Hauora

For the past weeks we have been learning about what Hauora is and how it can relate to an athlete. I learnt that if one wall falls apart the whole house will fall apart which relates to an athlete. I also learnt that the 4 walls ( Whare tapa wha ) names are Taha Wairua, Taha Whanau, Taha Hinegnaro, Taha Tinana. Each of the walls stand for something which are Mental and emotional wellbeing, Physical well being, Social Wellbeing, and spiritual wellbeing. In this challenge we also did our pulse rate to see how many pulse rates we have in one minute.

Inquiry

Over the few weeks I have been learning about the ancient and the modern olympics. We have been learning about this because our topic this term is the olympic. I have learnt that married women were not allowed to watch the game because in the ancient times the men usually played nudely

Inquiry

Over the last 2 weeks we have been learning about Japan. Some of the year 8's remembered doing Japan a couple of years ago. We really enjoyed comparing our food to Japans food. It was really interesting to found out new things. 

Water Safety

So we have been learning about safety around water.  As Auckland children we  need to make sure that we are safe around water because we are well known for the amount of water around Auckland.and knowing what to do around water is really helpful because we never know when we could use all the help that you may need. We need to prevent people from drowning and hurting themselves with water. Most kiwi families spend their holidays at beaches and knowing their kids know what to do in the water would give them a piece of mind. Which means there is a risk of drowning, however if you are careful and get in the water with your kids this could prevent drowning from happening. Sometimes it is based on the child or children parents to see if they want to keep their child or children safety.

We have been learning about water safety. I have been writing a paragraph about water safety. We also did a grid about water safety too.

Inquiry

We have been doing inquiry on water safety. We needed to make sure that it was affective. We had to put true facts not fake. This was a simple version of what I would usually do. But it was not so different from my usual DLO (Digital Learning Object).

Thailand

In inquiry we are learning about the countries neighbors. I have included how much KM it is from New Zealand. We had to use our smart searching skills to find out more about Thailand. We have been doing this so that we know what the neighbors.   

Inquiry

This Term LS1 and LS2 will be joining together to discover more about our global neighbour, Asia. We will be working in a rotation, with mixed LS1 & LS2 students. Every two weeks you will learn about a new Asian country with a teacher in LS1 or LS2. We have created a information report that gives others 5 facts about India. 

The Remembrance Of Private Ted

There’s a bottle of beer in the Waiho Forks bar,

From the rest on the shelf it stands out like a star.

For its shape is old fashioned and it just might be purple

And the label proclaims that its “Ballins Four X”

It was bought a long time ago by a young soldier brave;

On his final leave home, these are the instructions he gave.

“Don’t break it or sell it, just keep it in store,

And we’ll drink it when I come back home from the war.”

He was killed overseas on the Island of Crete

When they battled it out with the German elite.

There’s a headstone but nobody knows where he lies,

If he sleeps his last sleep ‘neath the sea or the skies

But the bottle still remains at the Country Hotel,

A memorial stands to a soldier who fell,

And travellers and locals take time out to think

Of the soldier who never came home for his drink.

And somehow a glow by the bottle is shed  

As poppies surround it and edge it with red,

For each Anzac Day there’s a new one to put there

And they lie like a wreath round that bottle of beer.

There are many stone cairns scattered over the land

But I wonder how many are polished by hand.

Though the cap is all rusty and outshines the chrome,

As it waits for the soldier who never came home.

Anonymous

We have been remembering the soldiers that fought for us in the World War 1 and 2. The main idea of this particular peom is, Not All Soldiers Return From The War.

Informed Decision

L.I:To Make an informed choice based on information.

We were all taking part and putting in reason why we could change the flag Or Why we shouldn't change the flag.  One of the reason to change the flag was that this is a new generation but one of the good reasons for the flag not being changed is that there is a piece of history meaning. We had to listen and show respect to the speaker. We also had to research some reason why to change the flag. We had to really respect each others opinions we really did not want our class mates to get offended.

Baking Soda - Experiment & By Juanita

Courtney and I have been back tracking to when we did our Baking Soda experiment. We said what our hypotheses, Steps we followed, What we saw, How it felt, What did we smell and What did we hear. It was interesting to find out that most of us had already done this experiment. 

Oobleck

We did oobleck for science some people did it really well some other people had put to much water in it. It was really sticky and mickey but we all had fun doing it and we all were learning new things such as Liquid and Solid and gas.

Science

I have been doing science with my class mates. We have made a experiment with baking soda and then we did Oobleck which was really interesting and fun. I think we did well following the instruction. I think this because no one did something we suppose to do

...Leadership Qualities...

 We have been learning about the Leadership Quality. We have to say why they are a great leader and we also had to give people reasons why our leader is inspiring to us. I think that I have given a great reason.

Great Activity

This is me trying to trust Courtney. This activity was about trying to trust each other and trying to make others trust you. I think we all did a great job because we had to walk with our eyes closed and our buddy had to controll us and make sure we don't fall.

Why water is so important.

This is one of my groups reading task we had to write a 25 word summary. We needed to add the punctuation. We created this to show why water is really important.

Letter

I have created a Letter to a editor that created a book. It is a book about Maori people. My letter is how Maori people didn't have the best opportunities and pakeha had the best opportunities so kinda like it wasn't fair.

My Google Form

Today I made a Google Form. It kind of about your chore at home. I did this for the 2nd  time and it went really well. Please try my quiz .

Prezi

This is my prezi. I like making this prezi because it was really fun.

5 question

This is my Google  drawing. I pick  I knew this one was going to be fun. I like doing this activity.

Infographic

This is my groups infographic. About the planets.