2020 Highlights - T4W9

 As you know 2020 is coming to its finale, and with that comes the end of intermediate for me :( This year has been really messy but as you can see we got through it well and happy. Here are a two highlights from this year. 

Extension. 

Its been a privilege to be in extension this year. I'd like to give thanks to Mrs Lagitupu for giving me an awesome year of extension this year! I loved the laughs I had with everyone, and learning about new things was really interesting. Doing the tests was hard and stressful, but the google meets were really fun :) Thanks guys ! 

Athletics.

Athletics was a really big highlight of my 2020 year, and this photo just sums up why. I feel like this whole year just brought everyone together, and that connects to Y8 camp too :) We all seemed really happy, and thats what got me into a great mood :) Our last athletics was great! Thanks to everyone that participated and made this even possible. 

Conclusion.

In conclusion, 2020 was really great! Finally school is nearly over (ﾉ´･ω･)ﾉ ﾐ ┻━┻ and i'm off to college next year :( My best wishes for next year go out to all you year 8's! Have a great christmas and a wonderful new years day! :)

Art Alive Expo - 2020

 𝔸 ℝ 𝕋 𝔸 𝕃 𝕀 𝕍 𝔼 𝔼 𝕏 ℙ 𝕆

Today we had a art expo! Every class made a piece of art based around the theme of 'Art Alive' They were so awesome ! :)

The two top photos are of Room 2 and Room 4's work.

Room 2 have done figures based on their artist named Alberto Giacometti while Room 4 did starry night illustrated by Van Gogh.

 I loved everyones art but i've got to say Room 22 really caught my eye with the tye dye shirts they made ! Great work Room 22 :) My class (Room 11) made posters based around different themes with photos in black & white. We took photos of different scenery and did different poses to tell stories.

                                                                                     
                          Every piece of art was unique, and thats what I liked most about the expo today :) We all had different techniques but they all turned out super great!                                               

                                 

Overall, I loved the art expo this year :) Such creative minds we all have!

What were your favorite pieces from this year?

I hope to see even more lovely art next year!

                           

Manaiakalani Film Festival - 2020

 

 

Finally the manaiakalani film festival is back for 2020!

There were only a few movies this year due to the messy year we've had with covid happening and all the lockdowns we have been through. But it was really fun seeing we could still do our festival :) 

There were two movies from our school that I really enjoyed this year :)

Room 678's movie 'Level 2 BBQ' was my personal favorite because of the humor and great acting from all of our year 6's :) I also really liked Room 1's movie 'A day in the life' ! The amount of fun everyone was having and the wonderful jokes and humor in the movie is what I liked the best.

Honestly the hoyts cinema was a wonderful experience! I noticed the movie theatre had changed alot :/ But besides all that it was pretty cool. The movie theatre seemed much more larger and everything looked much more spaced out :) Alot of schools were there too, they were really nice and waved at us :) 

Overall I really loved the movies this year :) and i'm happy it got put up since I wont be able to see any of our movies in 2021 :') i'll be off to college!

Loved the movies you teachers brought for us to see this year!

Hope to see the great mahi in 2021.

Thanks!

Nelson Mandela - Writing

 Nelson Mandela

Nelson Mandela was a civil rights activist born 1918 in a small village of the thembu kingdom. He was famous for demolishing apartheid in south africa. 

In Mandela’s time, white south africans had taken over the villages he had stayed in, colonising the land and taking everything for them. He had also seen how unfair colored people were compared to the white population in his country. From the year 1948, successful laws in south africa were made for these people to be segregated, meaning seperated from each other. This was called apartheid.

Nelson knew he had to make a change for his country. With his plan to change the law and give rights to his people, Mandela reached out and spoke about ending apartheid. During this process he was taken to prison many times when then in 1964 he was sent to prison for life. Nelson delievered an amazing speech in the courtroom about how he dreamed of a society where his people would be freed and how he wished for everyone to have equal opportunities. While Mandela was in prison, many south african people continued to protest about ending apartheid. Nelson had spent 27 years in prison, and at the age of 71 he was given his freedom.

The effect of Nelson's protest had taken a massive impact on the rest of south africa after he had been taken out of prison. Alot of people had taken notice of apartheid and protested about it for weeks. In 1994 Mandela had been elected as the first black president for his country and ended apartheid once and for all.

Overall this without Mandela, South Africa wouldn’t be where it is today.

Railroad To Freedom - Writing

 The story ‘Railroad To Freedom’ talked about slavery in america, and also talked about the two people that helped the most and saved the african american slaves. The biggest problem in this story was about how the black people were being getting kidnapped and forced into slavery. Harriet (Formally known as Araminta) saved slaves by helping them escape, and there was also a man called Thomas Garret who made a safehouse for the slaves. All slavery ended once Abraham Lincoln came in for president and abolished anything to do with the topic in 1865.

Why do we need school? - Writing W1 T4

 Why do we need school?

Why do we need school? Now that's something someone could probably easily answer. We need school to learn, to get a good job, and to learn how to socialize. This essay will tell you more about why we need school.

To learn.

Learning is the keypoint of school. It really helps you alot and could possibly change your life. Reading can teach you about the world and helps your imaginative mindset grow, math teaches you about numbers and teaches you how to add, subtract, and multiply, but besides all that there are many subjects that can help you in different ways. 

To get a good job.

Learning these subjects in school can really help you get a job in the future. Say you wanted to become an author for example, you’ll need to know the basics of reading and writing to support that decision. Not knowing how to write could be a disaster and not knowing how to read would be awful. How can you reach the goal of being an author if you don’t know how to read and write?

To socialize. 

School is a place where you will meet others, and make friends. In school, you learn how to socialize with other people by buddying up. Talking with others and learning how to communicate is a really great example of social interaction. 

In conclusion, school is really important for your life. Without school where would society be?

How glass is made - Term 4 Wk 1

Walt: Use The Correct Essay Structure.

Task Description:

For todays task we have been given a article that was jumbled up.

We were focused on unscrambling the paragraphs and moving them around so that the article makes sense.

 

The Quest - Reading

WALT : Infer a meaning from a text.

 

Task Description:

For todays task we have read a text called 'The Quest'

We are learning how to infer a meaning from a text.

Finding my place - Reading

 WALT : Infer a meaning from a text.

Task Description:

For todays task we have read a text called 'Finding My Place.' 

We are learning to infer a meaning from texts we read.

Time Warp - Literacy T3W7

Task Description:

For todays task we have read a few paragraphs from the story 'Time Warp'.

We are focusing more on clauses as well as independent and dependent sentences.

We have also done a little bit of writing :) but mine is yet to be done.
Enjoy!

Back To School For Level 2! - Inquiry

Task Description:

Hi there! Today I am back at school for level 2.5 :) School has started well today and for our first task we have been given instructions to make a google draw on 5 things we are grateful for ! The 5 things im grateful for are:

~ My Dad

~ The Internet

~ Teachers 

~ Family

~ Friends

I hope to see more fun tasks for this week! 

:)

Keeping On Top Of My Well-Being - Te Whare Tapa Wha

Task Description:

For todays morning task, we had been given a google drawing about 

'Te Whare Tapa Wha' :)

We focus on how we have been looking after ourselves and what house we think associates with it. 

Spaghetti Tower - Literacy 2020 T3W2

𝕊𝕡𝕒𝕘𝕙𝕖𝕥𝕥𝕚 𝕋𝕠𝕨𝕖𝕣

Task Description:

Today is our first day back in our literacy class! :) 

For today we have done a really exciting task !

Our task merely just focused on making a spaghetti tower and working together aswell as communicating, all in which wilson is really strong at doing.

We were given 10 minutes to think of an idea on how to make our tower stable and actually work >:)

In the end, our tower unfortunately didn't quite work and snapped :(

but it all just depended on how we worked together ! 

:)

The 1 Million Pound Note - Literacy 2020

Walt : Respond Critically To Literature.

Task Description:

For our task today we have been reading a story named the $1,000,000 Bank-Note by Mark Twain. In our story we are introduced to a character named Henry Adams who has been chosen for a bet. :)

Cambodia - A World Of Difference T3W1

Task Description:

For today's task we have focused on cambodia's myths and legends :)

Todays legend was the legend of Lightning, Thunder and Rain.

Our main characters in the story were Lok Ta, Moni Mekhala, Vorachhun, and Ream Eyso. The original story is called 'The Goddess and The Ogre'.

Enjoy!

T2 Lookback - 2020

Task Description:

It's our last week for term 2!

For today's task we are just doing a overall lookback on what we thought about T2.

It's been a crazy start of the year don't you think ?

These boxes overall just have my thoughts about online learning during lockdown, my goals, my highlights, and my low lights :) Term 2 has been really fun !

Enjoy your holiday guys! You've deserved it!

Literacy - Stand-Up: Venn Diagram

LI: Compare similarities and differences between the different protests that took place in NZ.

Task Description:

For todays task we have been given a text called

 'Stand-Up: A history of protest in New Zealand'

Which tells us all about different big protests that have happened in New Zealand history.

This task today focuses on making a venn diagram on two protests I thought were interesting. I have chosen the parihaka protest (1881) and The Maori Land March (1975)

:)

Literacy - Stand-Up: Vocabulary

LI: Use new vocabulary in a sentence

Task Description:

For todays task we have been given a text to read.

This task focuses all on vocab we have never heard of before. 

Words in this task consist of

Passive Resistance

Suffrage

Petition

Apartheid

Which are all words I have not quite heard before.

:)

Brown Brother - Room 5 Literacy

Task Description:

For todays literacy task we are learning about different stereotypes and how they work.

In todays task we see a video called 'Brown Brother'. 'Brown Brother' talks about different stereotypes of islander people, and maori pacific people.

Enjoy :)

The Water Cycle - T2W5

Walt: explain the different stages of the water cycle.

Task Description:

For todays task we are focusing on 'The Water Cycle' !

The water cycle consists of many parts, in which will be explained in these slides.

So todays focus is : The Water Cycle !

Enjoy :)