For Maths group 1B has been learning how to Increase and Decrease numbers (Percentages), To Increase numbers you have to Multiply the top numbers by each other one would have a percentage next to it if you are learning how to Increase and Decrease percentages, and after multiplying you divide it by 100.Then you add the number that has a percentage beside it, to the number you divided by 100. And that is how you Increase percentages. To Decrease numbers and percentages you have Multiply the top numbers by each other one would have a percentage next to it Just like how you did with Increase but the last part you always minus never add. Something we found interesting was that Increasing is almost the same as decreasing but instead you are just subtracting not adding.
Malala Yousafzai
LI : To Identify the main arguments Malala presents for education and peace
For reading we have been learning about Malala Yousafzai an her braveness towards her learning and education, she was a tenacious young soul who never backed down even when facing a gun to her head, that belonged to the Taliban. Malala Yousafzai did’nt let that put her down even making a big speech to all the world leaders in the united nation, she fought for peace, social justice, and gender equality. We made a poster on one of her famous quotes that she said to the nations, and we chose ” Empower others with the weapon of knowledge,” because it brought a sense of empowerement and was a inspirational quote. Something I found interesting was she got shot on the left side of her head and never gave up.
Ankylosauraus Research
LI: to research questions about your dinosaur including their habitat, diet, predators, and protection.
For Inquiry, we were challenge to create a presentation about our dinosaurus which was a Ankylosaurus. Before we did this challenge, we made by hand a dinosaur egg. When we opened it we discovered an Ankylosaurus, we gathered facts about our dinosaurus and used our knowledge to put on our slide. In our presentation we included predators, appearance, protection, habitat and their diet. Something we enjoyed about this challenge was we get to participate in this inquiry and we get to learn about the history of dinosaurs.
TLW – Word Problems
For maths, we were challenged to create a presentation as a group to create word problems relating to Tongan Languuage week. We made the problems out of a topic or Tonga items. We had one word problem each on each slide, some used Tonga groceries, Tonga items, lolly lei etc. In the word problems we included equations (+, x, -, divison, kilo, meters). I enjoyed this task because we get to learn about Tonga Language Week by using maths.
RISE UP – Shameful stain on New Zeland history ( Provocation )
LI : To identify the key historical context and events related to the Polynesian Panthers and the Dawn Raids as depicted in the graphic novel.
For reading we were given a text to read about and during reading we were challenged to create a DLO as a group explaining what happened to the polynesian people during the dawn raids. during the dawn raids people were affected getting escorted by homes for not having proof that they can stay in New Zealand. Then after reading the text we were challenged to create a DLO (Provocation) about what happened during the dawn raids,explaing if the government of today ( 2021 ) apoligise for the mishaps of the government (1969). During this task we had a lot of reasons why and why they shouldn’t of had done this, but finally we all came to the conclusion of agreeing on why they should of apoligised because without the confirmation of their wrong doings, the next generation will probably carry on the generational trauma. Something I found interesting after reading about the shameful stain that the goverment from 1971 put onto New Zealand but Jacinda ardern apologized for the actions the goverment from 1970s did.
Comic Strip – Once a Panther (Grp 3A)
LI: To identify the key historical context and events related to the Polynesian Panthers and the Dawn Raids as depicted in the graphic novel.
For reading we read a text that was about “Once a Panther” and we challenged to create a comic strip that show a scene related to the ideas of prejudice, justice, or taking a stand in today’s world using thought bubbles or dialogue that explains the image….. Something we found interesting while learning about what happened during the dawn raids was that only the Polynesian people were escorted from their home and were being accused of overstaying in their homes. The Dawn raids would often come in dawn and that’s why they are called the dawn raids, They escort people from their homes if they didn’t have proof (Visa, Passport or paperwork) that they could stay in New Zealand.
AI Movie
For inquiry we had been researching about our chosen dinosaurs on what they look like, what their habitat was, what they ate, who their predators were, and how they protected themselves from those conniving predators. The dinosaur that I had been randomly given from an egg was an Ankylosaurus which was a friendly herbivore, who ate shrubs and lived near water sources, and in upland formations, but in this particular experiment to show our creative thinking skills we were handed in the challenge of creating an image of our dinosaur without typing its name in its prompt, the we had to get on to making our own AI movie ( 6 second ) about our dinosaurs, using the program https://hailuoai.video . I enjoyed this challenge because I had to make loads of test prompts trying to make it an Ankylosaurus, and most of them were funny results !
Trip to Museum
For our school trip one of the activities we had was we had 30 seconds to decide what to pack if there was a volcanic eruption near us. I found our school trip really fun because we got to learn about the World War 2 and we got to see the wall of memorial ( The wall of remembrance) the items we had were :
- backpack
- toys
- can of food
- hole punch
- torch
- can opener
- pan
- gloves
- cat
- muesli bar
- cat food
- goggles
- bottle of water
- tea towel
- first aid kit
- mask
- colouring book
Rise Up – The story of the dawn raids and the Polynesian panthers (Provocation)
LI: To evaluate (form an opinion) the text and respond to the provocation
For this task we were challenged to create a DLO explaing what happened during the dawn raids, My group created a DLO about the Polyneisian Panthers and the Dawn raids and our question was, should the Government of today (2021) have apologised for the dawn raids of yesterday (1970s)? The dawn raids of the 1970s involves several considerations. The prime minister was apologizing on the behalf of the government in 2021. An apology could acknowledge the pain that they have caused over the past years towards the Pacific community. The pakeha didn’t treat the Polynesian Panthers fairly throughout their entire lives, creating generational trauma for the youngs one to pass on when they are older. Our opinion was that the government of today (2021) should apologise for the past actions of the dawn raids from yesterday (1970) to insure no other public outcries occur and so no other families hold any grudges / anger. The dawn raids back then was unacceptable and caused generational trauma.
AI Dinosaur Image
For this task we have been learning about dinosaurs, We got to create our own egg made out of flour, salt and water that created a form of clay. Later on we created an egg made out of clay and added our dinosaur inside. We mixed up all the eggs and cracked them open to see what dinosaur you have, after opening the egg we researched what protection, diet, predator and habitat our dinosaur has.I found this activity interesting because did you know that the ankylosaurus dinosaur uses its tail for defense against other predators.