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Thursday 27 March 2014

Multiplication Wheels

We have been learning how to instantly recall our multiplication facts so that we can help ourselves in other areas of maths, Take a look!

Maths Thinkboard

My group needed to extend our thinking around maths problems. For example 7 groups of 11, Take a look!

My TRUMP Goals For Learning


Each student had to set their own goals for the future based on 'TRUMP' which stands for Thinking, Relating to Others, Using Language, Symbols and Text, Managing Self and Participating and Contributing. Take a Look!

Manaakitanga Smart Values


For cyber smarts, my class had to create a google drawing showing our interpretation of each of out school values using the smart values, Take a look!

ANZAC Questions



These are the questions that me and my inquiry group came up with to show a deeper understanding of the ANZAC's and how what they did in the past affected our future, Take a look!

Tuesday 25 March 2014

Smart Surfing


We have been learning to search for information using key words, take a look!

Division 7 Maths Thinkboard


This is how I expand my thinking using this thinkboard, take a look!

Goal Setting Presentation


These are my goals for the term, take a look!

Monday 24 March 2014

Collective Nouns


We have been learning what collective nouns are, take a look!

Monday 17 March 2014

North Head Trip Preparation


We have been learning exactly what we are going to see at our upcoming North Head trip and why we are going, Take a look!

Wednesday 12 March 2014

What we Know About ANZAC


This is my what me and my inquiry group know about ANZAC, Take a look!

Friday 7 March 2014

My ANZAC Timeline


For this task I worked with a partner to order events surrounding ANZACs in World War 1, Take a look!

Thursday 6 March 2014

My ANZAC Poem


The Somme:

War goes on with bayonets,
Trenches filled with blood and sweat,
Shells and guns and gas and tanks,
Lives are taken throughout the ranks,

Death and fear surrounds the Somme,
Many heroes not known where from,
Although the battle was not lost,
Every army paid great cost,



Wednesday 5 March 2014

WWI Facts


We have been learning to understand key information about the ANZACS and the roles they played in WWI.

Anzac Day - Cloze Task


We have been learning to use different comprehension strategies to help me develop my knowledge of guide dogs, Take a look!


Anzac Day  - Cloze Task

Most Anzac day services start with a march of returned service personnel
wearing their medals, and marching behind banners and standards. The
veterans are joined by other community groups, including members
of the armed forces, the Red Cross, cadets etc.
The march continues to the local war memorial, where a service takes place.
This includes the laying of wreaths and various organisations and members of
the public. Flowers have traditionally been laid on graves and memorials in
memory of the soldiers. Laurel and rosemary are often put
in wreaths. Laurel was used by the ancient Romans as a symbol of honour
and was woven into a wreath to crown victors or the brave. Rosemary is used
for remembrance. The wreaths are laid to honour the people that have died
fighting for New Zealand.

The poppy has become the symbol for Anzac Day. The Flanders poppy as it is
currently called grew in the trenches and craters of the war zone in Belgium and
at Gallipoli. These poppies grew wild in the spring. The soldiers thought of the
poppies as soldiers who had died. The poppy was made famous by Colonel
J.M. McCrae's poem written in Flanders' Fields. Poppies are sold on the day
before Anzac Day to raise money for the R.S.A. [Returned Services Association]
In most ceremonies of remembrance there is a reading of a poem. This is
often "The Ode to the Fallen" by Laurence Binyon. It was first published in
the Times newspaper in 1914
They shall not grow old as we that are left grow old.
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning.
We will remember them.

The last post is the trumpet call sounded in army barracks at 10pm at
night to mark the end of the days activities. It is also used at military
funerals and commemorative services to show that the soldier's day has
drawn to a final close.
This is usually followed by a period of silence for one or two minutes as a sign
of respect for those who have died. After observing the silence the flags are
raised from half-mast to the masthead. The Rouse is then played. The Rouse
called the soldier's spirits to arise and fight for another day.
The Reveille is played at the dawn services instead of the Rouse. The Reveille is
played only as the first call in the morning. It woke the soldiers up at
dawn.
Often hymns were sung and speeches made. The important part of the ceremony
is to remember those who died.