tired and sub every 5 minutes.
This tournament was really enjoyable and intense. Testing my ability against others taught me what to practise more and what to do more.
This week for reading we did the table mat task.
First we had to read the book(white water action). Next I skim read the book to find any keywords 6 and 4 facts.
I had to find 4 facts about the topic (white water action). We had find 6 keywords from a page and define them(give the meaning of the word). We had added a image to represent what we explained.
After that I considered 2 key questions that the author would have thought about before writing it for a reader. Then I made question I would ask the author.
LI: Skim and Scan a book
This week for kiwi sport we practised 2 men drive. 2 men drive is where one person plays dummy- half and the other player is the runner. The runner will run, get touched and roll the ball to the dummy half. The dummy-half will pass the back to the runner. Both players will do this until third touch or if the runner scores the try.
After that we played a game called scoop touch. There are 2 teams, there are non bibs and bibs (each has a coloured tank top). To play this you have to rugby ball. If you have a ball a player from the other team has to try touch you. If you get touch you have to pass it to the person who touched you.
Then we practise how to control the paste and to know when to pass. There were 2 attackers and 1 defender. One of the attackers have the ball, the person who has the ball they have to try make the defender focus on you. On the right moment you can pass or fake pass to your teammate.
Practising these skills help me become a better player.
LI: To learn how to play touch rugby
A scientist is a person who tries to understand how our world or other things work.
As a scientist it's crucial to use statistics and algebra. Scientist use algebra to calculate the measurements of objects and characteristics.
Statistics is where you gather the information(data), summarise it and decide what it means. Algebra is where letters, numbers and symbols are used to represent numbers to solve a equation.
LI: To explain the maths of the job
Text to world is something from the book that is related to world. For example: In the text cave creatures Nelson spiders favourite food is weta. Everybody around the world have their own favourite food.
Text to text means something from the book is similar to something that's in another book. For example: In the text cave creatures the Nelson spider is well camouflaged.
Lastly, text to self means something that happened in the book that has happened to you. For example: In the text there is a egg sac dangling from the ceiling. My connection is that a egg sac reminds me of a Christmas decoration;
LI: To make connections
This week we learn how to plan narrative. We first recapped what a narrative is and the structure of a narrative. A narrative is a fictional(made up) story and the structure if a recount is T.O.P.E.S . T.O.P.E.S stands for (title, orientation, problem, events and solution).
The orientation has to show who,when,where and what. The problem is the main conflict that the main character has to attempt to resolve. The events shows what happens to the character as they complete step to solving the problem. The solution shows what happens to the characters while they attempt the final steps to resolving the problem.
LI: To write a short narrative
Today we practised some basic skills for touch rugby.
We warmed-up by playing rats and rabbits. This warm-up helps us touch a player from another team faster.
After that we practised tapping, catching and passing the ball. After that we did a few passing drills and techniques that we can use on the field.
Learning these skills helps me become a more smarter player.
LI: To learn how to play touch rugby
This week for reading we did the table mat task.
First we had to read the book(Cave creatures). Next I skim read the book to find any keywords and facts.
I had to find 4 facts about the topic (Cave Creatures). We had find 3 keywords from a page and define them(give the meaning of the word).
After that I considered 2 key questions that the author would have thought about before writing it for a reader. Then I made question I would ask the author.
LI: Skim and Scan a book
What is insulation? Insulation is something that stops heat from escaping.
Five insulator materials are paper, plastic, polystyrene, glass and metal.
A good insulator is polystyrene (material) because the material of polystyrene helps protect the heat from escaping.
A bad insulator is something that makes the heat escape. For example: If a plastic(material) cup has a hole the heat of the water will leak(escape).
The best insulator for keeping things warm and cold is polystyrene.
LI: To learn and practise experimental methods
This week for Maori we did a task where we had to translate Maori to English. To help us we used the Maori dictionary to search words in Maori that we didn't know the meaning to.
After that we did a exercise where we had to look at image that shows a type of weather, and then we had match it with the Maori phrase.
For example: if the image is sunny, in Maori it's ke te mahana.
LI: To translate Maori words to English
Converting measurement is to multiply and divide height, length and width of something.
If you are multiplying the decimal place by 10 you shift it to the right once. For example: If I multiply 90.0 by 10 you shift the decimal point to the right because it will make the number bigger. So 90.0 x 10 = 900.
If you are dividing the decimal place by 900 you shift it to the left twice. For example: If I divide 900 by 100 I move the decimal point twice because it will make the number smaller. So 900 divided by 100 = 9.0.
If shifting a number to the left, you don't add a zero, you shift the zero from the decimal place. Also the amount of zero's mean how many times the decimal point moves to the right or left.
Place is helpful while converting measurements.
LI: To learn how to convert measurement
This week for kiwi sport we learnt how to play touch rugby.
We practised drills on catching the ball, passing the ball and moving around with the ball.
The first drill we did was to help us get use to the ball. The drill involved throwing the the ball in the air, making the ball go under our legs without dropping it.
To pass the ball you have to make sure your teammate is behind you, because if you pass the ball and your teammate is in front of you that will be a forward pass and it will be the other team's ball.
Then we did a catching technique. The technique is where you make W with our hands. This technique helps you because when your teammate passes the ball you have a nice grip of the ball so it will not drop.
After that we budded up with to did all the techniques by playing a game.
I enjoyed learning all these drills and techniques.
This week for reading we did a task called table mat.
First we had to read the book(Chris pither). Next I skim read the book to find keywords and facts.
I had to find 4 facts about the topic (Chris pither). We had find 3 keywords from a page and define them(give the meaning of the word).
After that I considered 2 key questions that the author would have thought about before writing it for a reader. Then I made question I would ask the author.
For inquiry we experimented the absorbency of a material.
We did this experiment to see which material is the most absorbent.
The materials that we used to the experiment with was nappies.
First we used a beaker to measure 100mls of water so we know how much to measure.
Next we poured the water on the material, the material I used was nappies.
We used tray to stop any spillage from happening. Once I poured the water the nappy started to absorb.
After that we lifted the nappy to see if the water spilt during the absorbency.
All of the water was absorbed into the nappy.
I found the experiment so fun because how fast the nappy absorbed the water.
LI: To learn and practise experimental methods.
What is informal and formal? Formality tells people when to use formal and informal language.
Formal is when times when rules and politeness need to be followed. An example of formal language: "Greeting my name is Oliver, would like to go down town and get some coffee ? ".
Informal is when times when rules are pointless and don't have to followed. An example of informal language: "Sup bro, wanna play some basketball on the court with the boys ".
LI: To identify informal and formal situations and language.
This week for Maori we learnt the different body parts.
For activity we had to match the body part in Maori with the body part that is English. We had to highlight the body parts in highlight we do know and the ones we don't we leave blank. For example: (waist- hope).
The words we didn't had to search it on the Maori dictionary so we know how to produce the word and know what it means.
In the story of the Gruffalo, the female squirrel found nuts for her kids to eat. Parents around the world but food for their kids to eat.
