Activity 13 - Sheryl Sandberg

Activity 12 - Donald Trump

Activity 11 - Mahatma Gandhi

Activity 10 - Helen Clark

Activity 9 - Christopher Colombo

Activity 8 - Amazon Forest

Activity 7 - The Water Project

Activity 6 - Garry Kasparov

Activity 5 - Fiao'o Fa'amausili

Activity 4 - Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce

Facts on Roald Dahl

Facts on Taika Waititi

Facts on Lorde

Sun Smart

Electricity

Energy

The Mighty All Blacks

I am a mighty Kiwi,
New Zealand born and proud,
I love my Kiwi accent,
You can pick me in any crowd!

Though I roam across distant seas,
and cross nations through the sky,
the thought of New Zealand
can bring tears into my eyes.

I'll watch the All Blacks Haka,
proud chest and lump in throat,
goosebumps across my skin,
for our anthem, pride in each note.

I strange lands, town and cities,
unknown places, foreign shores,
you may hear a familiar accent say,
"Im from the North, which town is yours?"

And though I don't live back at home,
how long I'll be away or how long we'll be apart,
there's one thing on which you can be sure of,
New Zealand, Aotearoa, is always in my heart.

The Olympic Games / Poem

The Olympic Games

It is that time of the year.

where people stand and cheer.

Dreams of Olympic gold.

Stories will soon be told.

Athletes give it their all.

As the world watches in awe!

Let’s support the home team.

As they live out their childhood dreams.

So let the games begin!

The world, as one, will win!

Winter Poem

Winter Poem

Smooth and clean and frosty white

The world looks good enough to bite.

That’s the season to be young.

Catching snowflakes on your tongue.

The Girl With The Bloody Knife

The Girl In The Dress

Mr. and Mrs. Stevens were going out to dinner on a very rainy night and they asked Jessica to watch over their eight-year-old daughter, Joy. Before Steven’s left, they told Jessica the Joy couldn’t have dessert until her supper was gone. Jessica thought ok that'll be easy enough.

When Joy was finished with her supper she asked Jessica for Ice-Cream.

“Did you finish your supper?” asked Jessica

“Yes” replied Joy gently

“Ok where's the Ice-Cream,” She asked

“In the basement”

“OK,” She said, when she went down the stairs she looked out the window, and standing out there was a little girl in a white dress, it wasn’t raining where she was standing, but Jessica was in a hurry so she didn’t notice it.

She got the Ice-Cream then hurry up and got upstairs.

“Can you get me some fudge?” Joy Wined.

“Where is it?” asked Jessica kindly.

“In the basement.”

Jessica sighs quickly so Joy didn’t hear and went downstairs to get the fudge.

After grabbing the fudge, she turned to the window and the same girl again, but this time she was wearing a red dress. She got freaked out and sped walked upstairs.

“Can you get me some nuts?” Joy whined.

“Where are those?” Jessica asked hoping her not to say what she had said earlier.

“In the basement,” she said and smiled.

Jessica got a little scared as she walked down the stairs for the third time. She looked out the window like the other two times and this time the girl in the red dress had a knife. 

Jessica got scared, grabbed the nuts and ran upstairs and panting and gave the nuts to Joy.

 “Uummmmmmmm………. Can you get my special spoon? '' She said very sternly.

Jessica sighed in relief thinking she didn’t have to go back down because spoon doesn’t go in basements. “Where are they?”.

Her heart nearly stopped at the answer, “In the basement”.

“No, I am not going down there again”. She said very sternly.

“But I want my spoon.” Joy whined.

“OK. Ok but nothing after this. '' She said as she turned towards the stairs. She crept slowly down the creaky stairs and looked out the window, she nearly screamed at the sight before her. The girl in the red dress had now a bloody knife with the evilest smile Jessica had ever seen. Forgetting the spoon she ran up the basement stairs as fast as her legs could carry her, and when she got up to the kitchen table she saw Joy laying dead in her chair.

Jessica called Steven’s and the cops when they got there Jessica was crying and shaking so hard they had to wait a few hours to question her about what happened. When she finally calmed down she said.

“I s-saw a l-little girl d-downstairs i-in the w-window w-with a b-bloody knife i-in h-her hand.”

Mrs. Steven looked at her with confused teary eyes and said: “We don’t have windows……. only mirrors.”

Thank you for reading

Sorry if it ruined your guys basements

Term 3 Week 10 Cinquain Poem

Thursday 26 - 09 - 19

WALT: write a cinquain poem

A cinquain poem is a 5 line poem invented by Adelaide Crapsey. She is an American poet who took her inspiration from Japanese haiku and tanka. Cinquains are particularly vivid in the imagery and are meant to convey a certain or emotions.

Meaning of Cinquain: A five-Line poem

Five-line Poem

Hail

Cold, chilly

Freezing, bitting, crackling

I am bitter cold

Winter

Thank you for reading

Term 3 Week 3 Narrative Poem: Spring

WALT: Write a narrative poem about Spring

Acrostic Poem: Spring

Shining light from the sun

Playing outside is fun

Rabbits hopping on the ground

Imagine flowers all around

New animals being born

Getting ready to explore

Poem: Spring

Spring is here, let’s all cheer

Flowers bloom, trees grow, water falls, wind blows

Bees buzz, kids play, say ‘HOORAY!’, spring is today!

Tongan Language Week

Term 3 Week 6 Maths - Proportion and Ratio

Maths Week

Today I participated in the Maths Week Challenges and I got all my questions correct

Reading - Weathers

Volcano

Flood

Wildfire

Hurricane

Tornado

What is a Tornado:

A tornado is a violent rotating column of air extending from a thunderstorm to the ground. The most violent tornadoes are capable of tremendous destruction with wind speeds of up to 300 mph. They can destroy large buildings, uproot trees and hurl vehicles hundreds of yards. They can also drive straw into trees. Damage paths can be in excess of one mile wide to 50 miles long. In an average year, 1000 tornadoes are reported nationwide.

Hurricane

What is a Hurricane:

A hurricane is a huge storm! It can be up to 600 miles across and have strong winds spiraling inward and upward at speeds of 75 to 200 mph. Each hurricane usually lasts for over a week, moving 10-20 miles per hour over the open ocean. Hurricanes gather heat and energy through contact with warm ocean waters. Evaporation from the seawater increases their power. Hurricanes rotate in a counter-clockwise direction around an "eye" in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise direction in the Southern Hemisphere. The center of the storm or "eye" is the calmest part. It has only light winds and fair weather. When they come onto land, the heavy rain, strong winds and large waves can damage buildings, trees and cars. 

Book Week in Schools

This week was Book Week. There was a play performed in our school hall on Tuesday.

The play was about the Treasure Hunt that has been written by Craig Christie.

There were two tribes living on an Island. These two tribes blamed each other for stealing each others song.

The Treeland tribe was led by George and the Seaview tribe was led by Jessica. These two characters teamed up to solve the problem about the lost treasure that was their song.

The problem was solved when they were able to put the torn map together and work out how to get the treasure. They had to read three different books to solve the problem.

I really enjoyed this day because both the characters were very smart and talented. They sang very well and were also very hilarious.

Thank you Sam and Lidia for coming to our school. I hope to see you again next year.

Financial Literacy

We learnt about how to budget and save money. The other topics we learnt about were insurance, borrowing and lending, identity theft mortgage, trust and saving money. 

Our tutors were Ema, Jane and Matt from Price Waterhouse and Cooper Accounting firm.

I enjoyed all the sessions because the activities were very exciting and practical.

Kiwi Sport

Today the Senior School had its first Kiwi Sport Session for this term.

Ben, from Auckland Badminton, taught us some badminton skills. We used a badminton racket and a shuttle.

We learnt how to hit the shuttle using a forearm hit and backhand hit. Ben also taught us how to hold the racket using different grips.

  

Culture Groups

I am feeling very excited about taking part in the culture activities at school this term.
Today I picked two culture groups that I want to be in.
My first choice was Fiji and I picked 
Cook Island as my second choice.

Being Cybersmart

To me, being cybersmart is not sharing private information online.

Any information shared online can becomes permanent, can be copied, shared and broadcasted, remember to be cybersmart.

Have smart footprints

Key words:

Searched

Broadcast

Copied

Shared

Permanent

ANZAC Poem

They answered our call, with mighty hearts they

took a stand, in the pursuit of liberty, they died on foreign land.

Those that made it home, carry a burden

within their soul, more years behind them now, yet stories remain untold.

We may never understand it, few hearts can

comprehend, the courage one must possess, to rise and take a stand.

So I ask of you this, dear friends and family,

how will you remember this most carrest legacy?

Will you bow your head in silence, offer a

silent prayer let’s honour all they’ve sacrificed, for the freedoms we hold dear.

Mathmatics

WALT: We are learning to solve
subtractions problems using various strategies

      8 14

1) 294 - 167= 127

14 - 7 = 7

80 - 60 = 20

200 - 100 = 100

7 + 20 + 100 = 127

      7 14

2) 384 - 158 = 226

14 - 8 = 6

70 - 50 = 20

300 - 100 = 200

6 + 20 + 200 = 226

   6 15 13

3) 763 - 477 = 286

13 - 7 = 6

150 - 70 = 80

600 - 400 = 200

6 + 80 + 200 = 286

     7 14 13

4) 853 - 367 = 486

13 - 7 = 6

140 - 60 = 80

700 - 300 = 400

6 + 80 + 400 = 486

Finally The Last Day Of School

Today is the last day of the term, HOORAY!!

The things that I did well this term were staying on
task and listen to my teacher. I feel that I need to work
on my maths.

I would do a lot of maths everyday in school and at home.
I will work harder to make things better for next term. I felt
confident working in Room 10 because of my kind hearted
friends.

Math Problems

Math Problems

Problems	Strategies	Answers
28 x 9	20 x 9 = 180 8 x 9 = 72 180 + 72 =252	252
59 x 15	50 x 15 = 1000 9 x 15 = 145 1000 + 145 = 1045	1045
43 x 7	40 x 7 = 230 3 x 7 = 21 21 + 230 = 251	251
81 x 9	80 x 9 = 640 1 x 9 = 9 640 + 9 = 649	649
62 x 17	60 x 17 = 1020 2 x 17 = 44 1020 + 44 = 1044	1044
39 x 15	30 x 15 = 450 9 x 15 = 135 135 + 450 = 585	585
87 x 9	80 x 9 =  720 7 x 9 = 63 720 +63 = 783	783
67 x 33	60 x 33 = 1980 7 x 33 = 231 1980 + 231 = 2211	2211
63 x 7	60 x 7 = 420 3 x 7 = 21 420 x 21 = 441	441
75 x 9	70 x 9 = 630 5 x 9 = 45 630 + 45 = 685	685
55 x 10	50 x 10 = 500 5 x 10 = 50 500 + 50 = 550	550
92 x 9	90 x 9 = 810 2 x 9 = 18 810 + 18 = 828	828
53 x 8	50 x 8 = 400 3 x 8 = 24 400 + 24 = 424	424
92 x 5	90 x 5 = 450 2 x 5 = 10 450 + 10 = 460	460
41 x 9	40 x 9 = 360 1 x 9 = 9 360 + 9 = 369	369
72 x 7	70 x 7 = 490 2 x 7 = 14 490 + 14 = 504	504
32 x 11	32 x 11 = 352 3 + 2 = 5	352
Done	Done	Done