Word Problems

WALT: Find an appropriate strategy to solve each word problem.

This week we solved some word problems.

Niue Language Week

Fakaalofa lahi atu Did you know that his week is Niue language week? To celebrate, our Niuean group created a beautiful dance and a Niuean haka!  'Ko e Vagahau Niue ko e Atefau he Tangata Niue' is the message for the Niue language week. It means, 'The Niue Language is the Heart of Niue people'. Some students from the group said a little speech. That's the only time I've ever heard Niuean language and it's beautiful. Fun Fact; there are more Niueans living in New Zealand than Niue!!

It's only been roughly a week for the group to practice. Still they were fantastic! The girls did a cultural dance. A Niuean haka was performed by the boys. They sounded like bold warriors! While I was watching, I realized that the Niuean culture is very special to all these students. I just cannot wait for the 2018 Niuean language week.

Perspectives and Opinions

WALT: Justifying - I can discuss and justify my responses across a small range of texts (thoughts, feelings, ideas and understandings).

This week is Niue Language Week. Did you know that New Zealand have more Niueans living here than in Niue? I didn't until this week. Our teacher gave us this task to learn more about Niue. I have succeeded. Now I really want to go to Niue! 

My Last Immersion Assembly

WALT: Write a recount of the immersion assembly.

Every term brings a new topic. This term brought Musical Madness as a topic. It’s all about Music and affects us.  Each team performed a little act to show their focus which are all based on Music.

The assembly started off with our senior management team band. Their song is called 'musical madness saves the day'. A band of five ruled the stage. It was a performance like no other a teacher rock school band. One played the drums, another played the guitar, one other playing the trumpet, one on the base and on the tambourine. We couldn't hear the words but heard lots of the instruments.

Team five’s (year 7 & 8’s) focus is, how do composers use music to evoke an emotional response in an audience? Their act was about a family watching the lion king. One scene was replayed four or five times. Each time the music changed… and so did their emotions. When the music sounded creepy, they all showed they were scared. When the music sounded happy they all looked happy. The act informed us the exact focus we’re gonna be learning about.

I found team three to be the most entertaining. Their focus is how music can impact our daily lives. Their act was a movie. Instead of talking different lyrics from songs were played. For example; one teacher lip synced, “I'm gonna swing from the chandelier”. Then another teacher said “well that’s pretty dangerous”. The first teacher then lip synced “Somethin' 'bout you makes me feel like a dangerous woman”. Everyone was laughing.

I can’t wait what this term has in store for us. This is sadly my last term… and I have a feeling it’s gonna be great! All such fun things to do in only nine weeks. I have high hopes that we’ll be able to fit the musical madness into nine weeks. I wonder if I could be a composer who could create an emotional response? I guess I’ll have to wait and see.

This is some of team five's act

Term 3 Has Arrived

Task: Write about the immersion assembly.

Term three has arrived. Yesterday we had immersion assembly and all the teams teachers had created really cool items. All the items were based on what their team are learning about this term.

A buzzing noise came from the back of the hall. Everybody looked back to see a drone. Aliens came onto the stage. Two of our teachers bravely stepped in. The teachers had lightsabers. Everyone found it really funny. The aliens were defeated. Our principal came onto the stage. He said, “this term’s topic is… Guardians of the Galaxy.

Team one and two focus is the solar system. They both had creative movies. Team one’s movie was about the teachers going to space. All of their teachers made a song. I found it really smart. The second team (team two) also made a movie. Their movie was actually a music video they created. Teachers were in space and one teacher was singing. All their lyrics were made by them but the music was by David Bowie..

“Next up... team three!’, said our principal. Team three’s introduction started with one of the teachers talking. She asked what day it was today. Then she asked what day was tomorrow. Her last question she went up to one particular boy. The question was,”what day is it in sixteen days”. He shrugged his shoulders. It turned out it was both of the birthdays in sixteen days. The movie started. Day of our lives intro started. After that they showed all their days during the week. Their focus was time.

“Only two more teams to go”, I thought to myself. Team four also had a movie. Their movie was set in the future. All the earth was gone and it was to disgusting to live in. Some teachers decided to go to space for a find of another planet. Every teacher from that team tried but all got blown up. Laughter filled the hall. Their focus was a question. Can humans survive on other planets?

It was time for team five. All the teacher had paper stars stuck to themselves. I don’t know about anyone else but I was laughing. Before the item began, my teacher said the introduction. “Our main focus for this term is, What impact does the moon have on the earth?” she started off. “If you listen the lyrics you might understand a bit more”. They all stood on stage. One teacher from our team started to sing. She sang to her own lyrics but to the song from Moana. I forgot which one though.

Everyone explained what their learning about… but I think that team three was most informative. Their movie showed acted days of their lives. That fits in perfect because their learning about time. I thought that was pretty smart. Overall I am very excited to learn what impact the moon has on earth. Can’t wait for term three to really kick off!

Staying Warm, Keeping Cool

WALT: Evaluating - I gather, and synthesise to evaluate information across a range of texts.

SUCCESS CRITERIA:  I can clearly outline what the texts have in common and how they differ.

This week in reading we learnt about our bodies and how stay warm and keep cool. One main information I learnt is that blood keeps us cool and warm. Not cool as in you have the style but as in not hot. When we feel hot, our brain cells send signals to the blood to rise to the surface of our skin. It's amazing!

Home Learning Week 1

WALT: Practise your Maths at home.



At our school, we have home learning instead of homework. That is because we don't work... we learn! This presentation is just a little thing we can finished by the end of the week.

Hmmmm... Yes I Remember!

WALT: Use our knowledge of place values, fractions and decimals to solve word problems

This week in maths we had a refresh of last term. We refreshed our mind with our knowledge of Fractions, Decimals and Place Value. When I first started the presentation I remembered many things. Such as...  finding how many tens there are in a number from the thousands. Take off the last number on the right hand side and you've got it.

Our Group Treaty

This group treaty was produced by Seini, Mereana, Sheena, Adrienne and I. We all made our own posters but this one was made by Seini and I.

Hello, is it 2017 your looking for.

Talofa lava, my name is Talita and I am a year 8 in Room 3.

This year will be my last year at Pt England. It seems sad but then I think about all the things I can achieve in 2017. Last year I was chosen to be a Prefect for this year. One of my many goals for 2017 is to be the best Prefect that I can be. I can do that by keeping up with my school learning, volunteering, remembering the school Mihi and Karakia and doing much more things.

In the Summer I like to play Cricket and Netball in the Winter. In 2015 I achieved a great achievement in Cricket called a hat trick. One wicket, one catch and the batsmen hit the stumps. That was a great day. Last year, I was proud to have shared the prize of most valuable player of my team. My friend (the one who shared the prize) was as happy as me.

Most Summer holidays, my family and I like to go down to a place called Tairua. There are a bunch of beaches near Tairua which is superb since I love to swim. Some years, my family and I stay at a holiday park near Mount Maunganui. When we visit, we usually go down to the beach nearly every day. At the beach I like to boogie board. I hope to surf one day but for now, I'm gonna boogie board.

This year I hope for my learning to improve. The previous year, I did not keep up with my blog posting. So I hope to keep up with my work and stay focused in and out of class. In class right now, we are learning about being a Smart Learner. At the end of this year I can be a Smart Learner.

Thank you for visiting my blog.

Edwards Tree

WALT: Use the following image to write a narrative.

Remember to use TOPS: 

Title, Orientation, Problem and Solution.

 

“Papa!” Anna searched, “Papa where are you”. Anna’s grandfather (Edward) poked his head around the corner. “Over here with your father” he answered. They had been figuring out costs for Anna’s education. Anna walked over to the kitchen and sat down next to her dad. “How was school?” asked Anna’s dad. She shrugged her shoulders as if she didn’t know. Edward changed the subject, “We haven’t had afternoon tea yet”. “I think we should have it under the tree” he suggested. Anna and James (her dad) agreed.

They all brought snacks out to the backdoor. All three of them sat down under the tree. That was usually where they sat for their talks. James, Edward and Anna talked for hours. Edward slowly stood up and clicked his back. “Wow Dad, you can still click your back” said James. Seconds later Edward fell to the ground. Anna and James tried to get him up but he was gone. James called the ambulance but it was to late. Edward had no pulse.

His funeral was over. Anna and James needed to think about where to bury him. They had a good idea where to bury him. During the burying, Anna looked up at the special tree. She fell to her knees and start pouring her eyes out. Anna turned to her dad, “can we call the tree Edward?”. He looked down to Anna and nodded his head. From then on out, that was known as the Edward tree.

A few weeks later, Anna went to the mail-box to collect the mail. James grabbed one of the letters and opened it. James told Anna to sit down; “sweetie, we’re broke”. She immediately ran outside to the Edward tree. He followed her to the tree. “What do you mean we’re broke?” she asked. “We have no money” he said. They both knew that meant no food, no house and no Edward tree. “Can we shape the tree into papa’s head so we can remember him?”. Of course, his answer was yes.

For the next three weeks they spent cutting the edges of the tree. At the end of the third week, they had finished. The house was still on sale. A few days Anna went to get the mail. She handed the letter with her father’s name on it. He slid his nail through the letter and opened it. It had a million dollars in it. The house was saved from selling!

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Our task was to write a narrative with the picture at the top.We had 5 min to brainstorm/plan and 35 min to write. In that time, I got to finish this. This piece of writing was a practise test. Since it was a practise test, we had to remember everything we had learnt through the year. Here is my planning:

T: Edward’s Tree

O 1st Paragraph : Anna and her dad James love this tree on their property. When they are together, they sit under the tree and talk.

P 2nd Paragraph: James is broke and can’t afford the house anymore. Both James and Anna cut the edges off the tree. The tree is then shaped into the head of James’ dad and Anna’s Grampa.

S 3rd Paragraph :  A stranger gave James a million dollars as an act of kindness.

I hope you enjoyed my writing.

Thinkboard - 1

WALT: Express remainders as decimals.

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This has been hard to figure out but I finally finished and my friend Seini helped each other. One thing we really helped each other is the 10 other questions. The way I solved this was by partitioning bit by bit. I did it this way because I thought it was a easy way but I found another easier way. That is called algorithm. I will try to use this method more.

The Lost Island Structure

There they were in the middle of the sea, Sammy and Thomas. Getting ready to go to the lost island. The only way they could get there was in their big invisible boat. It was the size of a cruise. Sammy had been there before but he wanted to take Thomas.

They brought canoes to canoe there. When they got there they were surprised about the earthquake that hit them. Sammy didn’t know about this but they help the people there. Stored in their big ship, they gave food and water to the people and slept the night.

The first earthquake didn’t hurt anyone, but this second did not just hurt somebody but killed. It killed Thomas and everyone was in for a big nasty shock in the morning...

(visit my blog next week and you will get to see the rest)

2015 and 2016

WALT: Write a reflection of what gained in 2015 and write what I look forward to in 2016.

2015: What I gained

Last year I gained a lot of things and one of them is leadership. I learnt that leadership can be shown in the smallest ways. For example when an issue arises you go and solve it. That is  a little example of leadership. I really gained it at the year six camp at Kawau island. I was a leader of a group and I really embraced the leadership.

2016: What I look forward to

This year I look forward to getting ready for being a year eight next year. I think when I year seven I would of learnt more and then I can be ready for year eight. From what I have seen I think in year eight you need leadership. Last year I gained some but I hope to gain more. I really look forward to being a year eight.

Problem Solving-Week 1

WALT: Find a faction of a number.

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In Maths this week, I have learnt that when you have a short amount of time, it is good to have a team to work with. In my Team I had two other people. We got the job done by helping each other. I hope I can work with them because they were easy to work them.

Room 6 Fear Factor

WALT: Think about my purpose and reader by planning my recount.

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Today was a normal day in writing, until Mr Goodwin did something weird and crazy. He only does this some days but I think this is the day someone just might vomit. Sorry I forgot to say what our teacher was doing, he was making a Fear Factor for our class!

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Purpose:

What message do I want my reader to have? (highlight)

How disgusting it was to watch.

Plan of my paragraph topics

1. Introduction	Orientates and hooks
2. Body Paragraph 1	The youtube video of the factor.
3. Body Paragraph 2	I was disappointed that I was not picked. But  I was happy because of the revolting food Mr goodwin bringed in. Explain how they felt and how I felt.
4. Body Paragraph 3	It was explained dugustling before eaten. How everyone watched them eat it. I found out it was not real.
5. Conclusion	What I think about the fear factor challenge

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In writing this week, I learnt that when planning writing it is good to plan the whole thing not one by one. It might nolt work for you, but it works for me. The top writing below the WALT is the introduction to the whole writing. The rest is the planning for the rest of the writing.

Grasslands

WALT: Summarize information into presentations.

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 This Week I have learnt about Grasslands and the animals that live in it. I have also learnt about what sort of animals there are. For example: an carnivore is a lion an that means that lions only eat meat. There are lots that I learnt about grasslands, like that the lion king was set in grasslands.

Problem Solving-Week 2

WALT: Find a fraction of a number.

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I learnt that if you have more than one question that can be solved the same way, you can look back at the other one/s to solve it again. That is what I did in the problem solving. I hope I can learn more things like this in the future.

Maths Teacher Lesson-Week 1

 WALT: Add and subtract decimals.

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In Maths Teacher lesson this week, I learnt the place values of a decimal. For example; 26.5837, the number 8 is in the hundredths. I know this because it is two numbers away from the point and there is two zero's in hundreds. This is how I see which of the place value is the number in.

Problem Solving-Week 1

WALT: Add and Subtract Decimals.

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In Problem Solving this week, I have learnt about decimals and how to add and subtract them. One thing that I have learnt is that when you subtract decimals, is it better if you just subtract the numbers one by one.

For example;7.5-2.4=5.1. I know the answer, because if we split the numbers like this, 7, 0.5, 2 and 0.4, we can subtract from there. So what we would do first is subtract 2 from 7 and we would end up with 5. The next thing that we would do is, subtract 0.4 from 0.5 which would equal to 0.1. So if we add 0.1 and 5 together, we would end up with 5.1. So that means that 5.1 is the answer.