Highest Common Factor

LI: to find the Highest Common Factor

 

For Maths we were learning about the Highest Common Factor. Firstly a factor is a number that times a certain number. So the Highest Common Factor is the highest factor that the two numbers have in common or share. Our task was to explain what a Highest Common Factor was and also to explain what a factor was. In my DLO it also shows an example of what a Highest Common Factor is. 

Lowest Common Multiple

 LI: to find the lowest common multiple

For Maths we were learning about the Lowest Common Multiple. Firstly a multiple is a number that can be divided or times by a certain number. So the Lowest Common Multiple is the lowest multiple the two numbers have in common or share. Our task was to explain what a Lowest Common Multiple was and also to explain what a multiple was. In my DLO it also shows an example of what a Lowest Common Multiple is. 

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 Lukah, Haylee, Sakina, 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.

Explanation: Transitional Vocabulary

Why is it important to make wise choices?

Do you use drugs? Do you know the effects it could cause? Drugs are a dangerous substance that are neither food, water or oxygen but can give serious damage to avid users mentally or physically. Drugs are a serious problem around the world and have had a massive effect globally.

As a result some people take them to feel good or to satisfy themselves. People are led into the darkness of drugs by growing up around them, or because of friends, therefore it is something they do to be cool or to be in with a group of friends. This is called “Peer Pressure”. Consequently they get addicted to these drugs, and crave more. These drugs affect us brutally, they affect our physical and mental health. For instance some people steal and on the other hand they work for people who will pay them money so they’re able to buy drugs. In spite of this, drugs are not all bad. In fact they help people relieve pain, help with medical problems. 

Furthermore, this is why it is important to stay away from drugs or to make wise choices. A silly choice you make could ruin your reputation or life, and you might end up without a job, end up in prison, or worse, death. Above all, people have to be informed to make wise choices, because these drugs not only affect you but the people around you. Your family could be saddened about your addiction, or they might end up joining you. Would you want that for the people you love?

Facts and studies show that a person in a family or group of friends that is addicted to drugs affects the group mentally but also distances them. Can you imagine that? Having your family and friends fall apart because of your addiction?

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LI: to use transitional vocabulary

For Writing we were practicing using transitional vocabulary, by writing explanations. Transitional Vocabulary is like the cause and effect, but the effect part. Transitional Vocabulary are words like: therefore, because, as a result, and for instance. An explanation is a type of writing that is a formal writing that explains how or why something works. The structure of an explanation is TIIC, which stands for: Title, Introduction, Information, and Conclusion. Our topic for the explanation was "Why is it important to make wise choices?". We first planned our explanation, and then started writing. 

If I was Prime Minister?

LI: to think deeply about a change I would make

If I was the Prime Minister?

This task was to think if we were Prime Minister what would we do. If I was the Prime Minister of New Zealand I be focusing on the Economy which I think is great for the country because during the Pandemic many people lost jobs or business people had their businesses going down hill. So I think it's good that they’re trying to bring back the Economy. Since I think Economy and Immigration are important, I think the Economy should be handled first so immigrants or refugees have an easy lifestyle in NZ, and also can easily flow into how the economy goes in NZ. 

Which political party would I vote for?

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

To decide which political party I would vote for I read a summary of the policies each party wants to introduce. Should they win the election and the right to form a government to run NZ? Doing this allowed me to make an informed decision. If I was 18 I would vote for Labour because they are focusing on the things that are happening around the world and in NZ as well as the future for generations to come. This means if Labour won the election in my electorate Shirin Brown would be our member of parliament and Jacinda Ardern would continue as the Prime Minister of Aotearoa, New Zealand. I found out that the Labour Party New Zealand is the oldest political party of the country. 

DARE to make a choice

LI: to learn more about the dangers of Drugs and Alcohol

                         

As we continue with the DARE Program we have gone more in depth about the dangers of drugs and alcohol. We started off by trying to identify if some drugs are Illegal or Legal. We then later ranked them in Harmful to Most Harmful. After we talked about the classifications of drugs and the consequences and risks of being in possession or manufacturing the drugs. After we looked at some scenarios and tried to find out the penalties and consequences of the actions they have done. The DLO we’ve made showcases the learning we have looked at and we have discuss what we learnt. 

Tech: Science with Mrs Sharma

 LI: to identify the different uses and type of plastics

For Tech this week we were learning and discussing more about Plastic, including the pros and cons of plastic. We first started off by trying to identify different materials in the classroom. The materials we tried to identify were Plastic, Metal, Paper, Fabric and Wood. We then got slips of paper about Plastic Pollution, and we tried to sort them out in Positive, Negative and Neutral. The positive slips were the praises and good things that plastic does, the negative slips were the cons and bad things about plastic. Neutral was both bad and good or something that hasn't have either. 

Whakatauki

LI: to learn the language Te Reo Maori

 

This week is Maori Language Week so we did a task for Maori Language Week. Our task was to pick a "Whakatauki" and explain the meaning of it. A Whakatauki is a proverb which is a piece of advice said in a kind of metaphor. The whakatauki I did was "In a withered tree a flower blooms". Which means whenever you are in a dark place there is always light and hope. 

Te Reo App

LI: to learn the language Te Reo Maori

 

For Maori Language Week we embraced the Maori Language and culture and did Maori Language Week and Te Reo Maori tasks. One of the tasks were to make an app. In the app I did with my partner we made a quiz. On each quiz we had three questions and we had four topics on our Te Reo Maori quiz. The topics we did were Technology, Days of the week, the Time, and Greetings. 

Maori Language Week History

LI: to learn about the history of the Maori Language Week

 

This week is Maori Language Week so we were learning about Maori Language History, and Te Reo Maori. Maori Language Week is the week where we learn and celebrate the language Te Reo Maori, which is a official language in New Zealand. In my DLO (Digital Learning Object), we showcased the language Te Reo Maori & the history of Te Reo Maori. We showed the timeline and milestones of the language of Te Reo Maori. 

Maori Name Places

 LI: to make a map showing the maori landmarks

 

For Maori Language Week we were doing tasks that helped us embrace the Maori language. Maori Language week is the week of celebrating and learning Te Reo Maori, which is a official language in the land of Aotearoa, New Zealand. The first task we did was the map of New Zealand and all the cities with Maori names. We explained the meanings of each of the Maori names. In our Map we show both the North Island and South Island. 

Tuakana Teina

LI: to learn the meaning of Tuakana Teina

Tuakana Teina means a relationship between an elder & young person, or a teaching from an elder to a young person. Ruma Kotahi (Rm 1) & Ruma Korua (Rm 2) came to Learning Space 2 to do some art. LS2 helped Ruma Kotahi & Korua with drawing, designing patterns, and create string art panels. We had a Tuakana Teina by helping and teaching the young people art. It was really fun to do because we taught them how to do new things and experience new things which is really cool.

 

Juggling Cubes

LI: to find the most efficient strategy to answer the question

                      

For Maths we were practicing our Ratios and Decimals. For our Ratio we were practicing by doing ratios equation which helped us get a better understanding of Ratios. To practice our Decimals we solved two big equations on it. This re jogged our memory of both Ratios and Decimals. My DLO above will showcase one of the Decimal equations I did, and in that DLO it shows the main information, and how I solved the problem. 

Family Tree

LI: to make a family tree

 

For our Te Reo Maori Challenge we had to make a family tree. My family tree expanded really big because both my parents have a large amount of siblings. It was really cool to see most of my family in one big place

MRS C GREN

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

For Reading we continued learning about Science. This week our topic was about Biology. Biology is the study of living organisms. We were learning about MRS C GREN. MRS C GREN is the acronym for the life process of living organisms. We did this activity in our groups and we collaborated together to make this DLO (Digital Learning Object).

MRS C GREN stands for:

Movement - moving around

Respiratory - breathing

Sensitivity - being sensitive

Cells - micro organisms that make up organisms

Growth - the process of growing

Reproduction - making an offspring

Excretion - removing waste from the body

Nutrition - nutrients for the body

Science is Empirical

LI: To look for evidence in the data/an image and infer what might be happening

https://www.wevideo.com/view/1825414400

For Reading we were learning more about Science, this week our topic for Science was Biology. Biology is one of the 3 main branches of science. Biology is the study of living organisms. But this week we focused on what science is. Science is Empirical, which means science is based on observations. Coming off of that we started learning more vocab related to what Empirical meant. In the video we explained the meaning of the vocab we learnt, and explained the task we did. 

Cool 2b me!

 LI: to be able to say "No" with confidence, by improving our self esteem

We were doing the DARE Program, which is the Drugs & Alchohol Awareness program. It informed us about the dangers of both drugs and alcohol. One of the tasks from the program was to complete a DLO (Digital Learning Object) of what its cool to be us! In this DLO we talked about our dreams & goals, favourite food, hobbies, our qualities and more. 

Sunflower Painting

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

 

For Art we were painting sunflowers, in the style of Vincent Van Gogh. While painting we had to keep a lot of things in mind, to keep our paintings looking good. Our most important rule was to draw what we could see. Before actually painting we started practicing our toning, shading, and our brush strokes. We were also advised to blend our colors, stroke in one direction, don’t overload the brush with paint, and to make layers of paint to make a realistic looking sunflower. I enjoyed painting and being able to mix the colors, because it gave it a kind of realistic look. 

Science Equipments

 LI: to learn about the difference science equipments

 

At Tech we learnt about many of the science equipments, so we made a DLO about each of the science equipments. The equipments we were learning about were mainly tools for chemistry. The many science equipments we were learning about were Test Tubes, Conical Flask, and many more. It was really cool doing this because I got to learn about the tools people used to learn about different substances and chemicals. 

Science & Steam (Week 1)

 LI: to learn about being a scientist

For Tech we did science. Our topic for science this week was "Being a scientist". We first started off by talking about what we know about science. We then later talked about science equipment, and started listing science vocabulary. After that we answered three questions about science which were, "What do scientist do?", "What do you know about scientist?", and "Have you ever thought about being a scientist?". We then did a activity, we got a paper and folded it into quarters and did an activity on each quarter. On the first quarter we wrote as much science words as we could. On second quarter we drew what we thought science was. The third quarter was to ask a question about science and then to write our favourite area of science, and the last quarter was to pick a photo and explain the science behind it. 

Duffy Books at School

This week every student in Panmure Bridge School received Duffy Books, and the books I got were Book 2 of the Buttons Mcginty series. The other book I got was a Tom Gates book. I'm looking forward to reading the Button Mcgintys series because I thought the first one was really interesting, and it kind of left on cliffhanger. I'm excited to read the Tom Gates one as well, because I've been reading this series for a couple of years. This blog post is just saying and giving thanks to the people who've organized and sent us these books. 

Vincent van Gogh Timeline

 LI: to create a timeline to show the life of Vince van Gogh

Our challenge was to make a timeline of Vincent van Goghs life, and his milestones. We used Padlet to make the timeline, and we worked in our groups collaboratively. Vincent van Gogh was a influential artist and painter, and still is today. He was a post impressionist artist, which mean he captured everything in the moment, and used colors to express his emotions. A really interesting fact I found out about Vincent van Gogh when researching about him was that he cut off the lobe of his ear, and gifted it to his girlfriend.