Blog Comment: Room 5 Blog | Fine, Samantha and Shantay (3km to Tonga) - Tim

This was my comment made to Fine, Samantha and Shantay. Our focus was to write a blog comment to a Friend, PBS Student, Class Blog, Manaiakalani Cluster Blog. We also needed to have our spelling, punctuation, and to check if it makes sense. Our Blog Comment has to include positive feedback, information that would be helpful but not into a negative way and to have some sort of connection to the blog post that we commented on. I commented on their video which explains why maths is important in schools. I think this is funny and also very educational. 

Blog Comment: Muamua | Pt England School (Term is coming to an end) - Tim

This was my comment made to Muamua from Pt England School . Our focus was to write a blog comment to a Friend, PBS Student, Class Blog, Manaiakalani Cluster Blog. We also needed to have our spelling, punctuation, and to check if it makes sense. Our Blog Comment has to include positive feedback, information that would be helpful but not into a negative way and to have some sort of connection to the blog post that we commented on. I commented on his 'Term is coming to an end'. He explained how his term went and how his year went. 

Blog Comment: Juliano (Cybersmart Scammers) - Tim

This was my comment made to Juliano. Our focus was to write a blog comment to a Friend, PBS Student, Class Blog, Manaiakalani Cluster Blog. We also needed to have our spelling, punctuation, and to check if it makes sense. Our Blog Comment has to include positive feedback, information that would be helpful but not into a negative way and to have some sort of connection to the blog post that we commented on. I commented on his Cybersmart Scammers. He had to look for different sort of scammers and write information about them, to see what they do and what they are out to look for. 

Blog Comment: Sebastian (Head Boy Nomination) - Tim

This was my comment made to Sebastian. Our focus was to write a blog comment to a Friend, PBS Student, Class Blog, Manaiakalani Cluster Blog. We also needed to have our spelling, punctuation, and to check if it makes sense. Our Blog Comment has to include positive feedback, information that would be helpful but not into a negative way and to have some sort of connection to the blog post that we commented on. I commented on Sebastian's Head Boy Nomination. He had to write a paragraph explaining why he should be head boy. 

Creative Collaboration: Why is it important to learn maths in schools - Evelyn, Tiare, Saruja and Tim

Here is Saruja, Tim, Evelyn and my video. It tells you about maths being important at school. I think maths is very important at school because when we all get older we need to know our maths. In the video it tells you the reasons we think why maths is important in schools. 

New Zealand Flag Votes Results - Tim

My Graph shows the percentages shown on how many people voted for each flag. I am glad that the flag that I chose was chosen the most. I really thought the Blue and Black fern flag was going to be chosen. I have made a pie chart to separately show you the votes. I was suprised that the Koru flag was the least voted one, I honestly thought the Red Peak one was going to be the least since I have heard not people like it.

Choosing A New Flag - Evelyn, Tiare, June and Tim

For one of our tasks we had to do something called 4-3-2-1 where we had to find out information about the five flags and read about it for 4 minutes. After that for 3 minutes we share the information about the flag that we chose with a buddy. 2 minutes we find another person and share the same information to that person. 1 minute we get into a group of 4 and share the information we gathered from the researching. The purpose of these tasks was to chose what flag we wanted since our school had to vote for which flag we wanted. I chose the Silver Fern (Red, White and Blue) I chose that flag because I like how to designer incorporated the heritage and history from New Zealand. I also really like how the stars is the Southern Cross which is where New Zealand is located. The stars also symbolises the islands of New Zealand. The flag I chose is similar to the original New Zealand with the Same Colours 

Here is an image of the flag I chose.

Maths Question - Tim

These are some of the questions I have heard or asked. These questions will help me make a lot of connections in Maths. 

Maths: Quick Writes - Tim

This is the question I answered for my Quick Writes

My Quick Write that I did about collaborating in Maths. I have written a lot of reasons why it is good to collaborate in Maths. 

Give 1! Get 1! - Tim

Give 1! Get 1! is what Room 5 did. We each choose a partner and tell them our strategy, we then move on a tell the strategy to other person. We have to have at least 5 other strategies on our Maths Book. I first started off with Oh SMar and then I went onto Zeba, Sajiha, John, Evelyn, Saruja and Tim

Basketball: Final Session - Tim

Our Final Basketball Session went well. We did our Usually warm-up, then we went onto playing an actual Basketball Game. After the basketball game we played Golden Child. Which One team shoot and try and get it in the hoop while the other team, one person run until the other team gets a shoot and that persons stops. Then After the person goes. If the person can go all the way then they are safe. When it comes up to the last person, that last person is Golden Child where they run and when they pass the person that stopped, that person follows them to the end. While the other team hurry and rush to get the golden child and the other person following them out. We played that until our time was up. I really enjoyed the basketball session. I get a shoot in the hoop and I got the chance of being Golden child. 

T4 Letter: T1 Reply - Tim

Dear Term Four Tim

By the time you read this you will now have already finished school and moving on to college. In Order to achieve this you would have to put a lot of effort into your work, Let’s just say it was worth it. You would have made good progress in your test/assessment. You would also need to solve maths problems and work on your maths multiplication quicker. You had better worked on your maths at home. You could play a multiplication game on the iPad and you could also memorize the 6, 8 and 9 times table. Have you made any progress on maths this year? Have you moved your learning to the level? You would also need to achieve getting a prize giving award/Certificate. To achieve that goal you would have to come to school every day and work hard for that award/certificate to be yours. You would also need to have approximately 100 posts on my blog. To achieve that goal, you would need to finish off work and post it on your blog ASAP.  I hope you make it through another year by achieving your goals you have set during the year. `

Good luck, See you in December

From Term One Tim

LI: To reflect on personal goals set in Term 1

Hi Term One Tim,

WOW! It’s been almost a year and I have to say I am pretty proud of myself for achieving some of my goals set throughout 2015. Final Year, Great Accomplishments. There are more goals to come at the end of 2015 and during 2016. I am still set on achieving my final goal - Prizegiving Award. I have mastered by times table and now know them off by heart. I am pretty sure that I have succeeded to be the best that I can in maths. I have reached my 100 blog post limit and have even made it pass 200. This year has been a great year. I am so proud of myself. 2015 has to be the year I have worked my best on. These memories will always be in my heart. I will never forget the effort I put into my work and the wonderful friends I have made from being a junior to a senior.

Moon Rover Steps: Tamaki College (Science) - Tim

For our Science Task, We had to create a DLO on the steps it takes for our rover. We have 5 steps in total. We have been working with Tamaki College on this Project

Working With a Critical Friend - Mere and Tim

Working With A Critical Friend:

Rm5 and Rm6 are doing a collaborative Critical Friend. I worked with Mere and we had to check each others Writing Samples. It was my writing Sample that was checked by Mere. We used this rubric which Rm5 and Rm6 share. We check each rubric Punctuation, Vocab, Organisation, Sentence Structure, Structure and Language and Ideas. Mere had to comment on my writing sample for each Rubric, What I did well and What I needed to work on. Working with a critical friend helps because Mere can spot my mistakes and tell what I need to work on next time. The rubric also helps me because I can move back and forth for what mistakes I've done that needs to be fixed. Mere has helped me a lot to find my mistakes and tell what I need to improve to work at a higher standard. 

Simple Machines - Tim

Since this term is Simple Machines we had to do these follow up tasks or challenges for every Simple Machine except Pulley. I worked with Saruja and we created a presentation based on each individual machine. For Inclined plane we did a 25 word description. Wedge we made a Diagram about it. Screw we made a DLO to show what we learnt from a video that we watched. Lever we made a labeled diagram to show different parts of the lever. Wheel and Axle was to create a conversation on ifaketext.com to explain the reason why Genghis Khan didn't want any Tatar Male taller than a Wagon Wheel.  

Science @ Tamaki College - Tim

Science  @ Tamaki College:

After Tech today the Year 7 and 8's went to go do science with Mr Mahotra and Mrs Bunce, A group of groups went with Mrs Bunce and Mrs Anderson and another group of groups went with Mr Mahotra and Mrs Kirkpatrick. My group went with Mr Mahotra and Mrs Kirkpatrick. First we had to do a little introduction about ourselves and we were going straight into Science. Mr Mahotra showed us around what he had around his "lab". There were a lot of interesting things around and I couldn't wait to experiment with it next week. This week was just a introduction about what we are doing next week. Then Mr Mahotra took out a black box with Science googles. I was really excited because I have never wore Science googles. He showed us a presnetation with key words and telling us what it means. This lesson was really cool because we got to know more things before doing experiments. 

 

Place Value Millionaire - Tim

I played a game called Place Value Millionaire. It is a game where you have to answer Place Value questions in which you go up the money chain and win 1 Million dollars in the game. It was very tricky when I got up to the Decimals but I got them all right. I never thought I would get them right but I did. Saruja helped me through the questions and was very supportive 

This is the certificate that I was rewarded with. I happy I got 10/10 

Lever: Labelled Diagram (Follow Up Challenge) - Saruja and Tim

For the lever follow up challenge we had to create a labelled diagram, about the lever we also added a short description about the lever

The Inclined Plane: 25 Words (Follow Up Challenge) - Saruja and Tim

For our Simple Machines Task, for Inclined Plane our follow up challenge was to write a description of an Inclined Plane with only 25 words, this was a struggle to try and have a description of an inclined plane with only 25 words. 

Rugby World Cup: Twickenham - Saruja and Tim

As the All Blacks won the Rugby World Cup Saruja and I decided to create a DLO Presentation about Twickenham and the Stadium. We added information about Twickenham Town and the Stadium. We also added some videos to help make the information more understanding

Special Tree - Tim

Special Tree: 

Island Bay is a beautiful long beach. Cliffs made beautiful shapes for us to admire, waves hitting against the rocky seashore. Me and my 2 best friends had a lot of memories there. There was this one tree where the trunks formed into different. I turned around to my friends and said "This could be our tree, our only tree". The Tree connected with a big cliff which we usually climb up on and see the most amazing view of Island Bay. 

We decided to have a little chat on top of the tree. I felt really uncomfortable. The bumps on the tree made it very hard to sit on. The tree bark scraping against my leg, leaving scratches. Soon enough we realised this could be our only tree. We engraved our initials so that when we come back, we will never forget each other. One year later, we barely saw each other, we hadn't visited our tree in months and we grew apart from each other. 

Something changed, our parents started talking to each other, we saw each other more. We then reunited with our tree and was surprised our initials, was still there untouched. We laughed, we smiled, we got angry, but at the end of the day we are the bestest friends. Nothing can tear us apart. 

Focus:

- Pronouns 

- Dialogue 

Blog Comment: W3 T4 (Yvette: RWC Task - New Zealand and Iran Rugby Comparison) - Tim

DARE: Cigarettes - Tim

For our DARE Program task we had to make a poster about being safe Cigarettes. I have left a description about what Cigarettes can do and what it contains. But Always remember to make a wise choice when you are around Cigarettes.

History of Rugby - Tim

In the celebration of the Rugby World Cup, Room 5 decided to do some tasks on it. We have found articles in journals and we have tasks based on the article we read. We are in the process of finishing them. 

Fast Factors: 12 Times Table - Tim

I am testing my knowledge with my Times Table. For me I find the 12 times table more easier than the rest. I am struggling with the 8 times table, so I will be working on that next week. I am happy that I did the 12 times table under 30 seconds. 

5W's (Homework T4 W2) - Tim

For this weeks homework, room 5 had to do a DLO about the 5W's or the 5 Questions. Why, Where, When, What, Who. I have based each slide on each of those questions. I have also put some example's to see what I was meaning 

x7 Knowledge - Tim

To help me remember my 7 Times table I have done these strategies based around the 7 time table. I think I did good, I never do these strategies by myself, I always have a buddy, so we can get through the strategy. 

7x Knowledge - Tim

7x Knowledge Poster. Room 5 had to create a 7 times table to help people who have trouble figuring out the 7 times table. This could help me and other people look at this and find different ways of solving 7 times table. I have included a group story, skip counting, repeated addition, Aframe, T-Chart and Factors and Products. 

CARE Awards: 3 of 3 Inspirational Quotes - Tim

This inspiratinal quote is very motivating and inspiring. This quote was from Rosa Parks. 

CARE Awards: 2 of 3 Inspirational Quote - Tim

This is a inspirational quote from Helen Keller. I feel like this is a very touching quote and I think this could be inspiring. 

Revision Problem (2) - Tim

Revision Problems. This is my 2nd Revision Problem. I had to figure out how much Pancakes Halatoa ate. My answer was 12. I am not sure if I was right but I think that I did a pretty good job figuring it out by myself. The Question: 

Halatoa ate twice as many pancakes as Sebastian at lunchtime. Sebastian had another 3 pancakes for Afternoon Tea. Altogether they ate 18 pancakes. How many Pancakes did Halatoa eat. 

Ukulele Sessions: Tim, Fine and Yvette

Ukulele Sessions: 

Since Mrs Eeles is unable to teach music. Me, Fine and Yvette decided to teach Ukulele to Room 5 (including Mrs Anderson). We tought them the basic chords like C, G, F, Am, A. We taught them all of the chords. Our First Song was Kiwi Ukulele. Before we could play the song, we had to teach them the chords. When they got the chords we went ahead and played our first song. Everyone played really well and decided to move onto the next song Islands. Everyone was excited to learn Islands because they knew it. We decided to spilt the groups up to teach them the plucking. It was very simple and they got it like that. After that we played Islands and it looked like everyone enjoyed. It really looked like Mrs Anderson mastered the plucking for Islands. Me, Fine and Yvette decided to make the choose which song they wanted to play. Obviously it was Islands. Me, Fine and Yvette we were impressed and we really wanted to teach them more. 

Shake Out: Tim and Evelyn

Shake Out. Shake Out is a national earthquake drill when the clock hits 9:15, the nation has to drop, cover, hold. Me and Evelyn created a presentation based on the earthquake drill. In the presentation we talked about what Shake out and our experience in what we had to do when the earthquake drill happened. 

Story Swap Task: Tim and Juanita

Story Swap Task: 

I watched as the abandoned house sits at the bottom of the hill. It felt like it was staring at me. I desperately to the front of the door, wondering if I could go in. I open the door. I heard the door creak. I walked inside, the wood creaking as I walk on it. It made me realise the ghosts were real. I was urging to go outside, but I just had to go in and see for my self. I saw a empty room. It felt like the empty room was waiting for me to go inside.

When I walked in I saw a black shadow following me. I looked around the room, wondering how the shadow came to be. The I carried on to look for things. There were staircases leading up to the second floor. I walked up to get a better look upstairs. I saw as the bedrooms were destroyed, bathrooms that had a strange smell. It smelt like someone died in there. I continued on and I saw a library room. I walked inside and heard a voice, looking around to see if the voice was real. I spotted a shadow again so I said "who are you" and "what do you want". It didn't respond.

Story Swap Task. Story Swap Task is an activity where two people have to be pairs. Mrs Anderson has to show a picture to us and we have to write a story based on that picture. But we have to write each sentence and the pair has to carry on the sentence. We had to do this under 15 minutes. The thing I took for this was realising my mistakes. It is very easy to spot other people mistakes but it is difficult to spot our mistakes. So this activity really helped us realise our mistakes.

Grid Challenge - Tim

Room 5 played a game which we called the Grid Challenge. First we have 2 dices. You have to roll both of them at the same time. The 2 numbers that come up are the numbers that will be the times table question on the grid. We have to measure out the grid. The Bigger number is the width and the smallest number is the length. The point of the game is to fill up your grid in under 10 minutes. When the time is up we have to count up the squares that we didn't use and see who got the least out of all of us. My partner was John and John won. I had 39 squares I didn't use and John had 16 squares that he didn't use. This is a very fun and educational way to help us with our times table. 

These are the results that John and I got. As you can see we filled it up a lot.

Revision Problem - Tim

Today I learnt how to solve a revision problem. I had to figure out some few strategy until I got the right one. I think I really like this strategy and I am ready to step up to the next revision problem.

CARE Award: 1 of 3 Inspirational Quotes - Tim

This is a inspirational quote form Francis of Assisi. This is a really good and inspirational quote 

CARE Award: Personal Passion (Soccer) - Tim

This is my google draw about my Personal Passion. I choose soccer because I really enjoy playing it. 

CARE Awards: Collage Showcasing Life at PBS - Tim

This is my Collage based aroud what we as students do here at Panmure Bridge. We do a variety of things like art, holiday celebrations, easter egg hunts, presentations, presenting, and of course we do school work. 

CARE Awards: Richie McCaw (Respected Leader) - Tim

This is Saruja, Tiare and I google drawing about Richie McCaw (Respected Leader). We talk about how he became a respected leader and when he was born. We did a ton of research on Richie McCaw. We all worked together and did a great job.

CARE Awards: Bullying - Tim

Today I did a presentation about bullying. I am pretty proud of my self, because I have a lot of experience, because I was bullied my self. I talk about bullying and 2 things you could to avoid bullying.

CARE Awards: Jim Carrey - Tim

Today Saruja and I, did a presentation about Jim Carrey being homeless. To believe that he is a successful comedic and actor, and to think when he was younger he was living in poverty. This was one of our CARE Awards tasks, to Research someone who has a positive attitude despite difficulties they have faced. 

Trip To PaknSave - Tim

Today Halatoa, Zane, Sebastion N, Affonso and I did a DLO about our trip to PAK n' SAVE. We talked about how we were running around the store to find the food or drink that we were looking for. Some Food Values were healthy and some were high in sugar. But first we had to find foods and the colour of it. Me and Halatoa realized that the banana had to be in the brown/white side because, we don't eat the yellow part we eat the white part of it. 

Run, Jump, Throw (Session 3) - Tim

Run, Jump, Throw (Session 3)

Today was the 3rd session of Run, Jump, Throw

Today’s lesson was throwing Shotput and Discus. In Shotput we learnt how to throw far, to throw far we had to have the shot put near your neck, to have more power when releasing. We only take away our shotput from our neck if we are releasing into the distance. In shot put, they don’t usually hold it in their hand, they hold it on their fingers. It is called Dirty Fingers, Dirty Neck and Clean Palm. We twist our body looking straight at what is behind us. We have our Chin, Knee and Toes align with each other, or chin - knee - toe all in a row. Having our elbows high will help make our throw have more power. Low to high - watch it fly. When we go low it helps us have a further throw when you are releasing. Watch it fly it watching what you have released. It is very important you have the dirty fingers, dirty neck and clean palm, because if we are holding it in our hand, it won’t be released further. Next up is Discus. We used a specific type of discus material which is rubber, to prevent us from injuries, from the metal. In discus, you don’t grip, because it will be harder to roll it on the ground, and will land flat. If you don’t grip it, then when you turn it over it should fall down, if it doesn’t that means you are gripping it and holding it in a wrong position. When throwing a discus, you have to stand sideways on a line, with your discus in your right hand or the hand you are comfortable with. Swing up the discus and clap so it doesn’t fall, because you are not gripping it. Bring it back, and with the shotput, have your Chin, Knee and Toes aligned with each other. Low to high watch it fly, fling it fast. When you have released, you already have to be in a ‘T’ Shape, because if you don’t it won’t fly straight, instead it will go to the side. Always remember to have your chin, knee and toes aligned to have a perfect throw when it is flying.

Careers - Tim

For our Careers task we had to make a DLO about what we want to be when we grow up. My 2 options came down to Flight Attendant and Architect. I really want to be one of those when I grow up and I have been influenced by a lot of people, and I always want to do what they are doing because it is so satisfying. 

CARE Awards: Respected Leader - Tim

One of our C.A.R.E Award task was to do a Presentation on a respected Leader. Me, Tiare, Saruja and Afu decided to do Tom Latham because we think he is a respected leader, and is a great role model. 

Vincent Van Gogh: Tim

This is a Vincent Van Gogh DLO that I did with Yvette, Courtney, Raymond, Junita, Paige, June and Afu. We did a timeline on his life journey, and a lot of big events happened. We also added some photos to backup the storyline. 

Speech: Tim

Good Morning, Everyone, I am here to discuss to you about the change of the New Zealand flag.

New Zealand doesn’t need a new flag, our current flag is fine, and I am here to state to you why our nation doesn't need a new flag.

Why does New Zealand even need a new flag?

Everyone needs to think about the people who sacrificed their life for us to have this freedom. They fought for this nation, they fought under the 4 stars and the Union Jack. All the risks that the soldiers took, all the hard work that put into making this Country, a better place. Won’t this break you heart to think, that these soldiers, did a huge favour for us, while the New Zealand flag was standing tall. The flag has a lot of meaning and tradition behind it. It has been around for decades, representing New Zealand at Sports Events.

Is It Necessary.  A lot of money is going towards a new flag for our nation. 25.7 million dollars. Think about how much this could do, for all the people living in poverty. The money can fix what has been damaged to Christchurch. It could help rebuild the structures that has been destroyed. This is a lot of money, and can help save a lot of people.

According to New Zealand Herald, 25% of people want to change the flag, and 70% of people are against changing the flag.

We are the nation’s people, we should have the right to make a decision about the New Zealand flag.

As the nation’s people, we should make a vote, to determine if New Zealand should change their flag. Making a vote will make the government re-think what they are doing to the flag.

Once again, New Zealand shouldn’t change the flag. Sacrificing, Defending, Fighting is going to be all put to waste. The government needs to think about what they are doing to the New Zealand flag. Do you think we should change the flag?