Summer Haiku, SLJ task (Activity 1: Kick start activity)

Activity 1 (kick start activity)

Task description: For my, Summer Haiku kick start task, I had to create a Summer Haiku, the haiku has three lines with a certain number of syllables that is very important for making a haiku, the first line of syllables in my haiku has five syllables, my second line has seven syllables and lastly my third line has five syllables, Creating this Haiku the theme was summer, and butterflies just reminded me of a normal sunny day, so that's where I have gotten my idea and inspiration for this Haiku.

Note: Activity 2: step it up task will be on a separate post.

Optical Illusion SLJ

Today for the summer learning journey the task I have done was the Optical Illusion task where I had to create a drawing of an Optical Illusion, the picture I drew is a 3D Optical Illusion inspired by other ones that are similar to this Optical illusion with nonstop turns that tricks peoples minds, this task was very interesting and fun and I enjoyed doing this task.

 

Tanerore, Kowhaiwhai SLJ task

For my summer learning journey task today I had to create a drawing of a Kowhaiwhai pattern and use colors that remind me of Tanerore who is the son of Tama-Nui-te-ra in Maori and is a personification for shimmering air, the colors I used to color the background of the Kowhaiwhai is colors similar to orange because it reminds me of the shimmering sun which is what I am trying to represent in the Kowhaiwhai I have drawn, this task was very interesting and I enjoyed doing this task today.

 

Lazer cutting ornament!

Today I have recieved my lazer cutted ornament I have designed this term, the shape is a heart with my mums first names letter with ribbon at the top so it could be hung on a tree, I enjoyed doing this project so I can gift it to my mum for christmas.

Art Expo!

 Since the theme and korero for this term is Art Alive, we have been actually doing and looking at different types of art, this morning we had our schools Art Expo so all the art work we have done throughout this whole term was displayed in our classes for the school to see, Every piece of artwork we saw today was truley amazing and it was very entertaining walking through all the classes and looking at what they have done this term, since we are the oldest students and the intermediate block we had to look at all the juniors artworks and see what they have done this term.

The classes we have went in where from team 4 to 1 and all their art was very pleasing, In team 4 their art work were very cultural and looked like traditional polynesion patterns, then next where team 1, 2 and three their artworks were quite similar and all their art works where very colourful, lively and looked very fun.

My favourite part and highlight from the Art Expo was walking through my team the intermediate block because we had a lot of interesting art works with different styles and themes from every class and it was outstanding that each class had different focuses that were inspired by famous well known artist we have studied about this term in our inquiry classes and actually used their style of art to create are own.

Term 4 Art alive animation (gallery)

 

This term the theme is Art Alive and for our animations this term for team 5 we had to make a gallery with three different pictures we have drawn and draw ourselves walking around the gallery and talking about the three diferent artworks, Enjoy my animation.

Pastel Artwork

For my art project for the past few weeks I had to create a pastel drawing of anything I liked this task was based on a famous artists artworks we where inspired by this term (Edvard Munch) it was very fun and I enjoyed making and creating this pience of artwork.

My artwork is a landscape pastel drawing of a nature themed scene,My artwork is a drawing of a green field of flowers with a beach with big beach rocks on the left side of the drawing, a few mountains in the background and sunset without a sun.

For the field I used different types of green to give it a natural nature kind of look and pink flowers to make it pop from the green, the emotion that I tried to get from the colours I used for the field was a calm relaxed, lazy type of emotion.

For the beach part of the drawing I used different types of blues and added some other colours like green and a hint of purple to give it a anxious and sort of enraged emotion to it.

And lastly for the sky and mountains I have used a mixture of cool and warm bold colours to give it a dolefulness and gloomy emotion.

 

SLJ Week-1 Demo task

  

Today in literacy I did a demo task for summer learning journey, for my task I had to go on the art colouring book website and then chose a famous art work so I could re colour it and make my own by changing up the colours and making it look different, This task was interesting and I enjoyed doing this task today.

Duffy book!

This morning I got my duffy book!

This book is called "Prisoner B-3087" which is a novel by "Alan Gratz" and is a novel based on a true story by Ruth and Jack Gruener,

I would like to say thank you to Dominion Construction LTD for the book.
 

Kiwi kids news read off!

For Reading in Literacy today My task was to find and read two Articles from Kiwi kids news and then answer the following questions about the artical. This task was fun and I enjoyed doing this task.

 

Rolling Dice!

Today for maths my task was to use an online dice roller to roll 2 dices 24 times, and then when I did that I had to collect how many times I rolled a double out of the 24 times I rolled and how many rolls is it likely to take to get a double, This task was interesting and easy and I enjoyed doing this task.

 

Pop Art

Today for Art we I had to cut out an image four times different colours and stick them on one corner of the paper that is a different colour of the image we made, My shape was a flame that has a smaller one in the inside so people will know what it is, it was very fun and I enjoyed doing this task.

 

The scream drawing!

Today in our inquiry class we were focussing on art and for our art we had to draw the famous art work "The scream" with pastels and it didn't have to be perfect, when I drew I added mixtures of colours in lines and curves to form my picture and version of the scream, this was very fun and I enjoyed drawing and blending and being creative with colours.

 

Kate Sheppard (Essay)

 Kate sheppard

Who is Kate sheppard? Kate sheppard is a well known and famous women suffragist that has influenced many people and is recognised for her fight for women’s right to vote here in New zealand, Kate shepard (Real name katherine wilson sheppard) is an emigrate who emigrated from england to new zealand and was born in 1847 and died in 1934, This essay will tell you a lot about who kate sheppard is, why she has started this protest, what she did, and the effect it has on our country and world that has changed in our society today.

Why did Kate Sheppard do this? In the 1800s women did not have a proper role or part in the society and women were strictly restricted for many things, For example in the 1800s women were not allowed to open a bank account or sell their land without the permission of their father or husband, Kate Sheppard was against these rules and believed that women did have a right and role in the society and world, Now you know why kate Sheppard did this and the the cause it had in our society to make it a grater world where women were equal with men and have the right to vote.

What did Kate Sheppard do? Kate Sheppard was very talented and used her knowledge and talent to lead and start a champaign and petition, For example Kate sheppard traveled around New zealand and other countries around the world to influence women with her plan to have the right for women to vote and started a petition that is signed by numerous individuals which will be given and addressed to the government as a request to do something that is commonly for change, Kate Sheppard needed the support to have her plan work so it took over six years for her plan to work and when it did New zealand became known as the first country for women to vote, Now you know how and what kate Sheppard did I hope her leadership and braveness will inspire you to fight for what you believe in.

The effect her petition had in our country. In 1993 she got nearly 32, 000 individuals sign her petition and was finally accepted and passed as a law in new zealand that women had the right to vote, for example Kate Sheppard nearly got 32, 000 people to sign her petition that had a great impact on our society and gave women the right to vote, and because of Kate sheppard's talent and leadership she has changed the world, Now you know the effect her petition had in our country and how it had taken years for it to work it was all worth it at the end.

Now today because of Kate Sheppard's talent and leadership with the help of other women and people, she has has became an inspiration towards people around the world and has made new zealand known for the first country in the world to have the right for women to vote, Now you have it Kate sheppard is a legend and has changed New zealand to this day.

Alberto Giacometti

Today for our last art rotation of learning about different artists, My task for today was to pick two interesting sculptures from the a famous artist "Alberto Giacometti" and write down a little information about it and write what I liked about these two sculptures from Alberto Giacometti, this task was interesting and I enjoyed learning about Alberto Giacometti and some of his famous art works.

 

Probability Whats in the bag?

Today for maths Our task was to find a partner and get a box and fill it with 6 blocks that are 2 different colours and then switch boxe's with another group and what we had to do with that box was randomly pick and put back in eight blocks and write how many of the two colours of blocks we did, and write our findings and prediction on the next slide and finally write our fraction for our blocks, It was fun and I  enjoyed doing this task.

 

Amazing algebra

Today for mathst I had to finish of my maths task, For my task I did Algebra and I learnt how to find out rules for patterns and also make graphs for my work, lastly for my task I had to answer division and multiplication problems, this task was fun and I enjoyed learning Algebra.

 

Sebatiao Salgado

Yesterday for my 5th art rotation for inquiry we learnt about a famous photographer named "Sebatiao salgado an dfor my task I had to find two photos that he took and right what I liked about it after that I had to go take photos of nature and write what I like about it, it was vey fun and I enjoyed doing this task.

 

Geoges Seurat poster

 Today in inquiry for my sixth art rotation we learnt about a famous artist named "Georges Seurat" and for our task we had to make a poster about him with the facts that we have leart durring our rotation, this task was very fun and I enjoyed learninh interesting facts about Georges Seurat.

Slavery sittuation Anti-slavery summery

Today I read a text called "Railroad to Freedom" it was about the slave situation the story of Harriet Tubman and Thomas Garrett.

My Summary of The slavery situation:

In southern USA slavery was a very big situation around the 1800s, Slaves were owned and forced to work long hours and if they refused they would be punished by their owners. And also in the 1800s people started to go against slavery and began campaigns to end Slavery and slave owners were the complete opposite and wanted to fight to keep their slaves.

In the 1800s an organisation was created to help slaves escape their owners to safe houses around the north of the USA and Canada. In the year 1861 the american civil war started and the slavery situation was no longer a big deal, Later after the war has ended between the union Army of the south and the north finally surrenderd It has became official that slavery was now against the law in the year 1865 and in the year 1863 2 years ago that it was declared by former President Abraham Lincoln that slaves were now free.

Stand up (Reading activity)

Today for reading we read a text called "stand up" and for our task today we read the text and answerd the question on the slide about the text, The task was intresting and I enjoyed learning about new zealand protests.

 

Who is vincent van gogh

For my 3rd rotation of art I learned about Vincent van gogh and his famous artworks. 

For my task I had to create a poster about who Vincent va gogh is and write facts about him in my poster, It was very interesting learning about vincent van gogh and how inspiring he is to many people.

 

Water Worries

This week for Literacy we learnt about water pollution and for my task this week I have read a text about water pollution and I had to answer the questions about the text and write my T.E.E.L paragraphs and lastly write my infrence of short texts, It was very fun and interesting learning about Water pollution.

 

He aha te Taima?

Today for Te reo Our theme was He aha te Taima which means What is the time? For my task I had to memorise the new words that will help us with our work and then fill out the sentences with the correct word, It was very fun and i enjoyed learning new words in maori today.

 

For my create task in te reo I had to make a comic strip of the phrases I have learnt and make into a conversation it was fun.

10 fun and intersting facts about "The rock"

Today for inquiry I had to make a poster of 10 interesting and fun facts about the rock which is niue, because it is niuean language week.

 

Term 4 Art Alive and my goals!

 This year for term 4 the theme and korero is Art alive so we would be learning a lot about different types of Art, For example we might be looking at traditional and cultural art from around the world or more modern art that we see a lot around our community and in homes. For the last term of Me being a year eight I am looking foward to achieving and acomplishing many things in my learning and in my personal life, This term my goal is to work hard and focus on my learning to get to high standards and be at a level that I would like and be satisfied with knowing that I acomplished it and also make the most of my time as a year eight with my friends and class and make memories that I will carry along with me throughout my college years.

LIne Graphs in Action

Today for maths we looked at a graph of countrys around the world and their amount of covid 19 cases in the amount of 70 days and for our task we had to bullet point 4 or 3 things we can tell by this graph,This task was interesting and I enjoyed doing this task.

 

Line graphs

This week for maths we learnt about graphs again and for my task today there were questions in slides I had to answer about the graph that was next to it and when I completed my work I did my create task were I had to write 6 items and go around asking people the item that they prefer, It was very fun and I enjoyed doing this task.

 

Art class rotation: Andy warhole

 Yesterday on tuesday for my secound rotation for art we were in room 5, Our focus was on Andy Warhol who is an American artist,  film director and producer, The main thing we learnt about him was his art, He is famous for his art work Campbells soup cans and art works of Marilyn monroe, After we learnt about him we had to make our own pop art on a piece of paper using crayons, The first thing we did was half the paper in 4 quarters and then draw the same image of a tomato soup can in each box, after that we had to colour it in we all had 7 colours each and we had to make all the images different in colour. This task was very fun and I enjoyed doing this rotation.

Te reo Nga tau

Today for te reo the theme is Nga tau which means Numbers in english, And for my task today I had to memrise numbers in maori and then fill out the blank spaces with the correct number in maori, This task was very interesting to do and I enjoyed learning higher numbers in maori language.

 

Today for my te reo create task I had to make a poster of maori numbers from 1 to 30 it was fun.

Why do we need school?

 Why do we need school?

Introduction:

Do you go to school? If you don’t kids go to school to learn, get a good career or a job in the future and to socialise with friends and people around us, Here in New Zealand it is compulsory for kids to go to school from the age of five all the way to sixteen,In every school you have a principal who is the head of the school ,and teachers to teach students who attend school, This essay will explain a lot about why we need and go to school.

Body paragraph 1: 

Why is it important for children to go to school to learn? It is important for kids to learn at school because it helps them in the world and they would not always have to depend on other people to help them, For example at school we learn to read, write and also learn to do maths by learning these subjects we can be able to count money when you are going to the shop or read directions on a map and buy things in a shop, this will help you alot when you grow up and help you be an independent person.

Body paragraph 2:

Why do we have to go to school to get a job, When you go to college you can pick classes and courses to take to get a job you would like in the future or when you leave college, For example at school we learn science, Learning science can help you become a doctor if you want to become a doctor, This is why we have to go to school to get a job because it can help you get the career you want in the future.

Body paragraph 3: 

We need to go to school to socialise, In school we learn to socialise by doing simple things like just talking and communicating with people around you and even participating in many school activities, For example in school when you are doing a project or working in a group you got to communicate with each other and that helps you in the future to get a job because talking and being around people can help you be confident and appropriate around people.

Conclusion: 

So now that you have read my essay about why do we need school, It will help you in becoming an independent person by learning in school to get a job and to socialise with people.

Edvard munch profile

This afternoon for inquiry for the first the day of term 4 we were learning about Edvard munch andd his famous art works, And this term our theme is art alive so thats why we learned about Edvard Munch today.

For our task today I had to make a profile about Edvard Munch , It was very interesting and I enjoyed learning and doing this task.

Glass task

 

Walt:Using the right structure of a essay

Today in our literacy class for writing I had to drag around the paragraphs, sentences around in the correct order of the essay, It was very fun and I enjoyed dong this task.

Morning recount Shakespearean English Spring learning journey task

My morning written by me: 

This morning I woke to the to the wild cold breeze blowing the Mandarin tree outside my bedroom window, And the mouth watering smell of my mum's fresh pancakes making it's way to my nostril's. When I got out of bed I did my normal morning routine and clean my bedroom before I go have my breakfast, When I finished eating breakfast I continued cleaning my room and watch TV and movies with my brothers. And when it was almost the afternoon it became sunny and me and my aunty went for walk around our neighbour and the walk way near the reserve. 

Shakespearean English:

 This m'rning i did wake to the to the wild bitter cold breeze blowing the mandarin tree outside mine own bedroom window, and the that from which we speak wat'ring smelleth of mine own mum's green pancakes making t's way to mine own nostril's.  At which hour i did get out of sleep chamber i didst mine own n'rmal m'rning routine and crisp mine own bedroom bef're i wend has't mine own breakfast, at which hour i did finish eating breakfast i hath continued cleaning mine own cubiculo and gaze tv and movies with mine own broth'rs.  And at which hour t wast almost the aft'rnoon t becameth sunny and me and mine own aunty wenteth f'r walketh 'round our neighbour and the walketh way near the res'rve 

The promise (Literacy)

Today for literacy we read a text called The promise and for my task today I had to answer the question about the text and do an activity about survival and then write my own idea of the ending of the story for my create task, My task was fun and the story was interesting and I enjoyed doing this task today for literacy.

 

Taha whanau: My name sign language

 

Today for te whare tapa wha the theme was Taha whanau and for may task I had to make a video of my self showing what my name is in new zealand sign language it was very fun and I enjoyed learning how to say my name in new zealand sign language.

Taha hinegaro: NZSL emotions

This week for our Taha hinengaro task for te whare tapa wha my task was to create a video of emotions in new zealand sign language, This task was very fun and I enjoyed learning sign languge.

 

Covid wellness poster

Today for inquiry we worked in a group and planed a covid wellness plan, When we were done planning we got to think of a model we would use and make for our poster, My Covid wellnes poster has 4 topics Family relationship, Safety, Personal health and wellbeing and the lastly Nature/ Outdoor activities, When I got wrote down my topics for each part of the tree I coloured it and wrote bullet points for each topic, This task was very fun and interesting and I enjoyed making this covid wellness poster.

 

Fractions wk9 create task

 

For my create task for my maths fraction slides I had to make a google drawing writing step by step how I solved the slide then make a video, This task was fun and I enjoyed making the video and google drawing.

 

Fractions W9T3

Today for maths I had to finish of my maths task from last week for my task I had to figure out fractions by adding missing fractions and writing equivalent fractions and writing simplest forms, My task was very fun and interesting learning equivalent fractions ,And writing the simplest forms of fractions.

 

Theseus and the Minotaur - Maths

 

Today for maths our task was based on the myth of Theseus and Minotaur for our task we had to watch a video of the myth and then read some short simple infomation and brief summarys of these 2 mazes we got to take a look at and answer the questions that were about the mazes and do the create task for it where I had to draw my own maze, After that we watched videos iving us a brief summary of the history of numerical system and solve basic facts writing it in achient greek, This task was very fun and simple and I enjoyed doing and learning this task.

Taha wairua: NZSL for Aotearoa

 Today for our Te whare tapa wha task our theme is Taha wairua and for our task today we have to take a photo of us doing the sign language for aoteroa and put the video in our post of the new zealand anthem with sign language. This task was very fun, easy and simple and I enjoyed making this post.

Video of New zealand national anthem in sign language:Link

Tuvalu dance

 This morning we had visitors come and teach us a tuvalu traditional dance and some interesting facts about their country and they also told us a tuvaluan myth,  The first thing they did was introduce themselves to us and also give us some interesting facts and taught us some words from their culture we would need to remeber throughout the day.

When we did the dance I thought it was very fun and I enjoyed learning the tuvaluan dance they taught us and also the interesting fun facts that we have learnt there.

Taha wairua: Classroom items and colours in maori!

This morning for Te whare tapa wha our theme was taha wairua and since it's maori language week we had to make a poster teaching what these school objects and colors are in maori, This task was very fun and easy and I enjoyed making this poster.

Taha Hinengaro: Hikitia te Ha

Today for Te whare tapa wha the theme wasTaha Hinengaro and for our tasks today we had to write down three ways Hikitia te Ha can help us with our Taha hinengaro, I enjoyed doing this task.

Finding my place

Today for literacy we read a text called Finding my place and after we read the text we had to write a paragraph about what the text is about after we did that we moved on to a little bit of writing and did highlighting sentences, infrencing and we had to write a paragraph using T.E.E.l about why we belong, This task was fun and ineresting and I enjoyed doing the task. 

Infrences

Today for literacy we learnt about infrences and for our task today we had to infrence every image that where on each slide and infrence 6 word storys and write my own.

Kei te pehea te ahua o te rangi? poster create task

Today for te reo my create task for my task is a poster of a comic strip I made about people saying the maori phrases that I learned in te reo.

The quest

 Today for literacy we read a text called The quest and then I had to answer the questions about the text on the next slide after that we went on to our writing work and we had to highlight sentences and describe them at the bottom next we did some infrencing and write a paragraph at the end to What makes a good leader,This task was fun and and the text was very interesting to read I enjoyed doing this task.

Taha tinana: 5 workout exercises

This morning for Te whare tapa wha our theme was taha tinana and for our task today I had to make a poster of me demonstating 5 workout exercising, I had to take a picture of myself doing the exercise from the beggining to the end of each one a write down next or at the bottom of the images how to do the exercise, This task was fun, simple, and easy and I enjoyed making this poster.

Kei te pehea te ahua o te rangi?

Today for te reo our theme is Kei te pehea te ahua o te rangi? which means what is the weather like today? Before we got started with our tasks we had to memorise the words in maori that we would need for our work on the secound slide and then after that we got started with our task, For my task today I had to practice the phrases that will help me and then move on to the next slide where I had to completethe responses in the speech bubbles using one of the words that were there for us on the slide, My task today for te reo was fun, simple and easy and I enjoyed doing it.

Polyfest- maori stage maths level 3 task

Today for maths we had to do three tasks that are diferent levels this is my secound task which is level 3 in the task I had to work out the maths questions that were given about polyfest, This task was very simple, easy and fun and I enjoyed doing this task.

Maori maths (Level 2)

Today for maths we had to complete three tasks that are different year levels this one is the first, easiest at around year 2 or 3 and in the task the questions were in te reo maori and we had to find out what it means or just use the google translator, This task was very fun simple and easy and I enjoyed doing the task.

Cross country!

Last week on Friday afternoon on a hot and sort of rainy day we held a cross country for our school it was very fun everybody dressed up in their house colours and some even wore a funky wig, On cross country we lined up in our lines sorted in our year and gender on the field and then the principle was saying an introduction and then the house captains where talking after that the groups started to run 1 by 1 and we cheered them on, on the side, cross country was very fun and I enjoyed running down the reserve and pushing my limits.

Taha whanau: Birthday occasion poster!

Today for t Te whare tapa wha our theme was Taha whanau and our task for today was to write or make a google drawing about special occasions that happen in your family or culture, I had made a poster about birthday celebrations in my family and culture and wrote down things that happen and after that I put in images of pictures related to my post.

Every day theatre: Family game production

On friday last week in the morning three classes in our team were lucky to have three people from a theatre company called every day theatre come and play a game with us but it was sort of an acting game and because where still in level 2.5 we were not allowed to play the game but sit back and watch them act.

In our class we had a lady named Soyasauce and she explained to us what we were going to do because of how the game is different because of covid, In our class we all sat in a cemi circle with space in between everybody and our game master Soyasauce was in the front acting, The game was actually preformed and it was like an interactive video game to play she had to act as characters from the script and we had to figure out what was wrong and how we can fix the situation in the game.

The game was very fun and it was the first time I have played a game like that, I enjoyed playing the game because every single person got to particitpate by shareing and communicating with eachother and we showed a lot of team work while playing the game.

Tongan Language week

This week is tongan language week and we have been learning alot about the tongan culture from sports, history and even speaking a little bit of their language in the day, The theme for tongan language week is "Fakaloa 'o Aotearoa Aki 'a e Lotu Mo' oni" which means enriching aotearoa new zealnad through prayer and faith, Tongan people use wisdom spirituality and collective living  as a bases which to contribute to society, Tongan people use Love, Respect and Humility in their living and identity, 

Tonga is the only country in the south pacific to never have been colonised by a foreign power and still has it's own monarchy.

Taha tinana: Sports in tonga

Today for te whare tapa wha our theme was taha tinana so for our task today we had to watch a video of sports in tonga and right some facts in the google drawing, This task was very interesting and I enjoyed learning it.

Metric conversions/Create task video

Today in maths I had to make my create task video explaining how I solved the answer to slide 8 question 2 of the word problems, (My video is on the last slide), I enjoyed making the video for my create task.

Tapa cloth (Maths wk8)

This week for my maths task I learnt how to work out with dimensions and areas from the tapa cloth, For my task I had to find out the approximate for the width, height and answer more questions about the tapa cloth by working it out, This task was very tricky and I enjoyed doing this task.

He aha te tae o te makawe? Create task

Todayin te reo we learnt the names of colours in maori and for my create task I had to make a comic strip of a conversation from what I have learnt, This activity was very fun and I enjoyed making it

He aha te tae Makawe

Today for Te reo maori our theme is He aha te tae Makawe which means what colour is your? (Hair)
In our task today we learnt colours in maori and we had to memorise it and then fill out the blank words with the correct colour but in maori. This task was very fun and I enjoyed learning new words in te reo maori.

The battle of the shark and the octopus summary

Summary:
The story "The battle of the shark and the octopus is about a Fijian god named "Takuaka" he is the god of the reefs and since hes a god he can shift into a shark (anga) and travel from island to island andchalenging other gods, One day Tauvaka went to an island and chalenged another god and he easily won so he went on and on chalenging gods untill he chalenged a feke (Octopus) and Takuaka was losing to the feke so he swore to the feke that if he lets him go he won't harm any people for the rest of time.

And now to this they people say that if you swim in the sea you won't be attacked by a shark because of the deal Takuaka made with the octopus.

Taha hinengaro: Proverbs

Today for te whare tapa wha our theme today was taha hinengaro for my task today I had to pick a tongan proverb and draw a picture for the proverb I picked out, This task was very fun and I enjoyed making it.

Te whare tapa wha: My family in tongan

Today for Te whare tapa wha our theme and focus for today was Taha whanau so we had to make a poster of our family but we had to translate the words in tongan because it's tongan language week today, this task was very fun to make and I enjoyed learning tongan launguage.

Taha wairua: Bible verse

Today for Te whare tapa wha our theme was Taha wairua and we had to create something that has something to do with Taha wairua, I made a poster of a Bible verse and then added images on the side.

Saving McDonalds

Today for Literacy we read a story called Saving McDonalds by Hilton Avery and then we had to answer the questions about the story we just read and move on to working on our grammar and lastly write a paragraph about a reason student should attend camp.

Taha tinana: My workout video

Today for Te whare tapa wha our theme today was Taha tinana we had to make our own little workout video, it was very fun and I enjoyed making this video, I hope you like my workout video.

Time warp

Today for Literacy we read a textcalled Time wrap and it was really interesting and we had to fill out the questions about the text then after that for a little bit of grammar we had to Highlight subjects and verbs of a clause and write a paragraph at the bottom of the last slide.

Te hinengaro: What am I good at?

Today for Te whare tapa wha are theme was Te Hinengaro and for my task I had to put a picture of me in the google drawingand then write bunch of things Im good at, This task was really fun and I enjoyed doing this task this morning.

Te reo: color and object

Today for my create task for my te reo task I had to make a comic strip of colors and objects that i've learnt in maori I had to get images of objects that I have chosen that is colored and write down in maori and english what the object and color is this task was very fun and I really enjoyed learning new words in maori today for te reo.

He hakete kikorangi

Today for te reo our theme was colors and objects in maori and after we memorized the words and filled out the blank spaces to replace it with the maori rersions of the color and object and then moved on to the create task which will be a seprate post, It was very fun and I enjoyed te reo today.

Virtual library

Today in the afternoon we learnt how to make a virtual library in our google slides I had to use many images to make this room after I was done making and decorating my house I had to add a character and add more then three books from storyline online and put it on the shelf I have added a link to all the links for the books from storyline online, Making this virtual library was very fun and I enjoyed making it.

Taha whanau poster

Today for inquiry/Te whare tapa wha we had to make a poster about taha whanau and write in the boxes of what role people in my family do and after that I went on avatar maker and I had to create an avatar of everyone in my famil and that I live with, This task was very fun and I enjoyed making it.

Myth set Drawing ( Orpheus and Eurydice drawing)

Today for inquiry I had to pick a task to do for this morning and I chose to draw a setting from a myth you may not see the image of my drawing properly but I drew a set from one of my favourite greek myths called "Orpheus and Eurydice" the drawing is a scene where Opheus was sad and depressed and was singing and playing a lyre while setting on a rock in the forest which is a very beautiful scene and story, I enjoyed doing this task and it was very fun.

Roland fish rises up

For literacy today we read a text called "Roland fish rises up" and then we had to answer the questions about the text after we have finished reading then on the next slide we had to write what the story was about and write down what I know about Roland and after that we did writing and we were working on clauses again by highlighting the subjects and verbs and the independent and dependent scentences which was fun and finally we had to write down a paragraph of what we would do if there was someone bullying you this task was very fun and I enjoyed doing it.

He pene tau?

Today for te reo are task was called He pene tau? and in this task I had to fill out the blank spaces with correct words the words that we had to use the maori words we learnt and memorized before we got started It was very fun and I enjoyed learning new words in te reo.

Metric Conversions

This week for maths my task was to convert between metric units but first we had to take time to learn more about metric conversions before we got started in the activities I had to convert from largest to smallest I really enjoyed doing this task and learning about convert conversions.

Monday morning (Reading task)

This morning for reading I read a short story called "Monday morning" and answerd the questions about the text next after that we got into clause work where I had to highlight the subjects and verbs of a sentence and naming what type of sentence it is and the last part of my task I had to write a short paragraph of what a teacher does after school which was very fun and I enjoyed doing this task.

A france myth (Francophone): Dames Blaches

This moring I had to make a poster of a myth from a contry that I have picked and write down the Key: people/beings/objects from the myth I have chosen. then write down the population of the country and their launguage and add images like their flag on the left and a picture to give you a good idea of the myth, This task was very fun interesting and easy for me and I enjoyed making it.

Reading scales

This week for maths we where learning how to read scales on various meaasuring devices in this task I had to watch vides take notes and fill out the slides by what I learnt by watching the videos and on the last slide I had to olay a practice game which was interesting and hard but this task was fun.

A Brush with the dark side

Today for Literacy we learnt more about clauses in sentences. For our task today I had read a text called "A brush with the dark side" and then answer the questions about it at the bottom. Next we had to highlight sentences we think  are  independent and dependent and then write short sentences of images on the last slide. It was very nice and I enjoyed doing this task.

If only (reading task)

This week for reading I had to read a text called "If Only" by Hilton arey and asnwersd some qeutions abut the text in the next slide, and lastly I had to highlight  sentences by independent and dependent and write sentences for images with one idea in them.

Telling time (wk4)

For my task for maths today I had fill out the first 6 slides by filling in the missing Digital time, written form and the analog clock by adding the hands, After that I had to solve Time word problems and then create my own two slides of word problems for the create task. This task was very fun and easy to do and I liked  filling out the first 6 slides and making my own answerd Time word problems.

Answering questions about camp!

Today for my third blog post about camp I had to think about the questions at the bottom and then answer them these questions are about the leadership camp the year eights in my team went to last week on wednesday to friday.

1. If you were to give ideas for the next year 7/8 camp what would you suggest
   I would suggest fun trust games where they would have to do an activity where they would have to trust eachother and work in a team.
2. What would you keep
I would keep all the memorys I have made there and cherish them for the rest of my life knowing that at this camp I have improved and become a young leader facing obstacles and getting out of my comfort zone to achieve great things.
3. What would you stop?
   I would stop trying not to be shy and try to blend in with other people and hide in their shadows and lastly I would stop trying to take myself out of what is going around me and just enjoy what is happening around me well I still have these oppotunitys to strive to succeed.
4. What would you add?
   I would add family because while we are still young we can still be around are family while we still have them around us.
5. Why do we have such events?
   I think personaly we have these kind of events to learn and grow into good people while we are young and be mature young adults in the future, and also get out of our comfort zones by learning how to be an independent person ready for the world out there and around us.
6. Talk about whare tapa whā and key competencies
   Te whare tapa wha is very special to me because it always reminds me about who I am for some reason and I should treat and look after myself and people around me.
7. Quick finishers could make up a programme for 2021 events.
If I could make a program for 2021 I would make a program where we could learn how to face the world and prepare us to what we will face in the future when we get older but in a good fun way so we can still enjoy being are age while we still have time.

captain reflection summary!

This morning we had a sharing session the leaders from the year 8 camp and the year 7 step up program sharing their reflection at camp or for the year 7 captains their step up program the year 7 captains of their reflection and highlights about the past three days last week from wednsday to friday, The year 7 captains for their step up program where introducing them selfs firstly and their group names after that they where each talking about things that happend durring theor program they haved enjoyed and their highlights.
5 bullet points of the things they talked about:

• Watching their team step up and be leaders.
• Getting out of their comfort zone.
• Being a leader and guiding their teams/groups to be good leaders.
• Supporting eachother and their teams.
• Making sure everyone was having a good time and participating in the activities they had.

For the year 8 captains sharing their reflections they eached introduced themselfs and their team at camp and talked about their highlights and favourite things about camp they also got to answer questions from the year seven and teachers when they where done they where talking and thanking people like the teachers year 8s and eachother for having an amazing camp.
5 Bullet points of the things they talked about:

• Being camp leaders.
• Watching their camp group grow into good confident leaders.
• stepping up and guiding their groups.
• having fun with their friends and making new friends.
• enjoying and making most of the time they had at camp.

My camp highlights!

Last week the year eights had a leadership camp it was a very fun way for us to step up and be leaders and not only be leaders to others but a leader to yourself, My highlight at camp was probably the rotations we had so all the activities the adults had set for us there the rotations are my favourite highlight at camp because firstly it was very fun and I have done things I haved never done in my life like archery, air rifles, paint ball, and even driving a cart but that was not all the activities, and also this was my favourite part of camp because I got to make new friends and step up to be a leader not only to people and from people but also independently and I was very proud of myself and this camp will always be in my heart and a pressious memory to cherish forever and the comming days, It also taught me to step out of my comfort zone by just letting go of the fear and made most of my time I had left of the three days I had there at camp.

Photos of me!

Maths whizz (today)

Today for the afternoon I had to try and get 3 progressions on maths whizz, While I was trying to get three progressions the maths I have done were place values percentages and ratios, every week in our maths class each student has to have three or more progressions this afternoon I just got three progressions and I am very proud of myself for trying hard every week to reach three progressions every week and trying my best.

Maths whizz wk-3

Today in maths I had to make a blog post about my maths whizz progressions from today I got one progression today and we have to get three or more progression every week maths whizz was very fun and it helps me as a reminder not to forget things I haved learnt in the past and to give my brain a warm up before I start doing any of my maths tasks.

The million pound bank note

This week for literacy we read more of the text the million pound bank-note and then we had to write down the answers to the questions about the text in the slides and then on the last slide I had to write down what I would do If I have found a large sum of money and why? this task was very nice because I really like the text we are reading,

Maths whizz week-2

Today for the afternoon I had to make a google-drawing of my matsh whizz progressions every week we are expected to have three or more progressions this whole week I had 3 progressions which is not alot but Iv'e tried which is the best thing this week on maths whizz we were looking into and learning lots of problem solving, measures and place values it was very helpful doing maths whizz so we still remember what we learnt through out the year.

Myths of the world

Today for inquiry I had to make a google-drawing and put the flags of countrys because I learnt alot of myths and legends and history from each country in week 1, Next we had to use shapes to put on the bottom of the flags that were in the myth, Legend or story.

Keeping on top of my well-being

This morning for inquiry we had to make a google-drawing about keeping on top of my well-being I had three questions for myself to answer they where what taha I have been looking after, What I need to work on and how will I improve from this, After that I added a background then added images of The Te whare tapa wha.

Telling time

Today for maths my task was to show the time on an anlog clock but before I did that I watched a video that gave me an clear understanding and main points about how you can tell time on an alalog clock and then write down in bullet points what I haved learned by watching the video, After that I had to use the line tool to make the hands for the clock and put them in the right place I tried my best to put them in place next I had to create 10 of my own slides of a clock and its time and matching the clock with the same clock it was very easy.

Sam bacon Profile

Today in my Literacy class we had to make a profile about Sam bacon who is a sailor in new zealand. In the Making of the profile I had to put links of where I got the images and information (You might not be able to acsses the information so Ill link it below.) Making this profile about sam bacon was very simple but it was great to know a little bit about him because he's known for doing great things around new zeland.

Links:
Stuff.co.nz
Sail world.com

DMIC Miletiry time

Today for maths we had to figure out a paper puzzle it had bunch of numbers and had random digital time and we had to match them together to create a hexagon shape with the triangle shapes and to help us we haved used milatiry time, This game was very interesting and was a fun way for me understand more about milatiry time.
 

Myths and legends passport

Last week I had to make a poster of my Myths and legends passport, The Myths and Legends is about all the things Ive learned this week with every teacher and in the boxes is the Title of the tasks, the country and techer who was teaching us I enjoyed making this poster.

The 1 million pound bank-note (Reading task)

For my task today for reading I read 7 pages of text called "the 1,000,000 bank-note and then we had to anwer the three questions in the slide but before we did that we had to stop and talk as a group of key-words and information from the story it was very easy and I enjoyed the text and activity.

Spaghetti tower chalenge!

Today for literacy we had a chalenge our chalenge was to try and build the tallest spaghetti tower with a single marshmallow on the top of our creation the tower had to be standing on its own with no one holding it and we did in 10 or 20 minutes it was very fun.

First we splited of into our reading groups and then we where handed a bunch of equipment that we would need to build our spaghetti towerwe had spaghetti a role of tape and a bunch of string and a pair of sissors before we started to build we where chatting in our groups of a way and a plant to how we where going to build our tower.

Then we got started we splited our group into two and then started combining spaghetti strands together into one big long pile when we where both done we stuck both of our bunch of spaghetti together and started molding it to a strong and steady tower when we got the shape we wanted we taped it the table and then atached a string from each direction from the spaghetti tower from the table and then we added the final part the marshmallow.

When we finished our tower time was up and we where the only group with the largest and tallest standing tower out of all the groups in our group which meant we won, It was very fun doing this chalenge because it was fun and we also got to know alot about eachother durring the chalenge and we also proved that we are a great team and know how to work with eachother which is good through out the year.

The watcher of the south

Today for inquiry we learnt about the a story from the xhosa people from south africa for this task I had to write down the characters from the story and information about them and then write down notes from the text and record myself telling my summary of the story it was very fun and interesting learning about this story.

Building our understanding of decimals

Today for maths I watched a video about decimals to get a clear understanding before I move on to my task for my task I had to write down what is a decimalin my own words then name some ways you can use decimals, after that I had to write the decimals using digits which was just turning the word form of the decimal into a digital decimal after that I had to write different ways shown in the example slide to write decimals, doing this slide was very fun and easy for me and I enjoyed doing this task, This task was very easy for me to do this task because it was very easy and interesting and I hope I learn more about decimals and move up to a higher and more complex way of using decimals.

Dragons eye lake

Task description: For inquiry I had to make a poster about the myth we learnt today and also write the
bottom of the poster in the poster I had to use images and write down key words that where in the story.
                    
Myth story: Dragons eye lake is a romance action and fairytale myth based in a country called croatia, the story starts of with 2 brothes one was blind and the other was'nt and the brother that could see betrayed him and took his land so the blind brother yelled at him "curse you" so when the brother that could see went back to the land he saw nothing, there was a dragon who protects the village and every year people pay him back every year with a bride but every year before the wedding the bride always dies and in this story the dragon named Murin is about to get a wife and then a man named Aristole who is sort of the hero in the story loved the women who was about to become the dragons wife so he had a Duel with the dragon for the bride and then the dragon murin got hurt by moondust that was on the spear of the pegasus which is aristoles pet and then murin got het and he was weak dieing in agne so he pulled his own eyes out and melted and turned into a lake, now on the land with a lake has rumors that if a couple swims in there you will have a strong relationship and helthy children.

Cambodia poster

Today for inquiry we learnt about Cambodian Myths and then we had to do our create task for my create task I had to make a poster about Cambodia In my poster I put images of the world map that showed cambodia on it and then cambodias country and then there flag and a picture of there temple which is very famous and unique. Making this poster was very fun and interesting for me to learn about Cambodia.

Cambodian Myth of Lightning, Thunder and Rain

Today for inquiry we learnt about a combodian myth of lightning, thunder and rain once the video was done we had to drag the images in the correct box using the information we got from watching the video and then at the bottom we had to write a summary of the story after the part when they have received there gifts. this task was really interesting and fun to do.

Athena

Today for inquiry I had to make a profile of a god I have chosen Athena I wrote down fun and interesting facts down about her, It was really fun making this profile about the greek goddess Athena.

The myth of Hermes

Today for inquiry we learnt about greek mythoogy. we learnt about the different greek gods, the greek creation story and about Hermes. when Hermes was a baby he invented fire and a lyre (a harp). see my story.