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.