Flowcharts and Dice

 LI: To learn how to use flowcharts to plan coding            

For Tech this week we were continuing our learning with Coding with Mrs Ferguson at Tamaki College. This week we were learning about Flowcharts, and were making a flowchart on how to code a digital dice. We learnt about how each shape represented a function and that all of them together could make such a sophisticated digital function. 

LS2 Expectations

LI: To understand the expectations set for us as the role models of the school.

Our topic for PB4L this week was focused around the expectations and rules set for us, and we should know how to understand and carry them out because we are the role models of the school. As a class, we talked about the expectations of a wet day monitor, the common rules inside of the classroom and what is expected from the teachers.

Some students showed us an example of how we can show respect in other classrooms as well as our own. They roleplayed an example of what they should do if a class was acting up during a wet-day and including other students during a casual conversation. More topics that we talked about was the necessary noise volume in different situations.

I found this lesson interesting but easy to understand because I am familiar with respecting the classroom rules and following expectations to a high standard.

Book Week Celebration 2021

LI: To celebrate our book week

This week PBS celebrated book week, we did this by completing tasks related to reading and books. On friday PBS attended the book week assembly, this was an interesting assembly as this is my first book week, I was one of the cameramen for the assembly.

Te Reo Maori Fruits

LI: To learn about the language Te Reo Maori

                           

This week for Te Reo Maori we learnt about the different fruits that came from NZ and how to pronounce some fruits in Te Reo Maori. We also made a DLO that answers 3 questions in Te Reo Maori, I worked with Lukah, Chris, Vayan to create the DLO above.

Learning to be a Jedi with the robots

LI: To code the mbot to move backwards without touching it - to be a jedi

My robot will wait till I have pressed the onboard button before it does anything. We used an "IF - THEN - ELSE" block, as this gives the robot two choices of things to do. We are using the ULTRASONIC SENSOR on the front of the robot to sense if anything is in its way, the green block is the CM block and it helps the bot sense items/anything in its way. I made it 100 to test how far it would go but the class did 10.
IF something is 10cm or LESS in front of the robot, it will move forwards (ELSE).
If something is NOT less that 10cm in front of the robot, it will move forwards (ELSE).
This is all put into a forever block so that the robot constantly senses what is in front of it.

Samoan Language Week

LI: To pay it forward by creating a screencastify that teaches others how to use Samoan words and phrases 

                         

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZDCmpPhXce1d4VJdEj3ScLAOdVG0KLZK/view

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Link to the video

This week is Samoan Language Week - Vaiaso o le Gagana Samoa. The theme for 2021 is Poupou le lotoifale. Ola manuia le anofale which means strengthen the posts of your house, for all to thrive. In LS2 we have decided to value the measina of the language by creating a screencastify that teaches others how to use Samoan words and phrases. My partner and I chose to pay it forward by showing others how to say the months of the year in Samoan. I found this challenge fun and interesting because I learnt something new.

My Reading Pathway

LI: To show my personal journey through books

                          

This week is book week at Panmure Bridge School, which means every class participates in a number of reading activities. One of our activities was to create a reading pathway that shows how my favourite books have changed over time. At the moment I like reading One Piece because I like the story line and the anime. Its about a boy who wants to be King of the Pirates. He goes on sailing and meets a swordsman who wants to be the best in the world.

Cinquain Poem

LI: To write a cinquain poem to describe a sports star

We have been learning to write cinquain poems to help us strengthen our connections to description. A cinquain poem has 5 lines. Each line has a different purpose. Line 1 is a noun which is a name. Line 2 has 2 adjectives taht describe the noun. Line 3 has 3 verbs that end in ‘ing’ and describe the actions. Line 4 is a noun phrase which is a group of words (not a sentence) that go together to describe the noun. Line 5 is a synonym which is a word with a similar meaning to the noun. I enjoyed this activity because I watch the UFC fights and Khabib is my favourite UFC fighter as he has never lost and is respectful.

PBS Brochure - C.A.R.E

 LI: To create a brochure advertising PBS

Outside Brochure

                         

Inside Brochure

                         

I created an inside and outside brochure to advertise Panmure Bridge School. I included the map and reviews about the school, information about the activities, photos of student experiences and communication ways.

PBS is a big environment so it can hold large amounts of people.

I focused on providing information that interest parents, which means it catches people’s interest and makes their children want to come here.

I enjoyed creating this brochure and being able to test my creativity with advertising and comprehension skills.

Polynesian Panthers

LI: To evaluate (form an opinion) the text and respond to the provocation

                       

We read the article “Shameful stain on NZ’s history”, an article about New Zealand’s History on the racial discrimination on the Pasifika community. Our provocation was “Should the Government of today apologise for the dawn raids of yesterday?”. 

In order to respond to this provocation we needed to evaluate the text by looking deeply at both perspectives. A perspective is point of view, or the opinion of one side. When exploring both sides of this provocation, we formed our personal opinions based on the information we read, and the information we already knew. In our DLO we have shared our different perspectives and have made an informed collaborative response to the question we were asked. We all agree that an apology is owed. It is important that this happens. What we didn’t agree on was who should give the apology. Our current government was not the party who organised the dawn raids. The party who are historically responsible should be the ones to step up and show remorse.

Exponents

LI: To learn what exponents are 

                         

This term for maths we are learning how to do algebra. Exponents like to algebra as it is part of the BEDMAS acronym. Exponents are operations in maths, an exponent is a small number above a normal number that shows how you multiply the number. It is the second letter in the BEDMAS acronym.

Pay it Forward - C.A.R.E

  LI: To pay it forward

For this careaward task I chose to pay it forward by teaching my friend Oscar how to do algebra. This works as my teacher Mrs Anderson taught me how to do algebra and I taught Oscar. Oscar also has a blogpost where he pays what i taught him to someone else.