Science Experiments ( Gone Wrong)

This week our literacy have been writing a narrative story about a science gone wrong...

Ratios 1 Week 7

This week for maths Miss Clark gave  us a presentation that we had to complete this week, we had to answer all of the ratio questions that were written on each slide.

German Twins Divide Nation

Last week Aoraki were given a article to read, it was about the German twins ( Anna & Lisa Hahner) competing in the Rio Olympic women's marathon. After our group had read the article we then had to follow the instructions on our team 5  learning site.

ThinkBoard Week 7

Think Board Week 7

Week 3 Think Board Master

This post is from week 3, we learnt about fractions. I have found this task quiet easy but at some parts it was a bit hard because we had to write down ten similar questions that related to the real question.

Usain Bolt - Narrative

Hello my name is Usain Bolt my full name is Usain St Leo Bolt, I was born in a small town called Sherwood Content in Jamaica. If you didn’t already know I am titled the fastest human ever timed, I am also  the first man to hold 2 world records which were for the 100 metre sprints and 200 metre sprints. This year I am going to be competing in the 2016 Rio olympic games, This will be my 4th time competing in the games, I first started competing in 2004 which was 12 years ago.

“It was the day of finals and I was feeling very nervous to compete against some very powerful sprinters” Bolt said.

The sprinters lineup nervously as they prepare for the finals which was the 400 metre sprints. Legs and arms shiver as they hear the race starter yell out “On your marks”!  The stadium went quiet and off went a sound Bang! A loud shooting sound comes from the race starter's pistol. A speed of light dashes across the tracks as the different coloured countries sprint towards the finish line.

Sweat runs down their face as their arms push through the air, the crowd cheered as every country went past, their legs strained as they ran through their lanes. It was about 300 metres into the race and Usain Bolt (aka the fastest human ever timed) speeds right in front of the race and was now in lead, it was now impossible to beat him as he had already ran half of the 100 metres left. The finish line was a bright white painted square but you did not finish the race until you have passed the yellow line on the white square.

The crowd screamed and cheered as Usain Bolt crossed the yellow line, he reached for his water bottle and squirted it on his face. Along came all the other sprinters, they were all so proud of themselves for being able to finish the race.

It was now time for the medals,in the middle of the stadium there were three steps which had numbers 1, 2 and 3 on them. The winners took their place and collected their medals.

Rio Olympic Disqualifications 2016

This Presentation is about some of the athletes that have been disqualified from the Rio 2016 Olympic games.

Chicken Legs

Last Week my literacy group Aoraki read about space and what happens to your body while your in space for a long period of time, we have learnt that being an astronaut is not that fun or exciting, instead it is dangerous and your life is put to risk.  

Brooklyn Show Not Tell

As we entered the large dark building disco lights beamed and music blasted. We walked excitedly over to the stairs as the soles of our purple and green socks grip onto the cold concrete floor. At the top of the stairs people were jumping all over the place, the floor and walls were made out of trampolines. The foam pit was covered in hundreds of foam cubes.

The dodge ball area was packed with people ready to battle against each other, the balls were lined up in the middle, everyone lined up against the wall on each side, when everyone was ready a loud squeaking sound blew right out of the workers whistle. We all sprinted over to the middle trying to collect as much dodge balls as we could. Then we fired our weapons at the other team, as the lights beamed across the room the game started to get a lot harder.

Thank you Miss Stuhlmann

This post is for our room 3 student teacher Miss Stuhlmann, today is her last day at Pt England school, she has been teaching with us for 5 whole weeks. Miss Stuhlmann has been a great friend and teacher to team 5. we would like to say a big thank you for helping us with our work and even teaching us some new contemporary dance moves every week. We will miss you!!!

Wood and Nail art

Today room 3 made wood and nail art with Mr Wiseman. We had to follow two steps, the first step was to put all of the nails on the stencil, the second step was to thread the wool through the nails and create a design. Here is what my partner and I created. I thought this was a fun and challenging activity.

New Zealand At War

Here is my presentation about New Zealand At War, my literacy group Aoraki got given this activity to complete, the first thing we had to do was read the whole journal, we then had to go back to the presentation and write a synopsis for each text. On slide 12 you can see I have created a slide were I have connected each story to another one I think that a similar to each other. The last two slides we had to write about what we now understand.

Place Value Partitioning

This week the Triangles and I did this Place Value presentation, for this we had to split up the tens number into a tidy number so we could subtract the it a lot easier. On the second slide you can see that I have written down how I split the tens number into a tidy one.

Immersion Assembly Term 2 ( As I see it )

Yesterday morning was the start of term 2 at Pt England school, This term our topic is called “as i see it”. For every start of the term or year Pt England school has a special assembly we like to call an Immersion Assembly, this is when all of the teachers from every team dress up into costumes and show us a movie about what they are focusing on for the term.

The first team to go up on the stage and present their movie to us was Team 1, Team 1 are focusing on what their favorite things are, then they are going to turn them into art. The second team was Team 2 they were focusing on the seasons and are going to look at the different colors that are in these seasons. Team 3 is focused on Grand designs and Architecture. Team 4 are focusing on comics, and are looking at the different types of styles used in the comics, they are going to read lots of comics and maybe even create one of their own ones. The last team on the stage was my team Team 5 we are going to be focusing on the waka and what they represent and symbolize.

My favorite movie was from team 4  because I liked the way the made everyone laugh and the way acted, in the movie the characters names were  Bear Baxendine, Bat Guy, Team Leader America, Wondering Women & Amateur Heros. I think that this one was the best because they had great humor and were good at making people laugh.

This term I am hoping to learn lots about the waka and the history behind it.

Fia Fia

Every 2 years Pt England school celebrates our annual Fia Fia night. Fia Fia is when all of the students get to perform a dance or some type of cultural dance on stage. Some performances we have a usually cultural ones like Tongan, Samoan, Asian, Cook Islands and Bollywood.

This year we are having our annual Fia Fia this Thursday, we have all been working hard on our performances and today we are having our very first Fia Fia rehearsal for 2016 straight after morning tea.

This Year I am in the senior hip hop group, my group is a mixed year 7 & 8 group with both boys and girls. I am proud of my group because when they started we were all shy and our dance was a mess , but throughout the weeks we have all  gained confidence and our dance is looking way better than it did in the beginning. Our group has been practicing in the staff room every day after lunch.

The thing I am looking forward to this year is probably watching all of the different performances and supporting my friends in their groups.

Identity

Today my home class and I talked about Identity and what it's like to know your identity and what it's like to not know your identity. On this image you can see that our teacher has traced and outline of one of our students and then filled it up with words we shared with the class about the feelings some people will feel when knowing your identity and not knowing your identity. On the left hand side you can see that the words are written with a black whiteboard marker, this side is what people would feel when the know their identity. On the right hand side the letters are written in purple, this is what it might feel like to not know your identity

Fact or Opinion

Yesterday morning my literacy class and I worked on this presentation called Fact or Opinion, this is when you are given some questions by the teacher and then you have to write whether its a fact or someones opinion.

Blog Profile

Kia Ora my name is Brooklyn and I am a year 8 at Pt England school, my home class is room 3 and my teacher is Mrs Tele’a. Some of my favorite foods are a Pizza and Cheetos. My hobbies are shopping, swimming and playing with my 2 brothers Cali and Orlando

Happy Easter

To me  Easter is when you and your family get together, and celebrate the Easter weekend with a delicious barbecue feast, a fun adventures easter egg hunt and obviously eating delicious chocolate covered easter eggs. I hope everyone had a good easter and had fun spending time with their family.

I have enjoyed my easter holiday this year spending time with family and eating lots of chocolate easter eggs. My highlight from easter was probably spending time with my family and eating chocolate eggs with them.

Hatters Gold

Last week my literacy group which is called Aoraki was working on this presentation called The Hatters Gold. I have found this presentation a bit hard and some parts easy.

Brooklyn Visual Mihi

Kia Ora my name is Brooklyn, I have created this piece of art we call a visual mihi, this is because it tells people what your hobby is, what school I go to, what my nationality is and what my cultures are. 

The War At Home

This week Aoraki has been working on this literacy activity called The war at home. This text is about a war between rabbits and the farmers because there were too many rabbits on the farm and they were causing problems. We had to predict and answer the question on the presentation using the clues on the text.

Diggity Week 5

Last week in literacy class Aoraki was given this literacy activity to complete, this activity is called diggity and it is about a dog that goes to the beach with his owners,w hen something terrible happens to Diggity. For this activity we had to first read the text then answer the questions on each of the slide

Treaty 2 U

Today for inquiry, class 3 had to create their own presentation with a buddy and name it Treaty 2 U. Khaia and I watched 2 videos that gave us more information about the Treaty Of Waitangi. Here on this presentation we wrote simple facts about each video.

The Promise

   Last week we had to complete this presentation called The Promise, this story is about a group of teenagers basically living inside of an bunker because there is something or someone is making their land at danger, ( Bombing). For this presentation we had to answer all of these questions using the book for answers.

Nga Pakanga o Aotearoa

Last week my literacy group Aoraki were working on this presentation called Nga Pakanga O Aotearoa. We first had to read the story then answer all of the questions in the presentation. This presentation is short because Aoraki was allowed to delete some of the slides because it was too hard and way too long.

2015/2016 Reflection

Today is our third day back at school, and yesterday our class( room 3 ) had to write a 2015/2016 reflection. This presentation tells you what I liked the most in 2015 and then the other 2 slides say how it feels being a year 8 for 2016 and my what my 2 goals are for 2016.