term 1,2,3 and 4 reflection

For term 1 we came to school an in the first week or two we had a camp. We went to Spencer park for a night. It was cool because we made our own dinner and put up our tent and did cool activities. After that we went in lock-down and had to quarantine. About a few weeks then we had online school. Lock-down was probably the most fun thing for me this year because me and my family did cool things, and it was fun working with my mum for online learning. Quarantine went for about 6 weeks and went through to term 2. When we came back from quarantine we just did nothing for 2 weeks and playing games and having fun. Term 3 came and it was so long. We had to do 20 something weeks of work my teacher said and that. But  the best things that we did was skiing, sailing, adrenaline forest and  William pike challenge. For term 4 we have done athletics, we have done a lot of surfing and a lot of work. Also all the year 8's and year 7's went to jellie park but I didn't because I was sick. For the upcoming weeks for term 4 we have the AMP show and the year 8 formal.

question math quiz

 Today for maths we did a 100 question math quiz. The teacher had to time 10 minutes and you had to finish in between 10 minutes. The first test was a multiplying test and the second test was a division test. The first test I did I got 100/100, and my time was 7:09. And the second test I got 100/100 and my time was 8:02. The test was pretty fun.

New Playground

I am going to write about what I think about our new playground. The playgrond is cool but there is one thing on there that carries the playground. There is a spinny thing on the playground and you can sit on it and people can spin it for you in order for it to spin. Everything else in the playground is pretty boring, there is a big slide, a wooden swing bridge, monkey bars, swings, and a big platform. The playround is smaller than the other playground which sucks because the old playground was bigger and we used to play busted on the old playground. But this playground you can't play busted because there isn't much things to play it on. There is my opinion for the new playground.  

Mathhs construction

 

for maths today we made an octogonanal pyramid. This requires cutting out colored paper and then fold them and make them into the shape. There was 3 seperate peices we had to cut out for the base to be able to make it. It was sorta fun but hard

maths

 

Today for  maths we had to  make a cube and a 3d triangle. This is my triangle it was sort of hard but it was fun. For the cube you had to make the sides 3cm wide, you also had to make flaps on it so it could fold up to make the final shape. It was awesome.

Surfing

This morning a group of us went surfing. My only friends I knew there were Adam, Yago, Ashur and Angus. We had to go to the shed and pick a wetsuit and stock surfboards in a container attached to the van. When we put up a surfboard each we got in the van and drove to the beach. When we got there we put the surfboards from the van to the beach. When we each put one to the beach we got changed. After I got changed I went down to the beach and waited for the teacher Mr Redmond to come down and give us drills. After he gave us drills we got to go and surf. The waves didn't look big but when you were in the water they were big. Me and my friends Angus and Yago were sticking together and just mucking around in the water. I caught some waves but most of the time the waves didnt crash at the right time. After about an hour we had to get out and get changed. We all put the surfboards in the container and then got in the van and went. 

Test

Today after first break we had to do a test. The test was a Maori test. We did the test on nzcer.online.co.nz. The test was just about what you say if someone greets you this in maori and a bunch of sayings in maori and how you react. Some of the questions were like what does this mean in english and it will have pictures of things on your body like mouth, ear, nose and hand. You had to guess the right one. There were about 25 questions, I got more then half of them right because I had no knowledge of Maori whatsoever. And after the test we just got to go on math games and then go to break.

Eleven ways manners can change school

Eleven ways manners can change the world

1. When someone greets you don’t just walk by say hi to them and if they ask how you are doing say good thank you or however your day is going and then ask them how they are doing.

2. When you are doing something wrong don’t lie and argue with the teachers because you will make the situation worse and then everyone else has to put up with the teachers being grumpy.

3. When you are told to tidy up in groups, don’t just stand there and watch, help them out because even if you didn’t make any mess you chose to sit with them and so then you have to help.

4. If a teacher asks you to do something just listen to them and be respectful don’t argue or not listen to them.

5. When the teacher is talking to you don’t talk to someone else or not pay attention because they will notice you and then ask you what you have to do and you will have no idea what and then you will get told off

6. If someone is using manners, use manners back and don’t be disrespectful.

7. I keep my hands to myself to stop causing distraction and listen to the teacher so don’t do it to anyone else.

8. If a teacher is talking to you don’t tell them to be quiet because it might be something important and you will just make a fool out of yourself and make the teachers mad at you

9. If the teacher exposes you of something you did don’t try and lie and argue about it just own up and apologize.

10. When the teachers say hats off don’t argue just take the hat off and then everything will be easy.

11. If a teacher lets other people go first all the time and not your group don’t argue because then you will go last.

Mathigon Tangrams

 Last week on Wednesday we went on a math site called Mathigon. It is a shape game where you have to rotate, flip and slide pieces. You have multiple shapes to complete by putting them in the right position and rotating, flip or sliding them to fit. It is harder than you think but it is a good game and it's pretty fun.

This shape I had to rotate it to complete it. You can try it yourself. There is an advanced mode and normal mode.and more. The pieces were moved, 45, 90, 180 or even 360 degrees.  I learnt the meaning of rotate, flip and slide when involving tangram pieces.

Sailing

Yesterday I went to lake rua for sailing. Our transport was a bus and a van. I went in the bus and sat with mu mum, when we arrived I got my bag and we walked to the container with the people running the program. When we got to the container we put our bags down and we had to listen to the people, they split us into groups and then the people showed us how to make the dhingy. When they showed us we had to get our own boat out of the container and put up the sail and turny thing. It was pretty easy to make because my mum helped me and I had 2 other people in my group. When we finished the sailboats we had morning tea and then got changed into our togs. When we all got changed we helped put boats in the water and we got taught how to actually sail and turn the boat. It took a while but then we went down to where the boats were and we all had turns going in the sail boats. We had to go around a buoy not that far from the surface and then turn around and come back. It was pretty cool and funny because there were a lot of people capsizing. When everyone had a turn we went back to the containers and had our lunch. When we finished lunch we got more boats in the water and had to go further out to the buoys and had more turns. It was really fun but time went fast. Our teacher blew a whistle and we had to get all the boats out the water, get the sails off, make them neat and put all of the stuff back in the container. After everyone put the sails down and put the boats and sails in the container We got to go swimming. We couldn't go swimming for long but it was cool. After about 10 - 14 minutes we got out and got changed into our clothes. It took a long time because some people were mucking around in the changing rooms. After about 25 minutes we walked to the footpath and waited for the bus and then went back to school.

this is the boat we used (optimist boat/ dhingy)

Ski Trip

 On tuesday Me and 31 other people went to porters ski field. We arrived to school at 6:30 in the morning and left at 7. We arrived at the ski field at about 9:30 - 9:45.  When we arrived we got changed into ourski gear and then an instructor came and got a group of us and we went to the beginner group and he taught us. when we finished that I just went on a chair lift thingy to the intermediate cource and ski'd there for a long time. After about an hour I went back to the bus and went to the cafe and bought myself a powerade. Had something to eat and went back to eat with my friend. After about half an hour later I went to the ski field again for about an hour and then we had to pack up and go because it was too windy.

Maths- Measurement Solving Problems

Today for maths we did a fractions test, for the fractions test we had to turn mixed fractions into improper fractions and improper fractions into a mixed fraction.

After that we marked our sheet and went onto a test with a calculator.

For the test we had a formula and layout for the equations. If we got the formula and layout wrong we had to restart the test.

For the test the formula was Area = Length x Width. 

We had to use the formula for volume which was Length x Width x Height.

maths

Today for maths we learned how to divide and times shapes and had to find the diameter of shapes and times them by pie, I got the first test wrong but I re did the test and I improved and learned new stuff. In order to get the test right we had to get the formula right and make it correct.

adrenaline forest

last wednesday a group of people and I went to adrenaline froest, we hopped in the van at 11 and then we walked to the front of the school and took the vans to adrenaline forest. When we got there we went to the area and put our bags down, a group of us went to the toilets and we waited for them to come back. When they came back we went to a picnic table in the centre of the areas and but ou bags down. We went back to the place where you get the harnes thingy´s on. We got there, put them on and we practiced so we can get to the courses. When I finished I did stage 1 then stage 2 then stage 3b then stage 4. It was really fun but the worst thing was going back to school.

day 2 of new zealand market thingy

this is  day 2 of making our new zealand market thingy, today we made our logo and this is our logo. We are still working on it to make the writing neater but iḿ working with Brandon and Carter.

toastie presentation,Toasty Inc.

day 1 of  making something in the nz market that has never been made. This is my project, A.K.A the cheese broasty

Measurement & Estimation

Today for maths I did a measurement task outside. I measured how many left steps it takes for me to reach 100 metres. I got 70 steps to get to 100 metres and we did a race afterwards.

Photosynthesis Activity

My class did an activity nutrients of trees and how they grow. I worked with Matthew and this is our tree/ tree grow activity

toastie, hot chocolate and noodle

Will Pike Chl

Here is my progress on my William Pike Challenge
For William Pike I am doing outdoor skills. It's been a few weeks and i'm enjoying the William Pike Challenge because I get to learn what I wan't to learn.

techno

Today for tech I had cooking and electronics.
For cooking we made Fried Rice, it was really fun to make and tasted really good. After cooking we went outside for break time, I had some of my food and then the bell rang. Then we had electronics, I walked inside and put my bag up in the bag racks. Then went into class and sat down with my book. Then we did out work, After about an hour the bell rang, we packed up and went to the court to line up for the bus. When my line was called we walked to the bus and sat down next to my friend Yago. On our trip back Yago and I played on my phone. When we arrived at school I walked off the bus, said thanks to the bus dirver and went to class. When I got to class I ate my lunch then went out to break with my friends.

Matariki letter

Dear Zack

This is what I've learnt about Matariki.

I've leart that Tupu-a-nuku is the oldest of Matariki's daughters and Waiti and Waita are twins. Also matariki has been a fun task for me and I have learnt a bit about matariki. I also learnt that Tupu-a-nuku spends time with papatuanuku with plants and makes sure they grow big and strong so they can produce food, medicine and food materials.

Matariki

This week We've been doing a task about Matariki.
I've been doing activities and finding out what each star means and its personality. I learnt that Tupu-A-Nuku is the oldest of Matariki's daughters, and Waiti and Waita are Matariki's twins. Also We did a activity sheet with cross words and tasks that envolve Matariki.

Do you know anything else about matariki

Eel learning

Today for literacy a woman came into the class and talked to us about eels.

We learned where eels live in New Zealand and other species like white bait.
She also told us about how we can keep them alive and how they are dying, and told us that they grow up in creeks and streams then go out to the ocean to Tonga and lay their eggs and then die.
She told us that old females can lay up to 1million eggs but less then 2% make it back alive due to sharks, drafts and other fish. When the liitle eels make it back they grow up in banks and rivers then do the same again. There are 3 types of fish species called, eels, galaxiids and bullies.

Do you know anything bout eels?

Maths

For maths this week my group have been doing a lot of fractions.

We've been sorting out which fraction is larger, and adding etc

For me it is fun and pretty easy.

william pike 2

Hi.

For william pike I am doing outdoor skills and parkour on the playground at my school. It's been really fun because i'm in agroup with my friends. Sometimes we play busted and work on our skills to get around and escape the person who is in and not to get busted. We had to show what we we're doing on an ipad and record some of the stuff we've done. So far the activities i've done are, drawing, biking and outdoor skills/ parkour. William pike is cool and really fun. 

What we've been doing for maths today

Today for maths I did a maths sheet with what fraction is larger or equal.

I got all my questions right and I really enjoyed the maths sheet because it was easy.

william pike

Our class are doing a subject called William Pike. For my activity I'm doing outdoor skills onthe playground. By the end of the William Pike I wish to be faster and better at parkour and the stuff i'm doing, and have a lot of fun with my group. Outdoor skills is my passion project

What i did in the weekend

This weekend we didn't do anything but stay home. I just woke up and relaxed on my phone or the TV. On Sunday at lunch we had a roast with my grandparents. Then just relaxed for the rest of the day

tech

Yesterday we had tech. My mum dropped me off at school as the bus was about to leave so I had to hurry. When I got to the bus I had to line up and my teacher Nogo had to call out my name to get in the bus. When he called my name I walked in to the bus. There we're no seats left so I had to sit three in a seat with my friends. When we arrived at tech I walked out of the bus and stood in the line my old class was. The teacher Ms Lee took us to her classroom and went inside. We had cooking, we made a modern hangi. It was really good. After that I had to walk to my next class. I had electronics. I can't remember what it's called but it was made from paper, copper, a type of wood and holes. After that we packed up, went to the bus and went to school.

reading this week

This week for literacy we've been doing main idea/topic and supporting details. I've learnt also that the topic is the front of the sentence. I need to learn more about the supporting details and try to get it all right.

Digi Tech

Today at Digi tech I had fabrics first up. When we arrived In the bus I hopped out and went to the fabrics class. Today we made designs for shirts and had a competition for which shirt design looks the best. The winner won a chocolate block. After that we ate food and went to the next class. I had cooking, today in cooking we made cookies. It was really fun and at the end they tasted really nice. I had m&m's and chocolate chips. After everyone finished we hopped on the bus and went back to school.

Writing from a picture prompt

My writing and ideas are taken from this picture

 I see some plump tasty pigeons zooming through the clouds, hitching a ride in a red car with a parachute because they had gotten tired of flapping their wings. Their bright yellow feathers shone in the sunlight high above the clouds. You couldn’t hear the wind because of their  squawking. They are all trying to converse with each other at the same time.  A bit of gobble de gook going on. You can smell fresh air and the dampness  of the clouds. You can feel the bitter cold leather of the seats in the car, and the wet clouds in the sky.

Swimming

When we got called to go to swimming I went to the pool, went into the changing room and got changed into my togs. After I got changed we had to sit down on the bench and wait. After everyone got changed we had to get the lane ropes and hook them in. After that we got called to our groups and lined up. The group I was in had to do eight lengths of the pool and the rest had to do less. After I finished my eight lengths I got to have free time. When my friends finished I played with them in the little pool. After 20 minutes we had to get out and get changed.

animation

My First Day At Tech

When I arrived at school I biked to the bike racks and locked up my bike. After that I walked to my classroom. When walked in class the teachers were reading the role. Then when they finished we went outside and lined up. The girls went first then the boys, We walked all the way to the gate and then we went into separate busses, the girls went in one bus, and the boys went in another. I walked in the bus and sat down with my friends. About 10 - 15 minutes later we arrived at tech. We walked out, sat down in a line and waited until our names got called. One group got called, then another, another, another, another. And then my group got called out. we were line 13. All of my friends were in my group. Then our teacher told us to follow her into room 13. Room 13 was sowing and fabrics, We put our bags beside the door and sat down at the tables. We got a book, and a pencil. We had to write a lot of stuff. About 1 hour later it was break time. I ate my lunch with my friends and then the bell rang. We packed our bags and lined up for the next lesson. The group i was in were doing cooking in room 16. We went in the class and we got aprons on. We made quesadillas.

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