Graduation 2016

On Wednesday night the year 8's had their graduation. As we are leaving, the Board of Trustees and Mr. Jhonston put together this event with the help of teachers. This digital book shows the events that took place in order.

2016 LS2 Collage

 

For this collage, I have collaborated with Zahra and Nazella to create this Reflection.This reflection is based around LS2's 2016 learning journey. This collage lets you see through our eyes what we have been up to this year. There are images of us collaborating working hard and some of our most favorite times at school.

Labyrinth

This week LS2 was working with Ms. Kirkpatrick learning about movies. I thought this was a fun task because of all the things that we learnt. I think all the camera shots and actor parts will become useful in the future. I was really interested as to how much effort was put into the movie labyrinth and how carefully they thought about everything. Ms.Kirkpatrick chose the movie Labyrinth because sadly early this year David Bowie past away.

Rockets at TC - Day 2

Today was our second time at Tamaki college learning and experimenting with rockets. Today we started off by completing our paper rockets from last week. Mr. Dunn taught us how to attach on our string to the rocket. In the middle of the string, there was a paper sellotaped so that this acts like a parachute when the top of the rocket blows off and flies through the air. Once everybody completed their rocket construction, we went out to the field to launch them. Each group had their chance to make their rocket fly. During the rocket experiment, some landed a centimeter away from the launcher, while some went all the way to the carpark of Tamaki College. During all the launchers, we were focusing on the variables and why they some flew the way they did. I think that my group's (Sajiha, Nazella and me) rocket went the furtherest, that we couldn't even see it anymore. I think this is because we followed the instructions really clearly and made sure everything was the way it was meant to be. Overall everyone in LS2 had a great day and a huge thank you to Mr. Dunn, Miss. Ferguson! Because they spent their time with us and without them this wouldn't be possible without them. They put in so much effort to make this happen. And again, thank you so much. 

Tahuna Torea Reflection

This is a Prezi I collaborated on with Nazella and Zahra. This is only one of the three ways we chose to share our visit. This is a reflection about the things we found out and learnt One is a timeline about the things that we did and one is about our experience and actual images that were taken on the trip.

Storyboard That - Tahuna Torea

This is my Storyboard That, which I have created with Zahra, Nazella. We had to create a step by step Storyboard which explained what happened that day. We had much fun and had a great time. This is one of three ways we chose to present our visit. This one is a timeline of the things we did and we tried our best to make it look like the real thing.

Multi-modal Reading

This week since our class is going to Tohuna Torea our reading focus has been on Godwits and multi-modal . Our Reading group is the R group. In our group, we  have Paige, Jasmine, Manu, Sylis,  Eric. Our first task was to complete our question matrix. We completed this task so that next time when we do our research we know what information we are looking for. This was also interesting to know what other people were finding our and we learnt a lot from each other. After we completed our question matrix we relied on our prior knowledge. We wrote about our prior knowledge about the travel transportations we use now, 30 years ago and 100 years ago. We wrote down on our computers the problems that come with all these types of transportation. Since we completed our prior knowledge we got to reciprocal read with our group. We took turns and read a paragraph each. I enjoyed today's session and I think we collaborated really well.

At Tamaki College With Mr. Dunn

This is my DLO created about our Straw Rocket experiment down at Tamaki college. In this presentation, I have included my time scores and converted them into averages. I reflected on my scores and what could do to change the way it flew. If you want to read more about what we did I have made a blog post about procedural writing about how to make a straw rocket and a few collages that I have made.

Rockets at Tamaki College

This is a procedural writing about how to make straw rocket. On Friday LS2 spent the whole day at Tamaki College with Mr. Dunn. All of us really enjoyed this session and recapped many things we would have forgotten. It was really awesome at how we actually made hard papered rocket and shot them up in the air. Next time at tech our whole class will get the chance to launch their rockets in the air. Miss. Ferguson made a 3D printed rocket wich was really cool! Her rocket even disappeared. In this popplet, I have included three collages wich I put a lot of effort into.

My Hundertwasser Artwork

Hundertwasser	Fact	Picture
Childhood/Birth	He was born on December 15 1928 Hundertwasser’s dad died when he was 1 in 1929 Hundertwasser was a child while WW2 was happening.
From	Hundertwasser is from Vienna, Austria
Art (3)	He doesn’t like straight lines He likes bold colours He has a creative mind Hundertwasser made a public toilet in New Zealand near Kawaka. Hundertwasser made the Koru flag of New Zealand in 1983.
NZ	He was buried in New Zealand, while at sea.
Died	Hundertwasser died on February 19, 2000 at the Pacific ocean who then was buried in New Zealand under a tulip tree.

This is my Hundertwasser artwork. Above it is a DLO about the artist himself. I really enjoyed this activity as we got to be creative and blend colours in with pastels which made it look really beautiful. Learning about Hundertwassers artwork really captivated me in the way he thought and the things he did.

Dear Term 1 Me

By the end of the year, you should have reached the national standards in all subjects. Did you spend your free time at home doing homework instead of watching T.V? You can work at home and do your quick writes to improve your writing. Did you show leadership and receive an award at prize giving. You can do this by showing respect and staying out of trouble.

I hope you have earned all care award badges so that by the end of the year you will have eight badges altogether.You can earn your badges by using your free time in class to complete tasks on the list. Were you paying attention in class and reading 30 minutes every night?

I hope that by the end of the year you will have achieved this list and I hope that you will be accepted into a great college

Dear Term 1 me,

I have accomplished many tasks but little did we know we accomplished much more than that. This year has been a blast! We went presenting to many places and made many many friends across the cluster. We have come so far and being maniakalani Leader me so many great opportunities wich I never would have thought of when I was nominated. We now have all 8 badges and 500 blog posts! It is still not confirmed whether I reached the national standard but fingers crossed. Reading 30 minutes every night was a tough job but most nights I read as much as I could. Next year I will be in Selwyn and Good luck to 2017 me!

Notes about the Migration of Godwits

This weeks Inquiry topic is Flight. The year 8's switched from learning about planes with Ms. Kirkpatrick to working with Mrs. Anderson about the migration of a Godwit. Here are some notes I made about the Godwit.

Library Visit

Yesterday the librarians of Panmure Bridge school visited the Panmure library. The librarians Zeba, Zahra, June, Jane, Sanujin, Pote and I were hosted  by Pranita and hoko who were showing us around the library. We learnt about the routine the books go through each day. When we went to the library, we became very skillful at the rotation of books.

The librarians then discussed the activities for the Dare to Explore challenge that happens in the summer holidays. The Dare to Explore challenges help entertain students during the holidays and will keep you educated, which means you will have a positive reading results in the tests that happen when you come back to school next year.

A big Thank you to Ms Sloan and Ms Lew who drove us to the library and to the librarians at Panmure library for making us feel so welcome and teaching us more about libraries.

Remember, keep reading and make sure your books aren’t overdue.

PBS Athletics Day

Today was our atheletics day for 2016. By far I think that this years atheletics was my favourite. I think that our team really supported each other and showed our school's CARE values. We cared for one another when someone got hurt. Our attitude was great no one was grumpy and participated in the games joyfully. Everyone showed respect and supported and encouraged instead of laughing at each other when someone failed. Everyone in our group showed excellence and innovation because when they tried they did really well. Thank you to the students from tamaki college who helped teach us all the great atheletics day sports. They made us laugh and encouraged us wich made our expirience even better. I really enjoyed the activities especially our sponge relay were we got to get along and break the ice with all of our team mates!

Hockey - Session 2

Yesterday was our second session of hockey with Carley. For our warm up we played switch. In the game switch, we practiced our magnet dribble and our passing. After our warm up we played shark. In this game, we were working on defending our ball while pushing and hitting other people's ball. This game was difficult because we had to focus on many things at the same time. We all competed against each other in the game of juggling. I found this difficult because the ball was heavy and the sticks width is slim. we were allowed to pick up our ball and keep on counting on from our previous score, this made it easier but it took a lot of energy. The winner of this game was Gozan. We also played another version of the juggling game. In this version, we had to sit down when the ball dropped. Te winner of this game was Sebastian. Overall we had a great time and we are all looking forward to next weeks session.

Maori Connection between the Kuaka/Godwit

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Click on the link above to access a 'Storyboard that' created by Sajiha and I based on the connection between the Godwit/Kuaka Bird and Maori People. We researched many different sites to help us gather information for our main story prompt. We found the story about their connection and retold the story in our own words. It was really fun to recreate their story in our own way. 

Chuck Yeagor Timeline

This Popplet is a timeline mad about chuck Yeagor. Chuck Yeagor had many accomplishments in life and one of his biggest accomplishments was breaking the so and barrier. I found finding out about him interesting

Godwit Migration Route

This is a collaborative task that I have created with Sajiha. We worked hard to create this with plenty of information. This google drawing includes a comparison chart, Destination facts, and were they travel too.

500 Blogposts

This is my last year with my device and I have reached 500 blogposts! To celebrate this Mrs. Anderson has come up with this amazing idea to celebrate this. She has created this beautiful animated image to show our 500 blogposts. I feel really proud to acheive this reward as this is my last year. This will be a major goal for the year sevens next year,

How to use Speech Marks

This Prezi is one that I have made about speech marks. This DLO explains in a clear way how to use speech marks. There are many examples and said synonyms. I think that this is one of the most useful DLO's I have made this year. We were given a short amount of time and this motivated me to finsih it quickley.