Best learning - 2020

 This is my best learning this year.

My experience at Rangitoto

 This is my experience at Rangitoto.

NYLD - 2020

My experience at NYLD (National Young Leaders Day) was great. I learned many things from the speakers.

Minister in the cabinet

 I found three ministers in the cabinet and I did research about them.

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Graffiti - Conscience

 I created a wordle related to the word conscience. Conscience is your senses telling you the right and wrong thing.

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Under the microscope

I created a DLO on what I saw under the microscope. Microscopes are used to see things you can't normally see with the naked eye.

Animal/Plant cells - Genomics

 I created a DLO on the things I learned on Plant/Animal cell structure.

St. George Preca

 I created a DLO on the things I've learnt about St. George Preca.

My story - Pyramid of Secrets

 I created a DLO on a book I read, about the Pyramids of Giza.

Zebrafish

 

These are the things I learned during genomics - Zebrafish.

Book review - Pyramid of secrets

This book is very interesting. It's about a boy named Nebka who goes with his uncle to build the pyramids. He gets into a situation where he frees convicts but then his uncle and a lot of his mates help Nebka take them down. After that Nebka loved his uncle and enjoyed building the pyramids of Giza.

Ecosystem - Open Ocean

 

I learned about ecosystems during genomics. I chose Aquatic - open ocean.

Fragile Web of life

 

These are the things I learned about in genomics - Fragile Web of life.

Holy Faith Sisters

I learned about the Holy Faith Sisters, who they are, what their purpose is, and their vows.

Day 1: Garden project at school

Democracy

 

Electorate

 

Election - Infographic

 An election is when you vote for a certain party and then you vote for a member of parliament.

Inforgraphic - Holiday

 

This is what happened during my holiday, it was very boring.

Reflection term 3

This is my reflection for term 3. I created a DLO to tell people what subject I did the best this term. 

The missing package

 I found a strange package by the door, as I returned from my walk. Then I realized the package didn’t have a name on it. I curiously picked up the package and entered my house.

I placed the package on the floor and searched for a name. They didn’t leave any traces behind. I marched back and forth through the house thinking ‘what should I do.’

I got contacted by my family in Australia and I told them about the package. They impatiently shout at me to open the package. I anxiously dashed to the kitchen, grabbed a knife and I tore the package open when… POW, a boxing glove flew out of the box and pummeled me in the face.

They howled laughing at me when they told me they sent the package. I was so infuriated, I hung up.

The Baby-Sitters-Club

 

I finished this book this week and I did a summary about it. 

This book is great, I recommend it for those 10+.

Toku pepeha

 HAPPY MAORI LANGUAGE WEEK! For Maori language week we learnt how to weave a headband, we learnt a song, dance and a pepeha. We created a pepeha to tell people about ourselves but in Maori.

Genomics riddle

This is what I learned from a man named Theirry who helped us with genomics. I created a riddle to show my understanding of what I learned.

Technology - Pewter casting

 

At technology, we are making pendants out of pewter. This is the design I'm making for my little sister because she always says I want a dog, I want a dog, so I am going to make it come true.

Book review - I survived Titanic

 

This book is about a boy who went on vacation with his aunt and sister on the titanic. He was constantly getting in-trouble but one night he went out to explore and he noticed that it was freezing cold and that his sister went missing. Him and his aunt went out to look for her they went on the lower part and there was water everywhere they found her and quickly went back up. They noticed there was a lot of lifeboats going down with only women and children. He was taken off the boat and the titanic started sinking. He was saved by his friend and was later taken to the hospital.

Me and my friend Nasili thinks that if you're over the age of 10 then you should read it because there aren't many complicated words and it is really interesting.

Book review

  Book Review

Title : Guts Author: Raina Telgemeier                          Date: 4 September

What was the book about? It is about a girl named Raina who had stomach problems, she also had problems with classmates. She was always paranoid of what she was eating. She was afraid of puke and even the word puke but at the end of the story she became friends with her bully and overcame her fear of puke.

What 3 things did you like about the book? Explain why That its based on a true story She overcame her fear of puke She became friends with her bully	What 3 things didn’t you like about the book? Explain why. I liked everything about the book.
What is your favourite part? My favourite part of book was when Raina became friends with her bully.	Who would you recommend the book to and why? I would recommend this book to year 7 & 8 students. It is a funny book but also something that you could probably relate to.

Education has changed

 Education has changed dramatically because of COVID-19. Many people enjoy learning virtually from home but others proclaim that learning physically at school is better. I, personally, was infuriated when I discovered the news about Auckland going into lockdown. In my head I was thinking “THIS IS A NIGHTMARE!” and it was.

If you think learning virtually at home is a nightmare if you were in my situation you would think it's hell because if your device is broken, asking your siblings for their devices would be difficult especially if they are “busy.” I enjoyed having a flexible timetable at home, but joining 3 calls a day was tiring especially if you had to beg your siblings for their device. At school we have a rigid timetable meaning we stick to the timetable like glue but that's better than having 3 calls a day.

Anyways, I believe that going to school physically is better than doing school virtually from home.

Polyline art

 

I learned how to make art using poly lines on google draw. I created this piece of art to show my understanding of what I learned.

The teaching church

 

I learned these word groups from the prayer we had. I created a DLO to show my understanding of what we did for prayer.

Math - parallel lines/Equal lines

In my math's group we having been working on workshops and I learned about how to identify parallel lines and lines that are equal to each other. I created this DLO (Digital Learning Object) to show my understanding of what I learned.

My thoughts on lockdown round 2...

 

Rockilocks and the three crocodiles

 Once upon a time, there were three crocodiles. They all lived in a hut by an enormous lake. There was a great large father crocodile, a medium-sized mother crocodile, and a tiny baby crocodile.

Inside the hut, there were three chairs. There was a great large chair for father crocodile. There was a medium-sized chair for mother crocodile and a tiny chair for baby crocodile.

Upstairs there were three beds. There was a great large bed for father crocodile. There was a medium-sized bed for mother crocodile and a little bed for baby crocodile.

One afternoon, mother crocodile made pasta. Father crocodile said, “This pasta is way too hot!” Mother crocodile said, “Your right, let’s go do something and let it cool down. Baby crocodile said, “Let’s go for a nap!” So they all hurried upstairs and went for a nap.

Rockilocks came across their hut and it was open. She went straight to the kitchen and saw three bowls of pasta. She tried father crocodiles pasta, “ This is burning!” she exclaimed. She then tried mother crocodiles pasta, “ This is also burning!” she shouted. Finally, she tried baby crocodiles pasta, “ This is just right!” and she slurped it all up.

She sprinted to the living room and saw three chairs. She sat on father crocodiles chair, “Too large” she thought. She tried mother crocodiles chair,” meh,” she thought to herself. Finally, she tried baby crocodiles chair, “ this is perfect,” she thought then suddenly… crash! The chair broke into pieces. The noise the chair had made startled the household.

As the crocodiles worryingly exited their bedroom, Rockilocks felt a bit sleepy, she then started walking up the stairs when suddenly the crocodiles appeared. They chased her out of the house and they never saw her again.

Religious Education - About me

 

I learned about St Pius X and I created this to show my understanding of my learning.

Genomics - keys words - Mysterious Origin of life

 

I learned these words in a video about the mysterious origin of life. I created this DLO to show my understanding of the words I learned.

Maths - angles

 

I learned about the different angle names and degrees. I created a DLO to show my understanding of the angles I learned about.

Genomics - keywords

 

I learned these words from a video I watched about genomics and I created a DLO to show my understanding of the words.