Water Filters

This term for inquiry we have been focusing on STEAM. Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Maths. We have been completing a number of activites to do with STEAM. One of my favourite one's was creating catapults and firing them at a target. For the past few weeks, LS2 have been talking about the amount of water that the world has used. For the activty this week, we were asked to create water filters, by using water bottles. Our goal was to transform dirty water into clean water. Above Nyjah and I have created a DLO explaning what we did to make these, especially the materials that we used. 

RWC 2019 Backpack

Since the Rugby World Cup is being held in Japan, LS2 have been completing a number of RWC activties to support this event that is going on around the World. We have been learning, to identify persuasive langauge features in advertising. Above shows the advertisment poster that Marieta and I created about the merchhandise that we chose to sell from the RWC shopping online site. We either chose to sell the hover bike/ a RWC merchandise.Marieta and I decided to sell the Canterbury backpack. 

Rugby Pitch Problem Solving

Since the Rugby World Cup is being held this year in Japan, LS2 have been completing a number of activites based on the Rugby World Cup. Today we worked out the measurments of a Rugby Pitch. Angela, Marieta and I worked collabrtively together to work out the maths questions. The strategy that we used the most was the Place Value colunms, because it helped us  through everything, especially when using the long multiplication strategy.Above shows a DLO of our favourite world problem/strategy. Feel free to comment down below your answers. 

Question: 
A rugby pitch has an area of 5400m2. What could the dimension of the filed be?

2019 Rugby World Cup Stadium Capacity

Since the Rugby World Cup is being held this year in Japan, LS2 have been completing a number of activites based on the Rugby World Cup. Marieta, Sakina and I worked collabrtively together to work out the maths questions. We worked out the answers, using different stragities and at the end, we would found the best/easiest strategy to use. Above, shows the DLO that my group and I created, using one of  our favourite maths questions. We have also showed how we worked it out and why.

Question: 
Tokyo Stadium is only 3/4 filled. How many people attended the match? 

Te Wiki Te Reo Maori

Since this week is Maori Language week LS2 have been completing a number of activites to include the language of Maori. Above shows the activity that I completed on my own. It shows the national anthem, colours, numbers and phrases in both English and Maori. Did you know that each Maori tattoo has a meaning behind it and that Maori is one of the youngest cultres?

My Favourite Cultral Celebration

'Let me tell you about… the Heilala Festival that I celebrate. This is one of Tongan's most important festivals ever, because it is also known as the King's birthday (King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV). We celebrate this event, by creating, items, performances, clothes and many more. 

Every year, we have young contestants who showcase their talents through beauty and knowledge. People in the villages usually parade around the city  just to show their love and support . This year Yehenara from Hawaii was crowned as Miss Heilala, 2019. Island creations and colourful sarongs are showcased on a specific night, during the 2019 Miss Heilala Pageant, at the Queen Salote Memorial Hall. This year it began on July 22nd, 2019.

This takes place in Tonga, Nukualofa. Each contestant showcases their own performances that retell the story of their lifetime. Most of them usually present a tauolunga, which is a traditional dance that Tongan's do when a special event has taken place.  LI: To understand how and when to use commas. We use commas when: we write a list, seperate dialogue, before any FANBOYS, a city/suburb, date/year, introductory words and a rest in a sentence ( complex sentence/join ideas). Today our challenge was to write about our favourite cultral celebration using 5 - 7 - 10. 5 minutes to write, 7 minutes to share/edit with a buddy and 10 minutes to continue writing.

Exploring International current events

Each day, newspaper editors around the world must make desicions about which stories they will run. We explored the different types of current events that are happening around the world. We thought about why the story made the news and plotted the location on a google map. Marieta and I worked collabritively together to find articles that realted to these groups. The most interesting article that we found out was,74 year old lady gives brith to twins to set world record, which took place in India.