Panmure Bridge Labeling

Today for inquiry we made our own version of the Panmure bridge on a google drawing. We labeled all of the different parts of the bridge and that are used to build the bridge. There are 4 different parts to the bridge that is the bridge deck so people and cars can go across the iron swing opens so the boats can get to the other side, abutment is to hold the iron swing and the piles holds the bridge deck and prevents it from collapsing.

Duffy assembly

Today, it was a Duffy assembly. Our class went to the hall to listen to Michel Mulipola. He explains a lot of things like, his job, and what he does at his spare time. He is a really talented comic illustrator. He showed us some of his drawings and the drawings the he drew for wrestlers, school journals and different types of super hero's. Michel Mulipola is not just a comic illustrator. He is a wrestler and a semi professional gamer. He also told us a tips. Using your face as is guide to draw a proper face and easy. We have really enjoyed listening his career.

Reading book Review

Today for reading we needed to get in to our groups and present our slideshows on the books that we'd read. We needed to explain the theme, the setting, our overall review and other parts related to the book. After we'd explained the work that we'd done our next task was to explain why we did/didn't like the book and who the main characters are as well as where the story is set.

Trip to the whitewater park

Today Panmure Bridge was lucky to be funded by Vector Wero Whitewater Park, but we were to give in $5 each to be part of this activity. There were only year 7 & 8 who had the chance to do a rafting course which was pretty amazing. Before doing anything we were to watch a safety video explaining what we need for the course and how to help someone who's in danger in the water.After that we all put on all our swim suits, helmet, life jacket, and a jacket. We also received a paddle. Soon, we got into group of 6 and each group had an instructor. In my group I had Mataio, Joseph, San Kyaw, Ofa, Freeman and Tim was our instructor, and I. Tim did a little talk about how to stay safe in the water and answered some of our questions. Then it was time for the ultimate rafting course.

HIIT Last rotation

Today is the last week for the HITT (High Intense Interval Training) program. We have been doing HIIT for 15 weeks. We have also have been doing HIIT twice week, we have had lots of different exercise changes and we are apart of the AUT research. This training program is based on increasing our heart rate by Pau te hau which means getting puffed. The 4 rotations we did are tap steps, push ups, star jumps and sit ups. For these rotations we did the 4 sets of each. We also had 10 - 20 seconds to do them. We got an extra 10 seconds for a little brake to regain our energy. 

Mr Wong Math Challenge Addition

Today for maths Mr Wong created a addition and subtraction challenge for our maths group using his smart coding skills. This maths challenge was very fun and tricky because we used all sorts of strategies to solve it, this really trained my brain. All the strategies I used went with the different numbers that came next. The point of the game is to solve all the question that it ask you and get to the end the fastest.

Bridge building

Today for Inquiry we have continued to make a bridge stronger and gluing each part together. Our group has finished creating our bridge. We manege to glue the trusses on the side of the deck. We collaborated and worked out how to make our bridge stronger. We have placed more sticks under the bridge and we have used 196 toothpicks and each toothpicks are worth 25 Cents. All together it was $54.45c. We had a few problems with our bridge the problem was some of the tooh picks were not touching. Me and San Kyaw worked collaboratively to finish this off

HIIT Training

Today we did HITT (High Intense Interval Training) this training program is based on increasing our heart rate by Pau te hau which means getting puffed. The 4 rotations we did are sit ups, star jumps, high knees and tap steps. For these rotations we did the 4 sets of each. We also had 30 seconds to do them. We got an extra 10 seconds for a little brake to regain our energy.

Auckland Philharmonic Orchestra Trip

Today LS2 went on a fantastic trip to see the Orchestra perform all sorts of dances. There are different sections to do with the instruments there was brass which was trumpet, trombone, tube and the french horn. The others were woodwind, percussion and the strings. After they played a song using the instruments and talked about what they do and how they worked, St Kent's performed a very cool dance that involved fog and lots of different lights.

Bridge Building

This week for inquiry we are building bridges that should go to Rata point and Redcliff point. To build these bridges we used toothpicks and glue, this is a completion against the other groups so everyone is trying to make there bridge the best because there is going to be a prize. San kyaw and I have a few special jobs to do. This is only the side we still have to do the bridge deck and the other side. Me and San Kyaw my partner worked collaboratively to finish this off. 

VR (Virtual Reality) Experience

Today we worked with Yvonne and her research team they are from the Augmented Human Lab at Auckland University. They came to our school to teach us about Virtual Reality. There are 2 different groups, one group used the VR cardboard that is interactive and the other used the Magic Window with the I pads, I used the VR cardboard. Virtual Reality is a really fun 3D device you can use, you can do all sorts of things using it like activity's and play lots of different games. The first learning challenge using the virtual reality was building the Panmure Bridge it was very fun because we got to interact with the items and it would also show and tell you how they built it and where it got shipped from. The second thing we did with the virtual reality was deliver mail to the Jones family using the punt. Once we did that we time traveled into 1966 when the Panmure Bridge was built we got to walk across it, after that we gave another letter to the family.

The Skeleton Creek: The Raven

This term for Reading we had to decide on a book to work on. I chose this book because they were another book like this so I could work with a partner, the partner I'm working with for reading is San Kyaw. The story of the book I've read has been interesting. The part I've been reading on is about them solving the mysteries of an haunted church. I think what would happened next is they find where the next clue is.