SLJ, DAY 2, WEEK 1, Forest Life

DAY 2:

Activity 1:

Giants Among Us:

I would really like to see Tāne Mahuta, Kauri die back is spreading around the big tree and could soon be infected. Tāne Mahuta is an old Kauri tree and the largest one standing today, it's age is not known today but it is estimated to be around 1,250 and 2,500 years old. Seeing it for what could be the last time sounds really sad, as so many legends and myths will be dieing with it, but if we are lucky Kauri dieback could miss Tāne Mahuta all together.

Activity 2:

Fabulous Ferns:

Basketball:               Women:          Tall Ferns 

Netball:                     Women:          Silver Ferns

Rugby: (Union)        Women:          Black Ferns

Rugby: League         Women:          Kiwi Ferns

Cricket:                     Women:          White Ferns

My Favourite Uniform is the black ferns uniform, probably because it's something like what I would wear!

Activity 3:

Weird and Wonderful:

3ml of water every day for a year to feed a plant, how much water do you use for the one plant?

3ml x 365  

That equals 1,095ml

SLJ, Week 1 Day 1 In The Beginning

DAY 1 

Activity 1:

Top 3 Fun Facts:

30% of New Zealand's land is covered in forestry.

Aotearoa means, land of the long white cloud, and Aotearoa is also the Maori name for New Zealand.

'Once Were Warriors', 'The Whale Rider', 'The Piano', and 'Lord of The Rings' are the most popular movies in New Zealand.

Activity 2:

North and South:

I live in barrytown on the west coast of the south island, where you can find many pieces of jade. (Also known as pounamu or green stone.) There are many black sand gold mines here, where they are slowly finding their fortune. On the little farm that I live on, most of the land has been mined.  You can see where it has been mined because the grass in the summer goes very dry and yellow in summer (there is very little top soil and loads of stones), where as in the places that haven't been mined, they are still dry but are visibly greener. Also near barrytown is Punakaiki where after hundreds of years, the sea has formed stones that look like pancakes hence they got the name pancake rocks. In the West Coast you will find that there are many coal mines or there once were many coalmines. I live over the Paparoa Ranges from the biggest mine disaster that  happened on the west coast. 29 people died and the fire is still going after 8 years, they are only just starting to make plans about reentering the mine. So that's where I live and whats special about it!    

Activity 3:

Ice, Ice Baby:

Being smart online, can save you from being hacked and scammed. Sometimes you get called from places like China, trying to get you to do some thing on your devise, DON'T DO IT!!!! They can get really annoying though (I know from experience!) Here's my guide to being smart online!!

Looking Back At 2018

Year 7 in Totara 2 has been amazing. I have loved being in Miss Hine's class and I have improved so much in my learning. I was really nervous going into Totara, but it's not that bad! Here is a tiny reflection on 2018!!

The best thing about 2018 & why.

The best thing about 2018 was Mistletoe bay camp. I have never been to the Marlborough sounds. It is so pretty out there, and filled with great activity's. My favourite activity was archery, and paddle boarding (even though I feel off heaps!!) At mistletoe bay they are very eco friendly. The water at Misletoe bay is so clear, blue, and filled with many sea animals, like sting-ray, dolphins, and fish. It is definitely a camp I would go to again!

Something you are proud of that you have done in 2018 & why. 

I have a few things that I am proud of and here they are, first I am proud of moving up four stainine  from a 5 to a 9, I have either improved a lot or am very good at guessing!!   Second I am proud of coming first in my contemporary for the 11 years and under age group, it was the first time I had do my solo, the judge said I am a very promising contemporary dancer, and thanks to Miss Hines  for hinting that the judge doesn't like shoes!!! Third I am proud of getting a high of 100 in 2.05 minutes for basic facts, my goal was to get 100 in 5 minutes, I think I succeeded in that goal!!! Lastly I am proud of getting 1st in shot put at the west coast for year 7 girls 2018, I got a high of 7.27 meters, this is my third year running getting first.

Your goal/goals for 2019.

My goal for 2019 is to put my hand up of everything, and become a leader within the school. Helping out with teachers, Sharon, Debbie, and Nigel. Putting my hand up for things like the production, choir, kapahaka, prep, and things like that. I would also like to achieve all of my leader ship badges, and maybe do a few main stars.


I have really enjoyed this year and I hope to have another great year next year, being a year 8 next year sounds so weird, the year has gone by so fast, and before I know it I will be starting high school, that sounds scary!! I can't wait till Monday where I find out my class for next year, and Christmas concert. Next year sounds so exciting, and I can't wait to find out what will be happening!! 

Twilight Athletics

Yesterday we had our school twilight athletics. I competed in everything including: shot put, discus, 100 meter sprints, 60 meter sprints, long jump, high jump. I made it in for everything. I came first in shot put at a high of 7.27 meters. I came third in high jump, long jump, and 60 meters. I had a great day and are going to Grey district on Wednesday. 

Movie vs Book

In the past term we have been reading the boy in the striped pyjamas. We have finished the book and watched the movie, then we had to compare them, and present in a interesting way.

Tie Dye

A few days ago our class was Tie dying I was the first one, to tie dye we dampened our T-shirts and put in our patterns. We held it together with rubber bands. After we had our paint shirts on and gloves we got started putting colour all over. Soon after we were finished we put them in our plastic bag for 24 hours, we rinsed them and hung them up to dry. I made my T-shirt to look like a water melon. Here are some photos.

10 Blog Comments Digital Badge

Over the past term I have made at least 10 quality comments on other people's blogs. Here is my digital badge recognising this!

Speech Board Digital Badge

This term I participated in the NZ Speech Board exams and I have earnt my digital badge!

Chapter 13

Fake Facebook Page

Hello, Sorry for the late post I have had a 3 day week 2 weeks in a row, I have been going to Springfield in Christchurch to learn dance from Natasha Boon, one of New Zealands best dancers, a can't miss opportunity. But anyway heres something from a few weeks ago, A fake Facebook page!! I hope you like it just a hint use the buttons one it. The photos of the people are a way to get onto their page, and the Facebook logos are a way to get back to the home page. I worked on this for 2 weeks and I really hope you like it!

 

I hope you have a great day and enjoyed the read!

Blog Posts Digital Badge

I have earnt my 10 Blog Posts Digital Badge

Chapter 3

Self Respect

We don't need bigger cars, or fancier cloths. We need self respect, identity, community, variety, beauty, challenge and a purposes in living that is greater than material accumulation.

-Donella Meadows  

At school we are working on self respect. Being kind to you, and respecting your self. We all had to make a google drawing about self respect. Here is mine.

The boy in the striped pyjamas

For our Novel study this term we are reading The boy in the striped pyjamas, we are also doing that for our topic. For topic the class has been cut in half. half of the class are Germans and the other half are Jews. I am a Jew. There are special rules for the Jews and Germans. The Jews have to sit in the floor, aren't allowed to go past the hall, they can't have treats or music. Germans get the opposite to this. Here is chapter 1 Activity and questions. 







And here is Chapter 2 Activity and questions

Shantytown

When we went to shantytown we learn't about the Chinese immigrants. Staci and I Wrote a what would you do go into full screen to see it. Make sure you think before you click!!!!!!!!!

Growing Healthy Bodies

Have you ever wondered how much sugar is in a bottle of coke? If you have well today your lucky day! 
Today for topic we had a visitor come in the Greymouth District Health Nurse Ann came in and taught us about sugar. It was about drinks and what is healthy and what is not. 

How many Gram of sugar in a drink

Water - 000

Gms calci strong milk - 5.7

Spirit - 6.2

Pump Lemon - 17g

V Pure - 15.7

Coke - 16

Gms E2 - 18.75

V8 Tropical Fusion - 27g     

V Pure - 29.2

Red Bull - 51g  

Lift+ - 59g

E2 - 75g  

V Energy Drink - 539g

You would be surprised how much sugar is in these drinks. But if you put the same amount of sugar that's in the drink with water you wouldn't be able to drink it. So they add acidity regulator it stops the drink from being so sweet. Their are two different types of natural sugar that comes from some of the foods, and processed sugar that is very unhealthy. If you drink a bottle of coke you have to run for 30 minutes very fast so start runing!!!

Here are some photos of our day.

Bee's wax

Today Kaine Taught us about bee wax and what to do with it.
Here are some facts about Bees and wax.

• Change colour Lighter if darker infected and dirty.
• Honeycomb melted and hardened= wax.
• Pour melted wax on cheese cloth perfection goes through.
• Wax is made into candles.
• To make honey they collect the poilane then eat it after eating the poilane they puck it back up that process is continued in the hexagons the hexagons are caped and honey is created. Honey is basically bee puck.
• In Christchurch the earthquake affected houses will be removed and been converted into gardens.
• Normal honey with no manuka= 3.00            Manuka honey= 12.00
• 6 trillion bees are flying around earth  
• To purchase a hive with bees included it would cost 300 dollars. That's as much as 24 Manuka honey potals.
• Manuka honey in is very important to our earth same with bees.

Here are the first steps in making a kind of food cover that is like glad rap but reusable

and cleaner for the environment.

Step 1. melt wax in bowl in pot with boiling water. Once melted Pour on a cheese cloth the perfection goes through the cheese cloth the imperfection stays on top separating the waxes.

Step 2. Once melted Pour on a cheese cloth with ice cream container inside. The perfection goes through the cheese

Bees and bee's wax are very interesting. Here are some of the photos

Maths Week 2

For maths this week We where learning short division. Short division in my mind is really hard but I'm just learning. I don't know if I got them right or not but that's alright

  

Descriptive writing

For Writing we where doing descriptive writing.

Feeling the cold air all around me, gives me goosebumps.Seeing the rays of sun peering through the bair trees, warms me inside.Hearing the trickling of the cool creek in the distance mixed with the early morning bird melody, brings music to my ears.Smelling the frosty wet grass shortly cut to play soccer on, makes my nose tickle.Tasting the stail cold air dries my throat out, so I can not speak making the morning more peaceful.All that’s on my mind is milky steaming hot chocolate, warming my cold throat. The trees cold and bare are like little door open for the sun to go though.   The sight in my eyes is like a photo frozen in time in its beauty.

Here is the photo

Term 2 Week 1 Maths For the week

For maths groups I am and Einstein. WALT find the missing number in an equation.



We did maths maintenance 20 questions a day. We also did four maths buddy tasks We work with the teacher 2 times a week.

Kensuke's kingdom Missing poster

For Chapter 5 of Kensuke's kingdom We had to create a dialectal Missing poster because Michael fell of the Peggy Sue and his parents don't know where he is. In you google drawing you have to add pitcher of what you think looks like, a description of the pitcher, and where he was last seen. Here it is.

Colour Poem

Kia Ora,
This week for writing we did colour poems. A colour poem is a when you choose a colour and say what it tastes, feels, looks, smells, and sounds like here is my colour poem about red.

Kensuke's kingdom comprehension questions chapter 1

Hello
This term we are reading Kensuke's kingdom for our novel work.  We were asked some questions about the first chapter.  So far, the main character Michael was living in his home town where he loves playing football.  But very soon he received a letter for his parents to say that the place they worked at was just about to close and they where going to have no jobs.  The only money that was coming into the house was Michael's paper run money. Soon after they moved onto their boat and are about to go sailing around the world. Here is my google drawing.

Summer Blogging Challenge Week 1 Day 3 Activity 1+2+bonus

Activity 1: The more, the merrier?

I would not enjoy being in a large family I would be cramped, I would not have any personal space. Who knows I may even be forgotten. There would probably be people stressed and sad, tearful and anger. t would all be to much.

Activity 2: Acknowledging Ancestry?

Ko Papair Ragne te maunga   

Ko Punakiaki te awa         

Ko The Fivesh te waka

Ko Barrytown ahau

Ko Richard rāua ko Christina ōku mātua

Ko Iris tōku ingoa.

Bonus Activity: Fun Family Facts.

Dad (Richard)

My favourite things to do in the summer are having a nice swim in a warm river, and having exiting adventures and exploring alone able to listen to the world around him.

Brother (Tavis) 

My favourite things to do in the summer are swimming in a warm river at low tide I find it so fun. I also like making huts with my two friends. We have made so pretty awesome ones.

Mum (Christina) 

My favourite thing to do in the summer is to do water the gardens in the evening when the sun is just about to go the weather is nice and warm. It is all silent apart from the bird call and the water drops falling onto the plantes.

Summer Blogging Challenge Week 1 Day 4 Activity 1+bonus

Activity 1: A waiata in your heart .

I use to go to barrytown school and know I go to grey main school I was in kapahaka and was the girl leader we sang Nga Iwi E and it just remind me of that wonderful small school.
At the kapahaka competition there was always E Te Iwi E playing and it is just a beautiful song.
I don't have any that run in the family or anything because I have no Maori blood in me but I still enjoy kapahaka.

Bonus Activity: Musical festival Matatiti.

On these to songs I say that Te Puku O Te lka id number one its sounds so beautiful and I almost in a instant feel calmer.

In number two in my  list  Te lti Kahurangi That women's voice sounds so strong and powerful and the instrument thing just brings something a little extra.

Third is Tamatea Arikinui The poi was amazing and they where all in sink but the song wasn't as good as the others.

Summer Blogging Challenge Week 1 Day 2 Activity 1+2+bonus

Activity 1: A house or a home?

This is a wharepuni.


















This is my home .

Here are the differences in two different drawings

These 4 things are the same we have Guardians (taniwhas) in front of our house (Sort of)

Both of these are homes to people and shelters. They are homes to us and to all our family values, treasurers and memories, we all live in our own homes happily... Hopefully... 

The Difference with this is that the shape is different our has more of walls and they basically just a sloop.
We have wood, brick, stone, all kinds of materials to build houses and they only had wood and they carved it to tell the story of their history.

Activity 2: The rules of engagement.

Here are my pictures that I have drawn  myself - no tracing just sketching all from my mind. My dream job would be a professional dancer. I am all ready a jazz and ballet dancer. I go to competitions and sometimes earn awards. There is some kind of story in it. It starts with the present, it is a dream of looking in the mirror and your see your future self on pointe (a kind of ballet shoe) and in a pretty tutu.

i want to be a professional dancer because dancing is my passion.  I dance 5 classes a week and love the feeling of finishing a dance knowing i have done really really well. Hope you like :)

And then doing it!

Bonus Activity: Special Meals.

My favourite food is from a restaurant call Joe's Garage. There is a delicious menu and I love the pork belly Mmm. Here it is.

The best descriptive words my Mum said about it was, "God it was good"but her face told another story.  Probably the same with mine...... The meat was juicy and tender, the crackling was crunchy and crackly, the potato was sweet and smooth and I didn't eat the salad.  I am a carnivore😀 

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