Kilikiti

This week is Samoan Language week we had the two choices to pick out of the traditional tattoo or a really popular sport which is Kilikiti. I made a DLO on this and wrote the history of it and how the equipment was made which is really interesting. I didn't know that it was fully introduced by the missionaries in the 19 century I think that my family can play this or maybe can be taught.

Samoan language week - Main ideas

Since it is Samoan Language Week, Mrs Anderson created some activities about Samoa's traditions/culture. For this activity, we listened to a speech by Mata'afa Elia Autagavaia talking about how we should preserve the old traditions of the Samoan dances, and to tell the next generation how to correctly dance in Samoa.  

Graphics

Today at tech the year 8's had their new session of graphics with Mrs Ferguson. Today we did a DLO about ourselves, next we had to look for all different kinds of clocks. We were looking for different types of clocks because this term we are making a clock that looks like something else. We are going to make our own looking clock. The year 8's had fun going to their new session of graphics.

Main Idea

In reading we watched a you tube clip and listed some important ideas and sorted it out into groups such as "3 vital ideas, 4 very important ideas and important ideas". We did this as one whole group and negotiated on where to put the ideas in.  I think these are all in the correct place and have learnt lots about Recycling and how Auckland can make a difference. 

E-ako maths

Today I did e-ako maths. For e-ako maths I had mixed subjects. I had to solve out the problem. I used addition, and division to solve my problems more easier. E-ako is the best site to learn your maths because its a much fun way to learn. 

World of Maths

Yesterday LS2 and LS1 went to the hall after lunch for World of maths. We were all put into groups so that we can work together and help each other out. Alice, Nazella, Sakina, Mishaan, and I worked collaboratively to solve the problem. Which way home was my favorite because all worked together and we used addition because our instructions were to add all the numbers. I had so much fun. Thank you Charles. 

     

Similes

In writing I had to make a DLO based on Similes. A simile compares two things using the words 'like' or 'as'.  In my DLO you will see what a simile is and some other examples of a simile. For example she is as quiet as a mouse or that is good as gold, these are all examples of what a simile looks like. I have also added in images to give examples. 

France has banned extremely thin models.

France has banned extremely thin models. This is my DLO summarizing the information I read, it also includes me and Nazella's opinion about the ban. I think this is a great opportunity for the models to live their own life.  

Chocolate hedgehogs

Today at tech we made chocolate hedgehogs. We used a packet of plain biscuits, peanuts, melted chocolate, and 100g of butter. Although it looked very different to what we usually make, it was delicious. In the end, we put our melted chocolate on top of our chocolate hedgehog and refrigerated it for 5-10 minutes. 

Showcasing life at PBS

Today I decided to create a collage showcasing life at PBS. This activity was from the silver care award. I added photo's about sport, year 8 and 7 camp, and classroom activites. 

Dance

Today LS2 had their first session of dance with Mrs Anderson. First we watched a couple of videos about warming up. Before you get ready to dance you need to get your blood muscles running. To get your blood muscles running you need to do warm ups and stretches. We all had to find a space to have a practice. After that Javeylor and I worked together to make up our own warm up routine. Javeylor and I were really excited because we knew that it was going to be fun. After we drew our warm up exercises we had to show another group. Javeylor and I were groups with Zahra, Sa kae, and Jorja. They showed us their warm up routine first. It was really interesting but all they needed to work on was their Confidence. Now it was our turn we showed them our warm up routine. Javeylor and I needed to work on our confidence as well. We all had so much fun even Mrs Anderson.      

Summary

In reading we were focusing on how to summarize. A summary is like a shorter version of a text. We read an article called, "Eco Rangers Save The Planet". After reading parts of the text, we wrote down 20 important words from the text, then we lowered it down to 6, then created a short summary using them. 

Communism and Socialist-Socialism

Communism and Socialism are words from the book When the Wind Blows. Jay-don and I worked together to find out the meaning of Communism and Socialism. 

Making connection

LS2 has read a book named When the wind blows. After we read that book we had to Make a connection. Making a connection is Text to text, text to world, and text to self. Jaydon and I wrote our own.  

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

Today I have been working with Mishaan, Viva, Te Wai, Calvin, and AJ. On our Reduce, Reuse, Recycle DLO it shows you about our opinion and and questions that we have answered. We have worked together to get it done.