Kiwi Can

Today was our first rotation of kiwi can. We have new kiwi can teachers Miss Lily and Mr Matt. Our focus this week was encouragement. We played a variety of games that show what encouragement looks like. We played ball tag. You are set into groups and one of those groups starts of with the ball. They are not allowed to move or throw it at the person they are trying to get. You only have 10 seconds to get as most people out. Which ever group gets the most people out is the winning team. I had fun at kiwi can this week and I am looking forward to go next week.

Winter Olympics Venn Diagram

Yesterday afternoon Nyjah, Jeremiah and I created a DLO on the Winter Olympics. We compared the 1924 Olympics to the modern Olympics and the similarities of the both of them. Writing as much as we could yesterday we came up with enough information to compare them with. One of the similarities we came up with was that they both had opening and closing ceremonies. 

Blog Post Analysis

Yesterday we created a blog post analysis. In this we had to make a bar graph about all the posts we have done during the time we have been at this school. With an analysis we had to explain why we have that much posts on our blogs. Last year I only did 125 blog posts. That is because I would get distracted very easily and forget to finish. I have added goals that I want to archive this year. I am trying to stay focused ore when doing my work by choosing sense able people to sit by when working. As I have not been at this school for very long I have done very little. Here is my blog analysis. 

Christmas Comparison

Today Mishaan and I worked together to complete this DLO about the different things that we eat with our families and what South African  families eat. We compared many different foods that we eat to what they eat. We looked at a lot of different sites that could have been helpful but didn't have what we were looking for. We have used the most eaten foods from South Africa. Our prices were sufficiently different but was a very interesting how much of a gap there was between our prices to theirs.          

The NEXT foundation/ Summer Learning Journey

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Today we had a very special assembly. People from the NEXT foundation, people from the maniaakalani cluster and Rachel from the summer learning journey all came along to this assembly. After our visitors finished talking we watched this video about our school that starred our class. After our assembly we headed outside on the bottom field to have lunch that was kindly donated to our school from the 'eat my lunch' foundation. We did karakia and started eating. Of course not everyone is the same so there were vegetarian food packs as well. This was a great experience to have taken part in.  

Collaborative Challenge

   

This week LS2 is learning about how to work as a team and how to work collaboratively. We discussed about different countries who celebrate Christmas. We were split into groups and had to choose a country that we would like to research about Christmas. We decided to research about Christmas in South Africa. We learnt a lot of new things about how people celebrate Christmas in different ways. We also learnt that Geseende Kersfees means Merry Christmas in South Africa. The thing we found interesting was that people in South Africa eat turkey and duck for Christmas meals. Above shows you our DLO about Christmas in South Africa and we made a screencastify to record our thinking about Christmas in South Africa.

Speech Final

Speech

Kia ora my name is Shakaia and I think I would be a great inspiration in 2018. I want to be next years manaiakalani leader or head girl for Panmure bridge school. I know I have the potential of becoming a head student. I can do this by showing younger children what the expectation is as  the future leaders of our school. I wear my school uniform with pride and I try to represent our school well. I think I would make a fantastic head student next year because I know I can strive harder to succeed. I am one who does not have much confidence but by becoming a leader of this school I will learn how to build confidence in myself. I want to strive for success for this role of being a head student. Respect,cooperation and encouragement are just some key points I have as a role model of our school. As a future year 8 of Panmure bridge school I can show that I can accomplish my goals. And I may just be a leader everyone will remember. Thank you for listening.

This afternoon I performed my speech in front of the whole class. I was very nervous and worried about how my words were going to come out. Shaking and afraid I got up on the stage and spoke. The nerves I had slowly faded away but they were still there. Speaking something I am not very great at doing, but I still tried my best and did what I could do. Everyone's speeches were interesting. I really wanted to vote for everyone that put themselves forward. This was a heart pounding experience but I still in someway had fun.

Geometry Maths

Yesterday we did maths and for maths we were using coordinates. We were given a piece of paper with coordinates and one that we used the coordinates on. The final product was a dog on the grass. I chose colors that looked like a dog in most of my piece. Magenta and I worked together. 

Google Scratch

Today I played a game on the google main page. This was like a scratch game that you use controls for to be able to make the rabbit walk. The main aim of this game is to collect all the carrots in front of the rabbit. In the start of every game you had a practice run through to make sure you understand. This is a great game to play in your free time and to see how good you are at controlling.    

Teamwork DLO

Yesterday afternoon Savelina, Brooklyn, Viva and I took photos on how we can show leadership next year. We chose three things that we can do next year to show that we are leaders. The three things we chose were motivating others, making sure everyone knows what to do and getting involved. This was a great opportunity to co-operate with the people in my class. This is what we think teamwork should look like in Panmure Bridge School. 

Tech Refection

This year was my first year of tech and I have learnt so much already. From cooking to making my own games. It has been amazing.

 
This year was my first year of tech and I have learnt so much already. From cooking to making my own games. It has been amazing. I have learnt a lot this year with using scratch and using different recipes to make a certain food. It has been great and I wonder what next year has to offer.  

Summer Learning Journey

On Friday we had a special visit from Hazel. She came to talk to us about the Summer Learning Journey. This is a free event that you can do over the holidays. This summer it is time travel. First you need to register on the Summer Learning Journey site. Fill in your details and you are automatically registered. When you do a blog post Hazel or Rachel check your blog post and comment on that post. Every post you do you get points. At the end of the blogging challenge Rachel rounds up your points. If you blogged through out the holidays you will have more points. The following year Rachel will come to your school and give out prizes and certificates to the ones who participated. If you did a post you will get a certificate but if you blogged continuously you have the possibility of winning a prize.  

Tech At Tamaki College/ Robotics

 

On Friday we went to tech. Savelina, Sky and I  finished off our chocolate logs. But this day was different. After we finished with our rotations we went to stand underneath the shade shelter. All of us were split into three groups P.E, social studies and robotics. I was in robotics. There was two M drones and two M bots. Sa kae, Mishaan and I were one group and we went to a M drone. But before we could play with the drone we had a quick lesson from Max. Now we were able to make our drone fly. There was a app that you had to get first so you could make the drone fly. We used different controls to make the drone do different moves. After playing with the different controls Mr Dunn gave us a challenge to complete, we had to start on the x and get back on the x. We were rewarded at the end with lollies so that was a bonus. I had fun playing with a drone and controlling it.

P.B.S Athletics Day

Today was our school athletics day. Today was packed with loads of fun activities. We were split into groups in our year groups. The groups colors were red, blue, green and yellow. I was in group red and we started at station 8 which was netball and basketball shooting.  There were 9 stations and my favorite station was the sponge and hurdle relays race. We had one station where we just relax. Then lunch came along and we had a bit of fun and time to do what we want. After lunch we had our sprint finals. In the finals I came 3rd in my year group out of the girls. A big thanks goes to the people from Tamaki College for coming to help out with our athletics day. Overall today was a great day. 

Fire Station Visit

Yesterday as part of our inquiry we visited the fire station in Panmure. We met Norm, Bob and some others. This was a great opportunity to be able to see what these firefighters do to train and more. Since it is fire station they were still expected to show up on a call. We learnt how they help get people out of cars and they told us tips on staying safe around fire. Did you know that fire fighters do more than just put out fires? They are called when someone is having a heart attack or something else, they are called first responders which means they are not paramatics. This was a very interesting visit and I enjoyed it a lot. 

Ratio Problem Solving.

This week for maths Sanujan, Nazella, Ofa and I created this DLO to show you how we soled a maths problem in our own words. We all found finding the answer to the last question because we found it hard to work out but we got around it. We all worked well together as a team and included each others idea. This was challenging because we all had different answers but we managed to work out another way. 

Learning To Motivate Others

This afternoon we were learning how to motivate others around us. We got into groups of four and in that group we created a short skit to show others how we can motivate others. This is great practice for next year because we will be the 2018 school leaders. The people in my group were Dallas, Josh S and Fraidoon. We did a play about people not caring about picking up there rubbish. Then after watching what the other groups had to show we made a Tagul. Tagul is a site that lets you create your own word clouds. In my cloud I included words that I can help motivate other people next year. I enjoyed watching what the other groups came up with to show how they can motivate people next year. 

A Winters Day in 1939

Last week Zahra and I started reading a novel book called "A Winters Day In 1939". This is a reading project called navigating novels. We are up to chapter 3 almost onto chapter 4. The activity we chose to do was feedback. I chose three questions and Zahra chose three then we answered the questions and gave feedback about how we answered them. I gave her feedback and feedforward so what she did well and what she might need to work on. 

Visit From Police/Helicpoter

This afternoon a few people in the police with there dogs and riders of the helicopter named Eagle came to visit us. They were telling us how they keep our community safe from danger. I had a lot of fun watching how the police dogs track scents from the people they are chasing. It was really hot outside waiting for the helicopter but it was worth it. The helicopter was super big close up. This was a great experience to be able to learn about what helicopters do to protect us and how dogs use there noses, eyes and ears.  

Oral Hygiene

 Yesterday Zahra, Mia and I created two slideshows to show and tell you why our oral heath is important. We were learning about why it is important to brush our teeth every day and night. This was a community challenge. The words we learnt were tartar, plaque and tooth decay. I think we worked well together because we all had different ideas to add to a new slide. It is important to brush day and night because we only have two sets of teeth our baby teeth and our adult teeth. We included facts to support why it is critical to brush. If you lick your teeth and feel a furry feeling then that is the plaque. make sure you brush twice a day.