WheelZ Presontation

Peaceful Communities Presentation

This is my Peaceful communities slide that I did with Reece and Zion

Jamie's Techniques Gallery

Ukulele Video

This is a video of RM 21 learning to play the Ukulele with Mrs Taljiard.

Peace Senses Poem

Peace Poem Reflection

I am learning to write a Poem about Peace One Day using my senses.

I am so proud of being able to use good adjectives to describe what I am writing about in my poem.

It can be tricky to find descriptive and interesting words to use in my sentences.

My buddy can help me by giving me some ideas.

The next step for me in my learning is to write a poem with more lines.

Year 6's World Peace Day Taster Lunch

A.N.Z.A.C RECOUNT

I am learning to write an interesting recount.

I am so proud of making my recount interesting by using similes and adjectives.

It can be tricky to find the best similes to use in this story.

My Teacher can help me by spell checking my story.

The next step for me in my learning is to write an even better recount.

Percentages and Fractions

Percentages and Fractions Reflection

I am learning to solve problems by using my understanding of the equivalence between percentages and fractions.

I am so proud of being able to work out percentage and fraction problems by my self.

It can be tricky to convert percentages to fractions.

My Teacher can help me with this problem if I get stuck

The next step for me in my learning is to do a Stage 7 question by myself.

My Desert Research

EPS Haka video

RM21 and the Korean students

This is us with our Korean students=)

They have left now.='(''''

Jamie's Area Evidence

For problem 1 - Room 2 has the biggest are and for Problem 2 Room 21 has the biggest area.


This is my Reflection

I am learning to solve area problems by using the formula  length x width.

I am so proud of completing the questions to a high standard and quickly.

It can be tricky to make sure you times the length by the breadth and not the other way around.

My buddy can help me by helping me with my times tables.

The next step for me in my learning is to work out harder problems.

Optical illusions Speech

Optical Illusions

        

Welcome everybody to the dizzy zone.  Yes today I am going to talk to you about something mind dazzling, brain racking, eye twisting, noggin blowing, yes you guessed it Optical Illusions. Today I will take you on a journey through the world of impossible shapes, wavy straight lines and fat  but thin figures.

So before I start with my speech I will tell you what things I will be talking about. So you know what an optical illusion is…... but do you know everything. If you do you are very smart and you don’t need to listen but are you sure that you know everything?  I very much doubt it so let’s get started.  

The first thing I will talk to you about is impossible shapes. Have you ever heard of them?  Maybe maybe not but never the less they are pretty cool. What is an impossible shape? Well the answer to that is an impossible shape, hence its name. Fun Fact. Another name for an impossible shape is an Escher illusion, after the artist who made them popular, M.C. Escher (1898-1972). He was a Dutch graphic artist who was interested in Maths.

An example of an impossible shape would be a set of stairs that always go up but always end where they begin, or water flowing uphill.

Here is a picture of one of Escher’s impossible shapes.

So something else that you might wonder is how does an optical illusion work. Now this is quite a good question to ask. It is because your  brain wants to have everything make sense but when it looks at the illusion it gets confused and starts making sense of the parts that it can even though the whole picture doesn’t make sense.

For example look at this picture.  How many triangles are there?  Now look again.  There’s not actually any triangles for example this is just two sides, this is just 2 sides and this is just 2 sides.  Your brain is trying to make sense of something that’s not there  That’s why you saw triangles in this picture.

An interesting fact is that optical illusions can look different depending on where you were brought up. For example if you were brought up in Africa in the jungle somewhere where there isn’t many corners or small places then you will see an optical illusion differently to someone who was brought up in a city where there is lots of houses and box shapes.

For example, which one of these lines is longer?

You probably think it is this one*, but someone who grew up without buildings would see them as the same length.

That is because people who grew up with buildings are used to seeing lines with angles in the corners of rooms. So if you look at the corner of the room you it will kind of look like the arrows pointing out.

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Can optical illusions hurt your eyes? Have you ever looked at an optical illusion and your eyes have started hurting?...  Or are they? Optical illusions can’t really hurt your eyes. If you stare too hard you might give yourself a headache but you won’t damage your eyes.  This is because your brain is being overloaded with confusing messages and sending messages to your eyes saying “what is this.”  Then your eyes get strained because they don’t know what to do.

I hope I have taught you a lot about optical illusions and I hope you can crack the unwritten code of an optical illusion the next time you see one.

Reflection

I am learning to write a speech.

I am so proud of writing an interesting speech.

It can be tricky to think of a subject to write your speech on.

My dad can help me by giving me ideas

The next step for me in my learning might be to write a more interesting speech.

Viewpoint Gallery

Cycle Skills Program

This was for completing the Cycle Skills Programme.

This is me learning how to ride a bike safely, even though I already know how to.

My Healthy Eating Pyramid

We have been learning about Healthy Eating and all the different food groups. 

We have also been learning about how many servings we need from each food group every day and how to measure the size of each serving.

My Kennings Poem

I have been learning to write a Kennings Poem.

I am so proud of being able to write a Kennings describing myself well.

It can be tricky to spell the words correctly.

My Teacher can help me by teaching me how to write a better Kennings Poem.

The next step for me in my learning is to write a longer Kennings Poem than my first one.

Jumping the Number Line Evidence

Adding and Subtracting 1s, 10s and 100s Evidence

Parts of the Digital Camera

His Own War - The Story of Archibald Baxter Visualising Activity

   Visualisation Task 

 I am learning to use clues and information in the text to visualise a part of the story. I am so proud of learning how to visualise the story in my head. It can be tricky to find a good descriptive part of the text to draw. My Buddy can help me by giving me ideas. The next step for me in my learning is to learn another skill.

RACECAR Strategy

RACECAR Strategy 

I am learning to use the RACECAR problem solving strategy. 
I am so proud of using a new strategy for my Maths. 
It can be tricky to remember what each letter stands for.
My Teacher can help me by giving me problems to solve.
The next step for me in my learning is to use this strategy to help me to solve harder sums.

Sektchup Fun

This is what I did on google sketchup. Basically I went onto Google Sketch Up and it showed me how to use the tools.  I learned how to do this in Digikids.

Michael Morpurgo "Stories of War"

This is the Michael Morpurgo book that I am reading.  I would rate the book that I am reading right now  a 10/10.  =)  I like mainly how it is a different book as it is written from the horses's point of view.

Jamie's Spelling Evidence Graph

Spelling Graph Reflection

I am learning to learn how to spell new words and to use them in my writing.

I am so proud of being able to use the S.A.L.T Spelling strategy to help me to learn how to spell my words.

It can be tricky to spell long words.

Spelling City can help me by testing me on my words.

to get a higher score in my spelling test.

Jamie's Basic Facts Graph

Basic Facts Graph Reflection

I am learning to practice the speed and accuracy of my Basic Facts.

I am so proud of getting my highest score in Week 5.

It can be tricky to answer all the questions in 5 and a half minutes.

My Parents can help my by asking me my times tables.

The next step for me in my learning is to get 90% in my Test.

My Spelling Strategy

S.A.L.T Spelling Strategy

I am learning to use the S.A.L.T Spelling Strategy. 

I am so proud of being able to use this strategy at home to help me to learn my spelling words.

It can be tricky to find the small words in the word.

 My buddy can help me by giving me feedback on my mistakes.

The next step for me in my learning is to use the spelling strategy more often so that I get into the routine of using it.

Art Portraits

I am learning to draw my face in proportion.

 I am so proud of being able to make my face look real.

 It can be tricky to add shading to make my face look realistic and 3D.

 My Teacher can help me by showing me where to put the guidelines.

 The next step for me in my learning is to draw another face and try to make it look more realistic and in proportion.

Place Value Evidence

What Type Of Learner Am I?

My Badges

 Badges

These are my badges. These show that I am a  Digikid. I am in the Enviro Team and I am a wet day monitor. I got them for being responsible. 

Camp M.E.R.C Highlights

This is me and my partner Bailey's Camp M.E.R.C highlights that we made in Comic Life.

Reflection

I am learning to summarise my highlights at Camp M.E.R.C.

I am so proud making a Comic Life of my highlights.

It can be tricky to write sentences in a summary.

My buddy could help me to write about my highlights.

The next step for me in my learning is to write another summary.

"The Big Jump" Philip Waller

I am learning to use my understanding of the text to help me to find the missing words in sentences.

I am so proud of using the dictonary to find the meaning of the words. 

It can be tricky to find the word in the dictonary

 my buddy can help me by looking through a nother dictonary to see if he/her can find the word.

The next step for me in my reading is to try this again but with harder text.

Click on this link to view my Reading Activity for "The Big Jump"