Auckland Philharmonic Orchestra

This week we went to the Auckland town hall to see the Auckland Philharmonic Orchestra. What we did first was we went on a bus to travel to the city. Next, we went into the Auckland town hall and then went and found some seats. Then they came in and started playing their instruments to quiet us down so they could start. Next, we saw a man called MC and he was going to introduce us to the different sections. The sections were brass, woodwind, percussion, and strings. In the brass section, there was the trumpet, trombone, tuba, and french horn. In the woodwind section there was the flute, oboe, bassoon,piccalo, and clarinet. In the percussion section there was the drums,cymbals, and triangle and in the string section, there was violin, viola, cello, and double bass. The conductor was in the front I liked how we went slow, fast and soft. Then we watched a Dance project about Romeo and Juliet this was performed by St Kentigern. Then we got a haka form the St Kentigern school in the audience area.

Virtual Reality

For Inquiry we are learning about bridges. Today we worked with Yvonne and her research team from Augmented lab at Auckland University. What we needed to do first was find our name on 1 of the table that was set out. I was so excited because on my table I could see the Virtual Reality cardboard. What we needed to do first was go near the whiteboard then one of the people form Yvonne team told me that I needed to shut my right eye and read the words that was on top of the board and do the same but close my left eye. Then they wanted me to walk straight and then turn and walk straight back. Next we took some tests the test included some questions about the first Panmure bridge. We needed to do this in partners. My partner was Hajera. Next we looked at a video through the Virtual Reality Cardboard the video explained how the bridge was built. Next we looked at a Learning mission. What we needed to do was deliver an email and parcel we needed to cross the bridge. After Morning tea we got pizza and garlic bread I would like to give a hudge thank you to Yvonne and her research team for helping us and creating this project. This was so fun my favorite part was the Virtual Reality cardboard.

Finding Fraction

For maths we are learing how to add fraction to compare an amount. What I needed to do was go on a site called Finding a fraction I needed to figure out the qestion I worked this out on my maths book. The answer I got on the first question was 48 and it was correct.

Sentences using colons

Sentences using colons
L.I. - using colons correctly

The colons are missing from these sentences. Please add them in.

There are two choices at this time: Run away or fight.

We knew who would win the game the: Eagles

He wanted to see three cities in Italy: Rome, Florence and Venice

Remember: Two can play at that game.

She kept repeating: “I really want that car!”

Barry wanted to know why I didn’t respond to his text: I hadn’t received it.

Here are three states that begin with M: Michigan, Mississippi and Maine.

You can come pick me up now: I am feeling much better.

Never forget this point: Think before you speak.

This house has everything I need: two bedrooms, a backyard and a garage.

The town reminded me of my childhood vacations: both were on the beach.

I have several favorite genres of movies :drama, science fiction and mystery.

This was first said by Shakespeare: “To thine own self be true.”

I bought a lot of meat at the store: bacon, turkey, chicken and tuna.

The world's a stage: play your role well.

The new boss has many nice traits: friendly, outgoing and fair.

These are my favorite colors: purple, turquoise, pink and yellow.

This week for Writing we are learning to use Sentences using colons. What we needed to do was was add the colons in the correct spot in each sentences. Then we needed to pick a sentence and make a DLO. The DLO needed to have a illustration,the sentence and why the colon is were it is. The sentence I have picked is The town reminded me of my childhood vacations: both were on the beach.

What are sense verbs?

This week for Writing we went on a site to learn about sense verbs. What we needed to do was scroll to the bottom of the page then we needed to answer the questions I got all of them right expect for one. A sense verb is a verb that describes about the five senses: sight,hearing,smell,touch and taste. 

Features of a visual text

Today for reading Motuihe and Pakatoa were learning about features of a visual text. What we did first was observed the books then Ms Kirkpatrick gave us some arrows that had features of a visual text. What we needed to do was find on the page the Feature that we got. The arrow I got said timeline sadly it didn't find a timeline on the two books.

Tower Comparision

This term for inquiry we have been learning about the different types of structures. We have been learning about different types of towers. Last week me and Mele created a 3 Venn diagram showing the differences and the same  between the 3 different towers. Me and Mele decided to create a 3 Venn diagram based on the Sky Tower, the Burj Khalifa Tower, and the Eiffel Tower. We also added on some images to show the an example of the tower. I learnt that the Eiffel tower is 300 to 324 meters.