My Manga High Medals

Use the range and mode

Mental multiplication and division



Time calculations

 

Simplify fractions



Time zones

Use fractions

French Postcard

For one of our milestones, we had to make a postcard in a different language. I did French, here is my postcard.

Weekly Reflection

This week I enjoy swimming because I have not been in the pool for a long time and I really like swimming. I also enjoyed jazz band because the teachers from the college came down to work with us and practice our music that we are playing at prizegiving. Something I want to achieve is my give a little milestone because I completed my Duolingo milestone this week. Something different was having to do a workshop about our IEs, I took a workshop in Whetu about how to make goats cheese.

Weekly Reflection

Jazz Band

For jazz band, I play the saxophone. This year our music teacher is Flur. This year for prizegiving we are playing Mama Mia and Bababaran. We were going to play You've got a friend in me but it was a bit hard for some people. I am one of the soloists the other soloist is Elizabeth. I am really excited to play the songs at prizegiving.

School Athletics

Yesterday was school athletics, year 4s and up went to the domain. First I had high jump we started at 90 cm and went up 5 cm each time we got up to 1m but I could not get over it. We had to stop halfway through because we had to do the 100m sprint we had 3 heats I don’t know what I came. Then we went straight to long jump, my longest was 3.11. Then we went to shot put my longest was 5 something. Then we had 200m I don’t know what I got either. If you did not finish high jump you went back. When I had finished all my events I got an ice-block and watched my sister.

My IE Reflection

Weekly Refection

Made Up Script

Alexa “Yay we are at the competition”

Elizabeth”my favorite is floor“

Summer “mine is floor too“

Ella “mine is vault“

Alexa “mine is beam“

Elizabeth  “I can’t wait“

Ella “what if Lola did gymnastics“

Summer “stop talking about Lola“

Speaker year 7 girls to beam

Alexa, “I can’t wait“

Elizabeth “same “

Summer “same“

Ella, “I am a bit nervous“

Alexa, “I think I did well“

Elizabeth “me too“

Summer “me 3“

Ella “I fell off and face planted then went into the splits  “

Speaker year 7 girls to floor

Alexa  “This is my 2ed favorite“

Elizabeth  “This is my favorite“

Summer “same“

Ella, “I don’t like this one“

Ella “ Someone threw a banana at me and I slipped and ran into the judges

Alexa “Only vault to go“

Elizabeth“I wish I could do this every day“

Summer, “I don’t really like vault“

Ella “This is my favorite“

Speaker year 7 girls to vault“

Alexa “Nearly done yay“

Elizabeth “I wish this never ends“

Summer “Vault is the worst“

Ella “what if Lola did vault“

Alexa “stop talking about Lola“

Elizabeth  “stop talking about Lola“

Summer  “stop talking about Lola“

Ella  “Someone threw a ball at me when I was in the air so I did a layout and broke my leg“

Speaker 1st with a 3-way tie Alexa Elizabeth and Summer

Alexa“YAY“

Elizabeth “YAY“

Summer “YAY“

With the most fails in one day Ella

Ella “YAY“

Ella “I wish Lola was here“

Weekly Reflection

Someone I Spent Time With

I spent some time with Summer when we went to do our calves. She has blue eyes with dark brown short hair. She is nice and happy all the time.

Matamata Show

On Saturday the 7 of October, I went to the Matamata show. It is my first show of the year. First was leading, second was rearing and last was dairy type. There were 45 seniors altogether.

For leading some of the calves in our ring did not want to walk. I think my lead quite well. She got me a sixth because some of the calves lead better than mine, but it was quite close between all the calves.

For rearing the judge would see how clean your calf was and if you can handle them good. The judge can also ask you questions about your calf. When the judge asked me what my calf’s name is I forgot it because I was really nervous.I did not get anywhere for rearing.

Before dairy type, there was a really big gap because they saw who would win champion of champion. For dairy type, you don't really need to do much except you have to choose a good calf and stand it good in the ring I don't really know how good my calf did because I don’t know what the calf needs to have or not have. I did not get anywhere for dairy type either.

After we have done our calves and packed them up, we get to go on the rides and get some food. I got an ice-cream, cotton candy, and a hot chocolate. I also went on a ride where you sit down on a chair hanging and it spins you around and around. After we went home, on the way back we got McDonald's. I had a really good day and it was also my first time going.

Term 3 Reflection

My three favorite experiences this year are,
Volleyball because I have never done it before.
Learning In The Making, because I was over 2 days and I got to present.
Cross Country because we got to run a different track than last year.
I have learnt how to play volleyball. If I could change something what would it be, I would change not sitting next to my friends as much. My goal for next term is to complete my language milestone.

My Origami Pet

His name is Patch and he is called Patch because he has one black Patch. He also likes to play with his friend Barry the Bunny.

Volleyball Reflection

For a few weeks, we did volleyball at the college. Some of the year 12 taught us. We had 3 couches Morgan, Paige, and Josh. We had eight people in our team Summer, Ella, Cullum C, Finn, Luke, Layla, Neo and me. I learnt how to serve, dig, set and spike the ball. My favorite thing was the set, it’s when you put your hands over your head and hit it. The hardest thing for me was choosing the right skill for the right thing because I kept setting when I was meant to dig it. I really liked it and can’t wait to do it next year!

Weekly Reflection

Airless Tires, a new Innovation or an Invention

6 years ago Bridgestone released the airless car tire but now they have released the airless bike tires With the car version, the tires don’t use the air tubes. This lets it support the weight of the rider while absorbing road shocks, all without the risk of a flat tire. That means less work and a much lower chance of finding yourself stuck on the side of the road without anything to help yourself. Unlike the car version, Bridgestone has a timetable for the Airless Bicycle Tires. According to the outfit, it will be available to the public by 2019.

Hyper Fiction on Apollo 11

We were walking up to the spaceship a bit scared because we don’t know what will happen. When we got on we buckled up ready for taking off then the countdown started. 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, BLAST OFF. We started going up 3 days and then finally we got there. We started having a party on the moon. We also brought a goat to see what it would do. We collected some moon cheese and went back home everyone was really proud of us when we got back.

Weekly Reflection

Seasons

Summer is funner,

Winter is a bummer,

Running around in the sun every day with no rain,

Sitting inside movie days,

Spring is pretty with lots of flowers,

Autumn is pretty with lots of colors,

All seasons are great but summer is funner!

Weekly Reflection

10 Facts About Princess Diana

1. Her height was 1.78m.
2. She was born on July 1, 1961.
3. She died on August 31 in 1997.
4. She was buried September 6, 1997.
5. Diana had 3 siblings Sarah, Jane, and Charles.
6. 8. She had also an infant brother, John but he died shortly after his birth in 1960.
7. Her favorite color was pink.
8. She got engaged at 19 and married at 20.
9. She wanted to be a ballerina.
10. She was not a strong student at the school.

Character Description on Daisy

She’s a young little girl in the garden with dreams to own a flower store. With long blonde hair and a beautiful face, a big smile that could cheer anyone up when they're down. Her favorite clothes she wears on sunny Sundays picking flowers in her garden, so she can put them in her house to brighten it up every day. The flowers she picks are red and orange and her favorite flowers are daisies and her name is also Daisy.

By Alexa and Marley.

Camping

Once upon a time, there was a girl with a group of friends. They were called Alexa, Ella, Elizabeth, and Summer. On Friday afternoon when they were at school they all agreed on going camping in the woods. All their parents said yes, if there was an adult coming they all got dropped off at the camping site but they were waiting for Ella and her dad.  About 1 hour later Ella came with her dad because their alarms weren’t working, so they got up at 9 a.m. instead of 8 a.m.

When they got there we had already set up the big tent for Ella, Elizabeth, Summer and me to sleep in. Ella’s dad was trying to set up his tent but he just got stuck in it. So we all helped him set it up. It was about 5 pm so we drove to McDonald's to get some food because we were really hungry. Then we went to Pak'nsave to get some marshmallows. When we got back to the campsite we set up a fire to roast some marshmallows. While we were roasting marshmallows we saw my lost bunny so we grabbed her so I could take her home. At about 10 pm we went to sleep, but at 3 a.m, we got woken up by a bear and he started to rip the tent so we all ran out and kept running till we got to a big oak tree.

We stayed at the tree till morning so we could see where we were. In the distance, we saw a little cottage so we went to see if anybody was home. We knocked on the door even though it was open no one answer so we went in and the first thing we saw was. Some food there was cake, cookies slices, sausage rolls, and pies. We just ran over and started eating because we could not have breakfast. By the time we finished nearly all the food. We stayed there all day and all night but in the early hours of the morning, we all heard footsteps expect for Ella and her dad because they were asleep. We all were really scared so we woke up Ella and her dad and then into the room came… My pet bunny but following her was a little witch, we all started screaming. But the witch was nice and she didn’t want us to scream but we did then, I woke up and I wished it was not a dream.

How not to Make a Marble Cake

Food color pink the whole bottle

Flour 2kgs

Eggs ½

Milk ½
Sugar 1 grain

Butter soft 5 blocks

Chocolate 10 blocks

40 marbles

Icing

Icing sugar 10kgs

1 gram water

1.First, start by creaming the butter and sugar, then when fluffy put in the freezer overnight.

2. When rock hard put in half of egg and mix.

3. Then put all your flour in then all your milk.

4. Split mix into 3  bowls evenly.

5. In one bowl add chocolate.

6. In one bowl add pink food color.

7. Add ten marbles to each bowl.

8. Then put all in a pan and mix till brown color.

9. Cook for 2 hours or till the kitchen is burnt down.

10. Make the icing add half of the icing sugar and water mix then repeat.

11. Put the icing on the cake then to top it off add the rest of the marbles.

12. Enjoy your cake!

How To Make Fluffy Slime

Prepare

Step 1: Get all the Ingredients (Glue, Shaving Foam, Borax and Hot Water)

Step 2: Get a bowl and something to mix with.

Step 3: Mix TSP (Teaspoon) of borax into hot water and mix till dissolved.

Step 1: Put glue in the bowl and mix shaving foam into.

Step 2: Now put food coloring into the glue and shaving foam.

Step 3: Next you put  Borax in a little bit at a time and mix.

Step 4: When it's all in a big clump take it out and start needing it and playing with it

Step 5: You might need to add a bit more borax to make it less sticky.

Step 6: Add Extras like glitter, beads and anything else you want to.

Step 7: You are done now you can do whatever you want to do with it!

Weekly Reflcetion

This week I am proud because I got 7th in cross country but I did not get through to the next cross country. When I was running I got a cut in my foot and it’s really sore. I also got a bronze medal for manga high because there is a competition and I am getting a bronze. This morning the some of the college came and did a drama performance it was really funny to watch.

IE

Weekly Reflection

The thing I enjoyed the most was reading a lot more so I could make more bookmarks.

Most interesting was when Melissa Ingram came and told us her story of her trying and trying and not giving up on her dream. She also signed my computer case.

The thing I did not like was PE because we had to run around the domain.

My goal is to get my duolingo milestone done next week.

Persuasive Writing

Why winter is better than summer. Summer can get really hot and all you want to do is go swimming or stay in the shade for the whole day. Summer can also be dangerous like having big fires, getting a really bad sunburn, you can also get really tired in the summer because of the heat. You can also get heatstroke. In winter it can also be dangerous if you live in the snow, but it is also really fun if you live in the snow like snowball fights, sledding and lots more! It’s not really that hard to warm up in winter you just need to put the heater on and lots of warm clothes and thermals. You can also have lots of warm blankets on you and a hot chocolate. One of my favorite things to do when it wet and cold get some blankets, a hot chocolate and watch a movie. In winter you get to play sports and you don’t get a hot and sweaty. If our winter sports were in summer all we would want to do is get drinks and stay in the shade. In winter there is also bees and wasps that sting you. That's why I think winter is better than summer!

Weekly Reflection

This week we have started doing bookmark about books we have read this term.  I am doing my first bookmark about the white tower by Cathryn Constable. Also this week Miss Williams got back from and we got to try some of the lollies from Paris and they were very yum. We have all started to look into our next IE’s. For our word of the week, we had to do it on paper. I think it is better doing it on paper because you can put more detail into it.

Weekly reflection

This week we are going to be going back to wood to do our tables. This week we also had to finish our highwayman activity I finished all of them but and they are all marked off. I was the first person to get all their's marked off. We had to do 3 set tasks and you could do 5 extra tasks and I did all of them.

Word Of The Week Conspicuous

We had to find something I wanted and it was really conspicuous.

Weekly Reflection

This week I went to gymnastics and a cheer leading competition. For gymnastics we had beam, vault and floor, we also had group springers, flyers and twisters. The easy one is the springers and the flyers a bit harder, i was a twister and that one is the hardest. We all tried our best to get a placing, but I didn't. For cheer leading there were 2 cheer leading group in the  competition, both of them were from Ngatea. We were the All Stars and we came 2nd.

Weekly Reflection

This week on all my manga high tasks I have gold expect for one that has a silver but I am trying to get it to a gold medal. For wood work we are going to start to make something today but I am not really shore what. We are still finishing off our Matariki art but I am getting closer to finishing. This week my Mum came and we shard my learning and I am doing really good at school as well.

Word of the Week-MATARIKI

MATARIKI is a constellation of stars called the 7 sisters and it is a big celebration for New Zealand.

Mega cow in Morrinsville

In Morrinsville there has been a new addition to all the cows this time it’s a mega cow. When I was coming back from Hamilton I went to see the mega cow. It’s a mega friesian cow. It was revealed last week, it is 6.5 meters tall its way taller then I am.

Word of the Week-Spectacular

My brand new dress is so shiny as the stars it's SPECTACULAR.

Word of the Week- Catastrophe

I dropped my brand new glass vase it's a big CATASTROPHE

Weekly Reflection

On Tuesday I got a certificate for being 8th place on Manga High and I am really proud of getting that this week. Also on Tuesday we started cheer leading so we choose our music and started to practice so moves. This week on my set tasks I got medals on all of them. Today on Friday we made Pickles for Tech and we had to get a piece of paper out of a bowl with a number on it and that is who our pare would be to cooking.

Cheer leading

At the end of June there is a computation for cheer leading and gymnastics. I am doing cheer leading and gymnastics. For cheer leading we have 2 groups for our school, my group has 7 people. We have chosen our music and the done the start for the routine. We practice every Monday and Tuesday morning tea.

Attack at Ariana Grande Manchester concert

In the afternoon is saw that there has been a bombing at Ariana Grande's concert in Manchester. I heard that there has been at least 22 killed and 50 injured from the bombing. When lots of people were leaving a really big explosion went of at 10:30.p.m local time. The police that were on the scene said the bomber died at the bombing.

After the bombing happened Ariana Grande was not injured but she tweeted a message saying broken. from the bottom off my heart, I am so so sorry. I don’t have words. The youngest person to die from the bombing was Saffie Rose Rosssos, she was 8 years old when she died.

Gymnastics

This week we have started to do gymnastics at school for a. We started doing gymnastics because we could enter a competition for gymnastics and there is also a cheer leading one we will start next week is we want to. There are three different groups the Springers is the easiest one, the Flyers is the middle the and the Twisters are the hardest. For each one we have Beam Floor and Vault.

I am doing the Twisters because I want to give myself a challenge this time, I also want to do the cheer leading because I want to try something new that I have never done before. The hardest bit for me will be the Vault because you have to jump go into a handstand and then go into a front roll. I also think that the beam will be hard because for the ending I  have to do a round off off the beam on to a mat.

At lunch sometimes we do gymnastics on the grass for some fun. One lunch time we were doing gymnastics and I got a new skill I got my round off! Now I can do it I found it really easy to do but sometimes I don't always land I 2 feet but I will still keep trying to get it every time. I also got my handstand in to bridge a few days before.

IE Reflection

Monday the 15th of May we had to share our IEs with classmates and some of their family’s. For my IE I did and bank with a money machine at the back. I think it’s really awesome getting to do IE’s and I am looking forward to doing another one next year. Here is my reflection on my IE!

OFHA Balloon Magic

Winter Sport

For winter I am playing soccer for the Hauraki Plains Junior Soccer Club in 13th grade, we have two teams the Pythons and the Panthers. I am in the Pythons, the position I like to play is midfield on the left or right wing of the field. I like being midfield because If somethings happening down the back or the front I can go there.

We have done a few practices and our first game is on Saturday in Whenuakite At 9.am. I am enjoying the sport a lot because I moved up to 13th grade and we do  game both the panthers and pythons train together so we usually have a game against each other. The thing that I don't enjoy is that sometimes I get blisters on my heal. We support each other buy saying don't give up, keep going and some other things.

If you are a space lover you might be able to buy a 4.6 billion year old meteorite. It will go on sale in New York. It will be on sale at Christie’s auction house in New York. The bidding for the meteorite starts at $20,000.

The rare rock is part of the Deep Impact, Martian, Lunar and Other Rare Meteorites, series. The online auction will run until, Wednesday, May 10th. The meteorite is part of the famous Allende meteorite. The meteorite exploded over the Mexican state in 1969. Scientists got the fragments and found out that they were a very rare type of meteorite.

Famous New Zealand Paintings Stolen

Famous portraits by Czech artist Gottfried Lindauer have been taken from an Auckland gallery.The two paintings, which were painted in 1884, were taken from inside the glass window at the International Art Centre in Parnell. The two paintings, one of Chieftainess Ngatai–Raure and and the other of Chief Ngatai-Raure, were due to be auctioned in the coming weeks. Their value was between NZ$350,000 to NZ$450,000 each .New Zealand police said the theft occurred at 4am on Saturday. Police were concerned the paintings may be smuggled out of New Zealand. They had found the vehicle used to break the window to get into the museum and  were searching for another. Such heists were usually done by opportunists looking to make money quiet fast, but the distinctive nature of the portraits would make that very difficult. Jackson said border police and Interpol would have been alerted to keep a lookout for the stolen portraits but there was a risk they could already have suffered some damage.

Found story on Kiwi Kid News

Large ship missing in Atlantic Ocean

A large South Korean cargo ship has vanished in the Atlantic Ocean. The ship has 24 people on it and it left Brazil last week. On Friday, a person on the ship, sent a text saying the 312m-long Stellar Daisy freighter was taking on water. The Uruguayan navy alerted ships in the area, which began to start looking for the ship. However, at this stage the ship has not been found. The South Korean government has requested assistance in the search from Brazil and Uruguay.The ship has a capacity of 260,000 tonnes and was being driven by a South Korean company.

 Found story on Kiwi Kids News

Powtoon

If you met Richie McCaw what would you ask him

1. What OPEN question would you ask him?  What do you need to do to be a awesome leader?
2. What would you thank him for? Being a awesome leader and help make the movie
3. What else would you say to him/ask him about/tell him…? How much dedication does it take to be a GAB?

3 words about Richie McCaw

Richie McCaw Movie

A few days ago we watched the Richie McCaw movie and we had to make 5 key points of more about it.
Here are mine

1. Success is a lousy teacher because it does not really teach you anything.
2. Push yourself if you don’t push yourself you won't get anywhere.

 3.Have a growth mindset to keep on trying.

4. Use your mistakes  to learn from.

5.Have a plan so you know what you need to work on.

Camp

What is your goal for camp?

To be able to climb up or near the top of the high ropes, because I have never really made it to the top of any climbing walls.

Why are you coming on camp?

To get away from my sister and brother, because they are annoying.

Make some new friends because I don’t normally play with other people.

Have Fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Get out of my comfort zone.

What skills, strengths, qualities, powers do you possess that will help you have a really successful camp experience?

Use all the learning powers, because they are important in their own way. 1. Being Me means to be yourself and not someone else. 2.Connecting means to listen when someone is talking are share your ideas. 3.Resilience means to not give up and say I can’t do it yet.  4.Curiosity means you want to know what's next and what something means. 5.Creativity means you are creative in your own way and you want to be different.

Being able to be independent and work as a team because we might need to work as a team and not as a team.

What will you do if you have a problem at camp?

Tell a teacher or a adult on camp

Who will you speak to?

The person who was making the problem, a teacher or an adult

What will help you solve your problem?

Telling the person to stop, tell an adult or teacher, or ignore them.

How will you be an effective team member in your car group, activity group and cabin group?

Listen to all their ideas and what they are thinking.

What will we see or hear?

We will see and hear huka falls. We will also see and hear lots of nature when we are driving and walking.