Where Am I

For the past couple of weeks Learning Space 2 have been working on a challenge called Where Am I? For this challenge we were to find the locations and facts about places, buildings and etc. This may sound easy, but It's not. Our challenge was to use our smart searching skills to find mysterious locations. What I mean by this is that the places we were given was given to us without the names. To solve this issue, I used an website called google images. For this task I worked with Jack.

Recipe For Pavlova

This week Learning Space 2 have started doing a new task. This task is called The City Sails. This task for pretty easy to do, because we weren't told to do a certain activity rather we were given the opportunity to choose an activity out many and work on that. Our goal is to complete and blog at least 5 activities and publish them on our blogs.

This is my fourth challenge. This challenge in about finding a recipe for a delicious food called Pavlova.  

Labelling The Coat Of Arms NZ

This week Learning Space 2 have started doing a new task. This task is called The City Sails. This task for pretty easy to do, because we weren't told to do a certain activity rather we were given the opportunity to choose an activity out many and work on that. Our goal is to complete and blog at least 5 activities and publish them on our blogs.

This is my third activity. For this task, my I was to label, what each image in the New Zealand coat of arms. For some images I've written a small description on what it represents and for the rest I've put in one to two word labelling.

TinkerCad | Use tinkercad to build a model of an Auckland landmark

This week Learning Space 2 have started doing a new task. This task is called The City Sails. This task for pretty easy to do, because we weren't told to do a certain activity rather we were given the opportunity to choose an activity out many and work on that. Our goal is to complete and blog at least 5 activities and publish them on our blogs.

This is the second activity I've completed. For this activity I were construct an Auckland Landmark using this website called TinkerCad.

Auckland | Collage

This week Learning Space 2 have started doing a new task. This task is called The City Sails. This task for pretty easy to do, because we weren't told to do a certain activity rather we were given the opportunity to choose an activity out many and work on that. Our goal is to complete and blog at least 5 activities and publish them on our blogs.

This is the first activity I have completed. For this activity I were to pick, New Zealand landmarks and make a collage.

Victorian Ere | Steampunk Art

For the past couple of days, Learning Space two were learning about Victorian Era, or Victorian Britain. Victorian time was when Queen Victorian was in her position in England. Our first activity was to choose one of the task from Victorian time. We choose what toys children play with during that time. For this task I worked with Aung Naing. First to start of we went to multiple websites and used our smart searching skills to find information about our topic. After that we were to collect the information and make a google presentation or google drawing to show our work. When we were finished with our presentation we were to teach Mrs Anderson, what we learnt.
The follow task was about steam punk art. For this task we were to understand what steam punk is and how it works. I know that steampunk art is a mixture between antique machinery and things from the present. After we've learnt about steampunk we were to draw an steampunk art using paper and pen. After that we were to trace our drawn image onto our devices and make an DLO about it.

Athletics Day

Today P.B.S partook in an special event that only happens once a year. This event is Athletics Day. To start of the day, like usual Learning Space Two went to Tech. Although, we came back early this time. When we got back, from Tech, we immediately went to have our morning tea. After morning tea, we were split into our colour groups, we went into our first activity. In my group there was Jack, Jonathan, Nickaela, Joel and Te Pounamu. In our first activity we were throw a Frisbee into a basket ball hoop. The following activity was, rob the nest. Next activity was long jump. Long jump was pretty difficult for me, but I managed to jump the second furthest in my group, and Jack jumped the furthest, making our team come first for this activity. After long jump, we did a challenge where we have to hop our way to a basket using a sack and take a sponge and maneuver though obstacles and dip the sponge in a bucket and take the sponge back and squeeze the sponge into our bucket. The team with the most water in their bucket wins that activity. After this we did an activity where we have to throw a ball, using the shot put technique. After shot put, we played something like a ring toss. But in for this we used hula hoops. Our second to last activity was surf live savers, and our last activity was egg and spoon.
Then we had our lunch. After lunch we watch the 1 - 8 race to see who came first.

Statistic | Reading Progress

For the past two years I have been taught by Ms Kirkpatrick and Mrs Anderson. They are both great teachers and to help us broaden our knowledge they provide us websites such as read theory. While I have been in Learning Space Two I have been practising my reading by using Read Theory. Today the class have gathered information from our Read Theory accounts to create a statistical graph that shows our improvement between last year and this year. 

Teaching Students In Tamaki College

Today Jack, Alex and I went to Tamaki College to explain/teach, how to illustrate using google drawing. It was a loud journey to get to Tamaki College because it was raining and in the middle of our journey the rain increased by 50%. Finally, when we reached our destination the rain had decreased and we all hoped Mrs Anderson's car and jogged our way to the office. Then we were guided to the class we taught in. When we walked in the door, we thought there was going to be lots of students, but there were only seven students. After a while, the teacher of that classroom, gave us access to their projector and we started our presentation.

Wolves By Emily Gravett

Today as part of Book Week Mrs Anderson has set another Book Week task for us. First we read one of Emily Gravett's books called Wolves. Everyone enjoyed the book and had a laugh. After reading the book we were to make a DLO based on wolves. We were to make a table: One side which had what we think about wolves and the other side saying what is true about wolves. For example if the myth was Wolves and dogs are related we were to search up if it was true or not and tell why. I really had a fun time doing this. I worked collaboratively with Ofa. 

Armistice Day | Personal Research Challenge Pt 4 | Main Disease

For my fourth personal research challenge Ofa, Miki, Carl, and I worked on a collaborative DLO based on the main disease that happened in WW1. Did you know that the main disease in World War 1 was Trench Foot is a medical condition affecting a person's foot in which the top layer of the skin becomes black and dies which is caused by the wet conditions. Sanujan, Miki, Carl, and I have worked collaboratively together to finish the DLO. 

Tech

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Today at tech, I've dyed and carved 4 colours and waiting to dye my last colour, which is red. It was a pretty difficult process, because at first, we were to dye. It may sound simple but trust me it's not. We need to be able to know, what dye to combine to make a certain colour. For example we have blue. But we need light blue. So what we do is add white to it. After we've dyed wooden block, we were to place it exactly over our A4 paper with the other dyes printed on them and place is carefully on a machine which would squish the wooden block and the A4 paper together so that the dye would stick on the A4 paper. 

How Were Soldier Punished For Not Following Their Orders?

Today for our Personal Research Challenge LS2 was given a task which was to create a question chart about World War 1. Fraidoon (partner) and I have questions such as: How long did soldiers train for?, what kind of food did they?, how many soldiers died from firing squads? etc. The question Fraidoon and I researched more about was: How were soldiers punished for not following their orders? Fraidoon and I have learnt that if soldiers were drunk on post their punishment could be death but it can be tied to a rope for 2 hours. Did you know that soldiers were also sent to court and if they were found guilty for breaking one of the rules they were shot. Being killed and tied by rope wasn't the only punishment. Soldier were also put on cleaning duties meaning they were to clean the dishes and also the toilets which was worse than cleaning the dishes. 

What Kind Of Food Did Soldiers Eat During WW1?

Today for our Personal Research Challenge LS2 was given a task which was to create a question chart about World War 1. What we were to do is write down a variety of questions that we want to know about WW1 on a piece of paper. After that we were to chose one best question and were to research about it. We've completed our first question and this blog post is about our second question. What Kind Of Food Did Soldiers Eat During WW1? We found out that soldiers eat egg biscuits, bully beef (Also known as Corned Beef) and more. I worked with Ofa, Renier and Fraidoon.

Why Were The United States Involved In World War 1

Since Armistice Day has just passed, Mrs Anderson, gave Learning Space 2 an interesting task. What we were to do, was write down questions we would want to find out about WW1. We had a series of questions. For this task I with Reneir.

Our Questions Are

What did the soldiers eat during World War 1?

Are their food safe to eat?

Why did they choose Flanders Field?

Who cooked their food?

Why did the war end at 11:11 of the 11th day of the 11th month?

How long do they train for?

Why was New Zealand part of the Allies?

Why Were The United States Involved In World War 1

Once we've chose the best question. We were to created a DLO and put in the answers we received from researching on it. 

Unity | LEST WE FORGET

 

Mrs Anderson asked the class to create a google drawing that included the Armistice theme. The poster above is a visual representation of the unity between the British and the United States of America. This is why their is a crown (U.K.) and a man with a hat with stars (U.S.A.). During the war America and England were very close and both fought side by side. In the background there is a soldier paying his respect to the fallen soldiers of New Zealand (Reason for the silver fern). I did this to incorporate our nations fallen heroes.

Fiction Or Non - Fiction

 

 This week it is Book Week. To start of Book week were to create a DLO that showed the books we read in our pasts. Then we were asked to choose one of the many challenges we were given. Our first challenge was to make a poster that tells Juniors, how to take care of their books. Now, we've decided to make a DLO (Digital Learning Object) about the difference between Fiction and Non-Fiction.

How To Look After Your Book

Today, we have completed our second challenge for Book Week. Sanujan, Reneir and I created this DLO showing you how to take care of your book. It is important to take care of your books because other than teachers, books also educate us.  We have worked collaboratively to completing this poster to show Juniors how to take care of their books. 

Book Week Challenge

This week is book week for Panmure Bridge School. This week we are doing a few challenges based on the books that we have read in our past. For today's challenge, we were to go to the past, and create a DLO that showed our favourite books as a kid. Ageing from when we started school, to our favourite book now. This activity was pretty easy, since I started reading at the age of 7. Still it got hard from time to time to remember which books we read as a kid. In the end, it was fun to remember what we used to like as a kid, and comparing those stories to what we like now. I really enjoyed reading Geronimo Stilton, The Stinky Cheese Vacation. I enjoyed it because of the location, and characters. In this story the two main characters are Geronimo Stilton and his Uncle Stingysnout. This story takes place in a Castle. 

Armistice Day Commemoration

It has almost been one hundred years, since the beginning of Armistice. On Sunday at 11 o'clock November, it will be exactly 100 years. Since the 100th year of Armistice is during the weekends, we commemorated Armistice Day, today. The school has replaced our normal school assembly with Armistice Day Commemoration. Ofa, one of our Manaiakalani Leaders, said the Karakia to start the commemoration. Following him, Mr Johnston (Our School Principle), said his speech. During that time we were joined by a representative from the New Zealand Defence Force, and two people from the Board Of Trustees. After that Tiava and Jeremiah (Head Students) recited the Ode of remembrance both in English and in Maori. We then listened to the Last Post, while the New Zealand flag was being lowered, after that Flag was lowered. It was then raised, when was Reveille playing. To remember this event poppies with the signature of the students will be placed on the fence in our school. To finish of the Commemoration, we sang the New Zealand National Anthem. 'WE WILL REMEMBER THEM, WE WILL REMEMBER, LEST WE FORGET'.

Armistice Day

On the 11th of November at 11:00am all the countries who fought in World War 1 signed a treaty which would eventually bring WW1 to an end. The soldiers were delighted to hear the news and the people who live in the allied nations celebrated by doing many things like marching. Families were happy to get confirmation that they will not lose any of their loved ones. The Armistice was signed in a secluded area in Compiègne, France. WW1 was a deadly conflict resulting in 16 million deaths. Due to the many lives lost many were not identified. To commemorate the unidentified fallen soldiers there are Unknown Warrior tombs around the world which people can go to and show respect. It has nearly been 100 years since the end of World War 1. To mark the special occasion, the New Zealand Reserve bank brought out a 50 cent coin which has details that represents World War 1. For this activity I have worked with Jeremiah.   

Teaching Joseph Algebra | Attitude | Gold C.A.R.E Award

Last year I managed to get all of my Sliver C.A.R.E Awards completed, and this year I'm focusing on getting all of my Gold C.A.R.E completed by the end of this year. This blog post is about the last task I completed. This task is about tutoring someone who needs help with their learning. For this task I decided to teach Joseph, Multiplication Algebraic Equations. I gave him two equations to solve. Joseph was very keen to learn something new.

Panmure Bridge | Manaiakalani Film Festival

Our movie captures our learning journey last term about the structure and construction of bridges. This was a very exciting term for us as we were a part of a research study carried out by the Augmented Human Lab at Auckland University. This meant that not only did we access our learning through our smart searching, we also had the opportunity to see our learning in context through the augmented reality (AR) lens with an expedition created solely for us. Along the way we discovered that back in 2009 Mr Johnston and a group of students had created a movie that told the story of Panmure's first bridge. Inspired by this, we created our updated homage to their movie and our learning.

Task Created With Teacher | Helping Juniors | C.A.R.E awards

Unfortunately we do not have an image of myself, since I was also the person who took photos. 

Throughout the year, 8 students including myself were picked to go to the Junior sections, to help the juniors with their Reading, Maths, and blogging skills, but on our first day we only focused on helping the juniors read their books and with their maths. My job was to bounce between classes and help both juniors and seniors out.( If they needed help) It was really interesting to see how the juniors were very interactive with their learning. Throughout our session we got the chance to see what they do on their iPads. On their iPads we went on their maths site and tried to solve out maths equations they received. We also went on Sunshine Classics. (a digital program for reading)

Collaborative Comprehension | The Battle Of The Somme

This week, we did something really different. What we did was collaborative comprehension. This means we collaborate and work as a team to complete our set task. However the only difference was, we didn't work in groups. Rather we worked in pairs. Since this task was in reading, we were to choose a person from Ms Kirkpatrick's group to be our partner. After we got into our pairs, we started on our task. Our task was to infer a story called The Battle Of The Somme. After we read the context we were to answer many varieties of questions that link to this context. This task links to Mrs Anderson's Inquiry sessions. They inquiry sessions were about Peace. For this task I worked collaboratively with Angela.

Community Service Rubbish Clean Up

Today the Panmure Bridge School, leaders partook in an special event, whom involve three different school. This event was held in the 24 Wednesday 2018, at roughly 9:30. We did this to help our community. What we were to do was clean up as much rubbish as we could along our way to Point England reserve. We were accompanied and supervised by Miss Page (Kiwi Can Tutor) and Jordan (SWIS Worker). Like I said, we weren't the only ones picking up rubbish. Glenn Taylor, Tamaki Primary, and Glen Brae were also part of this. This was a great opportunity for us to make our community clean and rubbish free. In our journey we found that Dunkirk park had the most rubbish. We found lots of alcohol bottles, cans, and fizzy cans. It is really sad to see so much rubbish. Even our plastic bags were filled.

Tech - Art - Mrs Telefoni

Today at tech, most of the students in Mrs Telefoni's Art group are up to drawing, colouring and carving on their wooden block. I am really pleased with myself since, I've completed all of the following steps, I even finished dying my first colour, which is yellow. I am currently doing my second dye. I am censored about one thing, which is waiting for the dye to dry. Hopefully I finished dying my block using all of the appropriate dyes next week.

Maths | Circumference, Radius, Diameter, Pi

 Today for maths, we were learning to find the Radius, Diameter, Circumference and Pi of a Circle. To start of our maths session, Ms Kirkpatrick's maths group, watch a short clip about our topic. Once we've finished watching the clip, we were to completed a series of equations. After that we were to create a DLO, which explains how we solved, three questions, we got in the series. For this task I work collaboratively with Jack and Julian.

Tech Reflection Term 4 Week 1

Today we had our first session of art tech. Most people in Mrs Telefoni's art groups, were up to drawing on their wooden block, however some students are still drawing and colouring on the A4 paper. I am really proud of myself because I am the only student who is up to dying our carved wooden block. Which means, I've finished drawing on A4 paper, coloured it, drawn my image on a wooden block, coloured the wooden block using the same colour used on the A4 paper, carved and up to dying it with dye.

Kiwi Can - Reflection - Term 4 - Week 1

Yesterday we had our first Kiwi Can session for term 4. Our theme this term is Respect. Firstly we talked about Respect for our school.

What Does Respect Mean And How I Can Show It
Respect it a powerful word. It can be shown anywhere,
and anyway.

"I speak to everyone in the same way, whether he is the garbage man or the president of the university." -                                                                                                         - Quote By Albert Einstein
I can show respect by...

• Keeping our environment clean
• Listening careful my teachers' instructions.
• Putting recyclable items in the recycling bin 

 and more.

What Are Our Rules.

At Panmure Bridge School, we have numerous amount of rules.

These are some of our rules.

• Being friendly to each other
• Staying on task at all time
• Do not speak back to the teacher or any person in a nude manner.
• Do not leave the school ground before 3 o'clock and after 9 o'clock

Why Do We Have Rule.

We have these rules to keep us safe, and these rules change who we were to who we will be in the future in a positive way.

Now lets get back to what we did in Kiwi Can.

After we've finished talking about respect, we went onto our energiser, our Kiwi Can tutors asked us to spilt into two groups. We did this because our Kiwi Can teachers wanted us to debate about two topics they gave us. Our first topic was 'Why We Should Allow Fizzy Drinks At Our School and Why We Shouldn't Allow Fizzy Drinks At Our School?.' We were to debate about Why We Should Have Fizzy Drinks At Our School. Everyone spoke well and confidently, unfortunately our opposing team, managed to persuade and our next topic was 'Why We Should Have Rules and Why We Shouldn't.' Our opposing team we lucky to get easy topic, and we got 'Why We Shouldn't Have Rules.' I personally think we should have rules. However we took this sportively and managed to come up with a few reasons why we shouldn't have rules, even though we knew they are false. Everyone spoke well and with confident. Luckily we managed win, this debation, I am really proud of myself because, somehow my team won because of the point I gave, which was. "Rules have a value when it being followed, but if no one follows it, it's just a word, and it has no value to it.

That Was Winter | Whangarei Falls

For writing this week, Ms Kirkpatrick's writing groups were focusing on, poetry. Firstly we read, a poem called That Was Winter. After that we were to look for three important elements which were the language features, Interesting Vocabulary and the verbs. I managed to find lots of verbs, for example running. After that we were to think of some things we did during winter, and make our own poem about it. When we've finished our poem we were illustrate one of the things we did during the winter. As you can see I've illustrated a Waterfall.

New Zealand Shakeout.

Today at approximately 9:30, an alarm went off. The reason it went off is because today is New Zealand Shakeout day. A Shakeout day happens once every year, this year it was on the 18th of November at 9:30. This event is a reminder for people who forgot or don’t know what to do during an earthquake. What we learnt from this is, during an earthquake we have to drop, cover, and hold. Which means, drop down, crawl under something that will protect you, for example table, and hold on to any object that will prevent you from moving. After the drill has finished, we were asked to created an DLO, (Digital Learning Object) telling our audience what to do during an earthquake.

Maths - Rounding Decimals Soccer Game

This week for maths we Ms Kirkpatrick's maths group did a Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication and Division test. In this test we were given decimal equations to solve. There was rough 8 question on each topic. I got two mistakes because I read the question wrong. However I went back and rewrote the questions and managed to get them all correct. After we've completed the test, we were to go on a game called Round Decimals Soccer Game. In this game our task was to round the numbers we were give to the rarest whole number.