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Geometree | Summer Learning Journey

 Today for the Summer Learning Journey I have completed my third activity which was making and colouring in my geometree. 

I geometree is where you make a tree using geometric shapes like triangles. I chose to do this on paper to give me a chelllenge as im not the best artist. 

The colours I used were Red, Orange, light purple, Yellow and Dark purple. 

My Result: 

Vector art | Johnny Sexton

Vector art was the second activity that I done. To create these images it uses lines, curves, and polygons to create the image. When people create this art is doesn't looks the focus/quality of the image, if people zoom in.

In this activity iv'e created my hero, Johnny sexton. He inspires me because he’s very talented and a good role model for his team mates and younger people who look up to him. He inspires me because he is hardworking and fights for his team and respect. One day I hope to have a professional rugby career for Crusaders and represent and capitain my own country. 

Nasa Coloiring Book | SLJ

This week I started the summer learning journey programe. The first activity i did was the Nasa art colouring book. Their are a varitey of choices to choose from. I chose to the the guy in space and recreate the original photo. I enjoyed this activity because i don't usally do colouring at home. 

Design A Character

This week the task set for me was to design your favourite anime or manga character.  

I chose Goku becuase Dragon Ball Z is the first ever anime I watched and one of the main characters was Goku. Goku is my favourite character because he’s too arrogant and cocky towards his opponents. I also like him about the classic fights he’s had like Goku vs Vegeta and also the match against Majunior (Piccolo).  

Customised Shoes

This week I read an article about a man named Rangi Haira Jaxson who designs shoes for a hobbie. This acitvity is about designing a pair Jordans. I chose the first Jordans and decided to remake the Jordans that Micheal Jordan use to wear when he first started playing for the Chicago Bulls.

Shoe Designers | Reading

 This week while in lockdown I read an article about a man named Rangi Haira Jaxson who designs shoes for a hobbie. Customising shoes is a way for him to share about his culture to the world. The activity I done was to customise a pair of Jordans. The other activity I did was to write a summary about Rangi Haira Jaxson's hobbie. He does all sorts of designs like KFC and Four Square shoes.

I liked this activity becuase it can inspire people to do art and designing shoes that have Nz icons on them is  cool. 

Hauora

LI. To learn about the four walls of the whare tapawha.

For Haoura we made a poster using canva about the four walls of the wharetapa wha are and what they mean and stand for. We made two posters one in a group and one in pairs. When we defined the four walls we used examples explaing the four walls. 

Heart Rate | Science

 LI. To have a good understanding about high and low pulse rate. 

This week for science we did a varitey for physical activities for 30 seconds to see what your heart and pulse rate was. every person in a group had a role. The roles were recording, doing the activites and recording the results down on the sheet. 

I enjoyed this activity because he got to see our heart and pulse rates. 

Hauora | Inquiry

Athletes at their best train mentally and physically because both the mody and the mind need to be strong and have a good balance to be an athlete. If you win or lose it is good to be calm and be thankful that you get to represent your country and that you’ve made it to the olympics. You will be more successful if you believe in yourself and knowing you have support from fans and your whanau to direct you in the path of fame and success . 

Taste Experiment | Science

 LI: to learn about our taste buds.

This week for tech we have been learning about taste buds. The taste buds were sweet, bitter, sour, and salt. After that we drank some liquids. They were name from A to I. All the liquids had bitter in it or sweet or salt or sour. Some liquids were bad and some liquids were good.  After that my investigation, I found out that not everyone has the same taste buds because people had chose a different thing to someone else chose.

Mindfulness

LI: Removing the negativity from your mind 

This week LS2 focused on mindfulness. Mindfulness is a type of meditation in which you focus on being intensely aware of what you're sensing and feeling right now.Mindfulness is about focusing on the present and leaving the past behind.LS2 than sat in circle facing the opposite direction of everyone and loosen their stomach,hands on our knees and focused by breathing in and out slowly so our body and mind can relax.As the bell rang each one us breathed in and out while our mind was slowly approaching the green zone.As I body was relax our mind was wandering in calm position.Mindfulness helps our mind proceed towards the green zone so we can slowly escape from the red zone.Something I found interesting 

Everyone goes into the red zone which is negative emotions. To change the red zone into green zone, we used the mindfulness bell to change the mood into calm and relaxed. 

I noticed that my breathing was calm and engaged to the bell.

Olympic Chellenge | Maths

This Week for maths we were given a varitey of olympic maths chellenges to complete.

This chellenge was a group task where we had to decide what place on the podium each person came. The first step I did was 16.725 + 0.001 which made 16.726. The next question was how much did Nastia score over the bronze medalist? I solved this by using written algorithm.     

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Provocation | Reading

L.I : To compare then and now with the Olympics Places. 

The DLO showing above is about the amount of money that was spent to build and help with the olympics. My reading group wrote some No and yes ideas as example yes they should spent this money to make their families proud , also no because people could use the money with vaccines. We also found some photos of them and now happening every four years. 

Acids & Bases | Science

This week for science we were learning the basics of bases and acids. We watched a video on to you can tell the difference between bases and acids. 

Once we watched the video we litmus paper and 10 household products to test on what base and acid are. To tell the difference beetween base and acid use Blue and Red Litmus paper to to test the products. If the red litmus paper stays the same it's acid but the blue changes to red then its an acid product.  If the red litmus paper changes to blue then it's base. 

Olympic Maths Chellenge | Maths

This week for maths we had a variety of olympic challenges to choose from. 

I chose to do the first and second challenge. The first challenge we had to add Michael Phelps swimming meters. The strategy that I used was to add all the swimming meters up and divide it by 2 which gave me 750m.

Times Tables Tournament

 LI: To recall time tables

This week Mrs Anderson’s group made a competition named superfingers to see who could recall the fastest times tables. We made a bracket draw to see who was playing against each other. The winner from each game would move to the quarter finals. The winner of the quarter finals would proceed to the semi finals and the semi final winners would proceed to the finals. We also added wildcards to the game which were Micah and Vayan. 

I made it to the quater finals but sadly lost to Afatia. I think in the quater finals I could of recalled it faster. I enjoyed this activity becuase it help you recall times tables faster and can also teach you a new set of times tables.

Osmsis & Transpiration | Science

LI. To explore diffrent topics that are related to science 

This week for science we were explopring and learning about Osmosis & Transpiration. The first task we did was write notes down and define photosynthesis. The activity we did was to put celery into food coloured water and find the xylem. Once we done the steps we cut a straight line through the celery to find the xylem. 

Bubbles | Science

 For tech we learned about bubbles. We learn how to stack bubbles .

First we had to fill 250 ml on a beaker half full.Wieght 5 grams of sugar stir into the unti the sugar is dissolved.

Then measure 3 mls of glycerol and Measure 10mls detergent. Then Stir the contents in the beaker so all ingredients are thoroughly mixed thought.

Lastly we had to stack the bubbles we made stick and grab a straw then blow it then you can stack it.

Greek Gods

LI: To use our smart searching skills to find information about the Greek gods

Today David shared his reading challenge with us. It is all about the Greek gods and helps us to practise the skills we have been learning in our reading lessons with our teachers. 

David created this task as part of his CARE award challenges. We earn CARE award badges in year 7 and 8 to show that we understand our school values. In this activity we used our smart searching skills to find information to help us complete the table.

I found this activity cool and interesting because I got to learn diffrent things about greek gods and got to identifiy the diffrent greek gods and godess.

The Greek god I found most interesting is Ares because he's is the god of war and courage and I respect that. His life story is also intresting.