Operation Christmas Drop

  LI: To write a summary of the story behind the Operation Christmas Drop in your own words.

For the last 68 years the men and women of the US air force who are based at Andersen Air force Base in Guam have been using a pilot training drill to drop much needed supplies to the people who live on the 50 remote islands that surround Guam. Today in LS2 we have been researching the Operation Christmas Drop. It is a tradition that started in 1952, with the help of many people donating money and volunteering to help wrap the presents to send to Guam , the air force Men & Women have been going around to 50 different islands and countries to drop off supplies in large crates that land with a parachute. It started off as an training exercise for the air force men & women to practise taking food supplies to there troops but then it began to be the longest US civil defence in the world. Something I have learnt and found interesting is that when they make the presents is that they use the same size boxes for all the presents. Doing this was fun and cool to learn what the US Air force is doing for Islands that are unfortunate to get things that we have and how the community is helping with this Operation. 

Illustrated Story

LI: To write a pourquoi (tell me why or how) story that paints a picture in the mind of the reader.

Our challenge this week was to create a porquoi story that we would illustrate and share with our junior classes. A porquoi story tells us why something is the way it is. Our story tells why/how… This morning we shared our stories with Room 2 and Room 4, and they loved listening to them. I enjoyed doing this story because I got to work collaboratively with my friends and were very creative with our animated story.

Holiday Decorations

 For this term, The LS2 students designed and created Holiday Decorations using Hand Sewing. We started off  by asking questions to our client who was Mr Johnston.Then we created a DLO(Brainstorm) and a (Mood Board) with the information that can help us understand what we are going to make. Brainstorming the information helped us learn more about How,Why,What,Shape and Who. The Materials and equipment we used were Threads,felt,Cotton,String,Buttons,googly eyes and Paper.  We needed to make sure that our decorations were 10cm big, so we started off by getting a ruler and measuring the length and the width. For my first decoration I decided to create a Hannukah Star. We used paper and a drawing pencil to help us create our first design. But firstly I needed to learn the type of sewing we’re doing. We learned three different types of hand sewing which is Blanket Stitch,Outline Stitch and a Running Stitch by learning how to use the different types of stitching we practices onto a 10cm square(made out of felt). After practising more and more we decided to create our decoration by creating our decoration we planned about. Then after creating all the planning and understanding what we need to do we created our first design. The first design I decided to create was a Hannukah Star I really enjoyed creating this decoration because it represented the holiday celebration we were creating, I really enjoyed working with others and working together to create the design. After completing my first design I decided to create a another one which was a Palm Tree I think I’ve improved a lot in my stitching, I think it was good because we learned more about sewing and it was a lot of fun.

Art colouring book

LI:To experiment with colours

This morning we tried one of this year’s Kick Start Summer Learning Journey activities. The purpose of this task was to

experiment with colours by mixing colours from the original palette with pop colours. This allowed us to recolours famous

painting or images of landmarks around the world. The picture i chose is called Moon masque by Lois Mailou Jones .

Exploring our national current events

 LI: To identify author’s purpose.

During reading we also talked about Current News in New Zealand. In groups of 4-5 we explored our current news in NZ using different News Websites like - RNZ (Radio NZ), Newshub, NZ Herald, Kiwi Kids News and more. Each day, newspaper editors around the world must make desicions about which stories they will run. We explored the different types of current events that are happening in New Zealand, thought about why the story made the news and plotted the location on a google map. Here are the reasons of each news we placed on our Google Maps. 

• Timeliness
• Magnitude
• Relevance
• Unexpectedness
• Impact
• Positive Reference
• Negative Referance
• Oddity
• Conflict
• Continuity
• Emotions
• Progress

Provocation: Should masks be compulsory on NZ public transport?

LI:To identify and consider the two perspectives of this provocation to help me form an opinion.

Today we made a provocation DLO. A provocation is an action or speech that triggers strong feelings about a topic. Today we considered both sides of the provocation which is the YES and the NO our provocation was Should masks be compulsory on NZ public transport?’ We then used that information to help us form an opinion that we were all happy with  our decision. Our opinion was a Yes and No because there are some reasons for why we need to wear a mask and there are some reasons why we shouldn’t wear one. Both Yes and No reasons are equally important. We need to stay safe and away from the covid 19 and other diseases.

Main Idea/Embarrassment.

                                                                                                        

  L.I to find out the main idea 

This DLO is about the Main Ideas in the book this book is called the Embarrassment poem. I worked with Afa,Hosea,Liletina and  Rj. We needed to read the book twice to find out the main details that will help others and yourself understand the main Idea. As you can see in this DLO that we think that the MAIN IDEA is knowing how to handle Embarrassment. Working with my friends was really fun and enjoying because we shared our ideas and we were collaborating,working as a team. The thing that i liked about this poem is how it tell us the secret to not be embarrassment like for an example you can jest laugh

it all out till the people that is laughing at you has left.

weighty Challenge Maths DLO

L.I to create a DLO about any of the Weighty Maths Challenges

This week we were put into groups for maths In these groups we made up names that  represent maths or includes maths names  , our name that we chose for our group  was The multiplying 7’s because we had seven people in our group and we were supposed to multiply our questions we were given . In the multiplying 7’s were Victoria our leader Giovannie,Makaili,Afa,Karlos , Ong  and Lily  , we put all of our opinions together to come with different solutions to solve our challenges and we would have to ask questions if we didn't understand the question or ask for help because no one should have sat in silence because we are a team and we are all  supposed participate so we all can have friendship even though we haven't worked together but we  did make a big difference and we worked as a good team whether we liked  working together or not.

Teach Rocketships

 L.I : Is to learn about rocket ships and find out how many fins does the rocket ship need. 

This week for tech, The year 7s Worked with Mrs Sharma and Mr Dunn. Mr Dunn showed us by explaining and understanding How many fins does the rocket need to fly ( No Fins , 2 Fins or 4 Fins). For my prediction. I think my rocket needs 4 fins to fly into the sky. We also started off by getting straws and making it into rocket ships. We created it by turning the front tip and bending it. After bending it, we needed to grab some scalar tape  and put it onto the straw.  We then started off by writing keywords that link to rocket science. We also learned interesting facts and information about rockets. The most interesting fact I learned was that there is a New Zealand Rocket company called Rocket Lab and learning about who works with them. Thanks again to Mr Dunn for helping and understanding more  on Rocket sciences.  

TEEL Paragraph

 L.I To write an explanation TIIC paragraph. 

                        Video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RnvgoAR0jO9NWUJP-wQDb9Qgs35o3hOd/view                  This week, For writing we created a video showing the explanation we wrote about our PBS Care Values,I worked with Liletina and Rj on this task. We worked together by sharing our ideas. This helped us by understanding what TEEL. TEEL stands for Title,Introduction,Information and Conclusion. TEEL will help us with knowing how to write and TEEL explanation.  This helps us with our test, This was a practicse round so that we know and understand what its our about and how we can write a TEEL paragraph,

Tood Teach

 L.I To learn how to make Mapo pork and eggplant.

This week for tech the year 7's made Mapo pork and eggplant, The Mapo pork and eggplant was really tasty as I could taste the beef mixed into the rice. I really loved cutting the onion into pieces and put it into the pan. I also loved mixing the beef into the onion.  

Dance Class#1

LI: To make shapes collaborative 

Today for kiwi sport we had dance class with Miss Rebecca. We were expressive with our dance moves and for this week our theme is me and my body. Then we were using effective movement.We had to move our body to create shapes and we had to freeze like a star,stick .After that we played a game the point of the game is to be creative, make shapes, freeze, and to hold the position and that there is no wrong way to dance. We had to move around  and when Miss Rebecca says freeze we all have to freeze and if she says elbow then we have to find someone and go elbow to elbow we enjoyed and had fun at today kiwi sport.  

Visit to Life Education

This week we went to Life Education. We went in groups. I was in group 1 which is the volleyball team. The first session was about our Hauora and our brain. First we watched videos about Kapi, and what’s happening to him. He was getting bullied, which caused him to play video games all day in the weekend, not cleaning his room, or even having a shower. Next we learnt about the brain, and the brain cells. There are about billions of brain cells, and you think 7,000 thoughts a day. That was what we learnt for the first session. The next session we learnt about how bad drugs are to our brains. We also sent a letter to Kapi, about how he can help himself build his walls back from Hauora. I learnt a lot of new things.

What Is Science

L.I To find the three most vital ideas from the information to help us find the answer “What is science?”

This week we watched a video which helped us understand what science is. While watching the video, we took notes, by selecting and rejecting the information. We used the information to identify the three most vital ideas. We shared our ideas and negotiated on where to put the information, whether it was four very important ideas or three most vital ideas. We also collaborated and respected each other's opinions for this activity.

We think the three most vital ideas are:

• Science is an answer and has the power to destroy and heal.
• Science includes physics, chemistry and biology.
• Science is discovering new things

Science/ Summarising

L.I: To summarise the information.

This week for our reading topic (science), we created a summary using the information from our post it notes. In our summary, we skimmed and scanned to find the important keywords. We also shared our ideas and collaborated to create our summary. For our next activity, we used a question dice to help us create three interesting questions that we wanted to research. We all worked together in these activities.

The three most interesting questions are:

• When was science discovered? 

• Why is science important?

• How is science different from the past to today? 

Making connections to problem solving

L.I Making connections to problem solving.

Today we made a Tangram puzzle with LS1 because we had no internet connection.A Tangram puzzle is an ancient Chinese puzzle named the Tangram puzzle. We used  A4 paper and scissors. Then we were following the instructions. After that we work together as a group to help each other out. Then the challenge was to make a square out of all the pieces we made. We  found a solution to solve the puzzle. It was really complicated to solve but at the end we did it. It was fun and challenging to make this puzzle. We  used problem solving to figure out how to do the puzzle .

6 sentence's

L.I. Use 6 sentences to set up the structure of a narrative

We were all in class listening carefully to Mr Tom but Max was very  tired.We all sat at our desks as the sun shone through the window. I had never put my hand up before, I was too shy.Oh no, Mr Tom is going to  pick me to answer the question.I wanted to disappear and become invisible, I could feel little drops of tears coming out of my eyes. Yay, my friend Kitty put her hand up to answer the question. I was relieved that Mr Tom picked Kitty.

Today my group wrote 6 sentence stories to help us take risks with our writing. We did this by sharing our ideas and writing sentence that drop hints about what was happening in the picture we chose to write about. We helped each other by suggesting ideas to each other to make our stories more interesting.

Matariki Harvesting

L.I: To use our knowledge and find three interesting information and fact about these matariki harvesting
harvesting birds.

This DLO shows interesting facts and information about 3 matariki harvesting birds. I worked with my group to find these interesting facts and information.  The three matariki harvesting birds we picked a Tui, Huia and Kereru.

Venn Diagram

LI: to create a DLO of tool for harvesting. 

In this Venn Diagram it shows how people used to celebrate Matariki, how people celebrate Matariki now and how do now and then do the same thing. I worked with Afa,RJ,Leroy and Akuhata as a group and we found information about what people do on Matariki now days. As we created this I learned some new interesting facts about Matariki such as Maori people make things out of flax like kites.

Optical Illusion

L.I:  To explain what an optical Illusion.

This DLO shows what is a optical Illusion and how an Optical Illusion happens. On this DLO it shows what Optical l Illusion means. We used one Optical l Illusion and found out what wrong with it. I worked with my group to find interesting information about optical l Illusion information. Mr Johnston also came in to help us with this.

What is Matariki

LI: To use your smart searching skills to find information that  tell other what Matariki is

  

Today we were leaning about what Matariki is family of 7 stars and is the Maori new year. Matariki is a time remember the past,learn about traditions and stars new beginning    

Matariki stars

LI: To draw and label the Matariki cluster of stars 

This week our Te Reo challenge set by Miss Pryde was to draw and label the Matariki cluster of stars. Matariki is the Maori new year, a time for family and new beginnings.    

       

Math

LI: To practise defining maths vocabulary maths vocabulary (words)

To help us practise the meaning of maths words. Mrs Anderson taught us a game called maths word challenge. I worked with Akuhata and Ellenora on this game.  To play the game 2 players found a word from the maths word game,  then had to give a clue to the person trying to  figure out the maths word who was sitting with their back to the other players.

Careers

L.I To explore a career that interests me.

 

I took the career quest quiz to help me find a career that interests me. At the end  three options i chose were police officer,firefighter and building surveyor. This DLO shows how much you get payed and the knowledge you need.  

volleyball/Kiwi sport

L.I to learn how to dig

Today for kiwi sport we Learned a new skill that was digging. we recapped about what we did. Then we got in groups 4 digging to each other. After that we got into groups. The groups were 1

2 3 4. Once we got in our groups we played king of the court. For example  we had a court each so group 1 and 2 were on two courts and group 3 and 4 had two courts. After that we played some games. The group that won the king of the court was group 4 It was challenging and fun.

 

  

Statistical Investigation: Kowhaiwhai designs

LI: To carry out a statistical investigation across PBS to find the most popular kawhaiwahi design.

Our group worked collaboratively to carry out a statistical investigation to help Miss Pryde choose the winning kowhaiwhai design for our PBS Te Reo blog. When we asked the students the designs on the DLO were the most popular. If you click on the link you will see all the kowhaiwhai designs our class created.

Here is a link to all the kowhaiwhai designs

L.I To explain how periscopes work

Mr Johnston come and taught us what periscopes are how they are used and who uses them.We found out that the angle of incidence equals the angle of reflection that means if the light hits the mirror at 45 degrees it reflects the light back at 45 degrees it was fun because 

 

 

Light Facts

L.I To share five facts about that we find interesting

    

 

we worked collaboratively to create a DLO that shows fact about light. One facts that interests me is light is can my faster then sound    

Food Technology

L.I To make veggie noodles.

Today for food technology we made veggie noodles first we got our veggies and noodles then we got our big pot and added water into the big pot and then Mrs Tuipulotu came and lit the oven. After that we added our noodles into the hot pot and stir it then we got our verge's.  Then  we diced  the veggies. Then we got our big pan and added 2 tablespoon of oil into the big pan. After we tern of the oven then we drain the noodles, Mrs Tuipulotu came and turned on the oven, then we added our verge  into the big pan with the oil. At the end we added our sours into our noodle with the vegetate we got our bowl and it was Delicious The hardest part for us was to cut the onion and the Gallic. The onion  made our eyes sore and we cried.

Math challenge

LI: To find the most efficient strategy to answer the question

This week our group practiced finding the answer to written maths questions. To do this we needed to first find the numbers we were working with. We decided the most efficient strategy was to use our times table knowledge. Being able to find how many groups of a number made this strategy efficient.

Evaluating a Text

LI: To read the information in the text, think about what you have read and form an opinion

We read the story ‘The Protest March’ then made connections between what is
happening in the world now. We used the information in the story and our prior
knowledge to help us form an opinion.

How to stand up to bullies

I did my care award about how to stand up to bullies and i worked with my friend Hosea and Rj and he helped me with my care award and  we attributed the photos and we had to write about what to do
and how to stand up to bullies

Teaching a group how to play a game

this here is one of my  care awards this is about playing  a game with a group and i was teaching them how to play invisible touch.

Cyber smart

This week for cyber smart we worked collaboratively to discover new things about a gourd. We started on by using  what a gourd and what it was used for. We found out that it was used to storage fresh water to keep hydrated. We also found out that a gourd is a type of fruit which is related to the curbing family, which includes melon, cucumber and squash.

Tech

Today for tech the year seven where doing robot's with miss forgoes and we did a DLO at Tamaki college and we where leaning how to cornet the the robot to the computer and the robot is called mbot and the DLO was a little bit like scratch and we have to chance the colder of the mbot .
It was so fun that tech.     

Cricket

Today we had our first session of Kiwisport cricket with Brian from HPC. We practised the skills of bowling, batting and fielding. It was a lot of fun, especially the batting because you get to hit the ball off the cones then challenge your friends to get a high run score. Sione got the highest score in our class with 20 runs. We worked in teams and had to think about how we communicated with each other.

National Current Events

This week as a group, we explored the national current events. In my group were Pouvi, Afa, Makaili and Haylee. Not only did we explore the current events, but we also learnt the different types of current events. Together we read articles about national news and which articles matched the best with each type of current events. On a google map, we plotted the locations of where the current event stories took place, with a short explanation of the article/story.

Kiwi Can

This week for Kiwi Can we learn about positive relationships and empathy. We played 2 games that involved acting and teamwork. One of the games we played was that we had to get in a group of 4 or 5 .The groups that had role plays that were bad or good. Our group was acting out on the bad side and our idea was that one of us will be a teacher, and 2 of our group members would go in and slam the door on the rest of our members, even the teacher. We had lots of fun at Kiwi Can.