Swimming sports

On Monday 27th we had school swimming sports. I entered all of my races champion which were, 1 length of Breaststroke, backstroke and freestyle. I also did 2 lengths for all of those as well. I am not really sure what I got for my races Because It was done on time. We have house teams  I am in Orewa, every race we entered we got house points for the team. The stroke I was best at was Backstroke. After the races there was a relay for every house group, but I went home before I could see all the relays. It was really fun doing all the races. We also got juices if we ordered them and I got 1 juice.

Yellow fever wiping out monkeys

Yellow fever is wiping out monkeys in the state Espirito Santo. Brazil and threating Atlantic rainforest. In Espirito Santo 400 Monkeys have been found dead. The monkey in Brazil are endangered. It mainly affects  monkeys and sometimes humans. It is transmitted by the same type of mosquito that spreads dengue and the Zika virus.

Found story on Kiwi kids news

My IE

This year for my IE I am doing how the bank works and all about money. IE's are things we want to learn more about. I wanted to know how money is made and does money make us happy. I thought it would be fun to try doing stuff that I might not know much about. The learning powers I might use will be resilience because I might want to give up on finding out the questions and curiosity because I will need to find out lots about money and the bank. Also at the and we need to create something to do with what we are doing for our IE's.

How Have my First Few Weeks Been

My first few weeks have been awesome, I like doing tech every Friday, and doing lots of challenges. For tech I am doing metal we have started to make a name tag. We had to do a crossword and a collage for homework. It has been very fun  in Marama so far.

If I Could go Back to any Time in History

If I Could go back to any time in history I would go to World War II. I would like to go back in time to see what it was like during the war. The experience was really loud. There was lots of people hiding and shooting and loud bangs. The woman could not do that much they only could be a nurse. 
https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2011/07/world-war-ii-conflict-spreads-around-the-globe/100107/

What would happen on my best weekend ever

On Saturday we won the lotto and we got  40m dollars. First we would go to Hamilton with all my friends Ella, Elizabeth, Olivia, Stella and Kate and go on the biggest shopping spree ever. I would buy fluffy things, the biggest bear ever. Lots of clothes and shoes. Some new decor for my room that is getting re-done. New bedding, fluffy furniture and lots more. Then for lunch we are going to Starbucks YUMMY!!!!

Now we are going to get me a fluffy puppy and a fluffy kitten. There names will be poof pup and poof cat. We are now gonna choose a bed a bowl and a costume fore them. I got them ghost costumes and fluffy bedding. Now we are going to The Apple Shop. I am getting a Iphone 6s in rose gold, a Chromebook also in rose gold and an apple TV for my room. We just got a message that school was cancelled for the week because they are redoing the classrooms.

We are all going back to my house to have a sleepover. We ate lots of snacks and watched a movie. The next morning we are staring to do my room, the builders have to come in first to build my loft. The next day they finished, the floors are here now. I am getting wooden floors done now. Now its time to paint!! The colour is a light grey. We are letting the paint dry now. We are all going to get lunch now. We went to subway, I got a beef wrap with lots of vegetables, a cookie and a drink.

When we got back it was time to do the second coat of paint. Over night it dried and all my friends went home as well :( The next morning more builders came in to build my pets house for my room. When they finished we started to move in my furniture. My favourite colour is rose gold so I got lots of things that are rose gold. When it was all done it was perfect. I invited my friends back over to see what it looked like.

Tagul

A few days ago we all had to make a tagul. Tagul is a photo editor, you write some words about the photo and it puts it on the picture. We had to take a picture of ourselves if we didn’t have one already. We also had to get 2 people to write something nice about us. I wrote about things I like and my family. I think they all turned out really well! Here is a photo of my tagul!

5 Facts How to grow a strong brain

To grow a strong brain you need to do a lot of things like,
1. Getting sleep is very important because it gives your brain a rest from doing all your learning yesterday.
2. Eating brain food is having a balanced diet so your brain gets everything it needs to work.
3. Taking breaks helps your brain so you don't get that stressed when doing your learning
4. Keeping hydrated. Your brain uses most of the water you drink so it is important you drink lots of water.
5. Failure is when you learn more because you learn from your mistakes so you understand what you got wrong even more.

Pepeha

On Wednesday we did a Pepeha. We had to use the information that we found out like, what mountain we are, river and lots of other things. I drew Mt Paku because we go there sometimes in the holidays, my family and me at the bottom of Mt Paku. Next I drew the sea because I like playing at the beach in the water. Then I drew the school logo and the New Zealand flag.

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Tuakana Teina

Tuakana Teina is a thing we have on a wall. We also have Tupu. Teina means you are learning to do the right thing, in the right place, at the right time, and you are not trusted as much as Tuakana. Tupu means you can make the right choices but you don't do it all the time and you are not an expert at lots of things. When you are tupu you work towards Tuakana as well! Tuakana means you do the right thing, in the right place, at the right time, and you are trusted more. When you are Tuakana you can do lots of other things like listen to music, learn in more places than just the set spaces and lots more! I am Tupu because sometimes to do the right thing and other times I don't but I am working towards Tuakana!

The Marama Way

 One of my drivers for school is having a growth mindset. If you don't have a growth mindset you will say I can't do it, insted of I can't do it yet! To have a growth mindset you need to eat brain food and have a good night sleep. Not having a growth mindset you will give up and not use the learning powers, but if you do have a growth mindset you will complete more thing and use your learning powers.

One Word

My one word is Being Me because you have to be your self and not someone else when you are doing your at school and not at school.

http://www.picturequotes.com/sometimes-i-pretend-to-be-normal-but-it-gets-boring-so-i-go-back-to-being-me-quote-2088

The Treaty of Waitangi

The Treaty of Waitangi was signed on the 6th of February 1840. The Treaty of Waitangi was an agreement for the Maori and British/English for buying land privately. It was signed at the Bay of Islands and that is where the British boat came in. 39 Maori Chiefs a copy in Maori, 540 signed a copy in English and 50 Maori chiefs signed it on the 6th of February 1840. We don't really call them treaty's anymore.The more modern day treaty would been written on a computer or sometimes handwritten. The treaty in modern day would be like a contract or to apply for a job. 

Multiple Intelligence Test

Today the year 7's took a test on a Multiple Intelligence test. I have discovered that I work best outside. I like to work with animals, grow plants and looking after the environment. The one that had the least percentage was Interpersonal. My strengths are Naturalistic (92%), Musical (81%) and Logical-Mathematical (44%).  I will start to work outside more often, with plants and animals.

Term 4 Reflection

What have you enjoyed this term and why?

• Impact because I got to do some mosaicing and I learnt how to mosaic.
• Starting Swimming  because we start to do lengths and sometimes have free time.
• Jazz Band because we have been learning two different songs to play at the end of year assembly.

What has been challenging this term and why?

• Impact because mosaicing is just like a puzzle and the pieces need to be just right.
• Athletics because I have been having a sore heel when I run.
• Homework Project because it was hard to stick the cotton on the llama.

What are you looking forward to next year? Year 7 camp because we will get to do lots of diffrent thing. Tech because we get to go to the college and try new thing that we might not have done

Homework Project Update

On Monday the 20th our teachers gave us a homework project instead of basic facts math sheet. This will be our 2nd homework project, for the first one we had to make something out of polystyrene and now a milk bottle. My idea is to do a llama sitting on some grass. I am up to putting on the ears, tail and legs. When I tried putting on the legs they fell off so I am trying a different way now. Here are some photo’s.

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Calf Club

On Wednesday last week we had Calf Club. I brought my calf called Wisteria Moo! She is mostly black but she is full jersey. She got me lots of ribbons. A 5th for obstacle, leading 2ed and a reserve Champion that came with a trophy. Rearing 6th and dairy type 4th. She is the best calf I have ever had and my favorite. My friend Ella got 2 champions for leading and obstacle. I did not dress my calf up. But my friends did.

Learning in the making conference

On Friday we had the learning in the making conference. First we had someone speak to us on skype about our learning and the conference. I had yoga first it was fun we got to do lots of different poses. We did upward and downward facing dog and lots more. The second thing I did was hotdog pasta we got to eat it for lunch and it was really yummy. The third thing I did was team building we had to work as a team to do all the tasks. We completed all the tasks we were set. The last one was the best it was making caramel slice it was really easy to make. After we made it we got to eat it and it was yummy and we got to take some home.

Holiday recount

In the holidays I went to do my calf at the Pirie’s farm. My calf is called Wisteria moo. She is jersey but she is black and she looks like a cross breed. Most of the days on the 2nd week of the holidays with Summer and sometimes other people. My calf is really soft but she is bad at leading. On the driveway she leads really well and sometimes she starts to run. We gave her a full body wash and it was her first time. Wisteria Moo keeps herself clean most of the time but sometime she does not.

In the first week of the holidays I went to Elizabeth’s house and stayed the night. I saw her kittens one of them scratched me. The first thing we did was go to Thames. We went to Computer Geeks because their computer was not working. There was this little puppy in the corner and it kept on jumping up and down. Then we went shopping for some food. We got a frozen fanta and some chips. We saw a face painting thing  and we got our faces painted. I was a bunny and Elizabeth was a cat. We made two things a chocolate brownie and cumin seed cheese they were yummy. For the rest of the time we played outside and with the board games.