Evaluation

Today for reading rakino groups task was to make an evaluation about the text read. The story was called Harry's war. In our dlo we were to write a summary, facts and questions that we had after reading the text. I think our groups worked really well and everyone contributed in the work. I learnt that Harry never fought in the war. 

Lung Capacity

To compare the ling capacity of students in LS2, we used one breath to blow up a balloon. Then we measured the circumference if the balloon in cm. After we could graph the results to compare them. Did you know that four people had the lung capacity of 50 cm? You can also see that Julian has the biggest and Avalon and the smallest lung capacity.

Sailing

On Wednesday some students from Panmure Bridge School were lucky enough to get a chance to sail a boat. We were taught how to put together and put apart the boat. Ofa and I did really well with all the instructions. Maria and Simon were the instructors. If we needed help with anything we would ask them. In the boat there were two parts that needed to be controlled. I was the person to sail and Ofa was steering the boat. My favorite part of the day was playing the games with my mates. Thank you to Mr Johnston, Ms Kirkpatrick and Mrs Colanbrander 

The Unfinished Drink

This week for reading we read a poem that was about man named La Tour Mollet d'Auvergne (Ted). The poem we read was a narrative poem. A narrative poem is a poem that tells a story. The story is mainly about Ted never coming back home to finish his beer bottle. On the final day before he left to war he was drinking beer but he did not have time to finish it, so he told the publican "Don't break it or sell it, just keep it in store, and we'll drink it when I come back home from war." But that didn't happen because he died. This poem made me feel sad and happy because the publican kept his promise and sad because the man died.

Skating

As part of Kiwi sport this term, LS2 was given a great opportunity to do skating. The instructor Puna helped us how to stop our self from falling over, how to get up and etc. After practicing our skating abilities Puna held a race for us. There was 4 groups that raced and the winner of each group went to the final. Unfortunately I could not make it first in my group. The top skater of all groups was Zane. At the end we were lucky enough to get VIP passes to Skate land so we can improve our skills.

Hineahuone

For this term our inquiry topic is about the Human body. Our first task was to create a storyboard about the story of Hineahuone who was the first women and world created (based on the Maori Beliefs). I worked collaboratively with Ofa to create this and we did a amazing job together. Before creating anything we were to sketch note on paper. We did this by drawing symbols of what the story was talking about. For example if the story had the word jump in it we would probably draw a person jumping or a arrow going up. It was a bit challenging but we got the hang of it at the end. After sketch noting we were to read our symbols and try and read out the story. Finally we were to create a storyboard that about the story.

Shaun Tan's Quote

This week LS2 have been doing a Sophisticated Picture book study. The book we were focusing on was called Memorial. The book was about memories that have been past down by generations of a family. For this we were to listen carefully to the story and learn what its about. The slide above is about the Illustrator (Shaun Tan) and his quote about the story. After reading quote we were to write what the quote means and give examples from the story. Click on this link to see our presentation about the book.