National Young Leader Day Reflection

National Young Leader Day (aka) is a remarkable event that helps build many student leadership skills. This was an amazing opportunity for 6 leader from our school to go to this event because we heard amazing stories about people who overcame social barriers. People such as Lisa Tamati, Amanda Wilson, Riley Hathaway were some people who inspired me, saying don't be afraid of being different from others and don't let others put you down. The person who was the most inspirational for me was Riley Hathaway because she looked after marine life animals and is determined to keep the ocean clean. She said that everyone can face their fears and overcome their obstacles by believing in themselves. At the end of the event we were lucky to have Vince Harder who is a New Zealand pop recording artist. He had inspired a lot of people with his singing. He left a powerful message saying to always follow you personal passion, achieve it to the end, and gain information about what you want to be in the future.

History of M&M's

M&M's is a popular chocolate all around the world and is sold in most countries. This week we have been looking at the history of M&M's with Mr Johnson (substitute teach - aka principal). We have discovered a lot of information such as; Every single M&M are sold to more than 4 million people are manufactured in the United States. It is said that the owner off M&M's who's name is Mars got the idea from soldiers who were eating a lenti-shaped chocolate during the Spanish civil war. Researching about M&M's was also part of math task since we talked about the ratio for the colors of the m&m's that is found in a packet. People had different results but the numbers that were common were 52, 53, 54, 55, and 56. We were all surprised because we though that every m&m packet had the same amount of m&m's and and there were equal amount of colors. This helped me learn something new I didn't know about. Today we presented our M&M's DLO to our class and also our teachers Mrs Anderson and Mr Johnson. Everyone in our group participated in the group work and shared the same amount of work to the audience. The most attractive piece of work that was on our DLO was the gif our group made. When we presented our work we were really confidence but the only think that was wrong was we weren't organised with our notes which we have to work on for next time. Today I have learnt a fact from a group in my class which, scientist replaced red over orange because they thought red was the meaning of cancer.

Poetry - The Inchape Rock | Verse 10

This week, while both our teachers were off to Chicago, America for a conference we had Mr Johnson. We studied a old fashioned poetry called the Inchape Rock. We read all 17 verses and were to only pick one and make a DLO about and explain what the verse meant. I decided to choose verse 10 which it says "Sir Ralph the Rover sail'd away, He scour'd the sea for many a day; And now grown with plunder'd store, He steers his course for Scotland's shore". I have picked this verse because it tells that Sir Ralph was a really imperfect and bad private because he has stolen a lot of money from other privates. To make the verse stand out we were to illustrate the verse by adding pictures that connected to the verses. As you can see I have added a picture of a pirate stealing treasure.

Football Inter school - Gold Attitude

Attitude is one of our school values and a lot of people show this quality during school but also when representing our school in outside functions such as NYLD (National Young Leaders Day) or sports inter schools. For one of my C.A.R.E award I made a DLO talking about the Football Inter School that happened recently this term. Our teams showed a lot of our school values especially showing respect to other school teams. We also showed a lot of Confidence and pride in our games and represented out school in a positive way. At the end our school had amazing results as one of the year 7 & 8 team came 1st place and our year 5 & 6 team came 3rd place. In our school everyone plays a variety of sports but soccer the most best sport in our school and also some peoples most personal passion. As most of us know the FIFA world cup is happening this year in Russia and most teams are getting good results. 

My Personal Passion - Excellence & Innovation

Many people embrace a lot of sports and rugby is one of those sports that many people play or watch. For one of my Excellence & Innovation task I was to create a DLO explaining what my personal passion is. People have a lot of personal passion such as playing soccer, singing, learning about war, play video games but my personal passion that has sticked with me for a long time is watching NRL. NRL stands for National Rugby League. NRL is a league of professional men's rugby league teams in Australia and New Zealand. For those who don't know there is 15 NRL teams from Australia and one team for New Zealand which is the Vodafone Warriors. I love watching NRL from a really young age and still love it. I really love watching NRL because it gives me unique skills for my rugby games such as knowing how to tackle, pass and run. 

Mrs Linda (Mentor) - Gold Excellence & Innovation

 

For one of my C.A.R.E award task I was to make a DLO talking about a mentor in our school. I decided to talk about a hard working mentor name Mrs Linda. Her hard work is appreciated in our class and students really like the way she makes our learning enjoyable. Mrs Linda helps student from year 5-8 with difficulties in learning areas such as Reading, Maths, Writing and also help teacher with their duties. Mrs Linda shows many qualities to all students and teachers and shows great sense of humor. I would like to say a big thank you to Mrs Linda for all her participation into our learning and her hard work towards helping students and teachers.   

Food Tech Reflection

Today was our 5th session of food tech with Mrs Tuipolotu (cooking teacher). We were really excited because this was our second time cooking it and we know how delicious the muffins are. We followed the 3 instructions that were compulsory which is follow the instructions, correctly measure the ingredients and being able to read the ingredients properly. I worked with Jeremiah to cook 12 chocolate chip muffins and we enjoyed cooking together. The most important thing we learnt today is to not under mix or over mix our ingredients because if you over mix the muffins the air in the mixture will decrease and if you under mix the mixture the muffins will look really heavy and dents like a rock. If, next time I was to cook chocolate chips muffin I would change something which is to mix more because in my mixture it showed some flowers which meant I didn't mix my ingredient properly. Thank you to Mrs Tuipolotu for teaching us how to cook Chocolate Chip Muffins.

Chocolate Chip Muffin Recipe:

Step 1 - 1, 1/2 cup of Sugar.Flour

Step 2 - 1/2 cup of sugar

Step 3 - 1/2 cup of oil, 1/2 cup of ,milk

Step 4 - 1/4 cup of cocoa, chocolate chips

Step 5 - 1 teaspoon of vanilla essence

Step 6 - 1 egg

Step 7 - Mix all ingredients and scoop 1 teaspoons each muffin into muffin tray

Step 8 - Bake 180 degrees for 15 minutes

Academic Achievements - Gold Excellence & Innovation

For one of my C.A.R.E award tasks I was to create a DLO writing all my academic achievements. I have done a lot of things this term such as representing my school at the Manaikalani Ambassador showcase which is where other Manaikalani cluster schools come together and share their work. I always try to perform the best I can in every area of learning and sports. The most fearless academic achievements I've overcame is presenting my work to big audience. When I first started presenting my work to audience last year I was a bit sheepish, but right now I have a high level of confidence and will present my work to the best I can. I am also proud of myself because I have 7 badges which is my silver: Confidence, Attitude, Respect, Excellence & Innovation and I have got my gold Respect badge. I got my Manaikalani Ambassador badge and also the NYLD (national young leaders day) badge. 

Own Task:Created with my teacher - Gold Excellence & Innovation

Today there were 8 students including me who were picked to go into the Junior rooms and help them with their Reading, Maths, and blogging skills but today we only focused on helping the juniors read their books and with their maths. It was really interesting to see how the juniors were very interactive with their learning. Mele, Tiava and I went to Room 3 (year 1's) and loved the way the kids worked because they were accountable with their own learning. First we were to read with a junior student and then ask them a couple of questions about the books for example what is the name of the bear who fell down? Or which shop did James love the most? This will help them understand anything they read a lot more better and will expand their knowledge. We tried our best to get through everyone. Through out our lesson we got the chance to see what they do on their iPads. On their iPads we went on their maths site and helped them solve out their maths equations. We also went on Sunshine Classics (a digital program for reading) and heard them reading their book that is set for their own reading levels. We taught some of the student how to sound out words such as shouted and shopping. It was really enjoyable being with the Juniors and learning with them. Hopefully the Juniors will apply the knowledge we have taught them in the future. 

Tech Reflection

Today was our 5 session of food tech but our first tome cooking a savoury meal with Mrs Tuipolotu (cooking teacher). Today Jeremiah and I baked 12 quiches. Cooking the quiches was pretty easy for me since I've already made them at home. Mrs Tuipolotu taught us how to whisk and also how to prepare all the equipment we need to cook. At the end we took a photo of our master piece and the fun part was enjoying our delicious quiches. Thank you to Mrs Tuipolotu for teaching us how to make quiches.

Steps to cooking Quiches:

Step 1 - Cut the pastry into 12 pieces. Past into muffin tray

Step 2 - Dice Ham + Add ham and cheese into the muffin tray

Step 3 - Whisk 4 eggs with 1/2 cup of milk. Dip in top of ham & cheese. Bake 180 degress for 15 minnutes.

Kiwi Sport Reflection

For Kiwi sport this week we played a simple game called Rush Tag which is similar to bull rush but instead you have to try and take the rippas from the opponents. It was a really competitive game because some people had really good stepping techniques such as Jona and Junior. After this we finished of with a game of Rippa Rugby. For this game we were splited into 3 teams since we had a big group. Our goal for attacking (running the ball) is to pass the ball to someone that can find a space to run and our goal for defending (tagging the opponents) was to spread out, make not gaps for the attacking team, and run towards the attacking team as a line. At the end we were really fatigued but had a really enjoyable time with Hamish (coach).

Kiwi Can Reflection

This week was our 5th session of Kiwi Can with Mr Matt and Miss Lily. Kiwi Can is a really supportive guideline group that explore a lot of qualities and values that can make us a better person in the future. Our theme is the same which is Integrity (which means doing the right thing when know one is looking) although we have a new module which is Accountability. Accountability means when someone is responsible for their own actions. At school I can live with accountability by making sure I finish all work that is need to be finished and also bringing my PE on Thursday for Kiwisport and Rugby League training. Our energizer we played was called 'copy me.' For this game Mr Matt had a pile of cards from Ace (1) to Kings. On the whiteboard it had all the card numbers as it was said from Ace (1) to Kings. The game was played when Mr Matt gave us a card for example '9' and then there was a certain task we had to do on the board, such as 10 star jumps in 10 seconds or act like a zombie for 5 seconds. The goal was to see who got the most cards at the end. Our activity today was called 'Green light' which most of us have played before. We were to get into partners and then make a circle. One partner had to be in front of the circle and the other had to be behind.The game was played when Miss Lily says green light which means switch positions. If she says red light the person in front of the circle was to carry his partner. If Miss Lily says yellow light we were to sit on our partners lap and if she says Fruit Salad the person behind of the circle was to power walk behind the circle. The goal was to not be the last person to get back to your position.

Comrades Ultra marathon Research Challenge

The comrades ultra marathon was reconginsed of a ex-member of the armed force who wanted to remember his fellow soldiers who had passed away in the war. The first comrade ultra marathon started in 1921 with 34 people from age of 20 years and older, compared to the 2018 comrade ultra marathon (that happened on Sunday, June 10) there was 20,000 people who took part in the ultra marathon that was 90 km long. This is a really common sport now and even people from the age of 80 years old continue to run this event. In my perspectives I think this is a really fun sport even though your running for a long time, but you have a lot of people around you that encourage you to never give up. Most people in this race are determined to do this race and determined to get a Gold medal. As part of our reading task we were to create a DLO about the comrade ultra marathon. In my group there was Jeremiah, San Kyaw, Tiava and me. We included relevant information such as the map showing the two destinations of the race, the qualities possessed by comrade runners. Why?, why is there a cut of time?, how might the runners feel if they got pulled out of the race, words and definitions of the qualities we wrote, and also photos/videos that showed the 5 qualities we wrote down. Our group really enjoyed researching about the comrade ultra marathon and hope that one day we try out this race. 

Maths Problem | Involving Money

Today for our rich task Ms Kirkpatrick gave us a word problem to solve out which included 7 students and $202 that had to be given out. I have worked collaboratively with Jeremiah. We found this word problem easy because there were a methods we used which was reading the word problem backwards. This sounds unusual but it helped Jeremiah and I found our answers. The person who received the most money was Melisa who earned $49 and the person who received the less money was Liz who earned $7. I enjoyed solving out this problem and hope to do another one that is based on money and fractions.  

Mathman | Fractions of a number

Today for maths we started of with a warm up game called Mathman, Fractions of a number that helps us with our fraction knowledge. For this game you are to answer a fraction equation like 1/5 of 10 or 2/7 of 14. This was a easy game because I used the cross multiplication method to get my answers. There are 8 levels and I reached level 7 which I think is pretty good. I also got 29 correct answers which is my high score. I think next I can aim to reach level 8 and to get more correct answers. If you would like to go on this game click on this link.

Fractions of an amount

For maths today we solved fraction equations. First we solved the first three with our teacher (Ms Kirkpatrick) then we were to do the rest by ourselves. For these equations I solved it by using a different method from my teacher which is the cross multiplication which of course you have to use your multiplication skills. At the end we were to choose one equation from the 10 fractions problems we solved. I decided to pick equation number 9 which is based on Mr Wong's weight. I found this problem a bit easy because the method I used (which was the cross multiplication) was easy to use. 

Read 3 novels in a term - Gold Excellence & Innovation

Today we were focusing on our C.A.R.E awards. I've decided to finish one of my gold confidence which for it you were to read three novels in a term. For this task I read three interesting and entertaining books called Alex Rider (Storm breaker) which I rate 7-10 because the end was a bit a dull, Time Hunters (Gladiator Clash) which I rate 10-10 because at the start it hooked me in right to the end of the story. My favorite part is when Tom and Isis Amun-Ra was fighting Hilarus because Hilarus was a very strong gladiator, but Tom and Isis Amun-Ra got away with the amulet and also away from Hilarus. The third book I read was called Minion (book of the film) which is a very funny but entertaining books because they speak a very different language from English. My favorite part of this book was when they had the dinosaur as their leader and how the dinosaur fell into lava.

Kiwi Sport

This week was our second session for Kiwi Sport with Hamish (Rippa Rugby Coach). We played a game of Rippa Rugby which was fun because we were allowed to pass forward but if one of your rippas was tagged off you were to pass the ball backwards. Luckily, I scored two tries just to make my team win. After the game we practiced our side step skills with Hamish since there is a lot of side steps that happen in tag or rugby. We were to step with our weak leg (my one was my left) so when it comes to a game we are use to stepping with both foots. We also practiced how to spin which was fun because some of us were really dizzy. At the end we were splited into group to play a little game of tag. First we were counted from 1-13. Then Hamish would pick a team to attack (run the ball) and the other team to defend (take of the rippa from the opposite team). Hamish was to call a number for example four. Then number four from the attack group would receive the ball from Hamish while the other number 4 from the other group was to try take the rippa from them. Thank you to Hamish for coaching us and Mr Johnson (principal) for supervising us.

Student Led Conferences

On Thursday was Student Led Conferences where students had to show their digital learning to their parents. First my sister and I were to introduce our teachers and our parents to each other. Then we were to show our guardian/parents (which was my dad) around the room and explain to them what we did, what we learnt, and what we enjoyed. I really enjoyed showing my ngatu designs to my dad because they were designs that represents my culture. My dad was really impressed because he had a similar drawing to the one he draws at home. Soon we were to go on our devices and show them our learning for writing, reading maths, inquiry and including our blogs. We read our scripts that we worked on for the previous weeks and showed them what goes on in our classrooms and in learning time. My dad and I got the chance to speak to Mr Dun (who is the deputy principal for Tamaki College) about Tamaki College and also the Manaikalani scholarship that is given to two lucky students at the end of the year. At the end, our parents got the opportunity to talk to our teachers and about our behavior and our progress towards our learning areas. 

Tech Reflection - Food Tech

Original Muffins                                                     Muffins with whip cream

Today was our second session for food tech with Mrs Tuipolotu. We baked chocolate chips muffin and we were estatic because we loved eating muffins from bakeries. Jeremiah and I have worked together to make this. We had individual jobs which had to be done in a certain time. I was putting in all our recipe in our big bowl while Jeremiah was turning on the oven and getting our muffin line up ready. At the end Jeremiah and I had 6 pieces of muffin each. The recipe for our muffins is:




1. A Big Silver bowl

2. 1,1/2 cup of Sugar and Flour and 1 bowl of chocolate chip

3. 1/2 cup of sugar, 1 teaspoon of cocoa

4. 1/3 cup of oil, 1 egg

5. 1/2 cup of milk

6. mix well and scoop

7. Bake 180 degrees for 15 minutes

8. Clean up

Explanation - How Does Wi-Fi Work?

This week Ms Kirkpatrick writing group are revisiting on writing explanations. For this weeks explanation we were to write a 5 paragraph explanation on 'How Does Wifi Work?' For those who dont know Wifi is a light which does not produce heat and is invisible to the human eye. Information from a Wifi network is sent through light, and electromagnetic radiation. Although humans can not see the light, the wifi discharges just like how nuclear explosion discharges Gamma rays which of course has a very high frequency. This is only the beginning of the journey so to learn more about wifi here is the link to my explanation.

Classroom Age - Fractions

 

 This week one of our set tasks challenged our fraction knowledge. The question was 'in the classroom, ⅔ of the children are ten years old. ½ of the remaining third are nine years old. Four children are 11 years old. How many children are there in the classroom altogether?' For this particular question Jeremiah and I had to firstly figure out the amount of students in the whole class. The answer to that part of the question is 24. If their were four eleven year old's and that is 1/2 of 1/3, that means that their are also four nine year old's. Lastly we subtracted eight from 24 then the rest of the children are ten years old. At the end we figured out that their were, four eleven year old children, four nine year old children, and 16 ten year old children

Newspaper Article - Cinema Attendance

This week Ms Kirkpatrick maths group examined a continuous data that showed the cinema attendance by age group and year. First we were to answer a questions based on the data. Jeremiah and I worked collaboratively together to answer it. Some of the questions were: In which year was attendance highest for the 25-34 age group? What happened in 1992 and 1994 to the attendance for 15-24 year old? How else could the data be displayed? It was really interesting to see that in 1999 15-24 year old attendance to cinemas increased comparing it to 1984 where it was really low. At the end Jeremiah and I were to make a newspaper article based on the data. We were make our own Newspaper headline and we decided to call our article New Blockbusters. Captivating or monotonous?

Human Body Quiz

Today for Inquiry Ms Kirkpatrick Inquiry group played a simple game based on the human body. There were questions that I've heard of before such as how many bones do humans have?, what is the smallest bone called, where in the body does most of digestion take place? I got a score of 10 out of 10 in 23 seconds. I was happy with my results because I did it before 50 seconds which some students in my class got. In this quiz I have learnt that the longest bone in our body is the Thighbone (femur) and that our skin is the heaviest organ in our body. 

Inquiry | Reflex Experiment

 

For inquiry this term we have been learning about the different body systems and Ms Kirkpatrick set up a experiment for us that helped us find evidence to support our learning of how our body systems help us in everyday life. The experiment was called 'The ruler drop test'. For this experiment we were to get in partners. Nickaela and I worked together and we did amazing job. Our first experiment was the visual test which meant our partner had to drop the ruler without saying anything to us. This meant the ruler could drop any minute or probably second. Our second test was the hearing test. For this test our partner had to close their eyes and the other partner had to say go and drop the ruler. Our last experiment was the touch experiment. For this test our partner had to close their eyes and instead of saying go our partner had to touch us and drop the ruler. This was the hardest test of all because sometimes our partners didn't touch us hard enough to feel it. At the end of the experiment we were to get into groups of four and make a bar graph that showed our results in each of the test. I learnt that girls have faster reactions than boys.