Poetry or rap | Vocab builder

LI - Build knowledge of vocabulary, and links words create to the wider world.

Before we did the task

In our group we could either choose to do what kind of task we want to do. We could either start with the vocab builder which is when you start with an random object. And build on what it means what category it is and so on. Next was the poetry or rap, we had to get a verse of a song or part of a poem and make a person guess if it was poetry or rap.

When were doing the task

 We chose to do the Vocab builder first, we would make an answer sheet and make another copy of the sheet and delete the answers, so no one can know what the answers were. There are five vocab builders that were made. The last thing we did was poetry or rap, we made it so if you got an answer right you would see who made the poem/rap. Or if you got it wrong, the slide would make it if you can go back to the question or, to the next question.

Maori

Mrs Fireodie told us to make groups of seven before we did anything. There are three groups of seven, we are the first group and the first task we did as a group was talk with the teacher well she speaks maori. She would say things like "who are you" or "what's your dads name" in maori and we would say their name or our name. She would try and trick us like instead of saying "who are you" when it's meant to be "whos your grandads name".

After that we went on a new task that made us watch a short 30 second clip in maori. We then had to find out what they are saying. This either could be a group task or a solo task. Our group decided for it to be a group task. By the time we were done we could not do any more tasks as it was morning tea. So we had done 2/3 tasks.

Kiwi Can

LI : To learn how to respect ourselves and other things/people

We had a new kiwi can monitor his name was si manou the theme for this term was respect. One of the games we play revolves around listening to instructions, like how apple means jump forward,orange means jump backwards and banana means spin 180 degrees. We played a couple rounds, then we moved on how to respect each other and objects and life.

Some of the ways we could respect yourself is by doing basic hygiene such as showering,brushing our teeth and looking after our hair. The last game we played was one lie and one truth, in this game one person said one lie about themself and then one truth about themself. And the class had to decide what was the truth as that was the goal in total five people had a turn.

We then did a recap on how to respect each other etc before we left the theatre. 

Rugby Events | RWC

LI: apply inquiry, literacy and numeracy skills to learn about the RWC.
For this activity we had to one of our literacy activities that was called rugby events. We had to find 3 famous events in rugby world cup history. I did the bottom well my rest of the group did the top 2. When we found an event or moment in the rugby world cup we also had to add an image of the event.

Kiwi Sport | Swimming

LI : To learn new life saving skills well using a life jacket.
This was our last session for swimming so we had some fun and used life jackets. We all got a life jacket an we went in the pool before we entered the pool we did a safe entry from what we learnt last week. We did got in a chain with a bunch of people by putting our hand in their life jacket and try to get from one side of the pool to another. We put our heads back and all of us used our legs to kick so we can move faster

We then did a huddle. So a group of people close together to keep warm by wrapping arms around each other if we were trapped in the ocean we would put old people or kids in the middle. Next was the H.E.L.P position. Which means heat escape lessening position. Basically we put our knees to our chest to keep us warm in emergencies. We tried to do a handstand underwater with the life jacket. But it could not be done but it could if someone pushed us down.

The last learning we did with the life jacket was how to enter water safely well wearing the life jacket. We first put one arm on a shoulder well another arm well be behind our head (to make sure we did not hit the wall with our head). Then step forward into the pool until you have fallen off (not like a jump into the pool).

RWC / Rugby Players

LI: apply inquiry, literacy and numeracy skills to learn about the RWC

In this activity for the RWC (Rugby World Cup) We had to search to find out the positions for these rugby players and also find out there caps and age. A cap is a try (a try is worth 5 points in rugby). After we found out the rugby players age we also added photos of them.

Inquiry | Rube goldberg machine

LI : To make a Rube Goldberg machine to complete a challenge

The challenge for our Rube Goldberg machine was to turn on a computer without using our hands (Rube Goldberg did not make the simple machines he used the simple machines). This challenge went on for a few weeks the video is our final results

We used 4/6 simple machines, we used the inclined planes to help travel a marble and car, then a wheel and axle (which is the car) we used it to hit someone so they can do an action. Next was the pulley that had a block attached with it, the block would the hit the power button which will then turn on the computer. The last simple machine we used was the lever (dominos) which will hit me to then make me to turn on the pulley.

We made the inclined planes out of a meter ruler, The wheel and axle or car was just a small hot wheel car. The pulley which was the hardest to create The pulley had weighing bars taped together facing horizontally, Then a string wrapped around to hold the block with a enough string left to make the pulley go up and down. And the dominos was already in the classroom so we did not need to make it 

The hardest part of the challenge was testing it over and over again until its right and also making the pulley, because one of our group mates did not make the pulley so we had to make one with class materials.