End of Year Formal Dinner formal

 On Tuesday I went to Formal/Year 8 dinner when got me and my friends walked in together when we got in the hall  there were sets i n the back we sat on the set for about one a half hour then we started to dance with all of the boy that were in our circle me and my friend were having good time then it was time to have the dinner on the menu there was brisket and we had salad and we also had desert I had cake and a ice cream ball after that my friend and i started to play a game  if the ball touch the ground you lose and after that we asked if we could sing just for fun we singed let it go then it was time to go.

 

Belonging

 For our belonging art I did a rugby player because i like rugby because i like  physical sport i have played for a club this year for New Brighton. Also in high school i am also play rugby for Shirley boys so that is how the picture belongs to me i feel like everyone will respect me for being in the rugby team so that is where i belong. 

What does the city sound like at night?

At night all you can hear is birds chirping and the wind blowing through the trees. Also you can see

cars doing burnouts and cars racing. You can also hear the crunching of the branches when you walk

in the parks. You can also see people going for walks. You can hear the flickering of the lights and if it's

raining you hear the rain hitting the ground and the car tyres  squeaking on the wet and if there is a storm

in the city you can hear the thunder and the wind whistling in between the trees and buildings. I can also

hear myself thinking about stuff in my head.   

Maths & Drawing instruments

For math we have been learning how to draw shapes using a compass and protractor.  I did a flower with a compass and ruler. This is how it turned out. On Monday we learnt how to draw triangles given two angles and then on Tuesday we learnt how to draw a triangle using a compass only.

Taonga Puoro-Putatara

This week we have been learning about the Taonga Puoro especially the  Putatara instrument and we had to research about the instruments. Below is a video of how a putatara is made.

Art Taonga puroro

 

Today we have research about the Taonga puroro and the instruments of Taonga puroro.

Math - Ratio

 We are learning about ratio and proportion. First of all we are learning about ratio's.Today for Nogo's math group we  

went out to the car park and started counting the cars, SUV, trucks and others to put them into a ratio. This came to a ratio 25:12:3:1. 

Then we had to find the ratio of white cars to red cars, Which was 11:3

The total number of vehicles in the car park altogether came to 41. 

Then we came back and started working it out. Then we had to put them into a fraction. e.g. 25/41, 12/41, 3/41, 1/41.

Maths - Wednesday Ratio

 On Wednesday we were looking at the cars in the car park and we separated it into colors white red blue black and other we counted 40 cars and we had to find out how many white cars to red cars. the answer was 11 white cars to 9 red cars also can be seen as 11:9 and 25/40 12/40 9/40 3/40 and 1/40.

Taku Mihi

Tena koutou,Ko Ezra toku ingoa

Ko teawa toku iwi ,

Ko Ezra toku ingoa 

Ko Tyrone toku papa

Ko Carla toku mama

No Otautahi ahau

Tekau ma rua oku tou.

Canterbury anniversary

 The public holiday was originally on 15 December the anniversary day of the old Canterbury province marking the arrival of the First Four Ships. It was moved to the Friday of Show Week sometime between. 

The reason for the Canterbury anniversary was moved to a Friday because Canterbury Anniversary Day commemorates the arrival of the first two boats carrying emigrants from England the Charlotte Jane and the Randolph on December 16 1850. The date was moved to the second Friday after the first Tuesday of November between 1955 and 1958 to coincide with Christchurch Show Day.

5 November 1881

 The Day of Plunder. For Taranaki Māori, 5 November 1881 is known as Te Rā o te Pāhua or the Day of Plunder. The invasion of Parihaka te pāhuatanga  happened when around 1500 armed constabulary and volunteers led by the Native Affairs Minister John Bryce invaded Parihaka. NZ Armed Constabulary at Parihaka.

7 December 1941

 

7 December 1941

 This happened on the 7th of December 1941.Air Raid On Pearl Harbor. On December 7, 1941, Japanese planes attacked the United States Naval Base at Pearl Harbor , Hawaii Territory, killing more than 2,300 Americans. The U.S.S. Arizona was completely destroyed and the U.S.S.

Math,Fraction

 This week I have been doing Factions like 1 half of the students and we also have been using the Butterfly method. For an example 3/4 tsp black ppr  1/4 tsp red ppr how much more black ppr = 1/2  4/7 of a number is 84 whole number = 84+63=147. there are 500 in students in the school and 1/2 of the school are girls 3/5 of girls start in lower classes 3/10 of the girls started in the higher class.How many girls are in the lower class. 

Te Reo Maori

 Today we learnt how to do some Maori words and the class rooms of my school and the days of the week.  

1.What is my name?  Ko wai to ingoa

2.Where are you from? No hea Koe

3.Christchurch in Maori. Otautahi

4. Wellington in Maori. Te whanganui -a -tara

5. Auckland in Maori. Tamaki makaurau

6.Monday,Tuesday,wednesday,Thursday,Friday,Saturday and Sunday in Maori. Rāhina – Monday, Rātu – Tuesday, Rāapa – Wednesday, Rāpare – Thursday, Rāmere – Friday, Rāhoroi – Saturday, Rātapu – Sunday.

7.Haumiatiketike,Papatūānuku, Rongomātāne,Ranginui,Tānemahuta            

            i

Canterbury Anniversary Day

The public holiday was originally was on 15 December the anniversary day of the old Canterbury province marking the arrival of the First Four Ships. It was moved to the Friday of Show Week sometime between. 

The reason for the Canterbury anniversary was moved to a Friday in because Canterbury Anniversary Day commemorates the arrival of the first two boats carrying emigrants from the England the Charlotte Jane and the Randolph on December 16 1850. The date was moved to the second Friday after the first Tuesday of November between 1955 and 1958 to coincide with Christchurch Show Day.

Wainui Camp

 Success: I was thinking that are group in orienteering and then my group said we can still win and we succeed and won and got all of them 

Resilience:I was thinking that i wasn't going to making it to the picnic  table in the ocean but i didn't give up  and i made it out and jumped off the picnic into the water 

Empathy:I saw my friend William crying so i went and we talk about what happen and i care for him 

Belonging : I belong in my activities group all of my group belong  every activity we all belong to the group and we all worked as a team So This Is How We Belong in our team and my team helped me with the activity that I didn't know how to do 

Camp Reflection using RISE Values

Success: During my activity  I was being positive to people when they needed it.

Integrity: Even if it was annoying I took off my shoes when I went into the cabin. Also filled up the drink bottles in our cabin.

Resourceful:

During  orienteering I heard the other group talking about one of the numbers.

Belonging:

In my cabin my group looked out for each other. It was really fun.

Labour Day In New Zealand

The reason why we have Labour Day in New Zealand as a holiday is because in the olden days, they use to work 60 hours a week and they had no time to have a break and spend with their family.

Samuel Parnell started this holiday on the 28 October 1890.

Today people only work a 40 hour week and get to spend time with family and friends.

Tech

 This was the last day of tech for term 3 and we did what we always do and also I got my light finished and I made a Chili cal zone. I gave the food to Josh and Sid and then at break time I was playing basketball. After break I was doing electronics and everyone was being silly but a few people. Then once that had finished we had a bus ride back to School and I got the back seats. Once we got back to School we had eating and then we got to go out to break and when we went out on break I was playing basketball with Logan P. Then after we finished having our break we did blogging in our literacy groups. After that it was our last break for the day and I played Basketball again, then it was home time.

Maths & Fractions

 For maths I have been learning about fractions.

The breakdown of a fractions is:- 1/4   1=numerator     4=denominator  this means that it is one part out of four.

We have been learning about equivalent, proper and improper and mixed fractions.

Improper fraction = 16/5   the numerator is larger than the denominator 

Proper fraction = 1/2

Mixed fraction = 3 1/4 is a whole number and a fraction

Equivalent fraction is 2/8 = 1/2, 3/6 = 1/2, 3/9 = 1/3

Equivalent fractions are fractions with different numbers representing the same part of a whole. They have different numerators and denominators, but their fractional values are the same.

Te wiki o te reo Māori

 On Thursday our class went to the Amphitheater.  Tangaroa and Haumiatiketike we yelled,  "Kia kaha, Korero Maori!!" which means be strong speak Māori as part of Te wiki o te reo Māori.

Here is the video of us.

Science 2

On Friday afternoon science for this project we had to 5 type of Sharks. I did Mako, 7 gill Shark, hammer Head Shark, Bronze Whaler, Cookie Cutter and we also had to white the Māori name for these Shark and we also had to write about their prey.

Math, Factions

In Nogo's math group we are converting fractions into decimals. Also we do quick 10 every math time we normally do fractions, decimals and sometimes we work on our times tables. Personally, I like fractions I think  that they are easy and we also square numbers into percentages. I am not that good at it I really need to get better at percentage.

Science 1

Today I am starting on my science project with Sid. We are designing a rocket ship to go Uranus. 

 1. One question that interests me... How long will it take to build a strong and rocket ship.

2. On link/website I found that might be helpful is...How to design a Space Ship

3.One thing I might create to present my learning is to use Google Drawing, poster or info graphic.

Lock down

 In lock down i watch you tube , Netflix and i played my ps4. The game that i always play is black ops 4 it has 4 modes my favourite mode is blackout it is a Battle Royal game . I also watch a lot of  Netflix and I also went for some bike rides i like going to  south New Brighton park and to Thomson park and sometime i like going to the Library to play on the computers that is basically all I did in my lock down for 2 weeks. 

Science

 For science me and my friends do Marine Biology this is one of the activates. For science group and there is a lot more to do. Also for this one we had to name the fish and where we caught the fish.

Maths & angles

Yesterday for maths we have been learning about reading and measuring angles with a protractor. Also I played this game to help me learn my angles, this one is for 90 degrees only and then there are others for 180 and 360 degrees.

Link

Coding

 This is the game I coded and you can drag the car around the background.

Star compass

The star compass is a training tool used by celestial navigators who sailed traditionally throughout the Pacific. The rising and setting points of the celestial bodies are memorised by using the carved Pou  and the Horizon.

Term 2 reflection

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        I think that I have improved my work this term. I need to work on my math because I think i need to work on more major things in maths multiplication and dividing into100 like and my minding my own business talking on the mat and on finishing my work but i think that i have then last term and writing,reading and my math this term. Just way more work then last term then i even did last year.

Te Ao Maori

 We were learning about myth and legends. Myths are stories that are based on tradition. Some may have factual origins while others are completely fictional. But myths are more than mere stories and they serve a more profound purpose in ancient and modern cultures. Myths are sacred tales that explain the world and man's experience. 

Fairy Tale: Goldilocks and the 3 Bears

For literacy we are learning how to use voice over in our slides. Jayden K and I have worked on this fairy tale of Goldilocks and the 3 bears. We had to learn how to use the Mote tool. The voices may sound squeaky but I enjoyed creating this. 

Tech

Today at tech we did cooking for our first session.We started to cook hangi when we got into our class our tech teacher told us what to do first we had to get ready to make the hangi  when we finish wrapping the hangi then we put it in the oven.After we put the hangi in the oven we made the stuffing just with bread,butter,mixes herbs.After we eat the food it was OK. 

The shortest day of the year

Yesterday is the shortest day or the longest night of the year. Is this year's winter solstice? The number of daylight hours on the shortest day amounts to 7 hours, 49 minutes and 42 seconds - some 8 hours, 48 minutes and 38 seconds shorter than the summer solstice, when daylight hours are at a maximum. Since the sun is on the north side of the world here in New Zealand the sun is on the other side of the world so for us we get less daylight.

Te Ao Maori-Myths and Legends

 Yesterday we were learning about myth and legends. Myths are stories that are based on tradition. Some may have factual origins while others are completely fictional. But myths are more than mere stories and they serve a more profound purpose in ancient and modern cultures. Myths are sacred tales that explain the world and man's experience. \I also did a venn diagram 

Spencer Park 7km run

Yesterday most of my class went for a run to Spencer Park. We had to start at Broad Park since we were in first running group we had to mark each km of the run from Broad Park to Spencer Park which was 7km. At the start I felt good in the middle of the run then I started to get more tired and my legs started to ache. They felt like they had lead weights in them. Slowly the finish line got closer, yeah I made it! At the end I felt really tired. I was in the background

Matariki

This week we have been learning about Matariki and we are doing this blog for preparation next week. We are going to be learning about Matariki like flax weaving and planting for the people that finish their work, right now we are doing reading worksheets to get more background information about Matariki.The worksheets that we did were about Mr matamua  has proven that there is nine stars scientifically proven but there is not seven stars I really want to do the flax weaving.

Math

 Yesterday for math we did two sheets one of the sheets where basted on 9x times tables and on divided by's .

And our teacher showed us strategies of divided by's and square numbers.

Example

450➗5=90

450➗5+50➗5

80+10=90

New Zealand history

 Who was Kupe?

According to some tribal narratives, Kupe was the first Polynesian to discover the

 islands of New Zealand. His journey there was triggered by difficulties with fishing in Hawaiki, his homeland. Kupe set out in his canoe to kill the octopus, and such was the length of the pursuit that it brought him to New Zealand.In some traditional stories Aotearoa was the name of the canoe waka of the explorer Kupe and he named the land after it. Kupe's wife Kuramārōtini in some versions his daughter was watching the horizon and called He ao! He ao a cloud! a cloud .

According to many Māori iwi tribes Kupe was the first Polynesian to arrive in Aotearoa New Zealand over 1,000 years ago. While stories differ from region to region, we explore the tradition and the anchor stone that is featured in our current exhibition Here Kupe to Cook.

What year was the NZ National anthem sung in Te Reo Maori? 

In 1976 a petition was presented to Parliament, and the song became a national anthem in 1977. In the 2000s people often sang a verse in Māori and then a verse in English.They white the maori national anthem in maori because they thought that the New Zealanders cannot pronounce it in Maori.

Who is Dame Whina Cooper ONZ DBE?

Dame Whina Cooper ONZ DBE 9 December 1895  26 March 1994 was a respected kuia Māori elder who worked for many years for the rights of her people and particularly to improve the lot of Māori women. She led the land march that stemmed from concerns over the historic sale of Māori land and the desire to retain control of land still in Māori hands. Fifty marchers left Te Hāpua in the far north on 14 September for the 1000-km walk to Wellington. Led by 79 year old Cooper the hīkoi quickly grew in strength.

 What did the Polynesian Panthers do?

Founded by a group of young Polynesians on 16 June 1971 the Panthers worked to aid in community betterment through activism and protest education, legal aid and other social resources.  The name has since been adopted by an activist group continuing to fight for human rights in New Zealand. Dawn Raids? 

How did the Polynesian Panthers help the Dawn Raids?

The Panthers' lead function was to raise consciousness and ensure community wellbeing in response to racial discrimination, prejudice and social inequality faced by indigenous Māori citizens and Pacific Islanders.In 1971 a group of young gang members and students set up the Polynesian Panthers to stand up for the

Te Reo Maori

 In Te reo Maori we have been learning how to say farewell in Maori 

E noho  ra - leaving 

I haere ahau/au I went  ahau/au- past

Kei te  haere  ahau- I am going present

Ka haere ahau- I will go future

Victoria Cross

In our reading we have been reading about Second Lieutenant Moananui-a-
Kiwa Ngarimu VC. He was awarded the Victoria Cross in WW2 for bravery and valour. 

The VC was introduced on 29 January 1856 by Queen Victoria to honour acts of valour during the Crimean War. Since then, the medal has been awarded 1,358 times to 1,355 individual recipients. 

Our last VC winner was awarded to Corporal Will Apiata VC, NZSAS.

 

Mount Hikurangi, East Cape of North Island

In reading we have been reading about Second Lieutenant Moananui-a-Kiwa Ngarimu VC. It mentions Mount Hikurangi being used as a code name Hill Point 209 and is what the Ngati Potou soldiers call this hill. It is on the East Coast of New Zealand. Mount Hikurangi is 1764m high. It is the first place to see the sun rise each day. 

Te Reo Maori Screen Castify

 This is my screen castify of me talking and pronouncing my te reo accurately as I can.

Friday Cross Country

 On Friday my school had cross country. We had to run 3 times around our whole school. The circuit round the whole school that was 1 km so we had to do 3km. I was running with my friend Josh we were walking most of the time but we did jog for some of the time. Josh and I didn't try because we didn't want to go to school zones for cross country.

Te Reo Maori Dictation

 This is the conversation that we had to write while Nogo dictated the sentences to us

1. Kei te haere au ki te kura.

2. Kei te makariri ahau.

3. Ko Dusty toku ingoa.

4. No Otautahi ahau.

Tena Koutou

Ko Ezra toku ingoa

No Otautahi ahau.

E tekau ma rua oku tau.

Ka pai.

Haere ra.😀

4 things i want to learn in math

 1.I want to get better at my 8x and 9x times table  

 2.I want to learn how to say all of my time tables off by  heart

 3.I want to learn how to do decimals better 

 4.I want to get better at Algebra

 

Pink Shirt Day 2021

Today at Rāwhiti school we supported  Pink Shirt Day for anti bullying. The first time that Pink Shirt Day began was in Canada in 2007 the reason that we wear pink is because of anti bullying and we had to bring a gold coin to help make more resources to support anti-bullying.

Running the length of New Zealand

 This is my draft copy of my Running the Length of NZ. I have tried to use figurative language in my writing. The numbers tell how many figurative language devices are needed in my story. 

Today I ran around the whole school my heart was pounding so much I could even hear my heartbeat through my ears. It felt like pin and needles stabbing me in the heart. The cold air crushing my lungs making it harder to breathe. Slip slop slap of my feet hitting the ground feeling the cool breeze through my hair. I am very anxious and scared. I didn't finish my story about me running the length of New Zealand.

Math

 Today we work on median,mode,range.We made a tally chart this in a photo of my tally chart that worked on.

Tetahi

At the beach the dark sky was like a raging storm that was angry with the world. The sand  was coarse like sandpaper beneath my feet. I was in bliss, the day seemed to be going my way. The waves going up and down on the sand were like a yo-yo on an endless string with dumping waves crashing onto the rocks and sand. The wind whistled a tune that I could hardly recognise and the seagulls were talking to me in squawk language.

Here is a link to my planning

Technology 13/5/21

Today the year 7's and 8's went to tech. We did cooking and we made  Italian pizza, I put cheese, spinach leaf and meat. We could also do a word search when we were finished, the worst thing about my pizza was that I put chili on my pizza, it made my mouth think there was a fire in it, but the pizza was still good.  

Math Statistics

 Today we did stem leaf graph and we had to find the mode, median and range this is what I did. I learnt how to construct a histogram it is different from a bar graph.

literacy

Today it’s a hot day at school especially for Autumn. It is like heat waves keep on coming over and over again. The blue sky is like the deep ocean. I felt like I was in an oven. I ran to drink from the water fountain. All of a sudden it got really cold and I put on a jacket. I felt like an Inuit in the Sahara Desert.Then it got dark when i but it was only 6 o'clock saw i made my way back home.

Maths-BEDMAS-Order of Operations

This week we have been learning about BEDMAS which are brackets, subtraction, addition, multiplication. Then we did the quick 10. 

Inquiry 1

We have learnt to use the 7 sisters to help with our focus inquiry questions.

Example

What did the chickens look like? What were they made of? How were they made, How do you sail them, Where did they work out where to go, What were my strengths and weaknesses

I am sorting my focus questions as I work.

My te Reo

     Bob: Tena Koe

Joe: Tena Koa 

Bob: Kei te Pehea Koe?

Joe: kei te Hiamoe ahau

Joe: Kei te pehea Koe  

Bob: Kei te wera au 

This is my story that I made in Te reo.

Pai - good

Harikoa - happy

Makariri - cold

Ngenge - tired

Hiamoe - sleepy

Hiakai - hungry

Hiainu -thirsty

Pukuriri - angry

Nanu - disappointed

Hōhā -Frustrated

Hiamo - excited

Wera - hot

Mahana warm

Pōrangi - crazy

Whakamā - embarassed

Mataku - scare

This is some words that I learnt.

Tech

Today at tech we did cooking for our first session.We started to cook hangi when we got into our class our tech teacher told us what to do first we had to get ready to make the hangi  when we finish wrapping the hangi then we put it in the oven.After we put the hangi in the oven we made the stuffing just with bread,butter,mixes herbs.After we eat the food it was OK. 

    

Term 2 Goals

• My goal I want to get better at math because I don't understand decimals.
• To try and not talk as much as last year by sitting away from my friends and paying attention to instructions.
• To improve my attitude and focus to learning by asking for help all the time and listening carefully to teacher instructions.
• To improve my writing by having my ideas organised before starting.

Literacy reflection

 This week we have been doing focusing of strong paragraphs.We had to paragraphs in 4 sections 1st section is the blue is the first idea and the concluding sentence.The red color is the second part the story red means what can you feel, taste, see, smell, touch and what happened. After for the last bit of the story is blue for the end of the story, a concluding sentence. My previous blogs give examples of this. 

Maths.

Yesterday my math group did some quick 10 just to remember what we have been doing from our last session. For our math we did 9 times tables,decimal,place value and some more advanced basic facts. After the quick ten we move on to sum dog which is a math game.

Nogo showed us the trick for the 9 times table.

e.g. 9 x 5 =

You subtract 5-1   which equals 4 then you add up 4 to make 9 which is 5.

9 x 5 = 4+5 

9 x 5 = 45

My weekend: Strong paragraph. Using coded colours.

On Sunday I went to see my mum at rehab. My auntie dropped my sister and I off.

When I got there we weren't allowed to bring anything into the rehab. When we got into the rehab I gave my mum a hug then we started to talk about stuff, like how I am doing and what is school like? 

My little brother was with the other kids, and after we finished talked my mum, sister, brother, auntie, and I went outside to see the goat. The goat belonged to the rehab place, it looked old and it smelt paru. The goat had white fur with large antlers. The goat's name was Garry. When we were watching the goat it broke threw the fence, pushing its way through the wire. The supervisors had to go and chase Garry the goat around the centre, the visit was over. 

Another Sunday visit done. I felt sad as there wasn't enough time.

I gave my mum a hug and then we left. My sister and I got dropped off at my dads house. 

Victoria Square/Christchurch Town Hall

Yesterday most of the school went to town to see a performs in the Christchurch city hall but before we went to the performs before went to Victoria square then hall my class had to do some activity our teacher gave us a work sheet and all around the square  we had to draw some art on the ground and we had to draw some Maori Statues ,Telephone box. The most thing that i liked the fountain most because when it change the way the it went out of the fountain  was cool.Then we walk into the Christchurch city hall to see the  Tūmahana the performs they show a lot of skill on the ropes.

Self Portrait

 Last week we started to looked at  Self portraits from looking at self portraits. One of them was funny I came up with this.

Gymnastics 3- The Last Session

When we got to gymnastics we got into groups my friends and I were in the same group. All of the groups did warm ups, first we ran around the dots then skipping. That was it for the warm ups then we did stretch it was hard to stretch. Then we went onto our rotations and started with the high beams, that you had to balance on them and you had to do a rolly poly on the beam. That was the most challenging thing that I did at gymnastics over 3 lessons.

Pictograph

 Today we have been learning about Pictograph.

Each pic equals 2 fruit.

Gym 2

 Last week we walked over the gymnastics gym we were taught how to flip around on the trampolines and balance on the balance beam. I can see that the more we go there the more we progress and do harder stuff my favorite thing to do there was flipping on the trampoline. My least favorite was the balance beams had a bit of trouble on it.

Cultures in NZ

. Maori 

. British 

. Kauai gum digger

 . Chinese

.Scandinavian

. Pacific Islander

The Maori came to New Zealand because they wanted a better life.

Scottish,Welsh,Irish,British Thoth language came to New Zealand at 1769-1839 they moved to  new Zealand because they wanted there own land.   

Kauri gum digger were mostly Dalmatians up north in 1885 because they wanted to get rich.

The Chinese moved to New Zealand because they we immigrate were invited  to New Zealand from the the Dunedin's chamber of commerce to replace the western goldmines. Who had followed the gold - fever to Australia  however, the produce against the Chinese eventually led to calls for restrictions on immigration. 

This is why the Scandinavians moved over to New Zealand, The first few families were attracted to their compatriots in the Manawatu, where they helped to establish Palmerston North. Scandinavians were also in demand for those isolated settlements which several of the provincial governments had established in such places as Stewart Island and Jackson Bay.

The reasons why the Pacific Islanders moved over to New Zealand, After the Second World War, close links, job opportunities and population pressure on some islands led many Pacific people to migrate to New Zealand. During the 1970's the government clamped down on people overstaying their visas, particularly targeting Pacific Islanders. 

Maths Graphs

 Today we have learnt how to use  Google Sheets to create graphs