Tricks by numbers

 Here are some of my favorite math tricks. Add the number to itself {in other words double it}. Example 4  times 9: doublwe 9 is 18 double 18 is 36 that one is pretty simple heres another. Cut it in half 10 times Example 5 times 6 cut 6 in half to get 3 then times 10 for 30 or times 10 then cut in half. Example 5 times 9 :  9 times 10 is 90 the cut it in half for 45 also the last digit goes 5, 0, 5, 0  ... like this 5, 10, 15, 20 .

Division grid

Today in nogos maths we were doing basic facts I got 98/100 here it is Division grid. For next time I wanna work pn the two I got wrong.

Chatham Islands

For reading we have been reading about the Chatham Island and The Moriori. The Chatham islands are 800 kms east of Christchurch and 700 km's south east of Wellington and Bounty island is directly south of the Chatham islands . The native people of Chatham islands are Moriori. Moriori originated from Maori settlers from the New Zealand mainland around AD 1500. 

On the Chatham Islands there a 3 islands. They are Rekohu and Wharekauri but there are many small islands on chatham islands but there the main ones 

My Creation story

This term with Talei for Te ao Maori we have been learning about Myths. A myth is a stroy that explains how something came to be. Myths characters are gods, demigods and animals. We looked at the Maori creation story and recreated it. The people in my group were Lincoln, Bailey, Lukas here's our 

Who were Moriori's ?

The people who became moriori arrived on the islands around 1400 AD. They had no contact with other people for about 400 years and developed their own distinct culture. They were hunter gatherers with strong religious beliefs  and outlawed war and killing. In 1790 an english ship the chatham was blown off course and landed on the main island. Later europeans sealers, settlers and whalers arrived. In 1835 two maori groups, Ngaiti Tama and Ngaiti Mutunga invaded the chatam islands.

                                                 

          

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Te Tahi Draft 2

 🍃How to think of a good inquiry question🍃

1. Think of one area of the topic you are interested e.g

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2. Think of a question and use as many of these as you can… who, when, where, what, which, how and why

Example 1 - Van

Where in the philippines did my grandparents come from, when did they move to NZ, why did they move her, what did they do to make a living how much did it cost to move here, what was it like when they first moved here

Example 2 - Mr redmond what did

What did the migration wakas look like, what did they make, how do you sail them, where did they store stuff, where did the crew sleep, how did they work out where to  go, what were their strengths and weaknesses.... 

             When did my grandparents move here?

             Were they single or married? If so, where did they meet and how ?  When my grandparents met 

             They were both single and my grandad was a lot older than my grandma but they got married in

NZ 

              

 

             Why did they come to NZ? They came to live a better life and meet new people and new

friends   

             What did my grandparents grow up with? Growing up for  my grandad was hard but easier than 

             Other people because he was in the royal line 

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             Where did they come from? Tonga but the island in Tonga they came from was Vanuatu

 

             How did they get here? They sailed here in waka.

             What language did they speak? Tongan and a little Samoan 

Pink shirt day

Today is pink shirt day. Pink shirt day is a when you wear pink to stop bullying all around NZ. Pink shirt day began in 2007 in Canada when two students took a stand against homophobic bullying after a new year 10 students were harassed and threatend for wearing pink. These students bought dozens of pink shirts and distributed them to their classmates to wear the next day. The word go out online and hundreads of students showed up in pink some from head-to-toe to stand together against bullying. It has been celabrated in NZ since 2009 

Runnning the length of NZ

This term in literacy we have been learning how to write storys with similes and metaphor. I wrote a story on wednesday and here it is .The freezing cold wind is blowing through my lungs. Running and  running when is it ever going to end? I've already ran 10000 KM. Is it never ending? My heart is pounding in my chest fear all around while hearing the screeches from my friends. I'm scared, I feel fear, I feel my heart booming in my chest over and over again. The freezing conditions put you off even more than anything else. The  birds up above crying for help slip, slop’ slap the sounds of your feet hitting the ground. I heard footsteps coming up from behind  so I ran as fast as I could and I was running as fast as a cheetah. I could hear the wind whispering to me your going to fast.

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Maths

 Yesterday for maths we did these things that we had use google slides to calculate the mean and average for these question on google slides

                       

Te ao maori

 Last week with Mr readman we were looking for ti kouka recipes for our google slide that was about how the classes got their names and it was for Rongo-ma-tane and we watched a video about ti kouka and a man was cooking it. It looked very interesting and we learnt about the place where it grows how it grows and how to plant it. We also learnt hoow to cook ti kouka and Mr readman said we would cook it aswell and here is my one      

                                                                                

Te Tahi Draft 1

 

           Simile                            Metaphor                          Ono                           Personification

The salt water was as cold as a freezer .	The cry of the seagull overhead.	Over and over again the waves kept crashing over.	The wind whispered in my ear.
The foam was as bubbly as a spa.	The crunch of my feet on my sand.	The driftwood crashing against the rocks.	The sunlight flashed  down on me like a ray of light.
A wave from the ocean rose up like an arm reaching for the shore.	The shadows hiding under the dark clouds.	The thunder of the  waves frightened me	The seagull danced across the sky

Today we went to the beach and the wind was really strong so strong that it whispered in my ear. A few minutes later I went towards the salt water and the smell was getting stronger and eventually I got further in the water and the water was as freezing as a freezer and I could stand it so I hopped out and enjoyed the scenery while walking on the sand. The crunch of the sand on my feet was really nice with the sunlight flashing down on me like a ray of light. Later I got tired so I started walking back and I heard a really loud sound so I turned around and I saw a wave from the ocean rise up like an arm reaching for the shore and after the wave there were heaps of driftwood crashing against the rocks. But after that wave hell became real over and over again the waves kept  crashing over the thunder of the waves frightened me so much that I 

Ran back to my car and all you could see was the seagulls dancing in a circle across the sky above my car. The clouds were closing in and the shadows were hiding under them then the

This is my first draft I am lerning to use similes metaphors onomatopeioas and personification

Technology

Today at tech we did plastics and we were making jigsaw puzzles and key chains the jigsaw puzzle was really easy and fast to make  we just had to draw lines with a marker on the thin wood then cut it with the cutting machine after that the key chain for me was really hard I couldn't do it but I perservered and completed the task after I got the hang of it I was amazed how easy it was then after that we had to pack up and get ready for intervil.

My First Day In Tangaroa

 My first day in Tangaroa I was a bit nervous because I didn't know what to expect this year in Tangaroa. Tangaroa seems really fun and full of opportunities. In Tangaroa you can learn much more than a main stream school like how to grow plants and drama. What I think about Tangaroa so far its a cool class and has heaps of really nice students and kaiako in Tangaroa. 

Maths

 

Histogram

Today we were learing and creating histograms and here is mine. Histograms are a type of graph that shows information 

Litaracy

This term for litaracy we have been doing similes and metaphors. These are some exapmples.

The monkey ran as fast as a lion. Her eyes were diamonds This is my work Metaphor & Similes.

Inquiry 1 - Seven Sisters

This term in Tangaroa we have been thinking about our inquiry question. Mr Redmon has been teaching us about the 7 sisters. The 7 sisters are Who, When, Why, How, What, Which, Where and we use them to narrow our focus question.

This is my first attempt at a focus question.

1.Where did my grandparents come from?

Fitness

This term us year 7's & 8's have been doing a fitness program and everyday we do it. We can choose

from an advanced group and just a normal group. Yesterday for the advanced group we had a 600 metre

run on the basketball court. We had to go up and down 4 times it was pretty hard but I persevered and

after we finished I was really happy because it was exhausting and fun at the same time. But on Monday

we did a game called follow the leader for 3 minutes and basically every time the teacher calls out a certain

person they have to run to the front and the person at the front goes to the back and it was just about as

exhausting as the 600 meter run but after that my throat was completely dry and I needed a drink of water

so I did then we finished.   

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Simile and Metaphor Story_AM

This term we have been learing about similes and metaphor here is my writing it has 2 similes and 1 metaphor and the hilighted writing is my similes and metaphors. 

Wednesday 5th may 2021 at Rawhiti kura and it was as hot as africa like the sun was beaming down on me. After that I walked inside and it was like a storm hit because it was so much cooler .After that it was break and I went back outside and to play basketball with my friends. We were playing knockout and i won the first round then my friend Sid  won the second by the time the second round finished break was over and it was lunchtime and i had a yum lunch so I was excited to eat it . After lunch it was maths and I was happy because maths is my favorite subject.

Term 2 blogs

These will be my goals for this term.

I need to write better paragraphs.

i need to use similes more.  

I need to work harder in fitness.

I need to write neater. 

I need to focus on my work more. 

I want to learn more languages.