Summary Customised Shoes

 LI: To explain in fewer words what the text is about.

The hardess chllenge for me was that I had to think of what I was going to make my shoe look like. I think its great what Rangi-Haira Jaxon Greening is doing for himself and for his family its so cool to see that he can do all of this and provide for himself and his family.

Recreating Famous Artworks

 LI: To use Google Draw to recreate a famous artwork

LI: To use your knowledge of colour and colour mixing to replicate the colours used in the artworks.

This week we have been learning about famous artworks and colour mixing. The artwork I chose was "The Starry Night" by Vincent Van Gogh This artwork was painted in July 1889 It was painted because Theo intended to promote his elder brother's work after Vincent's death Today it can be found in MoMA in New York City I enjoyed this challenge because I got to recreate the famous painting "The Starry Night"

Maths

 LI: To define the terms and understand the properties of 2D shapes.

Our challenge today was to find the definitions of a 2D shape then draw the shape. I chose to draw my own/use the shapes tool because I think its a fun thing to do I found this maths interesting because I got search for other maths shape. 

Maths

LI: To find, explain and fix the error

Our challenge today was to find, explain and fix the error in the examples given. I have chosen to share this example because the activity helped me think about the strategies I have learnt about.
I enjoyed this activity because I got to learn new things about maths 

Hello/Goodbye poem

LI: To paint a picture with my words

Lockdown

Hello lockdown Goodbye waking up to the pouring rain and knowing you have to walk to school. Hello lockdown Goodbye Big Mac’s at McDonalds.  Hello lockdown Goodbye getting dressed in school uniform. Hello lockdown Goodbye basketball games against other schools at Tamaki college.  Hello lockdown Goodbye waking up and having to get ready for school. Hello lockdown Goodbye having a conversation with friends in person.  Hello lockdown Goodbye School lunches.  Hello lockdown Goodbye hanging out with my friends on the basketball court. Hello lockdown Thank you for giving us more time to spend as a family.

This morning Miss Sheena joined our online Meet and taught us how to write a Hello/Goodbye poem. This poem shows the contrast between things lockdown made us leave behind and the things lockdown gives us the opportunity to do. 

I enjoyed doing this because it lets me share my thoughts with others.

Fred’s Decision

 LI: To use smart searching skills

Part of our reading challenge today was to use our smart searching skills to find facts about geese. One fact I found interesting was that geese help others when needed because it shows they like to care for each other

My Sporting Hero

LI: To show who my sporting hero is.

This DLO is about my sporting hero Michael Jordan he is a really great inspiration to me when I play basketball. He is the person that introduced me in to the NBA in the first place, ever since I saw him play in the NBA I felt like thats what I'm going to do and thats what my dream is going to be. My mind is set on getting better and better with my shooting and with my dribbiling so I can be the best NBA SuperStar the world has ever seen.

What is a million?

 LI: To understand how to make a List Poem.

What is a million? A million is the past and future success I have made in life A million is the bonds I have created with others  The things I have done to get where I am today The self esteem I have in myself to get better and better each day                  It is the memories I make with family from when the sun rises to when the moon comes    It is the limits I surpass in my trials of life                   A million is not only a word but a accomplishment that everyone can find

Today I wrote a list poem about what is a million? It is a really cool activity to do bacause it makes you think about things in life and is a good opportunity to express your self with such powerful words that can blow yours and other peoples minds. My favourite part about this activity was I got to paint a picture of what I'm saying. 

  

Proud of my roots.

 LI: To design a T-Shirt that shows I'm proud of my roots.

Today I designed a T-Shirt that shows I'm proud of my roots the reasons why I choose these pictures are because they all show my cultures. I choose these flags because they all represent my cultures the flags I put on there are the Tongan flag, New Zealand flag, Australian flag and the british flag. The patterens I choose are all about my culture in two of the patterns you can see the Tongan flag and the Kangaroos from Australia. The two people are my uncles one is an All Blacks Player and the other one is one ads. 

Pixelart

 LI: To create an animated gif file.

We used pixelart to create a self portrait. The  challenge was to create an animated gif file to make our pictures blink or smile.

I found out how to make a gif on Pixelart.

I enjoyed this because I got to learn how tomake my own gif.

How to survive a cow attack.

LI: To evaluate

This week we are using our skills of inferring and reorganising information in a text to make evaluation about facts and events that is not stated. Our follow up challenge was to read an article that told us how to survive a cow attack. We then used the infomrationfrom both texts to create a DLO that tells others how to survive a cow attack. 

I found out that cows are peaceful animals when left alone.

I enjoyed doing this because I got to find out how to survive a cow attack.

Eyes on the prize

 LI: Create something that shares your sports interests and talents.

For this activity I put in whats my favourite sport? and How does my Pacific heritage help me play my sport? If you read what I wrote it has my cultures and why I Love being a Pacific Islander. I really love being able to do the challenges by myself and with others at school, the challenges are really fun because I got to expand my editing skills and I can show people who I am.

 

Lazy Sneakers

LI: To show others my learning by designing shoes

I did this activety because I got to show my favoreite BasketBall Players from the 90s and from today by desining shoes. For those who might not know who these people are, the top 2 shoes represents former 1980s BasketBall Players they both played for the Chicago Bulls and won Six NBA 

championships altogether, their coach was Phil Jackson he was there every NBA championships they won. The bottom represents shoes the best  BasketBall Players of this year on the left there is Giannis Antetokounmpo he plays for the Milwaukee Bucks and his coach is Mike Budenholzer and the Milwaukee Bucks have won 2 NBA championships. And on the right shoe represents Lebron James he plays for the Los Angeles Lakers and is one of the most best BasketBalls Players the world has ever seen. The Los Angeles Lakers have won 4 NBA championships that is 2 more then the Milwaukee Bucks have won and 2 less then what the Chicago Bulls won. My favoreite part about this activety is that I got to design these shoes by the colors of the BasketBall teams and also by the BasketBall Players.

Hauora

  LI: To draw and label your own hauora diagram.

In order to be able to perform at their best athletes need to have a four walls of the whare tapawha standing. We created this poster to show what each wall represents and why it is important. I found out that if you arn't feeling really happy and one of your walls fall down, that means every other wall will fall aswell unless you pick yourself up and keep pushing yourself to be positive. I enjoyed making this poster because other people can read it and learn how to win without shoving it in other peoples faces.

Swimming

LI: To learn how to swim safety in water. 

For 3 weeks the Y8 & Y7 groups went to the YMCA pools in Panmure to learn how to swim safely in the water. We were split into 2 groups that depends on how confident we are and how unconfident we were in water. To get into the pool safely we put both hands on one side and entered slowly without splashing. We also learnt that if you are stuck out at sea you can use your life jacket to float if your arms are to tired. Another way you can float and keep warm is to curl up into a ball.     

Ancient Olympics

 LI: To skim and scan to find facts about the Ancient Olympics and make notes in my own words.

This week our focus in reading was about the ancient olympics.The ancient olympics started in greek and was inspired to create our mordern olympics nowdays. Using the site prezi we were able to make an intersting presentation about the ancient olympics. We needed to inculed facts, who participated ect. After we completed this presentation we were asked to present our learning to the class. We did this in our inqiury groups.

Here is the link to our presentation.

Hauora

 LI: To understand what hauora is and what it means to athletes past and present

This week for inquiry our focus was about hauora.Hauora is the Maori belief of your physical and mental health and wellbeing. Hauora is like a house, in order for the house to stand you will need all four walls. They are tapa whanau - family, tapa Hingeroa - emotions and mind, tapa wairoa - religious/belief and tapa Tinana - your physical wellbeing. In this DLO we had to talk about what Hauora would look like if you were an athlete competing in the oly

Hauora olympics

 Hauora olympics

Athletes know how to win without showing off to the other Athletes. They also know how to lose without having a bad thought on losing to the other Athletes, they can just be happy with what they have and know what they did is good enough. And don't be angry, you just need to be proud of what you have done for your family, your country and yourself.

By Carter and Akuhata.

Coding with Pythons.

 LI: To see and understand the connection between the written code, the block code and the flow chart.  

This is the comparison between the Python coding, the blocks and the flowchart for making the Microbit act like a dice.

Link to DLO

Mindfulness Reflection #1

 LI: To understand the meaning behind the pause breathe smile program.

This week we had our first session of the Pause Breathe Smile program. Our learning was based on having a calm mindset. We were introduced to this program by first defining what the word mindfulness is. Then we defined it and shared our different definitions with others.

After talking about mindfulness we were introduced to the red zone and the green zone. They are two different zones. The red zone is when you feel stressed,anxious,distracted and others. The green zone is when you feel calm, relaxed, peaceful, curious, clear, balanced, content and engaged.

We were balancing our mind set by forgiving bad things that happened in the past and calming our mind down and focusing on the present. To do this we sat in a circle and listened to the bell while breathing in and out, this helped us relax and focus on positive things.

I enjoyed this session because we learnt about having a positive mindset and about being mindful of others. During this session I learnt how to Pause, Breathe and Smile and calm my mind.