Writing - Distance Learning

What’s your ‘BIG LEARNING’ from having to stay home during this lockdown?


The things I've learnt while staying at home in lockdown about my family culture and some more things are. Staying at home got me to do times two my chore's I do when I come back from school, another one I've learnt is that this lockdown has gotten me and my family's bond stronger and we got to know eachother better every-day. I've also learnt that we can learn online not just by going to school and learn but we can go on our device's and learn the same way we learn at school. My last one is I've learnt that we have to use all the time in school before learning like the way we are, because some people find it hard learning online so, one big think I've learnt is I need to use all the I got in school before it run's out.

Task Description: For this task I had to choose a activity to write about and I chose what is my big learning from this lockdown. Then I had to write down all the main things I've learnt during this lockdown.

Writing - Distance Learning

Prime Minister Jacinda says you can choose 2 places
you to visit outside your bubble.  

What would those places be? 

If Prime Minister Jacinda said I could go to two place's to visit outside my bubble. The first place I'll go to is visit my cousin's chill with with them for quite a long time then the second place I'll visit will be my other's cousin's house and do the exact same thing again. Because staying at home with my family it sometime's get's boring and going to my cousin's house during lock-down will be the first place i wanna go after this lock-down.

Task Description:For this task we had to choose a activty that out teacher has given to me and my class then we had to answer the question, For this one I had to say where I would go and why I would wanna go.

Mascots - Unpack and Infer vocab

Task Description: For today's task we had to read a poem about a Mascot then we had to find out the answer's to these question's.

Identify and sort 2D shapes

Task Description: For this task we had to identify all the 2D using geometric properties. we also had to label all the shapes in how many sides they have or how many angles they have.

Which one doesn't belong

Task Description: For today's task we had to look at the photo's on the slide and see which shape didn't belong and why it didn't belong.

Chunuk Bair Hexagon Quilt

Task Description: For this task we had to read a poem called Chunuk Bair then we had to draw what we visualised from what we were reading from the poem.

Extra Post: My Aiga

Task Description: At home my family was given a task to write about our family and who we have thing's in common with. So this is my one and check out my little sister's one http://pesselesau.blogspot.com/2020/04/about-my-aiga.html.

T2WK2:Maths

Task Description: For this task we had to take data from so graph and answer the question's. Then we had to collect the data and interpret the data

Coronavirus: Is NZ facing a repeat of the 1918 fu Pandemic

Task Description: For this task I had to read a article about New Zealand facing the repeat of the 1918 Flu Pandemic. Then I had to write what they both had that was same and what was different.

Letter to the future me

Dear Future Me,





To the 21 year old Paschal





Today is April 15 2020 and right now we are in lock-down trying our hardest not to catch this Covid-19 also to stop spreading it. One of the questions I liked was the question that said did Covid-19 affect my learning and my final answer to that is no because I’m still learning online which is keeping my brain active, I am also reading books for example right now I’m reading bad guy’s also my family read the bible every single night so that keep my school learning up to date. Another one I really liked was what did I miss the most? The thing’s I miss are coming to school and playing touch before school starts, also saying sup or hi to my friend’s going up to them and doing our handshake like me and my friend’s have a really strong bond. It’s almost like we’re brother’s. The thing I worry about right now is my family catching this Carona-virus because my dad goes shopping every single day also some time with my older sister so that me and my family have food on the table and we never know who has this virus and plus we can’t even see this virus. Like for example chickenpox if you have chicken pox you would see that your face will react and have these red things on your face. Unlike Carona-virus it takes five to four-teen days for it to kick in and by then you’ve already been in contact with a lot of people so it’s pretty hard not to catch it. A lesson that I’ve learned is by staying home is a really good way to stop spreading the virus or catching the virus.





Regards 12 yr old Paschal






Task Description: For this week's task we had to write a letter to the future me, we had to write it in our own word and what we would say the the future me.

Pandemic of 1918 SYNTHESIS GRAPHIC ORGANISER

Pandemic of 1918 SYNTHESIS GRAPHIC ORGANISER

PRIOR KNOWLEDGE What I already know about a pandemic is
	NEW INFORMATION - use notes for key points
Text 1  TITLE:  Deadly Speed and Everyone Was Sick	The disease is called influenza  It was travelling at a deadly speed Soldier's catched it easily because they had weak immune system’s It was at a high death rate The ship that went to Auckland early October was never on quarantine Many people blamed it on the ship The prime minister and his deputy were on board Everyone was dying one after the other
Text 2 TITLE:  Viral Mutations	Type A affect other species not human’s If someone catch’s this disease their immune system will respond by creating antibodies It is a very simple micro-organism The next time they catch a flu their immune system will fight better because they have already fought it before.
Text 3 TITLE: Killer Strain	Other flu viruses hit young and old people hard In 1918 it became clear to everyone that the strain of the flu was not the common illness 20-40 year people were dying within 24 hours The illness was causing unusual symptoms There was also pneumonia which caused cyanosis Cyanosis is when your skin change’s colour because lack of oxygen in the blood
Text 4 TITLE: Untrained Volunteers	The flu hit New Zealand at the end of a war. The staff in New Zealand were often the first to catch the flu. People of all age’s were working because the doctor’s were ill. It wasn’t uncommon for kids help during the outbreak. The kids were helping prepare and deliver food. Lilla work throughout the epidemic
Text 5 TITLE: Fighting Back and The Aftermath	Back in 1918 there were no vaccines or medicine that could treat the complications from the flu. The cause of the flu was unknown. People were offered to breathe in a zinc sulphate gas. They thought that the sulphate gas would prevent the flu from spreading. The chamber’s were putting people at a high risk by going into close contact, The joyful occasions undoubtedly resulted in more deaths from the flu. Nation’s were devastated by war. In just a few month’s their death toll was at least nine-thousand  International air travel was spreading the disease much faster.
SYNTHESIS My new understanding of the 1918 pandemic is My understanding of the 1918 pandemic was a very bad thing that happened. But these people didn't know what it was caused by nether did they have a cure to this till a really long time. Also when almost the whole country was sick a lot of the doctor’s were overseas and this is something we are all experiencing right now we are all on lockdown with a sickness going all around the world which can relate to 2020’s pandemic and 1918’s pandemic, so we all know what’s happening with them can kinda seem like what’s happening with us today.

Task Description: For today's task we had to read a online book about 1918's pandemic. Then we had to write down some thing's that happen and in the end we had to write about our understanding of their pandemic.

Term 2 Wk 1: Maths

Task Description: For this task we had lot's of graph's too show us a result's or thing's that will help us answer these question's.