Today the symphony orchestra came and performed for us.They showed us about all the different instruments and how they use vibration.My favourite instrument to listen to was the tub, which is a wind instrument.There was also string instruments like the violin and harps and, brass instruments.
Whats your favourite instrument?
On Friday my class went to Jelly Park.It was really sunny and we had to apply sunblock quite often.
I really enjoyed the hydro-slides, I went down with my friend Isla first.She was at the front and it was really funny cause she get soaked at the end of the slide and, I was barely wet.The other hydro-slide was done singly.So I raced Isla down.I noticed that if you pointed your toes then the water didn't splash up at your face.When I hit the water I bounced across and it was really funny.
I good dressed slightly early and watched people jump off the diving board. Bluebell and I yelled out to our friend Lewis and told him to belly flop.It was really funny.
I think that it was a nice way to spend the day with my class, especially because its nearly the end of year.
For the year 8 formal each student had to make a small speech based on one word that described our experience at Rawhiti.
This is my speech:
Hi my name is Kirsten my word is confidence.
I chose this word because when I first started at Rawhiti, I didn't have a lot of confidence.
But coming into Tangaroa, I got given a lot of opportunities to push myself, such as
leading assemblies, running choice and challenge, and discos.
Because of the encouragement and support of teachers and classmates I feel more confident heading into the future.
For math's we have been rotating around a point.Today we went on a site called geometry rotation.
Which had a bunch of quizzes for us to do.I think these helped me have more understanding of what we are learning about.
For one of our AMP projects I did a word search on native birds.I tried to make it so it would fit the age group 7-9.
Kea Tui Kiwi Fantail Kakapo Weka
Silvereye Fernbird Bellbird Whio
This is a Octagonal Pyramid it has:-
9 faces9 Vertices
16 edges
It was already pre-made and I had to cut it out and fold along the dotted lines. I had to use tape in the end to stick it together.
1. Don't be embarrassed to put your hand up and ask a question
2.Clean your own mess otherwise the whole class gets punished and EVERYONE blames you
3.Take every opportunity you, even if you don't think its your things it still worth a try
4.Skipping class to do jobs isn't worth it because you miss important lessons
5.People don't think its cool to talk back or use poor language
6.Don't leave your work for the end of the week.You'll have to stay behind while your friends do things like choice and challenge.
7.Don't talk while the teacher is talking there is plenty of time to do that.
8.Make sure you have your equipment organised!
9.Be aware that your not a year 7 anymore and there will be slight changes in what the teachers expect from you
10.Have fun because its your last year at primary school.(Just enjoy it)
Today we had to design a net and construct a squared pyramid:
I found that I should've made the flaps slightly bigger so it was easier to glue together.
I did the base as 4cm and the sides as 6cm.
We are focusing on the properties of a polygon.
A polygon must be 2D, must be made up of all straight lines , no intersecting lines and all points must be touching ( No gaps). This diagram shows how I sorted what weren't polygons. Some polygons intersect but these are called complex polygons and somehow this contradicts its own rule, I think.
For literacy we had to do a cryptic crossword
The answers our found inside the question example: A mine in a steep Italian mountain.
For our writing sample or topic was:It is wrong to fight.
This is mine
It is wrong to fight…In our literacy group we have been looking at how authors and directors tell stories about characters.We all noticed how they deliberately used stereo-types for their viewers so can make connects easily.
Blue= Speech Yellow= Appearance Red= Actions Green=Environment
Story Start:
A cramp starts to prickle up my arm and I shake it, trying to get rid of the pain. The noise of students chattering is a noisy blur as I return to my essay. A tall girl with dark brown curls cascading down her back kicked my foot and I wince, rubbing my toe. “Hahaha” the girl sniggered, smirking down at me,
“Look at Katie-pie, the loner”
I glance at her quickly then train my gase back to the ground.
Her friend rolls her eyes, “Come on Mia, she’s not worth our time”. With a last seething glance Mia stalks away with her friend in tow and I lose them in the crowd in seconds, though just before the door at the end of the corridor closes, I can just here the yell of “Lovey, lonely loner”
I bit my lip and tried to ignore the burn in my eyes. I glance back down at papers in my hand and the title in big writing, ‘Hemiptera in the Rainforest’.
“ They're, hemiptera, 7.6 million per square meter” I gobble midlessley, getting a few weird glances from the last of the students leaving but I'm used to it by now. I glance up when a pair of green and brown spotty shoes stop in front of me. “Himph, here we go” I mutter under my breath and pretend to not notice her standing there.
“Kate, Kate” Miss Darins says softly but I keep my eyes down and continue scribbling on the paper. “Kate, love are you alright?”
“Mmm yep, fine” I say, not really paying attention.
She bends down so she is crouched beside me and I get hit by a wave of perfume. “Where are all your friends”
I frown and glance away, watching the last few stranglers as they push through the double doors. “Don’t have any”
“Oh darling” The teacher breaths right in my face and I push back against the wall, skewing my face up slightly. “I can find you some”
Oh because teachers were for finding people friends. I clench my hands to force myself not to roll my eyes.
“My books are all the matters to me” I say, my mind wandering. “Anyway I should keep studying”
A look of maybe hurt or confusion flashed across her face but she quickly re Reuters to her normal expression. “Right and I have to get to a meeting” She stands up and flattens her already flat skirt. “Bye Kate” She says in a clipped voice then hurriedly walks down the hall, disappearing into one of the class rooms.Today we did Tangrams, these are some that I managed to finish. We learnt that moving the pieces into place required rotation, flip and slide to get them there.Some shaped I have to rotate 90 degrees and others just needed to be flipped around (180 degrees)
For inquiry I worked with my friend Clara.We decided to do the healing garden.
This was our design we had certain things under the shade because of the amount of sunlight they need to grow and things like the lemon tree don't need any shade.On the side we put the exact amount of water and sunlight needed to grow.
These are some things I knew about healing garden already...
Aloe Vera helps with sunburn, Garlic helps with your cough and Turmeric which helps with high cholesterol (not all of this is suitable for everybody)
I learnt afterwards that..
Snake plant helps with the air/oxygen nature ,Kava helps with stress and anxiety(relaxing plant) and Echinacea is used to help prevent common colds.
Do you know any plants that help with healing?
Yesterday a group of kids in my class were chosen to go to the Rawhiti domain
When we arrived we were asked to play a game of all in tag with the other schools
Once Jacinda Arden arrived when sat down and listened to the stuff people were talking about(the structure of the building etc)
I really enjoyed it and got Jacinda's signature
INTRO:
Authors and directors like to use stereotypes to help the viewers/readers make connections with the characters, by using things like their clothing they are wearing to simple things like an action they do. By this I mean the authors/directors do these deliberately and will always have a reason for what they are wearing and doing.
COSTUME:
The costume can be used to show personality and sometimes their background behind the scenes.For example Ron in Harry Potter, he was wearings mucky hand me down clothing suggesting that his family isn't wealthy or doesn't get new clothes very often ,but Hermione is wearing her school robe and has neat and tidy clothes suggesting she likes to be organised and she could be wealthier than Ron or doesn't get hand me downs. Costumes are also used as a stereo-type,like if someone was wearing black they are considered mean but if someone wears yellow they are considered nice and happy.They also wear glasses to make them seem smarter or show wisdom.
ENVIRONMENT
The environment gives you clues where the character(s)are.
They also use objects in the scene that also give hints of where they are.Example if you see desks and books that suggest that they are in a classroom, but if you were to see a large willow tree and swings it would suggest a park or maybe even a backyard.
SOUNDS:
Sounds are used so the audience can easily interact with what they are watching.For example being able to hear what the character is saying or what is going on in the background ,like in a classroom you would hear kids talking.Sounds can also help you have an idea of where they are especially in a book because you don't have the visual image.
ACTIONS:
Actions are important in movies and books because it helps give ideas about the character.Like if someone slams the door it shows they are angry,if someone is bouncing around it tells you that they are excited or happy.The director will always have a reason why the character deliberately does something. Like when Snape comes into the classroom he makes his presence clear by walking into the class and having a strong and loud voice as he talks.
CONCLUSION:
Everything ,even small things are deliberate in a movie and a book because it ends up letting you make connections with the character.
This is my google drawing of what I think my healing garden is gonna be like
I just need to add a watering system
Today our class had skiing but for the people who didn't go had a fun day(well less work)
Our time table
We started by doing our Hui then moved onto science I am doing a healing garden , then we did a kahoot
After break/eating we the class did a quizlet (a quiz done on our chrome-books that gives us a couple of people to work with and complete a quiz with) Which I didn't do cause I had netball training.At netball training we worked on passes,shooting and team building skills after that we finished with a small games.
After that (right now) we had to write a blog about our day so we could go to dodge-ball
I am enjoying my day so far what have you guys been doing today or in the past week?
Today we worked on linear equations and we graphed our co-ordinates and ordered pairs. We graphed our work onto a Cartesian Plane. It was an introduction to working on a plane that had negative numbers and to get us familiar with plotting negative co-ordinates.
This was my graph
Today we focused on how often our healing plants should be watered
Chamomile - make sure to water extremely in dry periods and water, does not require lots of water.Only water when dry.
Echinacea - needs 1 inch of water a week to grow healthy,If the coneflower doesn't receive enough water it will die.Water plant with soaker hose once a week
Lemon ginger - Ginger needs a lot of moisture when growing , soil should never dry out but don't overwater.Water once per week but deeply.Lemons should be water every 5 days or when the soil is dry to touch 2-3 inches below the surface.
Green tea - Camellia Sinensis likes to be deeply watered about twice a week rather the being watered shallowly.
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“What is wrong with people”I mutter to my-self
I get my pens out and start to write my article.
Black lives matter…
I think that black lives matter because it is just a different skin color and that all people should be treated with respect not just white people.They still have the same ability as us white people and have a awesome culture if people were just to explore it.My question to the public is how would you like to be treated because it isn't a great feeling to be judged by your color.
I reread my article making sure my spelling is correct.I hand it to my Grandad asking what he thinks of it.He gave it a thumbs up and said I should show it to my class of my writing topic on Friday , I said I would consider it.
It's Friday as I walk into the classroom. I sit on my wooden chair and neatly pile the article on the desk in front of me.Everyone starts to be called up by alphabetical order,Abby,Benji,Carla...
My name starts with a T for Tess.As the time passes by I completely forget about reading my article and all the butterflies in my stomach disappear like clouds.
Tess! Your turn , I can feels my heart beating as I stand up and walk to the front of the class.I start to introduce my topic but my throat goes dry.I calmly take 5 deep breathes and look up and then down the the article.Here goes nothing..
Hi I am going to be reading my article about black lives matter.
Black lives matter…
I think that black lives matter because it is just a different skin color and that all people should be treated with respect not just white people.They still have the same ability as us white people and have a awesome culture if people were just to explore it.My question to the public is how would you like to be treated because it isn't a great feeling to be judged by your color
“CLAP CLAP CLAP” The class claps
I sit back down on my chair with a big smile on my face...
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The guns start to fire and grenades are thrown.A bullet hits me right in my stomach.I collapse onto the ground and try to crawl through the vibrant red poppies that are covering the battle field.I am losing blood fast.I continuous repeat to crawl as quickly as I can but I can feel my-self slowing down.”Gotta keep going” I now start to say as my body starts to tremble and I get a cold shiver go through my spine.
My eyes suddenly close and all I can see is black...
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