The Highwayman Summary

This week we have been reading the poem called the Highwayman by Alfred Noyes. It was written in 1913 but is set a long time before. The Highwayman was a British outlaw who would steal gold from people who were in carriages. His lover Bess would later in the poem take her life to warn her loved one about the soldiers who camped in her bedroom. When he found out about Bess taking her life he charged towards her residence where he was shot by the King's soldiers. Legend has it that when the moon is a ghostly galleon upon the cloudy seas he rides towards Bess's residence (an old inn) where he talks to her while she plaits a love knot in her hair.

Radius and Diameter

Today for math we were learning about radius, diameter and circumference. It was quite easy to answer because I've already learn a bit about this activity. The radius is the half of the circle and diameter is the half of the circle x2. The circumference is the measurement of the whole circle. I really enjoyed the game we played based on Radius and Diameter. One of the questions were if the radius is 3 what is the diameter. The answer is obviously 6 because you double the radius to get the diameter. 

Kiwi Can Reflecion

This week in Kiwi Can we were learning more about values and how we can use them in our everyday lives, we also talked about rules, why we have them and what they do. We had new teachers this week and their names are Mr Latu and Miss Paige. The theme for this term is respect. We also played two games, for one of them we were split into two groups and then needed to have a debate. And for the other one we needed to do an action for every number said so in pairs if one of us said one they'd need to clap at the same time, and for two it was a bow and three was a small kick.

At Panmure Bridge School we have many rules that is set to follow, these are just a few -

• No fighting
• No fizzy drinks
• No littering
• Not leaving the school grounds before 3 o'clock. 
• Being respectful towards the teachers/students
• No playing games during class

Why do we have rules in our school?

We have these rules to keep us safe, and these rules change who we were to who we will be in the future in a positive way.

Tech Reflection

Today was our first session of art for Term 4. Today were to finish off coloring or drawing our charity box. My charity box is based on helping people with cancer. In my charity box I have written things based on helping such as: Donate, Better Together, Give a little, help a lot and etc. We also needed to have a slogan on our charity box. My slogan is "Helping, Healing and Caring". We also played a game  that was based on 3D shapes. Examples of 3D shapes are cuboid, sphere, cone prism etc. For this activity there 3 games and for one of the game we were to see how many faces, edges, and vertices there were in the shape given. For example if the questions says how many vertices does a cuboid the answer will of course be 8. There are lives in this game and if you get a incorrect answer you loose 1 life. There is a maximum of 4 lives. I really enjoyed this game and hope to play it again next time. 

Niuean Language Week

This week is Niue Language week and for it we were asked to make an informative DLO about the language of Niue. In this DLO Fraidoon, Alex and I have included the days of the week in Niue, months, fruits, animals, numbers, and also some saying. All three of us enjoyed Niue Language Week. At the end when were finished our DLO we made a screencastify translating the Niuean language into English. I've learnt that Lanuali is January and Hana is Corn. I found this interesting because the words sound similar to the Tongan phrases. 

New Zealand Shakeout

Today at approximately 9:30, an alarm went off. The reason it went off is
because today is New Zealand Shakeout day. A Shakeout day happens once
every year, this year it was on the 18th of November at 9:30. This event is a
reminder for people who forgot or don’t know what to do during an earthquake.
What we learnt from this is, during an earthquake we have to drop, cover, and
hold. Which means, drop down, crawl under something that will protect you, for
example table, and hold on to any object that will prevent you from moving.
After the drill has finished, we were asked to created an DLO,
(Digital Learning Object) telling our audience what to do during an earthquake. I
worked collaboratively to create this DLO with Alex and Sanujan.