Celebrating the Summer Learning Journey

 L.I: To celebrate our PBS SLJ participants.

When doing the Summer Learning Journey I really enjoyed the activities set and also had fun doing enjoyable challenges from Nano Girl. Today I got a certificate for participating in the SLJ. The two members from SLJ Mrs Grant and Miss Paleti presented the prizes to us. Congrats to Sakshi which who was - PBS top blogger, top commenter, and top blogger for manaiakalani.

There was only four speakers and the people who got it was - Te Raumati, Chisa, Heavenly, and Bella. Our School was top school for the Summer Learning Journey. 

I was happy that our school was top school for SLJ and hope we win again next year.

PB4L - Behaviour On The Bus

L.I: To have good behaviour when on the bus.

For this activity we made a DLO of how to behave on the bus. We could make a video or just write the sentences down. When doing the DLO we couldn't use words like no, not or dont/do not.

When getting onto the bus we have to make sure that we are thanking the bus driver when exiting the bus and entering the bus. When going to or on the bus make sure you are lined up sensibly.

I found this activity fun because we got to share our ideas.

For The Ancestors

L.I: To understand the reciprocal reading process.

Our activity for reading was summarising a text. The text is called For the Ancestors. It's about a girl named Matalena who wanted to carry on her fathers legacy by proving that she a good leader. To show that she was a leader she needed to get a tattoo. In Samoa the word for Tattoo is Tatau. Matalena wanted to get a Tatau called the Malu. A Malu is a traditional Samoan Tatau that is only used for females. The Malu is supposed to represent their strength, caring and softness. In the story Matalena avoided getting a Tatau because she was nervous. Later in her life she started to regret not having a Malu. She then went to get one because her father died and she wanted to carry on his legacy.

Throughout the book our group (Kea and Kakapo) grabbed keywords from the book and put it on a piece of paper. After that we put 20 words from our keyword list and put it on our DLO. Then we had to choose 6 important words out of the 20 words. Finally we made sentences out of our 6 words. Those 6 sentences basically summed up the book.

This activity was quite fun because I could relate to some of the things in the book because I'm Samoan. I think me and my group did a good job with the summarising. 

About Me - Ko Wai Ahau?

 Malo lei lei, my name is Spelman and I am 11. I am Samoan and Tongan. I have two sisters. I enjoy going out to places with my family and also like the music my parents play in the car. My favourite subject at school is reading. My favourite sport that I enjoy is Rugby. I love eating Carl Jr’s but, I mostly like eating my mom’s cooking. One of my hobbies is to play on the playstation with my friends but, out of all my hobbies my favourite is bike riding with my dad. My goal is to complete my hard work this year and take risks.

 LI: To make a DLO about being cybersmart.

This week for cybersmart we made a tutorial to show how to bookmark websites. There are two ways to bookmark, one way is to click the star on the search bar. Then click done so you can show up on your bookmark bar. The second way is pressing ctrl + d, then do the same thing.

This activity was enjoyable because we got to teach others about how to make a new tab.

Cybersmart

L.I: To get motivated and concentration for me to learn about PB4L.

Today for our home learning  we did our PB4L in this activity we maid a DLO about keeping safe when there is a fire alarm.Why is it important to let the teacher know you are going to the bathroom, why is it important to use hand sanitizer, what to do when a fire alarm goes off and why is it important to let the teacher know before you leave the classroom. 

One reason why it's important to let the teacher know you're going to the bathroom, because if you don’t it could cause many problems. Like if there was a fire alarm the teacher wouldn’t know where you are, which would make your teacher and your parents worried.

This activity was fun and cool. We had a really enjoyable experience doing this task.

Thousands Number Bank Challenge

First before starting the thousands number bank I started doing my keeping clever slides. I did all three, in one of the activities we had to write the numbers using words.

In the number bank challenge there we could only used the number that was wrote for us. There was questions and make sure it was correct. One question in the number bank was: what is the smallest four - digit number you can make that has 6 in the one place.

I enjoyed this activity because it shows me that I can do higher numbers.

Giant Pandas

 L.I: To use our smart searching skills to find information about the Giant Panda.

First we used our smart searching skills to find information about the Giant Panda. We noted down where they live, their threats, and what they eat. Also we wrote down facts we found. We used our notes to help us with the DLO that we created. 

We found this activity fun because we were researching together to find information about the Giant Pandas. It was a really enjoyable experience with each other.

What we found quite hard was not understanding what to put in the DLO but we got help from our amazing teacher Mrs Anderson.

We enjoyed collaborating together and getting the note making finished.

We found three facts interesting. One fact that we found interesting was that Giant Pandas are carnivores but their diet is like herbivores. The next fact we found interesting was that pandas have to eat 20 to 40 pounds of bamboo so they can get by(manage with difficulty to live). 

 L.I: To create a DLO that tells others about tatau.

Today I made a DLO about my cultures tattooing. I used my smart searching skills, I needed to out find what tattoo is in Tongan and samoan, also the meaning. There is a picture showing of what a Tongan tattoo is. Tattoo in Tongan is tatatau and tattoo in samoan is tatau. The tattooing represented the individuals love, loyalty, to their family or 'aiga, and the new responsibilities they had to bear. The Tongan tatau represented Tongan society and the journey of the Tongans past, present and future.

I found quite hard was to find the meaning because there was website that didn't have the meaning of the  tradtional tatau. A fact I found interesting was in Tonga, tattooing was a vibrant part of the culture until the early 1800s. I enjoyed this activty because I learnt new things about tattooing in my culture.

Cultural Art

L.I: To create a piece of cultural art.

Inspired by art creations by Raku Inoue we went outside and collected leaves, twigs, and other plant debris to create our own cultural pattern or symbol. I thought of making a butterfly for my creation. I collected two big leaves and two small sized leaves. I also collected 6 regular sized yellow dandilions, one big yellow dandilion, one meduim sized stick, two small sized sticks.

I found it quite hard was getting a medium sized stick because there mutiple of large sticks and small sized twigs. I enjoyed this activity because I get to show my creation and show people that they can make a creation of there own. An interesting fact I found out about Raku Inoue is that you can be really creative of what the things you are making.