Dance group

This term and last term I was in the dance group for our C.I.P days on Wednesday. Last week on Friday the dance group performed at the Junior assembly. Unfortunately I was away that day but here is a video of the performance. We danced to the song cut to the feeling and this is what it looked like.

This is last terms dance and we danced to the song east side. When you watch the video you will see that I was in the front row and I was sharing a centre spot with someone else. Here is that video.

Last term when I performed with the rest of the dance group I was really nervous because it was my first time performing and I messed up at the end but it was still okay. 

I hope you have a nice day! 

Bye!

Digital tech

Aim/WALT:

• Research all 3 New Zealand Kaitiaki.
• Planning to make our game and whats its going to be about.
• Making our game.

These past weeks in digital tech we have been learning about our Kaitiaki in New Zealand and making a game, app or narrative. At the start of Digital tech we were learning about Tangaroa, Tane mahuta and Tawhirimatea. 

We have been doing stuff around coding so we knew how to make our game, app or narrative. 

It was really fun making my game and doing coding stuff on code.org and hour of code, I really enjoyed it because I learnt how to code. Heres a link to my game and my plan so you can play it.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vRZA4QG-5dzAU7H5YasGKlJNxTdsWuX3OQcfkNTeu_tdq8UZkjxfT0JfOPu5ffafa_ZoydU-CNDuI-l/pub  

Making our game we had an opportunity to use Gamefroot, Scratch and App Lab. I choose Gamefroot so I could make a game about Tane Mahuta. 

Making our games was very confusing because when we started we didn't know how to use Gamefroot so we were new to it. During the process of making our game, coding and learning about the 3 Kaitiaki, I learnt a lot about it. At first when we started it didn't go so well but when we got more into it it got a lot better. I learnt how to put different types of scripts on photos I found so it could be a collectable, so you can pick up the rubbish that is in the forest. 

There is a problem with pollution in forest and I am trying to teach people how to clean up after themselves and pick up heaps of rubbish so we can make the forest's a lot cleaner.

When I started making my game on Gamefroot I knew nothing about it because I haven't used it before. Now that I'm finished my game I know a lot more than I did when I started. 

The aim of my game is to collect rubbish to save the trees in the forest. You can also collect hearts as if they were a collectable to save the trees and get rid of some pollution to help the wild life.

If your were to make a game would you make your game on Gamefroot, App lab or scratch or any other site you can think of?

Helpful, thoughtful and positive comments

Today we had to create a presentation about helpful, thoughtful, and positive comments. I made my presentation on slides and this is what it looks like.

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1-I-WD0P8LumHe6_rUSbQ5iXvEGBmVoCz08hKNnwAcZ0

Did this help you make better comments? I hope it does.

Have a good day!

Stop Motion journey

Today is presenting day for our Stop Motion. Luckily we actually finished, it was a very stressful time. Our stop motion was called Jack and the bully and it is about a boy named Jack and he gets bullied by these other to boys named Nick and Hurculeys. We had a few choices on what to make our stop motion on and the choices were, Clay, Lego and Whiteboard. My group did a mix of Clay and Lego and it actually turned out really well. 

This is what our Stop Motion looks like.

Some of it might look a bit off but that is because it didn't have any text in it that's why there's background music. 

I hope you like our movie have you have a good day!

Maths DLO

In maths I have been working on a DLO about what my favourite maths strategy is. My favourite is the column strategy because it is really easy to use. Here is my DLO.

 

I hope you understand the strategy I used to make this DLO and it is helpful.
Have a nice day.
Bye!

Obstaball

In P.E we were making our own games, and today we played them with another group. Our group is Nici, Evelyn, Addyson and Shontelle. Our game is called Obstaball, because it is an obstacle including Netball and Football. We had to fill out a template about our game like the equipment, rules, instructions, players, scoring and object. Here is our template so you could play our game to. 

(Obstaball)

Written by: Nici, Hope, Shontelle, Addyson, Evelyn

Object	Our game is an obstacle that involves movement and teamwork. The aim is to go through an obstacle to get a goal and then once your team scores a go we go back through the obstacle and try be the first to win.
Players	Two teams with five players on each team.
Equipment	A netball hoop, Cones, Netball and Football
Scoring	To score a goal in a netball hoop but if you miss another teammate has to grab the ball after one bounce and it’s not aloud more than one bounce those.
Winning	Kick the football through a zigzag shape, Then passing between your teammate with a netball in a moving zigzag shape, Then try shoot the netball in the netball hoop but if you miss one of your teammates grabs it after ONE  BOUNCE, Then you pass in a line till you get to the zigzag where you kick the football again, And the people in your team that isn’t kicking does the spider/crab walk backwards, And once everyone in your team gets through the zigzag wins.
Rules	NO pushing the other teams players. NO missing and cheating on the obstacle. Play fairly. NO mucking around or sabotaging while playing the game, to make sure your team loses. NO speaking nasty to your teammates and the other teams people. MAKE sure you are supportive or your teammates and the other team. No kicking outside of the boundaries. No missing a player so everybody in your team gets a turn.

We got feedback on our game and the other group said that it was a bit confusing at the spider walk part, when they had to go back through the zigzag in a spider walk, but other then that they really enjoyed our game and had fun. When our group played there game it was really fun and enjoyable. What went well was that everybody had fun and they contributed to the game and had heaps of fun. Their game was a bit rough but it was still fun. There not really much I would would change but I would change the amount of player in each team because there were 2 teams of 3 and 2 teams of 2 it was a bit rough and there were a little to much people at once on the court.

CIP - Gardening

Today we got the choice to choose what we are going to do today for our CIP. The options were Gardening, Compost and Jam. Gardening means to go out to the back of the school and pick the weeds so that we can plant our little seedlings. I was working in a group with Addyson and Shontelle while we picked the leaves. Compost means to go out to the Compost area and flatten it so it could turn into soil. Jam is where you have to design labels or posters for the Jam that we made so we could sell it. 

I choose gardening so I was picking the weeds and it got really messy. My hands and knees were covered in dirt its was really gross, but I didn't really care. It was actually fun weeding.