Cooking Nachos

On Friday when the year 7's were at tech the year 6's did more cooking but this time we got to choose what we cooked. In my group was Me, Korban, Charlie, Lily, Nathanael and we choose to cook Nachos. In this challenge we had to bring the ingredients for the Nachos. We all worked together and helped each other to get it done. In the end it tasted delicious.

 

Taonga Puoro

In Room 7 we are learning about Maori musical instruments for Matariki. I did a slideshow about what I learnt. Here is my work.

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)

5) What are two things that Galileo discovered? Galileo discovered Jupiter's moons, lunar craters and different phases of Venus. 1610 ✓

9) Who discovered the first asteroid? Giuseppe Piazzi. 1801 ✓

2) What was Sputnik 1? The first satellite sent into space and first satellite to send back signals from space. 1957.✓

3) In what year was NASA founded? And what does NASA mean?In 1958 NASA was founded. NASA means (National Aeronautics and Space Administration). 1958.✓

6) Who was the first woman in space? And where was she from? Valentina Tereshkova and she is from Russia. 1963.✓

4)Where did Mariner 4 fly past? The Mariner 4 flew past mars. 1965.✓

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

10) What country launched Voyager probes 1 and 2 into deep space? America launched voyager probes 1 and 2. 1977 ✓

8) What happened that led to all space shuttles being grounded for 3 years? The space shuttle challenger exploded killing seven astronauts on board. 1986 ✓

11) When was the international space station completed? The

final part of the international space station was completed in 2010.1986✓

1)How long did it take for the Cassini probe to arrive at Saturn? It takes nearly Seven years to go to Saturn. 2004. ✓

12) What was interesting about New Horizon’s information about Pluto? NASA’s New Horizon’s arrived on pluto after travelling for nine years and a distance of 4.6 billion miles. Data showed that Pluto is fifty miles larger than was first thought. 2015. ✓

YOUR OPINION

After reading this information...

1. Who do you think made the biggest contribution to our understanding of space? Why? (summarising key ideas)

I think Galileo Galilei made the biggest contribution to our understanding of space because he made the first telescopic observation of the night sky and discovered Jupiter's moons, lunar craters and the different phases of Venus.

  2) What do you think was the most important machine or invention in helping us investigate space? Why? (summarising key ideas)  I think a rocket ship was the most important machine or invention in helping us investigate space because it can be built to go as many miles, go as fast as astronauts want it to go or last as long as astronauts want them to last.

   

3) What would you like to investigate about space? Why?

In question number 8 how did the space shuttle explode and do creators of the spaceships, rockets and space shuttles ever test the space shuttles just in case it does explode.

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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Cooking Soup and Scones

On Friday when the year 7's were at tech the year 6's did more cooking. We cooked Soup and Scones. The people in my group was Me, Korban, Charlie, Nevey and Lily. The boys cooked the scones and the girls cooked the soup. In this we were trying to achieve working together and flowing a recipe. I found this challenging.

    

ZooTropic

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 your 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.

ZooTropic is half ngāhere (bush) and half tropical. It has 8 moons, it is the only planet in the solar system that has ngāhere (bush). It is in a solar system called SunTropics. SunTropics is 1,000,000 kilometers away from our solar system It takes 300 days to get to ZooTropic from Earth. Zootropic has a diameter of 1,000 kilometers.

Zoo

The Zoo part of the Planet has a lot of big ngāhere (bush) for tramping, hiking,
camping, making tree huts, hunting, and a lot more. There are a lot of kararehe
(animals) but not normal kinds of kararehe (animals) because they are weird
looking. The kararehe (animals) on the ngāhere (bush) side are all bush
kararehe (animals). The kararehe (animals) are almost as weird as the
Kakariki (green) people. All of the kararehe (animals) are two animals joined
together. My favourite combined kararehe (animals)  are the wolf combined
with a giraffe. Most people are really freaked out by the animals but they are
actually very friendly.

Tropic

The Tropic part of the planet has beaches and palm trees. The tropic side is
perfect for swimming, building sandcastle and just relaxing. There are reefs to
go scuba diving, private islands to spend a day on a small beach with only
your family.The sky in the morning are like galaxies in outer space the people
on the tropic side are yellow. The animals are all sea creatures like dolphins,
turtles, tropical fish and more. The waves are as pretty as the fish in the sea.
On the Tropic side you can catch a space shuttle to Morta (Korban’s planet).

How to get there/Lifestyle

To get to ZooTropic you have to travel in a Rocket. It takes 300 days to get to
ZooTropic from Earth.

In ZooTropic the lifestyle is the exact same as Earth’s but there is two
differences on both sides of the planet. The differences on the ngāhere (bush)
side is the people are green and the animals are two combined. The
differences on the Tropic side are that the people are yellow and there are only
sea animals.

For all of these reasons you should come to ZooTropic.

The End

By Phoebe

Cooking Chocolate Sponge

On Friday when the year 7's were at tech the year 6's did cooking. We were cooking Chocolate Sponge. In my group was Korban, Nevey, Lily and Me. We had to work together and to show if we could follow a recipe. It was really fun.

 

Best Part Of Me

Best Part Of Me

Learning Intentions

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

I am learning to think carefully about the words I use so that my writing is descriptive and engaging for the reader.

I am learning to add an appropriate visual to my work

I will be successful when I can show….

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

-I have carefully chosen some interesting words to include in my writing

-I have some descriptive words in my writing (adjectives)

-I have added a photo to my writing

My Brain

The  best part of me is my brain. My Brain Controls my whole body, it controls my whīra (feelings) too. It tells my manawa (Heart) to pump karukaru (Blood). My Brain is like a machine it is the one thing that keeps my body alive. It is hard to be a brain because it has to think of all the reason and answers for work. It's also hard because while doing sport and learning it is keeping my body ora (alive). That is why my brain is the best part of me.

Cooking Pizza

On Friday after the year 7's left for tech the year 6's did some cooking. We cooked pizza. First Mrs Gully put us in teams, my team was Jack, Alex , David and Me. After we were in teams we made the base and then we put on the toppings. The toppings were Tomato Paste, Onion, Ham, Pineapple and Cheese. Then we put it in the oven to cook. Here are some photos.