Myths And Facts About Wolves

This week has been book week. We have had quite a few challenges based on the stories we read as young children. Our teacher Mrs Anderson has also set us a few challenges based on a few books that she read as a child. This one being Wolves. It is written by Emily Gravett, and illustrated by her too. This book explains and gives a few facts about wolves, and includes lovely images to paint a picture into your head. Our challenge, was to come up with around 5 myths about wolves, and then research them and see if they are true or false. This task could be done alone, or with a partner, so I chose to work with Alex.

Armistice Day: Illustration

This week we have been working on a activities that linked to Armistice Day. One of the activities was to re-create an image showing the end of the war. This task was to be done either individually, or with a group. I decided to go with the second option, so I worked with Alex, Jack, and Ofa. We had a lot of fun doing this activity, and hope to revisit something like it soon. This was not too challenging of an activity, but really got us challenged.

Sky Tower Visit

Today LS2, LS1 and room 5 were really lucky to go on a sponsored trip to the Sky Tower.  When we got to the Sky Tower we were split into two groups. Each group had a chance to go to the top. When we went there we were given a challenge. Our challenge was find out the unnamed landmarks around Auckland on a booklet that we were given. To help us out there were hints around the 51st floor. After that we were taken back to the bottom floor where we watched a ten minute video about the sky tower. Did you know that the Sky Tower is as heavy as 6,000 elephants. Are you aware that it took two years and nines months to build it. I want give a huge thank you Mr Bates for kindly sponsoring our trip. Without him we would have not been able to go on this fun and amazing trip. 

ASB GetWise

Today we had a visitor from ASB Get wise that came to talk about why it's important to save money. The visitors name was Jayden. First we were talking about how we can be smart with our money. I think if we work hard and save money, we can then buy even better things in the future such as houses and cars. After that we played a game, but we were first split into 5 groups and pretend we went to Fiji. We had a budget of $1,800 and was to spend it wisely on before we went to Fiji like our passport, the flights, accommodation, Insurance and the money we were going spend at Fiji for things such as food, groceries, and activities (like swimming with the sharks). There were a range of choices for some of the subjects such as flights had two prices. One price was $200 where you are in a seat that's uncomfortable or a flight for $700 where you have luxury seat and also food ordered to you. Our group (which was group 3) decided to take the cheaper options than the expensive which was a good idea. At the end we were happy because we cam 2nd.  

M&M Research

This week for maths we have been researching about M&M's with Mr Johnston. In groups we were to create a presentation with facts and informative graphs about M&M's. I found this task really fun because we got to explore new things and get creative with our learning. Everyone worked collaboratively and did an even amount of work. Jack also did some great drawings that links to our information. After finishing our presentation we had to present it to the class. I think we did really well presenting, but next time some of us need to speak up. The most interesting thing I found out was that when M&M's were first made they didn't have an M on it.

Dog Island Lighthouse

This week we have had Mr Johnston as our teacher in the absence of  Mrs Anderson and Ms Kirkpatrick. In this task we were learning about different lighthouses in New Zealand. My group was learning about the Dog Island Lighthouse. In my group there is Jack, Mele, Junior and Jay-don. I think everyone worked collaboratively and did a fair amount of work. I learnt that the Dog Island Lighthouse was built on the 5th of August 1865. Did you know that this lighthouse is located in between the South island and Stewart island?

M&M's

This week, LS2 have been using M&M's to solve basic maths problems. For this activity we needed to solve the problems in the the group we were split in. In my group there was Mele, Jack, Junior and Jay-Don.  I learnt that M&M's was made in March 3rd 1941. The hardest thing to solve this task was finding a percentage of each color. 

Food Tech

Today we had our 5th session of food tech with Mrs Tuipolotu. We were really excited to make muffins because this was our second time cooking it, and we know how delicious they are. We followed the 3 instructions that were compulsory which is follow the instructions, correctly measure the ingredients and being able to read the ingredients properly. I worked with Josh S to cook 12 chocolate chip muffins and we enjoyed cooking together. Thank you to Mrs Tuipolotu for teaching us how to cook Chocolate Chip Muffins.

HIIT

Today for our HIIT session we were doing something a bit different from what we usually do. First everyone needed to get into pairs and join up with another two pairs. In my group there was Mataio, Tiava, Zane, Lyric and Affonso. In this session we were going in a circuit doing push ups, pull ups and squats. Each person would do three sets of all the exercises. I found this session a lot better because everyone was getting puffed really fast and it also helped us with our upper body strength. Tiava and I really supported each other in during the exercises and made sure we were doing it the correct way. 

HIIT

Today for HIIT (High intensity Interval training) we were learning how to do a split squat, split squat pulse, split squat jump and jumping jacks (star jumps). I found the split squat pulse the most effective because I felt the stretch while doing it. Everyone was trying to get really puffed and get our heart rates to the red zone. I accomplished that because I was doing the exercise properly and did not get distracted. 

Fire Station Visit

As part of our inquiry this term we have been learning how the fire service helps our community. Panmure Bridge walked up to the Mt Wellington Fire Station. When we first arrived there, we asked questions. We learnt that if you call an ambulance there is a fair chance a fire truck might show up before an ambulance, but that is okay because they are first responders and know what to do. We then went outside and got to see the fire truck the the equipment in/outside of it. They explained to us that when people are stuck in vehicles, the firemen cut/destroy the vehicle to get the person out. They then demonstrated it with a vehicle, with nobody inside it. We then asked more questions. I learnt that they have different types of clothing for different types of jobs.

Rugby Union Inter school

Today was the Rugby Union Inter School. Each team was split up into groups. The year seven and eight's boys had four game. The first school we played against was Glen Taylor. We fought hard but we couldn't get our tackles right. The score was 0 - 17 to Glen Taylor. Then we had a bye. Our second game was against Glen brae. We had great runs and tackles but unfortunately we lost 10-17 points. Our third game was against Glenn Innes. Our defense and line outs were awesome. But sadly we lost 10-17. Our last game was against Tamaki Primary. They were a toughest team out there. We still fought hard to win but we lost. Losing our games didn't put us down. I think we were respectful to every team. But all that matters is that we had fun. Thank you to Mrs Caroline, Mr O and Mrs Ally.

2017 Production - Dancing Through The Decades

To celebrate the 60th birthday for Panmure Bridge School did a production. Each class had a decade that they had to dance from. In LS2 we have the 70's and 80's and our songs are I See Red, Staying Alive and Footloose. I was shocked when I found out that we had to dance to these old classics but at the same time I was excited. Before our dance we had 2 junior classrooms and the Kapa Haka group do there item. I was really nervous before going on the stage, but after we finished our dance I wasn't that nervous.