The NEXT Foundation: Summer Learning Journey

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Yesterday Panmure Bridge School held a special assembly to launch the 2017 /2018 Summer Learning Journey. We would like to thank all our guests who attended our assembly including Rachel and Hazel from the Wolf Fisher Research Centre, The NEXT Foundation, Manaiakalani, and members of our Board of Trustees. At the assembly we watched this video, I found it really interesting because I  heard about  Daniel's summer learning journey. Seeing learning space 2 being filmed was outstanding because they showed how confident they were and how they can share their learning with others. The Summer Learning Journey helps us to continue learning over the holidays in a fun and interesting way. I am very excited to take part in the Summer Learning Journey over the holiday break.

Collaborative Christmas Challenge

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This week Learning Space 2 were split into 12 groups. The Groups I had were Hajera, Joshua V and Cj. We worked collaboratively to create a DLO of the country we chose to researched about. The country we chose was Singapore. A interesting fact I found out about was that they speak four Languages they are English, Malay, Tamil and Standard Mandarin.  

Google

Today I played this game on google I really enjoyed it because it helps me with my directions.

It is also interesting because it is a game of challenge.

Summer Learning Journey

Last week the Summer Learning Journey instructor Hazel came to our school and told us about the summer learning journey. I think the summer learning journey  is very important to do during the holidays because we can improve our learning. They are all kind of activity's. Hazel also talks about the prizes. They have fidget spinners,Lego,lollies and books. 

Tech - Reflection

Term 2: Hard Materials
For Hard Materials we learnt how to make wood crafts. The wood craft I chose to make was a helicopter. I really enjoyed making the helicopter because it was a challenge for me. I would like to thank to Mr Grundy.

Term 2: Food Tech
At food tech we learnt how to cook and also how to use the cooking tools. I really enjoyed it because we got to make tasty food. I would like to thank Mrs Heka.



Term 3: Art
At art tech it was really fun because we did drawing and I learnt how to carve. I would like to thank Mrs Telefoni.




I really enjoyed going to tech this year because it was my first time and I really enjoyed learning and making new things.

PE at Tamaki College

Last week on Friday we went to Tamaki College because we had Tech. After tech we stayed at Tamaki College. We were put in 3 groups, Social Science, PE and Robotics. The group I was in was PE. The first activity we did was Infinity tag. The rules for Infinity tag are when you get tag you have to sit down and when the person that tag you gets tag you can start playing again. After we played a game or two we then played in teams team red and team blue. The team I was in was blue. The second activity we did was called Bench ball. The rules are that you have two catchers and the two catcher have to stand on the other side of the bench and we have to throw the ball to them if they catch it you go and catch with them, you also have two people defending, they block the ball when it's thrown to the other side of the bench. Our third game was Samoan softball, we did't have a bat so we used out legs and hands, we could kick it or throw it, we had to run to the other side of the court and keep our hand on the wall and if we let go we had to run back to the other side. I would like to think Mr Moyes.

Fire Safety

This week we went to visit the Fire Station near the Library. Once we got there we went inside the garage, then they introduce their self. After that we went outside and learnt about the fire truck, they told us about the fire truck and how it's useful, they also told us about the equipment. Then they showed us how they help people when there's a car crash. It was really great because we got to learnt  a lot about Firefighters  and also about the Firetruck.

Police

Yesterday on Thursday the police came and visited our school they brought a helicopter with them. It was really great because it was our first time seeing one up close. They told us about the helicopter and how it works, we also got to ask questions. They told us that their is 2 engine, 1 engine for operating the helicopter and the other is a spear, after that the helicopter flew off. Then the police came with their cars and also they came with their dogs it was so cool because the dog had really great senses.

Maths Strategy - Screencastify

Affonso, Harlem and I have created this screencastify to explain the strategy we used to find the answer to this maths question. Using our times tables was easier than using repeated addition. We were able to find the answer quickly without loosing count. I think we all collaborated really well.

Learning to Motivate others

We are learning about leadership because our school leaders are leaving this year and the year 7's will be the leaders. Today we looked at what Motivation means and how it can be useful. We then worked together to create a role play to help us see what Motivating others looks like, so we can learn to Motivate others. This is my Word Art about motivating, and these are the synonyms of the word motivate.

Art-Tech

Today we had tech this is my finished work. First we thing we did was drawing our patterns on a paper, the second step was to transfer it onto a piece of wood. The third step was to carve out the lightest colour. Once we finished we had to paint it, my first colour was yellow, then we had to carve out the second lightest colour, then I paint red, then I carve out all of my other colour then paint green.       

Fireworks

L.I To create a presentation that gives an important message.

How Children Learn at School?

Title:
How Children Learn at School?

Introduction:
Have you ever wondered how your child progress's their learning at school? Children learn in many different ways. One way children learn is through communicating. Whether it is sign language or body language. Children learn by following by example.

Paragraph 1:
Most children have role models. They observer their role models that set by example. From observing other people they learn new things. This expands their knowledge.

Paragraph 2:
They ask questions to learn how or why something happens. When you were a child you were probably very curious. When asking questions most of the time you get their answer. When you research about things it helps you to learn more.

Paragraph 3:
On their learning journey they would come a cross things that they would disagree or agree with. children would take risks to open up multiple opportunity for them.

Conclusion:
Children learn to do things in many different ways. Not all children are the same which make's them unique. Children learn to do better things for the future and to learn more about their community.

This week for writing we've been practising how to write an Explanation because the writing test is coming up. For the activity we had to get in groups of two, my partner was Tiava. We started off talking about how children learn. After that we had to plan our writing, we planned our writing on the back of our paper. Once we finished we had to include a Title, Introduction, Paragraph 1, 2 and 3 and a Conclusion. 

Screencastify Lite

Last week LS2 was learning how to plan a screen cast and also how to record our learning on screencastify. The screenshot above shows my maths strategy for multiplication. The audio section is a recording of my script. On Friday Mrs Grant taught LS2 how to download screencastify, how to log in, and how to record our learning. The link in my planning template is the link to my DLO.

The people in our local community

I used Tagul to create this word cloud that shows who the people are in our local community. A community is a group of people who live in the same place (eg: panmure), Or have a common connection (eg: the Burmese community) 

Rugby Union Inter-school

Today was Rugby Union and Ripper Rugby compaction. The Ripper Rugby was team was all girls and the Ruby Union was 7 and 8 boys. Our first game was against Glen Taylor. Unfortunately we lost. Our second game was against Glen brae. Unfortunately we lost. Our third game was against Glen Innes. It was a close game but unfortunately we lost 12, 10. Our last game was against Tamaki Primary. We tried our best but unfortunately we lost by a lot.

Transum Nim

Today I chose to play Nim because my friends was playing it and I wanted to challenge him. The challenge was to see who would finished the game first. Unfortunately for Freeman and Affonso I won.

Production

Panmure Bridge has been standing for 60 years and that is pretty impressive. To remember this our teachers have decided to do a production. For the production we danced through the decades and had Kapa Haka and Pasifika perform. In LS2 we are dancing to Foot loose, Stayin Alive and I see red. These are songs from the 70's and 80's.

Kiwi Can

Today LS2 went to Kiwi Can. During Kiwi Can we played three games which was Hand Soccer, 10 down and Objects. In Hand Soccer we were first spited into two groups. We each given numbers from 1 to 10. Mr Malo had to call out two numbers and those two numbers had to try and get a goal between the two cones with their hands. It was a very challenging games because we had to use our hand to get the goal. My favourite game was Objects because it was a very creative game. In this game we were spited into four teams. Mr Malo and Mrs Latoia had to put an object in the middle and each group had to figure out anything to do with that object for example one of the objects was a hula hoop. What my group did with it was pretending it was a basketball hoop. I think LS2 could play this game again.

Cross Country

This term we had cross country, cross country was really challenging because we had to do five laps and run on top of two hills. It was easy at the beginning because I had a lot of energy, but each lap got harder. I was was really tired on the 4th lap and my legs were hurting.

The thing that challenged me the most was going up against Mataio but he manged to beat me.

Shot Types

Our task was to create a DLO about shot types, I decided to work on shot types. Did you know that medium shot takes a picture of a person waist up or a medium distance, shot is took when a person is looking down at someone. It is really fun doing this work.

What is a coalition?

Today in LS2 we were learning about coalitions and how they can change/affect the elections. A coalition is a alliance which is formed between political parties. In the NZ elections, Winston Peters who is the NZ First party leader basically decides whether Labour or National win the election. So if he decides to team up with Labour, they will have enough seats to rule the government and vice versa for National.

Election Challenges - Democracy

Since it's Election on Saturday we are learning about Elections. We had three different challenges to do and they are...

1. Political Party

2. Prime Minister

3. Democracy

This blog post is about Democracy. Did you know that Democracy is is originated from Greece and the word demo is the word demos in Greek and that Demos mean village. The word Cracy is the word Kratia in Greek and that means Rules, Power and Might,

Election Challenges - Prime Minister

Did you know that election is this Saturday? Well it is. So since it election LS2 (Learning Space 2) were learning about Elections. Have a look on our site to see the challenges we were given. Our task was to create a DLO on a person who was a Prime Minister in the past. I chose Helen Clarke.

Election Challenges - Political Party

Election is just this Saturday. This week LS2 were learning about Elections. There were three Election Challenges for us to do. The first Election Challenge was called Political Party. This blog post is about the first challenge. The second challenge is called Prime Minister and last but not least, the third challenge is called Democracy. Here is the task we've completed => Political Party

Ebook Day

Today is the 18th of September and it's read a eBook day.I  chose a book on overdrive.The book I chose is A QUEST OF HERO'S. It is very interesting because this book it's  about a boy named Thor and he wants to be a silver knight.

#Ebook

Tech: Art

This week for Tech we had Art it was fun because we had to search for patterns about our personal identity it was hard at first but I got the hang of it. I draw Thailand flag on the top left and a pattern on the bottom left and I draw Goku on the bottom right. When I draw Goku it was hard because the paper was small and I had to divide it into five pieces. It was fun drawing Goku because it was challenge.

The Orphan Queen

Today for SSR we went on Tamaki College overdrive. It is a very interesting website because it has lots of book we could read on our Chromebook. The website has books that range from kids to adults. The book I decided to read was The Orphan Queen, it was a very interesting book because there's a Kingdom called Indigo. It's very cool because it said if someone use's magic they'll be taken by the black knight and never been seen again. This is an exciting book and I recommend it for teenagers.

Kiwi Can: Taking Risks

This week Thursday we had Kiwi Can, Mrs Latoia and Mr Malu came to our class room and the first activity we stared off was beep bop bounce, bang we stared off with two circle a girl and a boy once we have play 2 games we make a 1 big circle and the game was really hard for me. If Mr Malu or Mrs Latoia point at you they'll say beep bop bounce and you have to say bang if you say it after bounce or  late your'll be out. After we finished we went out side and play Hand Soccer they were two teams, team A and team B. Hand Soccer was fun because it was challenge and we had fun playing and we sported each other. 

How to stand up to bully

Bullying is not okay. When you see someone getting bully stand up and speak out. Today my friends Tiava, Josh, Lyric, Mataio and I created a animation to send a message about bullying. When you see someone getting bully don't just stand there. If you're getting bullied stand up for yourself. Don't look down on someone unless your going to pick them up.

Learning to use Synonyms

This morning for writing we learnt about Synonyms, Synonyms is a word that means the same for example: funny and amusing. We had to search for the words in a dictionary. Te Wai and I had fun searching and trying new words. Next time I need to check the words so it makes sense.

Stepsweb

 This morning I've been practising Steps this helps me with my vocabulary and it also helps me improve my pronunciation. As you can see I have 7 gold and 2 silver. I have 7 left to finished and I'm onto the next stage.

Why it's great to be me

Today LS2 have been exploring DARE. We had to find out about ourselves and what some of our goals are. My goal is to travel the World. I could travel the World by making money and helping my family. After, we got into groups of 4 and made a word cloud about why it is great to be the age of (11 - 13). I learned much more about why it's cool to be my age.

Reading Comprehension - Explanation

This week for reading I read a book called Night Light. This book is really interesting because it tells you all about the moon, this chart shows information about Night Light and the moon. I also had fun doing this activity.  

Emergency Management Officer

This week we learnt about Careers and Jobs, Jobs are different to Careers because a job is what you do to earn money and not stay for ever, Careers is what you do for a living. This DLO shows what I would like to do when I grow up and this DLO shows you some information about this job. In the future I would like to become a Emergency Management Officer.

Flex Tangle A3

This week for maths we did Flex Tangle this is my A3 flex tangle, It was fun making it because it was challenge and the hard thing about it was folding it. It was hard at first but I got the hang of it. The thing I need to work on is my folding and colouring.  

Jim Hines - DLO

For inquiry we had to create a DLO about a famous quote and person who made history. I chose Jim Hines because I enjoy running I think running 100 meters under 10 seconds is incredible.

A Or An

Today we were learning when to use a and when to use an before a word. If a word begins with a vowel ( a e i o u) or a silent h (eg - hour), we use an. we use a for all other words this DLO shows the shows you when to use a or an, I added picture to show more about a or an.

2 Words... 1 Minutes

happy is a word that I like to use when i'm better like when I went to rainbow end it was great and I had lots of fun that made me happy but when I go on the roller coaster it made me scar at first but I got the hang of it once I got the hang of it I went over and over but the one that make me happening the most is the bamping car it’s fun because it feel like i'm driving a car it also feels great when i'm crashing into people it like i'm the evil driver but it feels great that makes me happy the most.

Our challenge today was to write our idea so that they make sense. We had only 4 minutes to do this in and i minute to check our writing. Our task was called 2 words 1 minutes' We had to chose 1 of the words then power write for 1 minute, count our words, carry on for 2 more minutes, counts our words, then finished with I more minute. It was fun and I enjoyed it, but was was hard checking it.

Winter Learning Journey

Today at assembly we had a special guest her name was Rachel, she came to congratulate us because we did the winter learning journey in the holidays. Their were lot's of students that did the winter leaning journey and there were 6 winners, The 6 winners are the people that came 1st 2nd and 3rd they did more comments and blog post than others. The first 2 students are Ohs Hen and Daniel, At second place we had Alex and AJ and third place Ofa and Eric and they also got prize's. I want to thank Rachel for coming to our school and congratulating us.   

Let me Tell you something about..."

Let me tell you something about lunchtime at PBS. When the bell rings everyone rushes like wild animals chasing its prey, When they get to their lunch they eat their sandwiches so fast, it’s like the speed of light. Once they finish they sprint down the stairs like baby gorillas, They all race to the four square grid just to play a game of handball, Once they get there, they wait for the person with the ball. If the person with the ball is not there yet they wait but same of the players play master. The people playing master shoot so fast you can hear “yay” every time. The younger students run around with lots of energy, they run like wild foxes. They’re like superheroes with lots of energy, because they don’t ever get tired of running. The person with the hand ball gets to the courts and every player runs to the line waiting to play, We can hear loud shouting and screaming, If the winner win’s they shout,  “Yahoo! I Win! I Win! I’m King!” The loser always replies by saying, “I’m going to get you out because you got me out!” or “I’m the real King, haha!”. But once the bell rings everyone still wanted to play so they keep playing for a few moments until the teacher tells them to go to class.

For today’s writing we had to partner up with the person were sitting next to, my partner was Joshua W. We did writing for 4 minutes, once the 4 minutes up we had to proofread it to each other, Joshua read my writing and his feedback was not to use got and get too much, He also told me to use more powerful words to make my describing clear. I tried to use language feature so we can hook in our reader.

10 Fraction Questions

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   1. 1. 85 people from PBS went to a Warriors game. ⅕ of them got to meet the players. How many people didn’t get to meet the warriors?  

       

      2. In Thailand there were 80  boats parked along the shores ¼ of them sailed away to find fish. How many of them stayed?

              

      3. 24 students went to the shop and ¼ came back to school. How many people stayed at the shop.

      
      

      4. 45 people went and played handball. ⅕ of them went to have something to eat. How many of them are left playing handball?

      
      

      5. 28 People from PBS were given a piece of pizza. 1/7 did not eat any. How many people did not eat any pizza?

      
      

      6. 36 people went to the NBA finals. ¼ did not get picked to play in the finals. How many people went to the NBA finals?

      
      

      7. Freeman had 300 pens he had to share ½. How many does he have know?

      
      

      8. Affonso had 18 pieces of pizza. He had to share with 7/9 of his pizza with others. How many pieces does he have left?

      
      

      9. They are 500 apples Josh had to pick 2/4 of the apples off the trees. How many are still on the trees?

      
      

      10. P.B.S got 1000 bananas they had to share 4/8 with other schools. How many do they have now?

   
   

   
   

   Today our group collaborated to create some fraction word problems for our friends to solve. It helped us think about the strategies we use for finding fractions of whole numbers, and it will help them practise their strategies when they find the answers.

25 Words Summary

Keeping Maori storytelling alive is important because it helps people remember their culture’s history and when the hear stories about it, it keeps them captivated.

Freeman, Sanujan and I created this 25 word summary using 6 words of our own choice. We listened to facts and reasons of why we should keep oral story telling alive and used the facts collaboratively to create this. We think story telling is important because it keeps children captivated when they hear about it. 

How Maui Slowed The Sun

This week for reading, writing and inquiry we were learning about Creation Myths and Legends. The photo above is a storyboard I created using "Storyboard that". I work collaborative with Sanuja and Affonso.
Our storyboard has three settings, the 1st one is daytime, the middle one is nighttime inside their house and the last one is when the sun dawns. I had lots of fun while making this storyboard.

Winter Learning Journey

For this Winter Learning Journey I have to write 3 reasons why Possums are pests.

1. Possums carry diseases. 

2. Possums are eating eggs of a kokako.

3. They are damaging trees.

Winter Learning Journey

For this Winter Learning Journey I had to adopt a NZ bride they are 7 type of birds it is Great Spotted Kiwi, Brown Kiwi, Kea, Morepork, Red-Crowned Kakariki and Tuatara. I had to chose one of them once I chose I have to find facts about the bride I chose. I coshed Kea because it looks like a Eagles.

1. What kind of animals are they? The Kea are large species of parrot of the family of Stripteaser.

2. What do they eat? they eat carrion sometimes but they mainly eat roots, leaves, berries, nectar and insect.   

3. Where do they normally live? They live in south island of New Zealand and fined in forested and alpine regions.  

Winter Learning Journey Bonus Activity

For this Winter Learning activity I had to interviewer one of my family. I had to ask them 5 thing they like to do when their out-door I interviewer my oldest brother Pah Nwee because he's nice and quiet.

1. Playing Football.

2. He likes to jog around the block.

3. Playing Handball.

4. Raiding Bikes.

5. Going to the Beach.

Winter Learning Journey

For this Winter Learning Journey I had to watch a video about a girl named Laura Dekker (youngest person to sail around the whole world). Once I finished watching the video, I had to imagine if I could interview her. These are my questions.

1. Why do you sail?

2. Did you enjoy sailing?

3. What made you want to sail around the world?

4. What age did you start sailing?

5. What made you want to sail?

Winter Learning Joruney

For this Winter Learning Journey I had to vista three place the places are Karekare beach, Rangitoto  Island and Tane Mahuta. I chose Karekare beach because they are lots of big wave and it has such great view.

Winter Learning Journey

This is the first Winter Learning Journey bonus activity. I had to create a flag using a website. The yellow shape is meant to be a sun. I made a Kiwi because people call New Zealander Kiwi.

Winter Learning Journey

For this activity I had to watch a video about New Zealand. After I watched the video I had to choose which activities I would like do to. 

Link to the video.

This is my list

1. Go Rainbows End.

2. Go to restaurants and eat. 

3. Go to Auckland War Memorial Museum

4. Go to Mission Bay

5. Go through a treetop walk