Our voice, Our choice

 

Task Description: We had to answer questions about covid 19. Here is the task we had to do.

Te Reo

 

 

Task Description:  Today we learnt some Maori Kupu (words). Here is the task we had to do!!!

Life skills....

 

Today we learnt about cars. We learnt how to check our dipstick, making sure its clean and making sure you have oil and making sure your oil is clean. we also learnt about  wiper blades how they wipe down your windows and keep them clean. Then we learnt about the radiator and how it keeps everything cool. We learnt not to open the car hood when your cars overheated. You have tpo wait till it cools down in order for you to open it..... This meet was cool and it was fun to learn about the cars and engine....cant wait for the next one!!!

Language Features - Simile & Metaphor

 

Task Description: Today we had a reading task, this is what we did!!....

Crime Scene Multiplication and Division

 

Task Description:Today our Math task was to find out who was the criminal using maths. This is what we did.

Pythagorean Theorem

 

Task Description: Today we had to our maths. This was our Maths Mask!!!

CSI files

 

Task Description: Today we helped work out and take down a group of bad criminals. we had to find out what letter the number stood for, then when they were all found out we out them together to make the persons favourite number. The favourite number indicated the person committed all these crimes

Ways to build your Taha-Wairua

 Ways to build your Taha-Wairua. 

To build your Taha Wairua (spiritual well being) you can pray every morning. Give thanks to god for waking you up, Maybe ask god to bless your day, keep your family safe, and that no one gets hurt.

Singing spiritual songs with your siblings, can help lighten up the mood, makes you feel better and sometimes can inspire you to do good things later in that day. spiritual songs can also be another way of prayer.

Complementing your siblings or people when they feel down. Sometimes you can sense when people are sad or feeling a bit down, and sometimes you can see it by their actions. Either way, complementing them or making them feel better by cheering them up is another way.

These are several ways to build your Taha Wairua (spiritual well being)

Te Reo. Whakapapa

 

Task Description: Today we did Te Reo, this was our task. We learnt our whakapapa (our family). I was unable to record myself saying these phrases, because my mic is broken.

Classifying Numbers

 

Task description: today we did maths :) here is our task.

Te Reo

Task Description: Today we had Te Reo, it was a fun easy task we did. We took picture and said weather or not it was in, out, on, under, etc.

Anxiety and stress

 

Task Description: Today we watched a video, and answered some questions. We also got given some words and had to figure out the definition of it, and use it in a sentence. We wrote about Anxiety and stress, then made a poster about it.

(poster for the last slide) ^^^

How to be normal

 

Task Description: We read a text and watched a few videos, then answered questions and wrotoe a story based of Anxiety and Bullying. This was a fun and easy task. 

Great pacific Garbage Patch

 

Task Description: WE had to read a text,  then answer the questions given to us. We also wrote a persuasive wirting to WHO (world health ognisation) about cleaning up or oceans.

Hippopotamus should be able to eat Rotten tomatoes in Hawaii

Statement:

Hippopotamus should be able to eat Rotten tomatoes in Hawaii

In Hawaii there has been a ban on hippopotamus eating rotten tomatoes as locals say it kills them. But! Recent studies show that about 98% of hippopotamus that eat rotten tomatoes get stronger and healthier.


Scientists proved that the 2% of those hippopotamus that aren't getting stronger or healthier, are only getting the common flu that causes no damage at all. Studies also show that rotten tomatoes hold a lot of key nutrients that hippopotamus need to survive such as Vitamin E and Vitamin C.
Facts:
1. Rotten tomatoes hold a lot of key nutrients hippopotamus need to survive
2. 98% of hippopotamus get stronger and healthier off Rotten tomatoes
3. 50% of the time rotten tomatoes help clear hippopotamus digestive system, and often helps fight of small viruses found in the stomach


I think this ban on hippopotamus eating rotten tomatoes should be changed because the rotten tomatoes that apparently “kill” hippopotamus actually helps them grow bigger and stronger, keeps them healthier, and helps their insides.

Volume and areas of cubes and traiangles

Task Description: Today we learnt how to find the volume of cubes, And the areas of triangles. By using V=W x H x D and W x H devided by 2.

      

Nearby Habitable Planets, How to get There

 

Task description: This is mine and Kalani's project for extension. The last slide is a script for our main part of the project, on our mincraft replicar model of a mars base.  Our project were working on is, Nearby habitable planets, and how to get their.

Inferencing Mother To Son by Langton Hughes

 

Task Description: Today we did an inferencing lesson about a poem, which my group filmed for Class onAir.  We were inferencing photos to start, and even made inferences about a picture book. Then we read a poem. The poem was called "Mother to Son" by Langston Hughes. This was about a mothers life, and how she's trying to stop his life being like hers.

Health

 

Dilworth Rugby game

Dilworth Rugby Game:

On Wensday we had a rugby game at Dilworth. We jumped on the bus and drove off, We were talking, and singing songs.

When we got to dilworth, we put on our boots and warmed up. We did high knees, side shuffle, but kicks and sprints. After that we had a team talk, our goal was to move up as a line, and just keeping our defence good.

My highlight from the game was making about 4-5 good tackles, one after another. One of the things that was funny, was the scrums. Because we were talking to the other team, and we were laughing, Also we has like 20 scrums in that game. 

Even though we lost, that was our best game yet. I am proud of the boys, for trying their best, and never givng up. Also thanks to our coaches for trainging us and getting us ready.

Thinking critically

 

Task Description: Today we did this task, i was out most of the time, but i worked with a buddy to finsih it. This was a little challenging.

Perfect Perimeter

 Walt: We are learning to calculate area and perimeter

Task Desccription: Today we did Area and Perimeter, It was pretty easy, I mainly struggled on the triangles slide. Today i learnt how to do perimeter and Area on triangles.

The Jacket (part 2)

 

Task Description: Today i finished off this task, I read the story then answered the questions given to me. I learnt that confrintations are necessary, but you need to watch and be careful how u carry them out.

Introduction to decamils

 

Task Description: Today i worked on this slide, it was pretty easy to get through. This slide was about decamils.

The Jacket (Part 1)

 

FIAFIA 2021

 

Yesterday we had FIAFIA, 2 thousand + people showed up to watch our perforamnces. The group I performed in was Kapa Haka because I am maori, we were the first group to perform, I was happy and excited to kick of the night with a Bang!!. My favourite item was the Tongan Boys, because it was hyped and was really fun, also i liked the little moves they did at the end, EVERYONE was cheering. 

Also this was my last ever FIAFIA, so im glad this was the best one ive participated in. I would like to thank the staff members for making this possible, and to the coachers for teaching us, you taught as well. For the other genarations coming in, do your best and make your family proud.

Yr8 Reflection

 On year 8 camp we had the best times, from paintballing to flying fox, to axe throwing and the concert night. This is my reflection on the kauaeranga valley christian camp. When we arrived we were excited for the couple days ahead, we unpacked our bags of the bus and sat down, we were introduced to the people that own the camp and then introduced to our cabons. When we settled in we got ready for our first activity, After the acitivty we had lunch the free time, next we had showers then got ready for our dinner, we were singing and had alot of fun, for dinner we had butter chicken, IT WAS YUM!!.

The next morning we had breakfest then got ready for our long day of activities , first we did the flying fox, then the agility course, then also we did this challenge were you had to lift tyrs of this long tall poll. NExt we did paintballing, for some reason i deciding to run around shirt less, but i wasnt hurt, because its no effect. Then we did camp search and axe throwing, and also air rifles. My favourite activtie was paint balling because it was funny running around trying to hit people but also trying not to get hit. after all this we had lunch then free time, then we had dinner, this time we had nachos. Next we had concert night, but sadly my team did not come first. after all this we went to sleep.

Next morning we packed our gears and went to this garden place, it was so fun, it was full of animals and it had funny jokes every were, We had a piece of paper and we had to find things well walking around the place. Next we had lunch, then back on the bus and back home. 

Nearby Habitable Planets and How to get There pt.1

 

Task Description: Today we started on our topic, our topic is about finding nearby planet we could live on, and possible inventions we would need to use to sustain our life on that planet.

extension walk around

On Wednesday we went for a walk around Glenn Innes and we tried out some of the games we have been designing, during term 1. First we went for a walk and found some drawing, we had to piece together letters to make a word, and finish the image. Next we found letters hanging in trees and we had to put them together and make a word. Then we went for a walk up the road to find food hanging in trees (not real food) and some drawings of food on the ground. We also found some big drawings in the middle of the round about, i think it was a great idea, because they were looking a bit plain with nothing there. Then the last game we tried was the best, it was a racing game were their was 2 players, and they had to run then stop at a place and do the challenge it says on the ground, then run to the end. When we arrived at school we discussed how fun they games were, and  we should keep then around...Personally i think it was great, it was fun and interactive.

Float your Boat

Today we did a chllenge. The chllenge was to create a oboa in 15 minutes using only straw and selatape,Also you had to float on the water with a toy animal. I found this challenge fun, and slightly easy. It was fun working with people i don't really know, but it was cool because i got to know them. the boat we made had a flat surface, and we didnt float. I believe my team ws the best.

 

Maths

Task Description: Today we got into groups of 4-5 and then we got given some sheets to work on. It went from easeir to harder. The photo you see was the hardest one. we struggled. but it was a fun task.

 

culture barrier

 Today we read a poem, In this poem there was a problem aka a culture barrier. There is a person named Hinewirangi, and another person. the problem is she/he doesn't know how to pronounce the name. Hinewirangi tried to teach him/her but the name was to hard. Why?. because one was maori and one was a different culture. Different culture, different accent. this means it is sometimes hard to pronounce something in that culture. After we read this poem we answered some questions, about the poem.

Yr 7/8 extension

 

Task Description: Today Miss West gave us a scenario then gave us some questions. We then answered those question together in a document. After this we got into a pair of two so we can work on a project throughout the term. My buddy is Kalani. We have decided to research and look into different planets that we can inhabit and future inventions to get us there. We also want to look into new inventions that can establish our selves on that planet.

Earth

 

Today we learnt about earth, we typed what we new, what we wanted to find out, then what we leartn after we watched a video and read a text.

Final design procces

 Today we carried on with our treasure hunt idea. We made good progress as we wrote what we needed to be madee for our game. We also tryed# finding out a reward (food) that can last a long period of time, just in case noone finds it their first day... Over all we did pretty well, and we had some good ideas.

Critically thinking

 

Ice Experiment

 

Task Description:we had to do an experiment on which material will keep the ice cube the coldest and we measured the time and how much water there was when it melted. To make it a fair test we put the ice in at the same time, put the cups in the same place and used the same size ice cubes. Some of our measuring of the water was a bit off though.

Treasure Hunt

 

For the past term we have been working on streets for you project. It envolves making the streets exciting and more fun. For e.g putting designs on a round about to make it more colourfull. Us kids decided to make fun games, we first tryed disgning our game. WE decided to do a treasure hunt, and the reward would be food. We are working on the design now, and it should be ready be next week.

Ratio Practice

 

The Great Moa

 

Today we had to read a story about the great moa, and then answer some questions about the story.

The abondoned bush walks

We were walking through a forest looking area when this happened, we didn’t know what it was. Hi im kahurangi but you can call me kahu, and this is my friend Rae Jae but you can call him RJ or Rae if you want.


It was a normal day, and we decided to go check out the old abandoned bush walks. We knew it would be scary but we thought it would be fun, and interesting. We gathered everything we thought we needed and set off, it was a bit of a walk before we got to the bush walks, and we had to sneak in because there were road works going on.


When we got there we sneakily climbed over the red tape and slowly disappeared into the darkness of the trees. When we felt like we were out of the public's view we sat down and had a drink of water, Looking around the wind started to pick up, and the leaves on the ground were getting blown everywhere, including our faces.


We set off further down the bush walk, when we started hearing weird noises coming from behind us, But when we looked behind us nothing was there. Telling ourselves it was the wind, we carried on. But the noises continued to annoy us, we looked behind us again, and there was a black figure we could see in the distance. We ran but it seemed to chase us.


We panicked and ran of course, we ducked behind a bush of bushes, and caught our breath, then began to run again. This black figure was very fast, and it was slowly catching up to us. Slowly but surely we got caught, but it wasn't an alien, it was a security guard, and he escorted us out.


By the time we got out, a cop car was there waiting, He took us home and we got in trouble. We got grounded for 5 weeks, and had to do every single chore in the house. We tried making excuses but they didn’t work.

Te Reo

 

Task Dexcription: Today we learnt how to count in maori, Because we already know how to count to ten, we decided to count in tens. The creat task was to count to 30 in maori.

Ahua word problems: addition and subtraction

Task Description: Today we had to to answer some easy questions. 

Devine Division

 

Delicious Division

 

Before i forget T1

 

Explanation structure

 How to be a good son/daughter

T	Title - What you will be explaining
I	Introduction - Tell your audience what the topic is about and what is to be explained.
I	Information - Explain the elements or steps in a logical sequence
C	Conclusion - Final summarising statement, an evaluation or comment about what you have explained.

• Clean the house

• Wash the dishes

• Make breakfast for mothers/fathers day

• Do things before your family tells you to do it - initiative

• Look after your younger siblings

• Using your manners

• Respectful to everyone

• Obey - listening to instructions and do it

Title	Will be explaining how to be a good child.
Introduction	There are many ways to be a good child, from listening and respecting your parents, to cleaning the house. These are some good ways to be a good child.
Information 1st Reason S E E	Respecting your parents is very important because they are the people who supply you with food and a roof over your head. Respect is very important in everyday tasks. Showing respect to all is a good habit and life skill. No respect, no rewards.
Information 2nd Reason S E E	Listening is doing what you're told. Listening to your parents, teachers and other adults if being asked to do something. If you don’t listen to your parents then you might not get those hot wheel cars, or PS5 games. But if you do then you will get those cars or games.
Information 3rd Reason S E E	Cleaning is a great way to keep you and your house clean. If you tidy up things around your house without being asked, then it will help your parents a lot if they have other things to do. Not only around the house, at school, in the shopping malls. Picking up rubbish will help our planet and our environment.
Conclusion	So these are some good ways to be a better child. If you do these simple things then you could help out a lot around the house, school and in public. If you use these 3 steps then your parents might buy that PS5 game as a reward.

Kauri island level 4

 

Streets for the people project

Sensational subtraction

 

Presenting Place Value 2

 

Adoring Addition2

 

Man and sea level 4

 

HomeLearning

 The book that i read today was hello neighbour.  The first chapter was biscally about a family moving to a new town that was far from their others houses.

This chapter was short but, what i think will happend in the next chapter is that They will find their new town, and start a new life there.

The Deca tree

 

This was the problem my group solved in maths today.

Maths vocab

 

T[ask Description: Today we learnt more maths, multiples, factors, primes numbers and more.

Maths recap

 

Task description: today we just revised on some of the maths we did in the past

Kahurangi symbolism

 

My painting quote

 Today i finsished my painting, we put a quote on it. To remind people how beutifull they are, or to get them back into focuse. The color i chose for my backround was pink with purple dost and dashes on it, because my quote was like a love qoute. My qoute said. "Be yourself always. Dont change so people like  you. the right people will love the real you". I chose this quote because people these days are going from good to bad, just to get atention and to try and act cool for people.

Level up multiples and factors.

 

Task dexcription: today we did multiples and factors, it was fun,

Ice Cream

 

Multiples and factors.

 

Task description: Today we revised on factors and multiples. We did a couple factors of, and what are the multiples of in this task, we also did Multiples of 4.

Climate Change

 

Multiplication Magic

 

Task description: on the day of doing this task at school, i was at extention, but it decided to do this task today. It looked like we had to show our working out, so we had proof that we found the answer out on our own, and didnt use google.

Atiu warriors island facts.

 

Task description: We had to research about our island.

About me

 Kia ora, my name is kahurangi and i am a year 8 student at pt england school. This is my final year, and i’m so lucky to be a prefect this year. “I better make the most of it”.

My teachers are mrs Stone and Mr Moran.

I enjoy playing sports like softball, league and union. I like spending time with friends going to the pools and wolves around Glen innes.

When i grow up i'm not sure on wat i wanna be, I did wanna be a professional airsoft player but then i wanted to be in bikelife. I'm still making my mind up, when I was smaller I did want to be a firefighter and a police officer. I am thinking of trying to be a professional Drifter.

One of my goals in life is to try and collect all skylines from r31 - r34, or just collect all JDM cars, my dream car is a r32 skyline, twin turbo, or a 2jz supra with anti lagg.

Writing challenge

  Key words,                       Images,

• Adorable                Spongebob   

• Treasure                Globe

• Bruised                   Hiding Tool

• Because

• “Speech”

    

One day an adorable treasure named Spongbob found an oddly shaped broom. 

Curious to find out what this thing was, he looked at a globe for a place that might know what it was. 

When he got on the plane he fell over leaving a bruised mark on his legs and shoulder, Because of these bruising’s paramedics had to take him to hospital on the next stop.

 When paramedics arrived they took Spongebob and his broom to the hospital to check out his bruises. 

Luckily the lady checking out spongebob’s bruises said  “Hey, i have one off those at home”  And spongebob said “Oh, cool, what is this”, Then the lady said “ITs an ilsander broom”.

 

When the check up was done, spongebob left happy, hopping on the plane excited to show garry (his pet snail) his knew broom, and show off to patrick and squid ward.

Task description: We had to use these things, to put into a 6 setence paragraph.

• Adorable                Spongebob   

• Treasure                Globe

• Bruised                   Hiding Tool

• Because

• “Speech”

Home learning

 For home learning the first chapter i read was in a book named, to trap a thief.

Basically the first chapter was about a boy named Connor. His mum was discussing a wedding with Denzel/Dad's parents about being engaged, and Denzels mum got angry at Connors mum, for not telling them before getting engaged, that they were going to get engaged.

What i think will happy next chapter. I think they will discuss the wedding a bit more, then actually have wedding.

Room 4

This week we played a couple of games, one of them were a challenge, were you had to build a good enough structure to hold a marshmellow for 5 seconds. The materials we had to use were 2- peices of dryed spaghetti, string, sellotape and the marshmellow. The objecteve of the game is to build the tallest structure, and hold a marshmellow on top for 5 seconds.


When me and my buddy played this game we went terrible, so we ended up using the string container thingy, to hold our structure, wich wasnt allowed but, we used it... next thing you, the building goes falling down, we start laughing and its over.

images below are some of the other games we played.

About me

 Kia ora, my name is kahurangi and i am a year 8 student at pt england school. This is my final year, and i’m so lucky to be a prefect this year. “I better make the most of it”.

My teachers are mrs Stone and Mr Moran.

I enjoy playing sports like softball, league and union. I like spending time with friends going to the pools and wolves around Glen innes.

When i grow up i'm not sure on wat i wanna be, I did wanna be a professional airsoft player but then i wanted to be in bikelife. I'm still making my mind up, when I was smaller I did want to be a firefighter and a police officer. I am thinking of trying to be a professional Drifter.

One of my goals in life is to try and collect all skylines from r31 - r34, or just collect all JDM cars, my dream car is a r32 skyline, twin turbo, or a 2jz supra with anti lagg.