Kiwi Can

This week was our last session of kiwi can since it's the holidays soon. Today at kiwi can it was really fun. We first started off with a activity could object which was. The object  was a holler hoop,paper,  and a box. We had to use these objects to make it look like something realistic. After the game we played hand soccer. This was a challenging game because you had try not kick it with your feet. Then we played a game called ten toes down which the group with the non bibs had to pass it to ten people and touch the ground.

Advertisting.

We have been learning about advertising and some of interesting things they use to make the product sell. We had to chose a New Zealand product and write what you see makes the product good. I have chosen Strawberry ice cream from tip top which is a New Zealand product. I had to write some of the things I see what makes the product better.

Staying safe at the beach

Today I helped Maata create a DLO. Today Maata and I created a DLO on staying safe at the beach. Here are some questions and some tips before you go to the beach.

Scale Drawing

Last week we were focusing on scale drawings. For this we had to draw grids on our original images and enlargement. We had to rule 1 centimeter lines on our original image and on our enlargement we had to rule 2 centimeters lines and the ratio was 1;2 on our enlargement. Then we had to draw our picture by square by square to make our picture look the same.  Ofa F helped me color in my bird and draw some of the wings.

Demorcrcy-Flow Chart

We have been learning about the elections and prime minsters. Today Savelina Nazella Shakaia and I made a flow chart on democracy. democracy means it's when the country or place is ruled by people. I learnt that demos in ancient Greece means power and strength.

Shot Types

Last week we were looking at the movie The Princess Bride we learnt a lot of new things like different types of angle shots. I picked one of my favorite topics on the movie. Which was shot types and I created a DLO choosing one of the angles. I had to explain a example, What it's used for and where was it in the movie. I really enjoyed learning about the different types and many kinds of angles. 

Democracy

This week our foucs in reading was learning about prime minsters and  politic partys. For this I went into a group with Nazella,Savelina, Shakaia, and myself made a DLO on democracy. and how it works.

Political Partys

This week we have been learning about Prime minsters and  Politic Party's. This week Savelina Nazella Shakaia and I have been learning about Prime Minsters. Today We have made a goggle presentation about one of the past prime Minsters. We have chosen Helen Clark for our past Prime Minsters. for this we had to research things that she have done good as a Prime Minster. Helan Clark is one of 5th longest Prime Minster to stay in the parliament and has cared about her people.

Political Partys

This week our focus has been elections. We have been learning about prime Minsters and the different types of partys. This week Nazella Savelina Shakaia and I made A DLO on the Prime Minsters and which political party they support.

E- Book Day

Today is the 18th of September and it's E-Book day E-book day is a celebration of modern story telling.  Today we used the Tamaki College overdrive to read our E books at school. Today I have read a book called the Jungle Book this book is by Rudyard Kipling. This book is a very interesting book and I can't wait to read more about this book. If you want to read more books go to the  read an E book day. website for more cool books to read #BOOKLOVE

Say It Tiki

  Today Miss Kirkpatrick introduced us a google maps site. since this weeks foucs is Maori langage week. The Google maps was called Say It Tiki we are learning how to speak the Maori words correctly for Maori language week . We had to get a Maori word that people say incorrectly and imporve on the pronouncement. 

How To Stand Up To Bullies.

Today LS2 have been looking at why it's important to stand up to bullies. We have been looking at this because we are year 7 and 8 and we have to learn to help others when there getting bullied. If you ever see anybody stand up to them and use you'r WITS. Sa Kae and I made an animation about bullyin. This shows you a story of how you can stop bullying. 

25 Word Summary Angles

This week we were learning about angles. We had to get into groups of 4 and we had to make a 25 word summary about angles. I worked with Hajera,Sky and Joshua. And we created a DLO on Angles.

Tech

Today at tech we were drawing our patterns. For this we had to draw culture designs or something special about our culture. I drawled a Niue flag with Niue patterns.

Tamaki College Overdrive

Today LS2 went on the Tamaki College Overdrive. Which is a digital library. I like this site because I can choose what ever book I like Mystery,Fiction And nonfiction. My favorite part of this Library is that it's  digital. The book that I'm reading is called Nancy Clancy Super Sleuth.This book is under Humor I'm just starting to read this book.

Kiwi Can

This week for kiwi can our focus was taking risks. In Kiwi Can today we played a game called hand soccer. We played soccer by using our hands and we couldn't touch it. Our main rule was for everyone in the team to touch the ball before it goes into the goal. Our other warm up game was bip bop bounce bang we had to say bang before Mrs Malu and Miss Latoia say the whole phrase .

Different Types Of Angles

This week for maths our focus is angles. We had to get into a groups of 4 and find out about the different types of angles and how we could recognize them. The point where the 2 arms meet is called the vertex. The area in between the 2 arms of the angle is measured in degrees. To measure how big the angle is we use a protractor.

Two Word Sentences

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This week for writing our focus was 2 word sentences. We had to chose a two word sentence for example dream big.We used FANBOYS and AAWWUIBBIS to create a Compound and Complex and simple sentences

Capialization

Our focus in writing is Capialization. We had to rewrite the sentences and add capital letters in the right place. 

Apostrophes.

This week for writing our focus was contractions and apostrophes. If you don't know what apostrophes are it's when you use a punctuation mark to replace missing letters. 

Read Theory

Today we went on Read Theory. Read theory is very helpful because it helps me build up my knowledge. It also helps me with my reading. I also get to read new text types which also helps me I get to read about plants, animals, and other interesting things.  It also helps us compare text types and improves my vocabulary.