Shakespeare

This week for Writing LS2 have been learning about Romeo and Juliet. This is one of Shakespeare famous plays. Firstly we watched a video about the story and then wrote a summary about it. We then turned that summary into 10 syllables. Our challenge for this week was to create a video, DLO or animation that tells us about the story but we could only choose one scene. Our group choose to do the Fighting scene because we found it most interesting. During the fighting scene Tybalt challenges Romeo to a fight but he doesn't accept it. So then Mercutio comes and but suddenly he dies. Romeo gets mad and then kills Tybalt. We used the app Chatter Pix to help create out videos and then used I movie to edit it.

PBS Sports Days

On Friday Panmure Bridge School had our Sports Days. Everyone dressed up in their colours. I was in team blue. We went around the school playing fun activities. Each team vs each other. Green came first, then blue, Yellow next and lastly Red. My favourite activity was the Sponge Relay because it was a fun challenge to trying to squeeze as much water out of the sponge. After everyone got to eat sausages for lunch. We then had our sprints. A well done to everyone that tried and congrats to everyone that placed somewhere.  Another big thank you to all the supporters and Mr Ogilve for planing our fun day!.

Kiwi Sport

This week for tennis we have been playing rally but with a partner. My partner was Victoria. On one side it was the champion side which only had two lives to try and win. On the other side was the side were partners would try to get 2 points and get to the other side. If you lost on your first try you would go to the back and line up. At the end of the game the champions would vs each other. Me and Victoria vs Jack and Karlos but unfortunately we lost.

The life of a shoe - Marieta

I knew today was the day. I glared at him as he picked me up and walked along with me. I could see the other pairs yelling out to me. It was dark and I didn't know what to do. Finally, I see light, I could feel his warm toes tickling the inside of me. My hair was being nicely tied up into pigtails. I felt like I was in a fashion show. We went along and I could see so many things! but suddenly as he took another step I couldn't believe what my eyes were seeing. OHH NO!! "splat" eww I felt icky and sticky. It tasted disgusting. I felt like I was  glued to the floor. My body shouted for help but no one heard me. I looked around and saw other pairs staring at me. I felt embarrassed as soon as I kept going. I can feel his sweat along my body as he stomps faster and faster. All of a sudden I see something yellow heading towards me. I close my eyes, I was too scared to see. As I slowly opened my eyes I felt clean and fresh. I thought to myself "that wasn't so bad after all".

This week for Writing we are learning about Personification. The meaning to personification is when human qualities are given to no-living objects for example " The chair ran using its legs ". I have created a story using the five senses. The five senses are: Taste, See, Feel,Hear and Smell. I choose to write about the life of a shoe. The challenge for today was to find a partner and face back to back. You were not allowed to talk to each other. One person would write one sentence while the other partner would check for their mistakes, then he or she would write a new sentence.

Reading Presentation

This week as apart of our reading Mele and I have been learning about Terrible Tudors. Together we have created a presentation about the Kings and Queens of England. Today we got the chance to present our DLO to the class. The person I found most interesting was King Henry VII ( Eight ) because it was very shocking to find out that he had 6 wives and he would divorce, behead or kill his own wives until he got a son. The reason he wanted a son was because he wanted to keep the Tudor line going. Once he had got his very own son which was Edward VI ( Six ), he sadly passed away at the age of 16 due to a disease called tuberculosis which is an infection on the lungs. In total he had 2 girls and 1 son. With his other wives he wasn't able to have children. The only wife that had survived was Catherine Parr ( Queen Consort of England ), this was also his last wife.

Transformation

This week for maths we have been learning about Transformation. Transformation means when you change something. This DLO shows all the different transformation you can do with shapes such as Reflection ( a mirror image ), Rotation ( turning something around ), Enlargement ( making something small bigger ) and Translation ( moving a object a certain distance ). Using the shapes tools I have created a basket. The challenging part was thinking of what shapes I could use to create the basket.

Film Festival

On Wednesday Panmure Bridge school went on a trip to the Manaiakalani Film Festival. It was a great experience. We saw all the amazing movies created by all the Manaiakalani cluster schools. LS2 took a younger student and looked after them until we started watching the movies. Our school made instead ads and the other school would guess what ad it was inspired from. I liked LS1 ad where Andrew taught us how to teach kids.

Kiwi Sport - Tennis

This term for Kiwi Sports we are learning how to play tennis. Tennis is like table tennis but you play with your body not your hands. This week we have been learning about how to volley. Volley is where you angle your racket a bit to the sky and the the net and you hit the ball, but you must count how many times you hit the ball without it touching the ground. The challenge was to try and stay still, hit the ball softly and beat the scores you got. Next we then had a rally where we see who would hit the ball properly. I think that I have improved from the last time I tried tennis. Next time I think that I should have the right body position. For this task I have created a comparison to a famous tennis player body position to mine.

Financial Literacy

This week for maths we have been learning about financial literacy. Our task for today was to play a game that revolves around a market day. We had 2 dices, one had numbers up to 6 and the other one had letters JB ( Juggling balls ) HS ( Hack sacks ) and BB ( Bungy Balls ). The purpose of this game was to helps us make a profit. Profit is the money you have earned.  My outcome was -$13 including the money I lost and paying for the stall.

Literacy Weaving

This week in reading, for the book, protests in NZ, we created a literacy weave. We chose 2 words from the book, to retell it. On the top and bottom, we added the pictures and in the 3rd and 5th boxes, we added the words. The words I decided to choose was Environmental and 2003 GE ( Genetic Engineering ). After making the literacy weave digitally, we printed it out, than weaved it together. To me, I think that the literacy weaving was fun to make.

Firework Saftey

Today Chavda, Fui, Nyjah and I created a firework safety presentation as today is Guy Fawkes. Guy Fawkes is a fun and special day celebrated by many people. Although, people from all ages should stay safe. We have listed 5 steps you should follow on this day. After creating the presentation we presented to LS1 and Room 5. 

Protests in NZ

Our summary- The history of New Zealand protesting started years ago. What were they protesting? One of the first New Zealand protests were between the Maori and Pakeha in 1881. Government were taking land for settlers - destroying fences to make way for new roads. The people of Parihaka used passive resistance to peacefully protest. The Women's Suffrage was a significant protest to New Zealand. Countries from all around the world in 1893, were discriminating and giving titles to women. It wasn’t an equal argument between men and women. Kate Sheppard was a brave woman who stood for her right and opinion. The petition had more than 500 pages and was signed by over 25,000 women.

Depression Riots 1932, A lot of people were unemployed and struggling. That's what made people think that the government wasn’t providing them with enough help and that's what started the protest. As Marches became Riots, messages became violence. A few months passing ahead, unemployed men fought with policies and smashed shop windows.


This week in reading, we read a book called "Protests in New Zealand". While reading the book, we did reciprocal reading as a group. This book is about all the protests that have happened in New Zealand, in the recent events, like women suffrage and the great strike. To understand more about the protests, we created a summary of it as a group.

Guy Fawkes - 1605

Since, Guy Fawkes is taking place soon, LS2 has been creating a number of different DLO's about the reason behind why we celebrate and who he really is. Marieta and I worked collaboratively together to find out who Guy Fawkes was and why he was an important member of the group. To add on we, also included information about his personal biography and interesting facts about his crime. Did you know that , St Peters in York does not celebrate this event ? 

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Tech

This week for tech the year 8 have been continuing with finishing off their designs. We are doing wood work with Mr Grundy. I used the a chisel and the mallet to cut off the wood to make a joint. I have  decided to create a phone holder for my brother because he needs something to hold his phone when he is watching a movie

Owning a dog

This week for maths we having been finding out life time cost for our pet dog. In my group were Mele, Avalon and Angela. The breed dog we choose was Border Collie. The life time cost for our dog was $65,839.60. We brought a leash, Bowl, Bed and a Lead for our dog called Coco Murphy Winston. We also had to buy the registration papers which were $70.00 per year,grooming and food. I found out that Queen Victoria loved Border Collies.