A Special Visit

Today at at assembly we had some people from the board of trustees and the NEXT foundation. Rachel also visited. Mr Johnston, Rachel and Bill Kermode (the CEO of the NEXT foundation) got up on stage and talked about the Summer Learning Journey. Some students from PBS also got to talk including myself. We also got to watch a video staring one of our fellow students. The movie was about the Summer Learning Journey program. Here is a link to the video. 

Collaborative Christmas Challenge - Denmark

This week LS2 have been learning about Christmas traditions in different countries. My group decided to choose Denmark as our country to learn about. We created a DLO with information about how Denmark celebrate Christmas. Once we completed our DLO we created a screencastify.

Google Game

Today LS2 have been playing one of the google games. The point of the game is trying to get the rabbit to the carrot. You have to drag the correct arrows and put them in the tray. You also have to put the arrows in the correct order so that rabbit can get to the carrot.

Geometry

This week for maths we have been working on geometry activities. I have taken a screenshot of one of the activities I have completed. For this activity there were two sheets. One with the instructions and the other one to draw. We had to follow the dots link each one up until it says stop on the instruction sheet. After we finished drawing we coloured it in.

Tech Reflection

Every week on Friday the year seven and eight students Panmure Bridge School would go down to Tamaki College for Tech. This year we had three rotations. For the year eights our rotations were (in order) cooking, graphics and hard materials. At cooking we learnt how to make lots of different foods like pies, quiches and chocolate truffles. Our teacher was Mrs Heka. In this rotation we learnt how to follow instructions. At graphics we learnt how to make clocks. I made a basketball clock. Our teacher was Ms Ferguson. At hard materials our teach was Mr Grundy. At that rotation we learnt how to make stained glass windows. I decided that my design was a rocket. In this rotation I learnt how to cut glass and tin it.

Hazel's Visit - Summer Learning Journey

On Friday Hazel visited Panmure Bridge School to tell us about the Summer Learning Journey program that is held during the Christmas holidays. The program contains lots of activities. It starts on the 18th of December and ends on the 26th of January. The top three bloggers from each school will be given a prize. It is great that the year eights are still allowed to participate even though they are going to college next year. The Summer Learning Journey is great for students because when they come back to school they will improve their learning.

Police Helicopter Visit

Recently we had visit from a police helicopter and a police dog with it's handler. The whole school sit on the field waiting for the helicopter to land. I was really amazed when the helicopter landed because the wind from the helicopter was so powerful grass was flying everywhere. The officers who came out of the helicopter told us about their job and what they do. After the helicopter left we had some visits from a German Shepard. The German Shepard demonstrated how it uses its nose to help police officers.

Inter-School Athletics

Yesterday some students from Panmure bridge School went down to Lloyd Elsmore Park to participate in the inter-school athletics. The events I was participating in were 100 meter sprints, high jump and long jump. In the morning the boys were doing the track events and the girls were doing the field events. In my heat I came third. After that we had a break. My next event was long jump. I tried my best and managed to come first. The event after I participated in was high jump. We didn't get to finish it because most people had to do relays. I had a really great time and had a lot of fun.

Fire Station Summary

This is my summary about our time at the Panmure Fire Station. I worked with Jeremiah L, Zane and Harlem M. We first chose 20 important words then from those 20 words we chose the 6 most important words. We then wrote our 25 words summary including the 6 words in it.

Fire Station Trip

On Tuesday LS1 and LS2 went to the Panmure Fire Station. We learnt about Fire trucks and the different tools they have in it. The firefighters also demonstrated how they got someone out of a car if they are trapped inside of it. The tools they used were called spreaders and cutters. It was a really fun experience and enjoyed our time.

Why Your Teeth Should Stay Healthy

This week LS2 have been focusing on sharing a community message. Eric, Lyric and I created a prezi to show our learning. In our prezi we talked about why your teeth should stay healthy and what happens if you don't keep them healthy. Our targeted audience is Room 5.

Summarising DLO

Today Lyndon and I have completed our summarising DLO. For this activity we first read our book that we chose. Then we chose 20 important words from that book and wrote them down. We then chose the 6 most important word from the 20 words. After that we wrote a 25 word summary also including the 6 words we chose.

Manaiakalani Film Festival 2017

Yesterday Panmure Bridge School went down to Hoyts Cinemas at Sylvia Park for the annual Manaiakalani Film Festival. There we got to watch movies created by other schools in the Manaiakalani cluster. This year celebrates the 10th year the Manaiakalani Film Festival has happened. My favourite film was called I've Got a Bad Feeling About This which created by LS1 from our school. Here is a link to the films from this year.

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Animal Adaption

This week we've been using our smart searching skills to find out how animals adapt to their environment. All of the students in LS2 had to choose an animal with the same letter at their first name. Since my name starts with "A", I decided to do the Arctic Fox. I used google presentation to create and share my learning. 

Staying Safe Around Fireworks

LS1 and LS2 have been learning about the story of Guy Fawkes. We then got into groups of four and have been asking questions to each other. Since Guy Fawkes day is coming up really soon, in our groups we have come up with three ways on how to stay safe from fireworks. 

My Explanation

How Children Learn At School

Children have lots of different way of learning. They are really curious. Learning is really important for children because it helps the gain knowledge. One way children learn is by asking questions. They also give feedback and ask for feed forward.

When they ask for feed forward they get learn new things which could help them in different areas of learning. Children often watch role models and copy what they do.

When children are unsure of what to do they either listen to others carefully or watch others do. They can also search it up on the internet.

When children reflect about their learning they can see where they have gone wrong and what they have to improve on. They take risks to learn new things and get a new experience.

Children have lots of different ways to learn at school. They are really curious. Learning is a really important part of a children's time at school because it helps the gain knowledge and helps them build confidence in learning.

For this task we were working in partners to write an explanation. I worked with Fatongia. We then showed another pair our explanation and they gave us feedback and feed forward. Our feedback wast that we have great ideas and our writing is well layed out. Our feed forward was that we should try not to repeat things.

Screencastify - Finding Fractions Of An Amount

Last week Mrs Grant came to LS2 to teach us how to create a screencastify. For this we firstly had to write our scripts and make sure we had all the tabs we needed open. Next we clicked on the screencastify extension and clicked record. I had to make sure I was speaking loud and clear. I then listened to my recording to see if it was good. I like using screencastify because it is a different way of showing my learning.

Inter-school Rugby Union

Today the Panmure Bridge rugby teams went down to Dunkirk Reserve to participate in the inter-school rugby competition. Our first game was against Glen Taylor. We tried our best but unfortunately they won. After that we had a bye. During that time we were working on spreading out and communicating with each other. Our second match was against Glenbrae. This was a really close game we tried really hard but they won 17 to 10. Our third game was against Glen Innes School. That was our closes game yet. Sadly we lost. The score was 10 to 12. Our last game was against Tamaki Primary. As soon as the game started they scored a try. Through out the whole game they were scoring tries but we didn't give up. We all had a really fun time.

PBS Blogging Challenge - Bonus Activity

 For this bonus activity the task was to a watch a YouTube clip about one Rainbow's End's rides (the Fearfall). Then I had to choose a ride to recommend to a friend and explain why. Then I have to explain what I would feel if I went on that ride.

PBS Blogging Journey - Day 1 Activity 2

For activity 2 the task was to find out the minimum height to ride the stratosphere and why I think there is a height restriction. There are two different modes of the ride, the very extreme and the less extreme. For the very extreme mode, the minimum height is 150 centimeters. For the less extreme mode the minimum height 130 centimeters. I that there are height restrictions because if you are to small or short there is a possibility that you will slip of your seat and fall which could badly hurt you or worse.