We Will Rise - Step it Up

LI: to recreate a chorus using our skills in poetry and literacy

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For our Step it Up Challenge for the We Will Rise challenge we had to record us reciting or singing the chorus we recreated. The chorus we recreated was from the song "We Will Rise" made by the students of Mangere College. The meaning behind my lyrics are to keep striving to your goal and go as high as possible. Fly High meant to keep on striving and go straight for your goals. Soaring through the sky symbolized the obstacles you have to go over or through. Let everything flow by meant let all the negativity and people pushing you down flow by and let them go. 

We Will Rise - Kick Start

LI: to create a text graphic showing the chorus of our song

For our next Summer Learning Journey activity it was based off the song "We Will Rise" by Mangere College. The task was to recreate the chorus from the song, still have the same theme of "Rising & Never giving up". This task was fun because I was able to do some writing and I am myself a music fan. The song "We Will Rise" I thought was a pretty good song. It was upbeat but had an inspirational meaning behind it which is really cool. 

What are you doing today? - Step it Up

LI: to learn Te Reo Maori

 

For our next challenge which was related to the post before, about Te Reo Maori. Te Reo Maori is one of the Native Languages of New Zealand, and is the language Maori people. This task was really fun doing, I got to make a Screencastify and say some Te Reo Maori Questions and I got to answer them. I was able to learn more Te Reo Maori, and have improved my pronunciation and have increased my vocabulary in a really fun and enjoyable way. 

What are you doing today? - Kick Start

LI: to learn more about Te Reo Maori

For our fifth activity of the Summer Learning Journey the activity was about Te Reo Maori. The slide deck shown above is about Te Reo Maori and mainly focuses on the idea of "Where are you going today?". I really like learning more about not only the language Te Reo Maori, but the history and culture behind it. I've become familiar with the Maori culture and is a part of me because of how it has impacted me in ways. This activity was amazing and was really fun doing with my Room 5 partner Matheus and my LS2 partner Moti. 

Optical Illusion - Step it Up

LI: to explain how to make an Optical Illusion

For our next Summer Learning Journey task, it was related to the post before which was Optical Illusions. I did the Step it Up Challenge which was recording a Screencastify about how I created my Optical Illusion. In my video I explained how I did some research on Optical Illusions and got some ideas from Illusions done before. I also explained what tool I used on Google Draw to make it easier for the people who want to make an Optical Illusion. An Optical Illusion is an image or video that deceives your eyes and brain to seeing something different rather than what the image actually is. 

Optical Illusions - Kick Start

LI: to learn about Optical Illusions

For my seventh Summer Learning Journey task we were learning about what an Optical Illusion is and how it tricks our brains. An optical illusion is when your eyes and brain are deceived to show you something different rather than what the image actually is. After learning about them, we get to the fun part which is making them. This was really fun to do because I got to express my creativity into the illusion. The optical illusion show above is a cube and the back corners, you can't really tell if it is in front or behind because of the transparent color. 

 

Tanerore

LI: to use the meaning of kowhaiwhai patterns to explain our art

For our sixth Summer Learning Journey activity. This activity focused on kowhaiwhai patterns and Tanerore. Tanerore in the Maori Dictionary means heat haze. We then started making our kowhaiwhai patterns. It was really fun doing because I got to do it with my partner Matheus. The meaning was that because of the hot summer, the koru in the middle represent waves and oceans. The koru surrounding the center represent the earth or papatuanuku. This was a really fun activity because I got to make art which expressed my creativity. 

Insect Art

LI: to learn more about insects and art in a combined form

For our fourth activity of the Summer Learning Journey, we had to make an insect with leaves and plants. It was really fun doing this task. I was able to go outside with my friends and find some plants and leaves to make my piece of art. Using what I had I made an ant, it doesn't look like a masterpiece but I am really proud of it. I used an olive and stuck two sticks to make the antennas. I used a brown leave for the legs, and some more sticks for the legs of the ant. 

Fishy False Teeth

LI: to enhance and advance my reading skills

Our third Summer Learning Journey of Week 1 is called "Fishy False Teeth". In this activity we had to finish a template of an article. In the template we had to write what each character did, and what role they played in the story. At the end of the template we had to imagine what they would say and make it into a comic. It was really fun to do, especially with a partner. 

Quality Smart Comment

LI: to learn to make a quality blog comment

For the second activity of the first week of the Summer Learning Journey, we learnt about how to make a quality blog comment and how it can help us win by giving us bonus points. Commenting these help us with learning conversations and new learning. Comments also start a comment thread which helps us improve and encourage each other in a digital learning conversation. In a quality smart comment there has to be a greeting first. Then we usually have compliments about the post and just positivity towards it. We then have feedback to say but always in a positive way then followed up by a connection between you and the post. Lastly is a question related to the topic, and then a farewell. 

Nano Girl

LI: To collect materials needed to successfully complete our weekly superpower building missions with Nano Girl.

This morning LS2 were helping the Year 4s starting the Summer Learning Journey. It was the Year 4s first Summer Learning Journey. In PBS the school is still open so finding the materials and tools needed for the experiment was tough. It was really fun, we had NanoGirl teaching us what to do and what to find. We are really looking forward to doing the experiment. I found this activity by doing the Summer Learning Journey an I am looking forward to doing the experiments and future activities. 

Operation Christmas Drop

LI: to write a summary of the story behind the Operation Christmas Drop in your own words.

                         

The Operation Christmas drop makes a big impact to lots of communities around the globe, especially the remote islands off of Guam. This was a massive impact for them as they got the time to enjoy themselves, it also makes them happy how America had the time to do this while being busy with a lot of things. For the last 68 years the men and women of the US airforce who are based at Andersen Airforce Base in Guam have been using a pilot training drill to drop much needed supplies to the people who live on the 60 remote islands that surround Guam. We think that Operation Christmas drop is an amazing organisation of companies that give struggling communities a Christmas experience that they don't get to experience yearly. We think this way because they have done great things to help children and adults in remote islands that don't have the basic needs for a striving community.

Decorating the Tree

LI: to decorate the office Christmas tree

The purpose of our Design Technology challenge was to create a set of Christmas/Holiday decorations that represented our school and the people in it. We were given a design brief from Mr Johnston and a delivery date. To celebrate the end of this challenge LS2 delivered their completed decorations to Mr Johnston, then hung them on the tree in our school office. It was really cool to see our holiday decorations hanging on the School Christmas Tree. 

Probability - Flower Crown

 LI: to use probability trees to show our thinking

For Math this week we were learning about Probability, and probability trees. Probability is a subject of Maths that shows how likely an event would happen. The probability tree is a strategy that is used when solving probability equations. This divides the combinations into different branches and multiplies them to get the answer needed. The DLO (Digital Learning Object) showed above shows one of the problems which was "Flower Crown". We worked together to figure out the equation. 

Design Technology Challenge

LI: to make holiday decorations

 

This term for Inquiry we were doing Design for our topic. The purpose of this long journey was to make a holiday decoration for the schools Christmas tree. At the end we evaluated the design process and design. On the evaluation we answered questions such as positives and improvements, did it meet our design brief and such. This helped us show what we could've improved on next time, and what we should keep doing. In my evaluation the designs I created suited most of the criteria and look pretty nice. But I feel like I could've make the design bigger, made the stitching more even, and centered the shapes. 

Art Coloring Book - Step it Up Challenge

LI: to use TEEL Paragraph to explain our color choice

Last week we used the art we created from the Summer Learning Journeys "The Coloring Book". The art I recreated was created by Louis Mailou Jones, and the art is called Moon Masque. The changes I made were the color scheme of the whole art. I did that to give the mood a change. In the TEEL Paragraph Description I wrote about the ways I used the colours to change mood of the art. I also talked about the use of shapes that we used to give the art a spark of life.