This week in Te Reo Māori we were learning the different places in New Zealand and their original te reo names. We had to make a google drawing using mote to show three places in the north island and in the south. This task was easy and very interesting to learn about, I liked it. Here is my create.

Did you know any of these Māori names?

For the past few weeks of writing we had to make a narrative and then make it into a picture book. I first went on this wheel website and let it choose what my setting is, what my character will be and what the climax of the story is. My story is about a ninja training to steal a crown from a king and every single time he tries and steals it his plan always fails. Here is my story.

Have you ever tried to write a picture book?

For the past few weeks of reading we have been reading Holes. We had to make a slideshow and answer the questions that the teachers gave us and after we had done those questions we had to make a create task every five chapters that we read. Here is my slideshow about Holes.

Have you read Holes before?

Last week for RE I made a poster about All Saints and Souls Day.

All Saints Day is a day when we celebrate all the saints in Heaven. This includes the ones that we don’t realize are saints. There are many people who have died and gone to heaven but have never been acknowledged by the Catholic Church. Even though they’re not canonized, they are still saints. So we celebrate them all.

All Souls Day  is a day we focus on prayer for those who have died and are suffering in Purgatory. These souls need our prayers to help them to get into Heaven. Here is my create task. 

Did you know what the difference was between All Saints and Souls Day before reading this?

This week in writing we were learning about vocabualry. We had to make a copy of a slideshow and answer the questions in the slideshow. This task was very hard, here is my task.

Do you have good vocabualry?

This week for PBL we have been learning about racism. We had to write in a doc and answer the questions in the doc, the questions were: What does it mean to be fair? What is an example of fair play in sport or everyday life? and What is an example of something that is in sport or everyday life? After we have answered all of those questions we had to make a Google drawing of an Olympic athlete that experienced racism. I chose Jesse Owens. Here is my create.

Once we have done that, we had to answer the list of questions below.

Why is it important we stand up for groups of people that have been unfairly treated? Because it is important that everyone is treated equally and nicely.

How have the Olympic Games helped and/or hindered athletes of colour? It promotes the ability to bring people from different cultures together

What is fairness and how can we promote it in sport? Fairness is where everyone is treated equally and we can promote it in sport by treating everyone equally.

Have you experienced racism?

This week for PBL we were learning about doping in the Olmypics. We had to make a poster and write about the affects of doping and how to discourage from people doing it. Doping is where people use perfomance enhancing drugs and it is unfair to the other peaople competing. Here is my create task.

Do you agree that doping is bad?

This week for reading we have been learning about the Paralympics. We learnt about why the Paralympics were made and we read an article about the 2012 Paralympics. For our create task we could use Canva, Google Drawings, or Slides to design an assistive device to aid their specifc impairment, as they compete in sport. For my create task I chose to do the google drawings. Here is my create task.

Have you seen the Paralympics before?

This week for RE we have been learning about the Assumption of Mary. We learnt about how the Assumption of Mary affects the church and the Symbols of the Assumption of Mary. For our create task we could choose between: Create an artwork for Mary, A book for a student in Kākano about The Assumption, A poster/slideshow about The Assumption, and An animation to show your understanding of The Assumption. For my create task I chose to do the poster about the Assumption. Here is my create task.

Did you know that the celebration of the Assumption of Mary was on August 15th?

This week for PBL we have been learning about the Olympics. We learnt about the medals, mascots, and torches in the Olympics. Olympic medals symbolise the pinnacle of athletic achievement and inspire future generations. Olympic mascots embody the spirit of the host city and promote the Games to a global audience. While Olympic torches represents the journey of unity and hope, connecting the ancient and modern Games. For our create task we had to go on an AI generator and design our very own, Olympic Medal, Olympic Mascot, and Olympic Torch, that represents New Zealand. After we have done that we had to go to MyMaps and create a route around New Zealand that hits all the best spots that the Olympic Torch should go. After we have made our three images and the map you had to put it on a google drawing. Here is my Create.

Have you been to the Olympic Games?