Robotics - Tamaki College

Last week on Friday after our normal tech sessions, we got split into three groups. The groups were Robotics with Mr Dunn, Social Science with Ms Apelu and PE with Mr Moyes. I was in the robotics group. There were 12 people in robotics and were put into groups of 3. Two groups were programming on the Mbot and the other two were programming on the Mdrone. I was in the Mbot group. We had to challenge the other group programming the Mbot by making the Mbot do a figure 8. At first my group found this very complicated. The more we tried the more we knew how to programme it. We eventually found out how to make it go in specific directions. We then made some progress towards our challenge. The strategy we used was trial and error. At the last minute we manged to complete the challenge and complete it before the other group.

Smoke Alarms

In LS2 we have been talking about to keep safe from fire. Having smoke alarms all around your house can be very helpful because smoke alarms sense smoke and makes a loud screeching sound to alert you. Make sure to have one in every bedroom. Make sure not to have placed in the kitchen because when you are cooking it will trigger the smoke alarm I have worked with Sylis to complete this DLO.

Visiting The Fire Station

On Tuesday Panmure Bridge walked up to the Mt Wellington Fire Station. When we first arrived there, we asked questions. We learnt that if you call an ambulance there is a fair chance a fire truck might show up before an ambulance, but that is ok because they are first responders and know what to do. We then went outside and got to see the fire truck the the equipment in/outside of it. They explained to us that when people are stuck in vehicles, the firemen cut/destroy the vehicle to get the person out. They then demonstrated it with a vehicle, with nobody inside it. We then asked more questions. I learnt that they have different types of clothing for different types of jobs.

How The Fire Service Help Our Community

I have created a DLO explaining how the fire service helps our community with my group: Sylis, Tiava, and Lyric. The first thing we did write down 20 important words then choose 6 from the 20. The last thing we did was make a 25 word summary using the 6 most important words that explains how the fire service helps our community.

Powtoon - A message to our Community

I have created a powtoon about to share a message with our community with my partner San Kyaw. The message is for LS1 and it is about why we need to look after our teeth. In this powtoon we have explained what tooth decay, cavities and what tooth plaque is. At the end of our DLO we have created a list of ways to keep away from things like that. 

Maths - Problem Solving

In maths we have been doing some maths problems. This week the problems we were solving involved using our times table and our division. I have worked with Fraidoon to show our learning through a DLO (Digital Learning Object). We have included the backstory and the LI (learning Intention).

Reading - Summarising

In reading we have been reading novels. The novel my partner (Eric) and I are reading right now is called One Wheel Drive. We have made a summary of a chapter (3) we have read. We first typed in 20 important words then we took the 6 most important words from the 20 we typed in. The last thing we did was write a 25 word summary using the 6 most important word. We have highlighted the 6 words in the summary.