Christmas With My Family

 The day before christmas my family was rushing through shop to shop doing last minute shopping. All my cousin was tried from walking around the mall for 2 hours, though it felt like decades. When we got home we ate and got ready to go to bed, as tomorrow was christmas day. The kids were asleep  and the parents. Christmas day came and everon gwas rushing to prepare the barbecue at the park for our family.When we got to the park we started to put the tent up and then started decorating the tree. After decorating the tree we brang all the presents from the cars to under the tree. Once everyone started to turn up we had our christmas feed then started to give out the presents. I was really happy about the presents I got this year even though lockdown occurred. Once we were all done with the presents we started to play cricket. Christmas day was so fun that I couldn't sleep because I got to sleep over at my cousin house who live in otara  and barley comes to family gatherings. I loved this years christmas and would love to have another one like this.

SLJ Week 2 Activity 12 Pigpen Code

LI: To try and code or decode a message

Today, for the 12 task of the summer learning journey we were learning about how to decode or code a message using a pigpen code. First we had to learn how to code and what types of symbols each letter had. Then first we got an activity telling us to decode the sentence. We had to find out which beach they were talking about. The next part of this activity was to try and code your own pigpen code. We had to find out which was our favorite beach was na d code the name for others to try and decode it. I found this activity very interesting because I never knew what was pigpen and and haven't even heard of that so I got to learn something new for today challenge from the summer learning journey.

SLJ Week 2 ( Activity 10 ) Nano Girl

LI: To learn about sound

 Today for task 10,we were with nano girl.This experiment was all about super sound, this task was also about making our own xylophone.For this task we needed five pieces of A4 pieces of paper,scissors, and a pencil.  Here is the link if you want to make a xylophone yourself. I found this task fun because I got to learn more about sound and got to make my own xylophone. I could also make tunes or pitches different from the other because of the way I cut the tubes I made.

SLJ Week 1 Activity 9 Summer Haiku

LI: To write a haiku about the summer

 

For the summer Learning Journey, this is my ninth task for this week. This task was all about the summer. We had to make a haiku about the summer and why we loved doing thing in the summer. How you do a haiku is when you when the first line has five syllables the the middle line has 8 syllables and the last line has five again. I found this task very interesting because I have already done a task like this but i got to refresh my mind about kaiku poems and what their about.

SLJ Week 1 Step it up Challenge: Rise up

LI: To create a screencastify with others while reciting the poem I have created.

 Today, for my eighth Step it up Summer Learning Journey Task, I have made a screencastify in which I have sang the poem that I created in the Kick Start Activity. This task is the second part of the original task that's is the rise up task. I found doing this activity very interesting because I laughed a lot with my cousins on my mistake and enjoyed watching me but at the same time I also learnt an important message through the poem I created, which is to never think you can't do things. You can do thing only if you try it and see for itself and see if you made it and to never give upon your dreams.

SLJ Week 1 Task 8 Rise Up

LI: To create a text graphic to share our lyrics and the chorus of the song. 

Today, for my eighth Kick Start Summer Learning Task, I wrote a poem which is called "we will rise" by  the students in Mangarere College. My lyrics is about how high we could reach f we were to put the time and effort into the things we love doing. This task was really fun for me because I got to make my own lyrics from being inspired by the mangarere students and maybe somehow one day will inspire someone who is on my blog.

SLJ Week 1 Activity 7

LI: To learn how to pronounce maori words.

Today for the seventh activity our task was about trying to pronounce the moari words. We had to and make a moari sentence trying to fit words into the best place possible. This task I worked on my maori words and trying to pronounce the words that are difficult for me. I found this task interesting because I got to work hard and fast to complete this task and to express the learning I get from doing these task.

SLJ Week 1 Activity 6

LI : To draw or create an optical Illusion.

 

Today I did my sixth Summer Learning Task, I started by knowing what an optical illusion is. An optical illusion is when your eyes and brain are tricked to show you something else rather than what it actually is. This task showed us how to make our own optical illusion.I created my optical illusion on paper. To do this I needed a pencil,ruler,and a piece of paper. I really enjoyed this task because I got to learn more about optical illusions and how I got to create my own piece of art.

SLJ Week 1 Activity 5

LI: To create a kowhaiwhai pattern to represent summer 



Today I learnt that when it is very hot and the air is shimmering Tānerore performs the haka for his mother, Hine-Raumati. This happens in summer as the land heats up. Our challenge was to think about this while we designed our own kowhaiwhai pattern to represent summer. My pattern is like the rainbow because it has the eight colours of the rainbow. I found this activity fun because I got to be creative and got to have fun at the same time.

SLJ Week 1 Activity 4

 LI: to make insect art using plant life.

Inspired by art creations by Raku Inoue we went outside and collected leaves, twigs, and other plant debris to create our own insect images. I found it quite hard to make this because I had to try and make the shapes out of the leaves and twigs I got from outside.I enjoyed this task because I got to learn the shape of the insect I created. I made a dragonfly for this task.Three facts I found about the dragonfly is

• Dragonflies don't sting and don't bite people, they have been around the world for about 3000 years, and 
• People in Indonesia like to eat them for a snack.

 

SLJ Week 1 Activity 3

LI: To create your own comic strip of an imaginary conversation.

My comic strip shows the conversation I imagine these two people had after one of the men had sneezed his teeth into the sea during a fishing trip. I found this task from the summer learning journey very fun because I found it funny when he sneezed her dental teeth into the sea and then his friend pranks him with his own teeth. Writing the words into the bubble was very interesting because I got to make them have a conversation.

SLJ Week 1 Activity 2

 LI: To write a quality blog comment on someone else’s blog that starts a rich learning conversation.

Leaving a quality blog comment on another  student’s blog helps us make connections to new learning by asking open ended questions that encourage a reply and motivate the blogger to ask their own question in return. This is how a comment thread starts and when that happens we make connections with a wider audience who we can learn with and from.

SLJ Week 1 Activity 1

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

This morning LS2 worked in groups with our Year 4 students to help them create their first Summer Learning Journey blog posts. PBS are still at school this week so finding some of the materials we needed for our treasure hunt was easy. Our challenge is going to be able to find all the materials we need at home now. I found this activity fun because I am looking forward to the new task we get while we continue with the summer learning journey.

Digital Board Game

 LI: To create a digital board game for the juniors 

This week we designed digital board games with a Christmas theme to play with the junior students. To play the game successfully they will need to read and follow the instructions, then use their counting skills to move around the board. This task topic was about christmas, it could be anything like santa lost dasher of rudolph has lost the sleigh. This task was very tricky because we had to draw and make everything ourselves with take quite a long time to draw detail on you santa.Today we showed our Year 4 students how to make their own games. How you play this game first you decided who is blue or purple then blue with start of by clicking on the dice which will take you to the online dice roller then you click the dice, once you get your number for example you get five you move your online counter to the number five. If the is a candy on it then it mean that you could to two spaces forward. If you land on a candy cane you need to go back five spaces backwards, and if you land on a tree you can go four space upwards meaning if you land on the number 46 then you go up to the number 86 .It was really fun because teaching the juniors how to make things help me become more confidence in sharing our learning.

Operation Christmas Drop

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

The above presentation is a collaborative work of Sakshi and me which showcases a summary of Operation Christmas Drop. This tradition is being followed for 68 years, providing basic supplies to over 60 islands supporting more than 20,000 islanders. By providing financial as well as educational support, they help the islanders make a fresh start because they lose whatever they have in natural disasters. I think these small donations are not just food and books but they are something that can make a huge difference in the lives of other people. I learned more about this topic after completing this task and also came to understand how individuals support each other as a random act of kindness.

Decorating The Tree

 LI: To decorate the office tree.

Today we completed our christmas decorations. Our client Mr Johnston asked us to make new decorations for the tree in the office. Once we finished our designs we went to the office to decorate the tree for christmas.The christmas decorations represented the students that go to panmure bridge school. We were given our brief our what our christmas decoration needed to have for example  it needed to be 10 centimeters, 3D effects, and had to be related to your culture. Their were types of holidays that we could pick when we were making our design. They were Christmas, Hanukkah,Eid, And Diwali. The tree in the office looked very pleasant because all the decoration looked beautiful. I was very pleased with the end product and would like to do this again. The tree looked very attractive.

Illustrated Story

LI: To write a pourquoi (tell me why or how) story that paints a picture in the mind of the reader.



This week for writing we were learning about quoquoi stories. Quoquoi writing tells people how or why something works or does.Our challenge this week was to create a pourquoi story that we would illustrate and share with our junior classes. A pourquoi story tells us why something is the way it is. Our story tells why/how the snakes got it scales. This morning we shared our stories with Room 2 and Room 4, and they loved listening to them. I really enjoyed sharing our animation because I think our story was really intersting.

Design Technology Challenge

LI: To design and make a holiday decoration that fits the client brief.

The photos above show my end product or follow up from the design technology challenge. We started by unpacking what the design process was. Our client, Mr Johnston asked LS2 to make christmas decoration. The specification from Mr Johnston was for our decorations to be 10 centimeters, 3D effects, and to make a design from our culture.Then it was time to think of what type of holiday we would make our decorations in that represent us. They were Eid,Hanukkah,Christmas,Diwali. I picked christmas because I thought is was easier when I mixed my culture with the christmas holiday.Once we picked our holiday we started to draw our design on a piece of paper. After doing our design we started using felt for us to pratis of stichting skills. We used the running stitch and the blanket stitch. After we got good at it we started on our proper design. My first design was a turtle with a santa hat. I also added embellishments to my design so it could be more dazzling. I was very pleased with my design because I thought it was made to a very high standard and was made with a lot of effort put in. After that I made more design because I was pleased with my design. I made a flower and snowman and a cup of milk. I had to be creative with the colours because their wasn't enough felt for everybody.