Important Ideas DLO

A visiting teacher (Mss Apelu) came to see our different strategies and work for reading. In this task Oh Hsen, Mataio, Zane, Nazella and I wrote the important ideas and discussed which column each idea should be in. One column had 3 vital ideas another column had 4 very important ideas and the last column was important ideas. We all negotiated about it by disagreeing with each other as well as agreeing on each others ideas.

Dance Evaluation

Our music focus this term is Dance. In this DLO we made a evaluation on our dance and added in what worked and what was hard. I think the hardest part of this was that our timing was all different so we really had to get that right and I personally think that making up different dance moves was hard because I wasn't familiar with dancing and it was all new to me. 

Tamaki Wrap DLO

Since the Tamaki Wrap came to talk to us about Plastic and our environment, they came and gave us some ideas on how to reduce the amount of Plastic we use in our daily lives. Our class added in what shocked them the most, what had interested them and what the message you think that needs to be shared. What shocked me the most was that Auckland sends the same amount of Plastic that can fit a football stadium which is quite sad because I think us Aucklanders are capable of reducing the amount of plastic we use.  Did you know that the average time that we use a plastic bag is 7 minutes and then we throw them away? 

Different celebrations

One of the tasks me and Nazella created was the different celebrations that we have.  In my family we celebrate White Sunday which is an occasion that is celebrated for children. We are all dressed in completely White and have a big feast after. I have added a picture to give an example on how they dress. Nazella celebrates Eid which is a holiday that marks the end of Ramadan. I was really interested in this because I have heard of it before but just never knew what it was exactly about. 

Orienteering

Today we had our inter-school orienteering. Our teams did really good and followed their course correctly. I think the course that I did was quite challenging because the points were quite far from each other and it was surrounded with mud and puddles. I think the good practices really helped me improve with my skills. 

Winter Solstice Animation

In one of our Matariki challenges we have been learning about the winter solstice and the summer solstice. We have learnt about how it takes 1 year for the earth to orbit around the sun. To showcase our learning about our explanation we have made an animation about this. We have also added in the moon since it is orbiting around Earth. Did you know the tilt of the earth determines the seasons of each hemisphere? 

People Power

In maths we used a formula using calculator to work out the percentages.  The formula contained multiplication and division. In one of the first questions we had to pick the correct pie chart and had to see if it was equal with the numbers or not. Then we had to use the formula to find out the percentages of the continents.  I have enjoyed this task and I know that I can use this formula again.