Today in school, we talked about how what people see or hear can make them think or do certain things. We also talked about the good parts and the not-so-good parts of mieda, newspapers, and other ways we get information. My favorite part was learning about all of it.
We are reading the book ‘Diary of Anne Frank’. Mrs Anderson created a Gemini Gem to prompt us to think more deeply about what life would have been like in the annex, what we felt and why we felt that way.
I enjoyed using the Gem because it helped me understand more better about the words we know and don’t know.
In 1942, a young girl named Anne Frank was not allowed outside after 8 o’clock. Before the Germans took over, life in Germany was normal and everyday.
They had a hidden room in their building to hide from the Germans. The Germans would break into people’s homes if they suspected theft or robbery. They searched for hidden items and sometimes checked houses belonging to Jewish families.
There was a hidden closet or compartment in Anne’s building to stay safe. The tension was very high because the Germans would check the bookshelf in front of the hidden room. Everyone had to stay silent, because even the slightest noise could give them away.
Footsteps of the German soldiers could be heard as they walked heavily—creaking floors and loud boots. Inside the hidden space, it was dark, dusty, and lonely. Anne felt bored and hopeless, scared that the Germans might find them and take her family away.
She felt paralyzed by fear, and the darkness made her scared out of her mind. The only thing she could do was pray silently, hoping they wouldn’t find the hiding place. She remembers hearing that outside, the streets were empty because the Germans were searching for Jews who were hiding or late, and they were taking them away.
We looked at why the Treaty of Waitangi was signed, who was involved and what we thought their expectations were. We used speech bubbles and thoughtbubbles to reflect this.
Something we found interesting was how there was no painters to draw the event that made history.
In LS2, we practiced a way to divide numbers called short division. Short division is a quick way to divide large numbers. The person said their favorite part is solving the equation to find the answer, meaning they like figuring out the solution step by step.
This week in LS2 we went to Tamaki College to learn about threading patterns. I used red, black and white colors to create my artwork. My favorite part was looking at the final result after completing it.
This week in LS2, we practiced multiplication using an algorithm, which is a step-by-step method for solving the problem. We learned how to do the multiplication correctly and ensure our answers are accurate. The part I liked most was figuring out the problem by following the right strategies.
Today day in LS2, we learned about subtraction in algorithms An algorithm is a set of steps to solve a problem. Subtraction is taking away a number from another number to find out what remains. The part I liked best was getting the answer by doing the subtraction directly.
This week for maths we did Algorithm Addition and how you do it is that you have to make sure that your number are aligned and in the right place values and make sure thieir is a plus sign to make sure that you remember that you are pulsing and when you are adding always start from the right going to the left and if you over ten add the last number and then carry on the pattern till you get your answer.
Today in LS2, we went to teach at Tamaki College. There, we learned about Maori history and stories. We also learned about the design and structure of the meeting house called a wharenui.
Today in LS2, we created a vision board. This is a poster where we showed things about ourselves like where we come from, what hobbies or interests we have and what our religious beliefs are.