Weaving a Tall Tale

This week l had chosen weather l would like to try flax weaving. Flax weaving is a traditional maori weaving you use flax which is a plant that is mostly know in New Zealand Maori. For this activity l had to chose weather l would like to try flax weaving. l think l would because it is apart of my maori culture. l think l would enjoy making my own Flax weaving because l enjoy learning more about the Maori culture. 

Something Smells Fishy

Fish Fact #1: The oldest known fish in the world is a 65 year old Australian lungfish - FALSE

Fish Fact #2: Sharks are the only fish that have eyelids - True

Fish Fact #3: Starfish are a type of fish. FALSE

Fish Fact #4: Fish communicate with each other by making low-pitched sounds (moans, hisses, etc) True

Fish Fact #5: Fish usually swim together in groups called ‘classes FALSE

This week l had to use my smart searching skills to find out if these 5 facts were real or fake. l tried to find out if these were real facts or fake. l think l got all of them right and used my smart searching skills good.

The Great Taupo Cycle Challenge

This week l was working on one of my Week 2 Summer Learning journey activity. For this activity l had to list three people l would like to have on my support crew if l ran the  The Great Taupo Cycle Challenge. l chosen Tom Boonen, Marianne Martin and Beryl Burton l picked these three people because they work hard for what they want and are good famous people.

Awesome Animals

This week l had to create my own beasts. Knowing that we have different kinds of animals in New Zealand we had to create our own beasts or animal. This is how mine came out. It is brown because it's dark, deadliness all around it. It has a big grin on it's face to scar people away and a red eye to scar people away from him to know not to touch him.

Living on the Edge

This week for l had to write a letter to my best friend or family member about my trip to tundra.

Greeting Angela l am having a great time in tundra it very cold her and there are a lot of mountains. The most thing l am exited to do is go Hiking in the Mountains. We are also going to be doing River Floating in the Tundra. It is so different to wear we live it is cold here and where we live it is hot. From Avalon

Blink and You’ll Miss It

This week for this task l had to answer question about weather l think that logging should be allowed in New Zealand and What l think about logging?  l had to list 2 reasons why. 

Why should't we have logging?  

1. l think we should't have logging in New Zealand because you have to cut down the beautiful trees in our wonderful land. 

2. They should't because l think it and destroying everything. 

Why should we have logging in New Zealand? 

1. l think we should have logging in New Zealand because people can make a lot of New house out of the wood. 

2. They should have logging because some of the trees can get destroys so they cut them down so no one gets hurt. 

What do l think about logging? 

l think that it is bad because you are destroying New Zealand and soon we will have barely any trees around. 

 

How to make Butter chicken

This week for the Summer Learning Journey for this activity l had to pick my favorite food and make a DLO that showed the Ingredients you would need and the steps. l added in the Ingredients and the steps to show others how to make my favorite dish. 

More than Meets the Eye

This week l had to imagine that l met Sir Edmund Hillary and l was interviewing him and l have to ask him 5 questions what would they be. These were the 5 questions l would ask him in person if l was interviewing him. What kind of questions would you ask him?  

1. Why did you climb the mountain?  

2.  Why do you like to explore a lot about wild? 

3.  Would you ever regret what you did? 

4. Why did you pick the spot you picked. 

5.  Were you scared to go the mountain.  

DOC Ranger

This week l was working on Being a DOC ranger. l was making a DLO to show the 3 Good things that would be great as being a DOC ranger and the bad things about being a DOC ranger. l wrote down the things that would be great and the bad. l would like to be a DOC ranger because l can help and teach others about animals and how to look after them.

Giants Among Us

This week I needed to deiced if i wanted to see Tane Mauta I would like to visit him because this is apart of a Maori Legend and because l am from New Zealand. I known that Tane Mauta was the father of the earth, and the mother of the earth hineahuone and that is the Lord of the forest. l made this DLO to show that if l would like or not want to go to see Tane Mahut in real life. l added facts even tho we didn't need to put l thought l would add in something extra. l also added in a image of what Tane Mahut looks like. Would you like to go to see Tane Mahut in real life. 

Digital Footprint

This week l did my 3rd task for the Summer learning Journey. For this DLO l wrote down the steps for being Digital Footprint safe when on devices. The first thing l did was l made a copy of the footprint and wrote inside the steps to keep safe when on device. Make sure to be safe when ever online or any devices and follow these simple steps. l enjoyed making this DLO because l could teach others how to be more safe online. 

What is special about where you live

This week l was working on my 2nd task for the Summer Learning Journey. For this task l was talking about what is special about where l live. l wrote down something to explain What is special about where l live. l like where l live because everyone is quite and their are not that much gang stuff around our area. l added images of what my community looked like and my street. l think l have done a great job and have told the truth about my area. That it isn't perfect everyday it is quite and sometimes people have bad things. l hope you enjoy my blog post about What is special about where l live. 

The Legend of New Zealand

1. New Zealanders are also called kiwis but kiwi is not a fruit. It is New Zealand’s native flightless bird.

2. Queen Elizabeth II is officially Queen of New Zealand, represented in the country by a Governor General.

3. The largest city in New Zealand is Auckland although its capital city is Wellington.

Today l started the summer learning Journey my first activity was to find 3 facts about the The Legend of New Zealand l added images to show Auckland. l enjoyed finding out more things about New Zealand. l started off with finding 3 facts off the website and adding images.

Where in the world am I?

Today me and mele were working together to on this DLO. The first thing we did was made a DLO this was a challenge to use our researching skills. These sidles will talk about different kinds of places in the world. The first sidle talks the opera house in Sydney Australia. We had to add 5 intresting facts about the  opera house and answer the questions. They were 10 places altogether they were called Taj Mahal in india, Mona lisa in france, The leaning Tower of pisa in italy and many more. l added in the images and mele wrote down the information. l enjoyed making this because l could learn more about other countries. We worked as a group to make this all happen before lunch and we did l think we worked well together.

Richard Pearse

This week we were making Animations that talked about a  kiwi person that infected something. l was working with Savelina, Angela, Brooklyn and Joshua. We were all working as a group to make the animations in different boxes we all drew different kinds of things. l drew the aircraft, Grass and the farmer house. l enjoyed making this with my group because we could tell others about Richard Pearse. Facts about him he was the very first person that infected an aircraft it took him a very long time to build it and a lot of planning. l liked how we drew the images to tell the story 

5 City Sails

This week we were making 5 DLO's about Auckland city sails. The first activity l did was create a sign that Welcomed people to Auckland. l drew all this myself. The first thing l did was draw the palm trees with the tools on google draw. l then drew the sky tower and at the end l added all of it together and this is how it came out. l think l created a perfect sign to welcome people to Auckland. My Favorite part of the sign was the Sky tower. My next activity was Making the recipe for the Anzac biscuits. l added the Ingredients you need and the Directions to make Anzac Biscuit. l added some images to show what they are suppose to come out like. l learnt a lot about this because  now l can make my own Anzac Biscuits at home myself. The next activity we did was l had to research 5 different places on a map. Different sidles have different kinds of places on a map. The next activity l did was we had to pick where we would live and why. l picked Great Barrier Island because it had great sea views and more. The next activity l did was l had to locat 5 places on a map that were adventures in auckland l enjoyed making this because l could locate places. The last activity l did was make a collage of images to show different places in Auckland all of the places l picked l have been. l think these places are great to go to with family and enjoy. 

What is Steampunk art

This week we were learning about Steampunk art. Steampunk art is a type of history that was used in the 19th century. First we had to research what steampunk is and find a image to draw. l find a image of a heart that was mixed with steampunk art. l started with drawing out the image and making sure it looked great. This was based on how the Victorians used steampunk back then and now. l drew my image then digitally drew it on a goggle drawing. l also created a DLO with Angela to talk about how the Victorians did washing back then. It was interesting learning about how hard it was to do washing.     

Manaiakalani Leader Speech

Manaiakalani Leader Speech

Hi, my name is Avalon and l would love the opportunity to be your, Manaiakalani
Leader for 2019. It would be an absolute privilege and honour to become one of the 2019
Manaiakalani Leaders because l know I can help and inspire students to learn more about
digital learning. I have tried really hard this year to become more confident in my learning
and have made the most of all my learning time by participating fully. Over the last few years
I have shared my learning with teachers and have presented in front of my class, and to people
who visit our classroom.  I have received my silver Respect and Excellence and Innovation
badges this year and am working on my Attitude badge. I wear these badges, along with
my uniform, to show pride in myself and our school. I enjoy commenting on my classmate's
blogs because I can make positive, thoughtful comments to help them with their learning.
I also try really hard to reply to comments l have received. This year I have posted 160 blog
posts which as you know means I have shared my work 160 times with my global audience.
I have 775 blog posts altogether and this year received my Panmure bridge 500 blog post
badge. I try to help younger students inside and outside of class whenever possible with their
learning, and really enjoyed teaching room 4 how to post their work on their blogs.
I know that finishing my work is important and this keeps me focused. I always post more than
5 blog posts a week and hope to receive the PBS 1000 blog post badge by the end of Year 8.
My goal is to become a Manaiakalani Leader by the end of this year for 2019.
l promise to represent our school in a positive way and would love to be a part of the
Panmure Bridge team who showcase their learning when we have visitors.
This is why l want you to consider voting for me to become manaiakalani leader for  
Panmure bridge 2019.

Thankyou

Today we shared our Leader ship scripts for people to vote for us. We as year 7's got up and read out our speech's we were all excited put scared at the same time. I was so scared put l gained the confidences to read out my speech to the school leaders and some of the year 8's. l was so happy with how my speech came out and how l got to share my potentials with everyone because l can tell and show people that l can be trusted inside and outside of the class. Everyone made a goggle sidle of images to show people what l do to help our school. l think l did a great job with my speech.