Finding out about coalition

Today our learning was finding out about coalition. We worked collaboratively to write a summary for coalition. A coalition is an alliance to form a government. In the New Zealand election, Winston Peters has the choice to choose National or Labour to help them fill more seats. Who ever he chooses, will determine our NZ prime minister.

Bully - Animation

Today in LS2 we have been talking about bullying. We did this because we are old enough to learn how to stick up for ourselves. If you see someone who is getting bullied, remember to help the victim or you will be as bad as the bully. If you are being bullied use your WITS. They are walk away, ignore, tell someone and stand up. I created this animation with Oh Hsen, Shannon and Daniel.

Why it's Great to Be Me?

It's great to be me because I can set myself, if I continue to work hard. We had to find out a bit more about ourselves. One thing I found out about myself was that, I wanted to do really well in college. We then, got into groups and made a word cloud on why it is great to be the age we are currently(11 - 13).

CARE Award: Research Stan Walker's song, The Climb

I can almost see it

That dream I am dreaming

But there's a voice inside my head saying

"You'll never reach it"

Every step I'm taking

Every move I make feels

Lost with no direction

My faith is shaking

But I gotta keep trying

Gotta keep my head held high

There's always gonna be another mountain

I'm always gonna wanna make it move

Always gonna be a uphill battle

Sometimes I'm gonna have to lose

Ain't about how fast I get there

Ain't about what's waiting on the other side

It's the climb

The struggles I'm facing

The chances I'm taking

Sometimes might knock me down

But no, I'm not breaking

I may not know it

But these are the moments that

I'm gonna remember most, yeah

Just gotta keep going

And I, I got to be strong

Just keep pushing on

'Cause there's always gonna be another mountain

I'm always gonna wanna make it move

Always gonna be a uphill battle

Sometimes I'm gonna have to lose

Ain't about how fast I get there

Ain't about what's waiting on the other side

It's the climb, yeah!

There's always gonna be another mountain

I'm always gonna wanna make it move

Always gonna be an uphill battle

Somebody's gonna have to lose

Ain't about how fast I get there

Ain't about what's waiting on the other side

It's the climb, yeah!

Keep on moving, keep climbing

Keep the faith, baby

It's all about, it's all about the climb

Keep the faith, keep your faith, whoa

I can almost see it

That dream I am dreaming

But there's a voice inside my head saying

"You'll never reach it"

Every step I'm taking

Every move I make feels

Lost with no direction

My faith is shaking

But I gotta keep trying

Gotta keep my head held high

There's always gonna be another mountain

I'm always gonna wanna make it move

Always gonna be a uphill battle

Sometimes I'm gonna have to lose

Ain't about how fast I get there

Ain't about what's waiting on the other side

It's the climb

The struggles I'm facing

The chances I'm taking

Sometimes might knock me down

But no, I'm not breaking

I may not know it

But these are the moments that

I'm gonna remember most, yeah

Just gotta keep going

And I, I got to be strong

Just keep pushing on

'Cause there's always gonna be another mountain

I'm always gonna wanna make it move

Always gonna be a uphill battle

Sometimes I'm gonna have to lose

Ain't about how fast I get there

Ain't about what's waiting on the other side

It's the climb, yeah!

There's always gonna be another mountain

I'm always gonna wanna make it move

Always gonna be an uphill battle

Somebody's gonna have to lose

Ain't about how fast I get there

Ain't about what's waiting on the other side

It's the climb, yeah!

Keep on moving, keep climbing

Keep the faith, baby

It's all about, it's all about the climb

Keep the faith, keep your faith, whoa

This song, is sang by Stan Walker. The song is called "The Climb". The message in this song is that everyone will go through difficulties but, if you keep persevering, you will get passed them.

Why is it so Important to Keep Oral Storytelling Alive?

Oral storytelling is a great way to keep the Maori stories, alive. This is a very important tradition to pass down, from generation to generation.

In LS2 we have been looking at Myths and Legends. With a buddy you needed to watch three videos with subtitles. I then had a learning conversation with my partner (Eric). We have worked collaboratively for the last part of this activity, which was to write a very powerful 25 word summary, on why it is important to keep oral storytelling alive. The text above is our summary.

Exploring Maori Myths and Lengends

In LS2 we have been exploring Maori myths and legends. Eric and I have used Storyboard That to practise using dialogue to show rather than tell. Our Storyboard That is based on 'How Maui slowed the Sun' doesn't have enough time to do his daily things. One thing that challenged me was finding the right things for the myth. 

Key Vocabulary

Eric and I have completed a DLO on vocabulary. We had a list of words and needed to define them in our own words. We also added attributions a reference. 

Winter Solstice (Peru) DLO

In LS2 we have been finding out how other cultures celebrate Winter Solstice. I have worked with Eric, and we decided to do Peru. We found out some really good information. We were shocked when we read how they use to celebrate it. 

Rubbish Data

This graph is showing the amount of people saying either yes,no or maybe to a question. One of the questions were, have you ever dropped rubbish in on school grounds. Blue means yes, red means no and orange is maybe. I have worked collaboratively with CJ to complete this. This took a while to complete because we had to count each answer.

Rubbish Solutions

Today for inquiry we had a provocation that we needed to explore. I was working with Mathias, 

Oh Hsen and Eric. As a team we had to come up with our own opinions and chose which one was the best but we couldn't speak. Our provocation was about the rubbish in our school and how we can resolve the problem of rubbish. Our whole group came up with this opinion: We can put out more bins because people might be lazy to walk to the bin. 

NZ Flow Chart

This is a flow chart I have created with Mathias, Eric and Dallas. We had to create a flow chart on how milk cartons get to different countries. In this DLO it shows how it is used for shelter and many other things.

Inquiry DLO

This is a my Inquiry DLO that Shannon and I both completed. We first had to find out how how much and what types of rubbish ends up in the ocean. We then had to find out the percentage and put it in a graph. The next thing we did was write the information. The last thing we did was write how both Shannon and I can become an agent of change.

Conserving water

This morning we started with inquiry. Recently Auckland was asked to conserve water. over 415 million litres of water was wasted. We had to find out why. We then had to make a DLO about Conservation in Auckland. We had to include why we need to conserve water, how we can do that and what are the consequences of wasting water. In my group there was AJ and Fraidoon

Water Cycle DLO

Group A has started to learn about the water cycle. The water cycle is a continues loop which never ends. It has four parts to it. In this DLO it includes all of the four steps. I think it is interesting how the water cycle works.I enjoyed learning about the water cycle and hope you have learnt something new.

Omaru River Inquiry DLO

Our topic this term is Te Taiao O Tamaki. Its not just our school that has this topic it is all the schools that are in the Manaiakalani cluster. Our task was to create a DLO about Omaru river. Eric and I worked together. There has been a sewage leak and Mad Ave volunteered to make the environment better. In this DLO there is a lot of negative and positive effects. 

NZ Estuary Food Web

Sylis and I worked on a DLO which was about an NZ Estuary Food Web. We learnt that learnt that everything is native except for White Faced Heron which is from Australia. We also found out that the Sun gives most of the energy to the plants which gives food to the animals.

Water Care with Sally

I have worked on this presentation with my buddy Eric. Sally talked to the student leaders about water. We did an outside activity and experiments. My favourite experiment was testing the energy drink and napisan, I learnt a lot of water, and now know how precious it is.

Tahuna Torea Exploration

Yesterday LS1, LS2 and Room 5 went to Tahuna Torea to explore it. Ls2's bus was running 15 minutes late so had to wait. When we arrived there we had our lunch, went to the beach view and went to the playground straight after. This was really fun. I really enjoyed the spinning wheel. It went really fast and everyone got dizzy. The bushwalk/exploring the wetlands was amazing we saw a lot of amazing views. Everyone got tired after a couple minutes. This was all linked to our learning. It was really fun and enjoyable at Tahuna Torea. This a DLO of our trip on Tahuna Torea. I worked with Harlem and Te Wai to complete it.

Popplet: Richard Pearse Timeline

This is my DLO I did with, I worked with Javeylor to complete this timeline. First we had to do a timeline of Jean Batten then we could choose any aviator we wanted. I chose to do Richard Pearse because he's a New Zealander. We had to have our timeline in chronological (time) order. I used Popplet this time because, I think Popplet is easier to use because it's easy to make text boxes and type.  

Lucidcart: Jean Batten Timeline

The Yr7's and 8's have switched topics for inquiry. We are now researching aviators and making a timelines. This is my DLO I did with Javeylor. We had to research about Jean Batten and write 15 facts. After that we had to do a timeline on her, We had to have it in chronological (time) order. It was really hard using Lucidchart because arrows would pop out and we couldn't delete them. It's also very hard keep the line straight. Maybe next time I should use a different DLO to put all my information into.