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Geometree | SLJ

This week for the SLJ (Summer learning jorney), we made a geometry art to made a tree. I got a sketching pencil to make the lines and filled the whole papper. Then I got a vivid to trace over my line to make it more black and thick. Then i got some colouring pencils to colour in the shapes and i made some shapes blank to make it better.

I found this task so cool becuase this reminded me of geometric art.

Sir edmumd hillliry | SLJ

 This week we did a summer learning journey activity. The activity we did was to draw our heros. the person I did was sir edmund hillary. The first thing i did was find an image of the person I drew. Then i traced over the person to mke my own drawing of him. The last thing I did was to write his/her qoute.

The thing i found really dificult about this task was drawing the person becuse it looked no wear near sir edmund hilliry

art coulouring book-NASA edition | SLJ

This week for my first summer learning journey I did an activity on a website art colouring book - NASA. first we went on the link then I went on a space photo and start recolouring it in my own colours the one that I did was a space ship with a window facing the earth. I found this task fun becuse this was like doing art.

Manga artist

 LI: To read for meaning and understanding

Our challenge today was to use our smart searching skills to create a DLO in our own words that tells us about the life of our favourite manga artist or a well known manga artist.

I found this task cool becuase we get to explain about our favourite anime character.

Goodbye/Hello lockdown task | Distance learning

This morning Miss Sheena joined our online Meet and taught us how to write a Hello/Goodbye poem. This poem shows the contrast between things lockdown made us leave behind and the things lockdown gives us the opportunity to do.

I enjoyed doing this task because I get to share the things I don't like and what I do like.

Science | Matter

 LI: to learn about the states of matter for our distance learning.

This weeks lockdown for science, we learned about Matter. For our task we explained the things about matter which was solid, liquid and gases. Solid are things that are hard by its shapes. For example: wood is hard and heavy and it is a cylinder. Liquid are things that are poured into things that have thick wholes in it. For example: Milk, juice, water and more. Gases are vape smokes that come from hot things but it can only last for a little bit of seconds. Then had to create a google dock and we had to insert tables and put images that were related to solid, liquid and/or gas.  We started to watch a video and take notes about what the person in the video was saying.

Last, we played a kahoot game that had everything to do with what we were learning.

I learned a lot about matter and I enjoyed doing it and the kahoot game but unfortunately I didn't win so maybe if I'm listening to my science teacher I will take notes so I can memorize everything what my teacher told us to do.

Houra

LI: To draw and label your own Hauora diagram

Canva

In order to be able to perform at their best athletes need to have a four walls of the whare tapawha standing. We created this poster to show what each wall represents and why it is important.

I enjoyed doing this becuase i found out lots of things about taha tinana, taha wairua, taha hinegnaro, and taha whanua

Acient greece olypics | prezi

 LI: To skim and scan to find facts about the Ancient Olympics and make notes in my own words.

Acineint oylmpics presentation

We used our reading time this week to find out about the Ancient Greek Olympics. Once we had made our notes and reorganised our information we collaboratively created a presentation.

I found out that if only men and non married women were allowed to participate in the acient olympic games.

I enjoyed doing the prezi presentation becuase there were lots of photos of the olympics.

Heart rate

 This week for science we leanred about heart rates

First we made a doc to talk about heart rates

Last we had to test our hearts by doing some exersise and then we had to write the results

I found this task easy becuase Finiding the results of out heart was easy

Houra and olympics

Athletes at the top of thier feild trianmentaly and physiclly becuase it s both the boddy and the mind that need to be strong to have balance as an athlete. It is so important to colaborate the success you earn but it is equall as important to embarace the less succesful time. it is the learning you take from losing that makes you stronger and wiser. People that winn medal's feel like that they have success in thier mind and they were confident to achive thier own trewards.

mindfulness

 What is mindfulness?

Mindfulness is a meditation that calms our body and our mind using a mindfulness bell. It also allows us to focus on now, and leave the past and not worry about the future. There are two zones of mindfulness which are red and green. The red zone is when you are angry, frustrated, distracted, anxious, etc. The green zone is when you are calm, clear, peaceful, engaged, etc. This also lets us remove our negativity from our minds, and control our thoughts and emotions. To have a mindful mind you will need to have your legs crossed, hands on knees, close your eyes then breath in and then breath out while your back is straight. 

After doing this mindfulness session I felt more calm, and had a clear mind.

Acids and bases

 This week for science the year sevens learned about how acids and bases works.

First we made a google docts of acids and bases. Then we watched a video and we had to take notes Then we had to write the equipments and ingredients for what we were going to do. then we had to buddy up with someone and start the experient. After the experiment we started our blog post to finish the experiment of

I found this task had trouble trying to make notes

Plants

 This week for science we are learning about how plants work. Plants are things that live in the comonity and the forest and they also include roots and need water to be hydrated and need sunshine to help it grow. We made an experiment with water, food colouring and celery.

Fill a beaker up with water to 200 ml

Next add te drops of food colouring.

Next get a celery and stir the water up.

Then leave it there and meanwhile tie it with a bag a twist tie.

Next wait for 30 minutes. 

Matariki stars/Matariki birds

 LI: to celebrate matariki

This week our focus was about Matariki, as it is the time of year we see the Matariki stars in the sky. It is the Maor on Wednesday is was the Matariki celebration. During this week we have had many different task about the Matariki celebration. Today we had four task to complete about the Matariki celebration. The first task was to find where we will see the matariki stars. The next task was about where in the sky is the Matariki stars and write where they are. The third task was about why does the matariki stars disappears in may and reappears in june. The last task was about learning about the three birds that they feast on in the matariki celebration.

Inside/ouside brochure

 LI: to celebrate matariki

This week for the matariki challenges we created 2 brochures which was an inside brochure and an outside bochure. For my inside brochure, me and my group explained about the matariki stories, how matariki was celebrated in the past and what food was harvest at the festival. For my outside bochure, we explained matariki and wrote fact about it too.

What I found a bit hard is that i didn't know any fact so I had to reaserch it.

Vision board

 LI: to create a DLO showing what we want to achieve.

This week for inquiry we created our own vision board showing the things we want to achieve in our life.

First we create a google drawing to start off our vision board.

Next we inserted images that were part of our goals that we were trying to achieve

Lastly we sorted and aarnged the images.

What I found hard was that I couldnt know where els put when i ran out of space.

Greek mythogology

LI: to use our smart searching skill to find imformation abiut the greek gods.

Today David shared his reading challenge with us. It is all about the Greek gods and helps us to practise the skills we have been learning in our reading lessons with our teachers. 

David created this task as part of his CARE award challenges. We earn CARE award badges in year 7 and 8 to show that we understand our school values. In this activity we used our smart searching skills to find information to help us complete the table.

I found this activity intresting becuase this task explained about historic people because.

The Greek god I found most interesting was Hera because an extra detail about her is that she is knon as Zesus sister

Dream

LI:To edit our writing using DRAFT.

This week for writing we has been working on Abstract Noun Poems. Me and my partner's abstract noun is about Dream. An Abstract noun is something that exists but you cannot touch, an abstract noun also comes with metaphors and 5 senses. The 5 senses we use to make our poem powerful is using (smell,taste,hear,feeling and see). Something that helped us out of writing our abstract nouns is using Metaphors , Simile , complex sentences , punctuation, complex sentences and word hippo.

Then the next day we edited our poems using DRAFT (Delete, Rearange, Add, Fix, Talk)

Something we found interesting is how the DRAFT System works.

Something we learnt is how the DRAFT system works

Flowers | Tech | Science

 LI: to identify the imformation about a hibiscus

This week for Science (Tech), the yr sevens learned about flowers. Flowers are part of nature/Enviroments that give oxygen to the world. There are lots of types of flowers that exist in the world. 

Our first task was to write things about flowers, What we have notice about flowers and what we know about them.

Our second task was to write the parts of a hibiscus.

Our third task was to write the materials and steps to look at the stigma eggs and look at it through a microscope.

What i found intrestoing was that i learnt all the parts of the hibiscus