Last week reflection NPDL

I wasn't here much during NPDL as I was sick most of the time. But my honest truth is I didn't enjoy NPDL I didn't like being In a different class as well as having to work on a topic that wasn't our choice. But we had a really hard time actually starting our project but once we did it ended up being pretty fun getting to actually start our project. Overall it isn't something I would want to do again.

Learning reflection week 6 NPDL

 1. What have you achieved/learned/found out since your last post?

I was not here last week but this week my group has been to the science lab and we burned some rubbish and magnesium to see if you could make power from burning rubbish.

2. How effectively have you used your time this week?

I have spent my time catching up on the work my group did last week while I was away

3. How have you contributed to your group’s progress?

I have written some questions down for when we meet with energise Otaki

4. Glows: something that is going well in your project:

I feel like we have been working well as a group

5. Grows: Something you need to work on:

I feel like my group is working well but i feel like i need to focus on my work some more

6. Where could you get help with this?

focus on my work and ignore all the distractions

7. What are the next steps for your project?

getting a response from energise Otaki

Radio show

 1. our radio show involves people in the Otaki college sport teams. And how they enjoyed their season this year. And how they like there team.

2.here are ours

3.I think our group worked well together but i was away sick for alot of the time. But for the time i was there i think we did well together to finish on time I think we got a merit grade on our show.We stayed focused on the people and our topic of Otaki college sports.

4. I think one of our challenges was recording and having our volume at a good level and making self more interested in them

5.I think i did well in the group im proud of myself for trying to sound interested in the topic.I think i would of liked to have been more involved in the editing.

6.I think i could do something about my volume and my voice was a bit crackley i think i could of cleared my throat befoe we started.

7.I thought i would not enjoy this but i did I was a fun expirence and I think my teacher set it up well.

Boy in striped Pjjamas essay

 

In John Boyne's novel The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, an important relationship is the one between Bruno and Shmuel. Bruno and Shmuel are two boys who live in two different worlds but as they become friends they learn more about how each other lives. Bruno and Shmuel's friendship in the book helped me to understand a key message, which is about the devastating impact of war

At the beginning of the book Bruno is unaware of the true horrors of the war and the holocaust. He lived in Berlin with his friends and family However when his father was promoted to a position at Auschwitz. Bruno is forced to move to a new home far away from everything he knows and loves. Bruno hates his new home so much he thought "not even the insects would ever choose to stay at Out-With.”

 

It is at his new home Auschwitz Bruno spots the camp. Bruno decides to go and explore the camp; this is where Bruno meets Shmuel. Shmuel is a jewish boy that is imprisoned by this camp and is forced to wear striped pyjamas "Bruno was sure that he had never seen a skinnier or sadder boy in his life but decided that he had better talk to him."

 Despite the fact they are separated by the fence and the war they still manage to be friends playing games and sharing stories. And dream of the future where they can be free and live in peace together.

However The novel takes a tragic turn as Bruno and Shmuels friendship is cut short by the brutal reality of the holocaust as Bruno's life is cut short. Bruno is killed in the gas chamber and Shmuel is left alone to grieve the loss of his friend and the other victims of the holocaust.

In conclusion  Bruno and Shmuel's friendship in the  boy in striped pyjamas Is a powerful and moving portal of love and compassion even in the darkest times. Their friendship did not have boundaries, despite the physical boundary of a fence.

maths

 

Chinese week

On the last week of school it was china week we did lots of activities first we did Chinese writing then we did some fan dancing I found fan dancing hard  for our third activities we did ghu jong is what i think it is called it was like a guitar but sounded cooler we learnt how to play marry had a little lamb it was hard to learn then we learnt tai chi there were moves like hold the ball tame the horse it was tiring.

      

Otaki Youth Space

 On Wednesday some members of the council came to ask us some questions about a youth space in Otaki, and what we think it should have they asked what we think it should have like spaces and activities. like basketball and a chill area there could be a Nerf night or a gaming night. I think that the youth place should be in the town because we can go there after school. I would want it to be a nice chill area where everyone can hangout.  I hope that the youth place will be a fun area to hangout. I think it should include a snack bar a gaming area a chill area .

My Tapa Art

 Week 7 was Tongan language week. To celebrate we made our own Tapa Art. We used brown paper and vivid dye.  

                                   The steps we followed 

1 we researched our designs

2 sketched some ideas

3 created our final designs and used vivid 

4 we scrunched up our paper and put dye on it 

Here is my final piece of Art Work. 

writing challenge

 

buddy

 

shoes

the reason i made shoes is because I was sitting at my house and heard the waves of the ocean and I picked this type of shoe because it is one of my favourite type of shoes .

research card

 

Rocket test

 After we had just launched the bottle by itself we added some fins on the end and that helped balance. The bottle and let it cut through the air and made it aerodynamic and then they were going so high you can barely see the bottle.

Test light no	Psi	ml	notes
1	60	300ml	it spun around to much
2	60	500ml	went higher but still spun to much
3	60	700ml	went ford a bit but no height
4	60	200ml	went well but spun in the end
5	60	150ml	it was going really well but spun out just in the end
6	50	400ml	just went down kinda

tract

 Tract is a website where you can select lots of different tasks where you follow instructions and get Xp for each task you finish and with the Xp you can buy prizes that can help out with the world and buy your self some hats and shirts . I have done lots of stuff including a poster for the NBA and some Minecraft buildings . 

I have drawn my own Greece pillar style and this is what it looks like.

 

How long does it take each planet to orbit the sun

reasherch card

 

sail boats

 we have been making sail boats and I will tell you how I made mine firs I hot glued two big tins together then hot glued a square of Styrofoam on top then put a tooth pick in the Styrofoam and a plastic bag in the middle and got two more tooth picks for support  and then gave it some colour. and I think my sail boat will work pretty well

 

litracy work

 

this is one of my research cards of this week.it is about food allergies .

Literacy - Research Cards

 As part of our literacy rotations, we have to complete some mini research cards. The two I chose for this week were about cats and dogs. You can see these below. 

sail boat

After we made sail cars we have been planning on making sail boats this is the design of my sail boat you need to have these items to make it 1 straw 2 bottles 1 square of card board  and 1 balloon and a keel and some tape . and we will have a sail its just not on there and its called the monkey racer.