Perspective and Opinions

Here is a short video, based on our own opinions about Louise. 

Perspective and Opinions

WALT: I will read across texts and media to form my own opinion.
For the past two weeks we have been giving our own Opinions and Perspective.  This article was about a lady stealing $4000 from a rugby club.  We then had to make a short video, based on our own opinions about Louise.

Lady Pink

Today we will be talking about a graffiti artist, lady pink and how she uses Texture,Colour and shape in her artwork to show that women can do anything. As you can see Lady Pink uses a lot of colours to express how she feels about empowering women.  She also uses Texture to bring the colours together by using the spray paint in different artwork. Our last element shows she uses different shapes to express different kinds of faces in her artwork. Her message towards all her artwork, to men especially is that women can do anything, weather its graffiti or different kind of arts.

Strike Day!

As part of our focus for the week, we had to show two facts and give our own opinion on what we think about the strike day!  Here's a short film showing our facts and opinion about the strike day. 

Fact or Opinion

WALT: I will read across texts and media to form my own opinion on the current teacher strikes For this weeks topic we have been focusing on the strike day, which was held on monday. We had to share our opinions on what we think about that day.

Life without trees

Beneath the shady tree

Who likes to lie with me

With my foot stomping on the ground

And my head in the sky

While the tall tree watches the clouds go by

I realised what is it like without trees

Standing still thinking about the question

Over and over again

Without a tree there's no shade to rest our tired heads

Closing my eyes scared to think if this world had no trees

They will be no fruits, fruits sweeter than a chocolate bar

Without a tree there will be nothing

To protect us from the noise nearby.

Roll of the Die

WALT: To take risk in small groups discussions. For the past two weeks we have been learning contribute ideas in a small group. My group and I first had to predicate from 1-6, before rolling the die. The third slide will show how my group and I worked as a group, did we work well or not?

Being a good Learner

Education is one of the key things that are important in my life.  Believe it or not it holds a huge position to being the best learner I could be. If you work hard and you do your best, you can do anything.  So let me explain to you in the next three paragraphs on how you can improve your chances of being a good learner.

Being a good learner involves making eye contact, even when the teachers talking.  Folding your arms easily can catch your teachers attention that you understand the task that has been given to you.  For an example sitting in the front of the class setting a good example for your classmates around you.

As a good learner it’s always good to ask a question.  The more people asking questions the better result you get from your teacher. The reason to it is because when asking question no matter if it’s wrong or right, raising your hand just to ask a simple question just means that you want to improve your learning. For instance your stuck with a strategy, and you don’t understand the task that has been given to you.  It’s always good to ask a classmate next to you, or even your teacher.

Being a good learner requires being present at school.  Students are most likely to succeed academics when your attending school everyday.  That way your teacher doesn’t have to repeat herself. For an example there’s something really important and your part of that event, not attending the event can make it harder for your classmates around you to cover for you.

So there you have it three ways you can improve your chances of being a good learner.  Making eye contact, asking questions and being present at school are easy ways you can become a good learner.  I hope that my three points were clear to you, and that you could follow these tips to help you out.

Review on my writing test!

Color Code:

Statement: Yellow

Explanation: Green

Example: Blue

Having friends is not just to play with during morning tea and lunch, but having friends also means having someone to talk to when your going through a rough time.  What does it mean by having a good friend? Well read the following paragraphs on how you could improve yourself by being a good friend.

Being a good friend means to always have trust in them.  Trust is a big thing, not just for me but I know for others.  The reason to it is because when telling others your personal life, it’s like relying on them to keep it a secret.  Which I know I have friends I can depend on when telling a secret.  For instance you have something really bad you want to tell your closest friend, but you don’t know whether you could trust them or not.  So here’s my advice to you if you really know him/her that well, then I suggest you go ahead and tell that person.

As a good friend you should always care for them, no matter how hard things are between you and that person.  Caring for them can easily mean I got your back, you got mine.  That way you know they care for you.  For an example, your going through a rough time, and you have no one to talk too.  Just remember you got that one friend that can change your mood into pleased rather than sad.  

Furthermore cracking jokes with your friends can easily put a smile on their faces.  Cracking good jokes has a way of entertaining others, instead of snapping jokes that shouldn’t be said.  So say your group of friends are just having a bit of a laugh, but there's always that one person who has to ruin it by saying something not even close to what yous were talking about.  Just whisper over to that person and, tell them something encouraging for them to think twice about what they just said.

Finding a supportive friend can help a lot with your learning.  That way you don’t have friends that distract you from getting your work done on time.  If you know your gonna talk to them, I’ll recommend that you sit with a friend that can help you with your work, so that way you don’t have to stay in for not finishing your work.  So say I had this one friend that can just crack jokes and talk all the time, I won’t just sit there laughing.  Instead I would move somewhere where I don’t get distracted.

So there you have it, trusting one another, caring for them, cracking good jokes and just being a supportive friend.  These are ways of what a good friend looks like. I hope that my tips helped you on being a good friend!

We got the opportunity to mark our own writing test, as part of our writing for the week. We had to highlight parts that is been given a statement, explaining, and also having an example.

Weekend Fun

WALT: Monitor ourselves to complete our work
For the past few weeks my group and I have been learning how to work out the probability.  The second slide shows my groups working out, and the last slide shows how my group did. 

Man and Sea

WALT: Test ready, preparing myself with strategies to do my best in the upcoming tests.
For the past few weeks we have been given the task to read about a boy named Ioane, and him in the of getting a tatau tattoo.  It tells us how much pain hes in while getting the tattoo and so the dad helps him cool down, by explaining a story about a black octopus that damaged his island.

Inference

WALT: Test Ready, preparing myself with strategies to do my best in the upcoming tests
As part of our reading test, we have been preparing our selves for the upcoming test.  I would say that this has helped me with my upcoming test.  

Average Looking

WALT: to take risks in small group discussions
For this weeks topic we have been measuring our facial features.  Once we have done that we then had to figure out what the mean, mode and range are.  On the next slide it shows my groups working out, and the last slide shows how my group and I worked.

Welcome back to term 4!!

It’s the start of the term it’s time to find out what our study will be.  As usual our teachers always have something in stored for us. It’s either with a movie or even an act.  Let me explain to you in the next 3 paragraphs which items I enjoyed the most.

This terms immersion assembly has everyone pumped up about our focus for the term.  I was so excited to see what every team had to present. Our main focus is all about art, Te Wa Toi.  At Pt England School we love having immersion assemblies, because we love to see what teachers have to act out for us to focus on for the term.  It’s a way to start our term!

Every team was great but I have to say that team 1 smashed it!  At first most of the audience were getting a bit confused of what their doing.  When it got to about half way we were seeing different types of painting shown by the teachers of team 1.  As I was looking at what every teacher had to paint, at first I thought they were drawing different types of mountains, But it getting to the end.  They brought the paintings together, and that’s when we all realised they were painting a lion. From my point of view I thought it looked a bit weird, but at the same time it looked pretty interesting.

The team that I understood more about was my own team, team 5.  Our focus was how do artists express meaning through their art? The reason to why I understood this team is because if I were a artist myself, how would I express my feelings through art? Well that’s what our teachers were demonstrating on stage.  They all had five to three minutes to paint their work, to show how they were feeling. At the end they had to explain what their story behind their painting.

Last but not least the item I really enjoyed watching was team 4.  The team 4 teachers had two special guess up the stage, Mr Wiseman and Mr Moran.  Team 4’s item was a competition to see who could draw the best. As the timer started game faces were on for the team 4 teachers.  It was getting closer to the end, and all the teachers were completing their final design.

There you have it - my 3 paragraphs explaining what show I enjoyed the most and what I understood the most about their focus for the term.

Lawn Mowing

This week we have been focusing on perimeters and the area of the field.  But first we had to get into four groups of three.  My group and I Strategy was to just add them all, to get the answer. On the third slide explains how my group worked.  And how I could improve my work next time. 

Kiwi Kids News

Recall:

1. Who is the main person or group of people in this news article? Dele Alli

2. What was the key event from the news article? Can you do the Dele Alli?

3. Where did this event take place? Anywhere in the world

4. When did this event take place? 3rd of september 2018

Thinking:

1. Find a quote from the main person in this news article? There is no quote shown in this article

2. In your own words describe what happened in this news article.  This article about everyone in the world trying to do the dele alli.  It became more popular, and it started to be the new trend

3. Find out where this event took place and include some information about this place.  It does have any information about where the event took place.

4. Tell us when this event happened and explain what might happen in the future.  This Dele alli trend is the new trend.  I’ll be very honest, in the future I dont think this might not be as popular.

5. Explain in your own words why this event took place.  It started from the football player, Dele Alli.  After he scores goals he does his hand gesture. It recently became more popular.

6. Use the Dictionary in the bottom right hand corner to find the meaning of 3 words from the article.  

• Craze: An Enthusiasm for a particular activity or object which achieves widespread but short-lived popularity
• Gesture: a movement of part of the body, especially a hand or the head, to express an idea or meaning.
• Viral:  circulated rapidly and widely from one Internet user to another.

Test Result

WALT: Ask questions to help my understanding of others mathematical thinking.

Rhyming Poems!!

WALT: Poetry that Rhymes
We have been learning how to make poems that rhyme, by writing about somethings we like about Pt England School.

Energy

This week we have been learning about 4 different text. Jumping for joules, Vietnam batteries, Energy efficiency, Shoe to mobile. We then had to pick two text, from those four article, and then compare the both and see what the different is.  Our last step was to make a poster, to encourage other people to save energy. 

Ripper Rugby Championship

For this weeks topic we have been learning on how to tell times in 12 hours and 24 hours.  We had to get spilt into groups and come up with the solution.  I then had to explain how my group worked, Did we work well or not?

Paula the poetry

Today we have learnt about Paula Green and here is a little information about her. Here is a link to her Poem, "Poetry box" 

WAIT THERE'S MORE!!

The Secret Game Plan: Script

This is our Script for "The Secret Game Plan", by Maria Samuela. As you read our script you could also listen to our movie, that we have made a couple of weeks ago. Enjoy reading our script!!

Samoa and Kerstein: Podcast.
Nau mai, Haere mai Ki KPE, You’re listening to Korero Pt England, coming to you from Auckland New Zealand.  My name is Kerstein and I’m a Year 8 at Pt England School. Joining me today is Samoa and she’s here to tell us about a book she has been reading.

Kia Ora Samoa

Kia Ora Kerstein

So what have you been reading lately?
I have been reading a book called "The Secret Game Plan" written by Maria Samuela. 

Tell us who the characters are in this book Please?
There is a girl named Mata, She likes to play rugby, and her one wish is to win one game against a boy called Sami and his friends.

Why does she want to win against them?
Thats because the boys in Mata's class, kept calling the girls useless and so the girls wanted to prove them wrong.

Tell us more about the Book?
Well while Mata was in class she wrote a secret game plan at the back of her writing book. She leaped over to whisper to Nga, saying "training at lunchtime time pass it on".

What do you think the message the author is trying to tell us?
It doesn't really matter what kind of gender you are, just know that you should not let anyone or anything come in your way.

Thanks for the korero Samoa

To our listeners out there we have been talking about a book called "The Secret Game Plan" by Maria Samuela and you should read it for yourself. Dont forget to join us on KPE next week. This was Kerstein and Samoa

From Korero Pt England

ka kite ano.

Not Nice Stories - Script

This is our script for "Not Nice Stories".  While reading the script, you could also listen to the movie we have made a couple of weeks ago.  Hope you enjoy, reading our script!!

Samoa and Myztique: Podcast 

Nau mai, Haere mai Ki KPE, You’re listening to Korero Pt England, coming to you from Auckland New Zealand.  My name is Myztique and I’m in Year 8 at Pt England School. Joining me today is Samoa and she’s here to tell us about a book she has been reading.

Kia Ora Samoa

Kia Ora Myztique

So what have you been reading lately?
I've been reading about a book called “not nice stories” and was written by John Parker

Who are the characters in this book?

Bunny jordan Mr Zister & Kirsty Smith

Tell us more about this book?
One of his friends went to barney's house and he could see something running around the house, as soon as he opened the door he saw barney that transformed into a sheep.

What is the Author's message to us?
His message was that you don't need to eat sheep brains to get smarter, the smartness is all in your heart and brain.

Thanks for the korero Samoa.

To our listeners out there we have been talking about a book called "Not Nice Stories" by John Parker, and you should read it for your self. Don't forget to join us on KPE next week. This was Myztique and Samoa

From Korero Pt England

Ka Kite Ano

Creative Poems!!

Feeling the rocky ground

Seeing kids running around

Having the time of their lives

Giving away high fives

Kicking the ball up in the air

Having fun,

Like I just don’t care

Feeling a little scared
As I am not prepared

Lazyness!!

As I stretched, trying so hard not to fall back asleep. Another day in my life, where I feel lazy! As you can see from all three pictures it shows how I felt this morning.  I’m pretty sure yous all have that one day, where you feel like not moving besides getting comfy in bed!

On the top left corner it shows, that when I wake up I won’t be able to fully open my eyes. It’s one of the hardest parts about waking up, trying to get ready for school. That’s trying so hard not to fall back into bed and eyes closed again. On the right hand corner, shows that whenever I wake up there is always that sun that has to “shine bright” into your eyes! Last picture presents me getting up, and having a little stretch, before I get ready for school.

Dancing with the stars

This week we have been learning about a book "Dancing with the stars!" Our first task was to read the a book based on the question, on the presentation. We then had to create a poster, that will help other's through a tough time. Here are some of the things I said, on the poster! This poster that I have created doesn't just relate, to some of yous but also myself. I hope this poster could help you, Enjoy!

KPE - The Secert Game Plan

For the past few weeks, we have been learning how to do podcasting. We each had to pick a book, and explain to us what the book is about. We then had to pick partners to work with, so that they could interview us. Lately I have been reading about a book called, The secret game plan written by Maria Samuela. This book talks about a girl named Mata, she tries so hard to win against the boy. So that the girls could prove the boys wrong. Overall I found this book really interesting to read, and I suggest that you read it for yourself.

This will be my second time making a podcast. I really hope you try this out, because it was really fun to read about this book.

KPE - Not Nice Stories

For the past few weeks, we have been learning how to do podcasting. We each had to pick a book, and explain to us what the book is about. We then had to pick partners to work with, so that they could interview us. Lately I have been reading about a book called, Not Nice Stories by John Parker. This book talks about a boy who is smart, he wants to get smarter, so he decides to eat sheep brains. Overall I found this book really interesting to read, and I suggest that you read it for yourself.

This is my first time making a podcast. It was a really good experience to understand, more about what this book is talking about. I really hope you try this out, because it was really fun to read about this book.

High School Enrolments

This week we are learning to ask questions to help my understanding and others maths thinking. My class got spilt into two groups, and one group was in the ground, while the other group was doing rotations. We got given this equation, and we had to find out what A and B is, and how we came up with that question. The next page shows how my group worked out one of the questions.

Strike day!

More time to teach

Enough is Enough!  We need more with our teachers, without having students interrupting my one on one time with her/him.  We need more teachers at several schools because us students cannot learn anything, if there’s thirty other kids in one classroom.  For an example my teacher, Mrs Tele’a. She can never teach us anything. Without having to stop to talk to students, that has been sent here, for something they shouldn’t be doing.  Rather than writing reports about one student, teachers should focus more about their students learning.

Resourcing for additional needs
Different classes in Aotearoa have the same issues of teaching there rare students. By rare teachers have a difficult time teaching students, that don’t usually concentrate. My opinion to this topic is that we should have more teachers, to help our fellow students that are in need.  Students that are need, need extra help to catch up with the rest of the class. So that way students in need don’t find it difficult to learn, instead they can have more time with the teachers.

Better pay
Teachers need better pay! From my point of view I think teachers that have been here for over ten years, should get better pay than teachers that are coming now. Why? That because I think they deserve more than what they usually get. So overall my thoughts about this paragraph, is that we should get better pay. And have a lot more respect on how they work.

Conclusion.
So there you have it, here are my three reasons of why Strike day is so important. Teachers should have more time learning there kids, instead of having to write a reports about each person in a class. We should have more teachers in one classroom, because it is way easier for the people that are in need. Last, teachers should get more pay, than they usually get. Strike day is a really important thing in Aotearoa because its a message to the government, to get more teacher! So there you have it, I hope you understand how important this is to us.

Ned's Kindness Adventure!

This morning we had special visitors that came to our school, to talk to the whole school about something special.  Can you guess who it is? if you guessed ned your right. Ned also came with a friend called Cosmo, they’ve only been in New Zealand once, and visiting for a week. They are here to talk to us about how there adventure was in Kenya.

There first topic they talked about was about our superhero powers, which is our smiles.  He had heaps of reasons why our smile can change the world, for an example smile doesn’t just make people happy.  but it also brings everyone together. One of his quotes that stood out to me the most was that “Smiles break down walls”.  The reason to it is because it can bring people a happier life.

Then he started talking about the matters of other people, and what it means to care for others. He listed five things they weren’t just normal quotes, but they were important quotes for us kids to remember.  just by saying one little thing it can cheer someone up. The five things he listed down were, Different can be good, Include others, caring is cool and also each person matters a lot. Out of those five quotes only one of them stood out to me the most.  That quote was the last one which was, each person matters, because I feel like everyone should treat them as how you would want to be treated.

In every country we all know that there's languages that they speak.  In Kenya they have their own way of speaking their languages, where here in New Zealand we also speak different languages.  But most of us prefer to speak English because we are able to understand it. Whatever culture you are or whatever language you speak at home, feel free to express it around the world.  It’s a way to communicate to people that understand what your saying. I like to try new things, and I am willing to learn how to speak more than two languages. One of the languages I would like to learn is actually Filipino, I enjoy watching a lot of Filipino movies in my spare time.  I’ve never been to the Philippines but maybe in the future I could explore the Philippines, one day!

He then talks about the education, and compares the time we wake up and the time the students in Kenya wakes up.  Here in New Zealand we usually wake up at 7:00 or 7:30, but in Kenya its a lot different. Because students in Kenya wake up at 5:00am, every single day just for school.  My question is, Why is it that they wake up so early then we do? Is it because they live so far from where school is? As you all may know I attend Pt England School, and I only live a few blocks away from where school is.  But it’s a bit different for us seniors, we start a bit earlier than the younger students do. That because we need to prepare for the day.

It was a really good experience to know the difference, between the students here New Zealand and the students in Kenya.  It was also really good to know the five importance, of how to be kind to other people. How smiles can change the world. You can speak whatever language you would like to speak.  And the differences between the kids in Kenya wake up, and when the kids in Aotearoa wake up. I hope some of these things can help you, to be kind to others.

Tips on how to have a epic holiday

Who’s tired of having the same holidays over and over again?  If your sick and tired of having to do chores everyday during the school holidays, then here are some things you can try out, to make your holidays more fun.  I’m sure every kid reading this, can relate to what I just said, If that’s you keep reading! Take some of my tips and use them for your next school holiday!

I’m sure for every kid has a something to do in their house, Right? Well for me I know that my job is to make sure the house is clean, before I do anything else.  You wouldn’t want to walk on floors that are dirty, Dishes that are not cleaned and clothes just chucked on the floor. While your cleaning the house, try and be more creative so that you don’t get bored.  Like play music, just to keep you company. So the very first thing you should do, before you do anything else. Is to finish your chores, before mum or dad gets back!

Now that the chores are out of the way, we can now move on to our second idea.  Sometimes you just want to keep playing, but you know your starving and thirsty.  So what I suggest to you is to eat heaps before you go outside to play. For an example your cooking breakfast for your family, and you only make enough for your family to eat. Maybe think to make a bit more food and leave until lunch time, so that you won’t need to cook again. So remember to make sure to make more food, and eat heaps before playing outside.

I know yous all have that one sibling who just likes to be loud and just wants your attention.  Well I can tell you that once you have finished reading this, you will now know why he or she is being annoying. When this situation happens to me, I don’t just let them keep going.  I always share my devices with that person. So what I do is I give my device to my sibling, and I let them go on it for a while. While I watch tv, a few minutes later we then swap over.  It works really while in my family, so if that’s you then follow this tip and that situation won’t happen again!

Last but not least my last idea to make your holiday fun, is to play fun activities with your cousins or siblings, or even your neighbours.  Well I’m not really close to my neighbours, but if you are then maybe they could play with you. There are heaps of fun games to play that doesn’t cost anything like, Touch, Tag, hide and seek, rugby and other fun activities.  But if your playing rugby with your neighbours, remember to put on a mouth guard. Or else the next time you play you, it will be silent rugby!

So there you have it, here are my four tips on how to have a fun holiday.  But remember before doing anything else, first your chores. Make more food than you usually do, share your devices between your siblings.  Last but not least go outside and enjoy your holidays, with your neighbours or cousins!

Bike Trip

WALT: To explain mathematical thinking using context of the problem.