Cipher Wheels

WALT...

- Identify what is a cipher wheel.

-Describe how they are used.

-Create a cipher wheel to use.

This start of the term, our school is focusing and learning about pirates. For Topic we are learnt about Cipher Wheels and how pirates used them. There were information and links for us to read so that we would know how to make and use one. Pirates would use cipher wheels to send secret messages to people and they would have to make a code for the other pirate or person to figure out what they said. The reason why pirates used cipher wheels to send messages to their crew mate or someone was because they didn't want others to know what they wrote. Pirates were also around for many years and they probably used cipher wheels for a very long time.

For the last couple of days we made a cipher wheel and wrote a code message to our buddy to figure out where we hid the treasure that was given to us and we used a crunchie bar as our treasure for our buddy to find. The cipher wheel has letters and numbers on it so that when you right the code and the sentence, you have to write the numbers down that is facing the letters in the sentence you wrote. It is kinda hard to understand but it will get kinda easier when you try and do it. I also found it quite hard to do because of all of the numbers and letters but I think I just did it wrong but today I think I learnt how to do it properly.

Here is a picture of my cipher wheel:

Subaru

Hi everybody, 

So this week for reading we are learning about Pleiades. There are different myths and stories about the cluster of stars for example Matariki, The Oinion wives, the Great Bear, Orphan boys and more. Our tasks for reading was to choose one country to research about Pleiades, and then we also had to create a DLO to teach others about the specific country we chose. I chose to do a powtoon for my DLO and the country I chose to reasearch about is Japan and in Japanese it is known as Subaru or Houki Boshi. 

This is the powtoon I made:

What I learnt is that there were also different myths around the world about Pleiades. What I enjoyed was probably reading the different myths and making a DLO about one of them. What I think I could do better is that I should make an improvement in my work by really trying my best to search for more and more information to add on my DLO but I think the information I found is good enough and very easy to understand.

Jesus' Life After Baptism

Today for RE we watched a video about Jesus' ministry and after that there was a task about what Jesus did after his baptism. There was three videos that we had to watch and the videos were about Jesus' baptism, when a devil tries to attempt Jesus to worship the evil and when he entered the synagogue and told others about the kingdom of heaven. After that we either have to choose to do a comic strip, story board template or a timeline about Jesus' life after baptism. I choose to do a comic strip and added what Jesus did after baptism.

Here is the comic strip I made:

Jesus' Baptism

Last week on Friday, for R.E we learned about the Holy Spirit and there was a site that was about the Holy Spirit and there was two tasks. First task was about Gabriel surprising Mary with good news that she will give birth to the Son of God. After, there was questions about the video that we had to answer, then at the end there was a passage that we had to look up and there was one question that we had to also answer.

For task two we had to make a news report about Jesus' baptism. There was also some videos and passages about Jesus' baptism. For the news report we were able to use the news paper generator to put the news report about Jesus' baptism.

Here is the news report that I made:

Matariki

WALT Summaries information using keywords and phrases. 

Hi guys.. 

This week we are learning about Matariki and how it was formed in the sky and lots more. First there were some information that we had to look through about Matariki. We also had to answer some questions before we could make our DLO and there was also some more videos and information we can go back through and write about. Also for the questions, there were answers at the end that we could not look through until we are finish. I have put some lots of information in my DLO and.. 

Here it is:

 

What I enjoyed is learning more about Matariki and making a DLO that will tell others what Matariki is and I also enjoyed reading and watching the vidoes and information about Matariki, and I can't seem to remember what I found hard but overall this was a fun activity to do.

Pōhā

In reading, some groups are reading the same passages and they are about some Maori kai. My group is reading a passage about pōhā and we had to make a DLO about it. Before that we had to also watch a video explaining what poha is and how it is made. There was also a link to a website that shows more facts about poha that we could go back to when making out DLO. After, there was a doc where we had to find our own website where we can find our facts about poha.

In the DLO that I made has the explanation about what poha is and we also had to discuss hte impact that the use of these in early Maori and also include any modifications we think that could prove the design but I didn't add that because I don't think that the design of it needs to be improve because how it is also made and the protection of it, its very tough so that it won't break it or anything and that it can be use to put meat in it.

The Holy Spirit

In class we are learning about the holy spirit and today we have to make a blog post about the image or the title of God and how we can show others that I can be the Holy Spirit. So yesterday, in buddies we were given a passage each from the Scriptures and we had to illustrate what the verse or the passage was about and we could also add the titles of God. Me and my buddy were given the verse of, "As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, my God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When can I go meet God. Psalm 42:1-2".

So my buddy and I decided that the passage is about the water and streams so my buddy helped and drew a picture of a river and my buddy also wanted to add some nature in it so I helped him and we put the verse in and we thought of a title for God and wrote flowing streams because God will always be on our sides and make sure that we will never thirst and that the streams are where we get our fresh water and that it will keep us alive and safe. 

Here is the picture that my buddy drew that I helped him with:

How can I show that I can be the holy spirit?

How I can show that I can be the holy spirit is by showing the CERR Values in our school and that I keep on loving others as I will love them for eternity and that I will show joy and forgiveness like how God and Jesus showed it and that I will be paitence with things and show goodness to my family and friends.