Orienteering

Today I did orienteering with Silivia, Mahdia, and myself. Our time was 13 minutes and 50 seconds. We had to run all around the school to find all 20 controls. Each of the controls had a letter we needed to clip our paper on. I think my friends and I did a good job.

Speeches

Today we went in our thinking groups and read out our speeches. We all read our speeches while John was timing us. Our speech had to be between 2 mins 30 sec and 3 mins. The people in my thinking group were Silivia, Jane, Victoria, and John. After each speech was said, we had a rubric to fill in about each persons speech. Here is my speech I read.

1. Talofa, o lo’u igoa o Charlize.

Think about something that has really inspired you? It might have been something you watched, or something you read. Well, you want to know what you should read, scriptures. One thing my group said I needed to focus on was having a clear voice

2) You’ve probably heard of this before. But  if you’ve read them or not, religious or not, it doesn’t matter. Even  just trying to read at least 1, in your whole life, is something you need. And trust me, you need to. All the scriptures in the bible are full of great advice, stories, tips, and inspiration. Maybe reading your own book from your culture would be better.  Scriptures to most people, is the most important thing in their life. While to others, it is just another book.

3)      But did you know the Bible is one of the most best selling book in the world? One of the possible reasons why is because it has helped loads of people around the world with their problems and lives, especially non believers.  I have read a short story about a person who lived inside a rough neighborhood in Miami. He had a big fear of dying because he didn’t want to stop existing in this world, and that people would forget about him.

4)   A  problem that I found out is that even people that go to church don’t read the bible a lot of the time.  Even though It wouldn’t seem like a big problem, it is definitely not a small problem. Can you imagine that? I find this very disappointing. But in my point of view, I think this can change. At the same time I know that not everyone in the world can get access to the bible, for different reasons. But I think if everyone could take some time to have a look inside the bible, you might just find what you’re looking for. He was invited to a few churches through friends and family, but their beliefs didn’t stick with him. But when he finally discovered scriptures, and started studying on it. Later as he got older, he wasn’t scared anymore. Can you see how the scriptures changed his perspective on death?

5)   No, this is not a huge world crisis, but I just think reading a scripture could really be helpful in everybody’s  life. I am not trying to make this book more popular, but I just want to show that this book is very special, motivational, and truthful book.  Would you read a scripture?

India

For the past last few weeks of inquiry I have been learning about India, my last country I had to research about this term. In this DLO it has the map of India on the world map and where it is located, some famous landmarks in India, traditional clothes the Indians wear, and more. If you want to find out more about India, click on this slide.

Are UFO's Real??

A few weeks ago we have been writing informational reports. This informational report me and my buddy Silivia did was about if UFO's are actually real. We used videos, articles, and where they live as evidence they are real.

A Car is not a Home!

This week our class has chosen a current event to research about. I picked the event in Mangere where the people were camping in their cars because they were sorry about all those homeless people living in their cars on the side of the streets. In this DLO it includes when this happened, why it happened, and my thought of this.

Orienteering

Today we did orienteering. Orienteering is where you are given a small slip of paper and a map. My buddy Mahdia and I had to look around the school and find all the controls around the school. We only did course 2 and 3 because it started raining hard out.  I liked doing orienteering because we have to run around the school and it was really fun.

My mapping challenges

For this past term in inquiry we have been learning about the countries in Asia (Thailand, China, Japan, India). In this DLO (Digital Learning Object) it has all the mapping challenges I have done in all my classes.  If you want to see more about these countries, click on this slide.

Place Value Pirates

Today for maths I have played Place Value Pirates. When you click the "Decimal" button, the game starts asking you to find a number that has that value. For example it might ask you " 7 in the hundredths place " You have to find a number that has 7 in their hundredths place. The more pirates you knock down, the more points you get. I got 160 for my score, but that was throughout the game. At the end I got 250.

Forgotten Silver

This is one of my follow up activities I did for the mockumentary I watched called "Forgotten Silver". I have advertised "Forgotten Silver" and have made a poster of the advertisement.

Peter Jackson

This is a DLO I have made on a famous NZ director called Peter Jackson. We have recently watched his Documentary called "Forgotten Sliver" and it was quite awesome. In this DLO it has a brief explanation of who he is, what he does, and how he became to be.

Muhammad Ali

Last week I made a DLO on Muhammad Ali who died this month. He was the best boxer back in the day. My parents and teachers were very sad that this legendary boxer had to go. Rest In Peace Muhammad Ali.

Tamaki Primary blog commenting

Today I have been commenting on peoples blog from Tamaki Primary. The first person (comment at top) was Cerenity from room 8. Cerenity posted a screenshot of her decimal game she played. The next person I did was Lydia from room 8. She was explaining her dream playground. The last person I did was Taonga from room 7. Taonga did a Google slide on some Samoan words for Samoan Language week. All these people did great work.

Our reading activity + game

For a few weeks we have been talking about how bad the smog in China is. We had a brainstorm and wrote down on the whiteboard why pollution is bad and what would be the consequences if the Chinese government keeps ignoring this situation. In this Google slide, I have put down our Prior, New, and Synthesized knowledge from my reading group into this slide. If you would like to see more, click on this slide. If you want to see my buddy's website, click Ma'ata.

China

Last month I was learning about China for my inquiry with Mrs. Anderson. We learnt where was China compared to New Zealand, the languages they speak over there, Chinese New Year and much more. If you want to find out more, click on this slide.

Smog In China

Yesterday we read an article about the smog in China. After we read each text, we had to highlight a part of that text and put S-T (Self to Text, something you read that sounds like one of your life experiences), T-T (Something you read that sounds similar to something else you have read), or T-W ( Something you have read that is happening in the world now). Most of the things I highlighted were T-S. The aim of this task was to find thing that relate to other things that I've read, seen, or that has happened in the world.

Japan

For a couple of weeks I have been learning lots about Japan with Mr. Wong. We have been learning how to say hello, goodbye, thank you, and some colours in Japanese. In this slide we also hap a map of where Japan is on the world map. If you want to see more about Japan, click on this slide.

Character Photo

This week for homework we didn't have a person to research about, so our teachers told us to do a activity from the Holiday Reading. This activity is called "Character Photo". I chose a character from my book I read last holiday called Pounamu Pounamu. When I chose my character, my sisters to a photo of me dressed up like her. In my homework I have also explained who my character was in the book and what she did to help the main character, plus her personality.

Blessing Our Classrooms

Today this morning we have blessed our classrooms (LS1 and LS2) this morning at 7:00 AM. In this slide shows what has happened on that day. I thought it was really awesome! (although it was long). The Kapa Haka group that we had were really good too. If you want to see what happened, have a look through this slide.

Slingshot To Understanding

Today for reading we played a game called Slingshot to understanding . In this game, we had to read a short essay about the smog in China. Then we compared it to either a video, a flyer, a recipe, or a story that was similar in a way to the essay. When we have chosen and typed down our answer, we either make a strong, weak, or distracting connection (you'll find out what I mean if you decide to play the game). If you have a strong one, you get to jump to a far building. If you got a weak one you only got to jump to the buildings closest to you. But you wouldn't jump if you got a distracting one. What you are learning through this game is to make connections with the information about this topic and other prior knowledge you have about this topic. The challenge in the game is to get rid of all the smog in the city.