Tech @ Tamaki college

Tech @ tamaki college was great. We had a fun time with Mr Mackenzie Brown. We have been focusing on our charity box. We also finished of our other work we have been doing last term. My charity box was about focusing on the blind.

How has technology changed the way we learn?

Technology has changed the way we learn these days. Did you know technology connects us to the world? During the 1900’s, children in classrooms used blackboards to write their follow up work on. These were called slates.

Slates were called slates because they were made out of slate. After using blackboards, notebooks and ink were introduced in classrooms. Notebooks were better than slates because they would keep things safe, and unlike blackboards it was not easy to wipe out the work. This meant students had a record of their work.

Inkwells were replaced by pens, pencils and rubbers. Rubbers are used to rub things out if mistakes were made when writing with pencils. This meant students were able to try new things without worrying about making a mistake in their work.

Nowadays we now use computers. Computers are digital learning devices. They help us look through the internet when we are finding the answers to new learning. We can create DLOs (Digital learning objects) like slideshows, google draw posters, movies and spreadsheets on one device. We can see our learning at our class google site at any time,  and our blogs let everyone in the world see the work we publish.

In 2018 we are using our digital devices instead of using blackboards or notebooks which shows technology has changed the way we learn.

How have camels adapted to their environment?

Camels have adapted to the desert because Camels normally live in a hot area.  Did you know in the desert it can get up to 42 degrees of heat? This is probably why camels can drink up to 46 Liters of water in one session.

The extreme heat makes the sand very hot so on their feet camels have special pads that help them walk on the hot sand they also have webbed between their toes to help them walk easily. Camels have doubled eyelashes and has ears that are covered in long hair. The Eyelashes and ears help so sand cannot go in their eyes or ears. Nostrils can close so sand can’t go into their nose.

Camels have thick lips that will help them eat sharp foods like thorns, cactus, twigs, and bones. In the Cactus they produce water.

Camels can survive without drinking water for 30 days. Camels also have thick fur for the shade that is on top of their hump. In the Camel's hump, they have fat. Fat helps them helps them have energy when they can’t find food.

Nowadays camels still have adapted to a very hot and dry desert. The desert has no water, but in the cactus, they produce water for the camel's hump.

Tech @ Tamaki college T4-W1

Tech @ Tamaki College was great, In graphics we have been doing our art that we did last term. We also made a charity box that we want to support I choose to support the blind because blind is important to me. We also learnt diffrent kinds of shapes that was on a game.

Kiwi can T4-W1

At Kiwi can our new theme was Respect. We had to show ways on how we can respect for our school. Our rules in our school is Confience, Auddite, Respect, and exllence an Inavoation. What I learnt about respect is that we have to respect the people around us or respect the area you are in.

ShakeOut in New Zealand

Today was the New Zealand National Shakeout day. Savelina and I have created a slideshow about earthquakes. We have learnt really useful things like; what to do if there was an earthquake, and how earthquakes happen It was a really intersting experience to participate in Shakeout day for New Zealand because I didn't know we had something like this.

Basic Facts

Today for Maths we used Mr Wong's Basic Facts Spreadsheet that he created. I used addtion that was up to 20 to help me learn my basic facts. I need to practise more at home and at school so I know how to use my basic facts.

Formal and Informal

Formal -

I am writing to complain about the state of the condition of the playground. Over the last two weeks, I have noticed a great deal of litter.

Informal -

How are you?. I’ve been dead busy since your last letter. We have to work really hard at school to get ready for our PAT tests.

Today for reading we have been learning which sentences were formal and which were informal. What I learnt was that formal means something that might be written in a letter and writing an Informal is like writing an email to someone. In the formal part I wrote "I am writing to complain", "state of the condition of the playground" and "a great deal of litter". In the informal part I wrote "How are you?", "dead busy" and to get ready.