2016 memories

As the year is coming to an end. Everyone in LS2 was put to a task. That task was to make a DLO about the memories you have had about 2016. Pote and I created a movie using wevideo.

Graduation

On Wednesday the Year 8's of Panmure Bridge School were busy dancing and having a great time at the Pakuranga Yacht club. It was awesome seeing everyone having a great time dancing with everyone and and had a large amount of fun. Everyone who attended, wasing having a great time and smiling.

Tahuna Torea

For the Tahuna Torea trip we had to make a DLO about it. For this DLO I worked with Pote and Sebastian on this one and another DLO. We had to create a DLO with something that we wouldn't normally use.

Tahuna Torea

Yesterday the whole senior school went to Tahuna Torea Reserve. AS our topic was flight and we were learning about godwits, we went to observe the place that godwits rest and breed.

Rockets

Last Friday we stayed back at Tamaki college and made rockets with Mr Dunn and Mrs Ferguson. We made two different types of rockets, straw rockets and paper rockets. One thing I liked about making the rockets was everything was cut out and ready and it didn't waist any of our time. 

Rockets At Tamaki College

On Friday the year 7 and 8's of Panmure Bridge School stayed at Tamaki College to make paper rockets with Mr Dunn and Mrs Ferguson. We made two different types of rockets, straw rockets and paper rockets. It was really cool because everything was already set up and all we had to do was make the rockets.

Godwits

Today the year 8's were working with Mrs Anderson for inquiry, and we had to make a storyboard that, that was based on godwits. Godwits are one of the birds that migrate the furthest. 

Hockey

This week on Thursday we had hockey. We learnt three things, how to grip the stick, dribble with the ball and juggle the ball with our stick. There were some parts about hockey that I liked and didn't like. For instance we got to have some fun doing games like Octopus, Juggling and red light & green light. We had some practices and then challenges. One of them was where we got into two teams and one of our instructors called out a number which was the amount of players that had to play from each team. The thing I didn't like about hockey was the fact that we were being taught the same skills that we were taught last year. 

5 Minutes of...

Beneath The Sea

BANG! All of a sudden I had been dragged down to the bottom of the sea. I tried swimming upwards but my leg was caught under a rock, and I was losing my breath. I can see the bright sun looking down at me through the clear water. It is  shining upon the sea like a reflection. I could finally move my leg again. I swam to the top of the sea, suffocating inside while my heart was racing. I am still having trouble breathing, but I knew I had to give it my all to reach the top.

I reached the top and felt like I almost died. I tried calling for help but land was a mile away and my phone was broken from the fresh, salty sea. I was stranded and alone until in the corner of my eye I saw this giant red helicopter. My eyes were keeping contact with it as I was struggling to keep floating in the water. I started sinking to the bottom of the sea again. I saw a plank of wood so I quickly grabbed it before I drowned. I jumped onto it, waved my arms, and screamed for help.

Someone peeked down at me and saw me while  I was screaming. A hoist dropped down into the sea as I swam closer to it. It grabbed me like a claw machine. I was then lifted up high above the sea. I’m tragically gulping for air to breathe. I didn’t know how long I was out there. It felt like a day or maybe a week.

Yesterday Mrs Anderson's writing group had 5 minutes to write a story about the picture above.We had to partner up and sit back to back. We had to plan for 10 minutes and then write for 5 minutes. 

Godwit/Kuaka

For inquiry this week the year 8's were learning about the Godwit/Kuaka. We had to use our smart searching skills to find out interesting facts about the godwit.

Blog Commenting

Today, the entire school was impatient to watch a selection of school's movie which is being showcased around the world. It was a very fun time with everyone. Now, we have commented on the movies we liked ( Or other movies from schools you haven't seen).

Paper Planes

Today LS2 were testing their team paper planes. We had to get a piece of every member in our groups plane and make the ultimate team plane. We talked to our groups and tried to make the ultimate team plane. Unfortunately we did not make the top three but we did have a lot of fun. Thomas came first with 14.1 meters then Tai and then Zahn. 

Recount Writing

In writing, we have been introduced back into recount writing. We have searched blogs around the Manaiakalani Cluster for recounts and shared them with our class about what we liked our it. We them completed this mini quiz just to refresh our memories about recount writing.

Paper Planes Collage

Yesterday LS2 were put into groups and had to design a paper plane. But it also was a silent activity. We first had to search and design a paper plane. After that we had to trial our paper planes, after we had done that we had to go back into our groups and think about which plane was the best and decide which plane can we improve on to make the ultimate plane and fly in the class competition.

Jean Batten Timeline:

Today, Sebastian & I collaborated together on a Timeline about Jean Batten. Jean Batten is a pioneer for female Aviation. 

Fast Facts Collection

Today for reading, my reading group was working on a DLO about the Wright Brothers. We were using a new "System". We have 3 more texts to learn about. We have to finish all of these texts by next week.

Six Sentences

Today for Writing we were doing quick writes. We had to work collaboratively, and the group that I was with was Sebastian, Harry and Me.  We had to choose upon many photo's and write six sentences about the photo. 

National Library Visit

Today Mrs Ogilvie from National Library came to Panmure Bridge School and taught us different ways that we can be smart searching and has shown us different websites that we can use instead of google to find our information. The website she showed us was EPIC, EPIC has a lot of helpful sites like Britannica and Kids Infobits. They also have an age level which is Primary, Intermediate and Secondary school. She also talked about if you go onto a site you might have to make to go onto another website and double check if the information is true or not.

Rhythm Interactive

Today Johnny and Lucy from Rhythm Interactive came and taught us some drumming skills. They taught us some basic drumming skills and then some more advanced drumming skills. Johnny was really funny and he made the show really fun. Johnny said Actions are more stronger than words.

Forces of Flight:

Today, Pote and I were Cooperating to create this DLO. LS2 was split into their year groups for inquiry. The Year 8's worked the forces of Flight meanwhile the Year 7's were finding out the Godwit/Kuaka Migration from Alaska to New Zealand Vice-Versa.

Year 8 Dance Practise

Today, the year 8's had their first dance practice. Our instructors name was Sonja and she taught us the rock and roll basics and turns and the Cha-Cha Basics. We practice in pairs while the girls changed partners. I had a fun time at Dance. 

Quizizz

Today for maths the whole of ls2 played quizizz. It is a game that people can compete in by answering questions and getting them right. You get points for every question you get correct. The highest points you can get is 980. Everyone tried their best but Daniel won the fist game. We played a couple of more games.  It was very fun to vs friends, and compete with them. We all had a laugh and a great time playing this game. We also got to challenge some students and even Mrs Anderson. Mrs Anderson was even lucky enough to come first,

Panmure Library Visit

On Friday LS1 and LS2 went to the Panmure Library to visit an enthusiastic man named Stig Wemyss. He is a voice artist and is the narrator for andy griffins books. He really hooked us in because he talked in a loud voice and was a confident speaker. Stig picked out people to do the awesome challenges and if you completed them you earn a prize. He was telling the funniest jokes and questions. I was chosen and i had to play a game with stig called sausage. Before me there were people going up to try the game and win a prize but they kept laughing and lost. The rules were simple, he would ask me a question and my my answers had to be sausage. No laughing and no grinning. I accepted the challenge continued on. His questions were really hard to not laugh at, but I tried my best not to laugh or grin. I finally completed the challenge and won the 39 story tree house audio. There were many more challenges and prizes to be won and everyone did them was confident. Every body had a great time at the library and went back to school after he left.

Duffy Assembly

Today we had a Duffy role model assembly. Our Duffy role model was Henry Tuipe’a. He talked about how reading came in his life and how it changed his life. He told us that reading has made him more confident in talking and in with his life. Reading has helped him go from a shy boy to a really confident man. He also told us why reading helps and why we should carry on reading. His talk really inspired us to carry on reading.

Maths

L.I: To solve word problems including addition and subtractions of decimals. 

Today for maths we had to finish off our worksheet. Our worksheet that we had to finish was all about adding and subtracting decimals in word problems. The question I found the hardest was question 6 because it got me confused and frustrated.It took me a long time trying to complete the question but in the end I finally completed question 6. The questions I found the easiest were questions 7-10. I found those questions easiest because I already knew how to do them and I had a little help from Ms N and Sebastian. 

Read Theory

For 20 minutes each day, our class has to read on Read Theory for 20 minutes. The first thing we had to do was read whole text. When we had done that we had to look at the question and think about which one goes best with the passage(story). We had to practise looking back at the text to find the information and then back at the questions to find the best answer. We do this so it can help us with our reading so wen the tests come we will be prepared.

Care Awards

This is another Care award activity. This activity was all about reading. We had to read 3 novels during the term. The books I read were all from the Geronimo Stilton collection. 

Care Awards

This is a DLO that I have made for our school CARE Awards. This activity was for Excellence and Innovation. We had to make a DLO about someone who has shown excellence and innovation throughout their life. 

Jackie Robinson

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This is a DLO that I have made of Jackie Robinson. I have made this DLO about him because I think he is a hero. He was the first African American to join the major league in baseball. 

Cross Country

For cross country the seniors have a goal of reaching seven laps around the school. Before we ran we had to do some stretches. We started off with jogging on the spot, after that we were doing start jumps and more... Mr Ogilvie sent the year 5's first then 6's then 7's then 8's and then the people who wanted to represent the people in the cross country inter-school. I was 1 of the people who got timed. My time was 12 minutes. My next goal is to beat 12 minutes. Next week we are having the adidas fun run and hopefully I will be able to beat 10 minutes.

Sketch Notes

Today we made sketch notes about athletics, Rio De Janeiro and What happens during an Olympic ceremony. For the athletics we had to make a sketch note about what we learnt during Run Jump Throw. We learnt many many things like how to land properly in long jump, the differences between long distance races and short distance races. For the Rio De Janeiro one we had to search up the different landmarks in Rio and facts about Rio. For the Olympic ceremonies, we had to say what happens before, during and after the Olympic ceremonies

Athletics

Today we had to make a DLO about our athletics. We had to match our landings and positions with an athlete. We had to compare the things that we did and didn't do right.

Platformer Game

Today at tech were were learning how to make our own scratch platformer game. We had to follow the instructions from Mrs Anderson's (Tamaki College) platformer game and try and make it ourselves. This game still needs a bit of improvement but I think it will be perfected soon.

Warriors Visit

Today, some members from the NZ Vodafone warriors came to visit our school. Ryan Hoffman and John Palavi. Georgia also came and visited our school. She was running the whole assembley. First we started off with a game of trivia. We were split into two teams, she then asked us some questions and the team who shouted there chant first could ask the question. After we played the game she started talking about  health and well being. She also started talking about hydration and why it is important to keep hydrated. After that she talked about belonging. Were you belong. We got given examples, then we had a try ourselves. After that we talked about sleep. All of the people who answered correctly got given Spot Prizes.

Run Jump Throw

Yesterday we went to Run Jump Throw. We were learning about Long jump. As the warm up we played octopus again. I had to be a tagger and get all the people in the middle acting as octopus. After that we had a practice of long jump. After doing the practices Andy put us into groups and told us o do a jump off. I was lucky enough to go to the final jump, but unfortunately came 2nd, losing by 1 step behind Zahn.

Netball Inter-School

Yesterday some of the students were selected to take part in the netball inter-school. Our first game was against Point England 1. Unfortunately we lost the 19-0. Our second game was against Glen Taylor , We got better and better but still lost 1-5. Our third game was against Glenbrae. Sadly we lost but made it into the fourth round. The fourth game was against Stone fields. We won our first game. Our fifth and final game was against Panmure Bridge 2. We fortunately won the game 2-5. Thanks to Mr Ogilvie, Miss Naicker, The umpires/Helpers and Mrs Caroline for looking after us on the day.

Ancient and Modern Olympics

Today, in Mrs Naicker group, I have finished my DLO on the Ancient and Modern Olympics. This was a fun activity, this was hard to complete by myself but thanks to Tiava who helped me. With co-operation, we did this DLO quick with quality.

Olympic Venues

We have been learning to consider both sides of a provocation so that we can make an informed opinion. Mrs Anderson asked us to make a DLO about olympic venues, she also asked us to think about two peoples points of views. To make an informed opinion we had to think about two points of views of what people think of our provocation. When we had done that we had to make our own point of view. My DLO shows a Olympic venue when it was first created then the Olympic venue now. On the left there is the provocation and my point of view. On the right the are two points of views. 

Run Jump Throw

Today for Run Jump Throw we played a game of Octopus and learnt how to do race starters. The starter we learnt today was short distance race. We also learnt the difference between long distance and short distance races, after that we had a recap of last week. Look forward, Light feet, bent arms and cheek to cheek and high knees. For the starters we had to take one big step away from the line, when she said on your mark, we went into starting position and she also told us to "squish the bug". Squish the bug is when you move your foot so it is just behind the line, set, that is when we bend down and lift the back heel off of the ground, and go, that is when you start running. When we finished that we done a reaction challenge. We had to partner up and sit down face to face. When she said go we ran around and grabbed the cone and ran back to the middle. 

Fantastic Facts

This is a DLO that I had created called the Fantastic Facts Challenge. We had to choose our own topic and find out about that topic. 

Hover Bike

This is another DLO that Tai and I created. This task was set by Mrs Anderson to see how adverts can easy hook you into buying their product.

Olympic Logo

This is the logo that Tai and I created. We had to create a logo as if New Zealand was hosting the Olympics this year. We put two silver ferns, New Zealand, the Olympic rings and the outline of New Zealand. 

Winter Learning Journey

During the holidays we were asked to complete some tasks for the Winter Learning Journey. On Friday Rachel from Auckland University came to talk about our success with the Winter Learning Journey. My favorite task was the boxing one because I can relate a lot to that topic.  Everyone who participated received a certificate, but the first, second and third place people(AJ, Daniel and Nesi) received  a gift bag and a certificate. 

Attributing Images.

Today I created a DLO on Attributing images mainly based around the Rio Olympics. The Olympics is is 1 week and a half away. So we attributed images to be based around this

Winter Learning Journey

For the first activity of the Winter learning Journey, I had to choose one of the sports that the Greeks did in their Olympics. I chose to do boxing. I chose boxing because it was the sport that I grew up around. Boxing has been in my life and that is why I chose it.

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Leadership Talk

Yesterday we had our leadership talk with our special visitor Lynne from Spark, New Zealand. Lynne was talking about Leadership week and how it started. We found out that it started with Sir Peter Blake.Thank you to spark for our gifts, because of Spark we have received a bag, bottle, booklet, hat and a pen from spark. Lynne has been amazing and helpful. We also talked about our dreams and what they were going to be. There were different categories, Family, Sport and world wide. Thank You to Spark and Lynne for the awesome prizes and an inspirational message. 

Orienteering

Today was our last session of orienteering . Our instructors were Leon and Elaina. We had to do 2 courses and finish it in half an hour. My time was 21 minutes and 30 seconds. The only letter that confused me was the last letter W. I got stuck on it for 2-4 minutes. I was struggling but Leon helped me out and told me where to go. 

Life Education Booklet

Today we were doing our life ed booklets. We were doing the puzzles and finishing off the other activities. We also learnt about new things like what the systems of your body do in the booklet. In the booklet we learnt how to manage our body and keep it safe. One of those ways was not to smoke and be aware of the damage it can cause to your bodies.

Get Wise With Jeremy

Yesterday we had a session of get wise with Jeremy. He gave us some really good and helpful ideas to get wise with our money. He told us about the cross roads. He said don't always go the easy way, because it isn't as easy as you think. After that we learnt about Spend Some on you (SSOY) & Save some to(SST). We also found out that the Bank was there to manage and grow our money. To grow our bank accounts we need to liken saving to training in sport... the earlier we start growing our saving skills the better off we'll be, and one way to do that is to SSOY & SST. The talk the Jeremy gave was inspiring and something everyone could relate to. Different ways you could earn money is to do some chores around the house like doing the dishes, vacuuming the house, cleaning your room, babysitting and might help with the gardens. You could neighborhood jobs like mowing the garden, cleaning there garden, but you have to ask your parents so you have there permission, then ask your neighbor so you have their permission. Other ways are to Sell & Trade. You could do lemonade, garage sales and bake sales. 

Story Scrambler

This is my story scrambler. I had to go on a website that chose the topic for us, then we had to choose how to do it. After that we had to write our story.

What It says:

 I have been on an awesome adventure with a magician and he has showed me what the importance of being confident and showing respect is. I have learnt a lot of tricks as well. I learnt card tricks and how to make someone disappear and re-appear. but on of the tricks I didn't learn was how to get out of quicksand. My last moment wasn't to be sunk in quicksand with a magician. I was always wondering how I was going to go, but never in a million years would I have thought I would go down in quicksand with a magician. I have never realized that the most easy ways are never as easy as you think. I have always seen the easy things in life and never seen the hard ways. Today I have tried the hard way but realized the hard way wasn't as hard as you think. So from now on I'm wondering if I should do the opposite or follow my gut. Now  I am wondering how am I going to go, am I going to go the way I wanted or one I will never think of. People have said to me that I am always going to be able to survive the big world, and now I'm wondering if they are right. 

Life Ed With Nicole

Today we had our first session at the Life Education caravan with Nicole. We were also taught a fun game by nicole. The number he leader calls out is the amount of claps you have to do. We learnt about some of the systems that the body has. One of them was circular system and that is where the blood goes. Another part of the body that we learnt was the lungs and the heart. The lungs are the part that cleans your blood and makes it more clean for you to survive. The heart is what keeps you alive. We also learnt about the spine and what it was able to do. Did you know that when you are looking at something it is upside down and the part of the brain that helps you see is at the back of the brain. Wrist and your neck is where you can look to see if there is a pulse, just incase of emergencies.  

Orienteering

Today we had another session of orienteering, but this time we were doing the actual course. I partnered up with Sebastian and today our times were 11:30. 

Speech

“One's dignity may be assaulted, vandalized and cruelly mocked, but it can never be taken away unless it is surrendered.”

― Michael J. Fox

Kia Ora, bullying, should it stop? People have been hurt really bad because of bullies. Bullying is a big deal to lots of kids because they are affected by it and it scares them. Bullies might punch, kick, push or call them names, but how would you feel if younger people were getting hurt because of your actions? Bullies don’t know when to stop, but when they do, the damage is unheard of. The bullies main objective is to hurt people and when they do, they take it way too far, and that’s why bullying should stop.

There are 3.2 million kids worldwide that have been saying that they have been getting bullied or teased. Bullies can make kids not go to school or even outside their house. They make people feel uncomfortable. Kids are worried that they won’t be able to do their school work because of the bullies that are still in their head.

The stress of dealing with bullies can make kids feel sick. Can you imagine all the kids that don’t go to school because of the bullies. Bullies affect people’s lives and make them depressed and scared for life.

People have seen the consequences of being bullied but have you?

Can you remember the feeling of being bullied, Being punched or kicked or even been called names?

Little kids have been scared and badly injured, and have felt uncomfortable going to school because of the bullies that are still in the back of their heads right at this moment.

So here's the thing. Do you really want bullying to keep on going. Just imagine how everything could go wrong in the future. Think of what the consequences are or going to be. Thank you.

BLURB: Today we had our groups selections for the class finalists. We were put in our thinking groups then had to mark each others speeches.In our thinking groups, we all took turns presenting our speeches and then were marked on by the rest of the group.We were marking each other by a rubric made by Mrs Anderson.

The Speech Competition Rubric

Assessor: ______Silivia, Charlize, Jane, Victoria___________________                                      Performer: __________John__________________

Please give honest feedback to your partner. They will work on the feedback you give.

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Expression	Not using any expression at all in the speech. Sounds like a robot. Does not use the punctuation. Words do not flow	Using some expression for certain parts of the speech. Reverts back in sounding like a robot in some places.	Uses expression in most areas, but not all. Starting to make voice go high and low in certain parts. Starting to get into the role and use punctuation.	Uses expression throughout the speech. Making voice go high and low in all parts. Opens mouth wide so that words flow.
Loud clear voice	Reads in a very soft voice e.g. whisper. May mumble during speech. Words / sentences are very unclear and may not be understood by the audience.	Projects voice in some parts, but may revert back to soft / mumbling voice. Not all words / sentences may not be understood by the audience.	Projects voice in most parts, but may mumble, or speak softly in 1-2 sentences / words. Most words are understood by the audience.	Projects voice throughout the performance. Voice is loud and clear. Every word / sentence is understood by the audience.
Eye Contact	The performer refers to the speech / cue cards during for the entire contest. No eye contact given to the audience	The performer refers to the speech cue cards for some parts. The performer looks at the audience during some parts of the speech contest.	The reader looks at the audience and gives eye contact to the audience most of the time.	Eye contact is given throughout the contest. The performer gives eye contact to the audience during the entire speech contest.
Knowledge of the speech	Reads directly from the cue cards. Strongly relies off the cue cards during the contest. Does not know speech very well. Loses own place regularly and relies off cue cards.	Knows some parts of the speech, but is still reliant on the cue cards. Follows the text for most parts. Still reliant on cue cards to get through the contest. May lose place.	Knows most parts of the speech off by heart. Follows the text. Could easily perform the speech without the cue cards.	Knows the speech off by heart. Memorized the speech.

Orienteering.

Today we had orienteering. It was pouring with rain. We had to do 4 courses, 1,2,3 and 4. We got told how to do the course. After that we got given our maps and got told to start. I didn't do very well, but I know I have been improving.

Current Events

This is a Current Events DLO that I have done, that was all about the people that have been sleeping in their cars to show their support for the homeless.

Majestic Lion DLO

This is my DLO that I had to do for a follow up DLO. We had to make our own logo and publish it on our blogs.