Bedmas [ T4W9 ]

Walt: work collaboratively as a team

Task Description:
This week we focused on bedmas. Our task was to complete all questions from left to right and from all slides. Each slide had different questions and we had do it in order to get the correct answer. One thing I have learnt from this weeks work it how to solve and understand exponents.

To be done:
Bedmas challenge 4 and Bedmas challenge.

Exponents!

Walt: work collaboratively as a team.

Task Description:
This week we focused on exponents and bedmas. Our task was to complete all the slides which where full of exponents so we could understand and know how exponents work. 

Ratios And Proportions! [ T4W8 ]

Walt: Solve ratio and proportion word problems.

Task Description:
This week we focused on ratios and proportions. Here we had to complete multiple questions based around both ratios and proportions. In this slide I haven't completed all questions as I did run out of time and they were hard. 50% of these questions were difficult and were quite a challenge so I skipped it.

MeMe and Me!

Walt: evaluate the writer's purpose. 

Task Description:
This week we focused on a book called MeMe and Me. This book was based on a girl have a alter-ego and basically taking over her. Our task was to answer a set of questions and rewrite the ending part of this story.

Narrative Writing [ T4W5 ]

Walt: Create a narrative (based on an image)

Task Description:
This week we focused on creating a narrative based on one image. My image showed multiple swimming out at sea. My narrative was based on a orphanage and them going out for a swim.  

Word Problems [T4W5]

Walt: Find more than one way of solving different word problems.

Task Description:
This week we focused on solving word problems. In this presentation we got given multiple word problems to solve. The second step of doing our work I didn't get the opportunity to finish as it's the last day for the week. This week I enjoyed solving different problems.

Probability [ T4W4 ]

Walt: Work out the probability that something will happen

Disclaimer:
This is week four math's work.
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Task Description:
Here we focused on probability. Probability is involved in percentages, fractions, and also big math's words. As for this presentation we got a few statements and our job was to figure out the probability of what will happen. I included the percentage and fractions. Enjoy!

Narrative * T4W4 *

Walt: Create a narrative

Task Description:
This week we focused on creating a narrative within six sentences. These six sentences we had to describe the characters and their problems. I enjoyed this weeks writing as I got to write about different narratives. Enjoy!

Genomics * Explaning *

Walt: To something to present what DNA is. 

Task Description:
This week for genomics we got to look more at DNA and all. We focused mostly on DNA and the chemicals that form DNA. One task we had to do was understand a video we were given then show our learning which is what I did here! 

Museum Trip 2019!

On the first of November Pt England School team five got the opportunity to visit the Auckland Museum with KMPG! This day was extremely exciting as we got to view different sculptures.

This day started with an exciting trip too on a school bus to Auckland Museum. Once we got there we meet all helpers. Not to long after all the house rules were set we got put into our Museum groups with a helper from KMPG.

During this day we visited all floors of the Museum and looked at different sculptures that were throughout the whole Museum. One of the highlights from this day was getting to see the bones/skeletons of extinct animals! I find bones and skeletons very amazing as there are many reasons behind it.

Also, here and there throughout out this day we got to have a fun play time and eat cupcakes/muffins with students from Pt England School and helpers from KPMG!

On behalf of most people who attend this fun Museum day I would like to say thank you KMPG for taking a bunch of students to the Auckland Museum for an exciting day. Also, thank you for many of you helpers for helping us kids stay safe and mostly have fun!

Springers [ W3T4 ]

Walt: Analyse the 'point of view' of text and its impact on the reader

Disclaimer:
This is lasts week work!
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Task Description:
For this task we focused on a book called springers. This book was based on a young girl, a dad, and a grandmother who is old. Our task was to understand the story and then complete a set of questions that our teacher gave us. After we completed the set of questions we got to act out some part of a scene in the book! This task was quite fun and challenging! 

World Problems [ W3T2 ]

Walt: Use different strategies to solve a mixture of word problems.

Disclaimer:
This is last weeks work!
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Task Description:
For this task we focused on word problems. These word problems were easy mostly easy to solve. In this presentation we got given multiple world problems to solve and we had to provide our working.

Genomics Fun Day!

Genomics Fun Day!

Today team 5 got the opportunity to do genomics fun day with Glen Innes and Glen Brae School. You may wonder what we did! Continue reading to find out more!

The day started with a welcoming ceremony and both Karakia and Mahi was presented by Skye and Viliami. After we welcomed both Glen Innes and Glen Brae we all separated into groups of 6,7, or 8. My group was called “ Dynamites “ who had seven members. Skye, Calais, Rosie, Leilani, Miah, Lilo, and Candice. 

As a group during this day we got to complete different challenges and win a bunch of prizes! All challenges were quite hard to complete as genomics isn’t the easiest subject to take. One challenge we had to complete multiple questions that were given to us on a piece of paper. Now this challenge I wasn’t quite involved in as the answers to those questions were hard to find as my brain wasn’t functioning.

After all challenges we got to win different prizes! Our team the dynamites got top prizes as we completed the questions first with the most points.

Overall this genomics fun day was quite surprising! Thank you to all the teachers who organized this genomics day, everything was planned so well and everything turned out fun and exciting!

Mixture Of Word Problems!

Walt: Use different strategies to solve a mixture of world problems.

Task Description:
This week we focused on different strategies problems. Our teacher gave us a set of questions that are at different levels and our task was to complete them all. Each slide that was full of problems where quite easy but some where difficult.

K-pop!

This week for our Inquiry we got the opportunity to learn and understand k-pop. Mrs Stone taught room 5 how to learn k-pop and what trainees do before becoming a professional k-pop star.

Mrs Stone presented us a video of the trainees and what they go through. As a trainee they starve, they have to be a specific weight, and they can’t eat too much or too less.

Once we understood the k-pop industry we got to learn a k-pop dance ourselves. In a group of five we learned ddu-du-du-du by Blackpink. The practice part of the dance was extremely fun because we went through so much decisions. Once we learned a k-pop dance we got to perform to a bunch of girls.

One highlight from k-pop class was learning to dance a different way in front of girls.

What Makes An Effective Leader?

Walt: Identify and use features of explanation writing.

Disclaimer:
* This is last weeks work * - W1T4
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Task Description:
This week we focused on explanation writing. This piece of writing was based on what makes an effective leader? Our tasks was to list three reasons why and give an example. Once our planing was done and complete we had to write a introduction,, three paragraphs, and the conclusion.

Mixture Of Problems 1!

Walt: Use different strategies to solve a mixture of word problems.

Task Description:
This week we got given a mixture of problems. Our tasks was to complete a set of problems that we got given. On the each slide of maths problems I had to identify what operation to use to solve the problem I was given, and by doing this it helped me work more problems out faster. 

Science/Genomics: Cheek DNA Test!

Science: Cheek DNA Test 

This afternoon we got the opportunity to do a cheek dna test. You may wonder what this may be? Well we got to scrape the inside of our mouths and see what they look like under neath a microscope. 

Our very first task was to scrape the inside of our mouths with a Popsicle stick. With those scrapings from our mouths we placed that onto a slide that has Sodium Chloride INJ BP, we also had to share that one slide with a buddy. After that we had to wait a while for it all to dry so we could see the scrapings from inside of our mouths clearly. Once that time went passed we got the opportunity to see the insides of our mouths underneath a microscope.  

Underneath a microscope I could see purple bits which is properly from the scrapings from the inside of our mouths. 

Overall the check DNA test was a fun experience. Getting the chance to see the insides of our mouths underneath a microscope was a very fun opportunity. 

Te Reo Maori Should Be Compulsory In New Zealand Schools?

Te Reo Maori Should Be Compulsory In New Zealand Schools?

• It’s New Zealand native language,
• Learning Maori can help with understanding multiple languages.
• Can increase career opportunities.

Should Te Reo Maori be compulsory in New Zealand schools? Yes, I absolutely agree with this questions! But why? Maori language is the original language that was born here in New Zealand, it can help with understanding and learning more languages to speak to others, and it can increase career opportunities! And here are the reasons why.

New Zealand, home town to all Te Reo Maori language. So shouldn’t the kids of Aotearoa speak this Maori language? Absolutely! It can teach younger children history or the native language that is used throughout New Zealand and was used every since the very first people set foot on this country. Te Reo Maori can also be beneficial for students in multiple schools and can increase the population for Maori people.

Te Reo Maori is a simple language that is easy to understand and learn, it’s also similar to other languages. As learning Maori it can help you learn and understand other languages without a big hustle. You would also have the ability to understand Maori and you can teach others this language as well. Students can learn about the relationships between different words and structures. 

Maori language can increase many career opportunities. Having the ability to understand and speak Te Reo Maori you can get more opportunities and options for jobs. And many jobs want staff who can understand Te Reo Maori so it can help towards communication with customers.

So maybe the Maori language should be taught in schools! Maybe it should become compulsory for many students to understand and speak!

Plant Cells!

Walt: To create a poster about plant cells.

Task Description:
This week we focused on plant cells and what are inside them. Once we understood about plant cells we collected all information we knew onto a doc to remember them notes for later. Once we collected all notes we created a poster having three facts each about these plants cells. And here is our poster! Hopefully you enjoy and understand plant cells.

Closer Look: Here!

Term 2 & 3 Highlights!

Meet The Kakapo!

Walt: evaluate information in a text.

Task Description:
This week we focused on Kakapo. Our tasks was to understand the reading we got given this and fill in a set of a questions our teacher provided for us. After we understood and answered all questions we got to create a information poster about the kakapo. 

Should Students Wear School Uniform?

Walt: support an opinion with relevant evidence.

Task Description:
This week we focused on supporting opinions with relevant or convincing evidence to prove our readers that if or if not school uniforms should be worn. My evidence would hopefully prove to people that wearing school uniforms is unnecessary.

Meet The Kakapo!

Walt: evaluate information in a text

Task Description:
This week focused on Kakapo. Kakapo are very special in New Zealand as their really rare. One of our tasks we had to follow to complete this weeks task was to make a information web based on Kakapo. I choose four categories to write about. Protection, What's on the menu, growing up, and habitat. Both growing up and what's on the menu are all similar subjects all based on food and feeding. Hopefully this information web can give you enough information to inform you about how these birds live. 

Closer Look: Link Here!

Cross Country!

Task Description:
This afternoon we had to create a explanation about cross country. As our task I created a poster and provided both a explanation and included a image from this day.  

Closer Look:

What Is The Purpose Of School?

What is the purpose of school?

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Why do my parents send me to school?

My parents send me to school to learn and socialise with people so once i'm grown and mature I will know many facts and I will understand how not to be a snob. They also send me to school to have a better future so I can become a teacher and understand many facts about many different things to teach to younger kids. They also want my education to be set at a high standard.

Why do I attend school?

I attend school to get a better education and make new friends. At school I need to learn new things so when I become a teacher I can teach kids important things in life.

What is the purpose of school?

The purpose of school is to get a education and to socialise with people. 

What's Inside A Cell?

Walt: To create a poster based on what's inside a cell.

Disclaimer:
This is last weeks inquiry work.
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Task Description: 
Last week we focused on what's inside a cell. Week had to create a poster about everything that was inside a cell. Which is a Nucleus, Ribosomes, Lysosomes, Membrane, Cytoplasm, and Mitochondria. Our task was to buddy up with someone then find enough information about each thing inside a cell.

Measuring Angles!

Walt: measure angles using a protractor.

Disclaimer:
This is from two weeks ago.
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Task Description:
For this task we had to measure angles and calculate them as well! This task was easy at calculating those sides weren't as hard as thought.

Nerve Cells!

Walt: To understand what nerve cells are.

Task Description:
This week we focused on nerve cells for genomic. Our task this week was to watch a couple of videos based on nerve cells. Once we understood what nerve cells were we got to opportunity to buddy up with someone ( Calais. ) and work on creating a poster to inform others what nerve cells are. Here i'm sharing with yous all a hopefully informative poster based on nerve cells I created with my buddy Calais. Learning about nerve cells and how they are all connected was really simple. Do you understand?

Calais Blog: Here! 
Closer Look: Here! 

What Is Blood?

Walt: To understand what is blood.

Task Description:
This week we are focusing on blood cells. Our task was to first watch few videos based on what is blood to help us understand what blood cells are. After we were able to create a poster or presentation explaining what blood cells are, and here it is! I worked with a buddy ( Calais. ) to complete this task. We got as much information as we needed to inform others.

Calais Blog: Here! 

Closer look: Here!

Rattlesnakes!

Walt: make connections between different texts. 

Task Description:
This week we focused on Rattlesnakes! Our task was to read our text for the week then complete our weeks tasks. One of our tasks that we needed to complete was a set of questions that will prove our teachers that we understood our text this week. Once each question was answered we got to create a information web!

Rattlesnakes: Information Web!

Walt: Makes connections between different texts.

Task Description:
This week we have been focusing on Rattlesnakes. One of our tasks was to create a information web about Rattlesnakes and how they are able to survive. In this information web I provided enough information about Rattlesnakes habitat, nutrition, reproduction and how they protect themselves.

Closer Look: Here! 

Should Zoos Be Band?

Walt: use persuasive language

Task Description:
This week we focused on using persuasive language! We focused on writing a piece of writing about if zoos should be band or not. I wrote in my piece of writing that zoos should be band because of three main reasons. 

Organising A Transcript!

This week we focused on organising a transcript of a video we watched. All of these facts will help us towards science tasks that will happen in the future!

Armadillo!

Walt: makes connections between different texts.

Disclaimer:
This was last weeks work.
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Task Description:
Last week we focused on Armadillos. Our task was to read and understand our text then complete a create task. Enjoy!

Technology Wood - Hard Materials !

Hard Materials. 

I used a piece of paper, pencil and a ruler to make a full size working of my project because when creating your project in wood you can't make mistakes and by planning out your full size working on a piece of paper that idea can be avoided. 

I used a ruler, tri-square and a pencil to copy the measurements from my drawing onto a pieces of wood because without those specific measurements cutting the wood wouldn't be even and smooth.

I than marked a square line ( at a 90 degree. ) to copy the measurements from my drawing onto the block of wood to be able to cut the piece of wood to create a joint.

I than cut off the first piece of wood using a bench hook and a backed saw to cut all pieces of wood so I could be able to create a box. After I then repeated the cutting steps to create the box.

After all pieces were cut out I was able to clue all of them together to create a completed box.  

Persuasive Writing: Being The Youngest Sibling Is Cool!

Persuasive Writing:

Are you the youngest sibling in your family? Or have you ever wanted to be the youngest sibling? It may seem cool being the youngest be it totally isn’t and here are MY top three reasons why.

Have you ever been compared to your older sibling (S)? Well it’s extremely annoying and you would never want it to happen to you! It’s frustrating, especially when your parents always compare you to someone else older. See being the most youngest isn’t as cool as you think. 

Have you ever wondered why your older siblings can hang out with their friends and you can’t? Well that thought is always in my mind. Being the youngest your parents NEVER let you hang out with your friends. Like yeah I maybe be the baby but I'm nearly thirteen years of age. And yet you still don’t let me hang out with my friends! We will always be too young to hang out late after a school disco. 

Does your older siblings embarrassed you in front of your friends? Well mine does! I can’t understand why our older siblings have to be such an embarrassment. Once my best friend came over to my house and my sister showed her some extremely embarrassing baby photos! Gosh why can’t she just be normal!?

Being the youngest isn’t as cracked up to be because you are always being compared, you never get to hang out with your friends and your always getting embarrassed. Do you want freedom? Well being the youngest isn’t going to give you freedom. 

Digestion!

Walt: To understand what digestion is and create a poster about it.

Disclaimer:
This is last weeks genomic work.
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Task Description:
Last week we focused on digestion. Our task was to understand what digestion is and how it all works. After we understood that all we had to create a presentation based on digestion. This presentation will explain to you the different body parts that help with digestion. 

Mammals Of The Amazon Rainforest!

Walt: Identify and paraphrase key ideas in a text.

Disclaimer:
This is last weeks work.
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Task Description:
Last week our task was to focus on mammals in the Amazon Rainforest. All facts based on how they all live. Lately many men have been cutting down nature in the Amazon Rainforest! Which gives mammals in the Amazon Rainforest lest places to live!

Should Everyone Learn More Than One Language!?

Kia Orana, Talofa Lava, Kia Ora, Hello, Bon Jour, and Ni Hao! Did you understand what I just said? If not then maybe if everyone learns more than one language we can create more population! And understand more words in different languages to relate to others.

Creating Projects:Have you ever came upon an amazing looking project but! It's in a different language? It sucks yeah I know, but how can we prevent this annoying accident? Well if everyone learns and understands a new language maybe this accident would not happen as often. This way gives others more of an opportunity to explore a project of yours and clearly understand it to share with others.

Making stronger connections:Mandarin Chinese, English and Hindustani are the top three most spoken languages in the world! There is a 50 percent chance you will come upon one person speaking either one of these languages. But to avoid this awkward situation may be learning one more language can be more beneficial.

Job opportunities:Having the ability to speak and understand two languages gives you more of an advantage towards job seeking. Communication in workplaces is extremely important, especially if you working at an international office who are considering bilingual as a high priority.

Learning more than one language can give you more of an advantage towards international projects, making stronger connections and job seeking. Maybe you should try this out?

Versatile Volume!

Walt: Find the volume of 3D shapes and working with circles 

Disclaimer:
This is from two weeks work.
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Task Description:
Here we focused on versatile volume. To complete our task we had to figure out the volume of different shapes. Enjoy!

Leilani - TRACKING MY-OUR LEARNING

Task Description: 

This week we are learning about octopuses, This is what I have caught up on so far. Today we watched a few video's to help us know more about there sea creatures. 

Zebrafish!!

Walt: To understand Zebrafish. 

Disclaimer:
This work is a week old.
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Task Description:
Last week for science we were focusing on Zebrafish, why? Well since Zebrafish has close cells as humans we wanted to look further into Zebrafish. From this task I have learn't that Zebrafish has similar cells in their pancreas as humans, which makes us similar to Zebrafish more than Monkeys.

De-Extinction!

Bringing back extinct species is not worthwhile

Science. Scientists. De-extinction. How can these all lead to “ Oh let’s bring back extinct species! “ I really have no clue! All though extinct species may be cool but where are they going to live? What are they going to eat? Who is going to look after them? Well! This article will inform YOU why we SHOULDN'T bring back extinct species.

Health:

There is a down side about de-extinction! Extinct animals can carry retroviruses, which can lead to a massive breakout around the world. Usually cells convert DNA to RNA, ( a ribonucleic acid is a polymeric molecule. ) but! With retroviruses the process goes backwards. RNA to DNA, crazy right! Viruses can move at a fast pace, even faster than thought. Especially if these viruses are fast at reproducing. Now this is a reason why extinct species shouldn’t be brought back to life.

Environment:

More than 99 percent of the 8.7 million species have all died out, crazy right! Well this must mean each species has died at different times, and after those times our earth has had a huge change effect. Which must mean all food and environment must have changed and so those species wouldn’t be used to the new food and environment. So how can they live? Well I'm not sure either! I guess de-extinction isn’t a good idea after all…

Animal Welfare:

Scientists can use species for a solely human purpose, they have the ability to harm those species, not a great plan at all. If we decided to bring back extinct species, there shouldn’t be any harm towards them because these species are not bought to be studied but brought back to enjoy life. 

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Task Description:

To create a persuasive writing. Based on bringing back extinct species is not worthwhile at all. This piece of writing is helping others understand why I don't support de-extinction, do you support de-extinction? 

Cloning - Poster!

Walt: Discuss and justify an opinion on a topic. 

Task Description:
This weeks tasks we have been focusing on de-extinction, one of the three main categorises of de-extinction is cloning. Here is a example of cloning, Dolly The Sheep. She was the first mammal to be cloned. The reason behind this poster was to share with others what I understand about cloning!

De-Extinction!

Walt: Discuss and justify an opinion on a topic. 

Task Description:
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This week's task was based around de-extinction, how can scientists bring extinct species back? Well this weeks tasks answered our answers all about de-extinction.
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Our steps:
Our first task was to read our text and highlight the key words so we could understand our text for this week. After we were able to understand our text this week we had to answer at set of questions, each based on de-extinction. After each question was answered we got the opportunity to create a poster based on one of the three main categorises. I choose cloning to share with others, as for cloning I choose a very popular species that was the first mammal to be cloned!

Fragile Web Of Life!

The Fragile Web Of Life!

Food Chain:

Bees are created to produce and help nature create beautiful flowers, fresh fruits, and to keep species alive. Bees take pollen flower to flower to reproduce plants, fruits, vegetable, and many fresh nutrients. By bees keeping flowers and plants alive herbivores animals can feed on  these plants. And then you may wonder what do carnivores eat? Well they feed on herbivores! But without bees species won't be able to live because there won't be any food left. Basically bees are the most precious species ever alive, without them we won't have fresh nutrients. Closer Look:

The low & high in food chain: ( Facts that I know! ) 

Tigers reproduce about 2 or 3 times in two years, since they have the ability to run fast, and are extremely strong they are at the top of the food chain list. This reason is because they are strong and are able to live on their own especially when predictors come their way. As for turtles, they reproduce about 100 eggs, so they are at the bottom of the food chain. Because they have more of a chance to get eaten as they aren't as they don't have as much strength and fastness as a tiger species. 

How life starts: ( Facts I understand. )  

Life first emerged inside the pacific oceans, nearly three and a half billion years ago! Crazy right! They all start from tiny microbes that are invisible to the eye, then they grow into enormous giants in the ocean! Everything starts off small, from water to air then light, and even energy that makes life possible! Over a million of years ago and as time goes pass the environment and atmosphere change which helps those species grow.  

 

Mathematics - Area

Walt: Find the Area and perimeter of shapes. 

Task Description:
This week we have been focusing on area and perimeter for mathematics. But this week we got given two different presentations to complete. The first was perimeter and the second was area! This task was about area that was extremely fun. I haven't completed this presentation but I wanted to share my results with you all.

What's Alive? ( Create Task. )

Walt: Identify key information in a text.

Task Description:
This week we have been focusing the 7 life processes. One of our task was to create a poster,rap, or a song based around what we know about the 7 life processes. I choose a poster and had to write about what each letter in the phrase " Mrs Gren. " means. This task was extremely fun as I got to teach different people the 7 life processes! 

If you want a closer look click here! Link: 

Life Processes!

Walt: Identify key information in a text. 

Task Description:
This week we have been focusing on the life processes. This task included understanding the phrase " Mrs Gren. " , completing various tasks, identifying key information in a text to complete our work this week. My highlight from this task was I got to understand and learn about the different life processes and how I could know if a object was non living or living.

Hard Materials: How I Created My Box!

My Writing:

Our task was to draw eight ideas and choose one to build. I choose to build a box, and to create this box I had to draw a sketch of how i'll create a box including measurements. Once my layout was completed I had to cut and joint inside two pieces of wood so I can be able to create my box. Once I had my two pieces of wood cut out I will now be able to glue all the pieces together to create a box, which includes the sides as well as the lid.

The materials I used:

Pencils, Rulers, Tri-square, Mallet, Wood Chisel, and a Bench hook.

( Image is going to be included soon. ) 

Is It Alive?

Walt: for a specific purpose

Is it alive?

All living things move in some way, a pencil on the other hand can not. Movement is important in life as you need to move to different places. But! As a pencil all you must do is write. But is it still alive? The answer is NO! Pencils have no type of way of moving, but if being controlled by a human it can move.

Respiration is the next life processes. Respiration is a chemical reaction that happens to release energy from food. All living organisms breathe and at a normal pace to keep alive. Pencil’s don’t have a nose or mouth to breathe in and out of, so they have no type of way of respiration which leads to a non living organism.

Sensitivity. The ability to detect changes in the environment around us. All living organisms have sensitivity to detect changes, as a pencil it doesn't have sensitivity. Pencil’s don’t need sensitivity but some pencils are created to have sensitivity like pencils that are used on screens.

All living organisms start from small things like eggs, and seeds that grow into bigger living organisms. Pencils actually grow smaller exactly the opposite to how other living organisms grow. This is because you use a pencil to draw.

The fifth life process is reproduction. Reproduction is the ability to reproduce babies to create generations. There is asexual reproduction and sexual reproudction. Pencil can’t reproduce, their made to draw but not have babies.

Living organisms excretion, getting rid of waste inside of your body. This is to release gas or waste from your body to clean the inside to keep healthy. Pencil’s don’t have waste inside of their body’s to get rid of. They can shed once sharpened but that’s basically not excretion.

The very last life process is the most important process to keep alive. Nutrition. Food is one of the very most important sources on this world. This is because food has nutrition that keeps all living organisms alive and healthy. But does pencils need nutrition? The answer is no! The reason that backs up this statement is that pencils don’t need nutrition and it can’t eat any sort of food. Pencils are made to do specific things but it wasn’t made to eat. 

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Task Description:

This week we have been focusing on the seven life process, this can also be called " Mrs Gren. ". Our task this week was to understand the seven life process clearly, and write a following piece of writing that included information about what we understand about the seven life process. But there's a twist! We got the opportunity to choose an object in class and see if that object was living or not by using the seven life processes!

What Is The Perimeter!?

Walt: Find the area and perimeter of shapes. 

Task Description:
Today we focused on perimeter! Our task was too understand what perimeter is and to answer multiple questions so our teacher can know if we understand how to do perimeter or not. 

I really enjoyed this weeks work as it was simple and easy to complete! 

What am I?

What am I?

I am red and juicy! Many people enjoy me in smoothies, treats, and for many occasions. I am slightly cheap at the shopping market! BUT! It depends on how good looking I am! You can find me at a large field underneath large green bushes! I can be hard to find especially if you want me nice and juicy. I’m yummy, tasty, and really juicy! You can’t go wrong with me! I’m the best fruit out here, no one can beat my juiciness!

I can come in all sizes, but the big ones are the best! I have white dots around my body that gives a weird texture in your mouth when you bite me. I can be found everywhere, it’s hard work finding me though. I can also be a reward in ice-cream!

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Task Description:

Today we got to create a quick write about what am I? Our task was to choose a fruit or vegetable and write a description about that fruit or vegetable we choose! 

Measurement! T3W1

Walt: familiarise ourselves with units of measurements

Task Description:
This week we have been focusing on measurement and converting main measurements. I enjoyed our maths task this week because I got to learn different ways to convert measurements. 

M&M Craziness!

Walt: Write for a specific audience 

Have you ever tried to break a guinness world record? Pisirina, Eden, Delijah, and Leilani attempt to break ONE guinness world record! They tried to eat 21 M&M in one minute, but! There’s a twist, they had to be blindfolded while eating M&M with chopsticks! Crazy right.

The four girls tried multiple strategies to eat 21 M&M in one minute. But how did they get to this stage? Mrs Tapuke ( a loving teacher. ) provided the materials the group needed to complete this record. These materials included a large pack of tasty M&M , a few chopsticks, bowls and of course blindfolds.

All four girls had a bubbly emotion as they prepared and practiced to break a guinness world record. Each girl had a chopstick and tried their best to eat as much M&M’s as they can WITHOUT a blindfold. As time went by the challenged had begun! Delijah ate 12 M&M’s with a blindfold! Their top record! This was their highest record of eating the most M&M’s.

Pisirina, Eden, Delijah, and Leilani all enjoyed attempting to break a guinness world record. Each one of them enjoyed working as a team and getting the opportunity to eat tasty M&M to break guinness world record.

Would you try this challenge?

Our Fishie Assembly!

Walt: To let others understand what a immersion assembly is. 

Immersion Assembly

Our first day was full of bubbly and happy emotions during all events we did. On this exciting day we got the opportunity to attend an exciting immersion assembly!

Each year group presented a presentation to explain what each year group will be focusing on this term. Team 5 is focusing on how are all living organisms connected. As for the rest of our school they’ll be focusing on examining underwater creatures.

Year seven and eight students will be doing science and learning new information about underwater creatures. As for the team five teachers they presented a song about cells that connect each living thing together. The song that the team five teachers presented was extremely exciting it was also unique as other team teachers only presented a presentation.

This term I'm excited for many journeys coming ahead. Mostly excited to learn many facts about living creatures.

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch!

Walt: discuss and justify our opinion on a topic. 

Task Description:
This week we have been focusing on The Great Pacific Garbage Patch. For reading our task was to understand our text this week and answer and hand full of questions and complete some tasks. I enjoyed this weeks work because I got to learn about GPGP.  

Awareness About GPGP At Pt England School!

Walt: discuss and justify our opinion on a topic.

Task Description:
This week we have been focusing on GPGP. For our reading create task we had to insure that we understood and to answer questions. Hope you enjoy!

Great Pacific Garbage Patch!

Our task was to read a a story about GPGP ( Great Pacific Garbage Patch. ) Once we got the opportunity to read the story we had to highlight key information.

Link to story:
Link to note grid:
Link to summary: 

Once we had highlighted all of the key information we took each words and noted them all down. After we took our notes onto this grid we had to create a summary about our notes we took. 

Plastic Free July - Full Presentation!

Walt: for a specific purpose. 

Task Description:
This week we have been focusing on finding a specific purpose for a topic that our teacher gave us. This week's topic is about Plastic Free July. Our task was to find key information about create and create a detailed poster about the information that we already found. 

Plastic Free July!

Walt: for a specific purpose. 

Task Description:
This week we have been focusing on Plastic Free July. We had to find key information about Plastic Free July. Or task was to create a poster answer main questions about Plastic Free July. One was " The purpose of Plastic free July. " Another one was @ Why has the NZ government ban single use of plastic" and the last question I answered was " What are at least three habits you and your family can adopt to reduce the amount of plastic/plastic bags you use for a day? Week? Month? ". Plastic free July is a very helpful thing towards our world. 

If you would like to get a closer look of my poster! Click Here!

Word Problems - Fractions!

Walt: Solve problems with fractions, decimals, and percentages. 

Task Description:
This week we have been focusing on learning fractions. We got given multiple questions that we had to answer. This weeks fractions were hard as most questions were hard to answer. 

Fractions, Decimals, Percentages!

Walt: Solve Problems with fractions, decimals, percentages.

Task Description:
This week we have been focusing on fractions, decimals, and percentages. This week I have enjoyed this because I learned different ways to answer questions.  

Create Task - Kiribati!

Walt: Condense and paraphrase key ideas in a text.

Task Description:
This week we have been focusing on a low-lying island. Kiribati. We had to create a " Create Task. " based on this one island explaining why climate change is a huge concern towards the island. This create task I said the reasons why Climate change is a huge concern, these days population is high and its important to care about our world.

Climate Change: Our Biggest Challenge!

Walt: discuss and justify our opinion on a topic. 

Task Description:
This week tasks we have been focusing on climate change and our biggest challenge. Climate change is one of our worlds biggest challenge to face. This task consist of questions based off this weeks book, complete a disagree and disagree, and many more. I enjoyed this weeks tasks because I enjoy learning about our Climate and hopefully in the future/now I can teach others climate. 

Extreme Weather!

Walt: discuss and justify our opinion on a topic.

Task Description:
This week we have been focusing on extreme weather. Our task was to create a poster based on a couple extreme weather and we must explain what each extreme weather is and how they damage the world. The four weather I choose is Thunderstorms, Tsunami, Cyclone, and Winter Storms. 

Biography - Greta Thunberg!

Walt: Use a graphic organiser to plan our writing.

Task Description:
This week we have been focusing on using graphic organisers. This is to help us in the future to write each one of our paragraphs make sense. Graphic organisers are helpful so we understand what to write in each paragraph. The first graphic organiser we had to create was about Greta Thunberg, and the second graphic organiser we had to create about was a famous person or someone we admire. This task I found fun and easy as I knew that this would be helpful for future time. 

Graphic Organiser - Jungkook!

Walt: Use a graphic organiser to plan our writing. 

Task Description: 
This week we are focusing on using graphic organiser to organiser our writing. Once we created a graphic organiser about Greta Thuberg we were able to create a graphic organiser about a famous person we admire or someone we admire. This graphic organiser is all about Jungkook!

Waiting For The Tide To Turn!

Walt: condense and paraphrase key ideas in a text.

Task Description: 
This weeks tasks we have been focusing on a island. Kiribati. This island is known for its low-lying nation. This week our tasks was to complete a hand full of questions and many more!

Adding And Subtracting Fractions And Decimals!

Walt: Add and subtract fractions and decimals.
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Task Description:
This week we have been focusing on adding and subtracting fractions and decimals. Our task was to answer all of our questions about both fractions and decimals and either answer them by adding or subtracting. Most fractions and decimal questions were quite easy and simple!

Graphic Organiser - Greta Thunberg!

Walt: Use a graphic organiser to plan our writing.

Task Description: 
This week we are focusing on using a graphic organiser to plan our writing. We learned that if you use a graphic organiser you are able to write your paragraph correctly, by taking the information from the graphic and using it in our paragraphs to make it make sense. Our graphic organiser was based around Great Thunberg, whose a hard working young girl who is fighting for climate change.

Asia - South Korea!

Walt: To Create/find facts about Asia-South Korea. 

Task Description:
This week we have been focusing on Asia and finding a country and finding facts about that country. The country I choose to focus on was South Korea. In this presentation I found out South Korea's language, South Korea's currency, South Korea's population, and South Korea's music. I enjoyed this task because I got to create fun slides that I enjoyed decorating. 

Scratch - World Journey!

Scratch - World Journey!

Task Description:

Today i'm sharing with you all my inquiry for term 2. This inquiry task consist of background I drew on hyper studio, which is were I get to select a image of the country, continent, and world map to complete my backgrounds. We had to create these background too show a world journey. 

After we had finish our backgrounds we had to code an animation to show to our classmates. To code we used Scratch to code them together, the coding part was simple as I already knew how to code from 2018. 

After coding we screencastify our scratch project to share with others. Our main focus for this was to understand how coding works!

Link to Scratch Project:  

Technology Wood - The Story Behind My Creation!

Technology Wood - The Story Behind My Creation!

My Story:

I have chosen to make a box for myself. I think this is the best choice because I have family and I have secret items which I want to hide from them.

It will be sued for hiding items like money from my family so no one will take them. How this box will be working is when ever I earn money I will go to my box and put money in the box, and this will be stored on top of my desk,. 

Maths Lesson!

The Difference Between Level 3 And 4!

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Level 3 Difference:

Level 3 is for year 5 and 6. This stage is for others who aren't able to give a good explanation about their work. For example level 3's figure their problems out without a good explanation, which isn't showing what your work was.

Level 4 Difference:

As for a level 4, this is for year 7 and 8's. People who are in level 4 are able in showing others a good explanation about how they solved their problem they were given, as well as knowing their timetables well. Knowing your timetables well is important as doing timetables it's easy to solve your problem you were given.

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What we did?

Today we have been working on solving a level 3 question. This question consist of us working as a team and giving a detailed explanation to our classmates. The question we were given was based on a three kids getting a bunch of lollies! And our task was to solve how much lollies they will have in total by the end of the week! 

By the second day of solving this problem we were able to understand and solve it!

Our problem we had to figure out!

Informational Writing!

Walt: Vary The Start And Length Of Sentences We Write.

Task Description:
We are focusing on starting our sentences with different words and having different lengths of sentences we write. This is important for the future as we know how not to keep a story boring or even to short/long stories. I enjoyed our writing task because I got to know different ways on writing a story.

Frozen Food!

Walt: Condense and paraphrase key ideas in a text.

Task Description:
This week we have been focusing on Scott Base, a base in Antarctica. Our task was read and understand our book, our book informed us on facts about Scott Base and how they eat/prepare their food for the people who live there. In our task this week was to understand our text , create a create task which is an information web , create an book review , and many more. This task was very fun!

Frozen Food - Book Review

Walt: Condense and paraphrase key ideas in a text. 

Title: Frozen Food

Author: Philippa Werry

Genre: Fiction

What happened? Key facts.
In this story the author explained to her readers on how people in Scott Base live and what they do to live. The key facts were mostly about how they eat and what they do to prepare the food for their people.

Did you enjoy this text?
I really enjoyed this text because I got to learn on how people in Scott Base live, as well as what they do to eat and cooked/prepare their food.

Key message/what did I learn?
The key message that I learned from our text was that it isn’t easy living in antarctica, and the way they live is not similar at all to how people live her in New Zealand.

Who would I recommend this book too?
I would recommend this book to my friend Tha Zin whose age 11 and is a girl. The reason why I would recommend this book to Tha Zin is because she enjoys learning new facts about other countries beside New Zealand, and I find that she would enjoy learning about new facts about Scott Base.
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Task Description:

This task here is a book review, this book review consist of information about our book this week. Our task was to share with others what we read this week and hook them to read the book them-self. To complete our task we had to answer multiple questions, the main questions that we had to answer was what were the key facts? And key message/ what we learnt. Lately I have been enjoying our book reviews because I get to share with others our book as well as getting to learn new books and write about them. Enjoy!