Swimming Life Jackets | Kiwi Spot

L.i to learn how to stay alive and float in life jackets.

This week Thursday was the last day of swimming lessons for this year. this was the funniest lesson because we got to wear life jackets.

 After we had got into our life jackets we had warmed-up by swimming from the platform to the wall. It kinda hard because a lot of people were kicking me. after this we had got people around us to make a chain. We had did this by holding the shoulder of the other person and putting our feet on the side of them and kicking.

Next, we had got into different groups and huddled as a group. In that group we had to hold each other by the shoulder. This could help if you were cold because it'll keep you warm and if somebody is injured, that person has to be in the middle of the circle and hold them.

 After this we had to try to touch the floor with the life jackets. This was hard but I had learn a trick that if you try to do a handstand with one hand you will touch the floor. After this we hand got up against the wall and did a pencil dive. When you do that you have to take a big step into the pool and then drop. Lastly we had done any type of dive in.

I have Enjoyed this Swimming lessons. I have also learn something really valuable
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Rugby Profile(Michael Hopper)

L.I apply inquiry, literacy and numeracy skills to learn about the RWC.
For this task, we had to pick a rugby player to talk about. We had to find out answers for the rugby players. The rugby player that I have chosen was Michael Hopper. For example when somebody was born, What is height and weight. We had to research other information of the player we chose.

All Blacks Position's

L.I  To link the positions to the players.
In this task, we had to connect names of rugby players and put the arrows of the position they were playing in, for example, Jonah Lomu. we had to point the arrow to what his position was. We did this with six different players. We had also put down information about the player like what number that they are and what team they are in. 

Rube Goldberg

L.I to make a Rube Goldberg machine with the six simple machines.
For Inquiry we were challenged to build a similar machine as Rube Goldberg. A challenge was you had to use one of the simple machines which are Incline Plane, Pulley, Screw, Wheel and Axle and a Lever. My groups challenge was to try to turn on the chromebook. Our Machine had included, Levers, Incline Plane and a screw. We had also used parts of our bodys to finish of the machine. Our machine was successfully working. The materials that we had used were Cardboard(for Incline Plane), Domino's, Pan Balance, Marbles and books.
The biggest challenges we had to face was trying to get the materials to stay up still and trying to figure out what's gonna happen next.
I think if we were to do this again I would've bought more materials and incorporated more and included others ideas.

World time

LI: apply inquiry, literacy and numeracy skills to learn about the Rugby World Cup.
This week we learn about The Rugby World Cup 2019. This activity is called 'World Time'. We had to figure out the time would be in other countries when the Rugby World Cup games had started at Japanese standard time at 6pm. We also had to turn it into a 24 hour time.For big countries like USA and Canada We had to set times for East and West Coast. 

SSR Selfie

L.I To summarise and retell a text.
Today I have decided to do SSR Selfie. I the story I have read was Speed Machines.

Swimming | Kiwi Sport

L.I To learn life safety of when swimming.
For swimming we had warmed up by doing some freestyle swimming. than we had done some strokes. We tried not to touch the floor. If we needed to breath than we had to lay on our backs. We had then done some back strokes 2 laps.

Commenting

L.I to give honest feedback on other people's blog post.
Today I have decided to do Commenting. I have commented on Marcaiyla blog post on Adidas Shoes.

Thneed Advert | Writing

L.I To create an advert using the knowledge and skills we have learnt.
Advertising is physically or Commercially trying to sell a product etc. In a group of four, my group had made a print advert of thneeds. A print advert had to include what we were selling and how it is used. We could also use a celebrity to advertise the product, so our group had chosen the Lorax.  We also had to make a script for the commercial advert. We also Had named Our group The Seuss Maneuss

Art | Maths

L.I to earn and look after money by creating maths.
This art is a piece of geometric landscape. I had used triangles for the mountains, diamonds and circles for the sun. This took a lot of shading for the sky. The height was 25 and the width was 33.7. The amount of area that was used was 842.5. 

Faulty Reasoning | Reading

L.I To understand Faulty Reasoning.
Faulty reasoning includes four things. Illogical, Circular Reasoning, Over-Generalization, Biased Argument and Contradiction. Illogical means Providing evidence that does not directly support the claim, Circular Reasoning means Supporting a claim with the same claim, Over-Generalization means making a global statement, Biased argument means Making a claim that influenced by your own personal feelings or experience and Contradiction means Provided evidence that goes against the argument. We had read four stories and had to get some quotes from the text that we thought were one of the faulty reasons. Here is a slide to show all of the work we have done.

Dealing with Challenges | Kiwi Can

L.I to cope with challenges.
We learnt how to face our challenges and experience / attempt them. We looked at 3 different types of challenges and wrote about our feelings when we face those challenges. We figured out coping strategies in groups of three.

Swimming | Kiwi Sport

L.I to learn how to swim.
This week Thursday we had went to swimming(Kiwi Sport) We had warmed up by doing a Streamlines a couple of times. Than we had done some armstrokes. The challenge was to not stand and try to breath by looking sidewards. Than we done backstrokes. We had to look up at the lights and try to stay in line with it.

Commenting

L.I to give honest feedback on somebody's blog post.
Today I have done commenting. I have commented on Afatias' blogpost. This blogpost was about her artwork based maths. This art was a geometric landscape. I have also done this artwork.

Basic Facts Boxes

L.I to remember basic facts.
Today I have decided to do Basic Facts Boxes. This is a google spreadsheet with a bunch of basic facts. There are two challenges. I have chosen Speed demon challenge. My time was 1m 50s. Here is a slide for proof.

SSR Selfie

L.I to retell a text.
Today I have decided to do SSR Selfie. The book that I have chosen to do is Lester and Hester. SSR Selfie is a google slide where we can share and talk about our books.

Art | Maths WIP

L.I to earn and look after money by creating maths.
This week for maths we had made artwork that had to do with maths. My art was based on geometric landscape. We had also organized with our groups our measurements. My measurements are 25 x 33 cm.

Advertising 3.0 | Writing

L.I to learn about persuasive tools in advertising.
Advertising is commercially or physically trying to sell a product. In this writing session we have watched a couple of ads. We had to answer questions like Who the author is. We also had to find some ads from NEw Zealand and link them. You can find all of the information in this slide.

Dealing with Challenges | Kiwi Can

L.I to deal with challenges.
Our topic and theme for kiwi can is Dealing with Challenges and Resilience. We need to practice dealing with challenges to have an easier future and to learn by experience to not make the same mistake. Our activity was Bus-Stop. In this game Mrs Mac had given us a piece of paper which we had to explain the pictures in various challenges. 

Duffy Role Model | Jamie Wall

This week monday we had the opportunity to hear the story of Jamie Wall. Jamie Wall is a sports Journalist for NewsHub, RNZ(Radio New Zealand) and Maori Television. Jamie Wall also makes reports on teams like All Blacks, Warriors, UFC, Boxing, Cricket, Super Rugby, Fifa WC. He has been to countries like Italy ( Rome), Japan, Argentina, Francee, England, Ireland, Australia. He has also made a book called "Brothers in Black". This book was inspired by a book called "Men in Black" this book was about All the games that the All Blacks had played before the World  Cup. His book is more about the brothers of the team(All Blacks)

QAR Beat Bullying | Reading

L.I to Identify the main idea in the text. 

This week for reading we have carried on with QAR(Question-Answer-Relationship) which includes articles. My groups article for this week was Beat Bullying. This article was about bullying. QAR includes right there, think and search, author and you and on my own. We had also done synthesis. When we have done those two tasks, we had to make a flip-grid if we had agreed with the article or not. 

Print Design Rules | Cybersmart

L.I to learn about the print design rules.

This week for cybersmart we are carrying on with Print design rules. Mr. Wong had asked us to pick a simple machine and make a poster on it. I have chosen to do a lever. 

SSR Selfie

L.I to summarise and retell a text.
Today I have decided to do SSR Selfie. SSR Seife is a google slide where you can tell people about your book. My story book I have read was The House On the Hill.

Basic Facts Boxes

L.I to remember basic facts.
Today I have decided to do basic facts boxes. Basic facts boxs is a google spreadsheet with a bunch of basic facts. There are two challenges . Today I have done the speed demon challenge. The speed demon challenge is when you time how long you do it . My time was 2m 41. Here is a slide to show all od the information.

Commenting

L.I to give honest feedback on someone else's work.
Today I have decided to do commenting. I have commented on Aydens blog post about questions.

Geometric landscape art | Area & Perimeter | Writing

L.I to learn finances creating maths.
 This week for maths we have been planning art. We have also learnt about areas & Perimeters. The Area is the inside, and the perimeter is the outline. My art is about geometric landscape art. We had to organize how much area and perimeter each person has. my measurements is 30 x 20 cm. Here is my art planning.

Archimedes screw | Inquiry

L.I to learn how a screw works and what it is.
An Archimedes screw is a tube bent and an axle, which brings water or liquids from low level to higher levels. We had used a tube and a stick to travel water from the bucket to the concrete.

Advertising Slogans | Writing

L.I to learn about persuasive tools in advertising.
A Slogan is a short phrase used to advertise products. Advertising is having a commercial that shows how good a product is. On a slide we had wrote down where we have seen a celebrity advertise a product. Next we had to write down slogans of food, technology, clothes etc company slogans. Next we had looked at the techniques that people use to advertise food. Lastly we had created slogans for school.

Stop This Horrendous Crime | Reading

L.I to identify the main idea in the text.
This week for reading we have an read article called 'Stop This Horrendous Crime'. This article was about animal cruelty/animal testing. We had done the same process as last week. We had to answer questions about the article and answer then on the QAR(Questioning-Answer-Relationship) template. We also had to put where we thought the questions would go in a box(On my own, Author and you, think and search, right there). When we had done this we had to do synthesis about this article. Lastly we had to make a flipgrid if we agree with the article or disagree.

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Kiwi Can

L.I to complete challenges and to understand what a challenge is.
In Kiwi Can we are learning about Resilience and dealing with challenges. Resilience means coping back with challenges. Dealing with challenges is just going through challenges.

Our Energiser for this week was Commands. Mrs Mack had said six commands like jump forward/back, spin around, touch the group, look up/down.

Our Catchphrase for this week was Kiwi Can says: When your dealing with challenges, don't go over them, don't go under them, just go right through them,". 

Our Activity was a puzzle game. There were shapes that we had to use our brains to make the puzzle. you can find more information here.