Friday Fun own Choice Cooking!!

On Friday the 22 of June, 2018 we did a tech challenge as normal. But this time we got to choose what we made, I was in a group with Ethan, Tyler, Nathan k and I. We made Cheese Burgers. I had lettuce, Cheese, Bacon and Meat Patty. It was Yum!

    

Taonga Puoro Reading Task

Space Timeline Reading Task

Space timeline Reading tasks.

Term 2 Weeks 5-6

Purpose of this reading activity is to: increase our knowledge of space
exploration and understand how our knowledge and ideas about space have
changed over time (science). We are also learning to read non-fiction texts and
use our writing skills to share our understanding of this topic and our ideas
(literacy). Throughout this task we will need to use the skills of ‘Thinking’ and
using ‘Language, Symbols and Text.’

Learning Intentions

I am learning to skim and scan text to identify the main ideas.

I am learning to locate the key sentences and questions in texts.

I am learning to use sub-headings to guide me to the main ideas in text.

I am learning to summarise the main ideas in the texts I read.

(from the Karoro Programme of work for Reading)

Success Criteria

I will be successful when I can show….

-I have have scanned text to find key ideas.

-I have summarised the main ideas from the reading.

-I have put my answers in chronological order.

Focus

We are looking at using non-fiction text to increase our knowledge in our science topic; SPACE.
Your aim is to read and understand the timeline reading and use this knowledge to complete the reading
activity below.

First, Read the timeline cards. Click here for the space timeline pdf

Second, We will discuss what you have read. This will be a good time to ask questions about anything
you are unsure of.

Third, do your reading tasks.

Fourth, complete your reading activity. Remember to proofread, check spelling and punctuation. Then
do a self assessment and a peer assessment. Check it with a teacher.

Reading Activity

View and read the space timeline on the classroom walls.
Think about how how our theories/ideas and understandings about the
universe and Earth’s place in it has changed over time.

Answer the following questions.

Your answers need to be full sentences.

After you have answered all the questions please put them in
chronological order (time order, oldest first)

1) What are two things that Galileo discovered? He Discovered Jupiter's
moons and the different phases of Venus. (1610)

2) Who discovered the first asteroid? Giuseppe Piazza discovered the
asteroid Ceres in (1801)

3) What was Sputnik 1? Sputnik 1 was the first satellite that was launched into
space (1957)

4) In what year was NASA founded? And what does NASA mean? NASA
(National Aeronautics Space Administration) was founded. (1958)

5) Who was the first woman in space? And where was she from? Valentina
Tereshkova became the first woman in space and she was from Russia. (1963)

6) Where did Mariner 4 fly past? NASA's Mariner 4 conducted the first flyby of
Mars. (1965)

7) In what year did Apollo 11 land on the moon? The Apollo 11 landed on the
moon in (1969).

8) What country launched Voyager probes 1 and 2 into deep space? America
launched Voyager probes 1 and 2 into deep space. They reached Jupiter in
1979 and Saturn in 1980 (1977)

9) What happened that led to all space shuttles being grounded for 3 years?
The Space Shuttle Challenger exploded after launch, killing the seven
astronauts on board. This led to all Space Shuttles being grounded for Three
years (1986)

10) When was the international space station completed? Construction began
on the International Space Station. The final part was finished in 2010. (1986)

11) How long did it take for the Cassini probe to arrive at Saturn? The Cassini
Probe took nearly 7 year to get to travel and landed in (2004).

12) What was interesting about New Horizon’s information about Pluto? Pluto
was fifty miles larger than at first thought. (2015)

YOUR OPINION

After reading this information...

1. Who do you think made the biggest contribution to our understanding of
2. space? Why? (summarising key ideas) Galileo Galilei because he made
3. the first telescope.

    2) What do you think was the most important machine or invention in
helping us investigate space? Why? (summarising key ideas) Telescopes
because without telescopes we wouldn’t be able to see lots of planets.

    3) What would you like to investigate about space? Why? I would like to
learn more about black holes because there really cool. I would like to learn
what black do to anything when sucked in. I like to learn more about
spaghettification.

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Self and Peer Assessment.

Self and Peer Assessment

Success Criteria

I will be successful when I can show….

-I have have scanned text to find key ideas.

-I have summarised the main ideas from the reading.

- I have put my answers in chronological order.

Success criteria 1: I have have scanned text to find key ideas (I have been able to answer the questions).

        

                          Achieved well      Achieved some Achieved little     Not achieved

Me
My partner

Success criteria 2: -I have summarised the main ideas from the reading.

      

                          Achieved well      Achieved some Achieved little     Not achieved

Me
My partner

Success criteria 3: I have put my answers in correct chronological order.

        

                          Achieved well      Achieved some Achieved little     Not achieved

Me
My partner	‘

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Friday Fun Soup and Scones

On Friday morning we were cooking Vegetable soup and scones. I was in a group with Jack, David, Alex and I. We worked very well together and finished the task in time.

My Planet Writing

Create and Describe Your Own Planet

Description writing task

Term 2 Weeks 5-6

Purpose of this piece of writing is to:

Learning Intentions

I am learning to use language features to make my writing
interesting and engaging for the reader.

I am learning to use topic-specific vocabulary.

I am learning to include Te Reo Māori words in my writing.

I will be successful when I can show….

-I have used some language features to make my writing
interesting and engaging (simile, metaphor, alliteration,
onomatopoeia, rhyme)

-I have carefully chosen some topic specific words to include in
my writing.

-I have used some Te Reo Māori

Focus

We are continuing to look at descriptive writing. This week you are writing a descriptive piece of writing
to promote your imaginary planet. You aim is to convince people to move to your planet. You want you
writing to allow the reader to be able to imagine what it is like on your planet.

First, we will look at an excerpt of a video describing the moon from the Avatar movie.
Click here to get to video= Pandora.

Second, we will discuss together what you will need in your work to make it successful and look at how
to plan our work. Then you will plan your work and check with a teacher before you start writing.

Third, do your piece of writing.

Fourth, complete you piece of writing. Remember to proof-read (check spelling and punctuation) and
edit (does it make sense? do you need to change any sentences?) yourself and with a buddy and fill in
your self and peer-assessment. Check it with a teacher.

My Writing

                                                 Mint

Mint is a Earth like planet. It is as blue as its own ocean. One day it will come
into our solar system. It is 2x bigger than the moon and contains 4x more
diamond and other ores than the ao (Earth) does today. If you were to take a
photo from a spaceship in space it would look like ao (Earth) and Oris.
Mint is much more matoke (colder) than earth because it is very far away from
the sun but is still hot because of how hot the core of the planet is.

We would need a spaceship to get there but because of its rain, it is really hard
to survive there and plus it rains non stop because of its tahuaroa (ocean).
Because of the rain, the ocean will fill up and cover all the land before it enters
our solar system. It would look really beautiful if it would stop raining.

                                                    

Mint is beside our Solar System. It has lots of trees. It is floating towards our
Solar System. When it enters our solar system it will not change the orbit of the
planets because it is too small.

To change the orbit of a planet it would have to be really big like Jupiter.
Because when our Solar System was young Jupiter came in our Solar System and because its so big the gravitational pull between the Sun and
Jupiter change the orbits of the space rocks caused them to collide with each
other and made the terrestrial planets, Mercury, Venus, Mars and Earth.

Mint is a life living planet. It has animals but no humans. It has plants and
dinosaurs, and many other wild animals. It has oxygen like Earth. Because it is
bigger than the Moon and smaller than the Earth, it has very well balanced
gravity.                          

The space crafts we have today would not go that far because it would take
light years to get there.

By Cailan

Cooking Chocolate Sponge Cake

On Friday morning we were doing cooking again. This time we were baking chocolate sponges. I was in a team with Jack, Tyler and Ethan. We got suck half way though, but we competed it in the end.  

Best Part of Me

   

                                         Best Part of Me 

My waewae are the best thing of my body and this is why I like my waewae.                               I like my waewae because they help me run as fast as a cheetah and as quick as lighting can go.

My waewae help me to go Mountain biking, my waewae help me to do this.

I like my waewae because they help me play soccer and score goals for my team to win.

I Love biking. I Love my waewae because they help me pedal my bike and go real fast on my BMX!

When I crash it’s fine Because I know they will mahu themselves. My waewae are the best on the West Coast of Greymouth.

               This is why my legs are the best part of me.

Friday Fun Cooking

On Friday we have an activity where we have a challenge to work in a team when the year 7 and 8's are at tech and the year 6's have a tech challenge. This time we were cooking. We were making pizzas and I was in a team with Rhys, Summer, Billie and me. First we had to wash our had hands, then we all went into the tech centre where the tables were. We got in our groups and then went to our tables. We got our paper that had our ingredients. There were onions, cheese, tomato sauce and ham. We had to great the cheese and cut the onion and cut the ham. Billie and Rhys were doing the base, they had to roll the dough and then Summer and I put the toppings on. Then we put it in the oven and done! We made a pizza!!