Van Goph - Starry Night & The Jandolos by me

 

Task Description:

This week, each individual in our class attempted to paint Vincent Van Goph's art piece. Also I used his technique by painting Jandals!

Kiwi Kids News Read Off!

Walt: Locate and summarise ideas within a range of texts

Task Description:

This week we hosted a Kiwi Kids news read off! We had to find articles on the website Kiwi Kids news and answer questions about them.

Kiwiana Drawing - Extension

Walt: Create an image including kiwiana 

Task Description:

This term, the extension class created images representing Kiwiana. Each individual drew their own. Here's mine! As you can see I have a Campervan, Fish n Chips, Pukeko, L&P Cans, Poppy's, The NZ Flag, Beautiful views, Cool Beaches, And a Pounamu around the mans neck!

Kei Hea A?

Walt: To say where someone is

Task Description:

This week we learnt about places in maori and how to say where someone is. We also created a poster explaining 3 places in NZ but they are translted in maori.

Cinquain (sin-cane)

Walt: Write a descriptive cinquain

Task Description:

This week we wrote a Cinquain, or correctly pronounced (sin-cane), my Cinquain is about my experience of fireworks!

Solubility

Walt: Make accurate measurements using a variety of measuring equipment

Task Description:

This week we learnt a bit of science while learning maths. Our focus this week was on measurements.

Creative Writing

Walt: To write for a specific purpose

Task Description:

This week we had to write a narrative. By the way, this is only the 1st PART of this narrative, so listen out for the nextnarrative blogpost!

The Great Ordinary

Walt: Skim & scan a text for key info

Task Description:

This week we learnt about a famous photographer named Edith Amituanai. We studied her work and were very  interested in the photos she took. We also created our own document of photagraphs about ourselves.

Piet Mondrian

Walt: Research the background of Piet Mondrian

Task Description:

This week we had to research and answer questions related to the very famous artist Piet Mondrian's background.

What's In The Bag - Probability

Walt: Find the probability of pulling a brown cube from the bag

Task Description:

This week we played a game of probability, We rotated desks and used cubes to guess the number of different coloured cubess there are hidden in the tote tray. Without looking we'd pick randomly from the tote trays 8 times, seeing the amount of oloured cubes there might be.

Statistics & Probablity

Walt: Interpret & draw conclusions from a range of graphs

Task Description:

This week we focused on statistics and probability. We played a game using an online coin flipper, I found itvery amusing.

Blog Commenting

Walt: Create a poster to explain the points for quality blog comments

Task Description:

This week we had to create a poster explaining helpful tips when you post a blog comment.

Chance & Probability

Walt: Explore chance & probability & read graph data

Task Description:

This week we recapped on probability. We had to find the chance between several problems.

Algebra Everywhere

Walt: Learn complicated algebra

Task Description:

This week we learnt more Algebra but it was way more complicated. Check out my work inside this presentation.

Loss Of Biodiversity

Walt: To share info concisely on a topic 

Task Description:

This week we had to write a post about the loss of our Biodiveristy.

Loss Of Biodiversity

Walt: Identify the authors purpose

Task Description:

This week we were learning Biodiversity, and how we are losing it. We are looking at the causes and effects of losing Biodiversity.

Plastic Pollution

Walt: To organise our ideas into paragraphs

Task Description:

This week we wrote about Plastic Pollution and how it's affecting our planet. We also wrote of ways we could end plastic-use.

My Visual Mihi

Walt: Draw your visual mihi

Task Description:

This year we created our own visual mihi's. I may have forgotten o post earlier this year but at least its done now!

Algebra + Probability

Walt: Recap on probability

Task Description:

This week we did a recap on probability and Algebra.

Agile Algebra 2

Walt: Learn Algebra

Task Description:

This week we learnt more algebra. I learnt HEAPS more, Also we did a small amount of BEDMAS.

Agile Algebra 1

Walt: Learn Algebra

Task Description:

This week we learnt about Algebra. We already knew a little bit about Algebra but we still have much to learn.

Plastic Pollution

Walt: Summarise key info in a text

Task Description:

This week we focused on Plastic Pollution. We read texts and learnt very much!

Iron Nail - As I Saw It

 

I am an Iron Nail, I was traded from the Pakeha to the Maori. I was traded for food and supplies. A Maori man named Horeta, kept his nail using it as a chisel. It was SO precious to him that he referred to it as his atua/God. The Maori use me as a chisel to split the Oyster from the rock. I am harder than any stone, I am an Iron Nail.

My CV

Walt: Create your own CV

Task Description:

This week we had to create a CV of ourself. Click the image to see my full CV.

New Zealand Sign Language - Taha Whanau

Walt: Use NZSL to spell your name

Task Description:

This week we had to introduce ourselves using New Zealand Sign Language.

NZ Sign Language

Walt: Write an explanation

Task Description:

This week we had to write an explanation of what is New Zealand Sign Language.

Maths Mix Up

Walt: Find the pattern

Task Description:

This week we did Algebra and had to find the pattern in the sequence.

Taha Tinana (Exercise Routine)

Walt: Create a poster showing you're exercise routine

Task Description:

This week we had to create a poster of 5 exercises we do for a routine!

Hinewehi Mohi (Writing)

Walt: Write for a specific purpose

Task Description:

This week we had to write about Hinewehi Mohi and three things about her life.

Hinewehi Mohi - Reo Changemaker

Walt: Evaluate info in a text

Task Description:

This week we had to study Hinewehi Mohi, who sung New Zealands national anthem in Te Reo Maori 21 years ago. And was hated by many people.

Practice makes good

Walt: Convert cm to mm

Task Description:

This week we had to convert cm to mm. We also had a recap on weight measurement.

Written by...

Walt: Understand how people remember and record the past in different ways

Task Description:

This week we had to research how life would be like on James Cook's ship, the Endeavour. We also looked at how life would be like for the Maori tribes.

Special Occasion

Today at exactly 12:00 we sang 2 waiata - E Ihoa and Tutira Mai Nga Iwi. We sang this becuase in 1972 the people of New Zealand were allowed to speak their native language, every year since then our school has sung waiata most years to honour the occasion.

Tonga Profile

Tonga

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Tonga is a small but populated country clustered in the islands of the south pacific. Tonga is part of the Polynesian Family - Samoa, The Cook Islands, Fiji and Tonga.

Facts

• The inhabitants speak either English or Tongan.

• Tonga was discovered by early settlers who  claimed the land around 500 BC.

• The Tongan people still celebrate their rich cultural dances and songs that have been passed over many generations, one of these dances is names the Paddle Dance where they have paintings of the human body on paddles called the me’etu’upaki

• In 1773 Captain James Cook sailed to Tonga for the first time and he named the country the Friendly Islands because of the welcoming reception the inhabitants gave him and his crew.

• The people of Tonga were at war with each other for several years until King George 1 ended the period who had also recently become a Christian Methodist. Once the war had settled, life was much better with King George as their ruler. He taught Independence, Unification & Constitution. He also introduced christianity to the friendly Islands, and is now their main religion.

Culture

The Kingdom of Tonga is very strong in their cultural traditions, yes they did lose some over the several thousand years they have occupied the island and called it their own but some still exist like the Drinking Of Kava, which they celebrate with their neighbours.

Capital

The Capital of Tonga is Nuku’alofa, it is located on the north coast of the island Tongatapu, the southernmost island of Tonga’s archipelago of 176 islands in total. Tonga’s population ranges from 104, 500 people living in Tonga and counting.

Homes & Villages

Tongans have moved on from their old structural houses which everyone believes they still live in. But today their islands are modernly dressed with brick houses, there is no doubt that some people respect the old traditions of living in leaf-made houses and Tapa furnishings.

Island Life

The Tongan islands are still very green with trees of life everywhere you look. Tonga is a beautiful place and has many beaches and wildlife everywhere. They don’t let the inhabitants venture everywhere around the island due to volcanic eruptions.

Heroes

Suprisingly for a very small Kingdom, Tonga is very skillful in the art of sports. You may call them famous people but we call them heroes. Just today I reviewed and researched a Tongan Hero named Taulupe Faletau, a famous rugby star who plays for Wales!

Conclusion

Thanks to all the people who read my text about Tonga, I really hope you learnt something or you liked it, Bless you all and stay safe during COVID!

Tongan Heroes

Walt: Summarize & present key info

Task Description:

This week we had to research a famous tongan person, or hero. I researched Taulupe Faletau or his english name Toby, also my first name!

Measurement Mathletes 2

Walt: The volume of 3D shapes

Task Description:

This week we had to calculate the volume of 3D shapes, also I had to use the Pythagoras theorem with the help of my mum & my brother.  

Tongan Language Week

Walt: Research facts about Tonga based on your topic

Task Description:

This week we had to choose a topic around Tonga and research 3 facts about the topic.

My Culture

 I’m proud to represent my culture, Maori. I enjoy it because my immediate family always represent our culture other than our cousins who don’t usually celebrate it. I would like to show them what it means to believe in your culture and show them how important our culture is. My culture means nearly everything to me.

I love the feeling when the entire group is banded together and performing as one.

Last Saturday me and my family visited a funeral for Maua Pagaialii-Taulu when they were bringing the coffin outside the church my brothers, their friends, my father & me, brought our voices together and performed a haka as loud as a siren.

I wonder where I'd be if I hadn’t known my heritage. I’m proud to be Maori.

This place is very special to me because this is the home of my Maori Heritage, Rukumoana Marae. It’s also where my koro is buried, Ike Samuels.

Measurement Mathletes 1

Walt: Solve the volume of 3D shapes

Task Description:

This week we had to solve many problems like the volume of 3D shapes or the area of a circle using PI.

Tongan Language Week 2020

This very week is Tongan Language Week! Tongan Language week is all about celebrating Tongan culture. Tonga is a small island in the middle of the pacific ocean, it's surrounded by many other tribes living their lives on islands as well. Like the Samoan's, the Fijian's, Cook Island's, and the Tongans. All 

Polynesians. Of course there are other small isolated country's in the pacific but we only focus on those few.

The theme for this year is - Fakakoloa ‘o Aotearoa aki ‘a e Lotu Mo’oni - or in English - Enriching Aotearoa New Zealand through prayer and faith.

Informational Writing - Extinction

Walt: research and present factual information

Task Description:

This week we had to study about a individual creature, I chose the Chesterfield Skink. We had to write what they eat, their predators, their habitat.

In The News (National)

Walt: Think about and respond critically to texts

Task Description:

This week we studied an amazing event that happened at Auckland Zoo. The Auckland Zoo has their first healthy baby rhino in 20 years!

Made To Measure

Walt: Solve problems using CM

Task Description:

This week we had to solve problems using measuring distances. We worked on volume and cubes.

He Hakete Kikorangi

Walt: To describe objects using colours

Task Description:

This week for maori we had to name objects with colours. We also had to make a poster of three objects, we had to name them and name their colours.

Taha Whanau

Walt: What is Te Taha Whanau

Task Description:

This week we had to explain what Te Taha Whanau is in our words.

Te Taha Tinana

Walt: Explain what Te Taha Tinana means in your words

Task Description:

This week we had to explain what Te Taha Tinana was in our own words. Since I write every detail I set a challenge to make it as short as I could.

Yr 8 Camp Highlight Reel

Walt: Create a movie of Yr 8 camp highlights

Task Description:

This week we had to create a movie including highlights from the recent Yr 8 Leadership Camp. I created a highlight reel MYSELF. The pictures of me are to explain that from a irresponsible baby to a mature middle-aged child.

Family Roles

Walt: Show your family & their roles

Task Description:

This week we had to create our family with an avatar creator and describe their main roles in our family. Here's my cool family.

Creating Myth & Legends

Walt: Create your own Mytb or Legend

Task Description:

This week we HAD to create a part of our own fantasy like a setting or a character. I created a setting but I went beyond the standards. I created a whole picture story by using images I created in Minecraft.

Tikanga

Walt: Write for a specific purpose

Task Description:

This week we explained why we perform a tikanga every morning. If you don't know what a tikanga is then consider a quick read in these slides.

Rata & The Totara Tree

Walt: Make connections across a range of texts

Task Description:

This week we learnt about another maori myth. This weeks myth was Rata & the totara tree. I had to read texts and break them into word groups.

Persuasive Writing - Rona

Walt: Write for a specific purpose

Task Description:

This week we had to write a persuasive text but this time it was about Rona and her decisions.

A Moon Myth

Walt: Find out about Rona

Task Description:

This week we learnt about Rona and the moon. We had to create short videos explaining the story.

Decimal Fractions

Walt: Convert fractions to decimals

Task Description:

This week we had to complete a set of easy problems. We had to convert fractions into decimals!

Myth & Legends Map

Walt: Create a map showing 2 legends

Task Description:

This week we had to create a map showing 2 legends and explain their story's.

Convincing Maui's Mother

Walt: Write for a specific purpose

Task Description:

This week we had to write 2 convincing reasons why Maui HAD to sneak onto his brothers boat.

Sophie Germain's Background

Walt: Subtract 3 digit numbers

Task Description:

This week we had to research the background of a famous mathematician. We chose Sophie Germain.