Forest schools or Public schools?

WALT: Express and justify an opinion.

Task description.
Ms. Tapuke created a writing task based on forest schools. We were learning about forests schools. We had to write which school we would go to. A public school or a forest school. We had to express and justify our opinion in our writing.

Labels: 2020, Writing 2020, Forest School, Ms. Tapuke, Room 2, Simon PES, Point England School.

How Volcanoes Erupt!

Task description.

I finished my animation for term 2, for this animation I had to draw a volcano and explain how it erupts, but before all that. We had to draw it in heaps of detail and make us sound like a real scientists, we had to do that by talking about things that makes it erupt like the tectonic plates! We had to explain how tectonic plates create a steaming hot volcanic eruption. After I talked about the tectonic plates and how it creates a volcano eruption I then added some more slides and made a forest fire!  

Labels: 2020, Simon PES, Volcanic Eruption, Volcano, Animation 2020, Point England School, Ms. Tapuke, Inquiry 2020, Room 2.

Decimal Delight!

Directions: On each line below, shade in the boxes containing digits with the indicated place values. (Please note that the decimal point is not in the same position in each numeral).

You will end up with the name of something you always have with you!

Task description.
The four student teachers created an activity based on place value. In this task, we had to try and figure out the secret word. We had to colour in the value it tells us to colour in. E.g, if it says tenths, we have to colour in the tenths column. After we were done, we have to post it on our blog.

Labels: 2020, Maths 2020, Ms. Tapuke, Point England School, Room 2, Simon PES, Year 7, Decimal Numbers, Place Value

Matariki Day 2020

Last week, on Friday our whole school, and probably the rest of the Manaiakalani community had our Matariki day. We had to celebrate it early because the real Matariki day is during the school holidays.

When I arrived at school, I was wondering what group I was in. As I walked in the class, I asked my teacher Ms. Tapuke. She told me that I was in arts and crafts, which really bothered me because I wanted to be in cooking. I chose arts and crafts last yet I still got in arts and crafts. It bugged me until the school assembly.

After our team assembly, we had to go to a school assembly which is held by Mr. Burt. In our assembly, we had a choir singing a waiata. The waiata is called Matariki. When the choir sang the waiata, they sounded amazing! I wish everyone would have come, they would have been VERY surprised. The rest assembly was pretty normal, it’s basically a normal school assembly.

After the school assembly, we had to go to our home classes. We had to get our bags from our class and have a little talk. I forgot what Ms. Tapuke even said, but I remember sitting down! After that talk, we then had to go to our group. My group was literally right in front of my class. I was actually pretty happy because I figured out that I was in a group with 3 of my closest friends. Their names are Pauline, Jane and Nina! This got me very excited.

Mrs. Stone and Mrs. Carrathers told us what we were going to do for the day. They said we were gonna make the seven stars, aka the seven sisters. We first had to decorate our stars. We had to make some kind of pattern. Then after we were done decorating the seven stars, we had to paint our background for our stars. We finished painting it just in time, like 5 minutes before lunch.

Then we had to let it dry during lunch. After lunch, we had to glue the seven stars on our background. But sadly my background was kind of wet so the stars didn’t stick well. Then we had one last assembly until we went home with our masterpieces.

This is what happened on Matariki day! Overall it was actually pretty fun!

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Task description.

Ms. Tapuke told us to write about Matariki day. We had to explain what happened on Matariki day. We have to tell our readers what we did. We also had to write about our experience, whether if it was good or not. After we were done writing our paragraphs, we then have to share it on our blog.

Labels: 2020, Simon PES, Ms. Tapuke, Matariki Day, Writing 2020, Point England School.

Poster 2020 , In the News...

Task description.

Today, I did a task Ms. Tapuke created. This activity is about creating something. We had 3 choices, I decided to choose the 2nd one. Which is making a poster for families to come in and visit Auckland city. I enjoyed this task a lot considering the fact this was time consuming! After we were done making the poster, we have to share it to the world.

Labels: 2020, reading 2020, Poster 2020, Ms. Tapuke, Point England School, Simon PES.

Worthy Words! Activity 4

Task description.
Ms. Tapuke created a task of "In the News...". But instead of being a presentation you can finish in a day, she decided to make it longer. So, that means we have to do heaps of activities. This activity is actually activity 4, as you can see. If you've been looking at the activities I've done. You would noticed I skipped activity 3. Well, that's because were doing activity 3 next week. This activity is based on words. The words we find hard. We have to find 4 words we don't understand in the article. We had to put our worthy words next to the numbers then highlight them. Then we had to share it on our blog, telling our viewers what words we find hard in the article.

Labels: Room 2, Ms. Tapuke, Reading 2020, In the news, Activity 4, 2020, Worthy Words

The Sky Tower Lights For Matariki, Word Groups

From 24th to 28th June, 4th to 5th July and 10th to 12th July/ the Sky Tower/ will shine /like a sunrise/ in celebration/ of Matariki/, the Māori New Year/.

The Sky Tower/ will be lit /with an orange base,/ rising to/ a vibrant yellow/ at the top/, mimicking dawn/, in celebration/ of the /Matariki Festival/ and the/ rise of the/ Matariki constellation./

When the/ Matariki constellation/ rises in the/ north-eastern skies,/it signals/ to Māori/ that the/ New Year/ will begin./

The Māori/ New Year/ is a /special time/ of year/ to be/ with family and friends/, reflect on/ the past/, remember those/ who are not with us/ and prepare /for the year ahead./

Claire Walker, Chief People & Culture Officer/ says “Matariki/ is a great time/ for communities/ to come/ together /to acknowledge/ the year /gone by./ It’s been/ tough with COVID-19,/ but now/ it’s time to make plans/ for the year ahead/ and celebrate/ with kai, kōrero, rituals and entertainment.

The Sky Tower/ is the Southern Hemisphere’s/ tallest free-standing structure./ Based in/ the heart of Auckland/, it is one/ of New Zealand’s/ most recognisable landmarks.

SkyCity lights/ the Sky Tower/ for charities/ or community initiatives /that we support/ financially,/ to mark/ national holidays/, milestones or other celebrations or events,/ or as/ a symbol /of respect /or solidarity.

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Task description.
Today, we did a activity for our "In the News...." task. I had a lot of trouble with this task because I didn't know what to do. I did listen, believe me but I was still confused. We were talking about something called word groups. We had to add slashes in each sentence for a particular reason. After we were done we then have to share it to the world. (Before)

(Now) Ms. Tapuke helped me and helped me understand the concepts about this activity. I realised that we had to split some words together because it just belongs to each other. Now I didn't have any troubles splitting them up!

Labels: 2020, Ms. Tapuke, Writing 2020, Word Groups, reading 2020, Room 2, Point England School.

Place the digits! (Decimal Game)

Task description.
Ms. Tapuke printed out some papers to play a little game. Today I was playing the game with my friends Nesi and Deejay. We had to roll the dice and for the number we get, we have to put it in one of the columns. For example, if we get a 1, we could put it in the hundredths because it's a low number, but if we want. We can put it in the ones.

Labels: 2020, Decimal Numbers, Decimats, Maths 2020, Ms. Tapuke, Room 2.

Which chocolate bar should I get?

WALT: Order decimal numbers with up to three places.

(I'd put my sheet of my decimats but I threw it in the bin)

Task description.
The four student teachers created a task about decimals. Today's blog post is about noticing the difference between 2 decimal numbers. We also have to learn to explain in a clear way. 

Labels: 2020, Maths 2020, Decimal Numbers, Ms. Tapuke, Simon PES, Point England School.

Decimal Numbers, smallest to biggest!

WALT: Order decimal numbers with up to three places.

Task description.
The four student teacher's from New Zealand created a task that teaches us about decimals. Today me and my class and to put the numbers in order, smallest to biggest. For example, 1 would be the smallest out of 1, 2, 3 and 3 would be the biggest.

Labels: 2020, Decimal Numbers, Ms. Tapuke, Simon PES, Point England School, Maths 2020.

Activity 1, In the news...

Task Descriptions.
Ms. Tapuke created a longer version of the usual "In the news..." task. We had to do different activities. This activity is a recording of ourselves reading the book. We had to read the book clearly for our audience. After we were done reading the book, we then have to share the video on our blog.

Labels: 2020, Activity 1, In the news, Ms. Tapuke, Point England School, reading 2020, Screencastify, Simon PES.

Biosphere 2

Task description.
Ms. Tapuke and a team 5 teachers created a task based on our theme of the term. Our theme of the term is about the Earths system's. Today, we were learning about Biosphere 2, which is a facility located in Florida. After explaining what Biosphere 2 does, we then have to post it on our blog.

Labels: 2020, Inquiry 2020, Biosphere 2, Point England School, Corona virus, Distance Learning, Level 1, Simon PES.

In the News

Task description.
Ms. Tapuke created a task based on articles/news. We had to watch a video of the rocket ship getting launched before we read the article. After we watched the video, I had to read the article by myself. Then I had to read it with my partner with expression. Then I had to make a little reflection based on the article.

Labels: 2020, reading 2020, In the news, Simon PES, Point England School, Level 1, Corona virus, Covid-19, Ms. Tapuke, Rocket Ship, Launch.

WODB (OLD)

Task description.
Today I did a maths task that I didn't know I had to post in my blog. This task is called WODB. We had to point out the differences between the 4 shapes. We had to explain why that shape was different. For example, there were 3 white circles and there was 1 gray circle. The gray circle doesn't belong because it's the only one thats gray.

Labels:  Maths 2020, 2020, WODB, Ms. Tapuke, Corona virus, Covid-19, Simon PES, Point England School, 

In The News...

Task description.
Ms. Tapuke created a task that encourages us to read articles from New Zealand. This article was about a HUGE wasp next from New Zealand. We had to read it by ourselves and read it with our partner. After, we have to do our reflections!

Labels: 2020, In the news, reading 2020, Wasp, New Zealand, Corona virus, Covid-19, Simon PES, Point England School, 

Turtle's POV

Task description.
Ms. Tapuke created a writing task based on POVS. Which means "Point Of View". I had to write a story about a turtle's POV. I had to write a narrative based on there life in the ocean. This writing was a practice round for tomorrows writing test. This writing was very challenging because I don't really write much about POVS. After I finished my writing, I posted it on my blog for my readers to enjoy!

Labels: 2020, Writing 2020, Covid-19, Corona virus, Simon PES, Point England School, Ms. Tapuke, Sea Turtle


https://docs.google.com/document/d/1x0ybscs7cY3egrVLBkT4Y2vMez6GeQaoeZP-cZBn1Z4/edit
My writing in a google document.

In The News...

Task descriptions.
Ms. Tapuke created a task about the news. This article was based on a black sea turtle found on Takapuna Beach. We had to read this article with our buddy next to us. We had to read the whole article and we found a lot of confusing words in the next. Then we had to write about our thoughts of the article.

Labels: 2020, reading 2020, Corona virus, Covid-19, Level 1, Simon PES, Point England School, Ms. Tapuke, 

Taha Hinengaro

WALT: Taking care of our well-being, this is Taha Hinengaro. 



Task description.
Today, I did a task that Ms. Tapuke and the Team 5 teachers made. We were talking about Te Whare Tapa Wha. We had to talk about Taha Hinengaro, this is our mental health or emotions. Today, we had to figure out our friends / family member most important qualities/ behaviours to them. After we were done, we had to post it on our blog.

Labels: 2020, Inquiry 2020, Te Whare Tapa Wha, Taha Hinengaro, Corona virus, Covid-19, Simon PES, Ms. Tapuke, Point England School, 

Te Whare Tapa Wha, Taha Whanau

WALT: Taking care of our well-being, this is Taha Whanau.

Task description.
Today, Ms Tapuke and the Team 5 teachers created another Te Whare Tapa Wha task. We were talking of Taha Whanau. This is based on our family. We had to explain a activity we did with our family. This task was very challenging for me because me and my family don't really play games together. But after we were done, we had to post it on our blog.

Labels: 2020, Te Whare Tapa Wha, Ms. Tapuke, Point England School, Corona virus, Covid-19, Simon PES.