:Tech:

YESH!!

On Friday we had our first of Tech this year. Yr 7s had Science with Ms. Shama. We had our last years teacher, Ms. Ferguson. That day we did some refreshing. We did coding and played around with the Mbots.

We coded the Mbot to move forward, left and all around with lights, and sound. It was super fun:) I can't wait to see what we'll do next:))

Challenge 3

 Click on the poster below to see full screen:)))

Challenge 2

Here is my 2nd challenge.

Cybersmart Challenge 1

 Today we had Fiona and Mr. Goodwin come over and teach us about the cybersmart challenges. I started off with challenge 1.

Multicultural Poem

 We have been learning a lot about poem. We each wrote a poem.

Here is the poem 

Lesson 1

 Last Week we had our first lesson of sewing. The yr 8’s were split into two groups. Group one had Me, Uinita, Taijah, Victoria. M, Soane, Jino, Gideon, and Ali-jon. First Wheae told us what we’ll be making during this term. We decided to make pencil cases for a start

We got straight into sewing and Whaea showed us how to cut out our fabric, pin and sew. After her lesson we got started. We cut our fabrics the size we wanted, *the smaller your size the harder to sew*.

After we got our fabrics we went onto our zips. Everyone found a zip that is the same length as their cut out fabric. We then pinned our zips onto the fabric. Then after we pinned, we started sewing. We sewed and sewed ‘til we finished sewing the zips on.

Whaea gave us instructions to step 2, pinning the sides. We pinned what was needed to be pinned and then got onto sewing. Whaea showed us what needed to be sewed. We sewed a lot of times and after so many mistakes we finally succeeded. Thank you Whaea for teaching us how to make a pencil case.

This is my piece of art.

Quick Fire . Math . Add/Sub

 
Today I picked out two equations from my math problem, solved it both and recorded my voice and explaining how I solved these two equations.

Waitangi Activity

 Today for Inquiry each and everyone of us got a task. My task was to figure out "How many chiefs have signed the Treaty".

I did my research and found out that only 40 chiefs have signed the Treaty.

Growth Mind-set

Mrs. Tofa was teaching us all about Growth Mind-set

 

Swimming Recount

Today was the day I went swimming.

Only a few went swimming today so the lesson went over quick but we got the fun we needed. We had a swimming instructor come over and teach us how to survive while swimming in a pool or at the beach.

First lesson we learnt was floating. We learnt how to float on our backs and tummies. A while later we learnt how to signal a lifeguard while floating.

After we learnt all that we went onto Skelling. Skelling helps to keep us warm if we are out on the ocean and calling out for help. We were skelling from one end to the other while rolling over to our back to take a breather.

The girls and boys were separated into two groups. The boys went to the side and started making waves. Since there were only four girls swimming the girls went two by two. After the girls went it was the boys turn. Girls went to the side to make waves while the boys were split into two groups of three.

Then after we’ve done all that, everyone is set into groups of two. Our partner had to stand in front of us while the other had to hold onto their back. My partner was the runner while I was the motor. She ran and I paddled, we then came to a tie with Victoria and Pitara.

It was all fun but the fun came to an end. Do you like swimming????

• Little Lia