Learning Journey Day 7

Today we are still learning about New Zealand. For the first activity we have to write 3 things we could do to help New Zealand and make it beautiful for generations to come. For the second activity we have to take a picture of ourselves doing something we find relaxing. For the bonus activity we have to write a description or make a video about our week and what we enjoyed, what was challenging, what we did, what surprised us and what we learned.

Fun On Design App

Today we had to draw a picture on an app called DesignApp.io. I made my picture using different shapes and colors. I made a tree and a pond using circles and rectangles. I chose this because it was the first thing that came to mind. The most challenging part was changing the colors of the shapes. The easiest part was making the lily pads. The most fun part was making the tree because I got to use all circles for the leaves.

Coding

This term I have been doing coding every Tuesday afternoon. We had to use Scratch to create a maze. We had to learn how to use all the different pieces to make our sprite move. To learn the different tasks each week our teacher Mrs Jack put videos on while we were sitting on the mat, the man explained everything we needed to know in lots of different videos, we watched one video every Tuesday. To get the maze background we had to go on a website called David Bau. Me and my friend Paige made 2 mazes because we went to a student toolkit a couple of weeks ago. The most challenging part was trying to make the maze background PNG from PDF. The easiest part was making our scratch accounts.

 Scratch Link

Today we are still learning about New Zealand. For the first activity we have to write a poem about how we would feel if we were one of the first people to come to New Zealand back many years ago. For the second activity we had to write the three out of four things we would like to do from New Zealand's Matariki festival. For the bonus activity we have to watch 3 videos of the All Blacks doing the Haka and order them from 1-3.

Learning Journey Day 5

Today we are still learning about New Zealand. The first task was to write a short story of 8-10 sentences about what would happen next if you got lost in a forest. The second task was to choose a New Zealand famous person and write five facts you know or learnt about that person. For the bonus activity we had to say why or why not we would like to travel up the Otago Central Trail.

Learning Journey Day 4

Today we are still learning about New Zealand. Now we are  travelling in the south island. For task 1 we have to write how the locals helped the beached whales on Farewell Spit. For the bonus active we have to give our opinion why people should or shouldn't fish in Farewell Spit because of the Heckdar Dolphins.

Uru Manuka Student Tool Kits

On Wednesday a group of people went down to Hornby Primary to share our tool kits. My tool kit was on coding.  The thing that went best for me was presenting, because I managed to help all three of the people I was teaching in some way.  I think maybe next time I would like to present in front of more people that three. Maybe next time I could talk a little bit more. My favorite presentation to watch was Voki voice because we got to create our own Voki charactor. The hardest part was creating an animation in the space of 45 minutes.