Tag: Inquiry

A Moment of time

 LI: write a poem that describes a moment in time

At camp we had lots of challenge activities to try. Our challenge in with our poem was to chose our words carefully so that we painted a clear picture of what we were describing in the mind for our readers. And I will describe how the camp went,it  felt so cold as Soon as we touched the water. We chose this challenge because i wanted to overcome the coldness in the water and to have some leadership and have some courage as well so we could finish the activity.

What did Samuel Marsden see?

LI: To use the information in the diary extract to create an image of what we think Samuel Marsden saw when he sailed down the Tamaki.

  We use Adobe Express to what Samuel Marsden saw when he was travelling down the tamaki river and we also included the different timings in the photo because we can  see how different Auckland looks now compared to back then.I learnt that Samuel Marsden was the first missonary,and he was chaplain of the New South Wales settlement in Australia.

Exploring AI

LI: To identify and understand how descriptive language is used to create a clear picture of a setting in a text.

  • This is the image I created using the Adobe Express. I found this activity challenging because it like to say one word but it won’t come out like you won’ted   but I found it fun because with my  friend  haveing fun time .

 

 

Who was Samuel Marsden

LI: To use our smart searching skills to find out who Samuel Marsden was and what he is known for.

  • We used our smart searching skills to research facts about Samuel Marsden. To make sure our facts were correct we used three different websites. The websites I used were

Something interesting I found out about Samuel marsden was the first missionaries ,.

Kauri Dieback

LI: To understand the story behind our flag

 

Our challenge today was to use the links provided and our own smart searching skills to find out what Kauri dieback is and what we need to do to try and prevent this from spreading. We need to know about this so that we do our part to keep our Kauri safe when we go on hike at camp.

I worked with Malosi and Daniel  and we found it interesting that Kauri dieback is disease to kill’s trees of all ages. The disease is spread by tiny soil-borne spores that attack the roots and trunk of kauri. When a spore infects the root, it grows threads (or ‘mycelium’) which damage the tissues in the tree that carry water and nutrients to the canopy.

Evolution of the NZ Flag

LI: To understand the story behind our flag

Our challenge today was to co-construct ways we can make the most of our learning time in LS2. We thought about what we expected to happen so we could make the most of our learning time then thought about what our teachers expected.

Something I found interesting  was that  the last country in the world to be inhabited by humans. New Zealand’s history dates back just a few hundred years. This country was inhabited by the first humans only 800 years ago and it was, of course, the Maori who arrived first.