Digital Technolgy

For the past few weeks we have been doing our digital technology hurumanu. At the start of this hurumanu we had to either choose to work in groups or work by ourselves. I chose to work in a group with Myself, Shelby, Tasharn, Felicity and Ella. Our issue is that the rubbish that gets dumped into the ocean is affecting our aquatic wildlife, which is why we need to stop it. Our issue is classed under social and enviromental issues. We are going to use the sphero robots to get through a "under water" maze that me and my group made. Once we have finished the map I will post a photo of the finished product and also a video of us completing the maze.

PE Hurumanu

For the past few weeks we have been doing our PE hurumanu. In our groups we had to choose a sport and teach the class about that sport. My groups name is the Celtics and we chose Basketball. We showed our class this week and I think it was pretty successful because the class mostly listened to what we had to say except for when we told them they had to do lots of warm ups. I helped with the warm ups which were lunges, grapevines, star jumps and 3 laps around the gym. If I could change something the we should do next time I would pick a sport that we all know how to play. I learnt that Basketball is basically netball but you are aloud to dribble the ball. I also learnt most of the rules too so I could teach my friends and my brother. I think that this hurumanu was very fun and exciting for me and my class.

DMIC Maths

Today and Tuesday we worked with some new groups and Miss Birtch to do DMIC maths. The people in my group were Myself, Nykachia, Jullien, Jessica and Josh. We had to start with a warm up which was this:

We had to find the different patterns and name them. The actual activity was this:

The working out for this activity is at the top of the screen. First we had to read the work and understand what it was and get an idea of what it was. Then we had to work it out.

Playing To Win

This week we have started a new novel study. My group is reading Playing to Win which is about a boy named Denny Logan who moves to a new school and doesn't feel that he fits in. He wants to make it into the rugby team but his new friends don't think their coach will let him in. He also met this kid named Todd, and he doesn't particularly like Denny. Denny met this girl named Alice who he has taken a fancy to but so has Todd.

Personal Comment: Denny reminds me a lot of someone I know. So far it is a really exciting story to read and I would recommend it to everyone who likes a little bit of drama.

CIP Research

Today for CIP we had to do research on someone that is famous and always does something nice for someone. I chose Ellen DeGeneres because I really look up to her for everything that she accomplishes. Here are some pictures of my research.