This past week, different classes have been going to the Auckland Museum as a day trip. Because we have been learning about war this term, we were lucky enough to get a chance to see the amazing exhibitions on display there. We left school at 9 o'clock on Thursday and arrived at the Museum at 9:40. First we ate our morning tea in a small room around the back. Then we met our guide for the morning. His name was Aaron. He led us up the stairs to the first room. It was a WW1 room that had a section about a every year in the war (1914-1918). After that we went to the Hall of Memories. It is a huge room with around seven thousand names of Aucklanders that died in WW1. After that we went around to the next room. This was the second Hall of Memories, for WW2. Aaron showed us real life things that were used in the war and we got to try them out.
After that we explored the rest of the museum in our groups. We found heaps of cool things like life size aircraft used in war. This was my favourite display. It had a copy of the engine and when you put your hand on the glass, it powers the mini propellers.Matthew M
This is a record of my past learning.
Friday, July 2, 2021
Museum Trip
Friday, June 25, 2021
Making Connections
This week for Literacy we have been learning to make connections. In our groups we read four texts about how soldiers were cared for during the war. The first two were about New Zealand nurses during World
When we started this week the question was "How were soldiers cared for during war?"
When we put our ideas down I said that they weren't really cared for at all. That they had no beds to sleep in, little food to eat and living conditions in the trenches were horrible. I also noted that medical technology at the time wasn't very advanced, which would make it harder to look after wounded soldiers.
This is our groups Making Connections doc.
At the end of the week we were tasked with making a thank you card towards the nurses in the war. We had to imagine we were soldiers in the war and received care from the nurses.
What is something I can improve on with my poster?
Thursday, June 17, 2021
Racism In New Zealand In the 1970's
Thursday, June 10, 2021
Samoan Language Week
This week was Samoan Language week. In our school we have a daily quiz that has questions about Samoa and their language. Each class also had to make a dance/act/video about Samoa at the assembly on Friday. Our group was going to do an interview but I went to a Soccer tournament on Thursday so we couldn't do it. Luckily the girls did their own interview and made a video.
For maths we learnt about Samoan numbers and times of the day. For reading we learnt about the Spanish flu and how bad it was in Samoa.
My favourite part was watching each classes presentation at the end of the week. There were some really cool and interesting presentations.
Do you celebrate Samoan language week?
Friday, May 21, 2021
Propaganda Poster
Tuesday, May 18, 2021
Science
In our school we have this cool programme called Careers. There are five groups in careers, Science, Workshop, Food, Art and Robotics and we rotate around. This term we are doing Science and we did some experiments about light. We got laser pointers and experimented with mirrors and how they work. It was funny when we had to go in a dark cupboard to see the lasers properly and some people got scared.