Auckland Museum

LI:  To learn the teachings of our tupuna (ancestors) and the history of New Zealand's native people and their land. 

Before going to the Museum we had a challenge or a quiz for the trip, and we had to complete it and find out the answers during the trip. It was like a scavenger hunt. Throughout the day we added extra questions as there were too much people figuring out the answers too quickly. At the end of the day we went from 6 to 10 questions. Winning this quiz would result in getting a prize. 

When we first got into the museum we were introduced to the museum and the rules. But firstly we had morning tea before adventuring the place. Ngarimu, one of our advisers taught us a lot of the weapons and equipment used from the Maori. We then had Kingi, another one of our advisers taught us about the meaning of the carvings in the marae, and taught us about the Treaty of Waitangi. After we had a bit of exploring we went for lunch. After lunch we learnt the Ka Mate Haka and 7 different Taiaha moves. 

Cybersmart (Activity 2)

LI: be cybersmart and use our devices to learn, create and share

This year Manaiakalani has set us some Cybersmart challenges for this year, and each day we had a set tasks to finish. This activity was about the Chromebook keyboard and the shortcuts and commands of the Chromebook. The first task was to spell our name on the keyboard, and the other tasks were to list the shortcuts and commands of the Chromebook. This Cybersmart Challenge is the second activity of todays learning. 

Cybersmart (Activity 1)

 LI: be cybersmart and use our devices to learn, create, and share

This year Manaiakalani has set cybersmart challenges for us, and we have to complete them each day. The first activities for today were learning about the Kawa of Care 1 and 2, and the last activity was to take a picture of ourselves. The first two activities were a fill in the sentence activities relating to keeping our chromebooks safe and the last one was to simply take a photo of ourselves. 

Why it is important to be Hydrated

This week LS2 learnt about why we need to be hydrated, and the outcome of being dehydrated. We then created a DLO about the attributes of hydration and the consequences of dehydration, and we also added the definitions of hydration and dehydration. Hydration is the process of feeding your body water, and dehydration is when your body isn’t supplied with enough water. We compared those two definitions in a T chart.

Leadership

               

Our Inquiry objective was to think and learn about the four important qualities of a good and reliable leader and what leadership looks like. In our groups, we started by talking about the four qualities of a good leader and the definition of each quality.The four qualities of a good leader are: leadership, responsibility, being a role-model and team work. One we defined each quality, we wrote down as many words as we could that related to the qualities of a good leader. After this, our group came together to write a 25 word paragraph that talks about the qualities of a good leader. We used the words that we picked out from the list to create this paragraph. Finally, we created an infographic poster (using a google draw) to  define the four qualities a good leader should have.

I enjoyed this challenge because I got to collaborate with different people. 

Statistical Investigation

LI: to plan and carry out a statistical investigation

 

Sulia, Chris and I asked different students in LS2 4 different questions. Those questions were; ‘What is your favorite Color’ ‘What is your favorite Animal’ ‘What is your favorite Food’ and ‘What is your favorite brand’. After gathering the data, we recorded it on a piece of paper and then created a graph. We chose one of the 4 questions as a topic for our graph. The question we chose was ‘What is your favorite Color?’. 4 students liked blue, 4 students liked purple, 2 students like black, 2 people liked green, 1 person liked Sage, 1 person liked red, and 1 person liked yellow. The graph we made was a pie chart/graph. 

Te Tiriti o Waitangi

LI: To learn in fewer words what the text is about

Te Tiriti o Waitangi is a settlement between the Maori and British. This settlement happened when Captain Cook arrived and told the British Empire about New Zealand. When the Britain arrived to New Zealand they had planned to add New Zealand to their empire. The New Zealand chiefs weren't so eager but since they needed protection from the pakeha they agreed to a treaty that would guarantee protection and peace.