Two weeks ago was out first day at Tech , we learnt about digital Technology and our Teacher’s name was Miss Deng . I enjoyed our activities and can’t wait for our next lessons .
This week for Maths,we learned about subtraction and addition problems. If you need help on subtraction algorithim, you should read this DLO. Subtraction is basically vertically aligning digits by place value meaning (ones,tens,hundreds) and subtraction from left to right while borrowing a number if you can’t subtract the bottom number . If the top digit is smaller, “borrow” (regroup) 10 from the next column. K include: Borrow/regroup if needed .I enjoyed these equalization , these questions were slightly tricky but I had fun !
LI: To write a description of life with the Frank family in the annex in 1942
The Annex was silent except for the creaking old wooden floors, the loud shouting and yelling at the doors of us w Jewish from the raids, the loud breathing of the others and the chiming of the ticking clock outside.
It also reeked of the smell of not showering for days. When we got the yuck soup we got every single night my hands shook and the metal spoon clattered against my bowl of soup . Some nights our stomach will rumble because of hunger and lack of food then other nights we would have to eat horrible food like beans, soup packets or vegetables which were bland and very basic whilst leading to a commotion with everyone but most were grateful for at least having a meal.
Most days it was quiet but some days all you could hear was people gossiping or screams , as my heart was starting to race and it was beating overly fast and I started to worry that the Germans would be able to hear my heart beat.For our bathroom situation we could use the toilet but we couldn’t flush the toilet due to the sound and we were afraid to get found, we do have windows but we had to block them as well so that the Nazis don’t find us.
Being cramped in a small space would be boring so for entertainment we would spy on our neighbors and on other people around us . Another girl named Anne Frank recorded everything down in her diary as her entertainment . All we could do was small movements which we had to be cautious of our movements.
My head was racing with any small quiet sound made, I sigh out of relief as I hear the Germans drive past our home but even after that I still felt that tight knot twirling in my throat. I was never ever fully calm. As we ate, I was too scared to even slurp too loud. I could hear the sounds of Anne scribbling on her diary and the crisp sound of the pages flipping throughout the minutes, I could hear the desperate pleas of our neighbours that got taken away, I prayed to god for the Germans to have mercy on us. And I could also hear the haunting gunshots that were fired at the Jews for trying to get any source of food for their families, I could also hear screams of the Jews that tried getting food and supplies for their family.
At night I couldn’t sleep even if I was tired .I was to shocken to fall asleep as the night screams terrified me more as we started to think it was our time to come.
This week for our Writing our main focus was about Anne Frank . Our task was to imagine that we were there in the annex (hiding spot ) with her and the Frank family for a discription . Mrs Anderson created Gemini Gem to drop us hints on what we should say whilst Gemini Gem helps us make it stand out more and is very precised with our words . Thanks to the help of Gemini with our Wirting task .
This is my Agent of change , last week we had to create a vision board about our future and goals . I made this with purposeful mind being eager to show my goals . In the future this will help me to focuse on my goals and to get more motivated .
Kia Orana, my name is Amarley. I am a year 7 student in LS2. I am ready to start 2026 off with a good, positive attitude. My favourite subjects are Maths and Writing. I enjoy playing sports, especially Netball and Volleyball. I am excited for the year ahead. My hobby is baking because I love trying to cook new things. What I love doing in my free time is to hang out with my friends or read a book .
One of my 2026 goals is to get better at Reading and to have more confidence in myself and try to step out of my comfort zone .
This week my school has started the Summer Learning Journey , the Summer Learning Journey is a way of learning at home while having a break but still learning at the same time.
In this activity I was learning about centipedes while learning about maths too .
Did you know if a centipede loses a leg, they can grow it back when they molt (shed their skin). Isn’t that a cool fact , do you’s know any good facts about centipedes ?
I Learnt that Centipedes have not actually a hundred legs but they have odd numbers of pairs.
I enjoyed this activity it was very fun !
I Need to improve my calculations .
This week we had to reseach about time and use a google draw to make a tool that was used to find out time in the old days. My partner was Micaela, we made a sundial and first, we started on the circle. I did the lines and the shadow. She did the bold and big lines. Finally when everything was finished, we sent it in and added how sundial works.
I enjoyed making the sundial.
I liked the way we used polyline and curve.
I learnt that A sundial was made in very very ancient times .
Today we learned that social media is all around us and we can chose our own media that we use.
I learnt that social media is everywhere around us.
I enjoyed this activity .
I liked the part we could blog.
Today, we focused on practising our commenting skills. We learnt that our comments need to start with a greeting, introduction and either a thoughtful or helpful comment too. We know that we don’t have to all of the elements to make a great comment. A helpful hint is to draft the comment before you post them.
This activity was fun .
I enjoyed this activity .
What I learnt was how to do a quality blog comments.
