Matariki

LI:To strengthen our connections to Matariki.

Matariki is the Maori new year celebration. It takes places each year when the cluster of stars known as Matariki are seen in our skies. The new year is a time for new beginnings and is a time to embrace tradition.To strengthen our connections to Matariki we had a choice of research activities.

I found out that matariki is a maori year that pepole that speaks their language

i enjoy it beacuse it says more information about matariki and how they been created in this world

Coding in python

L.I : To Learn how to code the Microbot in the Phyton.

 Here is an example of the buttons,  the main thing to notice is "def" which is defining what the on_button_pressed will make the microbot do. Again this has a top and bottom so the content has to go insde it. 

   

The first one image shows the Phyton coding for the flashing hearts code that I made. It flashes between a small heart icon and a large heart Icon. The diference between python coding is that block coding uses blocks and python coding uses text that you have to type down

Vision Board

 LI:To to show my goals by creating a Vision Board

My vision board shows the goals that are important to me. I am working hard to achive higher levels in Maths and Inquiry and have shown this with a picture of a trophy. My culture is important beacuse it represents where I belong. My vision is to have no bulling in schools and encourage storng firendships. I will apply the learning process to achieve my goals.

Kindness

LI:To edit our writing using Draft  

Today we worked in pairs and created an abstract noun poem  to show what kindness means. When our poem was complete we used DRAFT to check our work and make it more powerful to read.

DRAFT means:  Delete , Rearrange, Add , Fix, Talk

In our poem we used the Five senses which are taste, smell, hear,  touch, feel and see .
We checked for correct punctuation including capital letters, full stops and commas.

An abstract noun is one that refers to an idea, quality or state that you cannot touch , see or hear.

 My partner and I enjoyed this task because it help us to get more information about kindness and help learn how to be kind.

 

Rock paper scissons

 LI: To learn how to code in MaLI To learn how to code the microbit to play rock papaer scissors and understand how the flowchart matches the code.

Link to DLO

1. When I shake the microbit it will choose a random number between 1 and 3

2. I have to make a variable called hand and set this to the random number.

3. If the number is 1 - the microbit will show the symbol for paper

4. If the number is 2 - the microbit will show the symbol for rock

5. If the number is 3 - the microbit will show the symbol for scissors

 

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Life

 LI:To write a Abstract noun senses poem

An abstract noun refers to an idea, quality or state that you can't see, hear, touch or smell. 

For example: Life looks like a busy street bustling with people beginging their day.

The five senses are hear, smell, taste, touch, feel.

A metaphor is comparing two things, saying one thing is the other without using 'like' or 'as'.

for example Happiness is rhe sun rising in my heart.

Forming an Opinion

 LI: to consider both perspectives.

To continue our learning of Matariki, and the Maori story of Creation our task was to create a DLO to explain the evidence and perspective of a maori story. We read about Sacred Spots from Māori Mythology. We used the different evidence from the articles to create an opinion on whether we think it is true or false.The story we chose to do was about the Tongariro National Park. This story talked about the mountains that surrounded Taupo lake, they were all male except for one. Her name was Pihanga. They fought for the love of Pihanga, only one came out victorious. That mountain was Tongariro.