2k16 Year Review

Since its year 8's last year here at Panmure Bridge School, I wanted to make a collage to remember all the fun activities and collaborations we have had. This year we met new people, learnt new things and enjoyed our selves. We would like to thank all the teachers for supporting us at all time, and giving us memories that we would never forget. Here we come 2017!

Graduation 2016

On Wednesday night the year 8's had graduation. It was and exciting night and everybody looked stunning. Before we started we took a group photo together and then we headed into the dinning room for dinner.  After dinner we got our graduation certificates handed to us. Next up was dancing on the dance floor. We did 8 dances which was Cha Cha and Rock and roll. We did 1 more for our families to see. here is a clip of the night.

Labyrinth D.L.O

Yesterday we watched a movie called the Labyrinth. We watched it until it got to the part where Sarah rescues her little brother Toby. Today we got to finish the ending and to rewind and watch some of the scenes to help us fill out our form. My best part of the movie was when Hoggle the goblin was found peeing in the pond. I enjoyed this activity and hope to do it again.

Tahuna Torea Reflection

For our trip to Tahuna Torea we got to have a little but of fun but our main learning behind it were that we got to see where the Godwit/Kuaka eat. The sites were so beautiful from the dry land. Walking for a hike was a great learning because we saw different flowers we haven't seen before. Having to play at the playground made us have fun and make new friends.

Collage On Rocket

Yesterday we were creating a collage from our straw rocket from Friday. We had so much fun on Friday by making our straw rockets and trying to fly Mr Dunn's and Miss Fergurson's orange carrot. In our group was Jane,Mere and I we worked together and finished our straw rocket slide also our collage that we each had to do. We would like to say Thank you to Mr Dunn & Miss Ferguson for helping us create our first straw rocket and making us have fun. 

Kuaka Migration - Reading

This morning we started off the day with reading. We got separated into different groups. For this lesson we were leaning about God wits (Kuaka) and their migration.  Our group was called the A team of R.E.A.D. The first task we had to complete was the Question Matrix. Now the one thing we couldn't do was, to research our questions. We could only use the knowledge that we already knew. We call this our Prior Knowledge. A prior knowledge is when you already know something. I think this was a good way of learning what their migration is all about.

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Rockets D.L.O.

Last week on Friday after tech, we got to stay behind and make some incredible rockets. This year we got to make it more explosive than ever to make the rockets more interesting. Before we started anything, Mr Dunn presented a D.L.O. on rockets. Now this D.L.O., our group had to come up with a prediction. At the end we had to find out if it supported our prediction in the beginning. For this prediction we were making Straw Rockets. We measured it with a measuring tape to see which one would go far and to type it out. We had our top 5 and in the end CJ came 1st, Gozan 2nd & Jorja 3rd.

Kiwi Sport (Hockey)

Today after music we had our kiwi sport called Hockey. Today was our first session and it was exciting. To start off the session we got to practice come skills. The first skill that was up was using traffic lights. We learnt how to use the hockey stick and to move the ball side to side, front and back, super fast and much more. We got to have 2 well skilled coaches and we enjoyed the session. 

Athletics

Today we had Athletics for the year. Today was a bad weather and it was raining all morning. But the rain couldn't put us down so we did it in the rain. The year 7's got split into 3 groups and had to compete. The year 8's got split into 3 groups and had to compete against each other. For the year 8's the first activity was in the hall and it was Rob The Nest. We had fun and showed a lot of participation while playing this game and our group came 1st. The next activity was the sponge relay and it was a lot of fun. Some of our players splashed the others to get a lead. Out of all the fun we had, our team won and came 1st. Next game was the long jump. Now this was very tricky because the grass was slippery. All we had to do was to see who could jump the furthest. Unfortunately we lost and came 2nd place. We had to more activity's to complete and out of those 2 we came 2nd in a row. We would like to thank Mr Ogilivie for organizing all of these activities and the staff members and the parents who came down and supported this event. I want to just say a huge thank you for all the groups who showed a lot of team work and team spirit in all the activities. We would also like thank the Tamaki College students for running all the different activities.

Our Group Reading Challenge - Pigeons

For the last week or so we have been working hard on this Reading Follow Up Challenge. In my group we showed a lot of team work, communicating to others and getting the task done. For this challenge we were learning about pigeons. We were finding out if they were special or just pests. We had some interesting opinions from each of our group members. Our group synthesized the main ideas to create one statement. Our leaning intention was to identify the main ideas in the text.

Speech Marks D.L.O

Today In writing we were going over what speech marks were. Miss Linker helped us remind and went through all the things to remind us what speech marks are about. Cecillia and I were creating a D.L.O about what speech marks were.

Reading Online Challenges

Today in reading we were playing online challenge games. In this activity we had to play 3 games. We were practing our reading skills like inferencing, synthesizing, skimming and scanning, questioning and making connections to the game. I have enjoyed all of these games because it helps me step up my reading skills.

Rythm Interactive

So today we had Rhythm Interactives. LS2 was so excited because it was fun to do the drums. We had two amazing peoples to come and teach us some rhythms, they are Lucy and Johnny. The part that I liked was making some rhythms on it. We would like to thank you guys for coming to Panmure Bridge School everyone enjoyed drumming with you guys.

Paper Planes Test

Today we were making different types of planes. In  each group we only had a short time to make a group plane and to see which one could go far. Everybody had a turn and their one went so far, and I was up. I flew our group plane and unfortunately it did not fly far. We practiced more and more and got better.

Film Festival 2016

Today was the day! We were excited because today was the Manaiakalani Film Festival 2016. This event took place in Sylvia Park Movie Theater (Hoyts) As we got there, we waited for a bit and we went in. We shared the theaters with Tamaki Primary School. We got to see a lot of different films for a lot of different school. I enjoyed Tamaki Primary's film (Right Choices) 

The 5 Minutes Recount - Ana, Cecillia & Victoria

Yesterday in writing we were starting on writing recounts. But the only thing that was different about this recount, was that we only had to write 1 story in 5 minutes! We had to pick a partner but I worked in a group of 3 and to write a story using this picture above. Our teacher said we had to sit back to back without talking. We each took a turn each writing a sentences. The 5 minutes was over and we couldn't believe we could write that in 5 minutes.

God-Wit Popplet

Today my partner and I have made a popplet online. Our activity for this was to find out about God wits. We had to find out their Diet, Habitat, Appearance and Behavior. We have learnt so much about God wits. The one fact that I found out was that they can fly to one destination in a week.

Writing Activity

Toady in writing, Mrs Anderson put up at activity for us to complete. In this activity we had to look at the cluster blogs in the Manaiakalni. I chose to look at St Pius X. I had a look through there and I came across a student's recount blog post. This students recount had different things in it which was setting it's paste right and using paste tense. After wards I took a quiz about what a recount has. In the end my results were 7 /10.

The Shake Out (The movie)

The Shake Out from The Outlook for Someday on Vimeo.

LS2 would like to congratulate Lathem, Sylis, Reon, Jasmine and Daniel for making a fantastic movie about The Shake Out. There movie made it to the top 20 winning movies for the someday challenge. 

Smart Searching Challenge

This is a presentation that my partner Ana and I have created. For the past week or 2 we have been practicing on how to research a question using 5 keywords, but this time it's different. We had a website that helped us pick out a a letter, and the letter we got was "K". The first thing that popped up with Knight. Ana and I decided to research about knights. But first we had to come up with interesting and powerful questions to help us. One of the questions were "Were there any girl knights?". After answering all those questions we put in some intersecting facts about Knights and our resources. We learnt a lot from cyber-smart and Knights.

Hydration vs Dehydration

This is a D.L.O that i have created with my partner Mere. We have been working on what the difference between Dehydration and Hydration. We have been working really hard and trying to compare the differences between the 2. We have learnt a lot and now, Dehydration means that you are not receiving enough water into your body, and Hydration is when you drink enough water to keep you focused through out the day.

Kiwi Sport (Touch Rugby)

Today the year 7/8's had kiwi sport which was Touch Rugby with Trevor. First together as a class we did some warm ups with the skills we did in the last session. Then the girls and the boys. Boys with Mr M to play some passing games and the girls was with Trevor. The girls were learning how to touch and play the ball. Afterwords we got to play a quick game called Rabbits & Rats. Thank you to Trevor for instructing us and to Mr M who was helping out. 

The Reading Challenge

Today in reading we were working on a collaborative reading activity. Our teacher didn't say anything but to show us what we were doing on the Casting T.V. In my group I had Manu, Nesi and Tiare. Our first challenge was to read a book together and then rewrite 25 words of what happened in the story. We had 2 more challenges and a super challenge. We got to finish off our super challenge which was hard to complete. Some didn't make sense and some didn't go with the rest. Unfortunate we didn't complete it but it was a fun challenge. I hope that we get to do it again.

Panmure Library

One Friday we were invited to the Panmure Library to see the one and only Stig Wemyss (the voice of Andy Griffins books)  We gt to the library, and everyone was excited to see the famous Stig. In the library we saw all his books and CD's Stig came out and he hooked us in with his humor. Stig had prizes to give out after we did some of his challenges. He was also telling us about this new app that had all his books on it, and it's called Borrow Box. So if you want to check out his book go check out Borrow Box. We had a lot of fun with Stig and would like to say a huge thank you to the librarians for providing and supporting this event.

 

Blogging Commenting

Today I have been commenting on year 5/6's blogs. I have commented on these 3 fantastic students blog.  These students have been working hard and have presented there amazing work. If you want to check there blogs out be sure to click on there names below.

Angela Jeremiah Brianna

Sketch Note: The Sons Of Ma'afu

Today I have been finishing off my reading tasks. Our reading tasks were based on a true story which is called The Sons Of Ma'afu. I have did all my tasks except this last one. The last task was drawing a sketch note of the story. As you can see I have re telled the story in my own way of understanding by drawing it. 

Cross Country

Yesterday afternoon the whole school had Cross Country. We all had Cross Country across the road at Dunkirk. We all have been working hard and have been training hard for this event. We crossed over and the first ones to start off were there Year 1/2's and they enjoyed them selves. The day got bad and it started to rain but we manged to get through the whole thing. The year 7/8 girls were next. They started off really good and made their way to their 2 lap. After all the laps, Cecillia came 1st, Paige 2nd and Silivia 3rd. In the year 7 girls Mia came 1st, Mishaan 2nd and Nazella came 3rd place. Everyone showed sportsmanship and team work while doing the cross country. Would like to say a huge thank you to Mr O for organizing this event and taking us across.

Tongan Language Week

Today Ana and I have been teaching Ma'ata how to count to 10 in Tongan. At the bottom is a short clip of Ma'ata counting in Tongan.  

Read Theory

Today in reading we have been doing Read Theory. When we do Read Theory, we do for every 20 minutes. In this activity, I was learning how to understand the text, thinking about what the question was asking me to do, and looking back at the passage to find more information to answer my questions. My reading group has also been using comprehension cards to help us understand if we are stuck with a question.

Ripper Rugby Interschool

Yesterday the year 5 & 6's, the year 7 & 8's went to the Rugby Cluster Day. We were in the middle of warming up and saw Otahuhu College students to come and coach and support us through out the day. The coaches names were Manu, Rulon, Pya & Lesley(Coach for Otahuhu College). Our first game was up against Bailey Road School. At the end the we came to a draw, but won it. The next game was against Pt England. Unfortunately we lost 7-2. Tamaki Primary was our next match. Lucky we one by one point 3-2. Sylvia Park was hard to beat and we lost 3-5. Our next game was against Glen Brae and lost 3-1. We took a break and waited to see if we had anymore matches coming up, we were lucky enough to get one more game which was against Sylvia Park.We tried our best and won our last game 5-3. We would to say a big thank you to Mr O and the Otahuhu students for coming down and coaching us for our games. 

Run, Jump, Throw

Yesterday, the year 8s had run, jump, throw. In there session they got to do high jump. There were using the plastic ones just to practice on. First they had to warm up by practicing how to jump over the pole. Not long everybody got the change to jump. Some people we trying really hard to put there feet in the right postilions. When everybody got the hang of it the pole went higher and higher, and harder as well. Next week they will be looking forward to there next session.

Warriors Visit

Today we got a visit from some of the Warriors players. We were all excited and pumped to see them here today. We did our role call and zoomed off to the hall. I walked into the hall and my heat was racing fast as soon as I saw them. The players that were there were Ryan Hoffman (Captain for the team) John Palavi (plays prop 2nd row) We started off by playing some games and first up was Trivia. Trivia was a game that you answer to, and if you got it right then you would win a spot prize. Unfortunately I didn't get a prize but got lucky enough to take a photo with them. I would like to thank Georgina and Alice (from DTR) for organizing this assembly for us.  

Current Events: Olympic Spirit

This afternoon I having been working on my current events which is Olympic Spirit. In this current event Nikki Hamblin was tripped over and bumped into Abbey D'Angostino on the running track. Abbey fell back down and crushed her ligaments in her knee and was injured really badly. Nikki showed teamwork and and sportsmanship on the running track while helping up Abbey. Nikki Hamblin and Abbey D'Angostion deserved to be in the finals for their excellents in teamwork and Olympic spirit they have shown in the Rio Olympics 2016.

Netball Inter-school Compettion

Yesterday morning, both netball teams year 5 and 6s, and year 7 and 8s. The first team that we were versing against was Point England 1, unfortunate we lost by 0-19. The second match was against Glen Taylor 2, but unlucky we lost by 2-7. Both teams got to have a little bit of a break and we were all practicing for our next match. As the day went by we were surprised because we were going to verse our own other year 7 and 8 team. We played hard and won 5-2. We ended with a great game too. I would like to say a huge thank you to Miss Naicker, Mr Ogilvie for taking us there and back and to Miss Emma and her netball students Gina and Neti for reffing our team. 

Current Events: Life Wise The Big Sleep Over

Today for reading we have been learning about the homeless. A brave and wonderful lady Catherine Gaffaney did a fun raise called Life Wise: The Big Sleep out! Catherine and the rest of the community and famous people slept outside on a peace of cardboard and sleeping bags. Catherine got to find out what it was like to be homeless. She has raised over 3,000 dollars to support and help the homeless.

Run Jump Throw!

Today For kiwi sport, our class have been doing Run, Jump, Throw. We have been practicing Run, Jump, Throw for 2 weeks now and we are getting better at it. We have learned how to start our positions on the line, we learned how to sprint.

IKAN Practice Games

Today in maths I have been practicing for my IKAN test that is coming up. I got to practice my main problems which is Ordering fractions and Ordering Unit Numbers. These games have been helping me get ready for this test.