Athletics 2017

Yesterday the years 3,4,5,6,7 and 8 went to athletics at Lloyd Elsmore Park in Pakuranga. It was incredible. I was in the high jump and long jump. I didn't place but I tried my best and had lots of fun. There were a lot of people from our school came first, second and third. A big thank you to all the teachers that came down and supported us on the day.

Fire Station Summary

On Tuesday, LS1 and LS2 went down to the Panmure Fire Station. Our inquiry for this term is our community so we have been learning about the different places in our community. After the trip, we came back to school and wrote a summary about our experience. First of all, we got twenty words that we thought were important. Then we got six words from the first twenty words and used them to write a summary about firefighters.  

Fire Safety Message

As part of learning about the community for inquiry this term we have been writing fire safety messages to help out our community. First as a class we were discussing how we can help our community with fire problems. I wrote a message talking about smoke alarms and where you should put it. I have linked a video to show what could happen if you don't have a working smoke alarm. There a places that you shouldn't put smoke alarms. I learnt that when your smoke alarm makes a sound the first thing to do is go outside somewhere safe and make sure you don't go back inside your house. Remember to call 111 for the emergency service to come. 

Word Art

This week we have been learning about leaderships because of next year Year 7's will be our school leaders. Today we looked at what motivation means. We then worked collaboratively to create a role play to show how we could motivate other people. 

Vocabulary - Deep Ark 6 - Chapter 5

Today Zane and I were working on  our Vocabulary. Firstly we had to read a story. Then we had to find words we didn't understand. For Zane and I we didn't know what Frantically, Auxiliary and Dial meant. 

Vocabulary - Deep Ark 6 - Chapter 4

Today Zane and I were working on our Vocabulary. Firstly we had to read a story. Then we had to find words we didn't understand. For Zane and I we didn't know what Dispholidus, Pandemonium and Deafening meant. 

Vocabulary - Deep Ark 6 - Chapter 3

Today Zane and I were working on our Vocabulary. Firstly we had to read a story. Then we had to find words we didn't understand. For Zane and I we didn't know what Hunched, Dimmer and Frenzied meant. 

Police Visit

Today Police came to our school to show us, how can they help on our community. They also show us a helicopter it is very cool, I really like it. The helicopter landed on our school ground. They were teaching us parts of the helicopter and the training you need. The K9 units also came to show us some tricks. The dog name was Kahu, he was fast and so strong . He is very good at tracking people. The dog breed is a German Shepherd.  The fun part is when the helicopter take off and some of are hats got blow away. 

Dental Health

This week in LS2 our focus has been showing people in our community why it is important to brush your teeth. We learnt what could happen if we didn't brush our teeth and what to do. Before creating DLOs we looked at disgusting photos of bad teeth. The photos really convinced Carl and I to brush our teeth more. Carl and I have created a presentation on why people should brush their teeth. During making this animation Carl and I learnt some new words like: decay, cavity, tartar and plaque. We learnt that decay means when your teeth becomes rotten and it starts to disappear for example sugar makes your teeth decay. 

Vocabulary - Deep Ark 6 - Chapter 2

Today Zane and I were working on  our Vocabulary. Firstly we had to read a story. Then we had to find words we didn't understand. For Zane and I we didn't know what Fluorescent, Glistening and Jostling meant. 

Vocabulary - Deep Ark 6 - Chapter 1

Today Zane and I were working on  our Vocabulary. Firstly we had to read a story. Then we had to find words we didn't understand. For Zane and I we didn't know what Archnology, Herpetologist and Sprawling meant. 

How Children Learn At School?

At school we learn many different and new things. Children take risks and ask a lot of questions about their learning.

Children always learn from and with each other. When they make a mistake they now know what not to do the next time. While growing up children develop new skills.


Children are always want to learn more. Children will always be encouraged  by their relatives to chase their dreams and learn more. Every child has a role model. A role model is someone you look up to or someone you want to be like.For example your mum or dad. 

Children improve their skills and will try anything to make them better. Children will encourage each other and make each other better by challenging each other and practicing with each other. 

Children will use their learning and use it in their everyday lives like when you are buying something and the person gives you the wrong change you can  use your maths to prove him wrong.

This week for writing we have been practicing how to write an explanation about how children learn at school. Before writing we planned our explanation so we knew what to write in our text. Nickaela and I were partners. We both worked collaboratively together to finish our work. We learnt that in an Explanation there has to be a Title, an Introduction that could have a hook like a rhetorical question, Paragraph 1 2 3 and the Conclusion. The writing above shows you the explanation we wrote. 

Screencastify - Fraction

The past previous weeks LS2 has been learning how to plan a screen cast and also how to record our learning on screencastify. The link in my planning template links to my DLO. On Friday Mrs Grant taught LS2 how to download screencastify, how to log in, and how to record our learning. The video above shows what we recorded.