Shakespeare | Romeo and Juliet

 

This week Miiana and I researched about Romeo and Juliet which is a Shakespeare play. William Shakespeare was a writer who wrote his poems in 10 syllables. One interesting fact I learnt about Shakespeare was that he had 7 siblings. In the slideshow above it shows what we researched about Shakespeare and Romeo and Juliet.

Tennis

This week was our second week of tennis with Peter, our coach. This week we learnt how to volley which is when you hit the ball lightly so it can go back and forth without letting the ball hitting the ground. Together with our partner we played a few rounds and saw how long we could make the ball stay off the ground. After that we placed the ball on the edge of the net and started off playing like that. When we started to do that technique we counted how much times we won, like table tennis. I really enjoyed tennis this week and can't wait for another session.

Rhythm Interactive's visit to P.B.S

This week Johnny from Rhythm Interactive came to P.B.S and showed us how to play the djembe which is a African drum. Our theme was Together we can make a change. We listened to and followed a rhythm which was based on our theme together we can make a change. The whole school got a chance to play with the drums and LS2 helped the juniors. Johnny said if we can say it we can drum it. I found it interesting learning how to play the djembe because I've never played one before. I also found the name of the drum interesting because I've never heard of the name before. 

Athletics Day

After tech on Friday we participated in our school athletics day. I was in the blue team with other people from my class. There were many activities on athletics day such as the egg and spoon race and much more. One of my favourite activities was the sponge race which is when you get into a sack, hop to the parachute which you had to crawl under, get the sponge, jump over the high jump pole, soak the sponge into the water then repeat the whole thing again. After all the activities we had our lunch and had sausage sizzles. After having lunch we moved onto sprints. I really enjoyed athletics day since it was my first time.

Shoes Story | Personification

Shoe Personification Story

After waking up from a long nap, it was time for me to get to work. I could smell the stench coming from her feet as she stepped into me. I could feel my whole body getting compressed by her feet. Ohh ! I was so glad that it didn’t start raining. If it did rain my perfectly styled hair would get wet and it would be all messy. As I was walking, I could see many shoes all dirty and scruffy. I felt like I was the only perfect and clean pair of shoes, but then I saw my worst nightmare, a muddy puddle. I was doomed, as my owner stepped into the puddle. I held my breath tightly as well as my mouth. When I opened my eyes in relief, gasping for air, I saw my whole body covered in mud. I guess my owner doesn’t really care about me. As my owner stared down at me, I gave her a dirty evil look. She gasped as she saw how dirty I was, but it was too late. If only she used those two eyeballs in her head then I would still be looking perfectly fine. I could still feel mud stuck in my teeth. I was still mad at my owner after a long day of work. Finally, she took me off as I was tossed into the washing machine. I started dancing with the bubbles. After a long shower I felt fresh and clean. I felt dizzy as I came out of the machine, but I could finally relax after a hard day of work.

 

This week in writing, we learnt about personification and what it is. Personification is giving non living things human abilities. For us to understand it more we got into a pair and wrote a short story about what a shoe might be feeling if they were a human. My partner was Sakina and the first paragraph above is what we wrote about. In this activity we had our backs against each others and we couldn't talk to each other. One of us opened up a google doc and we communicated on there, this really made me think. In our writing we also used the 5 senses which are look, feel, hear, taste and smell. After about half an hour we proof read with each other. Above is the story we wrote. 

Tech at Tamaki College

This week for tech we have been programming our m-bots to make the letter 'D'. Before coding, we had a little game of kahoot which involved things to do with the m-bots. After playing kahoot we started coding. It took a lot of time to make it a 'D' but finally we found out what we had to do. All we did was make the m-bot go straight the made a semi circle. This weeks robotics was very interesting and fun and I enjoyed debugging the code.

Tech at Tamaki College

This week for robotics this week we were working the sensors on the m-bots. In the video above it shows what the m-bot did. On the site mBlock, we coded what the m-bot needs to do in order to make it go in a 8. To make it go in a 8 we used the sensors to follow the line. It successfully went in a 8, it took quite a lot of amount to make it go in a 8. I would say it was quite easy but it took quite a long time to figure it is. This was our practice since we were then going to write our initials. After coding the number 8, we used the sensor to stop it in its place or go backwards. By stopping it we put our hands in front of the m-bot and it either stops or goes backwards.

Summarising the Main Ideas

This week for current events we found an article and summarise the main ideas. After we summarised, to make it more succinct, we turned it into a 10 syllable sentences and also a 5 sentence summary. In this current events Sakina, Sela, Joel and I worked as a group and selected 1 of the topics which was “When the All Blacks defeated Ireland”. Below is the activity's that were with the article we found.

Article Here

Keyword Summary

Keywords from the title	Keywords from  sub- headings	New words I need to look up
All Blacks, Ireland, Rugby World Cup, semi-finals,	2019 Rugby World Cup, quarter-finals, All Blacks, Ireland	Scintillating - Clever/Smart

Summarising Text 

Write down 20 important words from the text	All Blacks, Ireland, Rugby World Cup, semi-finals, beat, quarter-finals, tries, defeat, Tokyo, England, victory, team, penalty, tournament, results, score, players, scintillating, lead, loss
Choose the 6 most important words.	All Blacks, Ireland, Rugby World Cup, defeated, Tokyo, quarter-finals
Use the 6 most important words to write sentences.	The All Blacks defeated Ireland in the quarter-finals, which took place in Tokyo.

Writing 5 sentences  

New Zealand has run away with the victory and has defeated Ireland in the quarter-finals at the Tokyo Stadium.

During halftime 3 tries were scored, 2 by Aaron Smith and 1 by Beauden Barret.

As a result the All Blacks defeated Ireland by 46-14.

An appalling and disappointment to Ireland on the night of the big upcoming game.

The All Blacks are now in the semi-finals playing against England later on in Tokyo.

Writing 10 syllable sentences 

New Zealand has won against Ireland.

The All Blacks won 46-14.

3 tries were scored by Aaron and Beauden.

The Irish team were then disappointed.

The All Blacks will now play against England.

Needs and Wants

This week for inquiry we looked at what a need and want is. In groups we looked at what needs and wants were. In my group there were 3 other people Joel, Sakina and Sela. In the slideshow above it shows what we looked at and what we found out.

Budgeting Fun

Family 

We only have $200 to spend for weekly supplies of food or household items.

Day	Breakfast	Lunch	Dinner	Snack	Cost:
Monday	Corn Flakes $3.50 x 2 = 7.00	Noodles 10pk  $6 x 2 = $12.00 [I pack for each day]	Fish Fingers 400g $6.49	Skittles $3.00	$28.49
Tuesday	Nutri Grain  $3.50 x 1 =  $3.50	Noodles [I pack for each day]	Tacos $4.79 156g Mince $13.00 1kg = $17.79	Strawberries $3.50 x 2 = $7.00	$28.29
Wednesday	Nesquik x 2  $7.00	Noodles [I pack for each day]	BBQ (Sausages) 1kg $10.00 10 x 2= $20.00	Strawberries $3.50 x 2 = $7.00	$34.00
Thursday	Corn Flakes $3.50	Noodles [I pack for each day]	Fruit Salad 439g $1.90x 31.9 0 x 3 2.29 x 6 = $13.74	Strawberries $3.50 x 2 = $7.00	$24.24
Friday	Nutri Grain $3.50 x 1 =  $3.50	Noodles [I pack for each day]	Burgers  Buns 6pk $3.00 Tomatoes $3.50 Patties 6pk $12.50 = $19.00	Strawberries $3.50 x 1 = $3.50	$26.00
Saturday	Nesquik $6.00	Noodles [I pack for each day]	Mince Pies 6pk  $6.00 x 2=  $12.00	Strawberries $3.50 x 2 = $7.00	$25.00
Sunday	Corn Flakes  3.50	Noodles [I pack for each day]	MacDonalds {BURGERS] $22.40 $5.60 each (4)	(ice Cream) $1.00 (per)  = $6.00	$31.10

Total Cost:  

197.20

For maths we have been creating a Family Menu to feed a group of 6 or 5 members. In my group I had Chavda, Florence, Alex and Nevaeh. We have created a google document that has each day of the week including the food that we will be having for Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner. In this task we were allowed to have 1 day of fast food. My group has chosen that we will McDonald's as out fast food, we have decided to have it on the last day of the week.

The real cost of owning a pet

This week we had a task where we looked at how much a pet would cost. In my group was Victoria, Florence, Fui and Nyjah. For this task we picked a Pomeranian and the information that we collected is above. The average weight of a Pomeranian is 1 kg-3 kg which is fairly light. The name of our dog is Bangtan Sonyeondan which was inspired from our favourite k-pop group, BTS. There is some information above of how much it would cost to own a Pomeranian.