Mrs Gren

For his term for inquiry we have been learning about the human system. I created my own completed DLO about the 7 living process of Mrs Gren. Mrs Gren is a acronym that helps us remember 7 living process which are: Movement, Respiration, Senses, Growth, Reproduction, Excrete, and Nutrition.   

Ls2 Lung Capacity

To compare the lung capacity of students in Ls2 we used one breath to blow up a balloon, then we measured the circumference of the balloon in cm. Then we could graph the result to compare them. 



Julian got the most lung capacity blowing a balloon.
Avalon got the lowest lung capacity blowing a balloon.
I was the only student who got a lung capacity of 54 blowing a balloon

How to survive an cow attack

Today for reading I made a completed DLO about How to survive a cow attack. To complete this activity I read a article called How to Prevent a Cow Attack. I managed to find some images of 2 cows and also 3 interesting facts about how to survive a cow attack.

The story of Hineahuone

For this term we have moved from searching about the Winter Olympics to learning about the body system. Our first task was to create a storyboard about the story of Hineahuone who was the first women to be created (based on the Maori Beliefs). I worked collaboratively with Joshua V and Joseph to create this and we did a amazing job together. Before creating anything we were to sketch note on paper. We did this by drawing symbols of what the story was talking about. For example if the story had the word jump in it we would probably draw a person jumping or an arrow going up. It was a bit challenging but we got the hang of it at the end. As you can see our storyboard looks very simple with short paragraphs to it. I apologise if you cannot see the worlds or pictures clearly but you can tap on it to see it clearly.

Narrative poem DLO

Today we read a poetry about La Tour Mollet (Ted) d' Auvergne, this is about a person who did not finish his drink while he went to war. So he gave an person his drink and  said "don't hold it don't don't break it or sell it .i'll drink it when I get back". But he never returned, because during the war he died.I felt very sad because he died during  the war he went to and never came back to drink his beer. But i also feel happy because the person who looked after his beer, kept their promise and took care of the brave soldiers beer.

Roller skating

As part of Kiwi sports this term Mr Ogilvie has kindly offered skating lessons in the hall for students year 4-8. Today was the year 7&8;s turn to have an fun and joyful roller skating lesson. First Puna (our skating coach) taught us how to get up on the roller skating shoes which was pretty easy for some people. We then had a warm up game by practicing how to skate. I found it easy but I still need to work on my momentum. Soon. At the end of the lesson we were lucky to get VIP Skate Pass which meant we could go to one free skating class. 

Memorial

This week LS2 have been doing a Sophisticated Picture book study. The book we were focusing on was called Memorial. The book was about memories that have been past down by generations of a family. For this we were to listen carefully to the story and learn what its about. The slide above is about the Illustrator (Shaun Tan) and his quote about the story. After reading quote we were to write what the quote means and give examples from the story we read.