School this week

WALT Write using more detail

1 thing I learnt this week:
This week I learnt Different ways to solve a equation for maths its been making me better.

1 thing I enjoyed at school this week:
This week I enjoyed but the part for me was when we do writing because I love to write.

1 thing I need to work on is:
1 thing I need to work on this week is my attitude at school and when we have other teachers.

School Learning 2019

1 thing I have learnt this week:
Well this week I have learnt a lot but one thing is my behaviour so I think I need to focus more on my work then others around me.

1 goal I have achieved this week:
I have achieved my maths goal me learning my 16 17 and  18 time tables.

1 thing I need to Improve:
1 thing I definitely need to Improve is my science skills because when it comes to science and stuff I suck at that it's really confusing for me.

R.O.A.R

What does ROAR mean ROAR at my school means

Respect means being calm and nice to others around you
O.c Pride means having correct uniform and having pride with it on outside of school
Active learner means being a good learner and always being ready to learn new stuff
Responsibility means having control and focusing on your own work and not others

That's what the ROAR means to our school but probably wondering Why is the ROAR Important to us because when people think of the ROAR they want to reach all of those things and want to be able to represent those things to others for them to learn.

My Week

1 thing I enjoyed this week in school was:
I enjoyed our first volleyball game against Paraparaumu it was really fun to play and learn new skills.

1 thing I know I need to focus on in class is:
I need to focus on my maths more because im started to forget most of my time tables

My goal for next week is:
My goal is to stay focused on my work rather then talking and annoying others.

My Weekend

WALT use simple sentences in our writing a simple sentence begins with the subject of the sentence (He, She, It, They, Someones name or a place)

I had Netball on Saturday. Usually we had early games but we had a late game it was sorta dumb but we still had fun while we were warming up all of us were trying to give each other more energy for the game finally the game had started.

 I was goal keep which was good. and we were winning and we didn't miss a goal during the rest of the game It was the same and we were still doing really good and then the end game as the game was done I went to check the score we won 36-19 it was the highest we have ever got.

The of the next day had began. It was fathers day me and my brother Paris and my dad all went to the pools for him it was sorta fun but not really because he didn't even get in it was only me and my brother then after that I gave him his gift it was a handmade necklace it was special to me so that's why I gave it to him.

That was my whole weekend basically it was kinda cool to spend the time with my dad and Netball was fun.

Maths reflection

1 thing I learnt in Maths: I have learnt different ways to figure out the problem in maths

1 thing I need to work on: I need to work on my division im not to good at it

Skills I have used in my problem solving groups: I have used lots of different skills but the best ones were my basic facts like +-➗x  and looking for the key words in the problem help to.

Reading Journals Reflection

Today we presented our reading journals to the class I was really nervous because im not that good at presenting but luckily we didnt have to we just had to show them so that was good but I have to answer some questions.

1 thing that was good about my presentation.
A. Well you could see the words clearly and there weren't any mistakes.

1 thing I found hard about my slideshow.
A. The questions were really hard not all of them but some of them were really annoying.

1 thing I need to improve on is.
A.I need to improve on my presenting skills.

Tupaia

Who was Tupaia?-Tupaia was a high priest Navigator and also travelled around the world with cook.

Where did Tupaia come from?-He was born in Raiatea and he is a French Polynesian.

What was Tupaia well known for?- He was well known for helping cook with his discoveries and findings and he was also the translator for Cook.

Why was he in New Zealand?- He was with cook to help him for peace with the other tribes and he was the translator for them.

What happens to Tupaia- He died alone and of Malaria and Pneumonia with no friends.

I found that Tupaia was a good man that was helping cook to translate to the other tribes in peace so there was not war.

Maths Reflection

WALT- Learn how to solve the problem. 

This is a equation that we did yesterday.

Tukutuku panels can be made form wooden rods (kaho) with cross stitches (tuinga), often using many colours.

The kaokao is a traditional tukutuku design that symbolises the strength of a warrior.

Imagine you continued this pattern until there were 8 kaho. How many tuinga would there be?.

What if there were 18 kaho What if there were 38 kaho?

Find a way to calculate the number tuinga needed for any number of kaho.

This is how we solved it

    

And we all had different parts in this problem

Learning this term

1. One thing that I have learnt about in school that has helped you.

 Reading plus has been a big help it helps me concentrate and learn new words and new stories and how to spell and become better.

2.One thing that you want to improve in my Learning.
 My Time tables and my division because some of them I am really good at but most of them I still don't know how to them

3.One thing that you have enjoyed this term in your learning.

 I have enjoyed having the Namaki students come to our school and for us to look after them my buddy was so cool her name was Hina and they taught me more words.

Matariki

Do you like Matariki? Well I do in this story your going to learn about what I learnt and also about the stars and how they are placed in this world.

Matariki- Oldest sister
Is the star that gathers people and the reflection of whanau and also the environment.

Tupu-ā-nuku
Is the star that gets Food that grows in Papatuanuku otherwise known as Mother earth.

Tupu-ā-rang
Is the star that gets Food that grows in ngahere up in the trees and also berries.

Wait- Twins
Is the star that helps with the fresh water and food that lives in the Wai-Water

Waitā-Twins
Is the star that helps with the sea water and food that lives in the Wai-Water

Waipuna-a-rangi
Is the star that makes the rain fall and the water that's in the sky

Ururangi
Is the star of the wind

Hiwa-I-te-rangi 
Is the star that knows your dreams and your deepest desires for your life ahead.

Pohutukawa-Youngest star
Is the star that has people that have passed in your family and in others.

Those are all of the stars that have been found in the world for Matariki they were created by Papatuanuku and Ranginui they had 7 at first but there has be facts that there are 9 sisters so this is Matariki the stars in the sky that represents the starting of a new year if you see them its meant to be good luck.

Rockets

Do you like Rockets? Well I do and this story is going to be about rockets and how we made them and the experience.

It was Friday 14th of June and light and summery outside we had been studying rockets for a few weeks with our ambassador (Daniel), he works for the Wonder Project a company who helps kids learn stuff and develop skills Daniel is pretty good at what he does.

We made the rockets from a 1.5 fizzy bottle which is the main thing and was pretty fun making them and the process my group was Kanita, Me and Dayna we worked really well and had heaps of fun on the process of making it but there were also some ups and downs when we were together like we weren't sharing and helping and being but we still enjoyed being wit each other.


We headed out with our class and the equipment that was already prepared from Daniel to make it blast into the air like a actual rocket doesn't that sound cool anyway we were the first group to shot our rockets into the air we used to 275ml of water and also 60 PSI which is the highest you can go then came the true test we shot into the air we counted from 5 4 3 2 1 BLAST OFF then into the air it went it didn't go far but was still cool.

I had a great time working with Daniel and with my Group they were so fun and also Daniel thank you for helping us and teaching us to learn some cool stuff for the future and helping us realise what we want to be and also my experience was amazing and had great fun and made some memories with my group. 
                                                  Here is our rocket the bottle is the rocket

Teachers Strike

Why did the teachers strike? well today in this writing your going to find out why and also some of the opinions that teachers thought of it and also the agreements and disagreement for the school and for the teachers

The reasons for there strike was because the were made to work extra and they dont get paid extra and they even gotta work on weekends rather then spending quality time with there family and there friends because you only live once.

Finally I agree for the strike because the teachers get a day with there family and also we get a day of which is a win win in my head and that day was fun to have of because I went to visit my baby cousin which was cool to.

Paintballing with my family

Have you ever been shot? Well you probably haven't but that's what it felt like last summer when I went paintballing, even though it hurt it was really fun to spend that time with my family and some of my friends.

First we went to Palmerston North, to meet up with some of my cousin's we then drove to paintball to meet up with the rest of my family,I was so excited because my baby cousin came to and this was the first time I had meet him

We then put on the gear, for the arena otherwise, we would have been bear skin with normal clothes on but it would have hurt a lot more then if we didn't have the suits on, we went into the arena which was the woods and got ready for battle.

Next we had to start in teams our team won three times the other team won two times, we then had the individual rounds most of the kids shot the adults heaps of times and the kids only got shot like once, but then all of a sudden I got shot it was so sore I screamed my ears of.

Finally the day at Paintball was over I was exhausted I took of the suit, there was a huge bruise it was still sore and I was kinda angry but I got over it and enjoyed the time with my family and all my friends that were also there.

Kind regards Koya

Capital E

Yesterday the year 7 and 8 classes went on a trip that was hosted by capital E we went to a view different places but im just going to write about one of them.

We went to the Opera house when we first walked in I was thinking it was beautiful and really big we went to sit down and I got a seat that was kinda on a angle but it was still a good seat then before the show started we were aloud to eat and it was kinda annoying because the speaker kept saying it was going to start soon so we all thought it was starting but then we were bro then it finally started.

When it started they wrote on the board wolfgang I didn't really get it but as it excelled I started to get it the dance was cool cause it was about the girl who had a birthday but no one came so she started to play some music and the guy who wrote Mozart showed up and they done this cool dance with cool costumes and tricks and it was like a Magical and fun circus at the end of it Mozart pulled this confetti thing and all this rainbow confetti came out then it was the end.

After it we left the opera house which was kinda sad but we still had a whole day ahead of us so I wasnt to sad.

My favourite bit about going to the opera house was when they did all the tricks and it was so fancy and it was my most favourite thing that I had been to in ages thats why it was the best.


                                                                  Here is a photo

Act of kindness

My act of kindness that I would like to achieve, My goal is to focus on my work and not other peoples work and also try not to talk as much as I usually do.   

Commemoration Day

It was Monday the 11th of March and it was during our third and fourth period we had to go to the front by the hall these visitors had come from the Navy and the Army for the SWS Mowewe, they were welcomed in by a Karanga from Whaea Maharata, and when they had been welcomed in they sat down and so did the rest of the students. Then Mr Fraser stood up to introduce himself and the school and then this Tu stood up to do a poem that I think he wrote after his poem then we did short song then they started to do a speech about the ship and about there loss after that we then did another song. The kids started to give the flower wreaths, to the army people for them to lay on the ship and some kids, also started to lower the flags.Then after that we had stand in silence for 1 minute while the orchestra was playing there beautiful music I thought it was pretty cool then the priest told the army people they could go have tea in the kitchen but before they left we said a prayer.

I enjoyed When the orchestra played the music it was beautiful music.

I learnt more about the the ship and how it went down.

Making Sentences

Mrs Larnder came into DHT and she was teaching us how to make proper sentences and helping us make words and stuff like that it was kinda fun and I learned to put commas in the right place how to make the sentence more creative.