Yanomami Presentation

During Week 6 Room 3 learnt about the Yanomami tribe who live in the Amazon Rainforest in South America. I made this presentation with my friend Jordenne and together we learnt a whole lot of another group of people. They live a very different life to us and it is very interesting learning about others around the world. 

The History of Superman

This morning in Inquiry, we learnt about the History of Superman from when he was created to now. I didn't know but he has changed A LOT! Did you know that when superman was first created, he was villain trying to dominate the world but that idea was soon changed to making him a hero trying to save the world. Further down are some facts about superman. I hope you enjoy it and learn something, I know I did!

History of Superman... 

• man of steel...red underwear or blue underwear? Why did it change? 

When man of steel was first created, he was wearing red underwear on the outside but later on, DC changed it to blue underwear because they believed it looked better for the generation present.

• Krypton - what is it?  

Krypton is the fictional planet where Superman is from in the DC Comics.

• Why was it important to Superman?  

Because that is his real home and he wanted to remember the planet and his parents who died.

• What part did Superman's parents have in his survival?

Superman's parents sent him to earth just before their home planet exploded along with Jor-El and Lara. (Superman's Parents) When Superman's Fortress of Solitude, he honored his parents by making a statue of them holding a globe of Krypton

• Original powers? Did he fly in the beginning?

When the idea of superman was first created, he was a villain but then it was decided that he was better as a hero. He couldn't fly, only take giant jumps and he probably would have been killed by a bullet.

• What changed in term of his super powers?

At the beginning, he could take giant jumps, run fast enough only to pass an express train and could only withstand a bullet. Whereas now, he can fly through space, run faster than light, withstand an explosion and move planets. He is definitely stronger and an better hero.

• Daily planet - his workplace...how does he adapt between his human workplace and being a superhero?

He had to look, eat and behave like a human to prevent people from finding out who he was and where he was from. But when he changed into Superman, he had to pretend that he didn't even know Clark Kent (His human identity) and continue to save people.

Spend, Share, Save

This week in Inquiry, we had the activity of completing this presentation. This term for Team 5, we are learning how to be Financially Responsible which is being smart with money. In this presentation it shows my thoughts on the importance of money and savings. I think that it is very important that people save because it means you always have that extra bit of money that you can spend when you need to.

ANZAC Animation Term 2 2015

This is my animation for Term 2 2015. It is a bit delayed because I haven't had much time to put the images into imovie so I could post it on my blog. It is an animation of poppies and a ANZAC memorial that I drew from the front angle, the back angle and from the side angle. I hope you enjoy it :-)

First Inquiry Session Recount

For this half of Term 2, three times a week, all the students of Team 5 will return to their home classes for Inquiry. On Tuesdays and Thursdays, we only meet in the afternoon block but on Friday instead of Zeal Zone, we are in our home classes for Inquiry for the whole morning till lunchtime. The topic for this term is Tinkering Tools and Toys so we are learning about what we can do to make Pt England School better. For the first half of Term 2, we were learning about WW1 so these rotations are new to Team 5.

During the first Friday of Inquiry, we had the challenge to choose things around the school that we want to add, adjust or take away. Our first step was to get into groups of about 5 or 6. We would be in those groups for the rest of the term because we have points that are given out every session and group presentations. I got into a group with my friends before we started our first round of pictionary and charades.

After every round we would stop and talk about the word that we just acted/drew for our group. We talked about how they work and how people would do that job in the old days. For example, a dryer, everyone knows that if you put wet clothes into the dryer, they will come come out dry, but what did people used before dryers were invented? That activity made us think about what life would have been like in the 1800s and what would life be like in 2100s? If the world has changed so much since then, how much will it change in the next century?

After morning tea, groups were sent out with I-Pads to look around the school at things that could be made better. It ranged from leveling the concrete on the hard courts to planting more gardens. When we returned to the classroom, we put all our ideas into our group presentation and explained why we wanted to change them. We had lots of ideas but we finally picked our top 4 and put them into the final ideas slide.

At the end of the day, we had time to share our group’s final ideas and why we wanted them with the class. There was still more to do on the presentation but we would have time next week. I really enjoyed this session of Inquiry and I really look forward to the next one. I enjoyed learning in a group and in a fun way. Friday’s lesson made me stop and think about our school, what are the things that we could make better and is there some way we can fix it? I hope our students can do something about the things that could become better.

TImeline Zeal Zone

This week in Zeal Zone, each group were given a date from the timeline of WW1. Then we had to find five facts and images about that day to show you all. Our group got 3 February 1915. That was the day when the NZ soldiers first saw combat. They were defending the Suez Canal from the Ottoman Empire who were trying to destroy it. This image shows the facts that we have researched and put together for you. We hope you enjoy.

By Quasia, Jordenne, Hannah and Ana

Polyfest Trip

The Yr 7 & 8 had the privilege to travel to the ASB Polyfest. Polyfest is where schools from all over Aoteroa perform in 7 stages with 7 different cultures. There is Samoan, Tongan, Niuen, Cook Island, Maori, Diversity and the Speech stage. It is a four day long festival starting on Thursday going right through to Sunday. Pt England has never been on a school trip to Polyfest so we were very excited. We were going to be doing educational activities for most of the day before going in our parent groups to visit some of the stages.

For the first activity we went to Globug where we learnt about saving power in our homes. They gave all the students a timer that we could use when we are in the shower. The timer was set to 4 minutes so that water can be saved. Next we tested how fast we could hit a tennis ball down a long tube. The highest score so far was 117. I only got 73 but it was still fun. After a couple more activities we had lunch before going off in our parent groups to visit the stages.

I was in my Dad's group with some other class mates, our group didn't really visit many stages so we were just walking around looking at the different stalls and advertisers. At 2.30 everyone met back near the entry/exit before we loaded the buses. It was a fun trip and a great way to spend the day before winter comes. Hopefully the Yr 7 & 8 can have more fun trips like this in the future.

Visual Mihi

This is my visual mihi. It shows one of my hobbies, a bit about my belief and my culture. As you can see, I am really into listening to music, it is one of my favorite things to do. My father is Samoan and my mother is NZ/European which is why, I have drawn the New Zealand flag and the Samoan flag. The last picture shows a cross because my family and I are Christian. We believe that Jesus Christ is our savior and he saved us. I hope you enjoy my visual mihi and maybe you learnt something about me!

Hope, Annliz and Ana - Tchoukball Rsearch

The game Tchoukball is from Switzerand and it was created by Hermann Brandt in 1970. The game was created because Hermann thought that sports should not just be used to form champions but to just be creative and create a more humane society. Hermann is also an artist and now lives in Canada.


It is still played today, there is a main competition called World Tchoukball Championship. Tchoukball is popular in some countries but not so much in others. There are many competitions for Tchoukball. Though the game was created in Switzerland, there are competitions all over the world. There is the European World Cup, Asian World Cup, South American World Cup and the Tchoukball World Cup Championship.


Each team is allowed to score on both sides of the field. In the game you are allowed to have 12 players on each team, of which seven may be on the court at any one time. To score a point you have to be an attacking player and it has to bounce off the frame, (The frame is similar to a trampoline) and land outside the D without getting caught by the defence team. Believe it or not, defenders are not allowed to intercept any passes from the attack team. You are only allowed to take three steps and you are not allowed to make more than three passes before you shoot at the frame.

Hope, Annliz, Ana Valerie Adams Movie

This is a movie that I made with Annliz, Hope. It is a movie about the shot-put champion, Valerie Adams. I hope you enjoy it.

Weekly Quiz Article - Stan Walker

Stan Walker is a recording artist, actor and in 2013, a judge on X Factor NZ. Stan Walker won Australian Idol in 2009 where he started his music career. Later on, he signed a contract with Sony Music Australia.

Stan is an Australian-New Zealander and he grew up in Melbourne, Australia. He around the world and in one of his concerts, he opened for Beyonce and got to meet her! Since Australian Idol, he has won five music awards.

Nikki and Ana Musical Instrument Instructions

Guitar

Equipment:    

Rubber Bands (Stretchy

Polystyrene Box (Or Cardboard Box)

• Get the Rubber Bands

• Stretch the Band

• Get the Polystyrene Box (cardboard box)

• Wrap the Rubber Bands onto the cardboard box

The Paper Flute

Equipment:

Piece of A4 Paper

Scissors

Scotch tape

• Get a piece of paper and roll it up into a tube fairly tight

• Scotch tape/rubber band the tube together

• Cut a hole an inch from the top

• A cm wide cut
• Bend the inside layers down

instructions:  TO PLAY THE FLUTE, PLACE YOUR TOP LIP OVER THE TOP OF THE PAPER AND YOUR BOTTOM LIP UNDER THE BENT PART OF THE PAPER (INSIDE THE TUBE

Harmonica

Equipment:

• straws
• tape

cut some straws and make it as long or short you want

tape around the straws

Nikki and Ana Musical Instrument Explanation

This is a movie Nikki and I made to explain how our musical instruments work. This is part of our instrument work that we have been doing over the term and there are some pieces of writing also on my blog about these instruments. 

Fifa World Cup Presentation

This is a presentation showing the facts that I have researched and learnt about the 2014 Fifa World Cup. There aren't very many questions there but there are a few. I hope you enjoy and maybe learn something new after reading this.

Term 2 Sound Animation

This is my animation for this term. It is about Sound and how it works. We have been learning about it all term and I hope you enjoy it and maybe learn something new:-)

I-pod Animation from Team 5 PES on Vimeo.

Term 2 2014 Reflection

Term 2 is nearly up and I have written something to show you what I have enjoyed, what I have achieved and what I hope to achieve in the terms ahead. This term hasn’t been the easiest term and the most exciting but I think I got through it alright.

My highlights for this term would have to be performing at the Waipuna Lodge with the Kapa Haka group. It was quite recent so it was a good way to end the term for me. Another highlight would have to be the dodgeball tournament that Class 3 organised. I have really got into the sport now and I really enjoyed played against the other classes. I think that it was a good way to create unity in our senior school by getting to know each other better.

I think the thing that I have enjoyed the least about this term is getting used to the senior school ways. Even though I have been in here for a term already, the real work started this term, and for me it is quite challenging. Next term, I hope to do more movie making and more I.T work because this term, I haven’t done as much as I would like to.

This term wasn’t one of my best terms at school, I think that I could have done much better if I focused a bit more. In this time, I have got closer to my friends and my friendships are much stronger which is great. I think that next term, I should sometimes sit away from my friends to catch up with my work so that I will have good friendships and good work at the same time.

Next term I am looking forward to working harder in all my subjects. For maths, I would like to learn more about proportion, percentages, ratios and also algebra. Reading and Writing is different, I think that if I just worked a bit harder then I would improve so much more. I look forward to the challenges and adventures ahead as a Yr 7 at Pt England School!

Immersion Assembly Term 2 2014

The new Term has started and has started nicely with our Immersion Assembly. The topic for this term is "I like to move it, move it" which is basically science but that sounds better. Each team has a different kind of science topic connected to "Move It"=
Team 1 - The Zoo (How the Zoo Keepers work and what things at the Zoo are also at their homes)
Team 2 - Flight (How things fly) 
Team 3 - Light - (How does light make different colours and where does it come from) 
Team 4 - Buoyancy and Floatation - (Seeing what floats and sinks and how they do it)
Team 5 - Sound - What are the different kinds of sounds and how we hear sounds.

Team 1 showed a movie about when the teachers went to the zoo during the holidays to find out a bit. Ms George then talked about what they were going to do this term
Team 2 Did a dance with the teachers dressed up like a plane, pilot, fairy costumes. Ms She was dressed up as a fairy so she moved the teachers with her wand.
Team 3 teachers dressed up with different colours to represent light while Mrs Barks talked a bit about light.
Team 4 Showed a video about Buoyancy and Floatation and asked questions from the video to everyone.
Team 5 teachers went up and did a dance/song then showed a music video that they made during the holidays.

The hall was set up with helium balloons making a pathway in the middle and along the front of the stage. The different ways the teachers showed their topic was pretty cool. Sound and Science sounds very interesting and I am looking forward to learning about it and I am sure that Term 2 is going to be a great term full of fun and learning.

Treaty of Waitangi Movie

A few weeks ago, a few friends and I created this movie about the Treaty of Waitangi. It is from the view of Moerangi, Hone Heke's niece. I hope you enjoy and maybe learn something from it. 

All about me Presentation

This is my latest work. It is a presentation and my first school blog post for the year. I hope you enjoy!

Killer Whale Movie/Animation

This is my movie/animation about Killer Whales. Enjoy:-)