Y8 Gradtuation

Last night it was the yrs 8 graduation day. We dressed up nicely. I'm happy that I could see my friends before the school ends. I didn't win any award but at least I made it to the graduation.

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Tessellation

This morning we created our own tessellation patterns using two or more polygons. It took me a while to complete. It was difficult for me to make a pattern because I have to make the small shape to fit in accurately.

Tessellation

WALT:create and name tessellation pattern

This morning we learned about tessellation. Tessellation is a pattern that has polygon and vertex. A vertex is a corner (point). A polygon is a 2D shape and has straight lines.  There a rules : no gaps and no overlaps. We have to pick a vertex around the bigger shape and we have to list from small sides to bigger around the shape. It was difficult for us to work it out but we enjoyed it.

Watching All blacks vs Wallabie's final game

On the 22nd of October my family and I got a free ticket from Mr Hendricks to go to Eden park and watch Wallabies vs Allblacks their final game. I was very excited because it was my first time watching a real live game. And also I got to see my favourite rugby player, Jeremy Kaino!

Thank you so much Mr Hendricks for offering us a free ticket to watch Wallabies vs Allblacks

Haiku poem

We've been learning about Haiku poems. A Haiku is a japanese poem that has three lines and seventeen syllables. 5 syllables on the first line, seven on the second and five on the third. It doesn't have to rhyme. In a Haiku, you have to use a cutting point on the first or seccond paragraph.

Brooke Neal

Today, we had an olympian NZ hockey player. Brooke Neal came to our school and talked about three olympic values. Excellence, friendship and respect. Also she talked about her goals and her achievements and what she did in the 2016 RIO Olympics. I ask her for an autograph. she smiled and she signed it on my book. What inspired me is that she never gives up on her goals and her dreams.

A week ago we  had basketball session with two coaches. Yaron and his brother Malik. We learned so many tricks and techniques from them.

Watching Silver Ferns vs Australia Diamonds final netball game in Vector Arena

On Saturday the 15th of October Shanelle, Lauren, Nikayia, my mother and I went to Vector Arena  to watch the Silver Ferns vs Australia Diamonds final game in netball. I was very excited because it was my first time watching a real live netball game. And also I was so happy and I got to see my favourite Silver Fern shooter, Maria Tutaia.

Thank you BLK so much for offering us a free ticket to watch their final game for the Constellation cup!

Acrostic poem

WALT write an acrostic poem using alliteration.

Acrostic Poem: Worry

W	Waves washed down all buildings
O	Only old people were stranded
R	Rescuers recorded the Tsunami
R	Radios reported the reaction of people in the Tsunami
Y	Yellow yacht were destroyed.

Figurative language

This week we learnt all about figurative language. There are nine aspects in figurative language. Metaphor, Simile, Hyperbole, Imagery, Personification, Onomatopoeia,  Alliteration Assonance, Repetition and Rhyme.   

My goal in writing

LEARNING AREA: My goal is to write well-constructed, accurate, interesting stories and to make sure I write enough in the time we are allowed.

To do this I will work on…..

• Planning before-hand.

• Thinking fast and making sure I get something down on paper.
• Making decisions and not spending too long wondering which word is right or wrong.

• Using the right structure e.g powerful intro, problem, resolution and conclusion.

• Using paragraphs and topic sentences.
• Using interesting vocabulary.
• Using interesting sentence structures.
• Using the right tenses (Is it happening now or did it happen in the past? or is it going to happen?)
• Using the correct punctuation especially “ ”
• Double checking spelling and grammar

Personification Poem

The wind whistles

The sky is cloudless

Finally a chance for a sun to shine

It made their hair wave from side to side

The wave rumbled and clashed

But in a peaceful sound

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"THE GREATEST!"

Which Olympic value is your strength?

Making a Origami crane with Mr Yamasaki

Today a Japanese teacher name Mr Yamasaki taught us how to make a origami crane. The first step of how to make a origami crane was easy. But then when it comes to step number 5, I give up. But I enjoyed it.  

Archery-Comic strip

Rugby Sevens- Comic strip

Cook Island Language Week

Today Rm7&8 were in the library to meet the some visitors who were here to tell us about their Cook Island culture. Three of them were members of the Auckland museum. They’ve came in to teach us a little bit of their Cook Island history as well as their culture.They introduced themselves in Cook Island then translated it to english. They told us the tools they used back in the day, the meaning of the vaka ara, niu, etc. What I found very interesting was how they used coconut fibre to make a string that keeps the Vaka together. In Cook Island, they called coconut, “Niu.” We had a competition on who will be the first person/team to complete the vaka wood by tying it up with coconut string. My brother Sini, won the competition. The game was a bit of confusing for them but I’m happy that my brother completed it.  Also there was a drilling competition. The wooden drill was the hardest tool ever to use. Afterall Benjamin successfully won the drilling competition.

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"The world's greatest athlete !"

Every child has hopes and dreams

Today Room 7&8 had two visitors and that is Julie and Caitlyn from  Everyday theatre. They came and did some drama for us. Caitlyn was with us and she is really funny. We played games, acted out scenes about a family who had relationships. problems.I really enjoyed it! But unfortunately she had to leave approximately 12:34pm. So we got  awarded a badge for giving each character  advice.  We would like to say thank you so much for working with us. Before she left we have to complete the password and the last word is Dreams. We read the it and it says: “Every child has hopes and dreams,”  I think it means that every child should put faith in their dreams.  

Matching Metaphors

WALT match metaphors with their meaning in sports and non sports activity.

We had to get into groups of 3 or 4 to match the metaphors. I was with Petuana and Heather. We had to match the metaphors with their meaning in sports and non-sports activities. I found this easy because there were some metaphors I knew the meaning in sports but I didn't use any of  the metaphors in my writing.

Bonnie Blair

Measuring angles

In this game I have to measure the angles correctly. Then I had to write the answer and check. It was kind of  difficult for me because I was confused but I enjoyed it. My next learning will be learning how to measure the angles correctly and also understand the language of measuring angles.

Comic strip+ Reflection speech

Easttle reading

Last term in e asttle reading I got a 3B. But my goal is to reach 4B. But now this Term I got a 4B! I was so happy. My next goal in reading is to get a 4A!

How many goals can I have?

I am inspired by a 14 year old boy, wrote about how many goals can I have. And this is what is wrote...


You can have as many goals as you want as long as you stay focused on your main goal. Perhaps you want to attend a certain college. It is okay to also have a goals of getting an A in  maths or a goal like doing thirty five push-ups. In fact, I recommend having other smaller goals. I actually think it is impossible succeed without smaller goals. You need to have little goals along the way. If your goal is to play NBA, then you can have goals liking making your high-school team or making your college team or starting on your college team. Whatever the large goal is, you should have smaller goals along the way.

Netball with Anne

 It was our last session with Anne. So we played netball. It was exciting and I enjoyed seeing people  did funny mistakes in the court. And also I would like to say thank you to Anne for offering us an amazing AMI  dufflebag with netball equipment's, from drink bottles to raincoats.

Samoan off to Rio Olympics 2016

To me I think that Abner Waterhouse is an enthusiastic person . In fact, he was a fruit picker and now unexpectedly he had been chosen to be in the Rio Olympics 2016!  

Balloon Pop

This week I played this game called Balloon Pop. I had to skip count in 9. The first round was easy but when it came to round three, it began to get difficult. To play this game you have to pop the balloon that has the right answer. They will give you a hint and you have to complete the rest. For my next learning I want to try a harder level on this game.

Summary

Rarawa was busy kneading dough when Api running and tell everyone that the government is coming  but aunty Maata told him not to worry. Two more weeks until the soldiers come.  Api read a proclamation.

Te Whiti and Tohu called everyone for a meeting. Aunty Maata shooed Api out and also told Rarawa to go for a swim.

Messengers were already heading out of the pa. Tohu and Te Whiti made decisions together. Rawa had a swim and she saw Rangi sitting on a big rock. Rawa heard that soldiers are coming. The Pakeha government were taking down the fences and destroying crops. The people of Parihaka turned their swords into ploughshares. Just like in the bible.

Caterpillar clider

Today I played this game called caterpillar clider. To play this game you have to put the small number to big number in the tree. And the caterpillar will eat it. This game is very easy and  I really enjoyed it.

Narrative writing

Sunset appeared and Scruffy is taking a bath outside. Miranda sigh, “This is the fifth time I bathed you Scruffy.”  “ARF!” Barked scruffy. Miranda giggled.  Bubbles floating are in the air, Scruffy tried to catch it, but Miranda forced him to sit. “After this Scruffy I am going to dry you up and take you inside.”  But Scruffy didn’t listen. He jumped out of his bathtub and rolled on the grass. Miranda cried. “Nooo Scruffy!!”

Finally, a dog has created a problem.

It was too late. He rolled on the grass and….. Licking it! “Ewww” Miranda looked back. Suddenly a butterfly flying across her head, then  across to Scruffy and landed on  his nose. Scruffy barked, “ARF, ARF!” The butterfly flew away and Scruffy chased the butterfly.The butterfly flew across the muddy puddle. Scruffy knew that the muddy puddle was right in front of him, but he didn’t care. He jumped very far enough to reach the butterfly and… SPLASH! He’s in the mud! Miranda ran up, huffing and puffing, then she look down at Scruffy. “You're in trouble!” Yelled Miranda. Scruffy stared down at the mud, then walked back to his bathtub.

Resolution has finally found.

Miranda followed him and she could tell that Scruffy is very sad. Scruffy hopped in the bathtub. Miranda took the scrubbing and scrub the mud off. She looked at him, Scruffy’s head still down. “I’m sorry I yelled at you Scruffy, it’s for your own good.” Scruffy looked at her, then he looked down again. Mariand smiled at him and said,“I will give you doggy treats after this.” Then Scruffy put both of his paws at the top of Miranda's chest and he licked her face. He was happy. “Okay,okay enough with the sloppy kisses.” Miranda stopped him. Miranda lifted him out of the bath tub and dried him.

After Miranda dride him up, she lifted him and walked inside to the kitchen.  Miranda put him down gave him 4 doggy treats. For second she could barely hear him munching all those treats. Miranda giggled and kissed him on his forehead. “I will never, ever shout or yell at you again Scruffy.

Then their life was good.

Easttle Strands

This morning Rm8 did a strand e asttle test. I was perplex because I couldn’t understand the question that has been given. That is why I got a 3B. I am unhappy. Next time I really want to get a 4B!

Basic facts

This week my class has been doing basic facts. At this time we did timed. It was perplexing  because the time went a little faster.I only had 5 seconds to answer each question. I got 47 percent on stage six. I was unhappy because I want to reach up to 80 percent. Next time I will speed up a bit and hopefully I will get an 80%.  

Addiction

Poem about addiction:

This week my group has been learning and researching about addiction. Addiction is a word that usually refers to drugs, smokes and alcohol. Yesterday we wrote a poem about addictions and also created a poster to let people know that addiction can kill. I found learning about addictions really interesting. This is linked to our topic study the “Human Anatomy.

How to draw a scatter graph

WALHT draw a scatter graph

Big	312cm	260cm	152cm	184cm
Small	110cm	340cm	209cm	177cm
Medium	100cm	220cm	50cm	90cm

This week I learned how to draw a scatter graph. First, I made 3 different sizes of paper planes. Big,medium and small. I drew a table in my maths book to record the distance that my paper plane flew. I needed to work with a partner. So I worked with Trinity. I picked up 2 measuring tapes and walked outside so we could begin. Trinity started with her big plane first. She didn’t much luck as her plane didn't fly far. So I took a measuring tape and measured the distance of the distance the plane flew in centimeters. It was my turn and I started with my big plane. It went further than Trinitys plane. She picked up the measuring tape and measured the distance of my plane. She said it flew 312 cm. Not bad. After we finished recording the three planes, we plotted our measurements on the graph paper . After that, we draw a line to join as many points a possible.  

Explanation writing comic

How to be a good egg

I was a good egg this weekend because I cleaned my house nice and polish.  My mum was ill and no one is look after my little baby brother so I decided to look after him and my mum simultaneously. Next time I want to work hard enough to become even a better egg.