The Labyrinth

Yesterday and today we watched a movie called Labyrinth. We filled in these documents Ms. Kirkpatrick sent us. You can see our activities we worked on as a group of four here above. In my group was Charlize, Te Wai, and Latham. You can also see our DLO we made on 1 thing a narrative structure had to have, a character intro, and our comment on what part of the movie to our eyes was the best.

Maths

On Wednesday we had maths. We did less than, greater that, and equal. Read my DLO to find out more about what we did. In this activity I worked with Sa kae and Lyndon.

Flying Rockets

 Today after tech we stayed at tamaki college again to finish off our rockets. We were very busy this morning because we had to glue our pieces together,  add some string and a strip of paper to the nose and body, insert the burn less paper in the body, then finally put the engine inside of the body. After we finished the rockets it was flying time. We went to the field and flew the rockets one by one. When I went to fly my rocket I was a little scared because I thought it would fly straight to me but I did it anyway. To make the rocket go I had to hold two wires that were attached to the rocket to a battery and the rocket just flew away. The person that came first was sajiha and second was Cj. It was a really hard day today but it was still fun and it's also unfortunate that not everyone got to fly there rockets. I would like to say a big thanks to Mr Dunn and Mrs Ferguson for making time for us to do rockets it was really fun

Tahuna Torea Trip

Yesterday we went to tahuna torea for a trip. We went to tahuna torea because we have been learning about the godwits and tahuna torea is were the godwits stay when they come to New Zealand. To find out what we did at tahuna torea have a look at my DLO. I have also made a collage of our day there at tahuna torea. 

Rockets Collage

I have made a collage about our day at tamaki college. It shows the different things that we did and the steps we took to make our final rocket. We had a few different challenges starting with making a straw rocket then moving on to making 3D rockets. The final picture shows Mr Dunn flying his rocket Infinity 1. 

Straw Rockets

 I have made a DLO on how to make a straw rocket. You may have seen my other post about rockets on my blog showing on what we did at tamaki college on Friday. On Friday we also made a straw rocket that we had to test out. This DLO is step by step on how to make a straw rocket. At the end of the presentation I have also put a video on how to make a straw rocket. The video was made by Mr. Dunn at Tamaki college. If you haven't already seen my other DLO here is the link: http://pbsjorjak.blogspot.co.nz/2016/12/rockets.html

Rockets

On Friday the year 7's and 8's stayed at tamaki college after tech to make rockets with Mr Dunn. Mr Dunn showed us a video of some rockets taking off. Then he showed us a video on how to make a straw rocket. This DLO shows our aim, our hypothesis, our method, our results, our conclusion, our evaluation, and the meaning of the symbols in the top right hand corner. In this presentation I worked with Afu, Breeana, Sakae, Ma'ata, and Chalize. If you want to know how to make a straw rocket go to my other blog post called Straw Rockets.

Hockey

Yesterday we had hockey. We played fun games and learnt new skills. To find out more information read my DLO on what we did in our hockey lesson.

Yr 7 Leaders Nomination

This morning we nominated the leaders for next year. We also thought about what does a leader have to do. Student leaders have to behave, be confident, motivate and interest others. They need to be respectful, lead by example, and look smart in uniform. Speak clearly and confidently with expression and be a good role model. Follow care values and get involved, include other and set a good example. Also be trustworthy.

Term 1 goal letter

Dear term 4 Jorja,

When you read this letter it must be term four and school is ending for 2017. By now you must have achieved all of these goals. Getting better in maths, Doing lots of writing and reading, Playing netball, Moved up stages, Reading lots of books and making good choices.

                                     Term 4 Jorja Reply to term 1 Jorja

I have done most of these goals but not all. I have achieved playing netball, getting better in maths, Moved up stages and making good choices. I am still happy with myself because although I haven’t achieved all my goals I have achieved all of my important goals in life.

Today we looked back at term 1 at a goal letter that we made. We had to make a letter about goals that we could achieve this year. We had to reply to our letter then find photos of ourselves in term 1 and term 4.

Athletics Day

Today we had athletics day. After tech we had morning tea and then we were put into three groups. The year 8's were in different groups from the year 7's. In the year 7's Javeylor, Mishaan, and Mia were the leaders. I was in Javeylor's group. In the year 8's John, Cecillia, and Gozan were the leaders. The first station that we went to was Basketball netball shooting. The second station we went to was Rob the nest. The third station we went to was Hurdle sponge relay. The forth station we went to was long jump. The fifth station that we went to was Shot put and throw. My group worked as a team and encouraged each other to never give up. Unfortunately we didn't get to do all the activity's because of the bad weather today.

Richard Pearse Venn Diagram

We have been looking at flight for inquiry. We had to make a timeline about jean batten and then make a timeline about another aviator. We deiced to do Richard Pearse. When we finished our timelines we had to make a Venn diagram about Richard Pearse and Jean Batten. My partner in this activity was Sylis.  

Yr 7 building leadership

On Monday the Yr 7's had another leadership lesson. We had a race to see who was the first group to finish and make a tower with cups, for more information on what we did read my DLO that I have made about building our leadership.

Godwits

Today for inquiry we looked back on godwits and we had to make a comic about the godwits. We used the site Story board that it's a site when you can make comics and other fun things if you want to have a try at it here is the link: https://www.storyboardthat.com/ have fun exploring on this site. To read my story board that DLO you have to click on it.

Godwit Migration

For the past few weeks we have been learning about Godwits. Watch this presentation to find more information. Lyndon, Mishaan, Fifita  and I worked together to try and finish off our presentation about Godwits. Godwits are one of the most coolest birds ever. I can't believe that they can fly from New Zealand to Alaska without stopping for 8 days. We have been researching a lot about what they look like, what they eat, where they live, and what eats them. 

Shake Out Movie

The Shake Out from The Outlook for Someday on Vimeo.

Congratulation to Jasmine, Sylis, Latham, Daniel, Reon and everyone who was apart of the movie. It is great to see you that yous made it into the top 20 for the competition. I really liked how the juniors were apart of this movie too. I hope you win and have a fun time.

The Wright Brothers

Today for reading we had to find facts about the Wright brothers. The main idea is how the wright brothers  were the first people to fly a plane. My partner in this activity was Evelyn. We worked as a team and got the work done.

Searching skills

On Thursday afternoon we had Researching with Mrs. Oglivie Mr. Oglivies wife. Our question was who are the best European football players 2015.if you want to know how to narrow a search than have a look at my presentation on smart searching.

Tech

Today at Tech the year sevens did 3D sketching. Miss.Ferguson showed us how to draw a 3D box. We used Oblique drawing. We started drawing the first box and with another one going over it. Oblique is mean the side of the shape. We searched the word Isometric and we had to draw the shapes. We had to draw 1 point perspective that is the star of the shape, Rendering-3 tones. Then finally we had to draw a box and we had to color them in with our pencil light, medium dark and then we have to color the last box with the hard as you can. 

Touch Rugby

Today we had touch rugby with Trivia and Mr. M. First we warmed up with some bottom flicks and then chocking. Then we went in to 6 lines and in my team was Sakae, Maáta, Charlize, and Afu. We worked as a team and had fun. After that we went to Trivia and played Rabbits and Rat. When we finished that we went to Mr M and played a game where you make a circle and you have 6 or 7 balls and then you keep passing until someone drops a ball then you are out as people lose the circle gets smaller and smaller until there is a winner Congratulation to Mere who came 1st. Thanks Trivia and Mr M for the touch lesson this week LS2 had lots of fun.  

Cyber Smart

Today the year 8's went to the library and met Mr Ogilvies wife Mrs Ogilvie. They learnt about different sites. One of the sites where Britannica school. It is like google but it's a google for primary kids, Intermediate kids, and university. My partner was June she told me all about the site and it was really helpful.

How birds fly?

Last week the year 7's started learning about the black tailed godwit birds. Then we started learning about how birds fly. We had to make a canva on how birds fly and this is my DLO on how birds fly. If you want to make your own canva visit the site canva.com

Rhythm Interactive

Today was a very fun day, we had a day with drums. We had Lucy and Johnny from the rhythm interactive to come and teach us how to play the drums. He was also talking to us about how actions can be more powerful than words. In the first bit Lucy and Johnny didn't speak and just showed us how to play the drums. I really enjoyed doing drumming with them because I got to express my emotions through music. Here is the link if you want to visit the site: Rhythm Interactive  

Water in schools

On Thursday LS2 started learning about water in schools. We had to buddy up and make a DLO on Dehydration and Hydration. We had to find out why it is important to drink water at school. We also did a 25 words challenge. My partner in this activity is Sakae.

Bar Tailed Godwit

This term our inquiry focus was on the Bartailed Godwit but in Maori it is known as the Kuaka. The Yr7's have created a popplet together that tells informations about the appearance, habitat, Migration diet and what effects Godwit/Kuaka in different ways. We also added in some images and videos to give a clear picture of the special bird.  Did you know that they have a 8-9 day non stop flight, this adds up to one whole week and one day which is a short period of time considering they are flying long distance.   We look toward to learn more about the unique birds.

Leadership Cloud

Today on the first day on school the year 7's finished off the day with a lesson of leadership while the year 8's were doing dance for graduation. We had to make a cloud and put our role models on our clouds and then take a screen shot. My role models are Rieko Ioane, Valerie Adams, Jonah Lomu, Sir Edmund Hillary, Richie Mccaw, James Cook, Abraham Lincoln, And my Parents.

Leadership Cloud

Today on the first day on school the year 7's finished off the day with a lesson of leadership while the year 8's were doing dance for graduation. We had to make a cloud and put our role models on our clouds and then take a screen shot. My role models are Rieko Ioane, Valerie Adams, Jonah Lomu, Sir Edmund Hillary, Richie Mccaw, James Cook, Abraham Lincoln, And my Parents.

Quick Writing

 Today we were focusing around narratives writing because next term in week 3 we will be writing about narratives. We used the narrative criteria. The 1st sentence is about who the main character is. Then the 2nd is about where he/she lives. The 3rd is about sentence describes the characters talent. The 4th sentence is about the problem. The 5th  sentence is about how the character felt and then the last sentence is about how the problem is solved. I worked collaboratively with charlize and Sakae. I think we will do really well and good in our writing assessments. 

Maths

Today for maths as a class we played Quizizz. We did a basic facts challenge. We had to answer 20 questions with multiple choices. We were competing between our class to see who gets all the questions right and who is the fastest. I really enjoyed playing this game and it really helps me with my basic facts. You can go visit the site Quizizz.com if you want to have a go visit the site.

Think Board

Mrs. Anderson's maths group has been learning about plusing decimals. This is a think board of my learning on how to solve the question 4.2 + 3.6. I have shown what strategy I used. I used a diagram to show my thinking, A word story, And other similar questions to the number problem. 

Duffy Assembly

Yesterday we had Duffy assembly. Henry Tuipe'a came to our school and talked to us about how reading changed his life. Henry Tuipe'a is Duffy's little brother. The books that I got were Fairest of all by Sarah Mlynowski. The other book I got was EJ12 girl hero secret safari.

Shark attack

Last term me and Mishaan taught a group of juniors how to play shark attack. The juniors were very easy to teach they stopped and listened to us they did everything that we said. Me and Mishaan joined in with the juniors and we all had a great day.

Read Theory

Every week LS2 does read theory. Read theory is a reading site that helps you whith your reading. You have to read the text then answer the questions. Today on my first story I got 100% that means I got all the questions right. I like doing read theory because it helps me with my reading and it also helps me achieve my goals.

Sketchnote

LS2 have been using sketch notes so that we can record our learning in our ways using pictures, words or even numbers. Sketch notes helps us make a learning story in our own words. Sketch notes also help us to make connection. One interesting fact that I learnt about sketch notes is that it doesn't have to be perfect because only I need to understand it. Our first attempt at sketch notes was about question because we already knew about the topic. Our second topic was athletes  

Cross Country Training

For the past few weeks we have been doing cross country training. LS1 and LS2 have been working hard to get more fit for the semi finals. Who ever comes 1st, 2nd, or 3rd you go to the inter schools final. For the training we have to run from the court down the path around by the hill and through LS2 and the library then to the court.This week we had to do 5 laps. We had to pace ourselves so we can get fit for the semi finals.

Auckland netball center

last week on Wednesday the year 8, 7,  6,  and 5 went to the Auckland netball center for a inter school competition.  There were 40 teams that took place at the netball center. The team that I was in was called Panmure Bridge School 2. The first team we played was Ruapotaka. The winner in that game was Ruapotaka. The next team we played was Tamaki Primary. We won 6-3. After that game we played Glen Inns school. We won 6-4. Our next team we played was Stone Fields. It was a hard game but we won 8-3.The fifth school we played was Point England. We won 6-5. Our final team we faced was Panmure Bridge School 1. It was really weird because we where playing our own school, but unfortunately we lost to Panmure Bridge School 1.I also thank Mr. O, Ms. Naicker, and Ms. Caroline for supervising us at the netball courts and a big thank you to the girls from the Otahuhu college for couching us.  

Run Jump Throw

One week ago we did run jump throw.  The yr 8's and the yr 7's went together as a class. The photo's show what we did. In run jump throw we first played octopus to warm us up. After the game of octopus we did some starters. We had to be 1 meter away from the line and when Andy said on your marks everyone had to put one of their legs in front of the line and there other foot at the back. When she said set we had do check to check and look strait ahed. As soon as she clapped her hands everyone ran to the other side of the court. In the next activity we had to find a partner my partner was Ma'ata. Andy gave us a cone and we had to put it on the line behind us. We had to sit on the opposite side of each other and we had to jump up and grab the cone then run back and sit down. Then we had to lie down and then jump up and grab our cones.

Warriors visit

Yesterday the sportsmen from the warriors team ,Ryan Hoffman,John Palavi, Allas from DTR and Georgia came to our school and talked to us about hydration, sleep, and belonging. We also did a quiz. If you got the awnser right you got a prize. The prizes where a water bottle and a warriors bag.

Magic Box Poem

I will put into the box …

The silky black fur off my blind cats back

My mum’s red flowers inside the box.

My photos of when I was born.

I will put into the box …

Jewelry made of diamonds gleaming in the sunshine.  

The sharp white shell from the sandy white beach.

The tiny plastic hospital band from when I was born.

I will put into the box …

Memories of happy times when I win my games.

Food with the taste of delicious gooey caramel.

My country’s flag proudly waving in the wind on the Olympic pole.   

My box is fashioned from shining gold and sparkling gems, with butterflies bursting with color on the lid and I will put all my secrets in the corners.

Its hinges are made out of yummy red & white striped candy bars.

I shall dream in my box.

This week's writing we had to use our imagination to write your own magic box poem that paints a picture in our minds of the person reading the poem. My partner in this activity was Ma'ata.

Magic Box Poem

I will put into the box …

The silky black fur off my blind cats back

My mum’s red flowers inside the box.

My photos of when I was born.

I will put into the box …

Jewelry made of diamonds gleaming in the sunshine.  

The sharp white shell from the sandy white beach.

The tiny plastic hospital band from when I was born.

I will put into the box …

Memories of happy times when I win my games.

Food with the taste of delicious gooey caramel.

My country’s flag proudly waving in the wind on the Olympic pole.   

My box is fashioned from shining gold and sparkling gems, with butterflies bursting with color on the lid and I will put all my secrets in the corners.

Its hinges are made out of yummy red & white striped candy bars.

I shall dream in my box.

This week's writing we had to use our imagination to write your own magic box poem that paints a picture in our minds of the person reading the poem. My partner in this activity was ma'ata.

Current Events - Big Sleep Out Participants Deal With Night Of Extreme Weather

Here is our Current Events DLO. It tells you Who, What, When, Where, Why And How. It has our point of view and what the author wanted us to learn from the article. Also what we felt after reading the article. 

Quizziz

Today for maths we did quizziz. We played 4 rounds. In the last round I got 1 wrong and the rest were right. This photo shows my score and rank.

Buddy Reading

 On Friday room 4 and 3 came into our class for buddy reading. We had to pick a partner then go and read with them. The buddy that I picked was taua. Once we finished reading the book I had to ask him questions like what the title of the book is, What is your favorite picture, Who is your favorite character, and other questions. The book that we where reading was my big brother Boris.

Book character parade

 This week is book week. We had to dress up as any book character. In the morning we had an assembly for book week. Every class had to take a photo with there costumes on. This is a photo of my class LS2 .My two teachers dressed up as witches.This is a photo of a bunny.It came in the hall with a envelope and  the bunny gave the envelope to my teacher Mrs Anderson. Mrs Anderson read the letter inside the envelope. After all the classes had taken there photos we all had to go back to class.

Attributing the Olympic rings

Yesterday for reading we did Attributing. We had to find photos that was labeled for reuse. Then go to the site and find out who the author was and what the licence is. Then you put the web page on the slide and finally put the photo on the google slide.

Leadership

Yesterday Lynne Le Gros from spark came to our class and spoke to us about leadership. The year 8's went first then the year 7's went second. She gave us a note pad and we had to write our role model leader with a reason. If it was a sports person you had to put your note under the sports line, if it was a family member you had to put it in the family line, and if is was a world leader you had to put it under that line. Once we finished that Lynne gave us a card that you had to write your dream and your dream for NZ. We are also thankful for he giving us some gifts like a hat, a note book, a pen, a drink bottle, and a bag. Thanks spark.

Story Starters - The House

The House

One day there was a police officer by the name of James he was just a normal cop. Until the day he got promoted he had been sent to another town and became an investigator. He was new at it but he started getting the hang of it. He had to wake up early in the morning and go to work all the cases that he worked on were very easy.

But then one day he had been given a serious crime the case was of a family that had hanged themselves. He was sitting in his office when he had thought of an idea that he was going to move into the house that the crime was at. So he moved homes the next day he went out to the back yard to look for anything that would help him solve the crime, but there was nothing.He went back inside and unpacked all his stuff it took him two days to finish unpacking his stuff.

His house was finally finished and he could get back to work, he looked around the house for evidence but no luck there. That night when James was asleep he woke up from a nightmare he had heard a noise then he got up and went to look around the house no one was there, so he thought. James looked out the windows still nobody he opened the door no one he looked out the window that showed the tree of the family that had hanged themselves.

He could see a little shadow go past he went outside to have a look. There was nobody, But then he turned around and there was a dog. The dog ran away then James went back inside. James went back to sleep. When he woke up the next morning he found movie films in the basement. It took him a whole day to watch all the films he finally found some answers in the films.the films were of the family dying on the tree and of what happened.

He had showed the police the film of the family and he found the truth the family didn’t hang themselves a man named Pam Joseph forced them to hang themselves or he would kill their daughter Sophie. James moved in to another house and carried on with his life.

THE END

Today for writing we did story starters. I had to Write a horror story about a young police officer who solves crimes.

Life Education

Today LS2 year 7's went to the life education caravan. We also met heralds friend bob. We learnt how our kidneys, Heart, and our Brains work. Our teacher is the same teacher from last year Nicole.

Speeches

Today in LS2 we practiced our speeches and picked two or one people from our groups for the competition in the school hall. Our speeches had to be 2:30 seconds that The people in my group were June, Pote, Sebastian, and AJ. 

Orienteering - Y7

Today after lunch we did orienteering. My partner in this activity was ma'ata. Me and ma'ata had to follow the map to know where the clippers where. We had clip papers that had the numbers 1 to 4 and that had C1, C2, C3, abd C4, which means Course 1, 2, 3, and 4. So we got 4 maps because there are 4 courses