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.