Week 4 Dance

 Today in dance we worked with Miss Brett, we were having fun because we were practicing our own warm ups then Mataio and Fraidon led us through their warm up. Then on the tv screen there was a video clip with two people making shapes which they combined together to make dance moves. In this dance lesson I worked with Sakae. Sakae and I were making shapes like in the video. We were a bit stuck because we didn't know how to make a circle. But we still enjoyed it. If you would like to see the video that we watched here is the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m924pEUiI2A. I hope that you enjoy watching this video just like we did.

Math Solving

In maths we had to create an DLO and solve the question. The question that we had to answer is if you saved 20 litres of water each day for a week. How many litres would have you saved?. This maths DLO that I have made shows you what the questions is and how I solved it. We were allowed to use any strategy that we wanted as long as the question can be answered. We also had to write on our DLO why we used the strategy and because we used it. 

Duffy Assembly

After morning tea in the hall we had Duffy Assembly. To start the duffy assembly we had to sing the duffy song read all about it. The visitors that we had at our school for the duffy assembly were Madison, Filipe, Kathrine, Bow, and Donna. Madison, Filipe, and Kathrine explained how reading helped them get to where they are now and how much fun it is to read books. Filipe, Kathrine, and Madison are also opera singers and they showed us a little performance on what they do as opera singers. After the little performance all three of them were asked to help hand out the duffy books. As soon as the book were handed out and Kathrine, Filipe, and Madison had sat down Mia asked Donna and Bow if they would like to say something so they told us about what they do at main freight. They also told us how books helped them in life at times and it was just really interesting to listen to what they had to say about books. When Donna and Bow sat down Mr Johnston said a few words and said thank you to the visitors for coming to our school and sharing there talents and thoughts of books with us. To finish the duffy assembly off we took a group photo and had to wait quietly for our teachers to take us back to class.

Kokako Lodge Diary

Today I have finally finished the last task for our camp. My Kokako Lodge diary is the last and final task that I have done and there will be no more DLO's about camp on my blog. I have used flip snack to make my diary and am really proud of my self because I learnt how to use flip snack all by myself. My diary explains what we did on the four days at camp. If you would like to have a look at the website flip snack here is the link: https://www.flipsnack.com/. I hope that you enjoyed my diary and I also hope that you have fun exploring flip snack.

Kokako Lodge Brochure

                           
 

These brochures I have made are part of the tasks that we have had to create for our camp tasks. I had to make two google drawings and fill them with information about Kokako Lodge. We had to make two google drawings for the inside and the outside of the brochure. The inside of my brochure is the DLO with the photo of our class Room LS2 at camp and the outside of my brochure is the drawing with the Kokako Lodge logo on it.

Kokako Bird Infographic

Another one of the camp tasks that we had to create was an infographic of the kokako bird. This DLO that I have made tells you the habitat of the bird, the appearance, and some facts. The pictures that are on my DLO are also attributed so you can have a look at the licences and sites they comes from. 

Picture Story

Since we got back from Kokako Lodge we have been doing camp DLO's every day for the past two weeks. One of the DLO's we had to create was a picture story. We had to find images that best described what we did, and needed to find photos from day one, day two, day three, and day four. I chose these photos because they show and describe what activities we did, how we did them and the fun we had.

Beef pie filling

Today at tech we made a beef pie filling. We just made the filling for the pie then we are going to make the pastry next Friday. I had to get 1 teaspoon of corn flour and get 200mL of hot water and mix it together. Then I had to get a beef stock cube and mix it with a different measuring cup and leave it there until it has desovled and add it to the soy sauce mixture. After that I helped ma'ata with the onions then we had to go get 1 table spoon of oil and put the pan with the onions. Once the onions started to cook I added the meat and mixed it all together. Then we had to mix the soy sauce mixture with the stock mixture and pour a little amount at a time into the pan.Then we had to star adding the cornflour mixture in the pan as well to make it thicken. Me, Ma'ata and Mrs Linda all had turns at mixing the onions and beef. Then we had to turn off our stoves and put the filling into a plastic container and take it to miss hecka. Then we had to clean our stations and go on to the bus back to school.

The Mysterious Walkway

I started feeling nervous. All I could see was the light from torches going on and off as we made our way along the gravel pathway that took us into the darkness.

As we crossed the bridge all I could hear was the sound of a waterfall rushing to the pool below. Everything around me smelt damp. My torch light showed the stairs in front of me. I grabbed the handrail and gripped it tight as other people's voices got louder and louder. Everyone sounded scared!

I started to see a light. As I walked closer I saw that the light was from our camp. The night walk was fun but I was happy to be back in the light until I saw the size of the cricket on the deck! I got a big fright when it flew onto my shirt. I quickly flicked it off.

Today we had to write a recount about an activity that we did a camp. I chose to write about the night walk. I have explained what I have heard, what I have seen, and what I could feel. For my plan I used the y chart and the TREE template.

Conserving Water

On Friday Sa Kae, Shakaia and I started this DLO. The question that we had too ask our self was, People living Auckland have been ask to conserve water but why. Our DLO Shows our learning and thinking about the question we were given. It took a little bit of time to figure out what we were going to write about but in the end we figured it in the end. I have always loved inquiry. So tell me how can people living in Auckland conserve water and how?

Bush Safety

 

Today we had to make a DLO on bush safety. This DLO is for our camp because next week we are going to kokako lodge for camp. This presentation shows 5 simple bush safety steps. In this activity I worked with Ma'ata. I hope you enjoy reading our presentation. 

Hunua Rangers

We have been getting ready for camp. In this DLO we had to find a map that shows Papakura, Hunua rangers, and our school. We had to label our house, the kokako lodge, the Papakura wave pools, and our school.

Quiche

Today at tech we made a quiche. In our quiche was onions, bacon, eggs, and cheese. I was working on the pastry while Ma'ata and Mrs Linda were doing the eggs, bacon, onions, and cream cheese. Ma'ata had to crack the 4 eggs into the medium bowl and mix it. Mrs Linda started cutting the onions and when Ma'ata finish doing the eggs she had to cut the bacon. For the pastry I had to measure 130 grams of flour and 60 gram of butter. Then I had to get 3 Tablespoons of water. Once I had all of that I had to mix the butter and flour with my hands to make it crumble. When it was all crumbly I had to add a little bit of water at a time to make it hard and doughy so I can roll it. Then I had to start folding the dough so that when I roll the dough it doesn't go crumbly again. When I was finished folding the dough I had to roll it into a circle shape. Then we had to put the pastry into a tin foil pan and start putting the onions and bacon in.First we had to put the onions in then the bacon. Once it was spread around the pastry we had to add the eggs and cream cheese mixture on top. Final step was to add the cheese and put it in the oven to bake. While it was baking we cleaned up and got ready to back to school. Once we got our quiches we went outside and hoped on the bus to school.

Omaru River

Our inquiry focus for today was the Omaru River. This river is located in East Auckland, Glen Innes. Zahra and I were talking about the positive side effect of the river and the negative side effects. To share our learning we made a DLO about the Omaru River. We added Images to back up our text. The blockage was caused by wet wiped flushed down the toilet. Blockages in the river can make the water stagnant and polluted.   

Why is my blog unique?

Why my blog is Unique?

I have a blog so I can show the world my reading, writing, maths, and inquiry digital learning. Our blogs show the world that we participate and work together as a group in our class LS2.

My blog is unique because it helps me to learn, create, and share. It helps me learn, by other people giving me feedback in the comments section. My blog  helps me to create by looking at my older posts and learning from them.

Through my blog I am able to share, by showing my blog posts with the world. On my blog I have 165 posts all in total. In 2014 I had 35 blog posts. In 2015 I had 19 blog posts and in 2016 I had 95 blog posts. My blog has 5,380 blog page views.

When I first got my blog I was in room 5 with Miss Thomas. The bad thing about our blogs is that you need internet to access it because it’s an online blog and the great thing about our blogs is that it shows the world what kind of work I do in class.

I think that my blog is special and unique because it shows who I am. The other best thing about our blogs is that it can’t get lost or be thrown away. I think that everyone should have a blog because it is like another easy hack to life.

Our blogs are special because it shows the world my digital learning. My blog shows the world that we participate and work together as a group in our class.

In writing we have been writing an explanation on why is my blog unique. This DLO shows why my blog is unique. I hope you enjoy reading it.

Feedback

For reading the R group had to do this feedback slide. We did Reciprocal Reading. Then we did this feedback slide.

Comparative and Superlative

In writing we have been learning about Comparatives and Superlatives. Mrs K made a list of adjectives and we had to write the comparatives and superlatives of the words on the list. Then we had to pick one of the comparatives and superlatives. When we finished choosing our comparatives and superlatives we had to find images for the comparatives and superlatives. The comparative and superlative I choose was fast, faster, and fastest.

Agent of change

My blurb for this DLO is on the last slide. In this activity I worked with Mishaan and Magenta.

Potato salad and chicken kebabs

Today at tech we made chicken kebabs and potato salad. We had to bring our own containers from home. We had to follow Mrs Heka's instructions to make the kebabs and potato salad. Mrs Heka said that we had to peel the potatoes and cut the green onions, then we had to put the potatoes in the pot with a egg so the egg can boil while the potato are cooking too. She then told us to cut the chicken in to blocks and then marinate it. Next we put the chicken on a stick and put it on the cooking tray as Mrs Heka puts the trays in the oven. After that we had to take the potatoes and the egg out of the pot and get the dressing for the potato salad. When we finished the potato salad we had to collect our chicken kebabs and put them in our container with the potato salad. The Final steps that we did was cleaning up, everyone had to pack up and get ready to go back to school. My partner for this week is Mia.

What is a river?

 

Today for inquiry we were learning about the features of a river. We were paired up and my partner was Zahra. We watched a video about a river and had to write a 25 sentences story about a river. We then made a google drawing. We had a picture of the Tamaki River, we had to identify and describe the picture.