Art Expedition

We just finish our art expedition. The whole school walked around to different classes to see what they've done for this term. A favourite piece that i saw was from Team 5. My favourite art pieces that was represented team 5 was from room 3. I like how they painted fruits by doing dots. 1 dot at a time to create a painting. I like all the colours that was used to create those paintings. I like this painting of a flamingo from room 3. I like the pink and white that they used to create it. I also like this art from team 4. There theme was pacific patterns. I like the patterns that they choose.

Then my 3rd favourite art work was from room 2. Although room 2 is my class i like the subject that we did for the art expedition. The art that room 2 did is we had to make a sculpture. then we painted the sculpture and made a sign. Our theme was protesting. Everyone made a sign and had to write down what they are protesting for. My one was protesting for the turtles. Since some turtles are going extinct i choose that to protest for my sculpture. 

These were my top favourite art projects. But the other classes did a good job as well.

My sculpture explanation

This is my finish version of my sculpture. The colours that i used to paint my sculpture is black, red, orange, yellow. I choose these colours cause there colourful except for the black. But the black is there to represent the darkness in the world then the other colours represent the light shining over the darkness. My sculpture is protesting for the turtles. The sign says save our turtles. I choose this protest cause i love turtles and i hate to see them get extinct. Hope you like my finish version of my painting.

Art sculpture

 

Today i have finished my statue for this term. This term theme was art and painting. So room 2's artist was Alberto Giacometti. He was famous for sculpting these skinny rough statues. For this i had to create my own sculpture and do a sign. So on the sign is says what were protesting for. My sign said save the turtles, others did something like save our ocean or black lives matter. Hope you like my sculpture 

Summer learning journey art

Task description is on the slide deck.

Probability Task Work

Today i have finished my maths task. The task theme was what is probability or what is most likely gonna happen. Hope you enjoy

Narrative writing

Today i have finished are narrative writing. I was given an introduction to a story. Then i had to write the other half of the story.

It was a man who had a black jacket and I couldn't see his face. I thought he was wearing a mask until when he kept getting closer he didn't have a face. I was so frightened that I couldn't open my mouth. It kept getting closer and closer. I tried running but I couldn't move. I tried screaming my mouth won’t open. I closed my eyes and I can feel this tingly feeling on my body. I thought it was the man touching me gently. I opened my eyes and no one was there ‘it was just the wind’ i thought. I looked behind me and I see a black figure right behind me. 

I opened my mouth for a scream. I opened my eyes and I was laying on my bed. This “dream” of mine frightened me. The most random noise will scare me. From silent to loud. I went to the living room with my dog and watched some anime. ‘Haikyuu will cheer me up’ I said. I heard some creepy crackly noises coming from the kitchen. The night was coming. So I went to my room. I still felt the tingly feeling on my skin. I woke up at the middle of the night at 2:58 am. I heard a weird noise coming from outside. I put on my jacket and went to go check. Nothing was there so I walked back to my door. Then I see a black figure standing at my door. I kept thinking I was in a dream. So I slapped myself in the face and I actually felt the slap. Then i thought ‘this ain’t a dream this is real’. With my eyes wide open I started running into the forest. I found a dead end at this ridge. Then I see the black figure coming closer and closer. ‘I can't believe i'm living my dream,’ I said. I closed my eyes like in the dream and felt this tingly feeling again. I was too scared to open my eyes but I opened it. No one was there. I was too scared to look behind me cause you know how that ended. So I just ran for it back to my house. Once I made it to my house no one was blocking the door. So I walked inside and ran to my room. I locked the doors and drank some coffee. ‘This is one hell of a day’ I said. Then I went to sleep. The end.

Kiwikids News Read Off 3

Today i have finished my 3rd kiwikids read off activity. This story i did was about a egyptian scuba diver who stayed underwater for nearly 6 days. Hope you enjoy.

art rotation the scream

Today i have done an art work. the art work i did was a famous painting by Edvard Munch. The painting is called the scream its very famous. hope you enjoy.

Kiwi kids news article race 2

Today i have finished my second reading task for today. i had to choose an article for today. and answer some questions. hope you enjoy.

Kiwi Kids News read Off

Today i have done my reading task for today. I had to choose a article from kiwi kids news and then answer questions that was on the slide deck. Hope you enjoy. 

The night at garrison castle

 Fog hung over the Castle of Evil like a shroud covering a dead body.  The castle was surrounded by a moat of deep water and beyond that a forest as black as night. A cart loaded with beefy packages came shaking from the forest. The drawbridge lowered and the cart was consumed up by an ancient stone archway. Dark creatures rose in a swarm from the towers of the castle as a scream came from the tallest opening.

Today i have finished my literacy work for today. i had to change the underline words with the same meaning as the original words. 

Collective nouns

Today i've finished my literacy task for today. the task was called the collective nouns. my teacher Ms Tele'a drawed a mouse then wrote words relating to the mouse. then we had to highlight all the nouns in those groups of words. 

Valeli Vendigram

Today i've finished my reading work. i had to compare to stories i've read. Down the drain and bring back the birdsong. in the bring back the birdsong story it tells that a bird is endangered by predators. down the drain is about rubbish going into drains and ending up in a community bay

Valeli Labour weekend

today i have finished my maths task for this week. my task was about 4 options and what Rae jae should do during the labour weekend. the options were, swimming pools, play soccer, movies at Sylvia park, visit relatives. you'll see what were the results on the slide deck. 

Collective nouns

Today i have finished my literacy task. I had to combine to words and put a 'And' between the words your gonna combine. 

10 Facts About Niue

Today i finished my task for this week. i did 10 facts about Niue. Hope you enjoy.

Vendigram

Today i've done my vendigram. i had to write on what facts came from a video and other facts that came from the book. then in the middle i had to write what were the same from the video and text.

Immersion Assembly Reflection

 It was Monday on the first day of term 4 and we had immersion assembly. Once we got to the hall we were welcomed by Mr Burt. Then the first video came up by team 1. There video is they get a famous painting then they act out the painting. 

Team 2's video was about using different kind of ways to draw the teachers faces. from cut shapes to digital shapes. Then they showed what each person are doing for there art project.

Then it was Team 3's presentation. There one was they were doing this colourful art on this big piece of paper. They didn't use there hands to make the colourful background. They actually used these spraying thing to colour the big piece of paper.

After that video team 4's video came on. they didn't prepare for a video. but they recorded the google meet they had as there presentation. They did drawings and showed them to us. Mr Goodwin's drawing was about his dog.

My favourite Presentation was by Team 5. i liked all the customs. they presentation was about a museum of these artefacts. I Liked how they told the story behind the artefacts. My favourite custom was by Ms Tele'a. The story behind it was a Samoan warrior. And the warrior was a women.

And Mr Burt showed us a new school logo for Pt England. There gonna change the bird with another bird. The new bird is called a Kuaka or a god wit. these birds travel from Alaska to New Zealand. When they arrive to Pt England they are skinny cause they keep on flying until they arrive at New Zealand. The Kuaka or God Wit is a navigator so it can know where its going. And the Kuaka was the first design on the Pt England school uniform but they changed it cause people were not agreeing to the bird being on the uniform. But now the kuaka is gonna be the new logo for the school but i don't know when they will release the new uniform. 

Hope you enjoy my reflection. 

Explanation Template

TASK DESCRIPTION: Today i've done my writing task. This task is when i had to highlight the following words. Statement Colour Blue, Explanation Colour Green, Example Colour Purple. Hope you enjoy.

Is Plastic Really Fantastic?

Today We're Learning About Environmental Issues. Although Plastic Is Useful But It's Use's Are Short Limited. They Will Be Used For A Short Time. Then It'll Be Chucked Away Into The Environment.

Pourquoi Tales

TASK DESCRIPTION: This is my Pourquoi task. The task is to write about why things are what they are. But we had to create a story on why things are what they are.  My one is based on why a hyena looks like a dangerous version of the dog. hope you enjoyed my made up story.

Te Reo Maori

TASK DESCRIPTION: This is my Te Reo Maori task that i did when the year 8's we're at tech. i did a conversation that was talking about the weather outside. 

Taha Wairua Sign language task

 

TASK DESCRIPTION: This is my Taha Wairua for sign language week. the photo there is the sign for Aotearoa for sign language.

Rata me te Rakua

TASK DESCRIPTION: This is my literacy task. I had to answer some question and then gather information to back up my answer that i said. This story was about this Maori guardian who chopped a tree to make a waka to get his people away from the battle. but he didn't respect the tree before chopping it and the wild life kept on rebuilding the tree until Raka notice to respect the tree. 

Theatre group workshop

We had a visitor who came and did a play. She showed us pacific characters and what they were going through. The visitor acted as T the main character in the situation happening. We got to ask some question while she plays as T. Then she put us into groups. there were 5 groups. my groups profile was jack. T's best mate. We had to find a way to help support T through whats hes going through. 

The visitor gave us this messenge which she said and did in sign language. The messenge was: Every child has hopes and dreams. she showed us these cards and on these cards there's a phone number. i dont know what the number is but it was meant for to help you for what you're going through. you don't need to tell them you're name you're parents. you just ask them what happening and they will help you.

Maori conversation using the Maori words for colours.

TASK DESCRIPTION: This is my rotation task. I had to create a conversation by using the name of colours but Maori. hope you enjoy my small conversation.

KEYWORDS2

TASK DESCRIPTION: this another keywords task. this one is based on a new zealand soldier who got a bravery award. 

HERE:https://www.kiwikidsnews.co.nz/bravery-award-new-zealand-soldier/ this is a link of where i got the idea from. and you can find out more of what the soldier did.

Keys words.

 

TASK DESCRIPTION: So i did a task. this task was based on how pringle was identified as the WORST product to recycle. So they are redesigning the packaging to help the earth and they are trying to keep i good reputation. 

Imagine from and idea: https://www.kiwikidsnews.co.nz/pringles-packaging-to-change/

Maths Movie time task

WALT: To work step by step on a solution.

TASK DESCRIPTION: Today this is my maths task. This is a task on time. i had to try and solve situations which are based on time. 

Cats point of view oral language.

This is another version of the oral language task. but this time we were taking a look at the cats point of view. I've missed only 1 question and i don't know what was the question. i got 4/6 i messed another question up. i will fixed that later.

 

Taha Tinana

 

Ok so this is my taha tinana work. taha tinana means physical well-being

Te Horeta's nail

 

My time table

 Time                              Activity

7:20 am                          Wake up 

7:25 am                          Brush teeth

7:30 am                          Eat breakfast

7:40 am                         Change into uniform  

8:10 am                         Watch videos

8:13 or 8:15 am            Get to school (in car)

2:35 pm                        Arrive home

2:40 to 9:50 pm           Talk with friends online 

6:00 pm                       Eat dinner

6:50 to 9:50 pm           Watch videos 

10:00 pm                     Going to sleep 

The legend of Kava Tonga

 This is the legend of Kava Tonga. So there was this couple they only had one daughter. The couple and the daughter were growing a tree named Kava. Then these men and a king arrived only to look for some food. The leader of the men was looking for some food then he found the couple. The father Fefanga told the leader of the men that the island was barren which means it can’t grow food. But the father gladly said that he will prepare a meal for the king. But when he went to collect the food he saw the king sleeping on the only tree that can produce food. He couldn’t disturb the king so he was hopeless. But then the dad sacrificed his daughter for the king. The king didn’t want to eat the daughter so he said “don’t disturb the girls grave” then when the old couple came back they saw two plants one on her feet the other on her head.

after watching a video about the legend it was heart breaking but a wonderful ending.

Ko e founga hono ma’u’e Tonga a hono hingoā

 Ok so this is the story of how Tonga got its name. The story writer was David Riley. Maui came to Samoan and found this fisherman his name was tongataumāta'u. The fisherman offered many great hooks to Maui. But Maui chosed this old hook surrounded with spider webs. Maui said "How could i pay you" and the fisherman said "When you fish up a island name it after me" Time passed and Maui fished up a island. Then he named it Tonga just like he promised. 

The Tongan Tapa Cloths/Ngatu

 Malo e lelei this is a fact about the Tongan culture.

Why is the Tongan tapa cloth valued? The reason why the Tongan tapa cloth is valued is because it's one of Tongan's most important possessions. The Tongan tapa cloth was passed down from generation to generation. Before money was introduced to the Tongan people the tapa cloth was similar to the value of money in the olden days. And the men plant trees which the ngatu or tapa cloths are made out of. 

The amazing planetarium

 

1. What is a planetarium? A planetarium is a theatre built primarily for presenting educational and entertaining shows about astronomy. 

2. Why was the room shaped like a circle?

3. Why was the teacher at the planetarium? So she or he can teach the people at the planetarium and show them around.

4. Why is it usually hard to see stars at night in a city? Cause the lights from the city send a glow into the sky. And it makes like a fog and the fog makes the stars look dim.

5. What are stars made of? Stars are huge celestial bodies made mostly of hydrogen and helium that produce light and heat from the churning nuclear forges inside their cores.

6. Would the surface of Mars be wet or dry? It will be dry cause nasa showed that there's no water on mars 

7. What did the second planet look like? The planet had a red surface. And it has big craters on the surface.

8. Did Sophie see real stars and planets?  No cause the stars are from the projector and it's probably a video.

9. Why did Sophie want her cousin to go to the planetarium? So sophie cousin can experience what it's like being there.

oral language activity

 

oral language activity how well did we listen. today Mrs tele'a read out instruction while we listen labelled and drew.

conjunction

 

This is my task. is when i have to do a compound sentence. a compound sentence is when you get to simple sentences and you put a conjunction between those to sentences. a conjunction is when you connect to simple sentences.

Meariki the Matawehi Fables

 

This is my blog post for reading during lockdown. this story theme is myth and legends. hope you enjoy.

keep, stop, add

 This is my keep, stop, add work

i had to choose to keep stuff stop stuff and add stuff for step up program and leadership camp.

this is what i did. 

10 Things about Yr 7 / Yr 8 leaders reflection

This is my summary of the highlights the Yr 7 and Yr 8 leaders shared and the step up program and the leadership camp.

Year 7s step up program

My personal experience about the step up program. The step up program was fun i liked when we go and play sports at the end of the day. My favourite one was ball rush. We were supposed to to play hockey but the gear was wasn't there. But ball rush was fun. We played countless rounds and kept on running. The activities was fun to. My favourite was the team challenges. My best experience about the step up program was the shared lunch. At the shared lunch was so many good food. there was pizza, chips, cake and many more. Then my sister came back camp and we talked all about what we did.                                                                     \

Maths problem

Today i did my maths problem. this story was when kauri ran 800m in each lap he does. if he ran 3 laps and you convert it into kilometres how much did he ran.

Te Whare Tapa Wha

This is my Te Whare Tapa Wha. i had to choose one of the taha and make a goal for that taha. i choosed Taha Tinana (Physical Well Being). u guys can check out my goal.

Myths & Legends passport

this is my Myths and Legends passport. i had to put in the work that i did for the first week of school. Then i had to choose what was my favourite Myths and Legends task. i picked the dragons eye lake.

Clothes from Sam Bacon

Today we got gifted free clothes from sailor Sam Bacon. when we went to go pick our clothes most of them were new and some were never used. Thanks alot Sam Bacon for gifting us these clothes we are really Thankful.

Findings meanings for extraordinary

learning new words everyday is important! through finding out what extraordinary means we learned 7 words.
be bothered to find out more!
increase your vocabulary daily!

reading goal

Talofa lava today we have returned to our normal literacy classes.
my literacy group is Riley. hes a new Zealand book writer.
for this term i'm going to try and up my reading level.
i will be trying to read everyday for at least 30 minutes or more.
looking forward to achieving in reading this term

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Dragon's eye lake

today i finished my last myth and legends task for this week.
this task is about the dragons eye lake in croatia.
this is a kinda romantic story.
hope you like this myth.

tourist attraction create task

the myth of lighting, thunder and rain.

 today i did a task about a myth. the myth of lighting, thunder and rain. this is was from Cambodia. jope you enjoy the myth.

story of hermes

today for the inquiry we learnt about greek mythology. we learnt about 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,

a world of difference assembly writing

Today we went to the hall for assembly. The teachers were gonna show a video or just act it out to show what we will be doing for term 3. The first team to go up was team 1. There one was about what different things other schools do compared to our school. Like what they eat and what we eat and see the differences. Then the second team went up which was team 2. There one was about exploring so they did a Dora based video. Then it was team 3. there one was based on the amazing race. They made a video of them exploring the world. Then it was team 4's turn. There one was researching the food that they were eating and seeing where it came from. Then it was team 5's turn. Our one is based on myths and legends. The team 5 teachers did a performance of sina and the eel. The story was great. There were some sad bits and some good ones. The ending was heartwarming for me. Then the assembly ended then we all went back to our class room.    

DECIMAL GAME

Today i did a maths decimal task for week 12. Its when you like look at the numbers you have to shade in then you shade that decimal on the right side. And i got it right and when you look at it side ways it says body which is the right answer.

EXPLAINING MATARIKI AND WORTHY WORDS!!!

this is my create task for reading. I had to write about what pt England school do for matariki.




This is mt second task. i had to find four word groups. it has to be like a good word group and these are my good word groups that o chosed. hope you like it bye.

Sky tower light for matariki word group

Today i did a word group task. a word group is when like you get a sentence and put them into little groups to break it down and to understand it more. hope you liked it and bye.

DECIMALS GAME

Today i did a task for week 11 term 2. it was like a decimal game. it was fun to play. we were in a group and each of us have to roll the dice and who ever got the most points by rolling the dice they win. me and my group had 3 rounds i kept on coming third so yah i was a fail for me.

READING SKYTOWER

Today i did a audio of me reading a story. The story is about MATARIKI and the skytower is going to put on some lights to celebrate it.

Biosphere 2

Task Description: Today I did an inquiry task about Biosphere 2 in the United States.

IN THE NEWS

today i did a reading task bast on a true story the didn't happen long ago. it's about german wasp that came to chatham island at the end of ww2. the german wasp was a threat to endanger animals and plants. during lockdown they stopped all german wasp at chatham island.

turtles writing

in the news

TAHA WHANAU

so today i did a taha whanau task if you don't know what that means search..... nah jokes it means??? 

so yeah thanks if clicked on and really read through so yeah bye.

TAHA HINENGARO

which one doesn't belong

today i did which one doesn't belong. it is when you have to spot which one that doesn't belong in group but you have to spot the different on every on the group.

thing i am grateful for

activity 5

2 choices of where to go

if I have 2 choices on places to go I would go to Samoa because it was very peaceful the last time I went their. and I love to swim in the rock pool it was do cool. sliding down a waterfall was amazing and I saw little tiny fish there too so yeah it was great and that's why I want to go back.

the second place I want go is world war museum because I love the history of the world war and a the cool things they use to do and cool stuff they have to. in the world war their crazy things that people did in the world war. and the US have crazy vehicles and yeah. so that's my second favourite place to go   

anzac writing

It was September 1945 the war was finally over. I stood there honouring my fallen brothers on the battlefield. It was the battle of Crete 4 years before the war ended. The battle was dramatic; there were mixed troops of New Zealand, British, Australian and Greek forces. We desperately tried to fight of German airborne assault. But we had to evacuate to Egypt where most of our allied forces were. More than 1700 British, Commonwealth and Greek soldiers were killed and 15,000 captured during the Battle for Crete. There were 671 New Zealanders among the dead, and 2180 Kiwi prisoners of war. More than 6000 Germans were killed or wounded.