LI: To write a description of life with the Frank family in the annex in 1942

The annex was quiet except for the creaky basic wooden floorboards that couldn’t keep silent. I was cramped inside my silent and secret hideout, while I was hiding my  religion was being persecuted therefore I hid with my family. During the time I always wrote in my diary about how I struggled with a big group of people in one small annex. Every time I was hiding I would be very frightened by sudden footsteps leading to the secret door. Every time that happened me and my family held our breaths and hoped that the person had left. The room had a dusty and rugged smell to it, making it unbearable with several people living in the same cramped place.

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 gave me hints to upgrade my work and be more specific and clear about what I’m saying

For this weeks math focus we were learning multiplication Algorithm and getting the deeper understanding of it. We did a list of equations to solve including multiplication Algorithm. Once we had finished that we made a DLO to help people understand and learn how to use it. Check out my DLO to see what I have wrote.

This week our main focus in maths was subtraction using algorithms, so we could get a deeper understanding of it. To do subtraction algorithm it is harder to understand but once you get the hang of it is flawless. Have  a look at the DLO me and my group made to help people get a better and deeper understanding!

For this week our maths focus was doing addition by using algorithms and having a deeper understanding of it. Once we finished our book work for the addition, we made a DLO so others could understand how to do it, and give people a better understanding. Take a look at the DLO I made with my group.

For this inquiry task we thought of what the Maori and British people would’ve said or been thinking while the Treat Of Waitangi. For this task we used speech bubbles and thought bubbles to show what the people singing the treaty were thinking and talking about. Look at the things me and my partner thought was happening.

This week we went back  to tech for the first time this year. We got assigned to our groups and were told  what we were learning. I was put into the sewing group where we were to make bags for people we thought of, which could  be your parents, and your friends.  We first started off with recapping about  the safety rules and the  sewing machine, me and my friend partnered up and we got given papers to sew the out lines of things. Like a house, and, sunflowers. once done we finished the day and went back to school.

For this task I have made a vision board where I think I will be in 2026 at the end of this year. This can help me see what I think I will be achieving this year and decorations I chose will help me to be more motivated and more excited to the end of this year.

Talofa Lava, my name is Malosi. At school the subjects I enjoy are maths and literacy. I think I will enjoy this year because of the sports competitions and the tech activities. After school I like to go out with friends and family. One of my hobbies is playing video games competitively. 

My goal for this year is to improve in the subjects I am not good at right now and improve at the ones I am good at.

For this SLJ task I rated both of  species ranking them in which had better accessories like claws and ears, which had better fur, which one was most active throughout day and night and lastly which one had the best habitat. For most of them I chose the Anteater, in my opinion I think overall the Anteater won because, suited more of the questions given, and it suited most of them.

For this task I found it more fun because I got to rate both of the species and they had their cons and pros.

For this SLJ task I made a food web for a lion. To do this I copied a Google slide deck with the animals already on there. After then I made different colored lines indicating the relationship between each animal in the food web. Then I put the animals into their own category being, preyed by Lions, preying on Lions, or both. Doing that I decorated my slide show and completed it, also a fun fact about Zebras is that they  use their stripes to help camouflage in long grass and confuse predators.

I enjoyed this task because I got to learn how to make a food web.