Using Exponents

LI: To learn how to use exponents

This week we were learning about exponents. Exponents are useful because the example in our DLO shows that it is easier to write 3x3x3. Exponents tells us how many times we need to multiply a number. This DLO shows how we used our knowledge of exponents to collaborate share our thinking 

Skyline Luge Challenge

Today name, name and I created another DLO for the home learning challenges, which was about the skyline luge. In this DLO we explained how long it would take to get to there, the safety of helmets, an activity we would like to go on giving an explanation and the costs of the rides.

Sky tower

This week for another home learning challenge, Haylee, Victoria, Sakina, Florence and I decided to do the Sky Tower activities. For the first activity, we wrote a list of 5 facts about the Sky Tower, using our smart searching skills. For our second activity, we created a new mascot for the Sky Tower and gave an explanation about why we chose them. For our last activity, we chose an activity we could do at the Sky Tower and wrote down why we chose it, what it is and how much it would cost to do that activity. 

Leaf Art

For home challenges Mrs. Anderson's challenge for us, today was to go to our back yard and collect any sort of leaf we could find. After we did that we would make it into any kind of animal we choose and put 3 facts about it I choose a giraffe and here are my three facts about this animal.

• They can run as fast as 35 miles an hour over short distances, or cruise at 10 mph over longer distances.
• A giraffe's neck is too short to reach the ground. 
• Giraffes only need to drink once every few days.

Auckland Zoo | Home Learning

In LS2, we created different activities to complete at home. These activities were based on places in New Zealand. Victoria, Haylee, Florence, Taheesha and I worked collaboratively and started off with the Auckland Zoo activities. For the first activity, we wrote about what the benefits a person gets when they buy  a friend of a zoo pass, how much a friend of a zoo pass costs and the costs of your family to each have a friend of a zoo annual pass. For our second activity, we chose an animal from the zoo and created an infographic about them. For our bonus activity, we created a DLO about zoo keeping. 

Place names

This week for this ativity Karlos and I were working on a google map to research to tell what places in NZ were named after famous explorers like Kupe, Abel tasman, James Cook ect. We marked it and put some facts on them to explain the history.

Why is plastic pollution a problem for our coastlines

Why is plastic pollution a problem for our coastlines?

Do you like seeing sea animals caught up in plastic every year? Well that's what will happen if we keep throwing away our plastic in the wrong places. The plastic that we throw on the streets make their way to the drain, then it leads to lakes, rivers, estuaries and the sea. If we don’t put our plastic in the rubbish it can harm many animals as they will think its food. Did you know that over 4.8 and 12.7 million tonnes of plastic enters the ocean each year? That plastic can get tangled around the throats and stomachs of marine mammals and can harm them. The more people fill the ocean with plastic, the less marine animals we’ll have. The generation of sea animals will be gone and the ocean will be filled with plastic rubbish. You can help stop this by collecting all the plastic you see laying around.Plastic makes up 90% of the pollution on the ocean's surface so don't be lazy and drop your plastic. Do you want to be swimming in plastic? Plastic takes over 450 YEARS based on what plastic it is. Did you know that there is 26.8 million tons of plastic in landfill? We need to recycle our plastic or you'll have plastic fish and chips for dinner.

LI: To collaboratively structure and write an explanation

For this activity we looked at plastic pollution witch is a problem happening now. We put some facts and what we know into this explanation our group and I also used stucture knowen as TIIC ect. There are very good facts and what we need to do to stop all this trouble/plastic/pollution.

Kiwi sport reflection|Cricket

Today for kiwi sport we had cricket it was our first session. Brian from HPPC was our coach. First, we got numbered and split into two teams. Team 1 was playing cricket and the other was playing a game we aimed to hit the wickets and when we did we would put a cine on and the first team with all the cones on the wickets won. In the end, we played a fun game where we had to try and catch the ball and whoever dropped it was out it was a very fun game to play.