SLJ

This story is about a fun school event called the Summer Learning Journey. Last week, kids got certificates and prizes for doing it. The person who wrote this is happy because they got one too. They liked doing the activities because it made summer more fun and they learned new things. One fun thing they did was make a story where your choices decide what happens next, called a “pick-a-path” quiz. This story was about animals from New Zealand. They looked up animals that live there naturally and animals that came from other places and cause trouble. They learned how these animals live and how they affect each other.

AI reverse challenge

  We looked at Nano Banana, a tool that makes images on Gemini. Our goal was to take an existing picture of a leopard sitting on a tree branch and try to make a new image similar to it by giving the AI specific instructions and called prompts. I found out that AI doesn’t always create images exactly as you want. That’s why it’s important to give a very clear and detailed description of what you imagine.

Tech at Tamaki College

Today at school, we learned new Māori words and made cloth by weaving. Our usual teacher was not there, so another teacher gave us fun puzzles and coloring instead. We didn’t do our usual weaving, but we still worked hard. It was a little different, but it helped us learn to do things on our own and finish our work. Even though it felt strange not to do weaving, I paid attention and did my best. I look forward to doing weaving again next time and making my design better.

Johnny Pohe and the Great Escape

Last week we were reading about a man named Johnny Pohe was a man from New Zealand who flew airplanes and helped soldiers in wars. One day, some bad people caught him in Germany and put him in a camp called Stalag Luft III. Johnny and 75 other men worked together to dig tunnels to escape. They named the tunnels Tom, Dick, and Harry. Two tunnels, Tom and Dick, were found and destroyed. The men waited until the night with no moon so they could sneak out through Harry.

When it was dark, all 76 men, including Johnny, sneaked out and went to a place called Hut 104 to hide. Many other men wanted to escape too, but only 76 escaped. The bad people told the guards to shoot the men if they tried to run away. Johnny was special because he was the first Maori pilot to fly an airplane.

You also made a special project with your friends about Johnny Pohe, talking about what was good and bad about him.

Short division

Today in class, we learned how to split big numbers into smaller parts using something called short division. Short division helps us do division faster. I like it because it’s simple and fast. Knowing your multiplication facts (like 2 times 3 is 6) makes it easier to do.

Social Influence

This week we are learning about social influence it’s a really interesting topic because we have never learned about it before and we made a DLO showing what it is and how it can be used. something interesting I found about this topic is that there are a lot of people that get influenced by other people and that is like us humans as well.

The Lady who said ‘Kia Ora’

LS2  Was learning about Naida Glavish is a woman who chose to say “Kia Ora” (a traditional Māori greeting) instead of the usual “Hello.” Her small act of using this Māori greeting helped bring about big changes in New Zealand’s culture. We see her as someone who caused change because she supported the Māori language, called te reo, and helped raise its importance.

How we honour the Treaty of Waitangi

Our assignment for inquiry was to study the Treaty of Waitangi and how we uphold it. We learned about the various participants in the treaty, including William Hobson, James Busby, Hone Heke, and Tamati Waka Nene. Next, we drafted a DLO outlining our approach to and rationale for upholding the Treaty of Waitangi.

Something we found interesting was that the british people had different rules to the Maori and after the Maori sign the treaty they realised what they signed up to.

Expectations At Waitangi

This week, we examined the reasons for the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, the parties involved, and our assumptions about their expectations. To illustrate this, we employed thinking bubbles and voice bubbles.

We thought it was fascinating how we might influence others to believe the same way we do.