Square Group's 3D Challenge

Today's challenge was to create 3d shapes using the same polygon on each face. Once this had been completed, and the process photographed, the groups were asked to work collaboratively to create a presentation (of their choice) to share their learning. No instructions were given... just hints like the one that reminded the groups to record all the questions they asked each other. This is all their own work and was confidently presented to the class to show their understanding. Great work everyone!

Phases of the Moon

This is a presentation that I created collaboratively with a few classmates. It explains the phases of the Moon. When we presented this to Room 5, they said we spoke clearly. Check it out!

Planet Facts: Efaraima, Robbie, Juliano, Tim and Jacob A

Well done boys! You worked collaboratively to find lots of interesting facts about the planets in our solar system. I really liked the way you used each person's strengths to create your presentation.

Faitele, Joshua, Efaraima, Evan & Robbie'e Collaborative Paragraph

The sun orbits the earth and it’s the only star in our solar system. Stars are like a ball of gas held by its own gravity. A space probe is a piece of technology that explores and collects information from our planets. There are more stars in the universe than grains of sand on all beaches. The earths atmosphere is made up of several layers. Space exploration is an ongoing discovery and exploration of structures in space. Many solar systems together form a galaxy. Every planet rotates on its own axis having differents lengths of day and year. Constellations have been an important part of human society. Neil Armstrong was an astronaut and the first person to land on the moon.

Kyra, Shantay, Evan, and Efaraima's Research

This is a presentation about Tonga. It shows the importance that the tradtional foods have. Tonga has yummy food that I like to eat. e.g: Chop Suey. Please leave a comment.

Why is Facebook is a Problem?

Shockingly, it has been discovered that one and a half billion people log onto Facebook everyday! With so many people using Facebook lots of problems are happening on this social networking site.

Firstly problems start happening when people write negative things about other people. Lots of people see these comments and start thinking the wrong thing. This is because people believe what is written. When rumours start it becomes serious and is called cyber bullying.

Cyber bulling is a huge problem because it affects a lot of people. Cyber bullies post false information which makes victims feel embarrassed and humiliated as other people are commenting on things that aren't true. This means Facebook can be misleading.

Misleading people is another danger of Facebook. You can pretend to be someone else, or you can be tricked by someone who is pretending to be someone else. To make sure you are safe think about who you are adding as a friend on Facebook.

Remember staying safe is one of the biggest problems on Facebook and is the most important thing. Think about what you post, what you read and what you comments on. With one and half billion users everyday things go wrong because on a social networking site everybody can see what you post.

Collaboratively researched and written by:

Tui, Jacob A, Kyra, Pah Nwee, Efariama and a little bit of help from Mrs A

Rongoa Facts by Efariama, Kapri, Kyra and Oh S'Mar

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Explanation: What is Assessment? by Halatoa, Lani, Joshua, Efaraima, Donatalian, Piripi and Loti

The dictionary says assessment is the action of assessing someone or something. At school teachers use assessments to see what the students know and what they still need to learn. Are you aware that assessments used to be called tests. Things have changed since our ancestors went to school one hundred years ago. If you got lots of answers wrong you had to stand in the corner wearing a dunces cap to show everyone that you were that you got lots wrong in your tests.

At Panmure Bridge School we do assessments that tell us what level we are in Reading, Maths and Writing. We answer questions in Maths and Reading on our netbooks. Sometimes we do tests on paper like the IKAN test which tells us what we need to learn and achieve in Maths. It is easier to use our netbooks so we can delete any mistakes.

We do assessments so the teacher can help us with the questions we don’t know and this helps the teacher plan what we are going to learn. Making a mistake is ok because we can learn from each others mistakes.

Assessments help us learn new things and helps the teachers learn new things as well. Assessments show what level you’re at and what you still need to learn. Our marks let our parents know where they can help us with our learning at home.

Sometimes you do well and sometimes you make mistakes when you do assessments. You should always try your best and be focused on your work. Remember to read the questions carefully so that you answer the questions right.