Te Reo

This week most mornings we have been learning Te Reo. We started with learning numbers over ten and learning Tekau ma Tahi / Rua Tekau and more. Then we started with proper sentences and learning how to pronounce the words properly. Today we learnt how to say How are you? and respond by saying Kei te ______ ahau. We had to make a DlO on it here is mine. 

Novel Study / Character Questions

This Term we are Focusing on Novel Study and completing 20 activities based around a book I choose The Hate U Give as my book because of the strong messages that you read. We have 8 topics with 2+ Tasks. Here is my first task Character Questions. 

Participating and Contributing

We are showing Participating and Contributing in an everyday situation by participating in a class activity set by our teacher in groups and in front of the class. We were also contributing by sharing our ideas to our peers and not putting ideas down and building on them. That's what our Participating and Contributing looks like, 

Film Review

Yesterday we went down to the Regent Theatre in buses to watch the 2019 Film festival. For our first ever film festival the theme was Our Place, We were joined by Paroa and Kumara in the Theatre even though there were more schools they couldn't make it. 
We watched some very cool short movies my favourite was Paroa's which went slightly off the theme and did a comedy movie. There was a range of different movies from Quality to Rushed but they all still looked really cool. Next time I would prefer if there was no theme. 

The Shake Out

Yesterday at 1.35 pm nation wide everyone practised the Shake Out which is a practise drill for encase of an earthquake then followed with a tsunami caused by the hokitika gorge(For Greymouth Schools). We started with a intercom come through round the time of 1.35 - 1.40 pm which signalled that there was an earthquake so we dropped got underneath a table with our heads facing in holding our heads in a turtle position (Make sure your not near a window). Next we were warned on the intercom that it was safe to leave but there was a tsunami coming caused by the hokitika gorge so we evacuated and started heading up to our safe area which is at the top of a school friends driveway (We would be running in a real tsunami). When we got up to the hill Mrs O (Our Principal) started talking to us she always brings a rubbish bin filled with supplies just encase. After when we were cleared back to classrooms we talked about what we could do better, what did we think we did good and just answering some questions. I think Yesterday was a really good example for what we would do. 

ASB Netball 2019

This Year I was selected for the ASB netball team for Greymain and I was lucky enough to get the Captain and my position was C. We won the whole tournament for the first 3 round robin rounds we played Awahono, Cobden and St Pats and we won each game quite convincingly then we went through to the Semis where we played Karoro and we won then In the final we came up against St Pats we had a bit of a rocky start we were done 6-0 then we came back and the final score was 18-16. 

Enlarging an Image

We were currently learning about Enlarging an Image by a Scale of a Factor we used some simple steps to create our image using this method I found this really challenging with the drawing but easy with drawing out the lines / our grid . Here is my DLO on Enlarging an Image by a Scale of a Factor.                                                                                                                                                                                  

Book Review: All the Bright Places.

Just recently I have read this book and here is my review and a small summary of it. 

Book: All the Bright Places 

Author: Jenifer Niven 

Genre: Young Adult, Romance & Fiction

Main Character: Theodore Finch and Violet Markey.
Rating: 5/5 Loved it! 

Summary All the Bright Places is about two teens with depression. Violet’s sister died in a car accident the previous year and Violet blames herself for it. Finch has a long history of acting out and having sudden extreme mood swings. It is heavily implied that he is also bi-polar. At the start of the book both teens have suicidal thoughts, but Finch manages to talk Violet off of a ledge and Violet becomes Finch’s new reason for living. From there the story becomes about their budding romance as well as their personal growth. They learn about themselves and each other while exploring the hidden wonders of Indiana.

Welcome to Term 3

Welcome to Term 3, Stay tuned for more posts about this terms activities like... 
Wearable Arts, ASB Netball, School Production,Basketball tournaments, Netball Tournaments and ... SCHOOL WORK. 

End of Term.

Today is the last day of Term 2. I am very happy for 2 weeks break because I have lots of basketball training and camps leading up to an U15s tournament in Blenheim! I really enjoyed this term because of all of the fun trips we have had like Hanmer Camp and sports stuff and to finally get all of the School Applications out of the way. But next year I am looking forward to Wearable arts in W10 - W11 , My speech in W1 and PrEP and applying for police and starting ASB netball! 

Blogging Contract/ My Pets

I have completed a task of our blogging contract about our pets. Here it is 

Blogging Contract / My 10 Favourite foods

This week for the blogging contract I did What are my 10 Favourite foods. Here is mine 

Numeracy

This Week we have been learning all about graphs like pie graphs, bar graphs, pictographs, line graphs, Function pots and Stem & Leaf. To conclude that topic we had to do a DLO about one of the graphs here is mine. 

Probability

In Numeracy we have been learning about Probability. The first time we practised it was with coloured blocks and Miss Power placed them into a bag, Miss Power pulled out the block 20 times and there was only 8 blocks in the bag. We had to guess what colours the blocks were it ended up being 4 green 3 pink and 1 red. Here is my DLO about probability. 

Science

Over the Term we have been doing Science, The First task we learnt about Chemical reactions with the first task we made Hokey Pokey which when you add the baking soda it inflates and you have to be quick before it burns! 
 

For the Second Task we did vinegar and baking soda together can inflate a balloon with carbon dioxide gas inflating the balloon.  

The Third task was about density and weighing out the glass, for this we had glasses and made 3 base colours Red, Yellow and Green. We used Yellow as the base with 4 tablespoons of sugar. We found this task really cool with how the colours didn't mix.


The last task was of our choice which we decided on an edible one ,Foamsicles which were like lemon meringues. 

Myth Writing

For the past few weeks we have been working on Myths and Legends and being able to create our own Myth. We found out that Myths mainly focus around explaining Natural Phenomenons, so we had to choose a natural phenomenon. Then we had to choose a main God-like character and give them names. Here is mine. 

Millions Week 7

For the past few weeks we have started our new novel Millions which we have already finished Chapter 6. We have been writing summary's  Here is mine

In Chapter 7 Damian called Anthony out from the house to
show him the money which they counted 229,370 pounds
then hid it from their Father. Damian was feeling great so
he gave Barry his BBQ Pringles without Barry even asking.
Then Anthony brought 23 bottles of Sunny Delight and a Big
box of Walkers Chips Prawn Cocktail flavour. Then they paid
people to borrow their bikes for a Tenner. After school they
had been playing Money Jenga and they had got as high as
Anthony's eyebrow. Then they ordered Pizza Delight and
started to set up Monopoly with real money when the pizza
and their Dad turned up. Their Dad got all teary when he saw
the flavour pizza they got him Seafood with extra anchovies
(I am assuming it was his wife's favourite)

Numeracy Week 7

This week we have been learning about nets and how to make them we started with what makes a net then quickly moved onto actually making them. We had choices of shapes which we made a Square-based pyramid, Cube, Cuboid and more. As a showing of our work we had to create a DLO of Nets and show you how to make one. Here is mine.

Writing Argument

We have been focusing around argument writing for the past week and making sure it has Strong adjectives and an emotionally toys with the viewers heart strings. For our topic we did "Should Children be aloud cellphones" We rounded the age to Under 13 and then got started I decided NO children shouldn't be aloud phones while others said yes. Here is my cellphone argument. 

Should Children have Cell Phones?

Do you want your children addicted to a mobile device screen from such a young age, killing their child life and imagination and

only interacting with devices? Well…  I think NO, your child needs the right amount of exercise, a healthy life and to be able to

communicate to others. 

Firstly Exercise, As a kid exercise and playing is a big thing that parents want them to continue through

till secondary school.  BUT… with a device your child will adjust to be all antisocial revolving around

their life and consuming all of their time. Quitting out of school activities and sport, And…  one of the

BIGGEST parent expectations of completing school work well that will be reinstated with social media

and other useless time wasting apps. 

Secondly your child's health, They get less sleep, a negative impact on their mental health

,it also impedes their limit to learn and use their ingenious mind and constructs a behavioural

problem and an addiction towards the phone.The World Health Organisation have shared with us that using

cellphones have increased the number of brain cancer because of electrical impulses from devices.Imagine your child

with Brain cancer a lifetime sickness! 

How would you feel if you were trying to communicate to your child and they are constantly ignoring you and on their device? Well there are other ways to communicate and sometimes the person is right in front of them and they IGNORE them for their device which is utterly DEPRESSING because they will end up with absolutely NO friends . Parents and Family it confines your time together because they are constantly listening to or playing on their phone. Is that something you really want? Because if you don’t stop this then your child will be an adult before you realise and  you will regret the lousy choice you made.  

What do you think? Would you get your kid a phone under the age of 13 because their friends have one or they want it badly. WIthout a Phone you could have a Healthy social child who commits  to sports and other activities. With a phone an Antisocial , Unhealthy and unfit child… Is that what you want!? 

Maths Week 5

This week for Maths we have been focusing on learning how to read bus timetables encase we need to use them. We were given 4 questions on timetables and how to find the answer. There is more information on my DLO. 

Hanmer Springs Camp

This week we were given the task to make a detailed presentation about camp. In my slide it will have information from all 3 of the days with a few pictures showing you the activities. Here is mine 

Pink Shirt Day 2019

This Year for Pink Shirt day we decided to have a fundraiser at our school supporting the Upstander charity going with the whole school goal of being an upstander, we were undecided until we came up with the idea to bake gingerbread cookies with pink icing and sell them to the school and some parents. It was a hit and we made 100s of them selling them for $50c-$1 and we made a profit of $400 to go towards our charity. We found ourselves very successful and I hope we do it again next year. 

Hanmer Springs Camp 2019

This year for camp we went to Hanmer Springs which includes all the activities such as... 
Mountain Biking 
We went Mountain biking around the Statue track which went for 2 hours and 30 minutes, I really enjoyed it the scenery in the forest was beautiful and you get really good specialized bikes.
Statue Walk 
The Statues were amazing and really creative like the bear in a harness climbing a tree. And they were quite spread out, but we went the wrong way for about 5-10 minutes and got lost so we had to make our was back and get onto the track. 
Conical Hill 
When we went to Conical Hill we saw the sign that said 30 minutes up and 30 minutes down so we made a goal that we would get there in 20 minutes up and 10 minutes down so we ran and in the end we got 15 minutes up and 6 minutes down. 
Tree Climbing 
For Tree Climbing we were paired with Aria and we had to get into a harness and a helmet and we got to climb up to the top and squeak the toy. I made it up the big tree and I squeaked both toys. 
Hot Pools 
Everyone enjoyed the Hot pools and we were allowed in different selections of pools from boiling hot to cold. 

Sri Lanka Explosions

At 8:45am on Easter Sunday Sri Lanka was set with a series of explosions that killed more than 300 people and at top-end hotels. It is the most violence the country has seen since the end of the civil war decades ago. Most of the victims of the attack are said to be Sri Lankan's but at the least 31 are foreigners.          But the real question was who was behind the bombing?

On Monday the day after they were to believe it was a little known group called National Thowheed Jamath (NTJ) were to blame, the officials were still investigating whether it had international help. 

Book Review

Since we are reading the book "The Mines Afire" We were asked to do a book review about it. In the book review it includes The Blurb , Genre, Age Rating and More. Here is mine. 

Visiting Thelma Eakin

This Week we were very lucky to have Thelma Eakin in our classroom and ask her about her story "The Mines Afire". Thelma was very nice and answered all our questions with detailed answers. We learnt new things about the story like Mr O Flynn locked the door and that Thomas Carter was actual based on a real person who is living in Dixon house. Thelma also brought some things to show us like one of the Lamps they used to use to tell if there was poison in the mines, and Her Grammy Thelma calls it which is really a mini copper statue like the one at our flood wall. I really enjoyed Thelma coming to talk to us.