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.

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.