Kiwi Sport | Touch

This week we played a game of touch using all the skills that we have learnt over the past few weeks. 

First we practiced two man settle and three man settle before playing a game. During this game we needed to go straight and aim at one person. To do a two man settle the person A had to touch and put the ball under their feet and step under it. Then the person B had to get the ball and run forward. It was the same for the three man settle but with three people. 

Lastly we played a game of touch. We were separated into three teams and versed the other two teams. During this game we used two and three man settle. 

I was exhausted because I was a good defender after the dummy half touched the ball, I sprinted up to touch the dummy half and went back 5 meters, I did the same process again. 

LI.to play touch rugby.

Maths | Basic Facts Boxes.

 Basic Facts Boxes is a maths activity that challenges people to solve maths problems using all four operations. 

I have completed all 9 rows. I did this in minutes and seconds.

I think I can improve my time by practicing this more often. 

LI: to remember basic maths facts.

SSR Selfie | Reading

This week for SSR Selfie I have read this book called Mary Anne Saves The Day. This is a fiction book (a made up story). 

First I wrote the author of the book and the illustrator of this book, wrote 3 facts about this book, and wrote what I thought of the book was about.

I liked reading this book. The chapter I liked was chapter 14. This is because the 4 baby sitters group caused problems through out Jamie's birthday party, and they done bad things to each other. 

LI. To summarise a text.

Kapa Haka Performance.

Today I went to watch a Maori performance at assembly.

First the performers blew a conch while walking on the stage. They also introduced them sleeves by performing a few dances that used Maori weapons. Afterwards they informed about the different kinds of weapons that they used.

Next they performed a Haka dance. After that our Kapa Haka boys replied back with their own Haka to the performers.

Lastly we learned to play a game called Maui Matau using the taiaha. When playing this game we had to go left when he said Maui, and go right when he says Matau. When moving left to right we needed to let go of the stick and get the stick before it drops on the ground.

I enjoyed playing the Maui and Matau game because I have to listen carefully for the words. 

Inquiry | Shelter Materials

Different types of shelters can keep people safe by using the correct materials depending on what disaster they are being protected from.

When building a shelter, measuring the amount of materials being used is important so it keeps it balanced.

An example of materials used for a tsunami shelter are concrete, chicken wire, metal ties, aluminum, popsicle sticks, steel door, and hard clear plastic.

Using chicken wire is good for putting in the concrete so it can connect it to the other sides.

Hard clear plastic can be used for the windows because it doesn’t break easily like glass and because it's transparent which allows people to see what's happening on the outside.

Popsicle sticks are good for supporting the force of the impact. This material can also be used to anchor the shelter into the ground so it doesn’t tip over. The properties of wood are the shape that has been made.

Not every material can support every natural disaster. 

LI.to prepare materials order for construction.

Maori | Translate

Today I have translated Maori names and conversations. 

First I learnt a few more Maori words which were hu (shoe), ae (yes), and tenei (here), and I learnt more. 

Next I wrote the date for today. Today is "Ko te Raapa tenei ra te rua tekau ma rima o Whiringa a rangi." 

Lastly I translated the Maori names and the conversations without using the Maori Dictionary. Some are Ana - Anna, and tena koutou katoa - hello everyone. 

I found translating the Maori names hard because I still don't know the Maori alphabet. 

The Twits | Novel Study

The Twits is a fictional book that was created by the author Roald Dahl. Chapters 24-26 in the book was about the monkeys and birds setting up their revenge plan on the Twits.

First the monkeys told all the birds to put all the things on to the ceiling of Mr and Mrs Twit's living room. They started off by taking out the carpet and applying it onto the ceiling using the HUGTIGHT sticky glue, then the chairs, and the table. 

Lastly the Roly Poly bird checked if Mr and Mrs Twits were coming home. After a few minutes of waiting the Roly Poly bird flew back down and told the monkeys and the birds to get out of the house. The monkeys went in the cage and handstands on top of each other. 

The Twits is a funny book that lots of people can read including children.

LI.to study a novel.

Maths | Fractions | Percentages | Decimals.

Fractions are equal pieces of a whole. Percentage are numbers that has been expressed as a fraction of 100. Decimal are number that is less than one.

Fractions have a numerator and a denominator. The numerator is the amount that is been kept, and the denominator is the whole that is divided. There are also equivalent fractions and improper fractions. Equivalent fractions is a similar type of fraction but showed in a different version. Improper fraction is the numerator bigger than the denominator.

When writing a percentage it uses %. Percentages can also be showed by making it into a decimal. Example: 100÷4=25% ➝ 0.25.

The decimals also shows the remainder of the number after its been solved by putting a decimal point next to the answer. Example: 9÷4=2.1.

Example:

149÷4=? First divide 9 by 4 which equals to 2.1. Next divide 40 by 4 which is 10. Then divide 100 by 4 which equals to 25. Lastly add up 2.1+10+25=37.1

Being able to convert fractions, decimals, and percentages is important so people can solve it easier.

Inquiry | Model Materials

This week we have been thinking about different materials to build our shelter.

First we brainstormed materials and searched up materials that will help protect us from the weather.

Next we chose 4 materials that were best to protect against tsunami which were reinforced concrete, straight steel beam, stainless steel rods, and straight metal sheet.

Afterwards we decided on how big, small, long and wide our shelter will be.

Lastly we wrote how much materials we needed to make our shelter.

I really enjoyed researching different types of materials that protect against natural disasters.

LI.to prepare order for construction.

Kiwisport | Touch Rugby

This week we played a game of touch using all the skills that we have learnt over the past few

First we practiced two man settle and three man settle. To do a two man settle the person A had to touch and put the ball under their feet and step under it. Then the person B had to get the ball and run forward. It was the same for the three man settle but with three people. 

Lastly we played a game of touch. We were separated into three teams and versed the other two teams. During this game we used two and three man settle. 

I enjoyed doing the game. I think my group can improve by communicating more each other. 

LI.to play touch rugby.

Writing | Storyboard

Storyboards are pictures that show characters, the movements of the characters and the camera angles.

When creating a storyboard the picture should have enough details so the reader can understand where the setting is. If there are enough details in the drawing people will mostly understands it.

Storyboards include scene number on side of each picture. Storyboards sometimes include short sentences when it doesn't give enough details to the picture. When writing a story board it doesn't give any dialogue. It also gives camera angles to the drawings. 

It is a good idea to have a storyboard so that actors can understand their positions in the story. 

LI.to create a storyboard from a narrative. 

Maori

Today I have translated the Maori  names for Auckland mountains. 

First I learnt 2 new Maori words which were Anei (here), and homai te kupu (give me the word). 

Next I started off with the daily routine by writing the date in Maori "Ko te Raapa tenei ra, te tekau ma waru o Whiringa-a-rangi." Tomorrows date is "Ko te Rapare apopo te tekau ma iwa o Whiringa-a-rangi."

Lastly I matched the Maori Auckland mountains to the English names. I had to match the names that I knew and search up the Maori words that I didn't know from Maori dictionary and on google.  

I enjoyed matching the Maori mountains because I have learnt some new names. 

Maths

We have been finding out the average group scores and adding a data set from athletics day. 

When adding a data set, using multiplication can be an easier way to solve maths. To solve this people could use white board to explain how they have solved the maths. When finding the average we used multiplication instead of doing repeated addition. Instead of using repeated addition to find the average, we can use multiplication like (5x2)+(4x2)=18 not 5+5+4+4=18. 

Next we figured out the average which is adding all the numbers up then dividing that number by the amount of groups there are in total. Example: 18÷9=2, 180÷9=20, next step is to divide 2 by 9. 2 is made out of 20 tenths, and there are no 9's in a two so put .2 next to 20 that will make 20.2. 

People can find answers faster by using multiplication rather than using repeated addition. 

SSR Selfie

 This week for SSR Selfie I have read this book about Georges Marvellous Medicine. This is a fiction book (a made up story). 

First I wrote the author of the book and the illustrator of this book, wrote 3 facts about this book, and wrote what I thought of the book was about.

I enjoyed reading this book because where his grandma heard about what he had to do and his grandma telling him not to forget about the medicine. 

LI. To summarise a text.

Basic Facts | Maths

 Basic Facts Boxes is a maths activity that challenges people to solve maths problems using all four operations. 

I have completed all 9 rows. I did this in 4 minutes and 52 seconds.

I think I can improve my time by practicing this more often.

LI: to remember basic maths facts.

Novel Study | Reading

The Twits is a fictional book that was created by the author Roald Dahl. Chapters 20-23 were about how there were still no bird pies after the monkeys told all the birds not to sit on the dead tree. That day Mr Twit went to buy guns while the monkeys took revenge on Mr and Mrs Twit.

First Mr Twit still couldn't have bird pie because the monkeys had told the birds not to sit on the dead tree. Mr Twit came up with an idea to put glue onto the monkey cage because there were birds standing on it. After Mr Twit put glue on the monkey cage, the monkeys warned all of the birds to not sit on both the tree and the cage. 

Next Mr and Mrs Twit went to buy guns so they could kill the birds. Then the Roly Poly bird came to the rescue so that the monkeys could get out of the cage. Afterwards the monkeys got revenge by putting sticky glue all over the Twit's house. 

The Twits is a funny book that lots of people can read including children.

LI.to study a novel.

Manaiakalani Film Festival

This years 13th Manaiakalani Film Festival was held at Hoyts in Sylvia Park.

The first movie was ours. Our film was about mocking how people don't sanitise. 

Next we watched different films from different schools. Some of the films were based on Covid 19. 

My favourite film was Glen Innes's tribute to the essential workers because they work hard to provide for us during the pandemic.

LI.to watch Manaiakalani films.

Maori | Maori Names

This week for Maori I have translated the Maori names to English names. 

I first started off with the daily routine by writing the date in Maori. Today is "Ko te Raapa tenei ra, te tekau ma tahi o Whiringa-a-rangi." Tomorrows date is "Ko te Rapare i tenei ra, te tahi tekau ma tahi o Whiringa-a-rang."

Lastly I matched the Maori names to the English names. I had to match the names that I knew and search up the Maori words that I didn't know from Maori dictionary.  

I enjoyed matching the English names to the Maori names. 

Comment Thread

Today I have commented on Taua's reading.

A comment thread is an ongoing conversation using a greeting, a positive feedback, and a question. When writing a question there are open questions and closed question. 

I found this comment thread fun because I was able to ask an open question.

Here is the link to his blog: BLOG

LI: To create a comment thread on someones blog post.

Screenplay | Writing

Screenplays are scripts that has mostly have speech and actions through out the scenes.

In a screenplay there are parts like scenes, names, actions, and speech. 

The scenes should be written in all caps. The name should be in the middle of the caps written in all caps. The speech should be written in the middle of the page, and the action should be written on the left hand side. 

It is important to know how to write a screen play so an actor can understand where their lines are and what they should say. 

LI.to convert a story into a screenplay/script.

Reading | SSR Selfie

This week for SSR Selfie I have read this book about Fantastic Mr Fox. This is a fiction book (a made up story). 

First I wrote the author of the book and the illustrator of this book, wrote 3 facts about this book, wrote what I thought of the book was about, and wrote words that I didn't know from the book. 

I enjoyed reading this book because I liked the part where Mr Fox can sense the three farmers even if he was really far away. 

LI. To summarise a text.

Reading | Novel Study

The Twits is a fictional book that was created by the author Roald Dahl. Chapters 16 to 19 was about how the monkey's friend Roly-Poly came to the rescue so they won't be cooked into bird pie. 

First Mr Twit couldn't have bird pie because the 4 boys scared them off by getting stuck on the dead tree. Then the monkeys had to do handstands for 6 hours or they will get punished by Mr Twit.

Next the Roly-Poly bird came to the rescue. The Roly-Poly told the other birds to not sit on the dead tree. That day there were no birds on the dead tree because they were on top of the monkey cage.

The Twits is a funny book that lots of people can read including children.

LI.to study a novel.

Maths | Basic Facts Boxes

Basic Facts Boxes is a maths activity that challenges people to solve maths problems using all four operations. 

I have completed all 9 rows . I got the all of rows of the questions correctly because I have concentrated on what I am only . I did this in 3 minutes and 53 seconds. 

I think I can improve my time by practicing this more often.

LI: to remember basic maths facts.

Maths | Converting Measurements | Multiplication | Statistics,

This week I have passed on the learning from the past two weeks so that the other person can learn from it and I learn from them. 

First I explained how to convert measurements to Te Raumati. Converting measurements is to divide or to multiply the height, width or the length of something.

Next Te Raumati explained how to interpret data and frequency. Interpreting data is the process of reviewing data through some process. Frequency is the number of a repeated event per unit of time.

Then I explained how money works to Farzana. There are different ways to use money like paying the home loan, food, fuel etc. 

Lastly Farzana explained to multiply numbers more quickly and simply. Multiplication is a process of many groups of certain numbers been added together. 

In this activity I was able to teach Te Raumati and for her to understand how this work. I was pleased of my teaching. 

Inquiry | Shelter Design.

This week our group has designed an emergency shelter that will protect against natural disasters. 

First we looked at different shelters and the shape of the shelter. We had to figure out if it was a good or a bad shelter in different conditions.

Next we thought of a shape for our shelter which was a pyramid, and a cube. The reason why we chose these shapes was because if the wind was coming into the corner the wind would split into different directions. If the wind blows to a direction to the wall it will slide up that might make a vacuum. 

Then we created a shelter using the app Sketchup.

The materials that might be used to create our shelter were bricks, and stones. Bricks and stones are

different types of brick that are both heavy materials that can not be pushed by strong wind. 

If we changed things of  the shelter it would be adding windows on each side so we know what's happening

outside.                                                                                                                                                            

During this activity we found thinking of the shape hard but we found this fun because we were able to create a shelter.

LI.to digitally model an emergency shelter.

Prototech | Maths

This week for prototech I have done this maths activity up to Y5.

This maths activity took me 2 minutes and 53 seconds and I think I can improve this time by practicing often. When I was finished with this activity I had one wrong which was 19-18=1. 

I found this fun because I was able to time myself on how fast I can solve these problems. 

LI.to remember basic facts boxes. 

Touch Rugby | Kiwi Sport

This week we learned how to do two man settle and three man settle. 

After playing a game we practiced two man settle and three man settle. To do a two man settle the person A had to touch and put the ball under their feet and step under it. Then the person B had to get the ball and run forward. It was the same for the three 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. In this activity we used each skill that we learnt from the past few weeks. 

I enjoyed doing this activity. I found this easy because I have done this before. 

LI.to play touch rugby.

Narrative | Writing

Narratives are made up stories. Narrative uses third person words and past tense. The structure of the narrative is TOPES. 

To plan a narrative, first brainstorm as many ideas as possible, then chose one that is best. 

Next write who the characters are going to be. Then write the problem that is going to happen in the story. Events is usually written to lead to the solution, the solution can be failed or succeeded.

When there are too much dialogue in a narrative people add more narration. When there are too much narration people add more dialogue. 

To write a narrative, write sentences and paragraphs using the ideas. 

It is important to know how to plan a narrative so people can learn each process of it. 

LI.to write a short narrative.

SSR Selfie | Reading

This week for SSR Selfie I have read this book about The Twits. This is a fiction book (a made up story). 

First I wrote the author of the book and the illustrator of this book, wrote 3 facts about this book, wrote what I thought of the book was about, and wrote words that I didn't know from the book. 

I enjoyed reading this book because I liked the part where Mr Twit tricked Mrs Twit by putting little pieces of wood under her chair and her walking stick to think she a shrinking. 

LI. To summarise a text.

Inter school touch rugby tournament

On Wednesday some people from LS1 and LS2 went to Dunkirk Reserve for a friendly touch rugby tournament. Competition was split into Y5, Y6, Y7, and Y8 different year groups. 

First we played against Pt England then St Patrick's. When we played Pt England we lost by 0-3, but won against St Patrick's by 3-0. 

Next we played against Stone Fields #1 then Stone Fields #2. When we played Stone Fields #1 we lost by 4-5, but won against Stone Fields #2 by 4-2. 

Then we played against Sylvia Park then Bailey Rd. When we played Sylvia Park we lost by 0-3, but won against Bailey Rd by 5-1. 

Lastly we played last game we played was against Pt England and won this game by 3-2

I enjoyed playing touch.

Idioms | Reading

This week for reading we were explaining different idioms. An idiom is a phrase that means something different to what it usually means. I did this can-do with Te Raumati and Akifa

We picked three idioms which was: an apple a day keeps the doctor away, call it a day, and easy as ABC.

After we picked three idioms we wrote a script and created videos to explain the idioms we chose visually.

I enjoyed this activity doing this can do and I will do it again.

Novel Study | Reading

The Twits is a fictional book that was created by the author Roald Dahl. 

The first two chapters was about Mr Twit horrible prank. When Mrs Twit was up in the air she came up with a great idea. She was going to bite off the strings that was tied around her that will make her float back down. After she bit off some of them she fell straight down and landed on Mr Twit.

The next two chapters was about Mrs and Mr Twit house that has no windows, and how they have a garden with a dead tree to capture birds to make bird pie. 

The Twits is a funny book that lots of people can read including children.

LI.to study a novel.

Money | Maths

Money is used for paying things such as food, home loans, etc. 

NZ money has 10c, 20c, 50c, $1, and $2 are coins and $5, $10, $20, $50, and $100 are notes. 

Example:

If someone had $10 and bought $1.50c chocolate bar and a $1.70c ice cream, how much money is left? We can solve this equation by using place value. First add 50c + 70c = $1.20c. Another way to solve this is: divide 70c into 20c and 50c. Next add 50c + 50c = $1. Then add $1 + 20c = $1.20c.  Next add $1 + $1 = $2. Then add $2 + $1 = $3. Finally add $3 + 20c = $3.20c.

It is important to know the use of money.