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Welcome to LS1's contribution to the 2020 Manaiakalani Film Festival. As with most all of our films for the past three years or so, this is a parody. That means, it is supposed to be funny and silly while making fun of something. Can you figure out what is being made fun of?

Maori | Revision

This week, LS1's session with Whaea Odie was about translating Māori names into english by understanding the different phonics and sounds of Māori words.

First, we were given a document with a list of names in Māori, there were 20 names in total. 

Then, we used Māori dictionaries to translate the names, but we also thought about how some Māori letters aren't always accurate. For example, with Māori names, the letter 's' is replaced with the letter 'h', so the name Susan in Māori would be Huhana.

We enjoyed this session of Māori with Whaea Odie, and translating the different names into english because we found it interesting to find out what the names were in english.

LI: to translate Māori names into english.

Kiwi Sport | Touch Rugby

This week in LS1's session of touch rugby with Mark, we learned how to do 2 man and 3 man settles.

First, we played walking touch to apply our knowledge of 2 and 3 man settles into a game. 

We did 2 man settles. The person with the ball was touched and the dummy-half picked up the ball and passed the ball back to the person that was previously holding the ball.

Then, we did 3 man settles. The person with the ball was touched and the dummy-half picked up and passed the ball to a different person. This process was repeated.

LS1 enjoyed this weeks session of Kiwi Sport and practising using 2 and 3 man settles.

LI: to learn how to do 2 people and 3 people settles.

Mr Ogilvie's Maths | Solving Equations

This week, Mr Ogilvie's maths groups took part in a survey and chose a skill within maths that they struggled with. Mr Ogilvie worked with those people to help them develop an understanding of that skill and how to use it to solve maths equations.

Once they finished working with Mr Ogilvie, they created a DLO (mainly a slide) and wrote down information that explained how to use that skill to solve equations. Some strategies that were explained were algorithm and place value.

In their blogpost they explained the steps they took using that skill to solve the equations.

Mr Ogilvie's maths groups enjoyed improving on a skill within math and expanding their knowledge.

LI: to improve on a skill within math.

Mr Wong's Reading | Novel Study

This week, Mr Wong's reading groups continued with their novel study on a book by Roald Dahl. 

They continued to read certain chapters of their books. Some people only needed to read 2 chapters and some read 3 chapters. 

Mr Wong's reading groups wrote down what happened on their Story Web (which tells gives the reader a brief idea of what happened in the story without reading the book), and made text-to-self, text-to-text and text-to-world connections. When they finished, they chose one follow-up task to complete.

They enjoyed continuing with their novel study and finding out what happens next in their Roald Dahl books.

 LI: to study a novel.

  

Inquiry | Emergency Shelter Design

This week, all of the companies that were formed last week brainstormed ideas for an emergency shelter design. We needed to come up with ideas for the structural shape and design of the emergency shelter. The companies also needed to include brief ideas about what their shelters will be designed to resist. Each shelter should be designed to resist a kind of natural disaster.

All of the groups drew a rough sketch of the front and side view of their emergency shelter so they would have a decent idea of what to create. Then, the teachers introduced the groups to a website called SketchUp which is a design programme that allows you to create anything in three dimensions.

The groups recreated the their shelter designs using the website and had the opportunity to change the size of the emergency shelter and add windows and doors using the design programme.

All of the companies enjoyed brainstorming ideas for an emergency shelter and recreating the shelter using a design programme.

LI: to digitally model an emergency structure.

Mr Wong's Writing | Narrative

This week, Mr Wong's writing groups have gone through their written narratives and changed different pieces of them using the feedback given by Mr Wong.

They talked about the changes that could be made to the narratives that they wrote, such as the ideas, the problem, the structure of the narrative (TOPES), the formatting, speech, events and more. They applied that advice and feedback to their narratives.

In their blogpost, they informed the reader what a narrative was and about the structure of a narrative (TOPES) and what each part of the structure is. They talked about why it is important to know how to balance speech and narration in a narrative. They also included information about how to plan a narrative, and why it is important to know this information.

They enjoyed learning about the different changes that could be made to a fictional story so that they could apply that knowledge to their narrative.

LI: to plan a narrative.