Community Time - Writing

In community time we sang the karakia and the national anthem to get warmed up and because we had to. After that we sang some songs to make us happy. Then the teacher wrote some questions, we had to pick 1 of them and then we wrote about them.

1) This week, I felt accomplished... when I got a certificate from school for being good in soft material for technology. I think it was because at the end of the session I was the only one still picking up rubbish on the floor. After that the soft material teacher gave me CARR card stamps.

2) This week, I felt a sense of belonging... Is my family because when we go and do something fun that we all like doing i felt like this is us, This is what we should be doing. One day my family and I went to hamner springs for the weekend and we went on the hydroslides and the hot pools. After that we went out for lunch also we went out for tea. Then we went home it was a fun weekend.

3) This week, I felt affirmed in my unique identity when...

I played handball and when I play soccer because not many people play them at morning tea or lunch. When I play soccer and handball I play with some of my friends they are Levi, Cody, Hunter, Ty, Zac, Levi.k, Nathan, Vin, Zack, Jesse and Tobey ect...

4) This week, what I noticed about my feelings & emotions was...

That I could control them when I am frustrated or mad. Sometimes I dont get really mad but I do get frustrated when we do the same things every time at school for that period. When I get mad it is when people pisses me off when they are annoying me when I am doing my work.


 

Tane Mahuta - Blogging

In Tane Mahuta, there were 3 things we do Weeding the greenhouse, Separated scrap metal for money, Class clean out and Panted seeds. I was planting seeds and we cut some brunches off the trees. I was cutting trees for about 30 min and then we were planting and watering seeds so they can grow. The seeds we are growing are spinach, celery and coriander. To water the plants we filled up a water bottle and we were watering them with that. In the garden area Levi, Cody and Annaliese put one of our finger in the dirt to make a hole so we can put the seed inside. After that we covered the holes with dirt and then we watered them. For the scrap metal the teachers wanted us to research how much we can sell them for.  For 45kg we can get it for $10 and for 907kg we can get $195 per year.

 

Hurumanu Arts

In Art we have been drawing and writing storie boards for a story we are making in a stop motion. In the storie there has to manarkitanga  in it. Manarkitanga means showing kindness to someone and hospitality. At the start we had to get into groups to do this task, in my group his name is hunter.

The teacher put some questions on the board to answer about this task and what we have done so far. Here are the questions and answers.

Who is in your group?

In my group I only have 1 person which is my friend Hunter.

What are your roles?

My role is a director, drawer and the camera person and hunter is helping me with drawing and the camera person.

How does your story show manarkitanga?

My story shows manarkitanga by stopping the bully and helping him be the better person. BUT it isn't about humans its about mammals.

My story is about In the deep blue sea, a turtle comes along and the great white tries to eat the turtle, BUT it doesn't know that a blue whale comes along and stops it from getting eaten.

The reason why there's a drawing of an eye is to make you think that the shark and the whale is massive because I couldn't draw a massive shark and whale in the small box.

Here is the photo of my story board but it isn't finished yet.

Tane Mahuta

In Tane Mahuta First there were 2 parts of the garden which was planting the vegetables and cleaning out the shed. I was cleaning out the shed because I didn't want to get dirty. First I was watching kids smashing some tables and ect.. that we didn't need. It was fun to watch but it would be even more fun if I was doing it but I wasn't allowed. After that I was helping lifting things in a pile so we can put them in a rubbish dump  later on. Then I went to the garden people have already planted Cauliflower, Broccoli, Beetroot and Cabbage and it looked really cool. After about an hour later we were all packing up, the reason why we were planting them vegetables because of the season. In the last couple of weeks we have been trying to make a garden and we did.

Here are some photo's of what we have been doing.

Maori - How to make a Hangi

In Maori we have been learning about how to make a hangi.  A hangi is food cooked under the ground. First you need to dig a hole big enough to put you food under. Then you need to make a fire at the bottom of the the pit then add the rocks on top and rest until rocks are white. After that place food in the pit meat goes on bottom and vegetables on top because meat needs to cook longer. Then cover the food with wet white sheets and dirt after 3 hours uncover the hangi and remove the food. After that eat and enjoy :)


Here is the matariki slide that we have done in Maori.


Here is the google drawing that shows every step on how to make a hangi.

Learning Confrences

On Thursday we had learning conferences. We had to make a slide, pictochart ect to explain some of the stuff we have been doing in class. Our parents come and I had to explain what we did on that slide. I did google slides to present it. The things we had to include in the google slides was reading plus, blog post about our CIP, Maths, A reading story that we had done in our hurumanu and snapshots of our spelling words and our spelling task. For the blog post we had to write why we had chosen that blog post, For the Maths we had to give an example, For the reading plus we had to write what we enjoying about them. Here is he google slide.

Mini Sausage Rolls

In term 2 we made mini sausage rolls because our cooking teacher said we are. It was a very fun session because they turned out very well and I was the first one done.

Mini Sausage Rolls

1/2 sheet puff (flaky) pastry (pre rolled pastry sheets need to be kept cold)
75g sausage rolls
A slice of bread (optional)
1t grated onion
1T grated carrot
1T grated cheese
Pinch of mixed herbs 
Salt n Pepper to season
Egg wash (beaten egg with 1t milk)`

1. Preheat oven to 220°C Bake.
2. Place a piece of baking paper on an oven tray 
3. Into a small bowl, put sausage meat, onion, carrot, cheese, mixed herbs and seasonings.
4. Add the prepared bread * to the sausage mixture. Mix well.
5. Pipe or spread sausage meat mixture along the length of the pastry strip, leaving a 5mm edge.
6. Tightly roll the pastry around the sausage meat. Dab some water onto the opposite end of the pastry to seal the edge of the roll.
7. Make holes in the top of the pastry roll using a fork.
8. Brush with egg wash.
9. Use a sharp damp knife to cut roll into 10 – 12 pieces.
10. Place onto prepared baking tray and bake for 10 – 15 min until the pastry is puffed and crisp and the sausage meat has cooked through. (Larger rolls will take longer to cook).

Can you please give me some feedback.

Digital Technology

In digital technology for the last 8 weeks I have chosen an issue about picking up rubbish.

My issue is how to stop humans from filling the world with trash. After we have chosen a issue we had to research about the issue to get some information. Then we filled the template to explain some of the information and to explain how I am going to stop that issue hopefully. After that we had to chose either to make a game or to make an app I chose a game to try and stop the issue. 

Here is some screenshot of my research

Here is a screenshot of my game that I have created

Here is a link to game fruit were i made my game.

https://make.gamefroot.com/

my game is finished I will send a link.

I enjoyed this 8 weeks because we got to make a game/apps and an issue. Hopefully it solves the issue. In my game there will be rubbish on the ground each time you pick up rubbish you get ten points. Next time I would like to do something different. The best bit was making the game because I haven't done it before. The hardest thing was forgetting to save the game then I had to restart all over again.

What would you chose for your issue?

P.E Reflection Questions and Answers

In P.E we have done many sports like Tapu Ae, Dodgeball, Crash pad, Multi sport and bench ball. The teacher's put some question's on the board and now we have to answer them. Here they are.

Challenges? what skills did you use?

The skills I used was Teamwork and getting my team back in the game by throwing them the ball. Teamwork is probably the most important because you cant win without letting your team have a turn.

A question we had to solve?

The hardest question for the ground maintenance is probably the size of the sports field because you need to know how much meters long, Meters long and the area in square meters.

Something you would like to learn/know?

I would like to learn how to play new games that I haven't played before. I would like to learn how to play cricket,  baseball and T ball because I like hitting things and I haven't played them before.

Did you enjoy it why/why not?

I enjoyed it because I like running around because it is alot of fun instead of playing fortnite and other things on my device.

Material Technology

In Technology I have been making my mock up for what I am making. The whole class has been making a creepy creature out of material. This is my mock up that I am going to be making. Next week I will be sewing all my bits up so it can be finished. This has been taking me 5 weeks to make my mock up. Here is the photo of my design. 

Tane Mahuta

In Tane Mahuta we have been recreating a broken garden for CIP. CIP stands for community impact projects. First we moved the tires back and forwards so the dirt and storks inside comes out, then we made a pile of tires at the back of the garden. After that we used a spade to make a pile of the dirt and storks, then there was tarpaulin under the tires so we pulled them off so we can fold them and put the tarpaulin in a trolley at the back of the garden. The week after that we digged up a row so we can cover soil and compose. Then we made a pile of dirt and soil in the whole then we put compose on top.

Next time we might be planting vegetables.

Digital Tech Questions and Answers

Today in digital tech we have to answer these questions about our research that we have copied off the internet and then we put it in our real words. In a couple of weeks we need to accomplished a game that we are making about our issue. Here are the questions.

Your issue: 

Picking up litter can make our community clean and to make sure it doesn't kill animals

• What is the issue? (explain)

How to stop humans from filling the world with trash?

• How can we solve the issue? (What steps to solve your issue)

Make a game to show people how important picking up rubbish and to make a game to help people pick up rubbish a bit more hopefully.

Fitness Testing

Last Thursday we did a fitness test in the gym. In each group there were 12 people including 1 recorder to record our results.

We did 5 exercises that we have done they are called the beap test, Grip strength, vertical jump test, sit and reach test and abdominal Conditioning Test.

The hardest one was the sit and reach test because I had to reach quiet fast and my legs were hurting that it felt like I was about going to get a cramp.