My future job

 For activity we had  to write about what our plans for the future after college will be. Here is what I wrote.

Who My Role Model Is And Why

 Activity 3 tells us to write about who our role model is and why. I chose my brother for my role model because of everything he has accomplished so far. I know no ones gonna see this because I get no views but here it is.

K - pop Heroes

 For this activity we had to write our opinion on  BTS. Here is what I wrote about it.

(Images from this site)

Aaradhna Task - Activity 1

 Today one of our task were to list down some of our favourite artist and some of our favourite songs so far. Here is my google drawing I created which includes both of those.

Anne Frank Activity 3 - Dear Diary

For activity 3 in Literacy, we were inspired by Anne Frank to create a Diary about our "extraordinary day" but I didn't have one so I made a day up of what I would like. We had to act as if this was our own Diary so we  had to start off with 'Dear Diary.' Here's my writing of not what my extraordinary day would be, but what a great day for me would be.

Shakespearean writing - My Morning Routine

For activity 2 we had to write about how our morning went and use the Shakespearean Translator

to translate it to be Shakespearean. Here is how my morning went.

Day 1 - Barcelona Cathedral

 This week is High school week, if you don't know what High School Week is it is where

the year 5 to 8s get a schedule showing which classes we go to in which period. This gives us time to prep for College. For the first day, in Literacy we had an activity about Cathedrals. We had to chose one to wright and research about. I chose the Barcelona Cathedral, here is the information I found on it.

Interview about my brother

 I interviewed my brother about his job and what he does. Here is my document of the questions I asked, and his answer.

Cybersmart - Top Tips For Blogging

WALT: Write quality blog comments. For Cybersmart with Mrs Stone, we created a

google drawing on the top tips for blogging. We also watched a video from Pt.England school on the things to remember when commenting on someones blog. Now that we have refreshed our mind on how to comment on someones blog using these good quality tips! Remember when commenting to end a on a good note, like a compliment! 

 

Symbolism Art Piece

 This is my symbolism art, it represents me and all the things I enjoy. It also has different patterns as in Maori patterns, Samoan and Fijian patterns that represent my culture. Aquaman is in there because it is my favourite movie and Jason Momoa is my favourite actor. I love to listen and sing to music so I added musical notes. On the bottom, it shows different anime characters from the Anime shows im currently watching. I had to add some geometric shapes as that is what our focus this term is.  Hope you enjoy :)

U.R.U - Film festival film

Alanna, May, Coree and I have created a short film called U.R.U. This film about identity and culture. This film represents 6 people who are different cultures but they still get along. What our film is trying to say is to always be yourself and to not change for anyone. The cultures in our film are Mon, Samoan, Tongan, Tuvaluan and Maori. Enjoy the movie and remember, you are you so don't change for anyone.

Symbolism of myself

Poi Rakau

Today we learnt a new game called Poi Rakau. In this game our teacher called out 2 different callings. Left was "Whaka te Maui" and right was "Whata te Matou." Everyone holds a stick and when the teacher calls out Whaka te Maui, we try and grab the stick on our left. If he calls out Whaka te Matou we try and grab the stick to our right. This was a very fun game and we were all very competitive.                   

Alexander Graham Bell Brochure

This is brochure of Alexander Graham Bell.

The inventor of the telephone, in this brochure

it includes 2 images of Alexander, information and facts about him. 

Joseph Kekuku

Joseph Kekuku was the inventor of the Metal Guitar. 
I created a google presentation about Joseph Kekuku and in the slide, 
it gives information about him. 

Keke Sai Siaine

Today in Rm12 we had to write down the ingredients and 

methods of Keke Vai Siaine. Keke Vai Siaine is Tongan Banana Pancakes. 

We had to watch a video of a lady making it then write down the ingredients and the method she used. Here is my document of the ingredients and method of how to make Keke Vai Siaine along with the price and where you can buy the ingredients.

Tongan Language Week - Jonah Lomu

For Tongan language week one of the task 

was to chose a Tongan celebrity from New Zealand 

so I chose Jonah Lomu even though he has passed on. Here is the information I found

Alexander Graham Bell - Inventor of the Telephone

For today, one of our activities were to chose someone to create a brochure about but it had to be an inventor. I picked Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the Telephone. Here is my brochure on him, I hope you learn something new! 

Freerice

In room 12 Mr.Niks has found us a new site we can use for 'Word Work'

(a task in daily 5.) This site/app is called Freerice, and Freerice gives 

you a word and at the bottom a few options of what

another word is for that word. For example if the word was

"Snack" there would be a few options and you have to pick the 

one with the correct definition. Here is the link to Freerice, 

along with an image with my highest score on it. Enjoy. 

Comparing today's lessons and games VS Lockdown lessons

During lockdown we had attend online school which stopped

us from doing certain things. This is a diagram of a comparison

of 'School VS Lockdown.'

Kiwi Kids News Article

Today one of the task for today was to read an article about being forgetful. Apart of the task 

was to answer the questions that were provided. Here is my google slide of questions and answers.

Here is the link to the site - Kids Kiwi

Cookbook - Banana Muffins

One of the task for something at home was to cook or bake something and create sort of a cookbook. I chose to bake, and I baked banana muffins. I baked these with my sister and niece. Here is my 'cookbook' and the ingredients and method for baking banana muffins. The original site we used for baking banana muffins was originally for a banana cake but it works either way. Here is the link to the site we used - Banana Recipe Along with my cookbook is a small photo of my muffins.

Identity - All About Me

Here is an update on myself and some of the things you might want to know about me. 

Hope you learn something new!

WEEK REVIEW -

On Tuesday, we were very lucky to watch a show that has been performing for our school for some time now. It was so funny, and was very entertaining to watch, there name is The Motuhake Show. We also had cross country practice when we run around the school and then around our bike track. On Wednesday I had a Volleyball tournament versing other schools such as Point England, Glen Innes, Glenbrae, Tamaki Primary, Panmure Bridge, St Pius and Stonefields. It was a good game and we had so much fun. We won 2 games, lost 2, and tied one. So personally I think we did good for our first time. On Thursday, we learnt more about Stop Motion, we have really been focusing on using Stop Motion because it is a creative way to create short films and whatnot. Another thing we have been focusing on is Daily 5. Daily 5 is were we do 5 activities for 7 minutes each. Some of them are Work On Writing (Unfinished work, or writing activities), Word Work ( Work on spelling), Read to self, Read to partner, Listen to partner.                                    

Once upon a picture - Concierge

For room 12, I did Work on Writing for daily 5 and here is the story I came up with 

Information I would share online

Information I would share online safely. 

Here is my google drawing

Polynesians For Black Lives Matter

“People killing, people dying.” Black lives matter, we’re all complying. Well, not all of us, some of us are the cause of this all. You scream black lives matter like it's a trend, but the energy you give now should stay like that till the end. This isn’t a game, nor a fiction. This is real life and that's just the way it is. A little boy died for holding a remote, A REMOTE! Now doesn't that sound stupid? Another innocent little boy killed for holding a FAKE gun in Walmart! A place that sells toys, games, fake guns, nerf guns, etc. But because of that little boy's color of his skin you decided to commit a sin and murder him, you murdered him and you feel nothing. No guilt, no heavyweight on your shoulders all because you think you saved yourself, from what? What did you achieve by killing another human being not to mention a little boy? I say this again, you saved yourself from what? From getting shot by a fake bullet? I'm angry, your angry, and if you are not then I don't know kind of human you are.A cold hearted one I suppose.  You may think this is a game, but who is to blame? I mean, real humans are killing other humans for the color of there skin and for what? Obviously, no one understands or knows why people are doing this but it's wrong. What a “perfect” world we live in right? No, if you said yes, you're wrong. Very, wrong. Because nothing is perfection, especially not this world. Racism isn’t born, it's taught. “I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up, live out the true meaning of its creed  hold the truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal." Martin Luther King Jr. All men and women are created equal, but not everyone understands that. For me, I believe there's only one race, and that is the human race. “Make America great again,” they say, I know I am not the only one who stands for this when I say, make America none racist for the first time ever in history, instead of “make America great again”. It may not be my country, but I will stand for and with those who I know deserve the same amount of human rights like everyone else. There is too much bad/evil already happening in this world, don’t make it worse. Little can be huge so do what you think is right. When giving, you don't always need post it on you're feed, or post it on Instagram, Facebook or Twitter. Let it be between you, and God. Polynesians for black lives matter. 

Pobble 365 Work On Writing - Scuba Diving

For Daily 5, one of the activities for my group was "Work On Writing" where we chose one of the few options, and I chose to write a story using an image from Pobble 365.  Here is what I came up with. 

Pyramid Spelling - Daily Five

Today for Reading in room 12, my reading group had to do word work.

Word work is when you chose a task to complete and by completing it you do the activity. 

I chose "Pyramid Write."  We write our spelling words in a pyramid. Here is mine.

Aslan Momoa - My God

For class we had to create our own God or Goddess and

I chose Jason Momoa and Aslan from Narnia. Here is my Goddess also with a back story

2020 Chromebook Digital Map

For cybersmart this week, we created a map and within this map, shows all the websites we have visited in the past 24 hours. Two foot prints shown on my map represent 20 visits, one foot print/step represents 10 steps. 

Sina & the Eel

Sina and the Eel is a Samoan legend about a young lady

who talks to an Eel and over the time he grew bigger

and more aggressive. Here is my slide of Sina and the Eel.

Founders of social media, etc

Here is a google drawing of who the founders of the following; Snapchat, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, Twitter and Netflix.

Below has the founders and images of them.

Area 51 research

One of the options in 7 wonders was "Area 51" and so we had to include 10 facts about the area we chose including images with it. I chose one and as you can see I picked Area 51, here is my slide of information.

Term 2 Blog profile 2020

This is my term two blog profile

for 2020. This will give you a little update on myself.

Cybersmart game

An activity our cybersmart teacher Miss. Collins 

gave us was to try and figure out what cartoon characters

these block shaped figures were. Here is my slide I created

and my answers are on the side.

Spelling - Word work

For this word work activity, you had to spell

your words in all capitals. So what I did was I got someone to read out the words while I 

wrote them on a google drawing.

New Home Learning Site

This is the front page of my learning page. This page will have all my learning on it such as Reading, Literacy, Maths etc. 

What if we all jumped at the same time

Today we watched a seven minute video about all humans on earth, jumping at the same time. Heres the questions I had to answer

A funny situation - Pixton comic strip

An activity Mr. Victor gave us to make a 3 comic strips about a funny situation that happened at home. Heres mine :)

Kowhaiwhai art work

Today for art, we had to create our own version of Kowhaiwhai. Heres my piece with and without the writing. Hope you like it!

Holidays

Over the 6 weeks of holidays we all got given at the end of term 4, I spent it all with my family. The first week I visited my sister who only lives in Mt Wellington, and spent a week there at her house with her boyfriend and 3 sons. During that time we went to Dunkirk playground in the evenings for night walks, then we would play on the playground. Other nights we would all gather around in the living room and watch movies while eating junk food or make fun tik toks.

Around week two, I went to Hamilton to see my aunty. I was also there for about a week and a half. During that week and a half, I would play with my baby cousin who at the time was only three. We watched netflix most nights, made pancakes or waffles, french toast for breakfast and would mostly buy Sushi for lunch. Every morning we would have to wake up at 7:00am, have breakfast then get ready to go to my aunties work. At her job I would stay in her office watching videos, or playing games on the iPad which I guess you could say occupied me for the whole of those days.

Week 3 of my six week holiday, I went to my brother's house in Otahu. I was at his house for about 4 or 5 days. During that time we went to the park nearly everyday, had bbqs, went to the shop to buy goodies and would relax in the room watching funny videos. Sometimes we would get the phone and make our own videos which didn't go as well but they were really funny. If we weren't doing either that or watching videos and netflix, we were making tik toks.

Week 4 then came along and I was back at home. It honestly felt good to be back home, because I had been with my family that lives outside of Glen Innes, I didn't realize how home sick I was becoming. When I got home all I wanted to do was lay down in my own bed, then spend time with my mum and my  Dog. So later on I went outside to play with my dog for about an hour playing fetch and all that. Then I headed inside to have a cooling shower because I was so sweaty, and hot I felt it was a need. I headed to my room, laid down in my bed,turned my tv on and watched my favorite show at the time which was Love island.

The last 2 weeks was me staying home with my siblings, going out to sylvia park, night markets, kmart just places to go to get out of the house. My holidays were just amazing and fun because I got to spend it with the ones I love.

Positive words starting with the letter T - Work from home

Positive Challenge slide

Today we had a challenge of things to do on a slide.

Heres mine

Objects around me crossword - Work from home

One of today's activities were to create a crossword puzzle about objects around you or your house.  Heres mine, feel free to try it out.

Questions by - Te Morehu

Mr Victor ( One of our teachers) gave us a challenge

to answer these questions about being grateful, 

friendships and perfection. Hope you enjoy my writing.

1 Week in quarantine/isolation

Today is my fifth day of quarantine/isolation, and the positives for me is, being able to eat whenever, being able to do my work in bed and a negative is not being able to physically see my teachers and peers. Im not really looking forward to staying home in self isolation but that means I get to spend more time with my family which Im sure i'll enjoy.

Activity Physical Limits - Work from home

Today for work we had our first Day 1 physical limits activity.

In the second slide it shows the instructions I had to follow and on the other two, it shows the 10 food items I would take. 

Covid 19 Maths - Work from home

For work from home today we did math about 

cases in New Zealand with the Corona-virus. Below is a pie graph 

of the areas in New Zealand with cases of the corona virus. Below that pie graph is a line graph of the age groups between teens upto 70s with cases about the corona-virus if that makes sense. Under that is another pie graph about 

male and female gender with covid 19.

Covid 19 - Work from home

Today for out first 'work from home' activity, we had to study about 

Covid 19(Corona-virus.) Here's a slide of the research

I did while learning knew things about this disease.

Symptoms -

Runny nose, 

cough, 

dry cough,

 fever, 

difficulty breathing.

I hope you all stay safe, and stay home. Its the best thing to do

Just to say poem - Williams Carlos Williams

In Rm 12 today we watched a 17 second video of 

William Carlos Williams saying a famous piece of poetry about his naughty behavior. Heres my version of a time I was misbehaving a while back. 

If you have any feed back on what I could do better feel free to comment.

Term 1 review

In the past 4 weeks of school in Rm 12, we have learned a lot! Some of the learning required to get creative with art. For example, our reading boxes. We used our stationery boxes and cut them in half to split into two parts. We then started designing our reading boxes to put our books in. Another activity we've done these past few weeks is our kiwi sport which is Squash. In squash, we have a mix of five teams. To get to know each other we created all about me posters and we all enjoyed getting creative and having fun with designing them uniquely.

Hatchet spelling

For reading we are reading a book called Hatchet.

Some of the people in out class pointed out some 

of the words they didn't know so here are a few words and the definitions. 

My Blog Profile - 2020!

 Hey guys! This is my blog profile for 2020. While creating my profile I learnt what I should and shouldn't post or put up on my blog. It was really useful and helpful to take in all this information about how to be cyber-smart on our chrome books.
The knowledge I will be learning in class and around my school will be posted on my blog so come back and see more if you like!

My pepeha

For LCS these couple days, Rm 12 we wrote down our pepehas. 

This is my pepeha

SMART GOAL

Inquiry today in Rm 12 we decided
to learn about out SMART goals. Here are my smart goals. 

The Treaty Of Waitangi !

In Rm 12 we've been learning about the Treaty Of Waitangi. 

We've been learning about the Maori rights, and principals.