Sunday, July 3, 2016
Sorry I haven't done the past two blog posts
Sorry all those people that have been reading my blog, because I can't remember those things I did for the past two weeks. I hope that I remember soon so I can write another post for this week.
Thursday, June 2, 2016
Week 5 Term 2 2016 Reflection
This week we had Mr McCabe for our teacher on Monday and Tuesday because Mrs Crowe is at a coarse but we still learnt alot during our time with Mr McCabe.
Monday.....
In the morning on Monday we had assembly and it didn't go that long as Mr McCabe wasn't running the assembly because he must of been getting ready for our day even though we have already got it planned. Anyway during the assembly we congratulated 5 students from our class because they got there Silver Badge and Te Wehi is about to get her Bronze Badge and you usually get that badge when your a year 8. At assembly I learnt that it doesn't matter if you are the teachers pet you still can get a Bronze Badge because there were about 20 Bronze badges handed out. After assembly we moved on to writing and our reading task. I have nearly completed my reading and I have completed my writing. For writing we are doing a report with one of the 8 choices and I'm doing the Giant Panda.
After morning tea we had to go to the ALC for our volleyball session but we didn't end up going to our volleyball session because we got a big talk about fish and polar bears in the other side of the world. Did you know that polar bears are going to be extinct in the next few years because the global warming is getting hottor and hotter in the antarctic. We also learnt that in Spain they don't put toilet paper down the toilet because the paper gets blocked and so they still have toilet paper just you have to put it in a bucket next to you. Next we either got to do our writing, reading, maths or our Science fair research. I chose to do my maths and my science fair research. When I was doing my science fair research I wrote a whole bunch of of questions down and researched them all and wrote what the answer is but in my own words. For Maths we have got a plan that we go by and we have to do what ever the planner says. For maths I ended up doing two activities and I learnt how to change a fraction into a decimal and back again.
In the afternoon we again got to do what ever we want, reading maths and science fair. I decided to do my reading and I have added more information and I have also completed my character description for the two main characters, Mrs Price and Rachel. I learnt what a flat, round, dynamic etc is. Now I know how to write a character description because of the two descriptions that we got sent.
In the middle block we had SSR [Silent Sustained Reading]. We usually have reading for 20 minutes and we had it for half an hour. After reading we had either our reading task, writing or maths. I chose my reading task because I write on the reading sheet that says if you have correct punctuation, vocab etc. Like we have with our writing. Then I went onto maths for the last half an hour of the middle block and I ended up doing one task but I remembered that I have to do my maths before Tuesday week 6 and I still have 1-2 tasks to go so I had an Idea about taking my Ipad to school on Thursday and take a photo of the work that i have to do so I can do it in the weekend because I've got nothing to do.
After lunch we had French and we learnt how to ask how someone is and ask for there name, if they are feeling all right, ask how they are and more. After French we moved on to Jump Jam. Last week the school would have learnt the song freaks, well we did anyway but we 5 classes all started of with that song and obviously I didn't do the Jump Jam so I don't really know what the routine is. Every Wednesday we have French and Jump Jam everyday we do French we learn something knew that's what I love about French.
After morning tea I went to the music room for Jazz band were we took a quick role and got straight into it. We first played Lady Madonna like we played in Senior band before morning tea, followed by What a wonderful world and so on. I love playing in Jazz band because it doesn't matter if your instrument squeaks or if you play the wrong note no one will notice because everyone makes a mistake because all the notes are either very high or very low so all the instruments will squeak. Then we had school singing for the fist time in two weeks. today we sang 5-6 songs one of them included Que Sada and we usually have to sing certain parts for example if was the words were green then the house that represents green which is Puniu would be the only house that sings but today there were no colours on the song because it was a different version for some reason.
After lunch we had maths and as I said yesterday I was going to take my Ipad to school well I did and I got some photos of my maths and I've nearly finished it at home I only need to do about 5 more questions. After that we had our Team Fitness and this time we had to do a Baton Relay. I took a few photos but they are on the camera at school. Everybody looked like they had fun I even had fun watching and cheering on my class. Overall my class got 2nd place and the winners were room 1.
After morning tea we had to go to the ALC for our volleyball session but we didn't end up going to our volleyball session because we got a big talk about fish and polar bears in the other side of the world. Did you know that polar bears are going to be extinct in the next few years because the global warming is getting hottor and hotter in the antarctic. We also learnt that in Spain they don't put toilet paper down the toilet because the paper gets blocked and so they still have toilet paper just you have to put it in a bucket next to you. Next we either got to do our writing, reading, maths or our Science fair research. I chose to do my maths and my science fair research. When I was doing my science fair research I wrote a whole bunch of of questions down and researched them all and wrote what the answer is but in my own words. For Maths we have got a plan that we go by and we have to do what ever the planner says. For maths I ended up doing two activities and I learnt how to change a fraction into a decimal and back again.
In the afternoon we again got to do what ever we want, reading maths and science fair. I decided to do my reading and I have added more information and I have also completed my character description for the two main characters, Mrs Price and Rachel. I learnt what a flat, round, dynamic etc is. Now I know how to write a character description because of the two descriptions that we got sent.
Tuesday......
In the morning we had tech arts and we are currently doing science and we are doing a marble run and I'm doing my marble run with Sophie G. I think we are working together very nicely because we have nearly finished our marble run because we have done about 10 seconds out of 20 seconds. I learnt how to work together and how to use scientific words in the science room.Te Wehi and Julia have nearly finished there marble run with about 15 seconds. We all have different types of ways to make our marble runs and I think we have made a good idea with ours because we have done 2/3's of our marble run and we are going to make the shoots go through the middle through the other side then back through and then it will go around a little more then hopefully we would have completed our marble run of 20 seconds.
After morning tea we had Mrs Brown and with her we did the same as on Monday and we had the choice of reading, maths, science fair and anything else we need to do. I ended up doing my maths for 30 minutes and I completed one task. After maths I went onto writing and I thought I had finished so I checked the list to see if the writing was ticked off on the sheet. But it wasn't so i had to print it off again because it wasn't in my tote tray, so then I had to edit my work and print off the edited copy then tick my name off the sheet that says if I've done my writing. I learnt that when you finish your writing you need to tick it off and put the writing in the pile immediately. 10 Minute before lunch time we had this game in groups of 5-6, we then went around in groups and guessed either a word, a letter or the whole sentence. Who ever guesses the whole sentence wins.
In the afternoon, after lunch, we had maths the whole time and I completed three tasks. For my maths I did three activities on the same thing, changing a fraction in to a smaller fraction, I learnt how to change fractions into smaller fraction and how to find out if they can be changed into a smaller fraction. Mr McCabe was in our class in the afternoon. It was very quiet except when Mr McCabe went out for a few minutes to go do what ever he needed to do. The whole class was very loud and Raiha even wrote some names down on a note pad with people who were talking and not getting any work done.
In the morning we had Mrs Crowe back in our class and she was exhausted so we started off with the ICAS Science test and our whole class did it. The year 8's had one hour to do the test and the year 7's have 55 minutes to do the test and the tests were both different so we got mixed up with year 8's and year 7's on tables. I don't think I got what I want which is a credit or higher but I'm not to confident on getting that because this was my first time doing a science test for ICAS.After morning tea we had Mrs Brown and with her we did the same as on Monday and we had the choice of reading, maths, science fair and anything else we need to do. I ended up doing my maths for 30 minutes and I completed one task. After maths I went onto writing and I thought I had finished so I checked the list to see if the writing was ticked off on the sheet. But it wasn't so i had to print it off again because it wasn't in my tote tray, so then I had to edit my work and print off the edited copy then tick my name off the sheet that says if I've done my writing. I learnt that when you finish your writing you need to tick it off and put the writing in the pile immediately. 10 Minute before lunch time we had this game in groups of 5-6, we then went around in groups and guessed either a word, a letter or the whole sentence. Who ever guesses the whole sentence wins.
In the afternoon, after lunch, we had maths the whole time and I completed three tasks. For my maths I did three activities on the same thing, changing a fraction in to a smaller fraction, I learnt how to change fractions into smaller fraction and how to find out if they can be changed into a smaller fraction. Mr McCabe was in our class in the afternoon. It was very quiet except when Mr McCabe went out for a few minutes to go do what ever he needed to do. The whole class was very loud and Raiha even wrote some names down on a note pad with people who were talking and not getting any work done.
Wednesday.....
In the middle block we had SSR [Silent Sustained Reading]. We usually have reading for 20 minutes and we had it for half an hour. After reading we had either our reading task, writing or maths. I chose my reading task because I write on the reading sheet that says if you have correct punctuation, vocab etc. Like we have with our writing. Then I went onto maths for the last half an hour of the middle block and I ended up doing one task but I remembered that I have to do my maths before Tuesday week 6 and I still have 1-2 tasks to go so I had an Idea about taking my Ipad to school on Thursday and take a photo of the work that i have to do so I can do it in the weekend because I've got nothing to do.
After lunch we had French and we learnt how to ask how someone is and ask for there name, if they are feeling all right, ask how they are and more. After French we moved on to Jump Jam. Last week the school would have learnt the song freaks, well we did anyway but we 5 classes all started of with that song and obviously I didn't do the Jump Jam so I don't really know what the routine is. Every Wednesday we have French and Jump Jam everyday we do French we learn something knew that's what I love about French.
Thursday.....
In the morning I went to band and I learnt how to play about 5 new songs (Just dance by Lady Gaga, Rolling in the deep by Adele, Moves like Jagger by Maroon 5, Riptide and Lady Madonna), because I moved up to senior band even thought I'm only a year 7. I also moved to Jazz band and my friend who also does Clarinet with me also moved up to Senior band and Jazz band.After morning tea I went to the music room for Jazz band were we took a quick role and got straight into it. We first played Lady Madonna like we played in Senior band before morning tea, followed by What a wonderful world and so on. I love playing in Jazz band because it doesn't matter if your instrument squeaks or if you play the wrong note no one will notice because everyone makes a mistake because all the notes are either very high or very low so all the instruments will squeak. Then we had school singing for the fist time in two weeks. today we sang 5-6 songs one of them included Que Sada and we usually have to sing certain parts for example if was the words were green then the house that represents green which is Puniu would be the only house that sings but today there were no colours on the song because it was a different version for some reason.
After lunch we had maths and as I said yesterday I was going to take my Ipad to school well I did and I got some photos of my maths and I've nearly finished it at home I only need to do about 5 more questions. After that we had our Team Fitness and this time we had to do a Baton Relay. I took a few photos but they are on the camera at school. Everybody looked like they had fun I even had fun watching and cheering on my class. Overall my class got 2nd place and the winners were room 1.
This week has been a fun week and there is no school on Friday because the teachers are going to visit other schools, there's also no school on Monday next week (week 6) because it is the Queens birthday weekend.
O Revoir!
See ya later!
Friday, May 27, 2016
Week 4 Term 2 Reflection 2016
On Monday I learnt how to multiply 100's or even 1000's. For example, if you were to times 100 by 78.987 so 100x78.987 then you would first see how many zero's are in the 100..... So there are 2 zero's and now that you know you just move the decimal point up two spaces even if it was for a number three was like this one, higher and harder to work out. 10000x0.872508, you would do the same, but decimal point can be moved or you can add after the decimal point how many zeros are in the number your time sing so 0.000087208.
On Tuesday I learnt how to change grams to kilograms and change kilometers - meters and distance and also weights. I think I am quite good at change decimals, weights and distance because I got all 35 questions correct.
On Wednesday I learnt {Sorry I forgot what I did on Wednesday}
On Thursday I learnt that the postponement day for the WIMS Football tournament was actually on after a huge gush of rain. I found out that the girls Football team is pretty good coming in 3rd place and the boys only placing 9th.
On Friday at tech arts I learnt how to make a marble run with only two A3 pieces of paper, scissors, sellotape etc. I also learnt that today we didn't have Winter games when I thought we should of because the field wasn't that muddy.
On Tuesday I learnt how to change grams to kilograms and change kilometers - meters and distance and also weights. I think I am quite good at change decimals, weights and distance because I got all 35 questions correct.
On Wednesday I learnt {Sorry I forgot what I did on Wednesday}
On Thursday I learnt that the postponement day for the WIMS Football tournament was actually on after a huge gush of rain. I found out that the girls Football team is pretty good coming in 3rd place and the boys only placing 9th.
On Friday at tech arts I learnt how to make a marble run with only two A3 pieces of paper, scissors, sellotape etc. I also learnt that today we didn't have Winter games when I thought we should of because the field wasn't that muddy.
Sunday, May 22, 2016
Term 2 Week 3 2016 Reflection
On Monday I learnt how to write .0? in fractions for example, if you had .0426 then you first will see what column the 0 is in so tenths then carry on like that and if you were to do this example it would end up to be. 0 tenths, 4 hundredths, 2 thousandths and 6 tens of thousandths. Even know I was at home on Monday I still did some work on this on some scrape paper.
On Tuesday I learnt how to tell if there is a circuit going around a ball of energy or if the circuit can conduct metal, glass etc. For example we used a alien egg [fake egg] and we saw that the ball was going around in there body when they held both sides of the metal. We also found out that if you hold hands with as many people as you want from if your toes are touching too your heads it still works but if there is on little fault like if someone lets go then the alien ball wont make a sound as well as a light flashing.
On Wednesday we had music camp and we all played as a band but we also had students from Cambridge Middle School and from Mata Mata Intermediate. I learnt lots during my time with them, we played lots of songs for the concert on Thursday and there were also lots of things we had to work on. At the rehearsal in front of many of the school on Wednesday we had a lot of things we still needed to work on as well as we all built more confidence because there were lots of people filling the stands.
On Thursday I learnt how to be brave when you are preforming and when to never let your instrument squeak because if it does then everyone will look at you even people from the band and the crowd. We all had fun playing our instruments as well as listening to everyone else playing there instruments.
On Friday I learnt how to make a little cylinder tea bang fly up into the air. First we had to empty the tea out of them but luckily the tea in the bags had gone off or else it would have been a waste. But we had to predict what would happen if you light the tea bag with a light in a different spot other than the top. We found out that the oxygen in the tea bag turning so hot it started to fly because of the oxygen burning and nearly none left to keep it on fire.
On Tuesday I learnt how to tell if there is a circuit going around a ball of energy or if the circuit can conduct metal, glass etc. For example we used a alien egg [fake egg] and we saw that the ball was going around in there body when they held both sides of the metal. We also found out that if you hold hands with as many people as you want from if your toes are touching too your heads it still works but if there is on little fault like if someone lets go then the alien ball wont make a sound as well as a light flashing.
On Wednesday we had music camp and we all played as a band but we also had students from Cambridge Middle School and from Mata Mata Intermediate. I learnt lots during my time with them, we played lots of songs for the concert on Thursday and there were also lots of things we had to work on. At the rehearsal in front of many of the school on Wednesday we had a lot of things we still needed to work on as well as we all built more confidence because there were lots of people filling the stands.
On Thursday I learnt how to be brave when you are preforming and when to never let your instrument squeak because if it does then everyone will look at you even people from the band and the crowd. We all had fun playing our instruments as well as listening to everyone else playing there instruments.
On Friday I learnt how to make a little cylinder tea bang fly up into the air. First we had to empty the tea out of them but luckily the tea in the bags had gone off or else it would have been a waste. But we had to predict what would happen if you light the tea bag with a light in a different spot other than the top. We found out that the oxygen in the tea bag turning so hot it started to fly because of the oxygen burning and nearly none left to keep it on fire.
Tuesday, May 17, 2016
Term 2 Week 2 Reflection 2016
On Monday I learnt that Tadpoles actually eat all the dead skin and eats all the wrinkles off your finger, if you leave your finger in the water, with the tadpoles, for about 2-3 minutes. I also learnt some new skills at the netball courts while my mum was practicing her netball, I learnt how to position myself in the spot that i 'm most confident [Sweet Spot] and how to get out of the habit of missing and bouncing off the goal. On Tuesday I learnt when Mrs Crowes birthday is. My teachers birthday was today and she hates people saying happy bday to her, so we all gave her a surprise, singing Happy Birthday to you....... On Wednesday I learnt how to practice my netball in the rain. We did this hard circuit for netball in the rain. It was really hard because there were 10 sessions and each session took 2 minutes and we did the circuit 4 times. On Thursday I learnt how to play the keys, f sharp, and e sharp on my Clarinet. We also learnt how to play the song Supercalofagilisticexpelodocios as a band and we also learnt how to play the song Alchie, but only a two lines of the song. On Friday I learnt how to make bubble fizzes when the yr eights came back from science in the middle block. They told us all about them and how to make them. I also learnt that we have a very good volleyball team as they have won the past two times they have played. I just really wish I get to play volleyball for our class this year and we make up a better team for our dodge ball. On Saturday at netball we lost 8-11 and I learnt how to use fast feet and the skills we learnt at Wednesday and Monday training into the game. I also learnt how to be careful when I'm at a friends house because I was playing spot light and I fell out of a rotten tree and dislocated my arm, fractured my growth plate as well as fracturing my radius. On Sunday I learnt to always take water with you when you brake your wrist because I had to stay the night at the hospital and I had an operation in the morning at 9 am. After the operation I was very dizzy and I thought that my mum had about 3 faces the drugs that were in my sistem were still there at home i got some medication and had to drink lots of water with lots of rest and sleep.
Saturday, May 7, 2016
Term 2 Week 1 Reflection 2016
On Monday I learnt how to use scratch [a computer coding website] and I also learnt more about how a powhiri is and now we have a new Japanese teacher as well as a new teacher for room 6 because Mrs Davidson is have a baby later this year. This time for the powhiri my class sat at the very front next to the kapa haka students who sand three Maori songs to start and end the Powhiri. It must of been a new experience for them both as they both looked very confused,I think they will be lovely teachers at our school, unfortunately the new teacher for room 6 will only be here for one year. On Tuesday I learnt how to deal with depression, anxiety and if you feel unsafe in your community and things like that. Mike King, came this afternoon and he told us about his life and how he got addicted to alcohol when he was 13 and addicted to drugs when he was only 19.
On Wednesday I learnt how to use SAS Writer Reviser [an add on for editing work], I started using SAS writer on Monday but I learnt how to properly use it on Wednesday. There are lots of topics on SAS writer for it to edit for you. But in my class we only used it for various reasons.Firstly because we have been searching for an add on for quite a while now. Secondly because us students don't really pick out simple, compound and complex sentences that easily and quick . And lastly cause it uses more time trying to edit instead we can just go onto Google docs and it will already be there for us. On Thursday I learnt how to play the song on my clarinet, Supercalofragilisticexpelodocious. I also learnt the times dates and what songs we are doing at our concert in two weeks. The senior band is doing about ten songs, [I'm in Junior band] junior band is doing about six songs and Choir is doing six songs as well. We also learnt the rehearsal times etc. I'm really looking forward to Music Camp because its a totally new experience and its only my first year playing a clarinet. On Friday I learnt how competitive the trialists for the Belmont Netball team. Today I trailed for the Belmont netball team and they were trying so hard to be perfect so they would get in, but they were trying too hard to reach there goal and be someone else they ended up failing, so not catching the ball, missing all the goals and even getting called for Obstruction every time they defended a player. Make sure when your trying to make it into a team, try not to show off or be the best, just relax take your time and pretend its just a normal game of netball. On Saturday I learnt how to not let your team bunch together as well as making space with your parter when they're sticking to you. At my netball game we won 14-4 to a TAI netball team and a girl called Julia that was in that team, in my class and she was defending me. On Sunday I learnt that when ever I go shopping I always need to bring my money because today I went shopping and there were about ten things that I wanted to get but I didn't bring my money. Today was a fun day shopping especially because my grandma came down to spend time with us.
On Wednesday I learnt how to use SAS Writer Reviser [an add on for editing work], I started using SAS writer on Monday but I learnt how to properly use it on Wednesday. There are lots of topics on SAS writer for it to edit for you. But in my class we only used it for various reasons.
Sunday, May 1, 2016
Term 2 intro
Hi Guys
School is back and its Term 2 it is very exciting this term because today we started off with a Powhiri, we have lots more inter class sports, and now we have a new Japanese teacher as well as a new room 6 teacher because Mrs Davidson is having a baby later this year. Please keep reading my posts because there will be another one this week!
School is back and its Term 2 it is very exciting this term because today we started off with a Powhiri, we have lots more inter class sports, and now we have a new Japanese teacher as well as a new room 6 teacher because Mrs Davidson is having a baby later this year. Please keep reading my posts because there will be another one this week!
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