Inquiry With Troy

Description: In troys inquiry we did a food web, but not as you know it. Instead of it being about animals and their life, troy decided to use the food in our lunch box. So we started with a certain food I.e. Apple then you would go down of how it was produced.

Apple,Apple tree, Apple seeds, soil and sun

We got a piece of a4 card ( or we used our device ) and we drew out our very own food web................ This is my one :)

CMIYC-Defence

Description:

Every week we learn about skills and movement that will help us play sports. This term’s focus has been around defence. We made a video showing some of the goals we have been practicing. I have highlighted the thing I think I have done well YELLOW and one thing I would like to work on PINK.

Body:

WALT: Defensive skills and movements

Success Criteria:

Body Movement

• Weight on balls of feet
• Feet shoulder width apart
• Knees flexed
• Concentration and eyes on ball, head and eyes up
• Push hard off outside foot and go forwards to attack pass
• Quick small feet, stay on balls of feet
• Arms within confines of body
• Take feet to ball
• Land with a SBP

Intercepting

• Body angled to see player and ball
• Anticipate pass and player movement

Restrictive Marking

• Meet player as they start towards the ball/where they want to go
• stay close to the attacking player
• Head and eyes up, arms close to body to avoid obstruction/contact
• Angle body so attacking player is ‘pushed’ away from where he/she wants to go
• 0.9m from ball carrier

Evaluation: I think I did well in CMIYC because I can work well with a large group. Also I kept my body side in so I can see the ball and my partner. But I think I can work on flexing my knees abit more when I am defending my opposition. :)  

Feedback: I think you did well at the success criteria.

Feedforward: but next time I think you could try a run up. Hannah C :)

Discovery time

Description: in discovery time me and my friends decided to do some chalk drawings. I think I used creativity and insperation. Creativity because we could do anything. We really did use our imagination. And insperation because a lot of people decided to copy our chalk art work but in their different ways. Troy also gave me the idea of using leaves and chalk combined.

These are some of them: 

Chalk drawings by Olivia b ( that's me ) Rileigh-Kaye, Emma m and Sophie w 

They are outside the bathrooms next to room 14.  Please leave a comment, :)

Sea turtle

WALT inform

Description: In my writing group we watched a documentary about natures beautiful sea turtles. We had to make a complex sentence about these animals. We made this complex sentence using an independent sentence and a dependent sentence. This is my complex sentence.......

Dependent: A dependent sentence is a sentence that relies on another sentence ( such as an intependent sentence )

Independent: An independent sentence is a sentence that can stand on its own but it can still go with other sentences ( such as the dependent sentence )

Sea Turtle

My Mihi

Description:
A pepeha tells people about how you connect to a place. This is our Russell Street School pepeha.

Ko Ruahine me Tararua ngā maunga

Ko Manawatu te awa

Ko Kurahāupo te waka

Ko Rangitāne te iwi

Ko Te Ahu A Turanga te marae

Ko Russell Street te kura

Ko David rāua ko Victoria ōku mātua

Ko Olivia au

Two Stars And A Wish ( or is it )

Te Ahu a Turanga Noho Marae

Description: In week 7, we had an overnight stay at the local Marae in Woodville.  We were immersed in Maori culture and participated in a range of activities.  We set two goals to focus on during our stay.

 Big Idea:  

1.  Did you achieve your goals?  How do you know?

I achieved all my goals at the marae. I know this because I completed all the rotations and I joined in, in every activity they threw at me. Both my goals in my camp diary were achievable. 

2.  What are you most proud of from the marae stay and why? 

I am proud of staying at the marae because I have never, ever stayed in a building, sleeping over night with about 70 people. But even though It smelt like deodorant in one end of the room, and my bubblegum spray in the other half I still had fun.

3.  What challenged you the most and why?

The most challenging thing at the marae was waking up. I woke up super early (a bit earlier then usual on a school day ) with Rileigh-Kaye and we couldn't go back to sleep. So we just lay there waiting for maybe an hour and a half. Now that was challenging!

Transformation ( Ellys Geometry )

Description:  

We have been learning about transformation.  We have specifically learnt that...

• translation is when an object slides in any direction;

• rotation is when an object is turned around a central point;

• reflection is when an object is flipped and has a line of symmetry.

Our challenge was to design a car badge that contained at least one of these aspects of transformation.   

Feedback/Feedforward: Well done Olivia your car badge really does represent you with the O and the dog paw print the only thing I think you need to work on is making sure there are no misquito bites.

Grace.S :)

Evaluation: Next time if we do this again that I would want more time to make my circles perfect. Also, I think I could work on getting my lines, curves and corners EXACTLY the same...... My rushed colouring could of been better.

Why are there stars in the sky?

Purpose: create a story to share orally

Description: Oral storytelling is a Maori tradition. We have been planning our own story to tell on the Marae in Week 7.

-Between 1 and 2 minutes long
-Using your voice to make sounds effects
-Using your whole body to make actions
-Use your face to tell a story through facial expression
-Knowing the story, knowing the setting
-Get the picture into your listener’s head
-Stay in character - keep your composure.
-Audience participation

-Unique and original (Hook your audience)

Big idea: I think my story is about explaining how the stars are made and the story behind the stars creation.... I did not perform my story at the marae, but I did end up being recorded! :) 

I wanted to do my story about the stars because I love

Evaluation: I think I could of worked on interacting with the audience abit more, if I had the time.

Feedback/feedforward: I think you did well in presenting your voice and actions to the audience. I liked the way you were really confident when getting up in front of the audience. But I think you can work on interacting with the crowd a bit more. 

Jazmine :)

Star test*

We did a star test a few days ago. We did this to help us find a reading goal. After we got our tests back. We evaluated our scores. 1,2,3,4 and a total..... 45 is my total and I'm prepared to get better at my test, to get a better score.

I think my goal is to use prior knowledge to connect with the text. I will acheive this by searching through books and the dictionary for words I can work on. Since I am a voracious reader, I know most words but not all of them. But one thing I could work on is going through the answers, properly and carefully.