Auckland Philharmonic Orchestra

Auckland Philharmonic Orchestra 

Today 44 students from LS2 went to the Auckland Philharmonics Orchestra. On this trip, we saw the Auckland Dance Project was ( St Kents / Ngatapawe ) performed while the Orchestra was performing. We learned about different sections like brass and the instruments were trumpet, trombone, tuba, and french horn, the second one was woodwind and the instruments that belonged to it were flute, oboe, bassoon, and the clarinet, the third one was percussion and the instruments that belonged to it were drums,and triangles the fourth and final one was the strings and the instruments that belonged to it were violin, viola, cello, and the double bass. We also learned about what the conductor does and he guides the musicians and he conducts the musicians to play loud/ soft/slow and fast. 

                                     

Sky Tower Trip

Today LS2, Rm 5 and LS1 had a trip to the Auckland Sky Tower. LS2 was split up into two groups to take tours around the Sky Tower. This was my first time ever being in the Sky Tower, so I was quite nervous and scared. Our group went into the elevator were there was a a whole in the elevator were there was a piece of glass inserted into the whole, we jumped, stomped and walked on the glass and it never broke and never even made a crack. The level we stopped at was level Forty- Five {45} which was the Main Observation Room, were we got see two people jump of. It was really cool and I was happy to see it. A huge thanks to my { father } Mr Dobson for helping take care of us and Really huge thanks to  Mr Dougles Bates for donating the money for our trip. 

Snowboarding or Skateboarding

Today for reading we were comparing Snowboarding and Skateboarding to each other. We also chose which sport we would like to try out. I also explained why I would want to do it and why one of my answers for the question why was  I love to be in the cold snow. I really enjoyed doing this activity because I learned new safety rules. This is the site were I got information from Snowboarding link. 

Read Theory / Graph

This is the graph of the progress that I have made beginning of this year. I really think I made progress 70 quiz when I was reading about sleep spray were I scored 66 and my grade level was up to was 6. I am really proud of my self and I will try to do better in my next quiz. 

Measuring Angles

Today for Mathematics we made this DLO about Measuring angles with protractors.  Did you know that a obtuse angle is more then 90 degrees and less than 180 degrees. In this DLO I explained the about the proper maths vocabulary I need to use when I am talking about angles. We also learned about the names of the angles and I added pictures to show what these angles look like.  I really enjoyed learning about these types of angles because I learned more about angles. 

Kiwi Can

Today for Kiwi Can Mr Matt and Ms Lily explained told us about the topic for term 1 is. We also played a games called Bang! The way you play this game is that you and a group of friends stand in a circle. One other person stands in the middle and calls out people's names that are in the middle of two people. The person call at should duck down and the two other challenge each to which person can say Bang! first. We also  played a energizer. This was a really good Kiwi Can. 

Addition / Place Value

Today for Mathematics we were learning about using Place Value to solve word problems. My word problem was 7656+1133. First I added the units which are 6+3 which equaled up to 9. After that I added the tens together which are 50+ 30 which added up to 90. Then I added up the hundreds which are 600+100 which equals 700. Then I added the thousands which are 7000+1000 which equaled 8000. Then I added 8000+700+80+9 which equal up to 8,789. 

Duffy Assembly

Today we did not have our normal assembly had a a Duffy Assembly. In this assembly we got the Duffy books that we chose  in the first week of school. We also had guests that came from different sports teams. They explained how reading got them to were they are today. This was a really great assembly and I learned that reading can be benefical for your  life.  

Two words One minute

Respect and Equipment

This year the  2018 Winter Olympics games will be held in Pyeongchang  South Korea.

They represent  their country by carrying their flag in the Opening and Closing Ceremony.   

The first ever Winter Olympics where held in Paris, France 1924. They had some of the same sports they had in the 1924 Winter Olympics, the sports are skeleton, curling, figure skating, snowboarding, bobsleighing and cross country.

This year there will be 92 countries in the  2018 Winter Olympic games.  

In the 2018 Winter Olympic games they have a lot of different equipment for so many different sports.

The use snowboards for snowboarding , for bobsledding they use sleights and for figure skating teams they use

In the Winter Olympics the people  have to have respect for each other, they have to respect each others countries.   

136 to 138 Words

Today I tried explain what the Winter Olympics are about. I need to remember to put the full stops in the right places.  

Today we used the ‘2 words 1 minute’ challenge to write a description about the Winter Olympics. After talking in pairs about the things we knew about the winter olympics we created a list of words (vocabulary) that would help us write our description. We chose the words ‘equipment’ and ‘respect’ to help us think about what we were going to write.

We talked about ideas with a partner, then we had 1 minute to put those ideas into sentences. We had to try our best to use all the words on our vocab list. After the minute was up we had 2 minutes to reread what we had written and make changes if anything didn’t make sense or if we had words and punctuation in the wrong place. When we finished checking we had 2 more minutes to carry on writing our descriptions.

I did good in explaining what this story is about.

I need to remember to use full stops at the end of my sentence and put them in the right place.

Quad Blogging

At Panmure Bridge School do weekly quad blogging to different schools in our cluster. We get put into blogging group so we can blog on the kids blogs. We also comment on.their blogs and they comment ours. This week I commented on Noah's blog. He goes to Karoro School. This is the link is the Link to his blog. You should really take a look at his blog because really interesting and cool things on his blog.

Winter Olympics / Making Connections

Today for reading we were looking for links to put on our DLO. We found out about we have watched about the story, what we know about the story and the reaction to the story. I enjoyed doing this because I learned more about the Winter Olympic games.   Newhuds - Link and Winter Olympics- Link

Place Value Strategy

Today for Mathematics we created a DLO about our Place Value Subtraction Strategy. In this DLO I explained how I solved the problem 136+ 122. I also shows the Number Question and Adding process. It really liked learning a new way to use a Place Value Strategy. 

Panmure Bridge School Whakatuaki

Today  we were learning about the Panmure Bridge School Whakatuaki. We looked at the Whakatuaki in English and Maori so that the poelpe who speak English can understand it. this Whakatuaki is really beautiful and nice. 

Compare and Contrast / Tech

Today was our second week of tech and we were starting to look at design ideas for our mobile phone holder. We compared two different types of phone holders. Then we looked at the differences between the mobile phone holders. Next week we while be starting our designs. 

Kiwi Can

Today for Kiwi Can our topic was about Respect and Teamwork. We played a called Hand soccer which was all about teamwork. The game also had rules that we had to follow, the rules that we had to keep our legs open so the our could score. This week was really fun.  

Chinese New Year

How did Chinese New Year begin?

Chinese New Year is a celebration that started a long time ago in China. For each Chinese New Year there’s a zodiac animal and if you’re born in the year of that animal you’re said to most likely have

In ancient China it is said that there was a Monster who would visit the ancient Chinese every first moon of the year, when he came he would terrorise the people. The Monster’s name was Nian. One day a wise old man told the people about Nian’s weaknesses. They were the color red , loud noises and fire. The next time that Nian came the people were ready, dressed in red with flaming torches in their hands and loud beats exploding from their drums they scared Nian away.  Ever since then Chinese (and many other people today) celebrate the Monster’s disappearance.

For Chinese New Year they would introduce traditional Foods to celebrate with. Shrimp, Noodles and Egg rolls. There are more traditional foods and decorations too. For decorations people mainly use red items (Sometimes gold color too). People also hand out envelopes with money in them to children and unmarried adults, the envelopes are called Hong Bao. They’re given for good luck and prosperity. Chinese New Year is celebrated for 15 days and on the last few, people release paper lanterns. Kung Hei Fat Choi is a way of saying ‘happy new year’ or another cheery greeting in Chinese.

One day the Jade Emperor called for a race of animals to decide which twelve would be in the Chinese zodiac, which meant that if they accomplished getting into the top twelve there would be a “year” of their animal. The Rat came first and was quickly followed by an Ox , a Tiger , a Rabbit , a Dragon , a Snake , a Horse , a Goat , a Monkey , a Rooster, a Dog and a Pig.

Each Chinese New Year is a celebration of an animal that competed in the zodiac race and came within the top twelve. For 2018 the zodiac animal is the Dog. Each person to be born on the year of the dog is supposed to be loyal and responsible. Kung Hei Fat Choi

Today we were learning about the Chinese New Year. We learned about how many days the Chinese New Year can last , What they eat in the Chinese New Year, What colour they were in the Chinese New Year and What animals represent the years each year. I worked with Fui.

Olympic Values

Today for Inquiry we were focused on the Olympics. Brooklyn and I made this DLO to explain the similarity between Panmure Bridges School and the Olympics. We compared the Olympics to Panmure Bridge School. We compared the Motto's and Values. We made a whakatauki  for the Olympic Games. 

Kiwi Sport

Today for Kiwi Sport we were playing softball with Ms Alison. I worked with Hajera to play softball. We learned to some new ways to throw and catch. It was really fun to do and cool.

Tech / Digital Tech

Today was LS2 first week back for tech and I was in Digital Tech. We made a avatar of our selves and then we made a  DLO about our favorite things to eat, watch, were and song to listen to ,We also put our avatar on the DLO this was really fun to do and cool.  

Reciprocal Reading

Today for reading we were doing Reciprocal Reading. Every person in our group was chosen to become a leader. The  book we read was about Constructing Big Air. When it was my turn to be a leader I found it a little hard to be a leader because there where so many people with so many different answer and points of views. It was also really fun to read and very interesting to learn about new topics.