Compass directions of New Zealand

Walt: Use compass directions to describe locations

Task Description: This term our Inquiry Topic is I like you latitude. For our Team five topic we're learning about where in the world we are. Mrs Stone got The students in room four to do a My Map on google drive and give descriptions of places on the map including our very own Pt England school.

Week 1 Term 2 Maths Work.

Walt: Justify our maths thinking



Task Description: For this task I came down to the Mat with the teacher and worked on a problem she gave us. Then I went onto the follow up task. I wrote down what we were doing on the mat and i posted it onto my blog so it showed a high standard.

Caged bird reading work

Caged Bird - Maya Angelou, 1983.                          

Highlight Colours:

Metaphor

Compare/ Contrast

Strong Language

Language features

     Caged Bird

A free bird leaps

on the back of the wind   

and floats downstream   

till the current ends

and dips his wing

in the orange sun rays

and dares to claim the sky.

But a bird that stalks

down his narrow cage

can seldom see through

his bars of rage

his wings are clipped and   

his feet are tied

so he opens his throat to sing.

The caged bird sings   

with a fearful trill   

of things unknown   

but longed  for still  

and his tune is heard   

on the distant hill   

for the caged bird   

sings of freedom .

The free bird thinks of another breeze

and the trade winds soft through the sighing trees

and the fat worms waiting on a dawn bright lawn

and he names the sky his own

But a caged bird stands on the grave of dreams   

his shadow shouts on a nightmare scream   

his wings are clipped and his feet are tied   

so he opens his throat to sing.

The caged bird sings   

with a fearful trill   

of things unknown   

but longed for still   

and his tune is heard   

on the distant hill   

for the caged bird   

sings of freedom.

New Vocabulary: trill, seldom,

Metaphor	dips his wing in the orange sun rays	It makes the poem more interesting and makes us imagine it in our heads.
Metaphor	his shadow shouts on a nightmare scream	It makes them think about what the shadow that is screaming look like.

Why should Facebook be more Vigilant when it comes to Underage users?

Do you have a Facebook account? If you do and you’re under 13 then you aren’t really following the law.
Facebook is a social media site that used to be one of the biggest social media sites in the world.
But not everything about social media is true.

There are people on the world wide web who aren’t really the most responsible, and because they can’t
target adults who are smarter than children, they target children. Children don’t know what to do so they
do what there instincts tell them, their instincts aren’t always right. Children usually end up doing what
the person tells then to do, and once it’s done it can’t be undone. That is what children don’t understand. 

For Facebook users under the age of 13, Facebook and social media isn’t the safest place,
because there are a lot of bad influential content that is not  suitable for younger users.
If an account with a under-aged user is found Facebook must be provided with information that shows
their over 13. It would be more suitable if under-aged kids could be banned because they haven’t really
experienced the world of social activities.

Another reason that not many people take into consideration when they sign someone up is that the
person could make a secret account and then be cyberbullies. They end up hurting other people and
then they get caught. The parents end up finding out and the parents get the blame because they are
responsible because they gave their kid and account.

So here are three reasons Facebook should be more vigilant when it comes to underage users.
Inexperience in social activities, bad people on the internet, and potential cyberbullying. Facebook has
too many underage users and should be more persistent and vigilant when it comes to the law.

Visual mihi

This is my visual mihi. It shows me in the middle and the four things I like around my portrait.
I'll start from the top left. As you can see it is a wolf howling to a full moon this represents my love of wolves and the moon. I have managed to show two of my fascinations using the Wolf howling at the moon.
The top right shows my love of reading and it shows some of my most favourite books. It shows The school for good and evil book 1 to 4, The blue books are the lunar chronicles The book that has white and blue is The diary of a young girl by Anne Frank,  and the grey books are the miss peregrines peculiar children trilogy.
The bottom left shows my favourite sports tennis and Netball.
The bottom right shows my favourite TV show "The Dragon Prince" I also like "She-ra the princesses of power" and "Voltron Legendary Defender".
Thats my Visual Mihi I hoped you enjoyed it.

Dear Reader: A Satire Writing

Walt: use satire to express meaning

Dear Reader

You MUST read the piece of writing under this letter. It is my best piece of work. Based around the story of a young girl and her dog. You must read it because it is the best piece of writing you will ever encounter in your miserable life. Ha it might even make your life happy.

Be warned though it will jerk tears into your eyes and pull on your heart-

Woah woah woah. Just wait a minute here .You seriously can’t just be lying in your letter to your readers.

Heh Heh what are you talking about? Me the legendary Safrina lie to her beloved readers.

Yeah you’ve done it before. Remember Swashbucklers of  Davanet. That story sucked. And it was written by you, the “legendary magnificent”  Safrina Belladonna.

Don’t be ridiculous Mabel Darling. Swashbucklers of Davanet was a wonderful piece of writing. It had five stars on Safrina Reviews.

That’s because Safrina Reviews is your YouTube channel. It has 6 subscribers and they’re all your family members.

Nonsense it has 7 subscribers. But that’s not the point. Now let me finish my letter.

Huff. Fine. But i’m warning you reader her writing isn’t the best. It's the “most amazing in the world”.

Thank you Mabel! Now where was I ah yes. Read the story and subscribe to my YouTube channel Safrina Reviews. Here is the writing. Enjoy. Lots of love and merci. Safrina Belladonna

Once upon a time there was a girl and a dog the girl loved the dog but the dog didn’t love her. So with lots of treats and tummy rubs the girl one the dogs cupboard love. They are the best of friends. The end.

Safrina I honestly have no idea how you pay your bills.

I work as a waitress at the coffee club

Oh well that's an okay job

True

P.S. your writing sucks.

Mabel!

Hey i’m a teller of the truth

Task Description: For this task I made a new doc and Put it in my writing folder. I put in my writing and put it on my blog. I put it on my blog with a Title, a Walt, Labels, and a Task Description.

Play Task

Walt: perform confidently to an audience



Task Description: For this task I made a copy of the presentation and put it into my reading folder. I then filled in the questions from the boxes. When I finished the task I published my work onto my blog finished to a high standard.

Complex Sentences

Understanding Shapes

Walt: describe shapes by there properties.
This is a triangular prism it has:
2 Triangular faces
3 Rectangular Faces
and 9 vertices


This is a square prism it has:
2 Square faces
4 Rectangular faces
and 11 Vertices






Task Description: For this task I was given pipe cleaners to make 3D shapes so I decided to Make a Triangular prism and a Square prism. I then had to identify the faces and vertices. I put it onto my blog with a Title, Labels, Task Description, and a Walt.

Using Connectives

How to save money

Walt: write explanation writing with good connectives.

Lots of people like there money they like it because it gives them lots of things like food clothes, accessories, and even animals but because of this it leads us to just one of the problems with money: Once you’ve finished spending it on things you don't need you hardly have any left. Do you want to find out how to save money? Well read this to find out.

My first tip is to stop. Stop shopping for things you don't need. Yes i’m talking to you unless you desperately need it or it's the holiday season or it's someone's birthday don't buy it. Lots of people like to buy nice pretty things therefore they have too many things they don’t need and too little thing they do need. Now this tip is not for everyone and every day but if you are trying to stay within the budget do not go op shopping until payday. If you are having trouble with this one move on to paragraph 2.

My second tip is to by cheaper things. I know they may be less quality than what you normally get but this will help you keep your budget a bit more balanced. I know what some of you must be thinking: where you go shopping it must be pretty expensive, but there are solutions just go to a different shop like kmart of the vege oasis. These shops use different and less popular brands making them a lot cheaper. If this isn’t working go onto paragraph 3.

My last tip is really simple but it's actually really hard for most people. Around 84 percent of the world’s population use electricity and power everyday. But lots of power companies use very important and rare resources making power very expensive. In Scotland when up on hills you can see the windmills from afar. The power companies use an important but common resource, Air. Making the power extremely cheap. But it still costs money. So you can guess what this suggestion is use less power try to watch less tv and have shorter showers this can be really hard but look at the calendar payday might be close so it will only be for a short while.

I know that these suggestions may be a bit hard but in the end I know you can all do it. Just don’t give it up and persevere. Once you set yourself to do these things it won't be hard. Remember to : Stop buying things you don't need, Buy cheaper things, and  Use less power.

Task Description: For this task I made a new dock and put it in my writing folder. I then started writing my work. I highlighted the conectives in green so i share my knowledge about connectives and give people advice. i then posted it onto my blog with a Walt, a Task Description, Labels and a Title. 

Digital Nations 2030

On Monday the 19th of February, the year 7&8 extension group went to Cordis hotel in the big city.
We went there to experience an event called, digital nations 2030. We went into the crystal room (it
wasn’t actually made out of crystals) and got introduced to a whole bunch of people from omg tech and code
avengers they had a little talk with us and then sent us off.

The first thing I did was makey makey with food. There was peaches a banana and chocolates. I have to
admit I ate one or two of the chocolates but nothing else. I then moved on to robots which was really
easy because i’d done it before. Then I moved onto the code avengers puzzle quiz thingy. I spun the
wheel and then got a chocolate.

Overall I learnt that robots are really annoying and have to have everything perfect. I learnt that you can
do makey makey with fruit and food products and I learnt that numbers in code can make letters on a
screen.

Trumpets Advice Blog

Walt: practice comprehension skills



Task Description: For this task I made a copy of a presentation and put it in my reading folder. I then read the letter that the made up person's letter. I then researched the appropriate advice. Once i had gathered up all the information I wrote my letter back answering all the questions. I then posted it on my blog with a Walt, a title, a Task description and Labels.

Hauhunga

Bethan Hauhunga from Team 4 Pes on Vimeo.
This is my animation about my groups Planet

Our Good Ol' Dog

This is a presentation about our dog.

Whats Your Favourite Food

Here is the link to my Quiz

Space Adventure

Space Adventure from Team 4 Pes on Vimeo.

3rd Paideia Seminar

On Tuesday the 19th of September the extension group had a 3rd Paideia Seminar. The main statement was does civilisation really matter? We were put into groups according to the planets we were in. We started to make an effective argument about does civilisation really matter. I talked a lot but i tried to make people have 3 ticks instead of 2. We started talking about our planets and Naomi said her planet was the best but I think that my planet Hauhunga is the best planet because it is a winter wonderland and it was probably the best planet to adapt to because it is almost exactly like Antarctica.

Image Attribution Example

Task Description: For this task we had to search up an image and attribute it because we are doing cyber smart Monday. I decided to search up one of my most favourite things Happy Cats  and i wanted to modify it so that it looked even more happier. I searched up happy cat went into tools made it labelled for reuse with modification and then put it in a google draw. I attributed it and modified it then i posted it onto my blog to a high standard. 

Mars One Astronaut Profile

Walt: make connections with what we read and what we have already read


Task Description: for this task i made a copy of a google draw and put it in my reading folder. I had to fill in the description of my character Caspian. I then had to draw him using a download of a blank body. I added details using Pixlr Editor after that i put it on the google draw. I then posted it onto my blog with a Walt, A task Description, Labels, and a Title.