Layers of the Atmosphere.

Task Description: For inquiry we have learnt about the layers of the atmosphere and we had a little create task to do and it was to make a picture using shapes and text boxes, arrows, numbers, to create the layers of the atmosphere. Then here I just got a little earth image from google and used it to act as the earth to go with the layers, there are 5 layers and they are called the Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere, and the Exoosphere.

Te Whare Tapa Wha: Taha Wairua.

Task Description: Here is our last Taha Challenge and it is to with Taha Wairua, which means spiritual health. This also is like prayer and have the Christ in Jesus and more, but we had to read a bible verse, prayers, or a  inspirational quote. But also explain why is it important to us. I have done bible verse, and have filmed a video with it it too, and it is at the bottom of the slides.

Here is my video:

Topic 2 Plastic.

WALT: Know the ways of plastic being recyclable or not.

Task Description: Today in Science Class we learnt about Plastic, and we are learning how to reuse it and what type of plastic we can reuse. Also sorting out plastic facts into positive, negative, and nutrient, also earning about what each stage of plastic of what is recyclable. We also had to bring plastic to our lesson and sort it out with the sheet below, whether it's recyclable or not.

Plastic!

Plastics Facts:

Positive- 

• Plastics are produced from by-products of crude oil. Because of this, they can be broken back down into a usable product.
• Plastic is lightweight, strong and easy to create. It has been used in endless ways. . . .  and it’s so cheap to make and buy. Other more expensive natural material, such as wood, metals, silk and animal skin have been replaced by plastics.
• Biodegradable refers to the ability of materials to break down and return to nature. For packaging products or materials to qualify as biodegradable, they must completely break down and decompose into natural elements. The decomposing process must take a short time after disposal - typically a year or less.

Negative-

• Great and rare sea birds like albatrosses get tangled up in old fishing gear and die. Around 400,000 marine mammals die every year due to plastic pollution in oceans.
• Since the 1950’s, one billion tons of plastic has been thrown away around the world. Micro-plastic - minute particles of plastic have been found in the deepest oceans we can explore, on the highest mountains we can climb, and in the most remote areas of the world.
• A big source of micro plastics in wastewater from washing machines. Washing synthetic clothes in rivers and lakes does the same thing.
• Plastics generally have a short life compared to metals. This short life cycle results in pile-ups of unwanted garbage in the homes, streets, towns,villages, waterways, and waste yards.  In some cities in the world creek and river waters don’t follow because of the plastics build up.
• Since the 1950’s, one billion tons of plastic has been thrown away around the world. Micro-plastic - minute particles of plastic have been found in the deepest oceans we can explore, on the highest mountains we can climb, and in the most remote areas of the world. 

          

Some plastics are highly flammable - for example: polystyrene, acrylics, polyethylene and nylons commonly used in packaging, home and office appliances. This makes them a fire hazard.

• Many marine animals mistake some type of plastic for food and eat them. Turtles often die because it blocks their digestive system, sothey starve. Marine animals (like dolphins) often get trapped by plastic nets or ropes and either drown or starve to death.
• The durability and long-lasting life of plastics are the things that cause problems in the environment. It will take decades . . . .centuries before plastics that are now on earth begin to break down.
• Sea creatures, like worms, molluscs and crustaceans, are at the bottom of the food chain - that is, are eaten by other larger animals. They often end up ingesting microplastics. . . which then pass up the food chain. Other animals, and humans, end up with microplastics in their bodies . . . and get sick or die.
• Polythene bags - the ones given out or sold in shops and used for packaging, are easily carried by wind, something that makes them almost impossible to collect for recycling.

Nutreul-

• The first synthetic plastic was made in 1907 by a Belgian named Leo Baekeland. He invented bakelite in a lab in New York. Bakelite was known as the ‘the material of 1,000 uses’. It has been used to make phones, radios, jewellery, chess sets and so much more.

Activity:

We had to bring plastic along to Science Class and we used it to put in groups with the Plastic Template at the very top. Our plastic that we have brang is in categories, check the photo up top and see what type of plastic we have.

Here is the number of categories we have had and the order:

Symbol	Polymer	Common Uses	Properties	Recyclable?
1:PETE	Polyethylene terephthalate	Plastic Bottles (water,soft drinks,cooking oil)	Clear, strong, and lightweight	Yes; widely recycled
2:HDPE	High-Density Polyethylene	Milk container, cleaning agents, shampoo bottles, bleach bottles	Stiff and hard wearing; hard to break down in sunlight	Yes; widely recycled
4:LDPE	Low-Density Polyethylene	Plastic Bags, food wrapping (e.g bread, fruit, vegetables)	Lightweight, low cost, versatile; fails under mechanical and thermal stress	No; failure under stress makes it hard to recycle
5:PP	Polypropylene	Bottle lids, food tubs, furniture, houseware, medical, rope, automobile parts	Tough and resistant; effective barrier against water and chemicals	Often not recyclable; available in some locations; check local recycling

Narrative Writing: T,O,P,S Structure: Goldilocks and the Three Bears.

Task Description: Today for a litte narrative writng we have been writing in the way of T.O.P.S this means, title, orientation, problem, and solution. We have wrote about the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears and here is an example of how we used the structure for the story.

Te Whare Tapa Wha: Taha Hinengaro.

Task Description: For today's Taha Challenge we are doing Taha Hinengaro and this means Mental Health emotions. Nina Showed us a way to clear our mind and it was to just meditate, and she also had some relaxing music playing in the background. Here are 5 ways you can do to clear your mind.

Five different way's that I can clear my mind:

- Prayer

- Play relaxing music

- Sit in my room and sit quietly

- Looking at photos of the people I love

- Meditating and moving my arms around to calm down.

Why is it Important?

Because it clear your mind from other things that are happening in your family, and for example if you fight to much there is a time where you can sit in a quite spot and sit in silence for a few minute. But knowing that this is very important for you and your mind to refresh and restart so that you can stay healthy and well.

Te Whare Tapa Wha: Taha Tinana.

Task Description: Today for our Te Whare Tapa Wha we had to do a Taha Challenge and it is to do with Taha Tinana which means physical health and keeping fit and healthy. We had to do 1 fitness move and as you can see I'm with a friend, her name is Tahliyah and we are doing jumping jacks. As we do a jumping jack we have to see if we can do as many as we can in 1 minute, and that is the Taha Challenge. 

Te Whare Tapa Wha: Taha Whanau.

Task Description: For today's Te Whare Tapa Wha we have done Taha Whanau, which means Healthy Relationships. What we had to do is pick the eldest person in our whanau (family) and explain 5 things about them, number one is their earliest memories, happiest memories, advice as I grow up, favourite food, favourite sport, and where they grew up. Then once we have finished explaining their 5 things, we had to add a photo of them and some images to add to the 5 things too.

Water Cycle.

Task Description: Today we have learned about the 3 basic steps of the water cycle, the first one is evaporation, then condensation, last is precipitation, I'm explaining each part in the poster.

Genius Hour@PES

Today we are starting Genius Hour, we got this idea from Google because 20% of their working hours they do Genius Hour working on something they are passionate about. So we are starting our own genius hour, something that we are passionate about. 

Please look at the image below of what my class is Passionate about.

Taha Wairua - Spiritual wellbeing.

Today for Te Whare Tapa Wha we have been looking at Taha Wairua (spiritual well being).

There are many ways people sow Taha Wairua. We talked about this and cam up wit a list:

- People pray in public and in private.

- Some people dress a certain way to show their spiritual well being - what they believe in.

- Read and live by a certain set of guidelines: Bible, Quran etc.

- Signs or symbols made with their hand, in jewelry, clothing etc.

- What other ways can you think of?

Today our activity was to create a card to bless another person from our bubble, to make their spiritual well being their 'Taha Wairua' stronger.
We had to make a card showing Taha Wairua to someone that has been kind, cool, or helpful.
Also why you appreciate and what did they do for you, I have picked my mum and this is to make people's Spiritual Health stronger.

Science Topic 1: Being a Scientist.

WALT: Know ways of being a scientist and what scientists are.

Task Description: For TECH this week we are doing Science and our first lesson was based on a topic called Being A Scientist. What we had to do is answers question to what we already know about scientist, then tell all about a Coral Reef ecologist named Alex Dempsey. After that we watched a video about a science fair and got to see different type of kids projects, then pick a project to answer questions based on that particular project.

 

Wk 6: Reading: Great Barier Reef.

Task Description: For our first reading task we have done a slide about the Great Barrier Reef: See it while you can. This is all about the sea animals and what would happen if the acidification would keep on going because people burn oil, coil, and gas into the sea. We also had to do a create task explaining what the does it do and show words of what will happen to the sea life.

Taha Hinengaro.

Task Description: Today our inquiry was Hinengaro and we had to write down 5 things that we are grateful for and the reason why. I am going to be explaining why I am grateful for these 5 things, reason 1 is because they are loving and caring. Reason 2 is because I have a cool mum and dad that can cook yummy food, and reason 3 is because we always have to protect our body. The last 2, reason 4 is because we all have a home and some don't so I am very grateful for that, reason 5 is because we have a god that watches over us and keeps us safe.

Level 2 At School Is . . .

Task Description: This is a quick blog post about what school is like when we have been back at school in level 2. We had to right something about how it is to encourage more students that are feeling nervous about coming to school, and to that it is alright and safe.

Taha Tinana: My Healthy Snack: Smoothie.

Task Description: This Morning we have put in images of what we have for a healthy snack. Here are the ingredients: ice cubes, milk, mixed berry yogurt, frozen berries, honey, and a banana. The first thing you do is add your ice cubes, then a cup of milk, after that is the yogurt, then the fruits (berries and banana). The last thing is honey, just to add flavour to it.

Hope you enjoy making my healthy snack.

Wk 5: Te Reo: Kei hea a Amo: Create Task.

Task Description: This week for Te Reo we have learnt phrases about Where is Amo? This means every time Amo is in a hiding place we have to figure out whether he is waho, roto, muri, mua, raro, runga, taha, or pouaka. There is more explanation in the presentation down below, after the learning task is a Create Task, and we had to do a comic strip, video or audio. I have done a comic strip and audio's to go with it so Ms. Tapuke can hear how I pronounce the phrases.

Wk 5: Reading: Time Capsules: Pompeii&Herculaneum: Create Task.

Watch the video first (Task Description:)

Wk 5: Maths: 3D Shapes&Properties: Create Task.

Task Description: For our maths task this week we have learned the different names for 3D shapes. We also learned the properties and what we need to do to tell the properties of the shapes.

Task Description: This is our Create Task linked to the maths presentation and we had to pick 4 3D shapes. But also make a poster or a video, and explaining the properties of each shape.

Wk 4: Inquiry: The Hydrosphere.

Task Description: This is our inquiry task for the day and we have done a little task to go with it. This is all about the Hydrosphere and it's all about the water in the world. The task at the bottom is a little poster of some facts about the Hydrosphere. We are learning about the living world and getting to know the important things about the earth.

CREATE TASK:

Wk 4: Maths: Quadrilateral&Polygons.

Task Description: This week for maths we have been working on another task and this is all about the shapes of quadrilaterals and polygons. We had to name each shape of the 2 groups and then write the number of the equal angles, equal sides, parallel or no, and lines and rotational symmetry.

Wk 4: Reading: Badge of Honour.

Task Description: This is our second reading task for the week and this is Badge of Honour where 4 students take place to be leaders, but then 1 chooses to make wrong decisions and goes and does wrong things out of school. But then in this task, we had to make questions using the question starters and then write down what would be the answer for when Isaac answers them.

Create Task:
This is a video to go with the journal entry and it's a video about me being Isaac and answering the questions I wrote. This is like from Isaac's perspective and what it would look like for him answering the questions.

Wk 4: Maths: Identifying Triangles.

Task Description: This weeks maths task is to Identify Triangles, and we are getting to know the different properties and names for different triangles. Sorting out their property and knowing which triangles is which, also knowing the key words the triangles and their angles.

CREATE TASK: For our create task we had to make a Tipare(Headband) with this link and make it out of the triangles using different colours, and explaining the meaning of our Tipare.

Wk 4: Writing: Punctuation Practice: Review.

Task Description: Today Room 1 Literacy has collaborated to do this writing task, and it's just a review on what we have done with the other two tasks. In this piece of writing we had to fix up the letters that needed to be capitalised and put commas where they are supposed to be.

Wk 4: Reading: Oakley Creek.

Task Description: Here is the 1st reading task for the week, and this presentation is about a book called Oakley Creek. A girl named Faith takes place and she is worried because she has never lied to her mum nor has been to Oakley Creek. 

Wk 4: Maths: Which One Doesn't Belong.

Task Description: For out maths task for the past 2 days we have been doing presentations about which shapes don't belong and telling the reason why shape's a, b, c, or d don't belong. So then we done 2 slides of it and then explained the reasons.

Wk 4: Writing: Punctuation Practice: Commas.

WALT:Use commas when adding additional information to a sentence.

Task Description: For Today's writing Room 1 literacy has worked on this Commas task together and collaborated to put commas where they should go or not. We just had to read the story and out commas where they belong and see if they fit in the story.

Wk 4: Writing: Punctuation Practice: Capital Letter.

WALT: Use capital letters Appropriatly.

Task Description: For today's writing on our Google Meet we collaborated to do this letter and fix all the letters that are not capitals and do them correctly. As we all did it in different coloured font together, we are working on our Punctuations for capitals letters.

Wk 3: Maths: Geometric Properties of 2D Shapes.

Task Description: This is the Create task for the Identity and Sort 2D shapes slide deck. So what we have had to do is pick 3 2d shapes and explain the geometric properties for these shapes, including the sides, angle, and vertices.

Wk 3: Maths: Identity and Sort 2D Shapes.

Task Description: Here is another maths task for the week and it is about identifying and sporting out each 2D shape in the slide. What we had to do is firstly sort out the 2D shapes into it's identity group and just see the right structures for each shape.