Venn Diagram - New Zealand And Sydney Harbor Bridge

Today I have created a Venn Diagram to compare the Harbor Bridge here in New Zealand and the Harbor Bridge in Sydney. From this I have learnt that the Harbor bridge in Sydney can be used for special events like the Opera and Vivid Events. The similes between these two bridges is that they both have colorful lights that can be used to celebrate special days, weeks and years. Both of them can hold many vehicles such as trucks, cars, vans and motor bikes. They both help people drive their vehicles from point A to point B. If there were no bridges around people here in New Zealand would use punts and long chains, sailing boats or even swim over to the other side. 

The Harbor Bridge

Today I have collaborated with my inquiry partner Joshua V. We have made this presentation to inform you about the Harbor Bridge. From this topic, I have learnt about its shape, why they'd made it wider and when the bridge was made. I have also learnt that the Harbor Bridge is the biggest coat hanger in New Zealand.

The Panmure Bridge Timeline

Today and the previous weeks my inquiry group have been learning about the Panmure Bridge and when it was made too! we each made a presentation informing others around our globe about the Panmure Bridge using pictures. I have been collaborating with others to learn more about this interesting bridge.

Decimals - Rounding + Compensating

Today and for the past few weeks I have been learning all about how to add and subtract decimals and decimal points. I have noticed every time I buy something in the shop that the shopkeepers also use decimals. But don't worry, because I have a clear explanation and example of how to use, add and subtract decimals. Click each link to see examples and answers.

Cooking Pizza With Mrs Tu'ipulotu

Today our class (LS2) went to Tamaki College for tech, we made Hawaiian pizza. The ingredients we used were: Pita bread, tomato sauce, cheese, diced ham, diced onion and chicken. We baked the pizzas for 15 minutes and put the oven at 180 I collaborated with Brooklyn to make these pizzas.

Class LS2's Trip To... The Sky Tower

Today was an awesome day! why? this was because our class went on a trip to the sky tower. What have I learnt from this trip? I have learnt that there are 3 main decks in the sky tower which is the observation deck (the deck that has the 3 metered thick flooring of glass and the diagonal window which allows you to observe each tower in Auckland City), the bar and cafe deck (where you can buy food and drinks for the family) and finally but not least the emergency deck. The deck I found very fascinating and this would be an odd one the emergency deck, why this deck? well, it depended on the material that was used on this deck, I was amazed at the fire proof walls and doors. My second favorite deck was the observation deck, this is because I loved the 3 metered think flooring of glass (which kind of made me dizzy) everyone tried as hard as they could to break the thick glass but was no use! I jumped up and down the glass and punched but still wouldn't crack! PS: We were not trying to break the glass we were just testing it out. I have also learnt that if the wind blows twice as hard as the normal it would bend 1 meter side ways, my gigantic question was "does the sky tower ever get struck and collapse?" the answer to this was yes, but it certainly does not collapse. Did you know that going down the lift take 40 - 41 seconds? I also learnt that the sky tower once opened in 1997 and costed $2 million just to open it! one more thing I learnt is that the sky tower is 328 meters and 1,076 feet tall!

What did we do first?
our class separated into our kiwi can group A and B. We watched an question answering film about the sky tower, which gave me an idea of the sky tower and when it opened. We then got in the lift and went up to the observation deck to fill out the papers/forms we were given straight after the film, we filled out the numbered boxes which pointed an arrow to the volcanoes, towers and more! I filled out nearly half of my form. My eyes were focused on the thick glass because every time someone put one foot on it I would always get me thinking: Is it going to break is it going to break!?. One other thing that scared me was the  sky diving from the top of the tower to the bottom which was 192 meters down! I would scream as loud as I can all the way to the bottom of the sky tower. Cool right?

Vital Sleeping - Group A

Why is sleep important? well, group A have the answer to that. Together in our group created a presentation that gives a clear explanation of why sleep is so important, how long do we humans need to sleep, why sleeping is healthy and how technology or devices affect our sleep patterns. Savelina and I have worked on the final/last slide to inform you about the 3 main or vital reasons why people/children might not get the same amount of sleep as the people with roofs over their heads! But... before all of this, our group took a look at pictures that involve the homes of the people that can or cannot sleep. 

Scale Drawings

The whole of last week was maths week, our fun activity was scale drawing. I thought that last year wasn't as good as this years scale drawing, this was because I rushed my drawing. I have learned from the mistakes I have made and to always take my time when drawing in each box. First our class searched for images to draw. Then we were given a piece of paper that had a butterfly or a simple drawn lion to practice drawing. After practicing I got a bigger piece of paper to enlarge the drawing, but before we could enlarge the image we framed the actual image and drew 1 a  centimeter grid. We used a scale factor (which is multiplication or division), we added 1 more to get 2 centimeters so we can enlarge the image by making the grid bigger. We then made a google drawing and put in our names, ratio and title (Scale Drawing). We glued it onto a big piece of colored paper. 

Going To The Beach Pechaflikr

                   

Today my writing group have learnt about pechaflikr, to me doing pechaflikr was quite hard, I paired up with Hajera, we started of with a practice. After that Hajera and I have created a pechaflikr DLO. We both collaborated by, sharing what we thought, and trying our best to use unique words to make each and every image hold hands/link together to make the story flow. Hajera and I have used adjectives, adverbs and verbs, to make our made up story paint a clear picture in the readers mind, my main goal was to show not tell, and not just show, I meant show!. As we were making this slide/presentation I always thought to myself, how hard is it going to be for the reader? now I think that it'll surely be harder than the first time I did it!

By working collaboratively with Hajera, I have learnt many things like, how to link paragraphs with other paragraphs and to share new ideas that come to mind.

What is Pechaflikr?
Pechaflikr is when you try your best to come up with quick stories to link each image to let the story flow.

Yvonne's Experiment

 Do you want to travel all around the world or even out of space? A fun person called Yvonne made the impossible be possible! by using google cardboard, which is interestingly made out of cardboard and thick plastic lenses, it works like magic! my teacher Ms Anderson  slid her phone into the long phone shaped oblong, from there I presses a silver button to take me to places around the world, without paying for high priced flights! I suggest that you should try this out for yourselves! I have found this experiment fun and interesting, thanks to: Yvonne and Mrs Anderson.

www.imcardboard.com - V2 (VR)  (virtual reality viewer 2) 

Blog Commenting - Paparoa Ranges

Today after kiwi can, we quad blogged with Paparoa Ranges School. I blog commented on Kurt Berry's blog and Bianca's too, starting a conversation was fun to do. I commented on Kurt berry's Cooking DLO and Bianca's My Holiday blog post.

CARE Awards - Angelica Hale

Today, as part of my goal setting I have creatively made a DLO (digital learning object) talking about the difficulties and positive attitudes my role model has, the person I decided to talk about was Angelica Hale, Why? because she has been respectful, confident, has shown resilience etc. She is a good role model to me, this is because my passion is singing and that she has qualities a good role model has.

Butter Chicken - Tech

Today for tech, we created butter chicken, which was made using: cream, chicken, onions, the butter chicken sauce flavor and a pinch of salt.

Cook Island Language Week

Last week was currently Cook Island language week, since it was Cook Island language week our class task was to create a digital learning object that informs people around our globe/world about Cook Island and gives out interesting facts about this place. 

Tuhi Atu Tuhi Mai

Today we did some quad blogging with Karoro School. Here I learnt many things about Refugees and Battles. I posted to positive and helpful comments on Sam's blog. I gave  him some feedback and feed forward on how to make his story make sense to other readers that post and read on his blog. Sam has done a superb job in writing his refugees poem/story. This story talks about how a young boy is against the refugees and if you read it backwards you sure will think that he is for the refugees! I have enjoyed blogging with Sam and I am sure I will be visiting many of his class mates blogs when we blog with them some other time.