Orienteering - Afu & Ana

Today the Yr 8's in LS2 done Orienteering. We had a Iron come in to tell us what we had to do, then we went to the junior playground. We had our piece of of paper with us, we had to line up into to 2 lines one line was the people who were working individual and the other line was with the people who were working in pairs, I was working in pairs, my buddy was Ana. We had to go to Irine so she could give us a map, then we had to run around and punch the holes in the paper. Ana and I only got half way because it was pouring down with rain and we had to go back to class. Ana and I had lots of fun doing orienteering.

Reading: Facts about Peter Jackson - Afu

This week for reading LS2 watched a film about the forgotten silver. The forgotten silver was about Collin McKenzie's films. This is a DLO I created about Peter Jackson, we had to find 5 facts about Peter Jackson. What I found interesting was he is the director of The Hobbit and the Lord of the rings.

Reading: Making Connections - Afu

This week for reading we did an activity about making connections. We had to make comment about text to text, texts to self and text to world. What I found out about China was they closed down the schools which means that they don't have a good education.

China Learning Challenges - Afu

Last week for inquiry we were learning about China, we had to had a LS1 buddy my buddy was Malakai, we had to do challenges about China. The challenges were China location, China landmarks, China language, and China food. My favourite challenge was China Virtual tour because it sounds the places in China sound very cool, the places like the Great Wall of China sounds interesting because a lot of people have been there. 

Thailand Learning Challenges - Afu

This term for inquiry LS2 and LS1 were put into 5 groups I was in Mrs Donaldson's group. We were learning about Thailand, we had to had a LS1 buddy my buddy was Malakai, we had to do challenges about Thailand. The challenges were Thailand location, Thailand landmarks, Thailand language, and Thailand food. My favourite challenge was Thailand food because it sounds yum, it looks easy to cook, and it sounds interesting.

Japan Learning Challenges - Afu

This week some people from LS2 went down to Mr Wong's class for Inquiry. We were learning about Japan, we had to have a LS1 buddy my buddy was Malakai, we had to do challenges about Japan. The challenges were the location, flag of Japan, Japan landmarks, Japanese language, and Japanese food. My favourite challenge was Japanese language because it's interesting and there language is easy to learn fast.

Blog post Data Analysis - Afu

Today for maths I made a graph based on how many blog post I did last year and this year. This is a DLO about how many blog post I have done in 2015 and 2016, it has details and what I can do better to update my blog. Last year I done 40 blog post, and This year I have done 40 blog post.

Reading: Venn Diagram - Fifita, Afu, Harry, Juanita, Victoria, and Charlize.

This week for reading we have been comparing Ping-He school to PBS. We had to include how it was a boarding school there and how they had dorm mom's. We had to include the difference's and the thing that are the same. We found out that in Ping-He school for PE you have to do 100 Sit up's 100 Push up's and they had to run around there track 50 times. 

Writing: Shoe Narrative - Afu

As I was purchased from the shop I was living happily with my owner. When he first put me on I was really excited because I have never been worn before. The next day he put me on, I was so surprised because I had no idea of where he was going to take me, he went outside and he started walking, we went somewhere to place that I couldn't even describe, he was walking and I was sang along, then I stopped because there was something ahead of me that was calling me to come closer, I was trying to stop him but it was to late I went under the mud it was horrible, I couldn't breath. First I couldn't even survive through this hideous mud, I was scared of what he would do to me. I was covered in this  disgusting mud, while he was walking I was crying for help, then he came to this interesting thing I could not describe it but it did not look nice, it barked, I got scared it came all the way up to me and dribbled on me, “Eww that’s disgusting.” Than I turned around, and I saw my owner coming , he picked me up and put me into the locker room which was filled of shoes, then they started talking to me. I could smell the disgusting smell of the dog, I could hear the people talking on the little objects, I could taste the slimy dog dribble inside my mouth, I could see the people walking past me texting on their little objects , then I could feel my owner touching me with his muddy hands. Then these other people that looked old saw me and told my owner to go and put the shoes in your locker where it was supposed to be, then he put me in his locker and these friendly shoes was talking to me again, I talked and talked and talked until I was able to get to know them better. Then after awhile I was able to call them “ My Family.”

Today for writing we had to write a narrative with a buddy, my buddy was June. June and I had 15 minutes to write this paragraph and had a few minutes to prove read our Narrative with our partner. After that we had to plan what was going to be in this paragraph. Than we had to go back to back to make  our narrative more interesting. After that we were timed and than we had to write one sentence each. 

Endangered Species Gorilla - Synthesizing

Today for reading we were learning about how gorillas are endangered species. My partner and I Jessie found out that gorillas weren't actually  aggressive but they are endangered. For our task we had to write down what we already knew about gorillas. One of the things we already knew was gorillas are big and furry. Then we had to read a short story about gorillas, then write what we found out. One thing we found out was they eat 70 different plant species. Then we had to put the information we already knew and the information we found out together to make one opinion. After that we DLO about Synthesising.

Maths - Afu & Juanita

Yesterday we did an activity which help us on our maths time tables. We found it abit hard doing our 6,7 and 8 time tables hard so we tried to split the number into 5's to make it easier for us. After we did this activity we found our time tables way easier.