LI: To use the information in the diary extract to create an image of what we think Samuel Marsden saw when he sailed down the Tamaki awa.

For Inquiry, we used Adobe Express to create a image that we think Samuel Marsden saw in the 1800s. We included the Tamaki river because Samuel Marsden traveled from England and landed on the Tamaki River We learnt how to create an AI image when using prompts about a story.

LI: To understand how we can help prevent Kauri Dieback disease and why we need to do this.

For this activity, we created a DLO about preventing Kauri Dieback. At camp we were challenged to walk across the Cossey-Massey track at Hunua. Before entering the bush we made sure our shoes were disinfected by washing our shoes and scraping off the bits on the bottom. This DLO tells what to do when entering the Kauri Dieback area. I think this is an important DLO and message because it can help us to prevent Kauri Dieback from spreading and it’s a special Taonga for Aotearoa.

LI: To write a poem that describes a moment in time

For Inquiry, I created a moment in time poem to describe how it felt to climb up and walk along the high beam. We used some vivid description of what I heard, I see, I felt and I wondered, an example is I heard my team supporting, I saw how high it was while climbing up the ladder with a terrifying feelings, I felt the vibration shaking in my hand once I held the rope thigh while walking along the high beam and I wondered if the rope would snap while doing a cartwheel. Melle and I have described what it was like to walk along the high beam. We chose this challenge because it was one of the most terrifying and interesting activities to do a poem about.

LI: To identify and understand how descriptive language is used to create a clear picture of a setting in a text.

For this activity, we used Adobe Express to help us create a image of the description in the text. To create this image we used prompts I got from the text to make it look like an alleyway in real life. This was very hard to do because it didn’t do what I asked it to specifically do. We included details to make the alleyway a bit scary and terrifying. We learnt that we have to use powerful words to make the AI generate what we want.

LI: To use our smart searching skills to find out who Samuel Marsden was and what he is known for.

For this activity, we used our smart searching skills to research facts about Samuel Marsden and who he is. A sentence we found out was that Samuel Marsden was the first known Christian lesson on land in New Zealand was preached by Marsden at Oihi Bay in the 1814s. For the facts we used two different websites, the website I used were Wikipedia and Padlet. Something interesting I found out about Samuel Marsden was he was an English minister of the Church of England. I learnt its is important to use my own words because we won’t know what it means.

LI: To use our smart searching skills 

At camp, the year 7/8 was at the Kokako Lodge in Hunua. Our challenge for Inquiry was to create an infographic DLO to explain about the Kokako Bird by using our smart searching skills. The 4 topics we needed to find were their Habitat, Diet, Appearance, science name and one interesting fact. Something I found interesting about their appearance is that they play a musical song in their body.

LI: To understand what Kauri dieback is and how it spreads

For this activity, we was challenged to use our smart searching skills and find out about what Kauri Dieback is and how we can stop this from spreading around. We got into pairs and started collabrating and communicating with other groups to find information and grab ideas. We need to know about this so that we do our part to keep our Kauri safe when we go on hike at camp. I worked with Melle and we found it interesting that the diseases can have a devastating effect on the Kauri Dieback trees and the forest ecosystem that always relies on them.