Robots - Reading task

This week for reading we have been learning to infer. Because we are now in level 4 lockdown we have been doing stuff on zoom. We had started this before lockdown and we have been thinking about what robots can solve in the world. There were many things to choose from like world hunger, climate change and lots more. But one that I thought of was Endangered Species. It is where some animals like red pandas, have not many left in the world. We had to think about how we can stop these things from happening.

I enjoyed writing the description because there are many things that it can solve. I could think of 4 reasons.

I found it tricky to make what it looked like because It would have to be a robot that won't be attacked by predators.

Here is my slides!

Valarie Adams - Report

This week for writing we have been learning to make links between paragraphs. I had to make a link with a word on both paragraphs so it made a connection. We got to chose our Olympian to write about. I chose Valerie Adams because she is my idol. My success criteria for writing is that I have used phrases such as "As well as.. he also..." to start my paragraphs. I have used the same word towards the end of one paragraph and start of the next (word links). I have used an idea link. I got 2 out of 3 of these in my writing. I enjoyed writing about Valerie Adams because she was very interesting and she had lots to write about. I found it tricky to write an idea link because It was different and I wasn't sure how to do it. Next time I will watch the video over and over again to get an understanding, and go to another workshop with my teacher.

Here is my report writing

Valerie Adams
Name: Valerie Kasanita Adams
Born: 6 October 1984
Place of birth: Rotorua, New Zealand
Sport: Athletics - shot put

Valerie Adams is a shot putter. She has 3 sibling. Steven Adams played basketball, for Oklahoma, New Orleans and in Memphis, Tennessee. Lisa Adams is competing in the Paralympic Games and is doing shot put. Valerie has also coached Lisa in shot put. As well as shot put, Lisa played netball and basketball while she was growing up. Warren Adams is Valerie's brother. Valerie Adams went to Southern Cross Campus. She took up shot putting at the age of 14.

Valerie was so fantastic at shot putting the she became one of the best shot putters in the world. Valerie Adams has won gold at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, gold at the 2021 London Olympics, silver at the 2016 Rio Olympics and at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics she won bronze.

Valerie Adams is one of New Zealand's most successful and celebrated Olympic athletes. 

Kūmarahou

This week for reading we have been learning to summarise. We had to choose a Māori healing plant that was in our school. There were alot to choose from but I chose the Kūmarahou. It cures stuff like colds and coughs. We get to paint this on a piece of wood and place it where our plant is, so people can read what the plant is. I enjoyed learning about the Kūmarahou because I did not know what this plant was. I found it tricky to find facts on the internet because there was not much about what It can heal. Do you know what else the Kūmarahou can heal? 

Here is what I'm going to do. 

Japan Facts

This week for reading we have been learning to skim and scan. When you skim you read the text quickly to get an idea of what it is about. When you scan, you read the text quickly looking for key words for the information you need.

We are doing facts about Japan, and what they eat, what sports they do and more. Sadly I did not get to finish this task because I am a House Captain and I had responsibilities to do. I could have finished this at home but I didn't do it. And I am sorry that I didn't finish it. I will still show you what I did though.
I enjoyed finding where Japan is on the map and circling it.
I found it tricky to finish because most of our information is on Epic and because it was after school I could not get the information. I could have googled it but I didn't.
Here is what I have done so far.

What fact did you find the most interesting on my slides?

Olympics Games - Facts and Information

This week for reading we have been learning to skim and scan. Because the Olympic Games are on, we have made a slide show about facts and Information about the Olympics. If you want to know more about the Olympics then read on. We had to talk about facts and about the fourth medal. Thats crazy right, that there is a fourth medal!

I enjoyed finding fact about the Olympic Games that I did not know.

I found it tricky to find out about the fourth medal because I did not know what it was. Lucky we could research and with some help I found it out.

Here is the slides!

Olympics Games Mascot

This week we have been making mascots because the Olympics are on. If you are wondering why we are making these it is because if the Olympics ever came to New Zealand we could have a mascot to represent our country. I have not finished mine but this is what I have done so far. I will keep working on this.

I enjoyed trying to draw the head and the flag.

I was tricky to draw the body and to colour.

Here is my mascot.

I will name it when I have finished.

Gamefroot Progress

For cybersmart today we have been working on our gamefroot. I have made some progress on it. Like how now my player has an animation when It runs and when it is idle.

I enjoyed coding the collectables but i'm not done yet.

I found It tricky to find how to make the player have the animation.

Play my game Here