Argumentation Writing

In our class we have been learning to form an opinion based on facts and evidence. This week our topic for discussion and sharing our opinion based on facts and evidence was - Should kids be banned from screen time after 7 pm? We shared our initial thoughts here on this padlet before finding information on this topic.

These are the slides we worked from and lastly formed our final opinion. Here is what Marcus has to say about this topic- Should kids be banned from screen time after 7 pm?

Here is what Uheina has to say

Please visit our individual blog posts to read more opinions from our class. Thank you.

Symbolism Through Visual Arts

In our class we have been learning about symbolism and how we can express ourselves using symbols and visual arts. 

We used Padlet as a tool to share our ideas with each other. 

The first padlet shows our prior knowledge (what we already knew about symbolism) and the second padlet shows what we have been learning about symbolism. 

Sharing Our Mihi Through Screencastify

We have been working on sharing our Mihi by using screencastify. Most of us found this process extremely hard but we didn't give up and tried our best. Confidence is one of our core school values and we all surely have shown heaps of confidence while learning to use screencastify (a new app for all of us) and to be able to say our Mihi. 

Here are a few videos of students from Room 5 sharing their Mihi verbally using the app -screencastify. 

To check out more videos please visit our individual blogs. 

St Patrick's Day

 Today in our class we read this article from Dogonews on St Patrick's Day. 

Click on the image to read the article. 

We shared a fact we found out about St Patrick's Day on our class sharing whiteboards. 

Some interesting facts about St Patrick's day are-

Did you know that it is celebrated worldwide and not just Ireland. 

Did you know the colour green signifies or symbolizes good luck.

In New Zealand there is a St Patrick's Festival in some cities. 

Creating Mood and Atmosphere Through Our Writing

In our class we have been learning to create mood and atmosphere through our writing by using colour words, metaphors and descriptive language.

Nature Art

Today on the last day of home learning at level 3 in Auckland we got creative! We created art with items from nature.

Look at Maia's nature art showing the Rangitoto Island.

Click on the image to view Maia's post. 

Look at Faiva's hat made out of leaves and he's used recycled cardboard pieces. 

Click on the image to view Faiva's post. 

Look at Zion's plant pie. I guess Zion is heading towards being an awesome chef in the future. 

Click on the image to see Zion's blog post. 

Where I'd rather be! | Cybersmart Challenge Activity with Mr Goodwin from Manaiakalani

Today Mr Goodwin showed us how we could manipulate images with transparent backgrounds.He showed us these two websites that we could use to create images with transparent backgrounds. Our task was to insert our picture and insert am image of the place where we would rather be than in lockdown. Here are some examples of what we did. Please visit our individual blogs to see more.

This was our Task. This is where we'd rather be!

Covid and Lockdowns

 In Room 5 we have been discussing our opinion on covid and lockdowns. 

This week we are doing argumentation board writing on "Should Covid lockdowns continue?

This is the learning task our teacher set for us. 

This is what some of us have completed from this task. 

Maths Learning from Day 1 of Lockdown #2 in Auckland

Algebra  

 Solving Word Problems