Kia Ora
We were broken into groups to discuss a few images about water and the effects of too much or not enough.
Check out what we did.
Each set of slides had an Auckland, New Zealand, Pasifika, and World Water Event. Students only had to discuss one or two.
Today our Maths investigation was around triangles. Using the dot we had to make right-angle triangles. First, we had to make sure we all knew what that meant. Did you know a square and rectangle have 4 right angle corners? – That means the corners are 90°.
I will tell you how many we found after you tell me how many you find. Remember you can’t count a triangle of the size and shape twice. So be careful how you lay out your triangles, you can use this link to help you with your answer. Good Luck
We have an opportunity at the local high school to work with Year 9 and 10 students to complete a range of STEAM projects with a focus on Engineering.
As a class, we checked out Careers NZ with a focus on Engineering we then picked 5 career options and had to investigate them further. My questions were:
What does an engineer do?
How much did they make?
What do I need to know? or do to be an engineer?
Where can I study to be an engineer?
This is the beginning of my project.
What would you like to know about engineering?
Kia Ora
we have been checking out a range of ways to present information. I love word clouds and was curious to find one where students could add ideas in real-time and the cloud is being made. Our focus was sharing what we thought the school values meant to us. I then took a screenshot of each one and here they are.
Then we applied this information and made a mosaic here is an example created by Samsalvation:
This is a collaborative blog by Room 9.
We are learning about the impact Te Moana-Nui-a-Kiwa has made in history.
He belonged to the 28th Māori Battalion. Ngarimu was born on the 7th of April, 1918. He trained at Palmerston North, NZ and served in Crete in Greece. He also fought in North Africa in Tunisia.
Why did Te Moana Nui-A-Kiwa Get The Victoria Cross Medal??
He got awarded the Victoria’s Cross because he showed outstanding bravery, determination and outstanding leadership. The medal was awarded to his parents on behalf of King George VI.
Ngarimu was the first Māori to win the Victoria Cross. Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa got awarded the Victoria’s Cross after he died (Posthumous).
Te Moana-Nui-A-Kiwa was born in 1918 along with 2 siblings, he got the victoria cross for his leadership,bravery,determination. Ngarimu died in 27 March 1943 .
Thinking ….
We learned about why and how Te Moana-Nui-A-Kiwa Ngarimu VC got awarded the Victoria’s Cross. I learned when he was born and when he died. I learned he served in Crete. I learned he trained in Palmerston North. I learned where he was awarded his Victoria’s Cross, and this was in his home town in a hui in Ruatoria.
I have always wanted to know why he got awarded the VC after he died … 
someone in our class researched and found that they had wanted to award it to him, but he got killed in battle before he could receive it.
Click on the Victoria’s Cross Image to watch the Ceremony.
How has WW2 impacted your community?
WAL about what a reflection is.
I felt we could have avoided reviewing this but people reminded me that we have been doing lots of other work focused on literacy. Next time, I will ensure to video myself so I can add it as another learning tool for our class.
Question Time:
What 3 ideas were given that you, as a reader can use in a comment?