LI: How to calculate the area of shapes.
For Strand Maths, My strand group discovered how to solve the area of shapes. We explain how to solve the area of a triangle and square. For a triangle you used base x height and for square you just multiply the numbers by itself.
Last week, Group 1 worked on Decimal algorithm together on Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication and Division. We explained on a DLO how to solve and work out how to use each operations in Maths. Most interesting I learnt is that each operation has a different strategy on how to solve the equation.
For Samoan Language Week, we created a Google Slides presentation with useful phrases in Samoan and English that could be used in everyday school situations. We chose important phrases such as asking to go to the bathroom, borrowing a pen, finding the sickbay, and asking for help with our work. We also used AI to generate images that matched each phrase and made the meaning easier to understand.
While working on this task, I learned more about the Samoan language and how translation can help people communicate and feel more confident. I found it interesting creating images to match the phrases and thinking about how these expressions could be useful for people who are still learning English. This activity helped me appreciate the importance of language and culture, and showed me how communication can help people feel welcomed and included.
On May 28th, Kapa Haka group peformed for Teachers Only day. There was about a hundred and fiftey teachers, principals, and family included watching us. We peformed hard and gave our all. Panmure Bridges Kapa Haka group peformed their best and showed true confidence. We practised hard and acheived our goal.
LI: To learn how to extract only the mose critical information from a text.
Last term LS2 learnt how to take notes like a caveman. Notes aren’t full sentences, its two to three key words so you will know the meaning without the sense. Since you aren’t worrying about perfect handwriting, your brain can focus entirely on understanding the story of what you’re learning. Writing by hand actually wakes up your brain and tells it to remember these facts like they are survival skills. You’ll start to remember exactly where a drawing is on the page, which makes it way easier to “see” your notes during a test. It’s much faster than typing, giving you more time to think and less time spent staring at a keyboard. By keeping it simple and primal, you become a master hunter of knowledge instead of just a human typewriter.
This week for Writing, LS2 was learning about abstract nouns. We created two DLO’s showing our skills at poem. We picked 2 abstract words and created a poem relating to the word. One DLO we related it to The Boy in the Striped Pajamas.
This week for Reading, LS2 explored the Holocaust story and looked at how the author creates mood and atmosphere throughout the story. We noticed that the language used helps build tension and shows how different characters see events in different ways.
In reading, my group created a DLO about different types of characters and how mood and atmosphere are used in The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas.We also explored how mood and atmosphere affect the way readers feel during important parts of the story.
After reading Diary of Anne Frank and The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas we talked about what people must felt like having their whole world turned upside down.
I can’t imagine what it felt like during the time they have spent captured but it must’ve felt horrible and terrified.
Yesterday we discussed how we could put their cloth of dreams back together again. This activity was inspired by the book Teaspoon of Light.
We drew what we thought that might be on their cloth of dreams the symbols what they were dreaming, the hope, freedom they had. Their thoughts of being with their whanau was uneasy.
Fredom
Hope
Whanau
Dreams
We listend to the audio book of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne. After each chapter we explored the mood and atomsphere.
Mood is what the character feels.
Atomsphere is the vibe in the room.
We worked collaboratively to summarise each chapter in 10 sentences. This helped us practise simple, compound and complex sentences. Some days we used Gemini to prompt us and some days we used
Something I found sad about these times was that most Jewish people lost their life because of hatred and discrimination from the Germans.