Year 8 Learning from Home

Literacy

Ardie Savea banned from Tik Tok

Instructions:

  • Click here to read the article about Ardie Savea.

  • Open your Google Drive and select your Learning From Home folder

  • Open the Google Doc called Reading Task 1: Ardie Savea Banned from Tik Tok and record your answers to the comprehension questions in here.

Understanding Tik Tok

Instructions:

  • Open your Google Drive and select your Learning From Home folder

  • Open the Google Doc called Reading Task 2: Understanding Tik Tok and record your answers to the comprehension questions in here.


ANZAC DAY

Watch the YouTube clip above to learn more about Anzac Day then use the material available from the following links to help you complete the following tasks:

Check out the ANZAC Day quiz and other activities.

Find out the answers to the following questions:

You can email your answers to your teacher if you would like to share your work with them.


  1. On 25 April 1915 approximately how many New Zealand soldiers landed at what became known as Anzac Cove?

  2. How many days did the Gallipoli campaign last?

  3. According to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission how many fatalities were suffered by the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (NZEF) at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915?

  4. What was Evelyn Brooke's role at Gallipoli?

  5. Who wrote the poem 'For the fallen' commonly used at Anzac Day ceremonies?

  6. What do the letters RSA stand for?

  7. What did the 75th anniversary of the Gallipoli landings coincide with?

  8. What has Anzac Day become synonymous with in recent years?

  9. In what year did Anzac Day become associated with anti-Vietnam war protests?

  10. What is the name of the poppy commonly used as a symbol for Anzac Day?

Maths

Open your Dragon Maths book and go to Chapter 7: Geometry and Measurement


Complete 2 activities from this chapter. Once you have finished, check the back of the book for the answers.


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Mathletics

Check your Mathletics account for any tasks your teacher has set you

www.mathletics.com

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Prototec

Click the link to visit Prototec and practise your basic facts

https://maths.prototec.co.nz/


Math Playground

Click the link to visit Math Playground and practise your number knowledge

https://www.mathplayground.com/math-games.html

P.E and Health

Sock Shot Sit-Up Challenge

Grab some socks, a basket or bucket, and a 1 minute countdown and challenge yourself to see how many sit ups and basketball shots you can successfully complete! If you think this sounds a bit weird - it probably is! But it’ll be fun, and it will strengthen your abdominal muscles while you have fun! Challenge your teacher, class or whānau to beat your score!

Obstacle Course

Design an obstacle course for your whānau or class to complete. Think about what equipment you will need, and what challenges you can invent that need completing - think balancing, dodging, climbing, jumping. Perhaps add a time limit to put the pressure on! Create a document in your PE/Health folder to share your planning and final course with your teacher. Then film it! Winner gets to challenge the whole class to the course!

Famous Failures Task

  • Open your Google Drive and select your Learning From Home folder

  • Open the Google Doc called Famous Failures - Milton Hershey and record your answers to the questions in here.


STEAM

Choose your own path game

Click the link to play an interactive game. Play through the perspective of one of eight main characters, each of whom is facing a different digital citizenship dilemma.

https://www.digitalcompass.org/

Make a Pukapuka/Zine 2022

Art Task: Make a Pukapuka


Our clever Mrs Herd has created this Google Slides to show you how to make a pukapuka/Zine.


Look at this YouTube link and then check out her Slideshow



Look at the slides to find out how to create your own book about our school values.




Te Reo Māori

Use this website to publish your pepehā. Email it to your classroom teacher to print.

Māori language games

This is an interactive website where you can learn more about numbers, animals, fruit & vegies, and build your vocabulary as well.

Click the link to play! --> https://www.digitaldialects.com/Maori.htm

Learn how to weave a flax flower and create a Toi Toi arrangement by clicking on the YouTube link above.



Don’t forget to:

1. Do a karakia before cutting your flax

2. Cut the flax in the correct way