I am a Year 8 student student at Pt. England School in Auckland, NZ. I am in Room 3 and my teacher is Mrs. Tele'a.
Task Description: This week for our dmic work we have this slide here which is mainly about subtraction. we had the chance to choose which question we wanted to solve. I questions I solved were pretty easy, I did enjoy completing these tasks. feel free to take a look through my maths work or feel free to leave a positive comment :))
As for today I decided to finish off one of the Maths Tasks that we given to complete. Today I've finished the Line Graphs Maths Task, feel free to take a look through these slides ! :)
As now i've completed another Maths Task and this is based on " Pie Graphs ". Pie charts can be used to show percentages of a whole, and represents percentages at a set point in time.
I've completed another Maths Tasks today, and this is based on Strip Graphs!. Take a look through my slides to see my work ;)
This is another maths tasks I've completed , as this is based on " Bar and Histogram Graphs ".
Another Maths Work i've completed, as this is based on " Picture and Tally Charts " .
This weeks DMIC problem is about Mr Jacobsen's cycling and how far he travelled from home to school and back ( school to home ) on the days that he used his bike. I also used multiplication to solve the maths working :)
This is another task I've completed which is based on Area and Perimeter and Volume of 2d & 3d shapes.
This is one of the maths task I had to complete, this is based on " Two Way Probability. "
Title: Why is school an important place to the community?
Introduction: Today I’ll be going to explain an important place in the community and that is “school”, there will be three different reasons as to why it’s an important place. As we’ve been away from school for roughly 3 months now, we have learned why school is such an important part of our community.
Information 1: Learning
Firstly, because of our education, school is an important part of our community. The value of learning media each individual in gaining the necessary skills through education and knowledge in order to reach their goals. An important fact to remember about learning is that it is a way to improve knowledge and develop skills that will help in achieving certain learning goals.
Information 2: Preparing for College/Future.
Second, our school is important since it encourages us in preparing for the college we will attend as well as for the future. Preparing for college involves being prepared for the things that come with it, such as examinations, NCEA, and so on. Working hard, preparing ahead, planning and setting goals, and planning how you'll achieve those future goals are all examples of future preparation. School mostly serves to prepare you for the college you will attend, as it will become incredibly hard in college if we do not follow the advice of our teachers.
Information 3: Setting Goals.
Finally, our school encourages us in setting goals for ourselves, and school can help us in achieving those goals. Setting a goal motivates people to take action, spite of the difficulties they face. As a result, it can help in improving critical thinking skills, new problem-solving approaches, and a better understanding of how to cope with issues. Setting goals can help you focus and keep the momentum going in life.
Conclusion:
In conclusion, education can improve your personality and teaches you a variety of skills. It strengthens your thinking skills and your ability to make good decisions. Education also helps development. Above all, there are three reasons why school is an important part of a community's life today.
Task Description: Today the year 7s & 8s had a writing test, & our topic was " A special place in the community " I chose school, why? because it's an important place to those who want an great education , and for those who want to pass college and get into the university they would like to go to. I would say this test wasn't really bad i guess, I did have some struggles on what to write about the "certain topic" for the three information but it wasn't really bad. Writing isn't my thing but I'm working on it ! :)
Title: Why is school an important facility in our community?
Introduction: We have been away from our school for about 10 weeks. In this time we have come to understand why school is an important facility for our community.
Information 1 : School is an important place for us to go to and learn. It has rooms and people focused on learning. At home it has been challenging to focus and complete learning because it is crowded and noisy. At times it is very distracting. School however has rooms, equipment and people to help focus us on our learning. We have purpose built classrooms and facilities for us to learn in.
Information 2: School is also a key place to be prepared for college and our futures. Good college preparation helps provide a way for students that are leaving college to become more self-aware and analyze what they really want to do in college, and later in their life. Being better prepared academically for college improves a student’s chances of completing a college degree. If students aren’t prepared for college they are most likely to fall behind or maybe fail.Preparing for the future means planning for different stages of your life.
Information 3: School is also important for our social development. Social development is about improving the well-being of every individual in society so they can reach their full potential. The success of society is linked to the well-being of each and every citizen. Social development is the meaning of investing in people. Socialising is good for your mind and body ( better mental health ). Being around friends brings more happiness into our lives than virtually anything else ( besides family ). Friendships have a huge impact on your mental health and happiness.
Conclusion: Above all, these are some reasons why school is an important facility to the community. School isn’t just important, it's a place where you can create amazing friends, and just enjoy the fun school life before moving along in life. School is more than what it is :)
Task Description: As for tomorrow we do have our writing test so we have a " practice test " so we are prepared for our writing test as for our reports. Rm3 literacy topic was " Why is school an important facility in our community".
Task Description:
We were given two different Task for this week's DMIC issue, which are shown on the slides:). I found it a little challenging, but I'm glad I finished the slide; as for Thursday, we have a Maths test that I'm a little nervous about, but I'll be glad to get it over with:).
I hope you had interest with the math work:))
Task Description:
This week's Te Reo lesson was based on the term " He aha to hiahia ", which means " what do you want " in English. We were given this task with blank sections to fill out with the " Kupu Hou " aka " New Words " on the second slide show, as well as a Create task at the end of it:)
Task Description: Today for Literacy we had a follow up task, and at the very end of the follow up task we had to write facts about one of these plants, instead I just chose to write about all 4 plants :).
Task Description: We've been learning about Geometry in Maths this week, and I've learned some more about it today. This was a fun task to accomplish :)
Task Description: We had our Te Reo Maori meeting today. Today's job required us to fill in the gaps with our Papa, Mama, Kuia, and Koro's names, but first and all, we needed to learn the words on slide 2 in order to complete our own task.
Task Description: This is a Venn Diagram of the two stories on Kiwi Kids News that I read. I read two pieces, one on Sophie Pascoe and the other about Wheel Blacks' major loss. As you may have noticed, the similarities between the two texts I read are in the middle.
Task Description: Today for Literacy, we got given another Venn Diagram to complete about the different articles we had to read, after reading the two different articles we had to complete the Venn Diagram. The two different articles I read were about Lisa Adams, and Tupou Neiufi who are both Paralympians for New Zealand. The middle of the Venn Diagram is the similarities of both Lisa Adams and Tupou Neiufi
Task Description: We had many tasks this week for Maths, and one of them was to put these numbers in order from smallest to largest, then put them in the proper location value column, write the rules, and describe it, and then finish the freight colour pattern.
Task Description: Today in Home Class, we got given a task to complete about Attitude - Stress and Anxiety. Stress can affect anyone , its also a little good for you as well , it affects everyone differently. Anxiety is meant to protect us from danger and it allows us to react faster to any emergencies.
Task Description: We're discovering about Adorable Algebra and how it works in Math this week. We had to count the number patterns and then count the number of triangles in order to complete this task. This assignment was both simple and difficult, in my opinion.
Task Description: This week for reading Riley and Duff are reading the same thing. Our two books we read were about "Kiwis kids having lockdown birthdays"and "Tips on homeschooling your kids during lockdown". We also had to do a Venn Diagram to compare the same things we read from the article.
Task Description: Before we started our real maths task, Rm 5 Maths had a small activity to do. To complete this tiny work, we needed to identify the coordinates.
Task Description: Mrs Tele'a told her literacy class today that instead of completing our literacy work, we are doing a Cybersmart challenge before moving on to our Writing! Our Cybersmart challenge is to prepare for our Google Meet :)
Task Description: On Monday, the Tens and Ones collaborated together to complete a DMIC task. I was in a group of three with Kolopa and Caleb, and we worked together as a team to get the result we needed.
Task Description: This is my reading task about Emma Twigg and her career path. You could get a bit more info in this task, so take a closer look.
Task Description: We are studying Algebra this week in Maths. We are learning to use symbols rather than numbers, and we are solving some more challenging tasks in order to the get the value of the total number.
Task Description: The whole of Team 5 has been rotating to different class rooms, this task was from Rm 3 (Mrs Tele'a), we learnt about Precious McKenzie, the three different flags are about who he represented (only two of them, the New Zealand Flag and England Flag), the South African flag is his Culture!.
Persuasive Writing - Why kids shouldn't get paid to go school
I completely disagree with this option because I believe that if you had the option of being paid to attend to school or being paid to study, you would choose the money. However, this is not a good decision, we did not go to school to get paid, rather we went to learn and receive an excellent education. Paying children to attend school may result in tough conditions.
There will be lots of options for you in conditions of jobs, but you'll also learn about the privileges of your role ( if going to University ). Many people may disagree, but I believe we are too young to get paid at this age; if money is more important to you than your education, you will most likely fail high school and would be unable to get into university.
Task Description:
Persuasive writing is something that everyone on Team 5 does in literacy.There are agrees and disagrees in persuasive writing, just as there are in an argument. My topic was "Why kids shouldn't get paid to go school".
Task Description:
This week in math, we worked on a DMIC problem in which we attempted to crack the code.
Task Description: For Week 1 & 2 Reading, Duff is learning about Violet Walrond she is an New Zealand Olympian from way back in the days, Violet Walrond is an swimmer from the 1920s
Today on the 29th of July, during literacy we had a special visitor come to Room 3 literacy class. His name was Tony Laulu, he introduced his two books to us, he also told us about his 3rd book coming out in 2 months.
Tony Laulu has two sons, one of their names is Lemalie and he is 7 years old. The other is 10 years old and his name is Sakalia.
Tony Laulu had explained something about your culture, he explained that if you can’t speak your own language that doesn’t mean you’re not that culture. You still have that culture language in you even if you can’t speak it.
Another thing he spoke about to us was that one of his books was about his experience. His first book was about his two sons, his nieces were also in the book that he wrote.
Another cool fact about him is he is actually COUSINS with a member from STNDRD
Task Description: Today for Te Reo Maori we are learning th colours in Maori, we had to finish off th slides and also finish our create task.
WALT: Understand and solve problems with time.
Task Description: Today for Maths we are doing Time, I worked with a Buddy Victoria . We Worked together as a team and finished our task,our Maths is about putting the arrows to the right number to connect it with the time it suits, another task was to place the hours and minutes and to the right answer.
Title: My Thoughts about Leaders.
First of all, confidence is the best quality. A leader must have strong self-confidence. A person lacking in confidence can never be a good leader and a person must be confident enough to ensure others follow him/her. The leader must have confidence in his/her decisions and actions.
A good leader must certainly inspire others and a leader must be a role model for his/her followers. They must motivate them whenever possible. Also, in difficult conditions, a leader must not lose hope.
A leader must have Honesty and honour because it is very important to earn the love of followers. Above all, honesty is needed to win the trust of the people.
Good communication is a must for a good leader. This is because poor communication means the wrong message to followers. Furthermore, good communication will increase the rate of work. Also, the chances of mistakes by followers will be reduced.
So now that you’ve finished listening to my story about “ Leader” are you strong, confident and have good communication enough to be a good leader? Everyone has the strength to be a leader. So use your strength and become a leader.
Task Description: For Writing we've been writing speeches, and my speech was about "Leaders", Today I gave my speech to the class ( Literacy, Rm3 ). I was really nervous, I got my score and it was "19/25" which isn't really that bad.
Task Description: Today for Te Reo Maori we are doing "Ki te aha" which stands for ( What For ), our job was to complete the questions on the slide and also do a Create Task to finish it off.
WALT: Understand different units of measure and the context in which they are used.
Task Description: This Week for Maths we are learning to convert units of measurement, and also calculate the Areas and Perimeters of the equilateral triangles, parallelograms and rectangles. In two of the slides we are measuring Jugs and how much they weigh.
Last week on Friday the 25th of June we had Vas Kovalski visit Pt England School. He is a professional Magician, he performed a Magic Show to us. At the start of the show he introduced himself and he also explained to us what he was going to do. He performed lots of Magic Tricks, that's including helping us balance our diet.
He had a massive plate on the stage which had Vegetables, Fruits, Grains, Protein, and Dairy. He pulled food out of a box and placed the food where it belonged on the plate. ( For example he pulled out a corn and it got put in the Vegetable category ).
He had many different foods pulled out of his box and placed it on the big plate. Vas Kovalski asked the audience where the food goes, most of us got some of the answers wrong but he corrected us.
He asked someone to join him and do one of the magic tricks, Lee volunteered and he got picked. Vas Kovalski had a cup in his hand, and he told Lee to bend his right arm, and his left arm going up and down, as Lee was bending his right arm water came out of his left elbow and into the cup.
As Lee finished Vas Kovalski did another magic trick which involved a Rubix Cube and a box, Vas Kovalski put in the Rubix Cube in the box and he was moving the box side to side, and he opened one side of the box there were no Rubix Cube we were all confused on where the Rubix Cube went. But as he was doing the magic trick he pulled it out of another box and we got confused.
Vas Kovalski then asked another person from the audience to come up and do one of the magic tricks, Emeline from Team 4 got chosen. Vas Kovalski gave her an apron and a chef hat, he also gave her the Magic cloth, the magic cloth could change colours but Emeline cloth was only changing to Blue and Red while Vas Kovalski cloth was changing to different colours like Grey and Teal, and Purple.
This Magic Trick was very funny, Emeline on the other hand was confused and what was happening and her facial expressions made everything funny. Vas Kovalski gave her a magic stick and it broke, Vas Kovalski kept giving her different magic sticks and it kept breaking which was very funny.
Task Description: Today for Writing we wrote about the Magic Show which happened last week on Friday.
Task Description: Rm 3 Literacy had 3 choices to make, I chose to do another Kiwi Kids News article, the article I read was "Tornado hits South Auckland ( aka Papatoetoe )".
Task Description: Today for Cybersmart our job was to make an slide animation. This task was easy and fast to do, this is an mini clip of my slide animation.
Task Description: For our reading task we had to read an article from Kiwi Kids News, before we had to do the Kiwi Kids News we had to finish our reading from last week and then do our Kiwi Kids News task. The article I read was Blue win Trans - Tasman Rugby title, the only word I didn't know was the word "Momentum".
WALT: What are Fractions?
Task Description: Last week and this week for Maths were Improper Fractions. Our Job was to finish the tasks on this slide deck.
Task Description: Last Week was Samoan Language Week, I am talking about the Samoan election 2021, it has been tough in Samoa due to everything that has been happening. Tuilaepa is now one of the oldest prime ministers in Samoa, Fiame is now the new prime minister, as you may know Fiame has been the prime minister for 14 days, as you also may know about Tuilaepa is that he has been the prime ministers in Samoa for 22 years and 196 days, Samoa is also an independent country. On June 1st 2021 was the 59th anniversary of independence day for Samoa.
As you may see is that Tuilaepa isn't very happy about the fact that Fiame Naomi Mata'afa is the new Prime Minister.
Task Description: This Week is Samoan Language Week. In Literacy we had to create a poster about Samoa
Task Description: On Wednesday night around 11 pm the moon turned red. which is also called a lunar eclipse.
The year 8 leadership camp will be a memorable experience.
Wednesday the 19th of May was the first day of the Year 8 Leadership Camp!. We all gathered in the school hall and Mrs Tele’a explained to us about the “O le ala i le pule o le tautua” ( To severe others in different ways). We got on two different buses, I was on the bus with the other team Thames, our drive to camp was 1.5 hours but it felt like 3 hours.
On our first day of camp ( Wednesday ) we got introduced to a person named Zac. Zac explained our boundaries and some other things, everyone then walked to the camp hall and we played cross games.
( Cross Games is a fun activity we did, all the teams had to make a chant, we had a ref off, and we also did some other activities ).
Our first night at camp was really terrible because the cabin I was in kept on talking and most of us girls in the cabin kept laughing. We had two or three teachers come to our cabin more than twice because my cabin kept talking.
My first Highlight has to be Go Karts because it was a fun experience to do. At first I was nervous to go onto the Go Karts, but my team Coromandel B was very supportive to each other and we all had a go even though we were all nervous to go on, everyone all had four turns on the Go Karts.
My Second Highlight is Camp Search because ( Coromandel B ) worked as a team, we had a strong communication with each other, and even though we had a member in our team that was injured we never gave up. Our team was also very shocked of our time because we broke the record, Kauri team girls was coming with first with 23 minutes and our team
( Coromandel B ) had won by 14 minutes.
My third highlight would be the Polynesian dinner night, this is another highlight of mine because it was an enjoyable night. What I enjoyed the most about that night was the food and the karaoke we did. The food we had was Nachos. It was amazing !For dessert we had Churros and vanilla ice cream. This was my favourite highlight out of all .
Year 8 leadership camp was a fun experience. The point of this camp was to step up and be a leader, to get out of your comfort zone and try new things you haven't tried before.
I would like to Thank all the teachers / parents who gave up their time to let us Year 8s have a fun camp.
Task Description: Today for rotations we had Te Reo Maori with Ms Tipene in Rm5, we had to do ( Kei hea a , which stands for Where is ). Our task was to finish off the slides on the task.
Task Description: This Weeks homework is to pick a planet that we don't know much about. We had to find out some facts about the planet which I chose "Neptune". Neptune is the eight planet from the sun,
Task Description: Today in literacy we had to write a recount about the Year 8 Leadership Camp. We also had to go on a google drawings and write down the Key Words for Camp. We had this camp to step up and be a leader, this camp is to go beyond your comfort zone and be a leader.
Task Description: This week for literacy we had to sort out the order of the planets from smallest to largest, Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system and Mercury is the smallest planet.
Task Description: This week for Maths we are doing another fractions task. This maths work had improper fractions and also equivalent fractions.
Rotuman Language Week
Information Report
WALT: What are Fractions
Task Description: Today for Maths we are doing Fractions, We are learning Fractions for the whole of Term2, What Are Fractions you may be asking ? ( Fractions represent equal parts of a whole or a collection).
Task Description: This term theme is " Watch this space " which means for the whole term we will be learning about the planets / our solar system.
Task Description: For Inquiry we are learning about the Earth, and about the solar system and the planets . For our Lesson #1 we are doing planet earth. We had to fill out the KWL ( Know, Want, and also Learned).
WALT: Using my personal experience, world and literacy knowledge to make meaning from texts.
Task Description: Today for reading we are reading Star Gazing. This story is basically about a girl named Stella who went with the Jealous Star ( Mere ) to find a new home. This book ( Star Gazing ) is an interesting book !. Stella and Mere are out at space, finding a new home for Stella ( basically a new planet to live on ). They ended up getting nothing because Stella followed the seven stars of Matariki.
Task Description: This week for Writing we are learning more about ANZAC Day. One of our tasks has a slide where we have to write a message/letter. Read through my slide to know more about Anzac.
Task Description: This Morning we had to go on a site named Storyline online. The story I chose was Arnie the doughnut we had to watch the full story/video and we then had to do a book review about it.
Task Description: Today we watched Storyline online, the story I chose to read was The Empty Pot, we had to do a book review about what we read.
WALT: *Multiply whole numbers using efficient strategies
*Divide whole numbers using efficient strategies
*Choose an efficient strategy to multiply and divide mentally
Task Description: This Week for Maths we did " Working with whole Numbers " for Maths. We also did different Strategies to work out our Answers.
WALT: Recognise the parts of a narrative (Story).
Task Description: This Week for Literacy ( Reading ), My group Cowley read a book about "The Sons Ma'afu " Read through my slides to read about the characters, and what happened during the story. To read the book click on Reading on the first slide !
WALT: To count up to 100
Task Description: Today in our Rotations I went to Te Reo Maori with Ms Tipene, we learned to count time in Te Reo Maori.
Task Description: Today in Writing I learnt about Explanation Writing, Which is an Information Writing which you explain the topic or the photo your writing about.
Task Description: Today in Distance Learning for Maths, we did Subtraction, we also did Place Values !
WALT: Identify the importance of place value
Task Description: Welcome back to my blog !, Since its lockdown ( Level 3 ), we are learning from home. Todays Maths was about Presenting Place Values !, Hope you enjoyed
WALT: Solve addition problems involving whole Numbers.
Task Description: Today in distance learning ( Online Schooling ) I was with Ms Stone and her class doing Maths, We did addition and also decimals.
Task Description: For Maths This week we did Problem Solving, I worked with Tahliyah and Central. We had to work out on we got the answers.
Walt: We are learning to use Personification in our writing
Task Description: For another Literacy task we are learning to use Personification in our writing..
Walt: How to use Complex sentences
Task Description: Today in Rm3 we did writing ( we had to stay in homeclass ) we were doing Sentence Starters so that our writing can get higher, I also worked with a buddy ( Central )
Task Description: Today in Literacy Me, my Teacher ( Ms Tipene ) and a few class mates learnt about the Treaty of Waitangi. for more info look through the slides..
Task Description: This week in Literacy Class we learnt facts about our Author each reading group has an Author, My group was Joy Cowley ( Cassia Joy Cowley ) She is an New Zealand Author, take a look at my presentation to learn more about Joy Cowley
