What i'm grateful for?

Today we had to write about five things we are grateful for, or who we are grateful for.

I am Grateful for...

1. My Family
2. Clothes I wear 
3. The food I get
4. The support I get
5. People who have helped me to get where I am now. ( Friends, Family, Teachers, Tutors).

When I grow up

Yesterday I made a montage of when I grow up. The easy part was to choose a job for when I grow up. The hard part was to think of keywords that were close to my picture.

My end of year review

My end of year review

Today I made a kizoa end of year review. The easy part is to insert my videos because you just download them to your kizoa video. The hard part was to download the music to the video because, you have to download your music video from Youtube on to your drive. Then put it on to your kizoa video.

Athletics days

On Tuesday we had athletics and I loved it because I tried my best in all activities because I wanted to have fun. My favourite part about athletics was the sprints because I come 2nd for the first time. The easy part was to shot put because, you just have to push the shot put ball as far as you can. The hard part was high jump because I failed on the 2nd jump. My next step is to try my hardest in all activities.

Explain what happened

On Friday last week my class was testing there boats and some sunk if they put coins on there boat. Some boats can hold heaps of coins and some can only hold a certain amount of coins. The easy part was to design my boat on a paper. The hard part was to build my boat in the amount off time given. My next step is to make my boat in the amount of time given.

Paying it Forward

If I travelled back into time I would take back, some fashionable clothes, because there clothes back then will be very different. Also some snacks so they can have a munch if they're hungry, and i'll take some food if they have no food in there cupboards or pan tree i'll give them some food. I'll also take some new board games for the children to play with, and if they dont know how to play i'll teach them.

Fractions

Yesterday we were learning about fractions. The easy part was to problem solve the question with as much strategies as possible, not any strategies high level strategies. The hard part was nothing because I found these kind of fractions easy.
For example:
5/12 of 24 = 10   
24 ÷ 12 = 2
2 x 5 = 10

Taumarere History

On June 23 1921 a group of local people met in Pakaru School set up a new building as a memorial to the men of the district who fell in the World War 1, and for the community. The original Management Committee comprised JJ Ware, H Doel, HL Irving, J Doel jnr, CS Goodhue, E Doel, and G Simpson and land was donated by Bert Goodhue.

Kapa Haka

What enjoyed the about being a Kai Haka when I performed was that I had the privilege to be on the stage and perform. I felt whakama at first but I got use to it and just wanted to focus so we don't loose marks. My favourite item waka the Whakaeke and haka in our Whakawatea. I think I need to improve on always singing and trying to reach high notes.

Taumarere Trip

On the second week of school we went for a ride on the train to Taumarere and learnt about Taumarere back in the olden day. Then we went for a walk on the longest standing bridge in New Zealand in Taumarere then carried on, on the tracks. When we were walking we had a scavenger hunt to complete, we had to find native birds, non native birds, native trees and stuff like that. When we find them we show a teacher or a parent and they will give us a yellow sticker.

Adding Decimals

This week have been learning how to add decimals and times decimals. The easy part is to work out the problem because I use place value to work my thinking. The hard part is to answer the question without working my thinking. What you need to know to be successful is use place value to work it out, remember that you have to carry number higher then 9, remember to always add from right to left other wise you will get it wrong.

Cross country training.

                                 Cross country training

In week 6 and 7 we were training for cross country but we called it fun run because it wasn't just all running. We were training at school because that's where we always train. We use to run around the domain and that was hard. Now we run the block or we can do fitness and I chose to do fitness because last year we always use to run, so I thought of trying something new which was fitness. All we had to do was keep our body moving. It was only our class and a few other classes doing their own fitness. I really liked doing the fitness it was really tiring but it was worth it and really fun. We only added in fitness because they thought it would help people that can't run but can do fitness.

Project Island Song.

Today I am writing about our trip to Urupukapuka island. I learned that Gannets live in Pohutakawa trees and different types of seagulls, also interesting facts about them e.g habitat and diets. I experienced that if you don't STOP, CHECK then GO you might actually might take something over there to attract the pest's. Such as Rats and Stoats. I think what I can do to bring back native birds and native trees is keep the pests away and stop littering because if litter it will go down the drains and in to the Ocean.

Te Kura Tuatahi: New Zealand's first school.

This week we have been doing activities and learning explore language for our reading. The easy part is to finish some activities because some activities are really easy, and some are hard. The hard part is to answer the hard question for some of my activities.
What did I do well? I finished all my activities in the time given.

Which activity challenged me the most? Was Exploring Language because I did not know what compose meant.

What did I do about it? Found the meaning and learnt about that word so I understood it.

Which activity was the easiest for me. How can I extend myself next time? I can improve on exploring my language more.

Taumarere.

This week we have been learning about Taumarere and we chose a question to research on. The easy part was to think of a question. The hard part was to find the right information. Her is an example of my work.
                                     Taumarere

Project Island.

This week we are learning a little bit about our trip that we are going on 31 of August. The easy part was to gather facts about my questions. The hard part was to find good and interesting facts about my questions. For example here is a link for my work.

                                     Project Island Song
                                             

Deca Tree

Today we were problem solving for maths and I thought it was easy because all it really was, was subtracting and addition. The easy part was to subtract and add. The hard part was to figure out how to work it out, but at first it was hard. When I got into it, it was really easy. For example.

Beluga Whales.

Last week we had to write a report writing about any animal that we do not know. For example beluga whale that is my whale. The hard part was to find the right facts for my subheadings. The easy part was to organise my facts into sentences and paragraphs. Here is my story, If you have anything to say about my story put it in the comments. Good Luck. 

                                   

Roman Numerals.

This week on Friday I was learning about roman numerals for maths with me friends and I think it is really fun. I think the hard part is when you're first getting to know what they are you won't understand the symbles very well, because it is hard at first. The easy part is to search up an example of roman numerals, so you do know what your doing. Do you know what roman numerals are? If yes comment down bellow. But if you don't know what roman numerals are here is a link of my google docs about roman numerals. 

                                       Roman Numerals

Matariki blog

For the last two day the whole school has been doing Matariki activity's, because it's Matariki and we do this every single year. The hard part was to make our movie for Friday because there is a Matariki assembly. The easy part was to cooperate with my team to play Tapu Wai and Ki-o-rahi. I really like doing my activity because my favourite sport is Ki-o-rahi and Tapu Wai. Also I would love to play those games again because they're really fun to play. The point why we only play those games at Matariki time, and not anytime is because it's a special game. The point is that it is the remembrance of our ancestors peace and harmony.