Summer Learning Journey - PBS

The Summer Learning Journey for NEXT Foundation from Next Foundation on Vimeo.

Today Panmure Bridge School had a special assembly. We were lucky to have Rachel announce the Summer/Winter Learning Journey for 2017-2018. Rachel was followed by the Woolf Fisher Research Centre and the NEXT Foundation. Our Head Boy AJ and Head Girl Mia introduced themselves to the visitors. The Kapa Haka Group performed and the visitors were really proud of their performance. Daniel, Mele and Ofa spoke about how they have participated in the Summer/Winter Learning Journey. The SLJ program helps a lot of people with their reading because it encourages us students to read and talk about our learning more. After the special visit everyone including the visitors had a free lunch proudly donated by Eat My Lunch which was very delicious. The video above shows Daniel our Manaikalani Leader showing people how Panmure Bridge is a digital school and how we are part of the Summer/Winter Learning Journey. Thank you to the guests who visited our school:Rachel and Hazel from Woolf Fisher Research Centre,

Mr Grady who is the Chairperson for the Board of Trustees, Mrs Grant from Manaiakalani, Mr Burt Point England School's Principal, Mrs Jesson from Woolf Fisher Research Centre, Mr Sneddon who is the chairperson for Manaiakalani, Mrs Lee, and Mrs Pitchard. 

Christmas in Switzerland

To celebrate Christmas we got into groups of four and worked collaboratively to find out about Christmas in different countries all around the world. My group worked on Switzerland and we found a lot of interesting things about Switzerland like how they call their Santa Samichlaus. .To show our learning we recorded our google slides using screencastify. I worked on this DLO with Jorja, Calvin, Sylis, and Lyric. 

Tech at Tamaki College

This year I have been going to Tech at Tamaki College every Friday. I like Tech because it’s fun. My first activity was Food Tech. I really liked learning to cook and make yummy food. My favourite was making the quiche with Mrs Linda. I think Mrs Heka is a nice teacher.

I made a clock with Miss Ferguson. It was fun drawing my design and watching the machine cut the shape I drew on the wood. My clock was a heart shape. I painted it purple and pink and yellow. They are my favourite colours. Miss Ferguson is a nice teacher and she helped me a lot.

This term I made a stained glass picture. I think it is really pretty. It was easy to cut the glass but it was hard to get it the right size. Mr Grundy is kind and he helped me with my stained glass picture.

I have really liked going to Tech because I have learnt new skills in a fun way.

Sa Kae, Maata and Magenta - Maths Patterns

Yesterday Me, Maata and Magenta worked to together to get this DLO done. We were  learning to know what is the answer. Our questions was Mama has 12 orange hexagons, how many triangles will she need? We have created a Screencastify about this DLO and I've tell you how to get 50. 

Fire Station Visit - Maata

For our inquiry we have been focusing on our community and how the Emergency Services help us.  Yesterday we were lucky enough to visit the Mt Wellington Fire Station. We began our visit with the Fire Officers speaking to us about Fire Safety. We then went outside and were shown around the Fire Truck. It was very interesting to see all the tools kept on the fire truck and learn about what some of them were used for. We were extremely lucky to get to see the firemen using the spreader and cutter tools to cut the windscreen, doors and roof off a car. This was awesome to see. Thank you to the Firemen at the Mt Wellington Fire Station for making this possible.

Police Men Police Dog

Yesterday Panmure Bridge School had a visit from the Police Helicopter. It was very exciting seeing the helicopter land on the field. It was really interesting to learn that the helicopter had a camera on the front. We were also extremely lucky to get to see the police dog and hear about the ways that the dogs help the Police. Thank you to Constable Cyrus for making this happen for us.

Maata Fireworks - Safety Rules

I have created this DLO to remind people of ways they can keep safe on Fireworks night. It shows some basic rules to follow so everyone can enjoy fireworks without getting hurt. 

Sharing a message with our Community

This week our focus has been sharing a message with our Community. We created this DLO to share a message with our school community about how to look after our teeth. Our DLO was for children in the junior school so we used words and pictures that would make it easy for them to understand.   

Film Festival

Yesterday was the 10th year of the Manaiakalani Film Festival for all the schools. Our Panmure Bridge School have created 4 movies to show the Manaiakalani Film Festival. Our Panmure Bridge School watched PT England and Tamaki Primary School movies. I really did enjoyed watching those movie. All of them are very interesting to watched. After that we were commenting on each school blog movies. Hopefully we all had fun watching other school movie. 

Emergency Services

For Inquiry we have been learning about Emergency Services and what we need to do, and who we need to call in an Emergency. This DLO shows that we would need to call an Ambulance if someone is badly injured. It also explains how we need to speak on the phone and some of the information that is needed for the operator. 

Badminton Kiwi Sport

Today for Kiwi Sports with Kevin, we were learning how to grip the racket for forehand and backhand, and how to control our swing and the direction of the shuttlecock. We began by practising volleying the shuttlecock on our rackets. Then we had to get a partner and one person threw the shuttlecock and the other person had to try and hit it back to them.  We then had a rally with our partner to see how many times we could hit it back and forward to each other. We also learnt about the stance to use when moving towards the shuttlecock. 

Scale Drawing - Maata

This week for art LS2 did scale drawings. To begin we had to choose a picture then we needed to draw a grid over the top of it. We then had to draw another grid on a bigger sheet of paper, this grid was twice as big as the first grid. We then had to draw the enlargement by counting the grid squares. It was quite tricky but I think it looks quite good. My Scale Drawing has a ratio of 1:2.

Staying safe at the beach Maata

Today my learning was about staying safe at the beach. Today I have created a DLO and tips of staying safe at the beach.  Brooklyn helped me create this DLO and help with some of the questions. Today I learnt that you need to wear a life jacket when you go to the beach because it will stop you from drowning. 

Learning to use Synonyms - Maata

This morning we were learning about Synonyms. Synonyms are words that mean the same as another word but could make your sentence more interesting. Our task was to replace a word in the sentences above, the word we changed is highlighted in red. To find the synonyms we went to google dictionary and looked up the word definition and synonym, then we needed to check the word made sense in our sentence.    

Tech - Stained glass

Today was our first Rotation with Mr Grundy For Hard Materials. We will be working with stained glass. Mr Grundy showed us how to cut glass safely and how to use the copper tape and the soldering iron, as we will be using this equipment later when we have designed our picture. We then began working on the design stage and had to create six options that we may be able to use. It was quite tricky coming up with a design because you need to have straight edges for when you cut the glass. 

Dance Mat Typing - Maata

This morning I played on Dance Mat Typing. I was practising keeping my fingers on the home keys which are ASDF  on your left hand and JKL; on your right hand. I  also practiced  typing without looking at the keys. I had fun doing this and I think I am getting faster at my typing.

Keeping Rabbits - Maata

This week I read the book called Keeping Rabbits. The book explained about how to care for a pet rabbit and the things you need to know to keep your rabbit healthy. I have shown some of the foods rabbits can eat and some ways you can care for a rabbit. 

Tech

Today at tech we had to finish our clock. After painting them we glued the sides to join the front and back together. Then Miss Ferguson put the clock mechanism in the back. This is my completed clock. I think it looks fantastic.

You've got 2 minutes - Maata

I see people playing all round me some of them are playing handball & basketball with all their friends. I can smell egg sandwiches, freshly cut grass & mud all around me wherever I walk. I can hear children screaming and yelling and the hammering on the roof from the workmen. I feel happy to be out of the classroom and excited to be running to the playground & playing with my friends.

This is my writing about what I can see, Smell and hear at school we had only two minutes to write as much as we could to complete the task.  

Tom The School Cat

For Reading I read the book called Tom The School Cat. It's about a cat named Tom. Tom wasn't like most cats because he didn't live in a house, he lived at school. Instead of cat food he would eat left overs from the kids  school lunches. He slept under a classroom.  My DLO about cats shows lots of different types of cats and some facts about cats.