Auckland War Museum | Home Learning

LI: To take a virtual tour around Aotearoa
For our home learning activities I worked collaboratively with two friends of mine, we are taking a virtual tour around NZ. The place I chose was the Auckland war museum. For the first activity we had to find facts about trenches and what life is like for a soldier living in the trenches. for our second activity we had to talk about one weapon that soldier used. and for our bonus activity we had to talk about what food the soldier ate.

Hobbiton Movie Set Tours | Home Learning

LI: To take a virtual tour around Aotearoa.
For this home learning activity we took a virtual tour around the Hobiton movie set. For this activity I worked as a trio with Sulia and Juel. The first activity was to create a menu using our smart searching skills and imagination to create a menu. For activity 2 we had to create a brochure to find out how mush for someone our age and our parents it is. For the bonus activty we had to make a biography of Peter Jackson.

Kawarau Bridge | Home Learning

L.I to take a virtual tour of Aotearoa.
As we are doing Home learning, we are exploring Aotearoa. Part of our Home learning is our Blogging Challenges. Blogging Challenges are places in aotearoa with activities of those places. The place that I had pick for today is Kawarau Bridge. Kawarau Bridge is a bridge that is located in Queenstown. YOu can do fun activities like bungee jumping. Me and Sulia worjed together to complete this activity. 

Kelly Tarltons | Home Learning

LI: to take a virtual tour of Aotearoa.
As we are doing Home Learning, We are taking a Vitural tour of Aotearoa. Part of our learning is Blogging Challenges. Blogging Challenges are places in NZ, With activities about those places. The place that I have chosen was Kelly Tarltons. Kelly Tarltons is a small Aquarium located in Orakei, Auckland. Me and Sulia worked together to complete this activity. Check out the Kelly Tarltons site to find out more.

Skyline | Home Learning

LI: to take a virtual tour of Aotearoa.
For this activity I took a virtual tour of Queenstown Skyline. The Skyline is a an amusement park in Aotearoa. For activity 1 I talk edabout why you wear a helmet on the luge and the outcome if you don't where one. If you do not where a helmet, you are causing high risks of damage to yourslef. For activity 2 I found the prices of all the activities at skyline which were, the luge, gondola, and bike ride. For the bonus activity I found the distance between Auckland and Rotorua and the transportation. Rotorua is 225.39km away from Auckland.

Sky Tower | Home learning

LI: to take a virtual tour of Aotearoa For one of the activities we took a virtual tour of the Sky Tower. We did three activities for the Sky Tower activity. The first activity we searched up five interesting facts about the Skytower and we had to make a DLO about it. For the second activity we had to make a new mascot for the Sky Tower and we had to explain why we did that mascot. For the last activity, which was the bonus activity we had to pick one of the activities from the Sky Tower and say why we would do that activity. Me and Chris worked to together to complete these activities.

Fitness Challenge | Home Learning

LI: To keep fit during the 4 week holiday. 

Today I have made a sister edition fitness challenge. For this challenge I had to spell my name out and each letter has its own workout. I created a video featuring my sisters. We had done a work out each. This was a really fun activity!

Auckland Harbour Bridge | Home Learning

LI: To take a virtual tour of Aotearoa.

Today I have completed one of the home learning activties. This activity was based on the Auckland Harbour Bridge. I have created 3 DLOs talking about the Auckland Harbour Bridge. For these 3 activities I have compared and contrasted and also used my smart researching skills. With the help of wikipedia and google I have found some interesting information and facts.

Home Learning | Rainbows End

L.I to take a virtual tour of Aotearoa.
As we are doing Home Learning, One of the parts were Blogging Challenges. We were asked to pick at leat one place to study about. On each place we picked, their were links to a slide which showed the activities we werre asked to answer. Sulia and I had collaborated together to complete this challenge. We had both done Rainbows End. Here is the slide that we have created.

Aretha Franklin | Respect

LI: To search up the meaning of Aretha Franklins songs RESPECT.

For this task I have searched and found the meaning of the song RESPECT from aretha franklin. information from - Songs, Meanings and Facts
Meaning:

Franklin’s version of “Respect” is about a young, confident, independent woman telling her man that she does everything he wants from her and doesn’t see any reason why he disrespects her. According to her, all she demands from him is nothing short of “respect”.  Aretha’s version went on to become one of the most famous female empowerment anthems of all time.
Read more at: https://www.songmeaningsandfacts.com/meaning-of-respect-by-aretha-franklin/

My Perspective - My pov about the song is that Aretha Franklin is standing up for the rights of women/girls who are getting the disrespect from males. She is saying that all she wants is respect and thats it.

Explorers and Adventurers

LI: To sort out whether someone is an explorer or adventurer.

For this activity we had a group of people we had to sort out wheter they were explorers of adventurers. Using our smart researching skills we found that some people are explorers and adventurers. For e.g Moana is an adventurer but also an explorer. With this activity we worked by ourselves, we found people that we didnt know and knew already on the DLO.

Kiwi Can | Role Model

LI: To learn how to become a role model. 

This week for Kiwi can we were learning about how to be a role model. Last week for Kiwi Can we talked about listening. We learnt about people who were role models and why they are role models. Some role models in people slives are their parents, siblings, and other people. A role model is someone who is a good example to others and inspires people to do things with more confidence. For our enigiser we were doing a game called hammer, we worked as pairs. For our activity we played was called picture it, we worked with groups of 6-7. 

Polynesian Navigators | Past and Present

LI: To find out what gourds are used for.

This week for inquiry we are learning about Polynesian navigators. And find out what Polynesian navigators use gourds for. Gourds are a type of pumpkin and are fond in the US or mexico, Polynesian navigators used them to store rain water, they hollowed out the the gourd and they washed it, when they went on long voyages they would usually use a gourd to collect rain water and to keep it a cool they keep it in a wooden cage and dragged it around with them when the voyaged. To keep the gourd closed the cut of the top and used a string to keep it closed.

in the present day people use gourds for jewelry, Furniture, dishes, utensils, and decoration. People cut out a piece of the gourd and shape it then the they carve designs into the gourd and they then fill it in with something that is colorful and attach it to a string to create a necklace.

And we used our smart searching skills to find all the information we know now about gourds. we used key words or phrases to help find this information and we also used select or reject we had to choose the most important information to get a better under standing of the learning.

Should we become a cashless society?

LI: To consider both sides of a provocation.

What is a provocation? - a provocation is an action or speech that triggers a strong feeling about a topic.

This week for writing in pairs or groups of 3 we have created a DLO showing the good and bad things about becoming a cashless society. Using our smart researching skills we found the good and bad things of becoming a cashless society. Using News hub we found out some places that only pay using card. Becoming a cashless society means only paying using techology and credit cards.

Maths Questions | Adding Decimals

LI: solve addition problems with tenths by changing one number into a whole number

This week for Maths we created two DLOs showing how we solved two team challenges that involved adding decimals. Using the most effective strategy we found the answer. The most  effective strategies were written algorithmn and place value. In this session we were learning rounding and compensating. The two questions we tried to solve were:
 5.75 + 2.0 = 7.75 x 12 = ?
218.99 + 109.85 = ?

Kiwi Can | Confidence

For Kiwican we were talking about Leadership. We were talking about what leaders needed to overcome, and what is a confident leader. They need to overcome fear, embarrassment, anxiety, emotions and the negative outcomes of possibilities. Leaders also need to be brave and take risks. We also shared our personal leaders in our lives, like our parents, or even someone famous. Leadership means being responsible, being confident, and patient. A confident leader inspires people to do their best, and is a role model. Kiwi Can really made us think about all the leaders in our life and around the world.

Maths Question | Challenge

LI: to figure out our maths equations.
For our Maths task we made a DLO (Digital Learning Objects) on one of our team challenge questions. On this DLO (Digital Learning Objects) we showed the equation we were trying to figure out, the strategy we used to figure out the equation, and answered the questions on the equation. This question was about figuring out the ages of the three men, who were Andrew, Brad, and Charles.

Places named by explorers | Inquiry

This week we have created google maps charting out the places that Abel Tasman, Kupe, and James Cook was named by or named after. We also had to find out the meanings and how and why they were named that. We completed this is pairs, my partner was Ong. We used our smart reasearching skills to find some places named after the 3 explorers. Abel Tasman, James Cook, and Kupe were the founders of New Zealand. Kupe found New Zealand first, then Abel Tasman, and then James Cook. They all found NZ  by accident.

Shared Wordbank

LI: to learn new sets of vocabulary
This week in Reading one of our activities we did was a Shared Wordbank. A Shared Wordbank is an activity that helps us grow our vocabulary and have a better understanding of the word. We read a book called Charting our Islands, while reading it as a group. When we finished reading a page we shared words we didn’t understand. On our shared wordbank, we added the words we didn't understand or know the meaning of, we included synonyms, word families and a clear definition.

Past and Present | Kupe and James Cook

This week in Reading, we got into our reading groups and collaboratively to complete the activities relating to Captain Cook and Kupe's’ voyage. For one of these tasks, we created a past and present DLO which explained the problems and differences between, the transportation from decades ago to now. We also did reciprocal reading and made a summary. Each person had a job to do, Vocab Clarifier, Questioners, Summarize, Predictor and the leader. 

PBS Care Awards | Respect

LI: To create a presentation on a respected leader.

This week I have completed a respect task for my care awards. I am planning on getting my respect badge. For this activity I created a presentation about Malala Yousafzai. Malala Yousafzai is a 22 year old girl who stands up for rights of females. The most thing she is known by is her protest about female education. She thought that every girl should have the right to learn and have a education.

PBS Care Awards | Confidence

LI: Create a DLO about being Cybersmart.

This week I have finished a confidence task. I had to create a DLO about being cybersmart. I have showed 3 examples about it and gave a tip as an extra information. In this DLO the examples I chose were going on sites that are secure, using labelled for reuse images, and atributing them.