Maths: DMIC Subtraction Problems

 

This week for maths Room 1 has been practicing doing subtraction word problems, the questions on different slides came in 3 different difficulties, Easy, Middle and Hard, They were mostly easy, with some challenging questions but solvable.

Cybersmart Challenge 23: Scams and Phishing

 

Today in class we were doing Cybersmart Challenges and I chose to do Challenge 23. This task was about Scamming and Phishing, in the slides we were telling the difference between Legit and Fake emails, websites and Popups by analysing the image for legit or fake things 

Kiwi Kids News: Blood Micromoon coming for New Zealand

 In the close future, people in New Zealand will be able to see the first Partial Lunar Eclipse for the first time in 800 years in New Zealand, a Partial Lunar Eclipse only happens when a part of the Moon is within the Earth' Umbra behind the Earth, while a Total Lunar Eclipse happens when all of the Moon is in the Earth's Umbra, both cause the Moon to become a Bloodmoon which is when the Moon gets a faint red light because of the Earth covering the light to the moon, The Umbra of something is the area behind something that is the darkest part of the shadow while a the Penumbra of a object is the area of something that has a faint shadow that is lighter than the Umbra of something, A Partial Lunar Eclipse is much more common than a Total Lunar Eclipse as the Earth has to be exactly between the Moon and the Sun even though the last Partial Lunar Eclipse was in the year 1212 even though Total Lunar Eclipses happen about twice a year across the world, there are said to be 13 total or partial (Near-total) Lunar Eclipses in New Zealand across the span of 20 years, seven of those will be early in the morning, four will be seen in midnight, and only two will be in the evening one of those being the first one.

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The Tree in the Barren Wasteland

The Tree in the Barren Wasteland

Once in a Barren Wasteland there was a lonely tree

No one ever came to see him

Although he liked it a lot, because he was very free

He likes to sit and see the sunset while the earth gets light and dim

Kalani

 

Term 4 Week 1, Maths: Two Way Probability Tables

 

For the first week of Term 4 at Pt England School we have been learning about Two Way Probability Tables, Two Way Probability Tables are used to sort different things in a Two Way Table to be able to find the Probability of something happening that is in the table.  

Tongan Language Week Explanation Writing

Malo’e’lelei, My name is Kalani and i’ll be telling you all about the exquisite islands of Tonga and about their diverse culture.

Tonga is one of the many countries in Polynesia, it is made up of over 170 islands within the entire kingdom with the largest island named Tongatapu which is home to the capital Nuku’alofa in the northern coast of the island. Nuku’alofa is also the most densely populated island in Tonga with a population of 74,611 as of 2016 of 101,133 as of 2016 also, the national language and culture is Tongan. The King of Tonga is King Tupou VI aged 62, Tonga is interestingly one of the very few countries that have never been invaded/colonised by another country in history, which led the monarchy to lead on ever since the islands were discovered by the Tongans which is still happening today with King Tupou VI.

Tonga is a country that is very creative with their favoured delicacies as such they have dishes such as Kapisi Pulu which is a popular dish across the islands which is created with corned beef, tomatoes, onions, and coconut cream, this dish is commonly eaten during special occasions. Tongans also like eating many other dishes that are also eaten across all of the pacific islands like Ota'ika which is very famous in Polynesia, Ota'ika is a dish of Raw Fish served in fresh coconut cream.

The Kingdom of Tonga is rich when it comes to their History. It is believed that Polynesians first immigrated to the islands of Tonga around 2,830 and 2,846 years ago, though it was only discovered by European explorers in 1616 by Dutch Explorers, Willem Schouten and Jacob Le Maire. Much before they discovered Tonga, The tongans in their early history created Megalithic Structures such as the Haʻamonga ʻa Maui or the Langi Terraced Tombs. The native wildlife of the Kingdom of Tonga was much different from around 3,000 years ago to now, back in the early days of Tonga there were many Large Flightless Birds and Lizards and many Birds capable of flying but there were no Livestock like what we eat today, there were no cattle, no pigs, no sheep, nothing that we are used to now in the modern timeline of Polynesia and the Kingdom of Tonga, Tonga also competed in WWI with a identified army of 91 soldiers fighting for Tonga.

As described above, the Kingdom of Tonga is a very special place in the Pacific that has a lot of meaning to it’s name and culture.

What do you Meme? - A very well behaved classroom

Today in Room 1 we had a google meet working with Mr Goodwin about using your email to make blog posts, we used this to to make memes

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Maths: Confidence in Co-Ordinates

 

This week for our second of two tasks for this week we have been carrying on with learning about Co-Ordinates and using them on a real life map this time instead of a fictional map like on the previous task

Maths: Reading Co-Ordinates

 

This week for maths we have been learning about reading co-ordinates and how to solve problems with co-ordinates and vectors by navigating across a map and using co-ordinates to get to the final point of the problem and solve all of the problems

Maths: Geometry Challenge

 

This week for maths in lockdown level 4 we have been learning about geometry, we were learning how to translate shapes, using Rotational Symmetry, finding points of symmetry and learning about degrees

Maths: Introduction to Algebra

 

This week for maths we were learning about algebra. for our first maths task of the week we were doing a kind of introduction to algebra by learning how to understand algebra and use it 

Maths: Line Graphs and Understanding Them

 

For this week, Room 1 and I have been learning about Line Graphs and how they work. For this task we have been learning how to understand graphs and making graphs, first we were investigating different graphs to find out what they mean and the differences between certain things in a line graph. 

Emma Twigg: Inference/Evaluation

 

This week for our Reading task my group has been learning about Emma Twigg, a New Zealand Single Sculls World Champion. We have been learning about her personal life and her journey to becoming an Olympic World Champion in Single Sculls  

Olympics: Should the Olympics have taken place?

The Olympic games are a monumental event for all countries. Many athletes from around the world compete and represent their countries with their humbleness and sportsmanship in this world wide event. Whilst this would’ve been to do in previous years, the circumstances that we suffer from such as Covid 19 as well as being in a current quarantine. While vaccines have been administered to the public different vaccines have different capabilities and its effectiveness is varied throughout the different countries. Many athletes within the Olympics have been tested positive for Covid. Since July the first more than 75 people who were associated with the Olympics have been tested positive for Covid and that was before the Olympics even started. Coco Gauff, an american tennis player, although fully vaccinated, was tested positive for Covid 19 despite this fact. Also with contestants being so close to each other in certain sports events this can escalate the Covid spread even more. The Olympics although vaccinating contestants didn’t account for the transport taken such as if an athlete took a taxi to get to the Olympics or if they were on a bus. Those people on those taxis or buses could’ve spread the virus and no one would’ve known until it was too late. Some Olympic athletes choose to not be vaccinated anyway which leads them even more vulnerable than those who were vaccinated. This also allows for athletes of other countries to spread Covid-19 to other athletes of other countries that will take it back to their home country and spread it there. 

 

Ancient Olympics:Room 1

This week for my rooms first module we were learning about the Ancient Olympics and the differences between the Ancient Olympics and the Modern Olympics, In the Ancient Olympics there were much less sports, most of the years there were only sprints with and without armour, the Ancient Olympics also created and introduced the Discus and the sport, in the Modern Olympics they re-added most of the sports from the Ancient Olympics while also adding many more, in the Ancient Olympics, the Olympics were 3 days, but extended to 5 days in 5th century B.C but in the Modern Olympics they were extended to 2 weeks

 

Dame Valerie Adams

Dame Valerie Adams is a two time Olympic, three time Commonwealth Games Champion, She won a Gold Medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom after the champion who got the gold medal Nadzeya Astapchuk was disqualified for doping after she failed the drug test, then continued to win a silver medal in 2016 and a Bronze Medal in the 2020(2021) Tokyo Olympics.

Kalani: Kei te pehea koe

 

Today for our first rotations of the term we were learning about feelings and how to ask how they are feeling .

Time: Time Problems

 

This week for our second Maths assignment we were once again looking at time. This time once everyone had a rough understanding of calculating time we did this assignment where the problems were a bit tougher but were still easy for me, we were finding time zones and doing more word problems with a clock

Kalani Measurement: Introduction to Time.

 

Our first maths activity this week was based on the measurement of time and an introduction to time. As I already knew much about time I flew through this task very fast and it was surprisingly easy as there were only basic problems 

Speech: Healthy Lunches Matter.

 Yesterday we were presenting our speeches and finishing them off, I was a bit nervous about presenting my speech but I managed to do my speech and this was what it turned out like.

Kia Ora my name is Kalani and this is my speech about Healthy Lunches.

As much as you want to bring & eat foods at school like, Macca’s, KFC, Chocolaté, Bakery food, and other sweet and tasty things, they aren’t actually great when it comes to the nutritional value of those fatty and sugary foods, but there are other foods that are healthy and full of nutrition that you should pack your lunch with more often.

There are foods like Fiber Bars, Muesli Bars, Fruit/Vegetables and a Healthy Sandwich but try to make your own sandwich as store bought sandwiches are not always as healthy as your own. You can also fill your lunchbox with snacks like, Lesnak, Snack-Sized Chip Packets, 2-3 Small Biscuits, and any other suitable snacks that are low in fat & sugar but still minimize intake of these snacks as they don’t have the best nutrition but aren’t as bad as the ones mentioned at the top

Try to avoid foods that are high in fat and sugar and eat more of the foods that are mentioned above at school as you are put at risk of diseases like diabetes, and blood clotting.

That was my speech about Healthy Lunches

Kalani: Area and Perimeter of a House

 

For maths this week we have been working out the Area and Perimeter of certain items and this time we were working out the Area and Perimeter of a House, To work out the perimeter you add all the numbers that make up the outside of the object and to work out the area you multiply the length by the width on a 2d Shape

Kalani: Ki te aha? What for?

 

On Thursday, the year 8's had their rotations while the year 7's were at Tamaki College for Tech and for Te Reo we did a slide show based on going places, asking why, and answering why so we could use these words ourselves

Cybersmart Challenge 6: Tidy Drive

 This week we were going back to Cybersmart Challenge 6: Tidy Drive to tidy our drive and put our documents, slides and drawings into our folders and folders from last year and before to clean our drive

Maths Week 7 Fractions

 

This week for maths we have been learning about fractions, multiplying, simplifiying, and finding fractions between fractions

Term 3 Week 7 Extn Create Task Part 1

This week for extension we have been starting our create task and my group just chose ours today. Our group task was to look into nearby planets & future inventions that could help us get to that planet and establish ourselves a settlement. We chose to start at establishing ourselves a settlement by creating a mars base, our teacher Miss West let us use Minecraft Education Edition to create a 3d digital model for our create task, I have almost completed one model of a mars base.

 

The Jacket Part One

 

For this and last week we have been reading a chapter book called the jacket which is a book with the main characters being a guy named Phil and a guy named Daniel in a bit of an argument between a jacket with Daniel's jacket looking similar to Phil's brothers jacket 

FiaFia Event Review

 Yesterday on Thursday 3rd of June at 5:30 we had our school wide FiaFia, I was in the Senior Kapa Haka Group and was the first group on stage. My favourite group was either The Tongan Boys/Girls or The Samoan Group because the Tongan Boys were really fast like they were striking fear in your eyes and they were really loud and the Tongan Girls and the Samoan Group because they were nice and slow allowing you to understand the moves they were doing. My favorite part was doing the Haka, as shy I was and afraid of performing in front of large audiences I really enjoyed performing it. Something I learned was how it felt to perform in front a large audience of over 2000 people. If I had another chance to do FiaFia I would go into the Samoan Group as i've never done a siva samoa before and I would want to try and do it once.

The Seasons and The Climate Zones Week 5

 

For our inquiry/science Team 5 have been learning about the seasons and the climate zones and how it all effects the earth, it there is also note taking from the first video that we did as a group together in our class

Extension Review Week 4

 For Extension today we were starting our brain storm in our groups about our given topic, my topic was about other planet that we could go and how we would get there in our scenario which was that in 12 months earth would become uninhabitable

Extension Week 1 Project

 

Task Description: Today, in our first extension class for the term, we were given a scenario to try and solve on this shared slideshow, the scenario was that in 12 months the earth would become completely uninhabitable for humanity to exist and during those 12 months we had to make a suitable plan to evacuate earth and be in a situation where we could still live somewhere outside earth somewhere in space or on another planet.

Cybersmart Activity Week 10 24 Hour History

 Today for our Cybersmart Activity we were making a google draw about our history for the past 24 hours.

Extension Streets for Everyone Project

 

For extension this term we were cooperating with a group named the Open Fort who are two people named Toby & Bhav, with a project named Streets for Everyone, in this project we are focusing on making the streets more interactive and entertaining for students on their way to school or during free time not at school, my group, Austin, Suade, and me were tasked make a racing track then we thought of a video-game themed racing track for our project and this was the end product.

Week 9 Underwater Google Draw Manaiakalani Cybersmart Challenge

 This week for our 2nd Manaiakalani Cybersmart Challenge for today we were learning how to use the tools in Google Draw, I prefer to use polyline as it's easier to use and better to not make mistakes

Week 9 Webcam Manaiakalani Cybersmart Challenge

 

Today for our 1st Manaiakalani Cybersmart Challenge today we were learning how to use our webcams and were to take a picture or video of something we made, I took a screenshot of my maths from the 22nd of February.

Bookmarks Manaiakalani Cybersmart Challenge

 

This week for our Manaiakalani Cybersmart Challenge we were looking into bookmarks. On one slide we would find the student with the most appropriate bookmarks and on the other we would show our bookmarks

Week 8 Te Reo Year 8 Rotations, He aha te taima? (Using Minutes)

 

Today in our Year 8 rotations we were doing our Te Reo rotation and we were learning about te taima (the time) and how to ask and answer to He aha te taima? (What is the time?) and using miniti (minutes) to answer for example He aha te taima? and it is 12:40 you would answer He rua tekau miniti ki te tahi karaka te taima.

The Week in Level 3 Quarantine Part 1

 On Sunday all of Auckland alerted for the return of Level 3 Lockdown for a whole 7 days with covid-19 cases spreading like butter so week 5 of school was in quarantine. School was the same but at home and not with your teacher and classmates, and since it was level 3 in Auckland we couldn't do many things outside of our houses and couldn't leave Auckland because of border restrictions so we were kept away from our family around the country.

On the first day of School, Monday we had a Google meet for all of the Year 7 & 8's about the quarantine and what we would be doing for our school work, we were learning the as at school just without the teacher being in the same room as we had scheduled meets all week, for our first day of school for maths we were doing decimal addition and subtraction, it was a one day short document with a fair amount of questions for one day, there were two documents, one for beginners and one for those that are fairly educated in decimal numbers and problems, as I was educated in decimals before I chose the 2nd document, Adding Decimals 2, some of the problems were a bit easier some put up more of a challenge but found the answer either way.

On Tuesday we didn't have a Year 7 & 8 Google meet until Friday, but we had Maths and Literacy Google Meets. For our maths we were completing another document with decimal problems, once again there was one for the beginners and one for those experienced with decimals and I chose again the advanced one Adding Decimals 2.5. They were much harder questions than the last document but I still solved them with ease.

On Wednesday we didn't get another maths doc or slide task but we got a reading task called, Kauri Island which was about a woman/young adult who was out for a walk around the area with a biological journal about plants but then encountered a maori boy looking for lost pig and they began a little friendship and told her about the healing properties of pūriri and gave her some for her mother for back pain because she was pregnant at the time and the next morning...

Part Two to come 

Adding Decimals 2 (.5)

 

Adding Decimals

 Today for Maths in Level 3 lockdown we were solving decimal addition and subtraction problems, there was an easier one for beginners and one for those experienced in decimals and that is the one I chose which is Adding Decimals 2.

Explanation Writing Week 4 Literacy

 

This week we were using Explanation Writing to explain why schooling is the most important part of your life.

Week 3 Literacy Climate Change

Task Description: For week 3 we were in lockdown level 3 we were given this literacy task about global warming, how it's created, what is to blame, how we can stop it, and what is climate change.

Extn Week 1 Wind Turbines

 

That Was Summer (SLJ)

That was summer.

Remember Surfing on giant waves and lying on the beach,

Remember Playing Basketball, Soccer, Cricket and all other sports with your friends

That was summer.

Remember Sizzling Sausages, Chicken and Beef Patties on the barbecue with your family under the scorching hot sun

Remember Playing around and relaxing out in the backyard and in a cool refreshing pool

Remember Celebrating Christmas with everyone, going to your aunties and uncles houses, and eating delicious food

Remember Spending time with all your friends and family going to places like, Hamilton, and Rotorua , doing various activities together

That was summer.

By Kalani

Mondrian Art

Today for the Summer Learning Journey we did Mondrian Art inspired my Piet Mondrian and this is what I have made in the style of Piet Mondrian on Google Sheets, Piet Mondrian's art style of is an abstract style that involves the three primary colours and lines to create his art.

Piskel Art (SLJ)

Today for Summer Learning Journey we used Piskel to create an animated pixel Christmas tree for this Christmas tree I used 14 frames for each light on the tree and the star on top.

Fishy False Teeth (SLJ)

 I believe that this is a hoax as few scientists have looked in to it and proved it to be fake as the producer of the photos  on this website as they say triggerfish teeth do not resemble human teeth.

How we Celebrate the Summer Holidays (SLJ)

 Today for the Summer Learning Journey we wrote an article about how we celebrate the summer holidays as an add-on for the CBC Kids article about what other countries do in the summer holidays and when they start, this was my version for New Zealand.

Chrome Music Lab (SLJ)

 For the Summer Learning Journey today we created a song using Chrome Music Lab in the song maker, the two instruments I used in my song were strings and a drum kit and a tempo of 125 to create the song its really easy to create a song you just click on the blank squares to make a note and on the bottom are the beats.

My Future Career

In my future career I want to study about the universe to become an astronomer and research about the galaxies that make up the universe, the solar systems, giant stars like the sun and comets/meteors to one day hopefully be an astronaut and research other planets up close in space, what fascinates me about the universe is how vast it is and what there could be that hasn’t been discovered, and everything that makes it up that can’t be found on earth from small bits of debris to massive gas giants, or I could potentially be a biologist and research about many species that range from plants like trees with birch, oak, pine, etc, and fungi to several animals like ants, butterflies, rhinos, leopards and many more with many species and how they live life in their very own way in their habitat hiding within those habitats can have a undiscovered species with no knowledge about it and I could be the one to discover it.