Final 2016 Blog Post

Hi there blogging world,

Thank you for coming to visit my learning blog. This will be my last post because I am going on holiday. I have enjoyed using this blog to share my learning with you all. I hope you have enjoyed reading about my learning too. 

Blog you later,
Dorothy

Novel Study

Novel Study

A novel study is when you read a book a book and study on it then reflect on it. I read "The Secret Of Jelly Mountain." The book was very interesting but I didn't finish the whole thing in time. I think it was because I had so many production lines to remember.

It was both digital and physical. We made a title page on a white paper and them made a slide that we used to reflect on. It talked about the characters, plot or story line, favourite moment, Opinion PMI, Interview, illustration, acrostic poem and what happened in the end.Take a look at my slide. Hope you like it.
Post you later!

Toys

Toys

This week we learned about toys, how they work and what there momentum is. We went to on a trip to  (http://www.motat.org.nz/org.nz/ ) Motat to see some different toys. We made our own toys that had to have a mechanism or something electrical.

We went in buddies and chose 1 or 2 toys. My friend ( http://wpsmargarett.blogspot.co.nz/ / Margaret) and I went in buddies and made 2 toys, a double sided maze and a speed boat. My idea was a speed boat and hers was a maze. ( For the maze)We aren't quite done because we still have to glue them together and put the glad wrap on. Take a look at the photos.

I think both the maze and the boat will work. We had to use team work and help each other so that we could get it close to finish. We are we are very proud of ourselves and what we have done.
Please leave a comment down below. 

Room 7, 8 and 9's Where were you born map

Today for Cybersmart we did a map with room 9 and 7 on where we were born. Take a look at my map, my questions and my answers.

How far have some students travelled in their lifetime to reach WPS?
8,881km
17.5Km
2,703Km
 !,842Km
 Why do people make the choice to move to different countries?

• Start a new chapter to their life
• To get a job
• Stay and see their relatives
• Travel the world one by one
• Explore and experience other countries

 Is this a trend in NZ society? What does the media tell us?
Yes in different parts of NZ. I think it's a trend because when I go out with my family I see heaps of different people from lot's of different countries. They don't all have the same skin colour and that is not a bad thing at all.

This is an amazing video about people judging other people about their skin colour and how they look. Definitely watch this and comment about what you think and what you feel about this video.Listen carefully. Click on The Lie. This might even make you cry.

The Lie from Untitled Productions on Vimeo.

This made me feel sad because people are saying bad things and judging people. I believe  that  we should stop every single lie. This has never happened to me before but I think I know what it feels like to be judged and it's not good at all. This nearly made me cry.

Today in cybersmart room 8 had to create a map of where they were born. Then we chose a relative and wrote were they were born. Take a look at y map and be sure to comment.

Mean social-media scenario's / cybersmart

Today in cybersmart we have been talking about mean scenario's around social-media that might happen in real life. My scenario was about Facebook because I had a really good idea. Read on and please leave comment about what you would do in this case.

What I would do is:

-Report the person
-Tell my parents because I can trust them.
-Delete my account and make another one with a different password.

Glamorous Gymnastics

 Gymnastics 

This term over the past 8 weeks, every Wednesday we do gymnastics in the school hall. We had two coaches one boy named Kane and one girl named Kylie. We even had a guest coach called Teddy. Room 8 learned 7 different skills and technique about gymnastics. My favourite part was everything.

These are the things that we learned:

Statics:Staying still or keeping your balance.


Landing:Landing safely in a motorbike.

Swing and spring: The playground is swing because it has monkey bars. A spring board is spring because you can jump on it.

Rotation: When you do a half turn and full turn.

Locomotion: Moving around in different ways.

Manipulation: Moving things with your body.

TriStar website=  http://www.tristar.org.nz/

The Art Festival

Last week our school had an art festival. Every one in the school had a piece of art to present. Our class made photo joiners to present with QR codes at the bottom. The QR codes linked to this presentation at the bottom for everyone to see how we made our joiners both physical and digital. The other presentation is about David Hockney. David Hockney is the person who inspired us. We also did some re-search on his art work. Check out my presentations. I would love to see lots of comments on my blog. Thanks for reading! BYE

Week 4 Cybersmart Improving a comment

Today in cybersmart our goal was to change an okay blog comment and make it an outstanding one. We copied the comment and pasted it into a google drawing and started to change it. There were lots of options but I chose this one because I thought I could make it better. We looked back at our learning padlet from last week that was all about what makes a great blog comment and saw what people had and what they missed. This is the average comment and my comment above. I think this activity was helpful because now I know what is a good comment and an amazing comment and if I see a comment like this on my blog I can tell them how to make it better.
Feel free to leave a comment!

What makes a great comment

Created with Padlet

 Hi ,today in cyber smart we had to write a lot of ideas that makes a comment amazing.First we read some really good comments for an example and to get some inspiration.Next we watched 2 different video's to get some more ideas.We went back to our padlet to update and add more info about blog comments.Make sure you take a look at our padlet. Thanks for reading my post. Please leave a comment and make sure its positive ,thoughtful and helpful.

Brain Box

Yesterday we got to play with an electricity Circuit with room 7 and 9.We had to build some circuits and try to make them work.My thing link shows my labelling and description about what they do.A circuit holds electricity in the battery and the connectors allow it to travel through to the light bulb.If the circuit is not complete it won't work.We made a lot more like this one except some of the others had a sound maker and a fan that could nearly fly to the roof ! Building circuits where really fun.I think I am relational because I got lot's of ideas and  I explained them really well.Hope you like it and comment.

Term 3 cybersmart

 Today in cybersmart we have been changing some of our posts to make it look better and so people who visit my blog will think that it's even more interesting.The blog post I changed is my week 7 one.James our cybersmart teacher shared with us a rubric that helped us on this activity by telling us if we have the stuff or if we could improve.We also rated our post on beginner,stepping up or smart learner.Take a look and please comment.                  

Learning and creating week 7.

Hi everyone,this is my second post .This is what I have been learning during week 7.In week 7 we did some writing,art,maths ,spelling and I have some information about Matariki .Be sure to comment!!!

My favourite thing in term 2

My favourite thing in term 2

My favourite thing this term was bible.Mrs Eden our bible teacher told us lots of story's. One of them was about Joseph and his 11 brothers and the activity was making coats like the one that Joseph owned.

Hi,this is my blog treaty. It talks about what my blog is for and what I will make sure to do before I post something. Have a read and please comment.

Welcome

Welcome to my learning journey.