Te Ahu a Turanga Noho Marae

Description: In week 7, we had an overnight stay at the local Marae in Woodville. We were immersed in Maori culture and participated in a range of activities. We set two goals to focus on during our stay.

Big Idea:  

1.  Did you achieve your goals?  How do you know?

Yes because my job was to help cook dinner and I think that I did really well because everyone loved the meal.

2.  What are you most proud of from the marae stay and why?

I am proud of how well I went on the gorge walk and how I helped others.

3.  What challenged you the most and why?
The storytelling because I was really nervous about forgetting it or not doing it right.

My goals

Class photo

Triangles

Description: We have been learning about Geometry for Maths for the past few weeks. We looked at all the different types of shapes and in particular triangles. We have learnt that there are 4 different types of triangles and we created something to share our understanding about each of them.

Big idea:

Sides Angles

Scalene = 0 0

Isosceles = 2 2

Equilateral = 3 3

Right angle = 0 1: 90˚

My video: Here is the video I created with Georgia. We hope you learn from it!

Evaluation: I think that we did a great job at understanding the triangles and there sides and angles.
Next time I would add a bit more detail but other than that I think that we did a great job.

Feedback and feedforward: I love the way you present the different triangles. Maybe next time you could make your drawings a bit bigger. Ana

Storytelling

Purpose: create a story to share orally

Description: Oral storytelling is a Maori tradition. We have been planning our own story to tell on the Marae in Week 7.

Big idea: I think that I could add a bit more detail in my drawings so that I know what is actually happening in the pictures to make the story similar.

Evaluation:
I think that next time I could use more actions and capture the audience a bit more. Other than that I think that I did a rather good job and I made sure that I put myself in the pit.

Stuck on the escalator remake

Description: We made a movie that is about not showing agency. We want it to be like... Why didn't they just walk or ask for help? This is a take off from stuck on an escalator.

Criteria: (Content)

1. Video - 30 seconds long, time is limited.

2. Scenario - Show someone being stuck and not using the ability to act.

3. Clear Message - Short sharp clip. Can the watcher get the point of your video?

4. Unique - Coming up with something funny that gets a laugh

Swimming goals

Description:
This term we have been starting swimming. The reason for this is we have swimming sports an event we have every year where all the kids do races and fun swimming things to show off their skills.
To prepare for this we have taken a video of ourselves with a buddy and watched it back so we can see what we are doing ok and what we need to work on.

Here are my three videos.

Big idea:

My goal is to work on my body position during backstroke mainly the arms. I can do this by lifting my hips so that my body is flat across the water. I would like to achieve this by school swimming sports so that I can set my next goal for the rest of the term.

Date: 13/3/15

Evaluation:

 I think that I have really focused on my goal this term and my backstroke is a lot better.

My hips are lying flat with the water and by head is not lifted above the water. As a result my body moves through the water faster and glides better. I think that I have been really time sensitive with my goal and I have completed it within the time limit I had set for myself.

Maths test

Description:We had to do a stage 4 and 5 math test so we could find our starting point for maths.
I found out that most of the questions on my page weren't completed because of time.
I need to work on my knowledge.

Purpose: To find out what stage we will start on for maths.

Area of maths: Maths knowledge.

My test: (Below)

My goal is stage 5 how many.

I need to be able to recognize the same questions but turned around, as well as how many 10's 2's and 5's in a number. I would like to prove these by the end of next week so I can start my next goal.

I know that I can achieve this because I can now recognize where  two questions are the same.

I know I am nearly ready because I need to be able to do it in 3 seconds and I am not far off that.