Winter Learning Journey- United Arab Emirates

I chose United Arab Emirates because Arab is an Islamic country which means they have dress codes sent by Prophet Muhammad.  I also want to go to UAE because the UAE is a very interesting country eg they have over 200 nationalities. 

2016 Collage

This is a collage that I created showcasing 2016 at Panmure Bridge School.  I think this year was a very fun year because we moved into a new classroom and had lots of new people in our class.  

Graduation 2016

On 14 December the year 8's had their first graduation held at Pakuranga Sailing Club.  First we got the opportunity to take photos followed by dinner.  After dinner we were handed our  graduation certificates.  Lastly we had the dance.  I think that everyone really enjoyed graduation and will miss PBS.

The Labyrinth

Yesterday we watched a movie called 'The Labyrinth'. The movie was about a girl named Sarah who has to babysit his little brother.  The brother was really annoying Sarah by crying and not stopping.  Sarah wishes that the trolls would come and take his brother away.  when she leaves his room something was not feeling right.  She goes back to his room and finds that her little brother is missing.  A mysterious person enters through the window.  Sarah quickly knows that he was the one who took her brother.  She told Jareth that she wants her brother back but Jareth refused.  Then Jareth tells Sarah that he will give her 13 hours to find her brother.  Sarah had to go through a maze to get into his castle.  When she enters and she finds her brother.  This is a DLO about the movie that we watched.

Tahuna Tereo

Yesterday the seniors of PBS went to Tahuna Tereo.  The reason we went there is because it was connected to our Inquiry.  We got to look at the wetland where the birds migrate to and where they also  find their food.  During the trip we had 4 rotations.  Our first rotation was having lunch.  Second we got the opportunity to go to the beach.  After coming back from the beach we got a long time to play on the park.  Next we moved onto the hike.  I think the hike was very educational because we learnt about where the birds migrate from and their habitat.

Paper Rockets

This is a collage of the paper rocket on Friday with Mr Dunn at Tamaki College.  At Tamaki College we had to make paper rockets and record their results.  The collage is based on what we did on Friday.

Paper rocket Procedural Writing

Last week on Friday after Tech we spent the whole day at Tamaki College building rockets.  First we made a straw rocket.  We had to watch a mini YouTube clip to get an idea of how to make the rocket.  Next we moved onto making a cardboard rocket that we didn't have enough time to finish.  Today in class we had to recap our learning session at Tamaki College by creating a procedural writing on how to make a straw rocket. 

Rockets

Last week on Friday we were building rockets.  Firs we started off with building a straw rocket.  We had to test our straw rockets 3 times and find out their distances.  After testing the straw rockets we built our own rockets using hard paper.  The making of the paper rocket was easy because we just had to fold, attach and glue the pieces together.  Our teacher for the session Mr Dunn showed us a demonstration of what our rocket should fly like.  When we flew the paper rocket outside it didn't work properly.  Next we attempted to fly the 3D printed rocket.  We also added a twist in the 3D rocket.  We added fireworks to the rocket.  We flew the rocket but it went so high and never came back.  A huge thank you to Mr Dunn for organizing the session for us.

Kuaka Migration - Reading

For the next 2 weeks of school we will be working on a multi-model. The task is about the Kuaka Migration. In today's session we were using our prior knowledge ( facts we already know ). We had to find out some ways of how people might of traveled today, 30 years ago and 100 years ago. We had to use our own knowledge so that we can understand what we are doing.  We also looked back at our question matrix and changed some questions and finished in the gaps that had nothing. I think this was a good way of learning because we all worked as a group and we all understood our learning that was going on.

Mentor DLO

This is a task from my excellence and innovation page from the gold care award booklet.  For this task I had to create a DLO about someone who is a mentor to me and other students in the area.  The person that I chose was Allah.  I chose Allah because Allah is very important in every Muslims life becaus ehe looks out for us and makes sure to keep every Muslim in the correct path of life.

PBS Athletics Day

Today we had our PBS athletics day.  We were lucky to have some Tamaki College students to help us out.  Each year group were split into 3 groups, where we learnt to collaborate as a team and cheer each other off. The year 8's started off with a game called capture the flag, then sponge relay, long jump, shot putt, and lastly hula hoop throw.  I think my team worked collaboratively together because we won most of our games.  A huge thank you to Mr Ogilve for organizing the event for the students. 

Pigeon Post

For the past 2 weeks we have been working on Pigeon Post.  This was a new learning for my reading group because we used a multimodal DLO.  Our reading group was split into 4 groups R, E, A, and D.  Our group was R.  We had to work collaboratively as a group and use our smart searching skills to get our tasks done and make up our mind if pigeons are 'pests' or special birds.  My opinion was that I think that they are very special birds because they risked their lives during WW1 to deliver important messages behind the enemy lines that saved many of the soldiers lives.  Check out our pigeons reading follow up where we did all of the other tasks by clicking here.    

Pigeons

            

In reading for the past few weeks we were learning about pigeons and finding out if they are pests or special animals.  We were put into groups to research pigeons to find out if they are pests or special kinds of birds.  Some people think that Pigeons are pests because they carry over 60 types of diseases.  Other people think that pigeons are a special type of bird because they risked their lives in WW1 and 2 by carry messages and delivering it to other people from different cities.

Bar-Tailed Godwit Bird

This is a popplet made on the bar tailed godwit bird.  We were using our smart searching skills to find out info about the bar-tailed godwit bird.  In this popplet I have added some information about the godwit such as the appearance, habitat, diet, and predator.  Did you know that the bar tailed godwit bird can fly 7,242 miles without stopping.  

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Manaiakalani Cluster Film Festival

Today we went to the Sylvia Park Hoyts for the 9th annual Manaiakalani Film Festival.  We watched movies that the other schools made from the Manaiakalani Cluster. All the movies that the schools made we really fun to watch because the classes and the teachers had put a lot of effort into the movies.  When we were got to school we had to blog comment on other classes blogs from the Manaiakalani Cluster.

Hyperbole

This is week we are learning about Hyperbole.  We did 2 task about hyperbole that helped us find out what and how to use hyperbole in your writing.  Hyperbole is when you use exaggeration to make a small matter seem worse than it actually is. 

Cyber Smart- Keyboard Shortcuts

For Inquiry we are learning about cyber smart.  The task that I had to complete was about using shortcuts to open a new tab, close a tap, and re-open a recently closed tab.  I have written 3 keyboard shortcuts that will help people.

Cyber Smart- Seeing Something Uncomfortable On The Web

For inquiry we are learning about cyber smart.  The task that I chose to complete was about seeing something on the web that makes you uncomfortable.  I came up with 2 ideas that can could help someone who needs help with what to do when they see something on the web that might make them uncomfortable.

Paper Planes

This week in maths LS2 has been learning to design and make a paper plane. We were put into groups and made many different designs to see which one would go the furthest.  We did this by searching the internet for step to step designs and watching Youtube Videos that showed us how to make the paper plane as well.

Jean Batten Timeline

This is a timeline based on Jean Batten.  This timeline shows all the things that she had done when she was alive.