Leap of curiosity

Curious owl
At the rise of the moon, the wind gushed at the trees. Leaves sway as they fall to the ground. Branches flowing at the state of the wind. The baby Owl rose from his sleep. Confused he looks up at the rising moon, wide eyed, staring ahead frozen in place not moving his eyes one tiny little bit.

Eventually mama owl awakens from her sleep. Quietly removing her big brown beautiful wings from her eyes. Revealing her face. She then whispers “It is time to fly. ” in a calm, contained tone.

The baby owl looks up at his mum confused ¨Fly? But i dont know how t-¨ before he could finish speaking the mama bird flapped her wings and flapped and flapped until she took off in the air.
He watches his mum slowly disappear into the darkness of the night. Scared and helpless. He tried desperately to flap his wings but he failed miserably. After multiple attempts he eventually gives up. He sighs and goes back to sleep. 

After what feels like an eternity he wakes up from his sleep because a big gust of wind hits him so hard that he nearly gets blown away. Luckily his claws were sharp enough to grip and dig into the branch he was standing on.
He then finds this an opportunity for him to finally fly. So he flaps his wings. And he flaps and flaps until he finally gets lifted of the ground and glides with the air. He flies and glides and eventually he finds his mother.
His mother takes one glance at him and smiles. ¨You did it son! Im so proud of you!¨ he also couldn’t believe it. He did it! He learnt how to fly! Him and his mother both majestically flew away gliding with the air.

This week our teacher read us a book named Fly by night. I buddied up with one of my classmates for this project. We got two pieces of paper and wrote down a babble gabble. Basically something re writing the story in small pictures that doesnt have to look pretty but still explained what the story is about and how it went. On the other piece of paper we wrote down facts about owls and we also took notes on it about owls aswell just so it could be there if we forgot anything. This task was really enjyful and really funny. After that task we went onto a google doc and wrote down a simmular story to the book Fly by night or we could write down and structure the same story of what happened in the fly by night book and learn how to structure a narative. I enjoyed drawing the pictures on the babble gabble.

LI: To correctly structure and write a naraitive

Social influance

LI: To evaluate peer pressure, digital interactions, and social influence.

This week in Inquiry, I learned about social influence. I found out that it’s when other people can change the way you think, feel, or act. I practiced noticing how my friends, family, or even people online can affect the choices I make. I also thought about how we sometimes copy what other people do or try new things because we see them doing it, like trends on social media. Learning about this has helped me understand why I make some of my choices and how the people around me can have an effect on what I do. I’m getting better at noticing it and thinking for myself.

 

Group 2 Johnny Pohe

 

  • LI: To understand how historical context and identity (being the first Māori pilot) influenced an individual’s choices and service.

This week for reading our teacher taught us about Johnny Pohe. Me and my group got together and shared our opinions to everyone and im glad that we could all share our ideas and everyone would listen and be inclusive. After we read a book we went and answered questions that were asked about the book and about Johnny Pohe. We shared why it is important to learn about this subject and why we think we should have more knowledge about this. I am glad that we could collaberate without anyone feeling left out and i enjoyed sharing my ideas and people actually listened. After we answered the questions we made a DLO explaing our opinion and what we think he shouldve done and what he shouldnt have done.

How to use Gemini AI

This DLO that i have created shows you how to use Gemini. Some people might not be familiar with this so me and my class made a DLO explaining what it is and how to use it the correct way. This DLO explains what is it? What does it do? Well just because it is an AI that helps you improve your grammer but it has alot of expectations that comes with it. Make sure that you dont abuse it and ask silly questions or ask it to do your work for you. So before you have a use and checkout Gemini make sure you have a good read of this DLO and make sure you understand what is expected and whats not. Enjoy!

Subtraction Maths DLO

Last week for group 4, our math task was learning how to subtract whole numbers using algorythm. Me and my group did a good job collaberating and sharing our ideas. We made good progress in being able to work out how algorythm works and how to be able to work out subtraction equations with more knowledge and speed. After we all got the hang of it we got to work in our books. We could also work together on our whiteboards warming up before writing it out in our books. I had fun helping other people understand the questions asked and how to work it out. I think that our group leader does a really good job helping multiple people and helping us get on track if we had missed out on anything and making sure our group is on task and doing the right thing.

Sewing Tech at Tamaki Collage

This week for sewing tech, we are focusing on making tote bags. We went on our chromebooks to search designs and patterns and see what ones we like. We looked at 5 to 6 photos of the designs we saw potential in and put them on a google doc explaining what it is and why we like it. For me my main focus was mostly on superheros and marvel. After we finished putting the photos on the doc we were able to draw out the one we liked the most on our paper. And then we wrote next to it what colors the patterns would be. I made my tote bag inspired by Spider-Man. We are currently still making the first layer of the bags. I cant wait to see all the finished resaults!

Math Addition DLO

LI: How to calculate the sums of whole numbers using algorithims.

This week for Group 4s Math task we worked together in Addition, before starting the actual book work we worked together as a group on our whiteboards to learn and understand how to do addition in algorythm. Me and my group did an amazing job working together and sharing our opinions on how we get different ideas to solve our equations. Addition was really fun and enjoyful to learn. I think i did a good job at helping the others in my group that didnt quiet understand learn how to do proper algorythm.

Life in the Annex

LI: To write a description of life with the Frank family in the annex in 1942

 

The Annex was silent except for the creaking old wooden floors, the yelling at the doors outside towards the Jewish unlucky to be caught at home during the raids,  the loud breathing of the others and the chiming of the ticking clock outside.

It also reeked of the smell of not showering for days. Some nights our stomachs will rumble because of hunger and lack of food, then other nights we would have to eat horrible food like beans, soup packets or vegetables which were bland and very basic.  This usually lead to a commotion of some sort but most were grateful for at least having a meal. 

Most days it was quiet, but some days all we could hear was screaming. The type of screaming that made my heart beat overly fast. It was so loud I started to worry that the Germans would be able to hear it! The fear of being found was so real, somedays we couldn’t even flush our toilet due to the sound. The hardest part was that we had to be cautious of our movements. Every little step mattered.

We do have windows but we had to block them as well so that the Nazis don’t find us. Being cramped in a small space is boring, so for entertainment we would spy on our neighbours and sometimes even each other.  Another girl who was here with me, Anne Frank, recorded everything down in her diary as her entertainment. 

My head was racing with any small quiet sound made, I sighed with relief when I heard the Germans drive past our home. Mind you sometimes after those trucks passed, I still felt that tight knot twirling in my throat. I was never ever fully calm.

When we got the yuck soup we got every single night my hands shook and the metal spoon clattered against my bowl. I was too scared to even slurp too loud. I could hear the sounds of Anne scribbling on her diary and the crisp sound of the pages flipping throughout the minutes. I could hear the desperate pleas of our neighbours as they got taken away. I prayed to god for the Germans to have mercy on us. 

At night I couldn’t sleep even if I was tired. I was too shocked to fall asleep as the night screams terrified me more as we started to think our time to getting closer.

This week for our Writing our main focus was about Anne Frank. Our task was to imagine that we were in the Annex (Hiding spot) with the frank family. Mrs Anderson created Gemini Gem to drop us hints on what we should say to make it stand out and sound more powerful. Thanks to the help of Gemini our writing sounds more stronger.

 

Octopus SLJ

 

For this exciting task i coloured in a very cute doodle of a octopus using the app called Super coloring. I really enjoyed doing this task as it was time consuming but did help me focus alot more and i found it quiet relaxing! And also some awsome facts that i have learnt is that sometimes octopuses can have three hearts and blue blood! Isn´t that interesting? Another facts is that they are incredibly smart and they also have nine brains. I never really noticed and thought about how important and cool octopuses are before i did this task. Maybe if you think u should learn some facts you should also do this to, make sure to try it out and color a octopus to. There are alot more pictures you can choose to color to! Have fun and have a amazing holiday!

Moshas new leg!

 

For this Summer Learning Journey task, our challange was to make Mosha a new leg! I came up with the idea to make it a vine full of flowers, my friends helped me to come up with the idea to. I hope that Mosha enjoys and likes it and i also hope you enjoy it to! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!