Monday, October 31, 2016

Ancient Olympics

I am proud of myself because I have worked very hard on this artefact and I think I have done ready well.
The learning muscle I have grown has Been my perseverance because at the start of the year I kind of  just sat there and thought of what to do. But now I have started to get writing and get going.

The title of my artefact is the ancient Olympics here is a picture of my artefact published

The first step we had to do was to ask questions about something we don't know about the ancient Olympics, my questions were 


What sports were played in the ancient days?
Why were they allowed to kill?Why did only men have to compete in the Olympics in the ancient days?Why were the Olympics banned for so many years?

How was the Pankration invented?
What was the Pankration?
Where did they hold there Olympic games?
Why did the ancient Olympics honor the gods?
What is the importance of olive branches?
Did they have teams in the ancient days?




The second step was reading and getting research from books and videos these are the links to all the ancient Olympic facts


Websites:








Video Clips:




After that we joined all the information together and after that we made a report about the Ancient Olympics then we used the information from the report, onto the Ancient Olympics artefact.  as you saw at the top was my finished artefact. I hope you learned more about the Ancient Olympics and maybe go to the Olympics one day.

Sunday, August 14, 2016

Maths Learning

MATHS LEARNING

In class we have been learning about graphs my favorite graph is the bar graph I like the bar graph because is think it is the most challenging graph and sometimes makes you go into the learning pit.  If you think going into the learning pit is bad, well... your wrong going into the pit helps you improve your learning and when you go in to the pit you always learn something new.  The other day I was doing a bar graph and I went in the learning pit and I ask for help and persevered and I learnt something new. 

And this week we have been learning about stem and leaf graphs and last maths we recorded our heart beat for 15 seconds before and after exercise.  My Heart beat before exercise was 25 but we had to times it by 4 so 25 x 4=100 and my heart beat after exercise was 31 so 31 x 4= 124. 

Here is what a stem and leaf and bar graph looks like

Bar graph




Stem and leaf graph

And I think the next graph that we a going to work on is a pie graph this is what a pie graph looks like

Pie graph


And that is my maths I hope you learnt something ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

Friday, July 8, 2016

Te Mata Peak

Legend of Te Mata Peak

In the village of Pakipaki there lived a chief,  his daughter (Hinerakau) and his tribe.  They were very happy until they meet a giant of a man. His name was Te Mata O Rongokako.  Te Mata O Rongokako lived on the other side of the mountain in waimarama.  Almost everyday Te Mata O Rongokako would climb the mountain and set fire to the whare and stole their food and even challenged the strong men in the village to  fight him.  Days later the chief was sick of  Te Mata O Rongokako stealing their food and setting fire to there whare but the chief had a plan.  He gathered all of the village to the meeting place and announced “Everyone I have a PLAN!!!! I will send my BEAUTIFUL daughter Hinerakau to fall in love with him.  Hinerakau did not really want to go she was frightened of the giant but she respected her father's wishes and went with her father to Waimarama.  When The chief and Hinerakau arrived at Waimarama she saw Te Mata O Rongokako she immediately fell in love with him and he fell in love with her.  Te Mata O Rongokako loved Hinerakau so much he wished to marry her but… The people of the tribe were still angry for what Te Mata O Rongokako had done they had not forgiven what he had done the chief listened to the people and said to the giant if you want to marry my daughter you have to go through a series of tasks and the last task is the hardest. Te Mata O Rongokako thought for awhile but he loved Hinerakau so much he said “OK i’ll do it.” Te Mata O Rongokako had finished all the task but the last task so the chief said “So for your last task you must bite a path way through the hills so we can go and see Hinerakau when ever we wish so Te Mata O Rongokako jumped onto the top with his long legs and bit a mighty bite but something terrible happened a huge rock got stuck in his throat Te Mata O Rongokako swallowed and swallowed but he couldn't he just fell onto the mountain then Hinerakau was so upset she went to get a knife and climbed to the top of the mountain and killed herself you can still see Te Mata O Rongokako on top of the Te mata peak lying where he died

So that is the story of Te mata peak.

Thursday, June 30, 2016

AREA MATHS

AREA MATHS 

In our maths class we have been learning about area I think I know how to do it so these are the things I am proud of my self for persevering. 

I am proud of myself because I worked really hard on this maths and when I first started I thought it was hard and I went into the learning pit but I used my perseverance muscle and went out of the pit.

 Some thing that challenged me was getting out of the pit with the decimals and fractions. 

 I have been working on using lot's of my muscles to get out of the pit


I hope you like my maths




FOREST
A=36
1x36
2x18
3x12
4x9
6x6
⅙ of 36 is 6
16.7% .167
SHELTER
A=84
1x84
2x42
3x28
4x21

¼ of 84 is 21
25% .25
DIAMOND MINE
A=72
1x72
2x36
3x24
4x18
6x12
¼ of 72 is 18
25% .25                                                

CRAFTING TABLE
A=32
1x32
2x16
4x8
⅛ of 32 is 4
12.5% .125


 

Monday, June 20, 2016

Matariki

This blog post is about Matariki also known as the Maori new year

In these 2 activities I have used my Collaboration, perseverance and absorption muscles.  I used my perseverance muscle at the Kohatu, I got stuck because my paper with all of the paint on it flew onto my stone and there was a big spot with heaps of different colors but I used my perseverance muscle and panted over.  I also used my Collaboration muscle In the carving because we all worked as a team and swapped around,  And I used my absorption muscle in the carving because I was so stuck in to carving I did not want to stop. 

I am proud of myself because I have tried my hardest to complete these 2 activities 




Some thing that challenged me was 

using my perseverance muscle to finish the Kohatu  

MATARIKI

In our hub we have been learning how to celebrate Matariki In lots of ways.  

This is us carving

Matariki is a very special time of the year where all of New Zealand celebrate the Maori new year.  Matariki is also known as the Maori new year. I learnt that there is a Legend that the mother is one star and the other six are her daughters.  

We got to choose out of lot's of activities I chose carving and Kohatu.  The carving was hard because you had to push as hard as you can to chip the wood of.  But I found the Kohatu Sooooooooo frustrating because the brushes were too big and there was only Black, Red, White and purple but both of them were still really fun.  

This is us doing the Kohatu

This is a picture of us collaborating with each other 

This is a picture of us absorbed in our learning

     I HOPE YOU LIKED MY BLOG POST

THANK YOU 


Tuesday, May 31, 2016

How to make your own Ice cream

In our hub we have been working on science also we had to write Instructions about how to make home made Ice cream. We all had to start every step with a verb and lots of other things look at the Success Criteria and you will see. So this is my science writing.

I am proud of myself because I worked really hard to make the Ice cream and to remember the steps. 


 Some thing that challenged me was changing my vocab 


 I have been working on using sentence starters. Each step needed to start with a verb.  And I did have to do some changes to my writing to add in detail.  


I hope you like my instructions 


Procedural writing
WALT write instructions for the reader to follow
Success Criteria
Give an explanation about how the instructions will help you (introduction)
Write an equipment or ingredients list
Begin each instruction with a verb (an action word)
Use specific vocabulary
Order instructions so they are easy to follow



Do you like Ice? Do you like Cream? And  Do you like milk? And ice cream because I do.  Milk can be made into lots of different substances such as, Cream, Whipped cream, Ice cream, cheese and lot’s more .  milk is a delicious liquid  That comes from cows then it goes into a factory to get it cleaned and fresh.  But the reason i’m writing this is because of Ice cream so do you want to make ice cream? Well   follow these  instructions how to make homemade vanilla Ice cream.


YOU WILL NEED


* ½ a cup of milk
* 30 grams of sugar
* 2 cups of salt
* ¼ of a lid of vanilla essence
* Crushed Ice
* 1 Ice cream container
* A large snap lock bag
* A small snap lock bag


HOW TO MAKE VANILLA ICE CREAM


  1. Pour the crushed ice into the large bag until it is halfway full
  2. Tip  the salt into the bag of Ice
  3. Shake the bag a little until the salt has gone all around (Salt makes the Ice colder)
  4. Grab the little bag and Pour the ½  a cup of milk into the bag SLOWLY!!!
  5. Tip the  30 grams of sugar into the  little bag
  6. Place the ¼ of a cap of vanilla essence in the little bag
  7. Zip up the little bag in put it in the big one then zip up the big one
  8. Place the bags into the ice cream container and SHAKE
  9. Pull the Ice cream bag out after about 5 or 10 minutes and there will be your Ice cream
  10. enjoy
BUT...if your Ice cream comes out Not Like Ice cream just shake it for at least 5 more minutes and it should be done.


Image result for vanilla ice cream


So that is how you make your own vanilla Ice cream
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Monday, May 30, 2016

🔱♆ The Journey To Atlantis 🔱♆

In our learning experiences we had to right(write) a personal writing, I had trouble finishing it I had to wake up at 6:45 am on Friday last week to finish this story but these are things that I thought I was proud of  

I am proud of myself because I worked really hard on this story and saw that I used said all trough my writing. I made changes to said to show how people said things.

 Some thing that challenged me was choosing what characters to be in my story. 

 I have been working on using sentence starters.  


I hope you like my story 


Chapter One:
🔱♆ The Journey To Atlantis 🔱♆


“Luke Noooooo!!!!” I yelled.
“HELP ME BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP!!!” Luke Yelled.
I quickly woke up and turned off my alarm and mumbled  “Man, I am having some cwazy dreams this year,”. I went to the kitchen to get some breakfast. then Lachlan woke up and babbled “Man, I am having some cwazy dreams this year,” .
“CAN YOU PLEASE STOP HAVING THE SAME DREAMS AS ME, IT ALWAYS, EVERY SINGLE TIME GETS US INTO TROUBLE,” I Yelled.
“It’s not my fault ya pit sniffer.” announced Lachlan.
“OK then we need to be ready for whatever comes around the corner - “ I explain.
Just then Luke and Finn came busting through
the door Yelling “IT’S THE APOCALYPSE, RUN AWAY,”.
“You hide in the fridge I’ll hide under the bed and you 2 you just stay right there too burn into ashes. now GO GO GO RUN AWAY!!!!” Luke yells.
“Oh no run away,” I say in a annoyed voice. I opened the fridge and pulled finn out and Lachlan went to get Luke and we all went into the lounge and talked. “so what made you think it was the apocalypse,” Lachlan says.
“We found th.. this note a.. At the d.. door,” says Finn Terrified . I snatched the note of Finn and it said
The apocalypse is coming.  Run while you still can.  


By Marcus  
(Marcus is one of Luke and Fins Bullies)


“WOW how dumb are you guys”. I say


Chapter Two:
🔱♆ The Troops 🔱♆


“What we're not Dumb, See ask me any maths question,” says Luke.
“ 1 ➕ 1 So what does it equal,” Says Lachlan.
“Oh well I didn't mean that hard but I can still do it, Ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm……. Ummmmmmmm,”.
“JUST SAY IT,” Yells Lachlan.
“OK It is 43,” Luke says in a very smart voice
“Why am I friends with you 2,” I say.  BOOM!!!!!! As the door smashed open with T running through the smoke with a piece of paper in his hand.  
“What are you doing here?” Lachlan asked.
“I found this,” T handed me the piece of paper. but it wasn't any old piece of paper with writing on it, it was a sign of life it was a code message. “I haven't found out what it has said but I thought this would be another strange adventure that all of us could solve Together.
“I told you that having the same dreams as me would not be good,” I Describe to Lachlan.
“Well it’s all my problem ea,” Lachlan announced.
“OK we will go on your little adventure but only if you figure out the code BY …… YOUR …… SELF ……" I yell  
“Fine but you have to get the weapons,” T says to me
“OK, Let's Go,” I say

Chapter Three:
🔱♆ The Code  🔱♆


So we went to grab all of the weapons and packed our bags now all we have to do is figure out the code. well T sat down on the chair but after about 3 seconds Finn pushed everyone out of the way and said “OK pit sniffers this is what I think it says hmmmmmmmmmmmmm OMG IT SAYS IT’S THE APOCALYPSE!!!!!! now we will both swap I will go into the fridge and you will hide under the Table and you guys just stay right there  to burn into ashes. now GO GO GO RUN AWAY!!!!” Finn Yells.  They both tried to run away but me T and Lachlan stopped them before they could go anywhere then we locked them in the cupboard until we were finished so T sat back down and started to work and me and Lachlan went down stairs and watched some TV we Just sat down and… T came bursting in yelling “I've got it I've got it, Follow me,” So we both followed him up into the attic “What are you doing?” asks Lachlan T started to look through boxes and shelves “I’m looking for three books,” T handed us a piece of paper and the coded message “That piece of paper is the translated message,”
“OK just saying where did you find this message in the first place?” I ask
“In my PRINTER 2000,” Says T
“What is a PRINTER 2000.” I say
“It receives any message from avery satellite facility,” says T
“OH, Good job,” Me and Lachlan both say T kept Searching until he found three books He opened the books and saw three different maps in each book then he ripped out each map
“HEY those cost money ya know,” says Lachlan
Then he went to get some paper and some tape and 2 boxes he put the 2 boxes down spread apart and then he taped the paper to each box and lined up all the maps to made one weird shaped map and he put a lamp under the piece of paper so we could see the maps perfectly “There that's the map,” T tells us
“What's that?” asks Lachlan
“Coordinates,” T says
“So now we have the map all we have to do is print about 10 copies and we are ready to go,”  I say


Chapter Four:
🔱♆ Mysterious island 🔱♆



After we printed out the maps we went to the airport and left to go to palau (nair palau is where the coordinates leed us to) When we arrived Lachlan got his remote out to his boat and his pressed come and there came his boat out of nowhere We all hopped on the boat “Um I’m not much of a boat person,” annonces Finn
“Just get on,” I say So Lachlan was driving T was Directing us I was on lookout and Luke and Finn were inside watching TV.  We drove for hours maybe days maybe 10 minutes Then the boat started to shake and there was a huge cloud of fog in front of us “What is That?” asks T then the boats controls went out of control and we went into the cloud it was foggy for a bit but then there were at least 5 hurricanes in front of us and we were going straight for the biggest one.  We all ran inside the boat when we got on we saw that Luke and Finn didn't notice anything I pushed them over so all of us could fit on (We went the couch because we all wanted to die in comfort “Hey you guys here to watch the rest of the movie it’s almost finished?”  Finn asks us
“NO WE ARE NOT HERE TO WATCH THE REST OF THE MOVIE, WE ARE JUST ABOUT TO DRIVE INTO A CATEGORY 5 HURRICANE,” I yell
“So,” says Luke Then pulled him off the couch and made him look at the hurricane
“I told you guys it was the apocalypse,” Says Luke we all sat down on the couch and yell “AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH,” BOOOOOOOOOMMMMMM!!!!!!!! As we crashed Into the hurricane then we all got knocked out.  “Max, Max, wake up, Well we're here,” says T
“WOW, this is awesome,” says Luke and Finn
“well where here,” I say


Chapter Five:
🔱♆ Atlantis 🔱♆


We started looking around But it wasn't much of an Island it was kindof just a round beach Then Finn says “Guys look I found a cave,”
The cave was little but big enough for all of us to get through when we got in it was all spider webby and gross but then we saw a light and when we got out this is what we saw   


   








“WOW, this is way better than that beach,” Says Lachlan
“I liked the beach beach beter,” Says Finn
“OK troops let's go exploring get your maps out and follow m… What the, Is that the,” I say This is what we saw




I picked it up it was a tiny elephant “WOW,” yells Lachlan
“It’s just like in the book I brought, Big things become small and small things become big,” Says T
“Well, we will need to be careful of the small things then,” annonces Lachlan So we kept moving Luke and Finn were taking pictures of everything they saw me and Lachlan were enjoying the walk and T was walking around touching everything for some reason and he was looking confused “What's wrong,” I asked Then he started to turn really happy and he pulled a huge piece of mold of the wall and said “Do you see these markings these were supposed to be gone 1 million years ago, these markings are from the king of Atlantis,” says T
“So, What's wrong with that?” asks Luke
“Is a king aloud to draw,”
“This shows that the lost city of atlantis is on this Island,” T says
“SAY WHAT!!!!!!!,” Lachlan yells
“Well we are going to be very rich when we tell the government that we found this,” Says Lachlan
“NO!! Don’t tell them because they will destroy it and then they will be richer than us much richer,” Yells T
“OK don’t tell the government,” I say
“Who’s the govemment, Just kidding I know who he is he that guy up there with a fork,” Says Finn
“What guy,” says T finn pointed to the king of atlantis's statue
We went over to it and then we found it Atlantis
“OMG, OMG!!!!!,” we all yell
“Well, here is the lost city of atlantis,” I say we started to walk up the bridge we all split up to take photos but then the ground shook and the water rises “T what was that,” Lachlan asked
“Oh No, Oh No, Ohhhhhh Noooooooo,” T says
“This Island is going under in about 30 minutes,” T says again
“What do you mean this Island going under,” I asked
“we need to move,” says T we followed T back to the beach but we could only see about a meter of it “OK I’ll call my submarine,” I say
“No it will get smashed the needs to be a driver in it,” says T
Then T ran to the other edge and there was a ladder going into the water
“How do you know about this and why can’t we stay here and just were a life jacket,” says Luke
“Because you would die because of the volcano and the waves, so we need to get under there to get into the submarine and no questions I don’t like to talk about it so get in these scuba diving suits and I will see you down there,” T says as he dived down then we all followed him the submarine was huge and T was already in when we got in T pressed a button and said”this is Terenzo kwok pollok in,” then it started but then everything moved and the Island started moving down T smashed the boost button and we went flying out “YAAAAAYYYYYYY,” we all yelled then we went under the hurricane and we were going back to palau and we sold the submarine and got heaps of money so that was the Journey to atlantis we didn't really stay there that long but we got heaps of photos.
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