Reflecting on our netbooks.

Having a netbook connected to the internet helped me in all my subjects, In addition, the netbooks has the kind of resources and helpful tools for us to learn, share and to create. Furthermore, our teacher has been creating and sharing works to us through our class sites. Anyways, I've learnt PEMDAS which stands for: Penrentheces, exponent, multiplication, division, addition and subtraction, writing template and heaps of other learning stragegies.  

Racing The Bell!

Talk to your partner about the kind of breakfast you usually eat. What's your favorite and why?

- My partner is Alex and he usually eats coco puffs for breakfast because its ingredients are included chocolate.

If you've ever skipped breakfast, how did it make you feel? Did you notice anything about your energy level during the day?

- Most times I skip breakfast and I feel great still. I miss out breakfast because I don't want to eat and I sometimes wake up late.

Look through the story again together. What effects did missing breakfast have on Kate? How could she have avoided this?

- During her test her brain stopped all a sudden. She forgot her lunch at home. And when it was time to do their 3 kilometer run she did not have enough energy and that is because she did not have breakfast.

Mighty Muscles

Think about three kinds of athletes - Sprints, weightlifters and gymnasts. They all use muscles in different ways. How are they different? What do they need their muscles to do? Can you thing of other sports in which athletes use your muscles in the way they use theirs?
- Sprinters: they use their hamstring, thigh, biceps triceps. Weightlifters: shoulders, thigh, biceps and triceps. Gymnasts: They use every muscle and they are also flexible.
- Netball, Soccer, League and Rugby. 

House Sports (100 Meter Sprints)

On Monday we all gathered at the courts to attend house sports. It was a sunny lovely day to participate . Anyways, my group was kowhai 1 and our opponent was kauri 1. We were told to head up to the field and compete in 100 meter sprints.

First we ordered ourselves from year 4's to year 8's. Secondly our teacher which was Mrs Tofa settled the little ones first. We began with the young ones racing. When it was our turn Mrs Tofa gave head starts to the young once which made it very challenging. But we did not give up!

Overall, at the end of the day someone has to win so we wanted to earn more point by sitting an settling down well. "Kauri 1 has 9 points altogether" Mrs Tofa released from the paper. "Kowhai has 9 point altogether too" Miss said. It was a hard game though but it came down the the result.

National Anthem.

God of Nations! at Thy feet,
In the bonds of love we meet,
Hear our voices we entreat,
God defend our free land.
Guard Pacific's triple star
From the shafts of strife and war,
Make her praises heard afar,
God defend New Zealand.

E Ihowä Atua,
O ngä iwi mätouä
Äta whakarongona;
Me aroha noa
Kia hua ko te pai;
Kia tau tö atawhai;
Manaakitia mai
Aotearoa.

Dance Fever.

Yaay, it’s Thursday we have Dance Fever” I said to myself loudly. It was Thursday as I walked down to school feeling enthusiastic about Dance Fever. Dance Fever is a dance session provide for children's to have fun and to learn how to dance in the same time. Can’t wait” I said to myself.

Today’s session was all about working with a boy and girl. It is called the Sasha dance. In addition we added on some more move into the hip hop dance. We added on the cannon dance and the chest pump. It was so so so fun and exciting.

 

Shopping Day!!

"Buddy, tomorrow we are going shopping so remember"OK uncle. That night when I went to bed I had the quietest and and the most peaceful sleep ever, dreaming about ice-creams and unicorns until…..  Peep! Peep! Hurry up we need to go now” uncle David shouted. I hurried into the bathroom and brushed my teeth and wash my face, wore my long track pants and my NBA blue t-shirt. You had to come around seven” I cried. “Yeah cause I have work” he said. “But I lied”. I hopped in the van and off we went. “Uncle, wake me up when we get there” I said with a tired voice and my eyelids almost closed. “Yeah don’t worry” he replied back.

When we got there he did not wake me up, he took off and bought him his belongings without me. I woke up and looked around, all I can see was only me in the van alone. “Where's Uncle David” I said quietly to myself. “O man he left me. Cheeky Guy!. I opened the door and ran outside. I looked and looked and looked for approximately 12 minutes until I recognised him sitting across the Sushi restaurant eating sushi. “You had to leave in the van aye. “Narh I thought it will be funny”he said. “Yeah very funny” I replied.

We had something to eat and off we went, shop to shop. We did not miss any store without visiting in. Did you get what you want” Uncle David asked me. Ummmm can I get me a rugby boot for next years please…… Sure, we’ll check Stirling Sports if they have any rugby boots. Thanks Uncle I own you one. We crossed the road and off we went to Stirling Sports. I looked straight at this green orange Nike tick rugby boot sitting on top of its box. “ Uncle, I think I can see the boots that has been waiting for me to wear” I whispered quietly to his ear. Go get it and I’ll pay for it. Hurry cause I need to go to work” He commanded me. He paid it and off we went back to drop me off. Thanks Uncle for everything” I cried. Any-time buddy any-time. He dropped me off and he went to work. "Bye uncle and thank you once again for today". I had everything I needed for next year 1st XV. Cannot wait to wear all these sports gears next year!!

Chris Pither- Racing Driver.

After reading “ Chris Pither - Racing Driver” design a poster to promote the sport of motor racing and upload to your blog.

Dance Fever Recount.

It was a sunny beautiful day as my class mate and I dressed formally to attend the Dance Fever session. When we entered the school hall all we can see was two instructors waiting inside. We walked in and sat down on the floor waiting for instructions. "Hello year 7 and 8's, my name is Captain". Hello my name is Christina, today we will be doing some hip hop dance moves. After that we were divided into 4 groups boys and girls. First we learnt how to do the side dance, the sweep, pendulum and posing. I found today's session fun, excited and interesting,  

Chevrolet Presentation.

Bonding to the nearest Thousands.

Today I managed to solve a task asking me, bonding to the nearest thousands. It was easy cause I knew forty five bonding to a hundred is fifty five so if four hundred and fifty bonding to a thousand it will be five hundred and fifty.

All About Me.

To begin with, my name is Christian and I am 13 years of age. I am half Samoan, quarter Tongan and quarter Niuean which makes a whole. Today, I am going to talk about my school life, my family life and my hopes and dreams for the future. More information, my location is at Glen Innes Auckland, 4 Ridgeway place . In addition, I have 3 siblings and we all love sports and school. Furthermore, my habits are to stay fit, play heaps of sports at all times and participate in class no matter what. Knowing the possibilities in life is to be successful in everything I do and get a brilliant education that's why I go school. So you won’t have to struggle in life.

Anyway, first of all about my hopes and, all my hopes and wishes are to achieve greatly specially in the future and in life. About my dreams, all my dreams, heart and everything I do is all to rugby and wanting to wear an All Black jersey one day and play for New Zealand proudly.

And about my school life, teachers are caring, they make sure that you are safe, they crawl but for good reasons, and teachers looking after their school and life.

About my family life, describing my family, loving, caring and always beyond my expectations sometimes. always get every resources for my sports, school stationeries and yeah, everything.

Talking about my life at School, My life with my family and my hopes and dreams has been an honour and pleasure telling you. I find my life in school, family and hopes and dreams goal setting and knowing my way already in front of me is a easy thing to do. If I follow my goals up to when I’m out of school and accomplished them that will be a massive thing.

Monster Truck Reading Activity.

Why are monster trucks awesome? Monster trucks are awesome because they are ten times more powerful than most cars and they are fun to ride. What is Big foot? Big foot is a monster truck from the United States. What happens at a monster truck competition? They crush cars into crumbles. How many monster trucks are in New Zealand? There are only one monster truck in New Zealand. What is the name of the monster truck in New Zealand? The name is the Kiwi Thunder.

Explain what the driver does in a monster truck competition They crush scrap metal cars into pieces.

Research what type and size of tyres monster trucks use 66 inches high and 43 inches wide.

Pretend you own a monster truck, plan a monster truck competition and invite other monster truck owners to attend. Think about where you will have the competition, when, how much it will cost to watch. Create a poster to advertise your monster truck competition. $200 per person. Location: University Club Field 10. Come through gate three down merton road. Come along and have fun.

School and Life Education.

Have you ever felt so disappointed and embarrassed in yourself when someone lends you a book to read but you can’t read it? Today in the society heaps of people still don’t know how to read and write. We believe that education is the key to achieve education goals and successfulness in life, because if you don’t complete our education your family will struggle in life with money, food and raising a family. Thats why you need to find a good job by completing your education, get good money, get good food and good clothes. When you have all these things, good education, and a good job you will be  able to pay your own house bills and keep your family in shape. Also you can be able to get better education for your children and generations to come. School is very important! Go to school learn as much as you can and don’t leave an energy working. Now lets look at what happens when you don’t have a good education or you drop out of school. The possibilities of a good life when you drop out of school and you don’t have a job is you’ll be on the run from the po po(Police), rob stores and houses or end up in the streets starving to death with a criminal record.

First of all, to achieve in school, we need to participate in class even if its boring or not interesting. For example, get information from your teachers and others as much as you can. You don’t know, after 5 or 6 more years you can get an University degree and study any of your favourite subjects in the future.

Furthermore,  to “Working Hard” why?. Because you can get a good job. In addition, work hard to accomplish goals and always make your name and family name proud when you reach the level of master degree in any University.

Equally important,  get a good job. For example, get money and buy resources for your family when they need it. Furthermore, raise your family in a positive way, always, and I mean always provide healthy good food on the table and most importantly a shelter above their heads.

In fact, if you accomplish your education goals you will have a successful life in future, you can be anything you want if you put your mind to it. If you work hard you won’t have to struggle in life and raising a family wouldn't be such a pain. Listen to what your parents and teachers say about school because their education wasn't as good as ours, your parents goals are to achieve the best for you. Your parents are only concerned for education and . Just imagine if everyone in the world had a successful great education, we would have a great world with people being able to afford the good things in life instead of being poor, we would have jobs not guns, knifes and trying to rob a bank.

Quotes: “Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.”  ~Will Durant.

“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”

~Nelson Mandela.

Quotes from great leaders can put a lot of impact in your life, not bad impact but it could be a great impact. The message is, anyone can be anything if you set your mind, heart and all your effort into it. So take care and go hard in your learning and everything you do.

Softball Recount.

“Today class we have an exciting event that we are doing” can anybody guess what event it is? said Mrs Silver. “I think its soccer” one person announced. “I think its Baseball” I cried. “So close but it is Softball” said Mrs Silver. “So in five minutes we have to be at the courts ready for the instructors” commanded Miss. We were all excited and elated to go Softball. The whole class stood up and pushed their own chair forward and walked outside getting ready to line up.

First of all my name is Sammy and today I’ll be your guys instructor for this whole softball session. I can’t wait to start playing” I said quietly to myself. So for warm up we will play Red light, Green light. It was a new game for me but I tried it out. After that we had to look for a partner and one ball between each other. Then we had to line up in 2 columns on our needs and started to roll the softball to each other. After rolling the ball we bounced the ball. It was a little bit hard because when you throw the ball it has to bounce straight to your partner.

At the end of the session we were all puffed and tired. It was fun, exciting and it has been one of the most exciting thing I've then.

Squash!

Over the last few days room ten and I have been participating in a squash session from 9 am to 10 am. For people who don’t know squash, squash is an activity that involves running, playing smart, using angles from the walls and heaps of other stuff sort of like tennis. Squash is a similar sport to tennis but squash hits the ball to the wall which it re bounce back then you keep on hitting it. Few rules you might come across: When you serve the ball you are not allowed to hit the ball back to you, serving has to go above the second red/black line, the ball has to bounce once or less before you hit it and not allowed to interfere with your opponent when he/she hits the ball.

Squash has inspired me to join a squash club or team. Every Tuesday I'm the only enthusiastic person about squash. It has been a awesome and exciting experience for me because learning how to play a new sport is a another level for me to keep on doing what I love to do (SPORTS). Most importantly to stay fit.   

The Sock Funeral.

What do you think is the main idea of the poem?

          Explain your answer.Upload your explanation to your blog after

          conferencing with the teacher. (Task 1)

The main idea of the poem is to look after both socks.

Explain how one sock from a pair might go missing in your home. Upload your

         answer to your blog after conferencing with the teacher. (Task 2)

If one of my sock go missing that is because I just come back and throw my sock around.

How could you solve the ‘one lost sock’ problem? Explain your answer. Upload your explanation to your blog after conferencing with the teacher. (Task 3)

The only way I think you could solve this problem is just look for it.

Do you believe having only one type or design of sock in your sock drawer would be a good idea?   Explain why. Upload your explanation to your blog after conferencing with the teacher. (Task 5)

No, because if you are going somewhere special and you want to wear  paired socks there will  be only one  type of coloured sock there  to wear.

Design a ‘Wanted’ poster for socks you have lost. Remember to include a detailed description, contacts and possibly a reward. Take a screenshot of your poster and upload it to your blog. (Task 6)

Percentages.

Today I was working on Percentages and I was easy because I know my Division and Multiplication. Maths Whizz helps to improve your maths and get better marks in your Test.

The Fear Factor.

Today I was reading a book called The Fear Factor, Written by Sandy Mckay and illustrated by Michael  Milkin. The story is about a school Fear Factor competition.

How the Animals Came to Australia.

Today I was reading a book discovered by Dream time and Beyond. The story was about a kangaroo that really loved dancing at night. 

The exciting Soccer Session 1, 2 and 3.

WALT: write a recount using similes and direct speech.

Today we had soccer lesson with Ben the instructor from the Auckland Sports. First we started of with a game called octopus for our warm up. Then he showed us how to juggle with our legs. It was hard and fun at the same time.

Our soccer session 2 was equally fun and tiring.  We learnt to step with a soccer ball. We practised the scissors step which is really a skilful stepping move. We also learnt to dribble the soccer ball and stop it with our foot. After that we were divided into two teams and  we played soccer for five minutes. We learnt new soccer skills through the two sessions and feel more confident playing soccer. Our Session 3 we had a mini tournament of soccer. We were divided into four teams and 3 minutes game." Line up" Ben said. We all lined up as fast a a cheetah. 1, 2, 3, 4, as Ben counted and grouping us into groups. As we start we were energised and were keen to play hard. We all ran fast like the wind and played like a professional soccer player. We used the scissors step and dribble. We played and routed until it was over. We were all elated and returning back to class smiling.

Matariki Quiz.

Today I was doing Matariki Quiz and I got some of them right. Next time I will try to get all of them right.

Maths Whizz.

Today I was doing bonding to a thousand and I got all of them right.

Sunshine Online. (Spider in My Stomach)

Today I read a book written by Sandy Mckay and illustrated by Susan Spellman. I just read chapter 1 and it is all about two twin describing themselves.

Shocking Mum.

Today I read a story written by Feana Tu'akou and illustrated by Phyllis Harris. The story is about a mother with his kids scarying people at night.If you want to read it click on this link and then click on level 21, 22, 23, 24. Hope you like it.

Sunshine Online (The Giant Pumpkin)

I read a book called (The Giant Pumpkin) Written by Joy Cowley and Illustrated by Korky Paul. The story is about a poor man and his wife growing a pumpkin one night. When they came out the other day all they see was a gaint pumpkin.

Maths Whizz.

Today I did Shape and Space. You have to fill the missing cubes to make a cuboid.

Maths Whizz.

Today I was working on temperature and I think I know temperature really well.

Perimeter 2D Shapes.

Perimeter of a Square = side + side + side + side or 4 x side

Example: The perimeter of a square of side  5cm = 5 + 5 + 5 + 5 = 20 cm or 4 x 5 = 20 cm

Find the perimeter of the following squares:

The perimeter of a square of side  10cm = 40cm   

The perimeter of a square of side  25cm = 100cm

The perimeter of a square of side  5m = 20m

The perimeter of a square of side  50m = 200m

The perimeter of a square of side  1km = 4km

Perimeter of a Rectangle = length + width + length + width or 2 x l + 2 x w

Example: The perimeter of a rectangle whose length is 6cm and width is 4cm = 6 + 4 + 6 + 4 = 20 cm or 2 x 6 + 2 x 4= 12 + 8 = 20 cm

Find the perimeter of the following rectangles whose lengths and widths are given below:

Rectangle 1 - length is 8cm and width is 5cm

Perimeter =  26cm

Rectangle 2 - length is 10cm and width is 7cm

Perimeter = 34cm

Rectangle 3 - length is 8m and width is 6m

Perimeter = 28m

Rectangle 4 - length is 16m and width is 10m

Perimeter = 52m

Rectangle 5 - length is 4km and width is 2km

Perimeter = 12km

Evaluation: Today I learnt to..work out the Perimeter of 2D Shape.........

At The Car Wash

Today I read a book written by Hazel Shepherd illustrate by Don Dyen. The story is about a little boy with his sister waiting with their uncle to the car wash house.

Maths Whizz.

Today I was working on how to subtract the thousand and millions. It was hard but I still mange to do it.

Duffy Thank You Letter.

Christian

Room 10

Glenbrae School

Glen Innes

17 June 2013

The Rotarians

Pakuranga

Auckland

Dear President

Thank you for sponsoring us to have the Duffy Books

Reading helps us achieve better in learning and it also helps us with writing too.

Please continue to support us to have Duffy books.

Thanking you

Yours sincerely

Christian

First Soccer Session.

Today we had soccer lesson with Ben the instructor from the Auckland Sports. First we started of with a game called octopus for our warm up. Then he showed us how to juggle with our legs. It was hard and fun in the same time.

The Wishing Stone.

Today I read a book written by Bronwy Tainui and illustrated by Raffaella Cosco. The story is about a boy called Johnny and his friend called Sam. Sam made it in the school rugby team and Johnny didn't.
So when were walking they found a rock and it was a wishing rock.

Red Alert.

Today I read a story about a mother and her daughter going for a camp with a school. While they were driving they got lost and they needed help.

How to ride a bike.

Walt: Following Instruction.

Title: How to ride a bike.

Materials: Close Shoes Helmet Bike Knee Pads Elbow Pads Tights and Tight T-shirt

Steps / Instructions: Get a bike and a suitable place to ride. Wear a helmet and protective gears. Practice balancing on your bike. Practice riding down a gentle slope. Pedal down slowly on a smooth path When you get the hang of it ride a little bit faster and faster.

Conclusion: Enjoy your bike ride.

How to make a Cup of Tea.

Walt: write a Recipe.

Title: How to make a cup of tea.

Ingredients:                        Materials Sugar                                     Kettle Tea Bag                                 Spoon Milk.                                       cup

Steps 1. Fill the kettle with cold water and boil it. 2. Pour some hot water into your cup. 3. Add 1 spoon of sugar. 4. Add a tea bag with a dash of milk. 5. Stir until its ready, then take out the tea bag.

Conclusion: Hope you enjoy your cup of tea with ginger biscuits

Pictures to go with the recipe

Procedural Writing. (Toast).

Walt: write a Recipe.

Title: How to make Toast.

Ingredients:                                Material: Bread                                            Toaster butter                                             Butter Knife Nutella Plate

Steps: Put the bread into the toaster. Switch the power on. While waiting get the butter, butter knife and the plate ready. Spread some butter on the toast.

Hope you enjoy your Toast.