Today for this Summer Learning Journey activity I participated in an activity called "Super Summer Tastes".
This activity is about listing down our favourite summer foods while trying to find different images and describing them in our own way.
You could make the image in different shapes that you could have seen and try to make a pattern with them. I made a honeycomb pattern with all of the images and shapes that I found while browsing through the web.
Today I replied to a comment that was left on one of my most recent Summer Learning Journey Blogposts.
Today For this Summer Learning Journey task I did an activity called “It’s cool to be kind”.
The objective of the game is to report all the trouble makers and spread love and kindness to all the victims the trouble maker has hurt emotionally.
I completed this activity and found it really fun with all the obstacle courses placed so I had to think about where to jump in the right places to get to the best location
Below is an image of this activity.
Today I replied to a comment that was left on one of my Summer Learning Journey Blogposts
Today I replied on a comment that Fiona from the Summer Learning Journey team wrote.
After she commented on my blogpost I replied with a thank you for commenting followed by answering her question and asking her a question.
For the Summer Learning Journey task today I did this activity called "Summer Haiku".
First, I watched A video on how to write a Haiku since I had never made one before. In the video It showed how many syllables your supposed to use in those three lines, the pattern of syllables is "5, 7, 5".
After watching the video I made a copy of a template where I had to write my own original Haiku about the topic summer and also find an image that relates to my haiku.
For the Summer Learning Journey Task I did an activity that was labelled "Rise Up".
First, I watched a video of some students from Mangere College sing the song Rise Up.
After watching that video I made a copy of the Rise Up template where I could change the image to the song of my liking. I just changed the image but I kept the song
This activity was quite enjoyable since I could go and research some other songs and also some other images.
We presented our inquiry presentation to the teachers of LS1 the teachers, Mr Wong & Mr Ogilvie.
Before presenting our inquiry, we practised our script and timed how long the whole presentation took. The presentation expectation was to be within 2 and 3 minutes.
The feedback that we got was to not write a recount on what we worked on together, but instead talk about the main points of the activity.
For the Summer Learning Journey Task I did a Step it up version of an activity called "Kowhaiwhai Pattern".
First, I watched a small video where I had to find the wiriwiri in the background or anywhere else in that video. After that I watched a video performed by a kapa haka group.
After trying to find the wiriwiri and also watching the video I made a copy of the kowhaiwhai template where I could make my own design and pattern to the most of my liking.
This activity was quite enjoyable since I could play around with all the designs that I could come up with and also to get more creative
For the Summer Learning Journey, I did an activity called "What are you doing".
First, I listened to an audio where a man asks a question in Maori. After listening to this, I rearrangement the mixed up words to their right place so that they would make sense.
The question that was asked was "What are you doing today" and my answer was "I am going to....".
I found this task quite enjoyable since I could learn some parts of Maori
Today one of the people from the Summer Learning Journey Team Commented on my blogpost.
After she commented on my blogpost I first replied answering her question that she wrote, then I asked her a question then published that comment.
Today I did the Summer Learning Journey, the task that I did was called "Insect Art".
First, we watched a video is somebody making different types of insects out of the materials from his backyard
Next, I collected some leaves, sticks, and a few petals to decorate it.
I enjoyed doing this activity because I got to customise my butterfly the way I could
This week for Summer Learning Journey we watched this scavenger hunt which Nano Girl made.
Later on in the video we saw all the objects that we were supposed to find around the class, the objects that we found were: Egg carton, soda can, scissors, foil, ruler, string, and paper.
Some of the objects were quite hard to find with everybody running around and bumping into each other. But it was fun at the same time.
LI- To identify the main ideas in a text.
The first thing I did for table mat was write down my prior knowledge, then I wrote down the topic of the book.
Next, I had to find 3 keywords for each box and define one of them that I had chosen. After I found 4 facts that were written down in the book and wrote them down in the boxes.
Second was my making connections, I did 3 types of connections they were text to self, text to text and text to world. I had to get 2 things from the book and write it down then connect it to myself.
For the text to text we had to get another 2 things and write it down then connect it to another book that has a similar text.
On Wednesday the whole school went to the cinemas in Silvia Park to Manaiakalani Film Festival.
We watched a series of different films that were created by schools like primary and college. They were all amazing and creative.
Our movie was based off of Covid-19 and some other schools also had movies that were based off of Covid-19.
I have commented on Glen Taylor's Movie. The movie was about people being ungrateful.
Today I wrote a comment thread with O'Ninesha.
A comment thread is for practise using open questions in a conversation. It also gives people an understanding of the activity.
O'Ninesha wrote a comment on my reading task, Table Mat, from last week. After O'Ninesha commented on my blogpost I responded with another comment.
This week for writing I tried to memorise my speech and if I couldn't than I could read it off of my device.
First, I had to plan out what I was going to say like brainstorming different ideas of some different topics that we could use in our speech.
My topic for my speech was "Mufti". I had chosen to do this topic because kids should have the right to express themselves.
Next, I needed a main website to find some facts from. The facts were to back up my reason for my argument.
After that, I needed a solution and a summary. The solution was to take away uniforms and letting the kids wear mufti, and the summary was ending the speech in a good way.
This week for Maori I translated Maori names of people into English names.
I matched the Maori names into the English names. I matched the names that sounded like each other.
Later, I searched the names onto the Maori Dictionary to check if they were correct.
I enjoyed matching the English names into the Maori names because the ones that I didn't know I could learn from.
Basic Facts Boxes is an activity that challenges others to solve maths problems of all operations quickly.
This week for SSR Selfie I wrote about book called "Viola Vincent Reporting".
The first thing I did was read the book for 15 minutes. Then I wrote in what title of the book was, next I wrote in who the author and illustrator was.
Then I wrote in who the main characters where and listed three things that happen in the book. Lastly I wrote about what I thought of the book.
This week we learned how to do two man settle and three man settle.
After playing a game we practised two man settle and three man settle. To do a two man settle the person (who was named the letter A) had to touch and put the ball under their feet and step under it.
Then the person who was named B had to get the ball and run forward. It was the same for the two man settle but with three people.
Lastly, we played a game of touch. We had to walk through the game for the people who didn't know how to play the game. We used each skill that we had learnt from the past few weeks.
I enjoyed doing this activity, but it was also quite hard to learn it because I have never played that game before.
This week, our company (Global Savers) brainstormed ideas for an emergency shelter design.
We needed to think of a main shape to design the emergency shelter. We needed to find a main shape because it would be holding everything. We also needed to think about what our shelter will be designed to resist.
My group used a design programme called SketchUp, that allows people to design and create anything they want in three dimensions.
We chose to use a hexagon shape to make this model. Me and my group chose this shape because it seems like a very strong shape.
We made the walls thick so it could keep people inside of it safe. We would make the shape tall so in case of an emergency we could fit quite a few people in there.
This week, our session with Whaea Odie was based around translating Maori names into English.
Geometry is a kind of mathematics that deals with shapes and figures. It explains how to build or draw shapes.
2D shapes are shapes with two dimensions, such as width and height. An example of 2D shapes are: triangle, square, trapezoid.
3D shapes are shapes with three dimensions, such as, width, height and depth. An example of 3D shapes are: cylinder, sphere, square pyramid.
Rotations is when something turns or spins around a point located at its center. Rotation means turning around a center, the distance from the center to any part on the shape stays the same.
We watched a performance by Duffy theatre group about the Coggen. A Coggen is a mythical creature that is a mixture of a cat, dog and chicken.
Before the show, the actors introduced themselves. Then we sang the Duffy song.
Then the actors performed for us.
Lastly, the Duffy group held a question and answer session.
I thought the performance was great, because it was my first time seeing a Duffy theatre.
This week for reading we did "Making Connections". Making connections is a reading strategy that helps find the meaning in a text by connecting to my knowledge.
I did 3 types of connections they were text to self, text to text and text to world. I had to get 2 things from the book and write it down then connect it to myself.
For the text to text we had to get another 2 things and write it down then connect it to another book that has a similar text.
Then text to world was writing down another 2 things from another part of the book and comparing it to some things around the world
This week for reading I did a table mat based around this book called " Just like new".
The first thing I did was write down my prior knowledge, then I wrote down the topic of the book.
Next, I had to find 3 keywords for each box and define one of them that I had chosen. After I found 4 facts that were written down in the book and wrote them down in the boxes.
After filling in all of the boxes I wrote down some questions that I would have asked and also some questions that the author would have asked.
LI: To build vocabulary.
Basic Facts Boxes is an activity that challenges others to solve maths problems of all operations quickly.
SSR Selfie is a can-do activity that encourages readers to retell a story that they have read, and using detail in their summaries so that the audience can understand and find interest in that certain book.
This week, I have done my SSR Selfie activity on a book called 'Viola Vincent Reporting'. This is a fiction book about what happened in Violas life.
This week for kiwi sport we learnt some new skills in touch rugby, like planting the ball and we also played a game called scoop tag.
Planting the ball is when you place the ball and step over it. The person behind you grabs the ball and you have to step back so the person can pass the ball to you. You have to step back so it's not a forward pass.
We also played a game of scoop tag. To play there is 2 teams.
The non-bibs and the bibs. What happens is the people with the ball have to run. The people without the ball have to tag a person from the other team.
If you get touched you plant the ball. Which means you place the ball on the ground and step over it. The person who tagged you takes the ball and run. You cannot tag the person who tagged you back.
Emergency Shelters are advantages that protect people from accidents and natural disasters.
Fire shelters are used as a last resort in an emergency wildfire. They are fire proof bags that a person has to lay in, however it doesn't stop the heat from coming into the fire shelter so it can become extremely hot. Fire shelters are made of constructed layers of aluminium foil.
Underground storm shelters are supposed to protect you from aggressive weather. They don't take up to much space, and are made to be installed in a garage. Shelters against storms are made in different sizes
Shelters are used to protect people from disasters, but some are only meant to protect you from specific disasters.
This week for reading we did "Making Connections". Making connections is a reading strategy that helps find the meaning in a text by connecting it to their knowledge.
We did 3 types of connections they were text to self, text to text and text to world. We had to get 2 things from the book and write it down and then connect it to our self.
For text to text we had to get another 2 things and write it down then connect it to another book with another text from another book that is a little similar.
Than text to world was writing down another 2 things from another part of the book and comparing it to some things around the world.
I found this activity enjoyable because it was interesting to find out more about Chris Pither.
When fashion designers use maths it's mostly used to measure the body, sketching different angles of the clothes etc.
In fashion designing, maths is important. Fashion designing requires people to be good at: Addition, subtraction, measurement, geometry etc.
Understanding how to use maths can help people with their course in designing.
This week for writing I planned out my speech about why kids should be allowed to wear mufti at school.
First, I had to come up with a greeting, there are a lot of greetings but I only wrote a few.
Next, I wrote down my introduction about my topic in a catchy way for my speech.
Then, I made a rhetorical question, a rhetorical question is a question that someone asks without expecting an answer. After, I wrote down my opinion about my argument.
Then I had to research some facts about why kids should be allowed to wear mufti I had found out that when you wear mufti you can express yourself. After writing down all of this I wrote a solution to this and how we could fix it.
I found this activity quite enjoyable. The most enjoyable part was researching different facts from different sites.
This week for reading I did a table mat about Chris Pither.
First, I read a book and put the title of the book. Then, I went back to read the book and found 3 keywords, then chose one and explained what it meant.
Then, I found 4 facts from the book, after I found the 4 facts I did 2 key questions. After filling the the key questions I wrote in the questions I would ask, and some prior knowledge.
LI: to skim and scam
This comment thread was done on a blogpost about measuring time using non-standard tools. We used proper mathematical terms for this task.
This week I learnt about skim & scan. Skimming & scanning are reading methods that use quick eye movement to move quickly through text for slightly different purposes. We used skimming and scanning on a book called "Lagoon Hopping".
After, I had to find 2 key questions about the book, I also had to write down questions that the author would have asked during the making of the book.
Next, I had to find 4 facts one of my facts were: On one special occasion a flying boat was travelling from Auckland to Tahiti.
I found this activity enjoyable because I learnt how to skim & scan.
For art, we re-created the gruffalo cover as a class. We learnt new skills during these past few weeks colouring in the art work.
Firstly, we started outlining the parts with black. The second technique we learnt was how to colour in the tree trunks. To do this we coloured all the tree trunks in brown. Then we started shading some parts of the tree trunks and then started blending it with the brown.
For inquiry we checked out the hazards, risk, and consequences that could happen during making a fire and smores.
First, we discussed different hazards and risks.Rounding is a math strategy that uses addition & division strategies. Rounding means making a number easier but keeping its value close to what it was. The answer is less detailed, but easier to use
Rounding can help people get better at adding and dividing. Also at understanding how to round numbers in to 1 decimal place.
L.I. Investigate units of time
Governing topics or policies are actions that political parties want to put into action when they get into power. The two most important topics to me are Health & Education.
LI: to choose important governing topics by summarising all topics.
This activity was about making a safety action plan.
Firstly, we revised what hazards and risk's are and what the risks levels were. Hazard is an object that can cause harm. The risk is the chance that the object will cause harm. The risk levels are: low, likely, possible, elevated & extreme.
Then, we wrote our own safety plan on a simple activity. We wrote down what the activity was, the class level, the number of helpers, the number of students and where the location of that activity. For every 10 students, there is one helper.
Then, we wrote down the answers to the following questions: What could go wrong, How could we prevent it & whose responsibility is it.
LI: To assess risk with in a simple activity.
