Fr/dec/% Year 8 - WALT: Solve Word Problems Using 'Between' Strategy On A Double Number Line.

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Up The Pipe

Here is a reading activity about how to make the world a greener place.

My Anzac Animation

My Movie2 from Team 4 Pes on Vimeo.

Tiritiri Matangi Island: Reflection

Earlier this morning the Y7&8 extension students got the opportunity to travel to the beautiful island of Tiritiri Matangi managed by the D.O.C (Department of Conservation)! So at 9:00a.m on the dot we boarded the ferry which would take us to our destination. The reason why we were visiting Tiritiri was we were learning about biodiversity and how it’s important to our Earth.

Do you know what biodiversity means? Well if you don’t you’re about to know now. Biodiversity is short for 'biological diversity'. It is the variety of animals and plants found on this planet including the geographic locations they are found in.

Back to the story, when we finally arrived at Tiri we sat down facing towards a man who told us instructions and most importantly the rules on the island. After that we started our guided walk. During the walk I saw many different birds I hadn’t seen before. For example two Takahes which only have a few hundred left on this earth! Also a stitchbird and a piwakawaka (fantail) which is our logo for Pt. England School.

Five New Things I have learnt on this trip are:

• The brown patch on the Saddleback indicates the anger of the Maori legend, Maui. He burnt the Saddlebacks back with his hot hands for not listening to his order.
• Takahes green poop dries up into straw.
• Bellbirds and Stitchbirds like sugar.
• Bellbirds make sweet singing sounds.
• In the beginning Tiritiri was 6% forested and 94% land. Now it is 90% forested and 10% land.

My experience at Tiritiri Matangi Island was amazing as I could see and learn about different birds I hadn’t seen before. I also got to ask questions to a Tiritiri Matangi volunteer/expert named John. One day… I want to be a member of D.O.C and help save endangered species!

Khan Academy

In my numeracy group (Octagons) we have been using a website named Khan Academy. Khan Academy is used to improve and test your knowledge to the LIMIT from different subjects such as maths, science, economics and finance, arts and humanities, computing, test prep and partner content.  Octagons and I will be working to enhance our maths knowledge. Khan Academy is a good site especially if you want your child or yourself to improve understanding in any of the areas mentioned above.

Holiday Highlights & Lowlight

HOLIDAY HIGHLIGHT 1: Trans Tasman Trip

One of my favourite holiday highlights has got to be my Trans Tasman trip to Australia! We did lots of spectacular activities that I can list but here are a few. The kiwi day out where an Australian athlete (Robbie) took me out to extreme jump where we jumped on a cluster of trampolines that were even on the walls. He also took me for a swim at the olympic pool where the 2000 Sydney olympics was held. Another fantastic activity was travelling to Mac Arthurs shopping centre where I played arcade games and bowling with my friends. And eating delicious food such as Australian oporto burgers. However the most breath-taking experience was at Jamberoo Adventure Park where I dive-bombed off rocks like an albatross, sliding down the twisty and turny pitch black tunnel and getting engulfed by the forceful waves.

HOLIDAY HIGHLIGHT 2: Celebrating Christmas

My second holiday highlight was celebrating Christmas with my family. This event took place at my aunt's house. We had scrumptious food which included a lamb spit, prawns, kebabs and heaps more. Each household performed items. The best performance was obviously my group as the crowd was cheering loudest for us. Awesome presents & games were included and the one that stood out for me was the water games.

HOLIDAY HIGHLIGHT 3:  Tag 20 Pacific Cup Challenge

It was a scorching hot day when 7 pacific nations including Niue, competed in the Tag 20 Pacific Cup challenge. This event was held at Bay Roskill Club earlier this year. I was there representing my homeland Niue (The Rock Of Polynesia!). We started with marching, following prayers and speeches from each country. After this the fun began. We roughly played 7 games and placed 4th overall in the under 12s section.

HOLIDAY LOWLIGHTS:

Fortunately I only had one holiday lowlight which was going to the Chinese Lantern Festival as there were way too much people, very limited food and really, really, really BAD ROCK MUSIC! It was definitely not what I expected.

Recount (Writing Test) Original And Edited Versions

EDITED VERSION:

The clock struck 10p.m on the 31st of December 2014. I was playing a game of Black Ops 2 with my older cousin Kingston at my uncle’s house in Panmure. I thought it would be like every other new years party we’ve had... boring, stink and possibly a headache because of all the horrific laughing. But turned out it wasn’t because this is the first year I could hear blasting loud music coming from the T.V speakers in the living room. My older cousin and I could hear screams of joy so we ran to the lounge to see what was going on. To our surprise the adults were gathered around the T.V screaming out the lyrics to the song All About That Bass while my younger cousins danced. Song after song I started getting hungry so I walked to the kitchen bench to see what was there to eat.

“Mmmmm delicious!” I stared as a big block of chocolate sat there lonely. But then as soon as I picked it up it was just a wrapper with nothing inside. I realised I was hallucinating. I shrug my shoulders and go to the table across from the kitchen to see if there is anything to eat or drink there. This time I didn’t imagine things because I had drank half a bottle of raspberry and gobbled a quarter of ready salted chips.

Feeling wrecked I looked down at my watch and the time read 11:45. “15 minutes to go!” I shout out to my family, making sure they hear me. Waiting as the minutes go by it’s 11:59 one more minute until New Years Day. I go back to the sitting room and tell my uncle to turn off the music cause the countdowns coming soon. As he grabs the xbox controller he exits the song picking another one but pausing just before it starts. My uncle then goes to his computer and clicks on the MAI FM link to listen to the countdown live. My uncle then counts down.....“10! 9! 8!,” Everyone joins in and were up to 5. “5! 4! 3! 2! 1! HAPPY NEW YEARS!!” Everyone screams!

After one huge CHEE HOO! Everyone started saying, “Happy new year!”. I went to my mum first and gave her a big hug and smooch on the cheek and said, “HAPPY NEW YEAR!” She replied back with, “I LOVE YOU!!” I started laughing and crying tears of joy. To make a long story short, after I greeted everyone with a happy new year my mum and I drove home.

I reckon News Years Eve and Day are the best days ever because you get to gather with your family and celebrate. It’s probably not better than your birthday if you’re a really spoilt kid like my friend Chris...Hehehehe!

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ORIGINAL VERSION:

The clock had just struct 10:00p.m on 31st of December 2014 on New Years Day when I was playing a game of Black Ops 2 with my older cousin Kingston at my uncles house in Panmure. I thought it would be like every other new years party we’ve had... boring, tiring, sleepy and maybe making me catch a headache because of all the laughing. But turned out it wasn’t because this is the first year I could hear blasting loud music coming from the T.V in the living room playing All About That Bass by Meghan Trainor. Me and my older cousin could hear screams of joy so we ran to the living room to see what was going on and to our surprise the adults were gathered around the T.V screaming out the lyrics to the song while my cousins danced. Song after song I started getting hungry so I walked to the kitchen bench to see what was there to eat.

“Mmmmm delicious!” I stared as a big block of chocolate sitting there lonely. But then as soon as I pick it up its just a wrapper with nothing inside I realised I was hallucinating. I shrug my shoulders  and go to the table across from the kitchen to see if there is anything to eat or drink there. This time I didn’t hallucinate because I had already drank half a bottle of raspberry and a quarter of ready salted chips. Feeling wrecked I looked down at my watch and the time said 11:45. “15 minutes to go!” I shout out to the sitting room making sure they hear me. Waiting as the minutes go by it’s 11:59 one more minute till its New Years.

I go back to the sitting room and tell my uncle to turn off the music cause the countdowns coming soon. Grabbing the controller he exits the song picking another one but pausing just before it starts. My uncle then goes to his computer and clicks on the MAI FM to listen to there countdown live. He tells them to quiet down so he can hear them talking. My uncle then counts down, “10! 9! 8!,” Everyone joins in and were up to 5. “5! 4! 3! 2! 1! HAPPY NEW YEARS!!” Everyone screams and my uncle plays the song. Then everyone just went around saying happy new year to everyone. I went to my mum first and gave her a big hug and smooch on the cheek and said, “HAPPY NEW YEAR!” She replied back with, “I LOVE YOU!!” I started laughing and crying tears of joy. After greeting everyone with a happy new year my mum and I drove home.

I reckon News Years Day and Eve is the best day ever because you get to gather with your family. Its probably not better than your birthday if you’re a really spoilt kid. Hehehehe!