Sporcle Challenge

  L.I To create an DLO about the Sporcle Challenge. 

                                                                                                                                         

The DLO showing above was worked collaboratively with my partner. We wrote what we enjoyed and what the challenge is. We first went onto the website and read the introductions to understand what the game is about and How we can play. We also then find quizzes that gives us more understanding into learning what the topic is about. 

Tatau

  LI: To create a DLO that tells others about tatau.                                                                            

Tattooing has played an important part in many cultures over time. Our challenge was to use our smart searching skills to find out about traditional tattooing in our own culture. I really enjoyed doing this task as I get to learn a lot more about my Culture. I also really liked working with my partner as we shared our ideas and worked collaborative. The most interesting fact I learnt was some people do tatting to represent their culture. My partner and I used our searching skills to find facts and information about tattooing and what it means to our culture.

Kapa Haka Trip

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

Yesterday the LS2 boys went on a trip to the Auckland museum to learn about Maori weapons, carvings, and Maori ancestors. We went inside and watched a video to learn and talk about the challenge. Inside the museum I learned a lot of cool things and I was really interested in learning about Maori. I really liked playing with sticks also learning the Kai Haka and played a lot of cool games with our teachers.

Tech Reflection

L1: To make a smoothie and a fruit salad. 

                                                      

This week for tech the year 7's students went to Mrs Heka for food tech.  Mrs Heka introduced us with some rules we needed to follow and learn while peppering the ingredients with her. Mrs Heka got us into groups to work with. In my group I had Leon and Spelman in my group. I also really enjoyed cutting the fruits into pieces.  

Kawa of Care

 L.I To understand the Kawa or Care to keep our laptops safe.

                                                                                          

The three DLO's above show our understanding and knowledge of the kawa of care. For two of the DLO's we needed put the correct words into correct sentences to make sense.  On the first DLO we needed to insert a photo of ourselves. I found it helpful to know the correct way the carry our chromebooks to protect them.

Know your Keyboards.

 L.I : To learn and understand your keyboards and Stay safe online.

 

 The slide above is about being Cyber smart. Cyber smart is a subject that helps you understand how to stay safe on social media, technology and other things. I created this slide with my group to help us understand our keyboards(Shortcuts). We went looking through this site Keyboard Shortcuts to help us make sure we found the correct answers. 

Hydration and dehydration

 L.I To understand why staying hydrated is important for our health and for our learning. 

After defining hydration and dehydration we worked collaboratively to use our smart searching skills to help us find facts that would teach others why it is important for our health and learning. In this DLO I learned the different meaning's behind Hydration and Dehydration. This DLO was is about understanding the good things about being hydration.

                                                                               

Leadership

 L.I to unpack what a leader looks like.

We unpacked the meaning of leadership and what it takes to be a leader. We wrote down the meaning of 4 different words team, leadership, role model, and responsibility which are all good qualities to have as a leader. We listed as many words as possible linked to leadership. Using these words we created a 25 word summary explaining what a leader is.

After this we made a collaborative DLO explaining all the subjects we learnt in the session. In my group was Fau, Chisa, Vayan, Azatulah, and Ong.

LS2 Favourites Colours

 

Today me and Hosea made a pie chart. Me and Hosea made a chart of LS2's favourite colours. The colours that were chosen were Red, Blue, Black, Purple, Bby-blue, Green, Pink and Peach but Blue and Black had the most votes. As me and Hosea were going around we both predicted Blue because we were one of the people that chose that colour as well. Me and Hosea really enjoyed making this pie chart because we learnt a lot about what LS2's favourite colours are.

Summary of Te Tiriti O Waitangi

LI: To explain in fewer words what the text is about.

This week our reading groups were practising the summary skill by writing 20 keywords, then finding the 6 most picking six keywords out of the 20 written. After this, we wrote a summary paragraph using the six words we chose.  write a paragraph by using the 6 more important words. This DLO 

We read an article about The Treaty of Waitangi. On the 6th of February 1840, Te Tiriti O Waitangi was signed by the Maori chiefs. The treaty was in three different articles. Te Tiriti O Waitangi was made to get protection and have peace between the British and Aotearoa. People protested for equal rights.

When we picked out the 20 keywords, we used the article to find the words we thought were the most important to the topic. 

I enjoyed this activity because I understood more about the The  Treaty of Waitangi.