L.I To use the most efficent strategy to find the answer.
This weeks focus in maths was all about talking about our strategies. With this in mind, we were acquired to complete some maths challenges set up by our teacher. The challenge I will be show casing is Challenge 3. In challenge three, we were acquired to figure out how many right angles there are on an entire badminton racket. In this video I explained my strategy to solve the problem.
L.I to make inferences about the events in the text using clues provided by the author.
Our focus this week in Reading was about Violet Walrond.
Violet Walrond was the first female new zealand representatives in the swimming industry. She played in the 1920 Antwerp Olympics at the age of 15 years of age and was the youngest competitor. She was also one of the firsts in New Zealand to ever use the crawl technique, which had grew a lot of attention around NZ. Violet started winning competitions at a the age of 12 years old, and her father was also her coach; as he did get gifted the Royal Humane Society award, for saving 11 people from drowning.
In this activity we were required to complete this Y chart, that concluded me looking at a image and inferring from a question. The question that was asked was “What will happen when time unfreezes”. Fau and I worked collaboratively together to complete this task. For us to get a better understanding of the context, we were acquired to read a passage about Violet Walronds life.
We really enjoyed this activity because we learnt apart of NZ history.
To understand how flowcharts relate to coding blocks.
To understand how to get the microbit to talk to another microbit using radio signals.
Here is my flowchart practice document.
LI: To use provocation to understand both sides of a story.
Our focus this week for reading was based on the Olympics & provocation. We used provocation to understand both side of the question asked. The question was should host countries spend so much money on building the Olympic venues? Our opinion was that host countries should not spend a massive amount of money on the olympics, since the former buildings used to host the olympics. We think that the billions of dollars used to entertain others with sport, should be used to help other countries who are facing difficult times(poverty, homelessness, lack of education etc). To get a better understanding of this topic, we were reqiured to research and find images of before and after olympic venues.In our groups, we were very shocked to find out that most of these venues were abandoned, outgrown and untouched. We found this task interesting because seeing both side of the story meant different people see the story with different opinion.
L.I to learn about personal information that should be private, and personal information that can be made public.
LI: to participate in a inter-school competition.
For me to complete and achieve my Gold attitude badge; in this activity, I was required to enter a inter-school competition. The Inter-school that I have participated in is Netball. I have really enjoyed participating in Netball, as it has help me stay fit and active. I also love the sport for how it is played and the passion I show for it. I have really enjoyed this season, and how it is going. Netball has taught me so many things, such as discipline and self-control. It has also given me the opportunity to become more active, which i'm grateful for.
The Position that I play is Goal Shoot, Wing Attack and Goal Attack. Goal shoot, is the main shooter. Wing Attack is not allowed to shoot, but supports the GA & GS. Goal Attack, is exactly like the Goal Shoot, but is just allowed to go into more thirds(parts of the courts).
My goals in Netball is to become more accurate in my shooting and to have good sportsmen-ship towards the other team.
L.I To use our smart searching skills to expand our knowledge of Ancient Greek Mythology.
Today David shared the next reading challenge with us. It is all about the Greek gods and helps us to practise the skills we have been learning in our reading lessons with our teachers.
David created this task as part of his CARE award challenges. In this smart searching activity, we used our comprehension and research skills to learn about Greek Mythology vocabulary and identify Greek places on the map.
I found this activity interesting because i've learnt more about the places and details of greece history.
L.I to organize and research, words that connect to ancient greek.
This week, David as been teaching and expanding our knowledge about greek mythology. Greek Mythology is a large collection of stories, started in Ancient Greece, about the beginning of the world, and the lives and adventures of gods, goddesses, heroes, and heroines.
In this activity David has explained that we were acquired to organize these words, into the categories: People, Places, Government, War and Culture. The list of words can be seen on slide three, as well as the organization. We all collaborated together to get this done.
I really enjoyed this activity because it has taught me so much new words. I also enjoyed learning and growing my knowledge on greek mythology.
