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LI:
CRAAP stands for Currency, relevancy, Authority, purpose. This week we learnt what all of these words meant. We all had a persuasive text about a topic. My groups topic was called "Change our uniforms" We had to do a synthesis and a QAR that had bunch of questions.

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Basic Fact boxes

LI: To remember basic maths facts.

This week i have completed the speed demon up to 5. It took me 3 minutes and 40 seconds. This tells me that i need to work on my addition, Time tables, division and subtractions. 

Commenting

This week i have commented on Sulia's blog post about how she went in the netball cluster. To be able to write a comment it should include a greeting, connection, question and a farewell. 

SSR Selfie

This week I have read the book "The mouse island marathon". It is about a mouse that signed up to do a ice marathon but was shocked when he did it. I have enjoy reading this book because it tells me how gernamal Stilton feels for running a marathon.

Pulley | Inquiry

LI: To learn what a pulley is. 

A pulley is used for pulling heavy loads with the use of a rope and a wheel. It has a grooved rim around it. If we add more loops around it we divide the weight between the rope making it easier to finish the job. We had to list some things using a pulley. Our group had remembered the objects with a pulley from school trips.

Maths | WIP

This week me and my group are doing propotion facts and doing a quiz. This is a Work in progress DLO so it will be completed on the 3/9/2019. This term we are managing and profit we are also looking after our money and finding a way to save it. We all have our own company with our groups. The group that wins get rewarded.

Netball cluster

On Wednesday a large amount of PBS's seniors went to the AMI netball courts and played against many other local schools. Our first game was at 9:55 and played against Panama road. It was a really challenging game as we all had to cope with one another. As we finally finished our first round we won 4 - 1.

Our second round was against Glen Brae. It also was a really challenging game as we knew how to cope and work together. The score was 12 - 0 as panama won. I can tell that the game is a really work on for our group. It also tells me that our group needs to catch the ball.

Our third round was against Bailey road. The score was unknown. We were all relief and found out we won. We also need to work on chess passing and not to contact. 

And won our last two games against tamaki primary and sylivia park with the score of 9 - 1 and 8 - 7.

Netball youtube video. Enjoy - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufgLgK0wJTw&feature=youtu.be

Advertising | Writing

LI: To analyse the print advert.
This week we are learning the types of tools used in a advert. To learn these tools every body got amount of words and we had to find the definition in a group. My group did slogans, Language features, catchphrase and product.

Commenting

This week for commenting I have comment on Ong's work about his maths. In a comment there should be a grettings, Connections, Question and farewell.

Basic facts boxes

LI: To remember basic maths facts

This week for this maths task we had to solve the maths problems at the same time we had to time ourselves. We do this task every week so then we can pratice our time tables, division, addition and subtraction. It took me 2 minutes and 13 secounds. 

Swimming | Kiwi Sport

LI: To learn how to swim.
In Livy's group they first did their safe entire. Then they did their signalling for help. Which is to float on their back or with a noodle. They also had to call for help when they have their hand straight up. Next they learnt how to reach and rescues. 

For this they had a partner and a water noodle. One partner was in the water and pretended to drown. So then it was the right time for the other partner to throw the noodle at then and try to save them, at the same time they have to try and pull the person into the water.

For the horizontal rotations they did stream lines. then the swam with face looking straight up with boths hands on the swimming board. Then they did their horizontal to vertical rotation. They had to dive and pick the toys from off the ground. And played shark attack.

SSR Selfie

LI: To summarise and retail a text.
This week for SSR Selfie I read the book ghost. The book is about a girl with her little sister that suffers by a lung disses.

Proption problems

LI: To earn money.
This week for maths we had being making a maths game of proportions. In my group there is Liane, Chisa and Afatia. We first made a plan of who is doing what Our game is WIP ( Work in Progress). The game is still continuing and is still working on it. For our maths we have to crceate seven or more questions. We chosed to do just seven questions. The game is made easy to hard.

Incline Plain | Simple Machines

LI: to indentify an inclined plain.

This week for Inquiry we had been learning about Incline Plains. For this activity we worked in groups of 2-3. I worked with Fau for this. We had watched two videos based on incline plains and what they are used for.

We had made our own incline plains with Cardboard, Woodboards and anything else you can find. We tested them with small toy cars.

Then we had created a DLO talking about which is easier, an incline plain or lifting something straight up in the air and why. Then we had to draw an exaple of an inclined plain that we use in an everyday basis.

kiwi can | Self control

Self control is meaning to control your body. Out theme is resilience. Meaning to coping with challenges and bouncing back.

Out first game was called rats and rabbits. The most thing I found challenging about this challenge is how it was pressuring me. To overcome this challenged I breath in and out. Our next game was called 4 challenges.

The first challenge for my group was the alphabet backwards. We also had a 1 minute timer to try and complete it. what I found challenging is that we also got pressured because we only had one minute.
Our next challenge was the work out challenge. It included 5x push ups, 5x sit ups, 5x burpies and 5x squats. The most thing I found challenging is that it was tiering and that is was a hard task to do.

Our third challenge was to match the Maori words to the English words. What I found challenging is Even though I'm Maori i still didn't know some of these words. To overcome me and my group sang the song.

And out last challenge was to remake the kiwi cans catchphrase.

Cybersmart | Fix the poster

The print design rules are used in a poster. Print design rules are included to have composition, Layout, Colour and text. Composition is where you put elements everything needed to be on a poster. Layout is how you arrange and align elements.  Colour is how you make your work visible and combinations. And Text must be the same font, Styles and sizes.

Speachs finals 2019

This Tuesday twelve lucky students from each class got to present their own speeches and poems infront of the whole school. We also had a visitor that judged the students from tamaki collage. The year 1 - 3 did a recital and the year 4 - 8 did a persuasive speech. My favourite poem was Micaela's poem about humpty dumpty. The reason why I picked her is because how she used her voice to speak loud and how she had the confidants as a year 1. My other favourite speach was Mele's. I also like her speech because she has the enthusiasm and she has the confidents to speak.

Ihumatao

LI: To identify the main ideas in a text.
This week we are focusing on finishing off our work. We had to write some persuasive text and some reasons. We also and to chose which side we were on either the Fletcher's side or Ihumataos. I have picked the ihumataos side because the place is a sacred place.

Wheel and Axle | Lever

LI: To learn what a wheel and axle is in a simple machine.The wheel in connected to the axle rotating each other when a forces are applied on either of them. A lever is a long rigid body with fulcrum along its length.  It rests on a pivot. We had to create a paper wheel and a lever. We created a DLO on a lever and a wheel and axle. We worked in partners for the wheel and axle then we partnered up with another pair making four people.For wheel and axle activity we made a paper windmill by using a straw and paper and seletape. We had to follow instructions. I completed this with Fau. Then we partnered up with another pair and we made a lever using a stick and an object that we could lift.

Ratio Problems

LI: To learn what ratios are.
Ratios is a comparison of the amount of two or more. This week we made a Ratio game to test how well you know your ratios.  If we finish our work we get more money because this week we are focusing on money.

Swimming | YMCA swimming pools

Every Thursdays LS1 Year 5/6 go to the swimming pools and learn how to swim. In Lyvies group they first started off with their safety entries. They also did floating activities and sculling. And James's group first did their safty entrie to. Stream lines, Swimming on backs, Survival stroke, Dolphin kick, Dolphin dive.

Kiwi Can

Resilience means bouncing back and coping with challenges. This week for kiwi can we were learning self control and self disciplines. Self control is when you control your emotion in any such way. Our activity had to do with sunnarios that we had to act out that each group got hannded out. Our first game was called head shoulders knees and toes.

Print Design Rules

LI: To identify the four area of print design.
Print design rules are used to help you layout your poster or work. There are four areas used in a print design which is Composition, Layout, Colour & Text. Composition is elements that are needed in a poster. Layout is arrangement and aligning. Colour combinations to make your work visible. And Text is fonts, sizes and styles needed to be the same so then the poster can be appealing and easy to see.

The lion king trip

On wendsday 7th of August it was a spacial day for half of LS1 as we went to the lion king performance. The lion king show was hosed by Orminston junior college, Luke (The principal) and Riyan. The lion king show was based on the real movie of the lion king but using people with costumes and masks that they have made. My favourite character played as a person was Tanya (rafiki).

Kiwi Can

LI: To learn emotions by our bodies.

Resilience means with challenges and bouncing back. This week out Big T (Topic) Is resilience. We got handed a card that had different emotions. Everyone got a card and we had to sort them out for an example we had to find four more people that had a emotion that well link up to our own.

Ihumatao ~ Protesting

LI: to identify the main ideas in a text.

This week we had finished four more slides as a group on the Ihumatao event. We had read articles and watched videos to find our the information about when it happened. We had listed them in chronological order of the timeline. We had found the information from Otago Daily Times and a videos from 1 News. 

Commenting

This week I have comment on Sulia's blog post about her reading (Ihumatao). It is about her ihumatao protesting. In a blogpost you would need a greeting, connection, question and a farewell.

Basic Fact boxes

This week for this maths task we had to solve the maths problems at the same time we had to time ourselves. We do this task every week so then we can pratice our time tables, division, addition and subtraction. It took me 2 minutes and 13 secounds. 

SSR Selfie

This week for SSR Selfie i have read the book menace from the deep / killer species. It is about a man and a boy that went on an adventure and travelled on a boat with their dog in the alligator swamp and thought they were in danger. 

Swimming

L.I To learn swimming safety 

LS1 Group B had went to the Panmure Basin Pools to learn skills about swimming. My swimming instructor for this week is Livvy. We had learnt how to float on our backs, will doing this we had to make a T shape. After this we had done a couple of streamlines back and forth. 

Persuasive speech plan | Anxiety

Rhetorical questions are questions that make a dramatic affect.  This week we had to write a persuasive speech about a topic we had to talk about.  The topic I used was Anxiety and also we needed to make a arguement. My arguement was: have you ever felt like you have anxiety and want to let it go?

Ihumatao

LI: To learn about what happend at Ihumatao.

We were talking about the big situation that is happning in New Zealand. We had to work on a slide show that was all about ihumatao. But first we had to use the google map and find out how long it takes to get to Ihumatoa from Panmure bridge school by walking, using the car, bus, bike. 

Basic fraction game | WIP

LI: To make a basic fraction game.
Today we had to make either a quiz, game or a tutorial showing how to use fractions. We chose to make a game of basic fractions. The game is a work in progress DLO. Fraction are shapes that are cut into equal pieces.