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Kick Start – Art in the Web

LI : exploring how these tiny artists create their masterpieces

This week for the Summer Learning Journey we started to work on the Art in the web.

For this kick start task we were challange from the Manaiakalani Team to draw a spider web on paper to test our drawing skills. The theme for this year for the Summer Learning Journey is Critters and Creatures and as for this task its a spider that we are working on. This is my drawing of a spider web and a spider , One thing I was really interested in for this task was the drawing part because I get to learn how to draw new things, One thing I learnt about this task is to understand how small creatures can have a positive change in the world.

Charalotte Anne 1870 – 2025

LI: To synthesise our knowledge of a topic to help us form a new understanding

For this task we learnt the difference of women’s life and how it changed over the year from 1870 to 2025.

A woman called Charalotte Anne broke the dress code for women back in the days , the usually dress code for women is tight corsets and layers on skirts and dresses but Charalotte Anne didn’t she wore trousers and jackets and type of clothing usually men would wear. Since she was a farmer she protested against the women’s rights and social issues they had. Women had some similarities and don’t it’s really interesting that I get to work on this and realized how women in the past is kind of similar today.

One thing I found really interesting about this task is that I get to learn about Charalotte Anne and how she changed of what women wear.

Kapa Haka Google Performance

On Wednesday this week the Kapa Haka performance group went to go perform at Google headquarters.

We practiced in the hall and got ready , we had a lot of fun and excited because of our performance and our breakfast after and some maori stamps. Girls had : moko kau wai and Boys had : Mataora. I was really nervous and excited at the same time I couldn’t wait of what will happen. After the performance I was so relieved that I didn’t made a mistake and happy I get to eat and drink after because I was starting to lose my voice.

All of the songs was sunged beautifully and gracefully I had a big smile on my face , after we went back to our room and put our stuff back we went to go have some breakfast that they prepared for us delicious I couldn’t wait to eat. For my drink I had a refreshing lemonade on the side of my plate.

After our buffet we got a tour around the place , we came back to the main room and got some goody bags with some cool merch and some sweets and chocolate. We left after that and got changed back into our Google t shirt and school shorts and pants.

Best time ever !

Athletics 2025

 

This week on Thursday Panmure Bridge School had athletics.

We divided into groups and got put in a colour of of Red, Blue , Yellow and Green. I was in Team Red , We went to start our 4 events which is (Shotput , Discus , High Jump and Long Jump.

Each teams came up with a chant so we can support each other whenever were doing our events. After Morning Tea we went to go do High Jump it was so much fun and cool to collaborate with our team mates and fun to jump. The next event we went onto was Long Jump , we splited up into our year groups so it would make it easier for the Kelly sport coaches each boys and girls jump one by one and each jump further than another.

Our secound to last event before we went to Lunch was Shotput , It was a really fun experience to have on athletics day , the Shotput was really heavy but was still managed to throw across the grass. After Lunch our last event was Discus it was hard to throw far but I still had fun we separated into girls and boys and we all started to say our chants out loud and support each girl and boy that was throwing.

Our very last thing we had on was Sprints and Relays , awesome time everybody was so fast and relays was so funny and impressive.

The team who won was : Red

2nd : Blue

3rd : Yellow

4th : Green

Day , Month Year

LI: To understand how time moves

For Inquiry , LS2 learnt about how time moves.

We partnered up with a group of 3 and create a AI video of how the earth rotates around the circle and while it rotates the sun shines bright on half of the earth and the dark galaxy is on the other half, so it spins around both sides it take 24 hours for the earth to rotate around the whole circle. This video shows what the earth does while it rotates around.

We enjoyed making this video because we learnt what it actually looks like and how long it takes for it to complete the circle.

 

Ancient Timekeeping

LI: To explore how our ancestors measured time

Ancient Times

For Inquiry , LS2 was learning about how our ancestors keeped track of time back in the days.

We partners up with a group of 3 and research about each different clocks they used to tell time ( Hourglass , Clepsydra and Sundial)

each person has one for those clocks and the research about them , we create a Google slides or Google drawing to show each time clock.

Hone Tuwhare Poem Video

For Reading , Group 2 was challenged to create a Google vid Cattaleya and I parterned up for this task and read a poem that Hone Tuwhare wrote and adding photos that relate to the words in the poem. We read the poem called Rain , this task was very interesting because some of the photos were not really what I was looking for. Overall this task was certainly one of my favorites because I love learning about people who were New Zealanders and about their story.

Procedural Text

LI: To create a procedural text to tell someone how to do something using a  sequence of  steps, instructions or actions in a particular order.

Our challenge was to work in our dinosaur research pairs create a prototype of our dinosaur’s skeleton. The challenge was to make teh skeleton of our dinosaur and record the steps we followed. Once we had our first prototype we revised and adapted both the prototype and the instructions

We used the language features found in a procedural text to help us write clear instructions so that another pair could follow our instructions and create our prototype.

I think this activity was very fun because we had the privilege to create a dinosaur out of paper and spending time with my partners Hasna and Sweet-E that I really collaborated well with.

 

 

Malala Yousafzai Poster

LI : To analyse how Malala uses her personal story and persuasive language to achieve her purpose

LI : To identify the main arguement Malala presents for education and peace

For reading, we were challenged to design a poster promoting one of Malala’s key messages. Create a poster from Canva or Adobe Express, Me and Hasn chose Canva. Here is some of the information that I know about Malala from my research about her.

Malala Yousafzai became an international symbol of the fight for girls’ education. She was born in Mingora, Pakistan on July 12, 1997. Malala rose to global prominence after surviving an assassination attempt by the Taliban in 2012. She has become a symbol of resilience, courage, and the worldwide fight for girls’ education.

 

Group 2 Comic Strips

LI: To identify the key historical context and events related to the Polynesian Panthers and the Dawn Raids as depicted in the graphic novel.

Me and my Group read the text Once a Panther and asked to create a comic strip that depicts a scene related to the ideas of prejudice, justice, or taking a stand in today’s world using thought bubbles or dialogue that explains the image.
In this comic strip I chose to relate to the idea “taking a stand in today’s world”.

Something I found interesting about this challenge was that this comic strip I made was inspired about the RISE UP: The Story of the Dawn Raids and the Polynesian Panthers.