Maths

Today we had maths as a whole class but also during maths we were getting observed by one of the mentors from the Manaiakalani. Today's maths problem was about shapes or known as geometry. 

Our problem was called Carries Cube, Carries cube was made up of small cubes and was painted red, we had to find out how many of the original small cubes have 3,2 and 1 faces are painted red but also how many faces weren't painted red. I learnt the difference of shapes which was angles, corners, scale scalene and sides. This problem was a bit difficult to solve because we didn't really understand it but  we got some help and solved it.

This is our model that we used to solve it!!

This was our group solving the problem!!!

Science Intensive

Today my class group was in room 10 with Mrs Moopanar for science. For science we were learning about Magnet. We first discussed what we knew about magnet like what you can do with it for example they stick together, magnetic force, compatible, it's sticks to metal and lots more. We also learnt about the different types of magnet and there was Bar magnet, horse shoe magnet and donut magnet. Then we did some activities involving magnets where we kind of made it dance. After that we came back after lunch and drew a car, fish and plane then we did more activities where we were using the magnet to fish or move our car and airplane.

Our group had so much fun playing with the magnets and was very cool because Mrs Moopanar was happy with our group she let us have free time after we finished our activities. We all learn't a lot about different kinds of magnet and what they could do.

Maths Lesson in Room 7

Today in room 7 with the left over students we had a fun maths. For this maths lesson with Miss Stone we did shapes. In shapes we had to make a 3D shape using a template we could color it if we wanted,  so I did. Anyways we made our shapes given and it turned out good. After exploring a world of colorful shapes we had a chance to make one of our own 3D shape out of a grid. I made a cube. We had to find out the volume of the shape we had made using the cubed grid. The final total of my volume was 3x8 which is 27.

I had great fun doing this math activity...

Cheers :) 

Problems in Rio

Kiwi Can Session

Today we had Kiwi Can with Mr Afutoto after morning tea. When we were inside we sat in four lines and we talked about our theme which is Resilience, resilience is coping with challenges and bouncing back and we also talked about goal setting. After that we got into groups and played limbo so our goal there was to see how many people can go under without falling. After that we talked more about setting goals so we got into groups of four and we wrote down our goal and how are we gonna achieve it.

For my goal I haven't figured out what I want to do but I know that I have to plan out before I go for it. We all had great fun in kiwi can and we learnt a lot about goals and resilience.

Volleyball lessons

During this term we have been taking volleyball lessons every Thursday mornings so today coach Toni from Auckland sport came and we did some awesome things.

We did more lessons on setting,digging and spiking in pairs of two. After that we did some challenges with serving from distance between the net by serving it to the other person to catch. Then we found 2 more people to be a team and we vs a different team at volleyball. Then we stood in a line and coach Toni slit us into teams and we played some games. After that the next class came for their session and it was time for us to go so that was upsetting by the main thing is we learnt how to play volleyball.

Kiwi Can

Today after morning tea we had kiwi can with Mr Afutoto because our normal kiwi can people are away. Today was kind of different from what we usually. First we talked to us about controlling our behaviour and one person talking at a time then for our energiser we played rock, paper, scissors but with a peg so if you lose to a person your peg get's taken of you so the point is to win lots of games to get the most pegs but if you have no more pegs you have to sit out so we played that for a couple of minutes.

Then all the boys had to sit down while the girls play for a minute and the one who has the most peg would vs one of the boys who has the most as well so the winner was me Melenaite vs Levi G and we had to 

play rock, paper, scissors best out of 3 and of course I won. Then after that we talked about our topic which is goal setting so we talked about what was our personal goals, then we talked about our theme which is resilience which means never giving up so we talked about that, then we did two rounds of GKQ.

Mr Afutoto was a awesome teacher today, he was funny, fun and awesome so all hope to see him next time but also see our normal kiwi can people back. At the end everyone was happy but sad because we had to leave but at the same time we all learnt something new.

    

Kiwi Sport - Volleyball

Today room 7 started the day with Volleyball for Kiwi Sport with coach Tony from Auckland Sport. With coach Tony she taught us the 2 ways to pass the ball to the other team and how to spike it, 1) Dig, 2) Set and Spike. After that we got into partners and one partner went to the other side of the net and then we practices to dig, set and spike to each other.

After practising our passes to each other coach Tony split us up into 4 teams to have a game so it was teams 1 vs team 2 and team 3 vs team 4, then it swap around team 2 vs team 4 and team 1 vs team 3. Everyone had fun playing volleyball and vs the other teams we also learnt how to pass and spike so when we vs a team in life we already know how to pass.

 

Netball

On Tuesday 2 August, the year 6 and 7&8 girls had a netball game around 4 and 5 pm at the AMI Netball Courts. The year 7&8 team versed another girls team from St Cuths, the game was challenging a bit for them but they just had fun and was happy. The girls were real happy when the game was finished because they were exhausted and hungry but they were really happy because they had won the points was 26 - 18. On the other hand the year 6 girls game was also challenging for them but the were also so happy because they also had won their game as well but at the same time everyone was tired and also hungry but happy because both teams won their game.

Current Even Quiz

For reading today my group did a weekly current event quiz about different kind of things with 20 questions. One of the questions that I was interested was Why has Commonwealth Games gold medallist and two-time Olympian, Moss Burmester, been in the news recently? my answer was Moss burmester has been on the news recently because he is against Russia being allowed to compete in the Rio olympics in the 200m butterfly swimmer. Another question I was interested was Which supermarket has annouced the closure of six of their New Zealand stores ? my answer was countdown because I read that Australasian has said that six of their countdown supermarkets in New Zealand will be closed. I was happy because both my answers were correct.

If you would like to take the quiz here is the link: http://www.classroomsolutions.co.nz/uploads/1/9/5/1/19510927/wq21nz.pdf

Kiwi Can Reflection

Last Term we have been having kiwi can every Thursdays with Mr Numia and Miss Tuia. We always have fun doing different activities with them about fair play and honesty and also learning new things about accountability, Leadership/ Role model, Respect and making good choices. Sometimes when we did the wrong thing they would encourage us to do the right thing next time and we also learn from our mistakes. Everyone always has great fun in kiwi can and learn new fun things.!!

Volcanoe Eruption

My reading groups Kakapo and Pukeko had been learning about Volcanoes in the past weeks so we were really lucky to acctually create a Volcanoe but also erupting it.

We used these Materials:

1. Little Bottle
2. Baking Soda
3. White Vinegar
4. Clay
5. Dishwashing Liquid
6. Piece of Cardboard

First we got a piece of cardboard and placed the little bottle in the middle, then we used the clay to moled it into a shape of a volcano, while we were doing that some boys went out side and mixed red food coloring with white vinegar so when we explode it, it looks like lava.

Then we all went outside and put the volcano on top on the drain with the cardboard beneath it then we put baking soda inside the volcano with a little bit of dish washing liquid to make it foamy then added white vinegar, it was slowly coming up then it exploded. We did it a couple of times and then on one go we didn't add dish washing liquid but it just did the same thing but then the girls had a go and it just went everywhere.

We loved doing this and learning about volcanoes, we all learn't something new everytime we were reading or researching about it.

Here's a link to the video on the volcano we did: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0p_tboe6MJ4&feature=em-upload_owner

The Avengers

Today I feeling a bit board so I decided to read a book called The Avengers. This book is about super heroes Thor, Iron Man, Hulk, Ant Man, and wasp saving the world by fighting bad guys. One day thor's brother loki had always been jelouse of thor so then loki became the bad guy and once thor and the other super heroes found out they all went looking for him when they found him they got rid of him and then they decided to form a team called The Avengers. Then one battle took them to a frozen land and while they were fighting they spotted someone in the ice whitch turned out to be captain america so iron man carefully used his rays to melt the ice and when captain america woke up he became apart of the avengers and everyone was happy including the world.

Math Reflection

On Thursday, Mrs Raj and Miss Elia came in and observed my maths group on decimals. The Question we got was kind of difficult for me to solve but luckly one of my friends helped me understand it and when she started explaining slowly I started understanding how decimals are added and how they are converted into fractions. I also got over my fears of writing and explaining on the whiteboard how I solved the problem in front of the group. I am really lucky I learnt this because it will help me how to solve decimal problems at anytime.

Writing lesson

During the past few weeks my writing group has been learning about procedural writing witch relects to basic recipies, so our Teacher Miss Stone decided that we get into small groups because we are a big group and each group writes down or searches on the internet for easy fast potatoe cups. Since it was just Angelica and myself we decided to make just a regular potatoe cup recipe so here it is. All we had to do was write down the ingredients and instructions.

Ingredients:

• 2 large Russet baking potatoes
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 3 tablespoons butter, softened
• ¼ cup sour cream
• 3 tablespoons milk
• ½ cup grated cheddar cheese
• ½ cup cooked bacon, crumbled
• ¼ cup sliced green onions
• salt and pepper

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
2. Rub potatoes with olive oil, sprinkle with salt and pepper and poke a few times with a fork.
3. Microwave it for about 10 minutes.  or until a knife slides easily into the center.
4. Cool for 10-15 minutes.
5. Cut potatoes in half and scoop out the center leaving about ¼ inch around the sides.
6. Mash potatoes, butter, sour cream and milk together using either a potato masher or mixer.
7. Stir in half the cheese, half the onions and half the bacon.
8. Fill potato cups.
9. Sprinkle remaining cheese on top and bake for about 10 minutes until cheese is melted.
10. Top with bacon and onions and serve hot!

Adapted from: http://laughingspatula.com/twice-baked-potato-cups/

Our group had so much fun baking and learning about procedural writing and turns out the food was acctually good but all thanks to Miss Stone for assembling this together for us.

Poem: World War

All the men standing in line

Holding their guns but not with a smile

1,2,3 Boom

The war has started but everyone is tired

A man in his tank using his gun, he see’s an

old man yelling for help

No one can see with dust in the air and when they

turn they scream with fear

The world is scared and not so safe, think before you leave this place, we see the guards with their guns

chasing people climbing gates.

Before they die there cold as ice, they say goodbye with tears of joy and pray to god for a wonderful time inside this earth.

Rio De Janeiro

Here is a link on a Presentation about the big statude of jesus in Brazil called the Rio De Janeiro:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1razbTPgf2DiXX5QtKZUuzDOv5SXUUPfyFZs81dVKAG0/edit

Poetry Recital

Today after fitness room 7 students recited their poems. We have been writing our own poems and also learning it in the past weeks to recite it to the class. After reciting it 6 students will get chossen to recite it to the school in friday assembly.

My Poem is called World War, I chose World War just to resemble what it would be like at war and how it felt to battle.

After saying it I felt a bit shy but a stood up proudly and said it. I am really proud of myself for writing this poem about the war and saying it to the class, I hope everyone enjoyed it because I did.

World War

All the men standing in line

Holding their guns but not with a smile

1,2,3 Boom

The war has started but everyone is tired

A man in his tank using his gun, he see’s an

old man yelling for help

No one can see with dust in the air and when they

turn they scream with fear

The world is scared and not so safe, think before you leave this place, 

we see the guards with their guns chasing people climbing gates.

Before they die there cold as ice, they say goodbye with tears of joy 

and pray to god for a wonderful time inside this earth.

Kiwi Sport: Netball

Last week Thursday our class had our last netball session with coach Anne. For our last session we played games of netball by using all the skills that we have learnt from the past few weeks. Everyone had so much fun playing that by the end of the session we wanted to keep on going but time was running out we were done.

Once we packed the bibs away one of our classmates said thank you for teaching us skill about netball. We all learnt some new things and had fun learning with coach Anne.

Science Investigation

Weeks before today we did a Science Investigation on a Mint Plant. We had 5 groups and each group got a Mint Plant, each group had a method to do with the plant whitch was to Suffocate a plant, stop watering  the plant, take out the soil, put the plantin a dark place and just leave it as a normal plant. My group was to take out the soil and just leave it with the roots but before that we had to write what we think would happenen if we take the soil out and leave it for a few days so I wrote that it would die because it dosent have soil or ater to grow. Few weeks later we took a look at the plant and we could see that it had completly died so we all knew it.

Chocolate Maths Problem

Today we solved a problem in groups involving chocolate. Our question was if there are 7 chocolate bars shared between 14 students how much will each student get?. The answer my group got was 1/2 chocolate each,  so we knew 7 x 2 = 14 witch is the same as 7/14. This problem was easy for our group to solve because we used our multiplication. Our group is happy because now we get to eat it.

Artwork Lessons with Graham Dodd

The Night of Horror 2

One night around 12:30, it was dark, cold and windy then !BOOM! the door slam shut I quickly hid under my blanket with fear I was shivering so hard and my heart was beating loud, I sat up and took the blanket of my head while I was looking around it was so blurry I blink twice then I thought there was someone standing in the corner then I screamed ahhhhhhhhh!!!!!!

When I woke up I realized that it was actually a dream and that it was 8:30 am I quickly got out of bed and got ready for school and walked to school 2:45 pm !RING !RING !RING time to go home, once I got home I played at ate and watched Marvel's Avengers Assemble then it hit 8:30 pm I had dinner then went to bed I lied on my bed and couldn’t stop thinking about last nights dream I tried to think of something else but it wouldn’t get out of my head I even tried to sing but it wouldn’t stop so I forced my way to sleep.

I opened my eyes and again it was dark and quiet, I got out of bed and walked around everyone was still asleep I looked at the clock and it was 12:30 pm as I was walking I noticed that I've been watching to much horror movies so I went back to bed and learnt my lesson.

Where food comes from?

Christchurch Earthquake

On February 14 2016, at 1:13pm  a 5.7 magnitude earthquake hit Christchurch and cause damages to building.The earthquake was similar to the one in December 33 2011, was a 5.9 magnitude earthquake. People that live in Christchurch are really sad, angry, and disappointing because people re now beginning to put their houses, shops and buildings back together. It is such a big relief that there was no serious damages or injuries to anyone.

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