📀German Folk📀

This term we have been doing a rotation in team 5. This week, Room 3 is in Room 1 doing German Folk/D'hammerschmeids. The dance is new and creative, it's similar to hand games. All you do is grab a partner and start doing a hand game. If you've ever played Slime Yuck Yuck before, then it'll be really easy for you. This is one of the easiest dances I've learnt. Make sure to try this dance out because it's something new and fun. While we were doing this dance, Mrs Moala recorded us so if you would like to see what we did, here it is.

What's The Purpose Of School?

Most people say school is for learning and getting a good education, but is that the reason why we go to school? Many people in this world have different opinions on why we go to school, and most of the time, the answer is learning. Let me tell you what I think the purpose of school is.

Education. We mainly come to school to learn about things that'll get us a better job so we'll earn lots of money and have a better life. Teachers also teach us about all the cautions and dangers that could hurt us in life. If there were any robbers, they tell us to run as fast as we can and if not yell and scream at the top of your lungs.

Haven't you noticed that when you go to school, you get there and see all of the friends you've made? Socializing is a big thing for kids. If we were all homeschooled, we would all be scared to go out to places and meet new people. We wouldn't have the confidence and courage to talk to anyone because you would only be used to your family.

They teach us what foods are good for us even though we love eating junk. They help remind us what food we should eat to keep in better shape. What if we didn't know what foods would be bad for us? We could be eating foods that could kill us or foods that could get us sick.

Do you agree with my statements? Or do you have other reasons for what the purpose of school is? If you think about it, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and other people, have become billionaires, but they dropped out of school. School might not always be the answer, but most of the time, it's the best option. When you go to school, always listen and respect your teacher because you might regret it when you're older.

Come and Learn Some Things About The Continents With Me!

WALT: Using code and making a scratch animation for our theme!

Instructions - Firstly press space and wait for the cat to disappear. Press left arrow key and wait until the background turns back to the World Map. Then Press 'C' key then sit back and relax and enjoy the show! If you would like to restart it and watch it again press b and repeat the same steps!

Task Description -
This is my scratch animation and let me tell you some things about it. This was my first time playing around with scratch so it was a bit hard for me to code but I seemed to be doing great. What I learned was a lot of things about the continents and it's up on my blog if you want to check some of those out. Making this took some time and effort into it, I think I took about a month to make this whole thing. The music is suppose to represent the country meaning it's a song from that country/continent. The last one which is Paris, that song wasn't actually from Paris but I just chose a random song that I could find.

Everyone know that there are 7 continents but sometimes I wonder what about New Zealand. It doesn't seem to be in the world map when you search up 7 continents, If I were ever a debating person, I would debate for my life. New Zealand deserves to be at least something, even though it is a country, it deserves MORE! Anyways, I hope you enjoy my little animation and if you want comment down below what you think but please be positive. LOVE YOU GUYS LOTS <3

'I Like Your Latitude!'

WALT - Latitude and Longitude!

WOO HOO! It's only the first day and it's already going great. Our theme this term is 'I Like Your Latitude!'. What do you think this saying means? Today I will be telling you about the immersion assembly and what were my favourite parts!

Mr Goodwin got the teachers LOST! Team 4's movie was hilarious, their movie was about how to navigate your way around the continent/s. All the teachers in Team 4 (except Mr Goodwin) had to complete a quest. Their quest was to find a way to get to school by using the olden day style, using only a map and a compass. They had their little arguments but in the end they finally all agreed to go one way and found their way to school. The teachers were very upset at Mr Goodwin so they told him to find his own way home without using Google Maps or a GPS. Mr Goodwin just sat there alone....

The Magic Button..... Team 5 did a real life act. Their idea was all about, Where in the  latitude and longitude are you? Ms Tapuke was the main character, she used her 'Magic Button' to go around the world. She traveled to North America, Asia, Africa, Europe and in every country she went to, she met someone. She would always ask them "Where in the Longitude and Latitude are we?". The answer would always be numbers and degrees so my team (Team 5) will be learning about how to read and find out what longitude and latitude means!

This immersion assembly has been a BLAST! All of the Teams did such great videos and performances. Our whole school will be learning about Latitude and longitude but we will be learning about them in our own different ways. Team 1 - The Bee's, Team 2 - Easter Hunt, Team 3 - Pick A Path, Team 4 - Navigating, and last of all Team 5 - 'Where in the longitude and latitude are you! I hope all of us students at Pt England learn something new about our theme.