Lowest Common Multiple

LI: To find the lowest common multiple.

This week in maths, Sakina and I created a DLO on the lowest common multiple. In our DLO we've included what the lowest common multiple is, what does the word multiple mean, how to find the lowest common multiple. We both enjoyed this challenge as we could touch up on our LCM skills and were challenged by a few challenges.

Highest Common Factor

LI: To find the highest common factor

This week in maths, Florence, Sakina, Victoria and I created a DLO on the highest common factor and lowest common multiple. In our DLO’s we’ve included what the highest common factor is, how to find the HCF, what the word factor means and an example of finding the HCF. We all enjoyed working together to create this DLO and liked how we could revise on this maths area.

The 3 Laws of Inertia

LI: To learn about Inertia

This week we learnt about Inertia, Inertia is a force of physics. There are 3 laws of Inertia. The three are Inertia of Rest, Inertia of Motion and Inertia of Direction. Inertia is the tendency to resist a change of motion. You experience Inertia all the time, for example when in a car and the car suddenly stops you jerk forward because of the change of velocity or speed. For this activity Sakina, Chris, Lukah, Pouvi and I worked collaboratively to create this DLO. Something we found interesting was that Inertia was an everyday thing we experienced but we never really noticed.

Choices Explanation

LI: To structure and write an explanation.

Why is it important to make Wise Choices?

Have you ever thought about your choices?  Wise choices help you realise you could be making a bad decision. Making a wise choice leads you to a right decision. But we haven’t made a wise choice and it’s affecting our environment. As you already know, the ocean is slowly becoming polluted as others haven’t thought about their actions and have mistakenly misplaced their rubbish, therefore having animals die slowly and painfully.

Due to the actions of others, animals have to be cautious of their surroundings because we haven’t made the best decision. Everywhere around the world the air or sea is polluted by plastic for instance the waters in Thailand. Those waters have been badly polluted resulting in the water turning black, that’s the result of our carelessness. If we made wise choices beforehand beaches, air and waters would be healthier. Have you ever thought about the consequences of leaving rubbish on the sidewalks? How does it make you feel if I told you that you could possibly be ending a whole existence of sea creatures? Think about it.

Imagine this.. every sea animal has a plastic ring around their neck gasping for air. Those breaths became shorter every inhale leaving them to slowly suffocate and die. Do you want to know the reason why they were suffocating? Because of our careless actions, we didn’t think about the consequences of having plastic flow down the drain. If we made a wise decision before dropping our litter we could’ve saved so many animals.

We make wise choices because it helps us realise the bad things that could possibly happen. Wise choices help shape our future and help us make wise decisions. We need to make a change now so we can have a fresh and healthy future!

This week in writing, we practised writing explanations for our assessments next term. Our topic was about why we need to make wise choices. Our explanations tells others why we should make wise choices when it comes to pollution. The process for this explanation was doing 5 minutes of planning, 40 minutes of writing as this would be an appropriate time for writing our assessments. After we proof read our writing we did DRAFT (delete, rearrange, add, fix and talk) so we could check for any mistakes.

Inquiry | Changes I would make

LI: To think deeply about a change I would make. 

Who will get my vote?

LI: To decide which political party will get your vote by making an informed choice 

List some of the things you, your parents and caregivers do.

Weekday	Weekend
Go to work/school	Grocery Shopping
Do shopping	Go out to places
Walk the dog	Go to the park
Go Walking	Walk the dog
Go to the park	Go Walking
Cook food	Chill at home

Important Governing Topics:

Go to the Policy.nz website and read about the topics that government policies centre around. Consider yours and your caregivers’ daily activities. Which two topics are most important to you?

Important topics:
Incomes & Employment	Economy

Compare the political parties’ policies in your chosen governing topics, then choose a party to vote for. If you are still not sure, try this quiz to help find a party that aligns with your priorities.

The party I will vote for is:	My reasons are:
Green Party	They banned single use plastic bags. Legalised Medicinal Cannabis Brought Te Reo into schools Have introduced paid parental leave to 26 weeks so parents can spend time with their babies. They have provided over 200,000 kids with lunch at school. They’ve also ended family violence and sexual violence.

Read about the candidates for governing your electorate (the area where you live) here. You have another vote for your candidate. Use the ‘change electorate’ button if you need to.

The electorate candidate I will vote for is:

Mark Simiona

If you were Prime Minister, what one thing would you do to change NZ for the better and why?

Poverty, because to be honest this problem hasn’t been dealt with properly.. As in it’s been talked about but it’s been swept under the rug. Poverty is one of the biggest problems in New Zealand and I want to end that so in the future, people who live in poverty can live more comfortably. If I help with poverty they don’t have to worry about having no bed to sleep on, not having a roof over their head or not having no food on their plate. Education, housing and income also falls under poverty as people have to drop out of school to provide for their family. Therefore not having enough education to enter certain jobs. Parents have to work 2-3 jobs just because their income is very low. Housing has raised their rent too high for people to pay, therefore leaving them to have to live on the streets or live with family. If I were Prime Minister I would change poverty so future generations have better opportunities. Then they’ll be able to enjoy the remainder of their life :) ~ (Honestly I have more things to change but that’s one of the main things I would change) ~

'If I were Prime Minister I would change poverty, because to be honest this problem hasn’t been dealt with properly.. As in it’s been talked about but it’s been swept under the rug. Poverty is one of the biggest problems in New Zealand and I want to end that so in the future, people who live in poverty can live more comfortably. If I help with poverty they don’t have to worry about having no bed to sleep on, not having a roof over their head or not having no food on their plate. Education, housing and income also falls under poverty as people have to drop out of school to provide for their family. Therefore not having enough education to enter certain jobs. Parents have to work 2-3 jobs just because their income is very low. Housing has raised their rent too high for people to pay, therefore leaving them to have to live on the streets or live with family. If I were Prime Minister I would change poverty so future generations have better opportunities. Then they’ll be able to enjoy the remainder of their life :)' If I were to change poverty younger generations would have more of a variety for jobs. The people who barely make a living can live comfortably in their homes without having to worry about money as much. This would help the community and can help them to live freely.

Inquiry | Elections

LI: To decide which political party will get your vote by making an informed choice.

This week in pairs we decided which political party we would vote for. Before we decided on who we were going to vote for we worked through a google doc to help us decided which party our vote would go to. We then created a DLO about the party we would vote for and reasons why we decided on that party. If I was 18 my party vote would go to Green because they've helped ban single-use plastics as plastic has been a problem in the environment. This means if Green Party won the election in my electorate Mark Simiona would be our member of parliament and James Shaw would become Prime Minister. Something I found interesting was that Green Party was the party that banned the single-use plastic. Doing this activity has allowed me to make an informed decision.

Food Technology @ Tamaki College

 LI: To learn how to make corn fritters.

This week at Tamaki College we made corn fritters with salad on the side with Mrs Heka. For this block we listened to Mrs Heka who gave us a set of instructions to help us create our dishes. To make these fritters I worked with Victoria.

First we got our ingredients and equipment. To make the batter for the fritters I got 2 eggs and 1/4 of a cup of milk which is known as wet ingredients, and Victoria got the dry ingredients which consisted of 1/3 of a cup of flour and 1/2 a tablespoon of baking powder. I then mixed the eggs and milk together and Victoria mixed the flour and baking powder. Then she got a can of corn kernels.  Victoria gradually added the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients making sure that the batter had a smooth consistency. After we mixed the batter we added the corn kernels. Before we started cooking we added oil to the pan. Mrs Heka came around and turned on our stove so we could then start cooking. While we were cooking we put some salad into our containers and added some dressing. We cooked our batter until it was a golden brown then placed it into our containers. To top it off we added a swirl of sweet chilli sauce.

When we finished cooking we started to wash our dishes and wipe the benches making sure our space was tidy for the next week. I really enjoyed the corn fritters and thought they were very delicious. I would definitely cook this when I have the ingredients. Next week for food tech we are making mac and cheese.

New Zealand History

This week for Māori Language week Florence, Victoria, Taheesha and I created a DLO about the history of New Zealand, some interesting facts, and we chose an example of a Whakatauki to share through a screencastify. In this DLO we have included all about the history of Māori Language Week and where it began. A Whakatauki is the Māori proverb or poetic and metaphorical expressions that reflects on thoughts, advice or values from past generations. We’ve enjoyed working collaboratively on this activity as we were all able to gain a better understanding of the Maori language and the history of their culture. 

Exploring Maori Place Names

This week for Maori Language Week, Sakina, Taheesha and I created multiple DLO's to share with others about the Maori Language. For this DLO we have worked together to find different place names around New Zealand and what we found interesting. A place around New Zealand that I found interesting was Whanganui. The reason I found this place name interesting is because I have travelled around the area a lot but never knew why it was named Whanganui. 

Cybersmart

Today was our first day back to school from our second distance learning lock down. We started our day with creating a screencastify that explains how to navigate your way to a juniors class site. First we wrote down on a piece of paper of what we would explain to the parents to help them get to the school and class site. We then wrote our script and practised what we were going to say. Florence, Sakina and I have all worked together to get this screencastify completed.

Taupānga / Create an app

Since this week is Maori Language week, Sakina, Taheesha and I created an interactive app where you can learn some basic words in Maori as it is a challenge that was set. In our app we’ve included some time words, greetings, days of the week and months of the year in Maori, we’ve also included a small quiz at the end where you can test your knowledge on Maori. We’ve enjoyed learning some words in Maori and enjoyed creating this app for others to learn the language.

Tuakana Teina

This week for Maori Language Week, we helped ruma kotahi (room 1) and ruma korua (room 2) create string art panels. For this art session I partnered up with Rayne and helped her design patterns on her piece of paper. First she drew some possible designs on a piece of scrap paper and then she decided which patterns she would like to draw on her black paper. Once we finished drawing her design on the piece of black paper we moved onto gluing the string onto the paper. After we finished gluing the string on we then painted over the string with glue to secure the string. Helping our partners is called Tuakana Teina in Maori context, meaning that an older person helps or guides a younger person. I really enjoyed this art session with the classes and I can't wait to carry on next week.

Family Tree

LI: To create a family tree.

 

This week for our Te Reo Challenges, we did a challenge where we created a family tree and we could add some patterns. My family tree is fairly big to which I couldn't fit them all on my DLO. I enjoyed this activity as I could learn more about my family tree.

MRS C GREN

LI: To understand the meaning behind the acronym MRS C GREN. 

MRS C GREN is an acronym for life process, which stands for (Movement, Respiration, Sensitivity, Cells, Growth, Reproduction, Excretion, Nutrition). This week for Science, we learnt about MRS C GREN, which is a part of Biology, and created a DLO about it. We used collaboration and smart searching by skimming and scanning for keywords to help us select and reject information needed for our DLO. Something Sakina, Giovanni, RJ and I found interesting, was that even living organisms with one single cell can grow. We really enjoyed learning about MRS C GREN.

Biology: Science is Empirical

This week for our Biology Science, we did a challenge where we gave our inferences of what might be happening in a footprint image. Science is empirical, which is based on observations. We also used our prior knowledge and observations. Florence, Sakina, Taheesha and I worked together and negotiated to pick which inference was correct. In this DLO, we included, what Empirical is, our biology activity and what we saw in a image of footprints. Something we found interesting, was that science is based on observation and is empirical.

Sunflower Painting

LI: To paint a still life of sunflowers in the style of Vincent Van Gogh

For art this week, we painted still life sunflowers in the style of Vincent Van Gogh. First we practised painting sunflowers. This activity was based on drawing what we saw. We watched a video of someone using the dabbing technique to do the centre of the sunflower. While painting we mixed and blended colours to make different shades of the same colour. We also used the same technique that was showed in the video which was dabbing and made sure we didn't overload the brush with paint. We then carried on to making the petals which was in a up then twirl motion. After we practised we moved on to painting the background. We then drew our vase with chalk. We painted the vase then started to paint our sunflowers. While painting we made sure to make use of all the space on the paper, used layers of paint and thought about the direction the brush was going. I really enjoyed this activity as I never knew about Vincent Van Gogh and I also enjoyed learning about still life paintings. 

Vincent Van Gogh Timeline

LI: To create a timeline to show the life of Vincent Van Gogh.

This week, for literacy and inquiry we worked together to create a timeline of Vincent Van Gogh’s life. We used our smart searching skills to find information about Vincent Van Gogh. Vincent was an Impressionist artist, meaning he liked to paint a moment in time (still life). I worked collaboratively with Florence, Sakina, and Taheesha to get this timeline completed. We enjoyed learning about Vincent Van gogh as we were able to learn something new.  Something we all found interesting was that he cut off a part of his ear and sent it to his girlfriend, because he got into an argument with Paul Gauguin, who is one of his friends. This was interesting, because we wouldn’t imagine someone cutting off part of their ear.