2018 Year reflection

2018 reflection

This year has been the best year of my life apart from when I was first born. This was the best year of my life meeting new people , making new friends , trying new things , going to camp and going to new places.

This year I have got to meet new people that I have seen before just not gotten to know them. Like some of the room 9 kids from last year I didn't get to know any of them well because I was happy  with my own circle of friends. But this year being in a classroom mixed with all those room 9 kids from last year made me change, they helped me to be more active not that my old circle of friends wasn't active they just weren't as active as my new circle of friends.  I also got to make and be friends with all of those kids from last year, I got to find out that they were actually pretty nice people and they were and are really really funny.

I got to try new things. Well we went to our camp I got to try new things like abseiling and

kayaking. When started abseiling ( climbing down waterfalls ) I was a bit nervous I could think of a

million different things that could go wrong like the ropes snapping or me falling. But then I

\started to climb down and when I got half way I was pretty confidant with climbing down and I

was more relaxed.

I also tried kayaking for the first time. I didn't like it at first because I like land more than water

but I did it anyway. When we started out it was pretty fun paddling with one of my friends and

then half way through we both got tired. We got tired at the right time though we stopped right

next to the side of a small cliff and it was an amazing view seeing all the plants hanging of the

side. Then I had to get into a kayak by myself it was fun at first being able to go my own speed

( which was as fast as I could go ) and then about five minutes going as fast as I could I got tired

I had a lot of fun though.

If I could pick and three words to describe this year they would be amazing and fun. This was an amazing year for me we got to do some really amazing things like going abseiling and doing a confidence court.  Both of these two activities were fun and amazing we did both of these activities while having fun and spending time with all of our friends wich made it amazing.

The achievement that I am most proud of is being able to represent our school at the after school

basketball tournament. I was proud to represent our school because last year we didn't get the

chance to go to the basketball tournament i'm not sure why but im not going to question it. It was

fun doing this because I got to play against a lot of different kids my age that loved to play

basketball and that are from our community.

I discovered that I am better at talking in front of a big group of people than I give myself credit for. I have found out that I am good at talking or presenting in front of a big group of people. One week we had to write something ( can't remember what it was ) and we had to present what we learned in front of the class and I found out I did better than I thought the more and more we got to do it the more confidence I built up.

I enjoyed spending time with Mahara, Timeus , Aumau , Monita and Aja this year. I enjoyed

spending time with all these people because they were all the people that I liked to spend time

with throughout the year because I thought of them as my own siblings because of how close we

were and how much time we spent together. My favourite memory with all of them was being able

to play at least one game of basketball with them each this year.

Someone that had the biggest impact on me this year was Aja. Because ever since she started coming back to school our friendship has changed a lot more. We started of not as close friends but as the year went along we became more and more closer to the point now we are best friends. I have a lot of great memories with aja butthebest I think that I have is one of usat camp when we went orienteering and we were pushing each other through the mad that we saw or through the cow poop.

I am going to miss a lot of people next year but I know that I will be able to see them again

sometime and some sooner than other because I've been to their houses ( hopefully they don't

move out ) and I will try to visit as much people as I can throughout the year.

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Dine and Dance

Dine and Dance.
WALT : Reflect on Dine and Dance

I had a lot of fun last night at our dine and dance even though I wasn't dancing as much as other people last night I still had a lot of fun.  It was fun seeing every year eight last night having fun hanging out with each other and with the year sevens.

The first thing that happened was that all the year eight that made it to the dine and dance on time got to go inside and eat with each other formally for the last time.  It was fun to see all of the people that I got to know throughout the year having fun and just hanging out with each other. My favorite part of the night was when all the year eights got to sit at the table have dinner with each other and talk about all their highlights of the year. I wish that I wasn't so tired and danced with aja but I was to shy.

Athletics

Last week on Friday 16th of November, T.P.S (  Tamaki Primary School ) had their school athletics day.  Every year T.P.S have their school athletics as a fun way for all their year eight students to leave and students from the past to come back and support their house.

There are four different houses Tobruk, Benghazi, Alamein, Tripoli and they different colours to help represent their houses a bit more Tripoli is blue, Tobruk is red, Benghazi is green and Alamein is yellow.  I am in the Red team Tobruk, I think that my house is the best because we are one of the only two groups that have two recorded wins.  We had this event at the TPS field which was fulled with kids and parents running up and down it ( including teachers ) . We had four different sports that we did before running they were Standing jump, long jump, shot put and discus. My favourite sport out of all four was long jump because it involved my two favourite things running and jumping.

The running races were really tiring, we started of with the little kids first from five year old's all the way upto me and a couple of other boys who are thirteen as the age
went up so did the length of the race it started at 15 meter and ended at 100 meter .  My first race of the day was a bit funny because all the thirteen old boys tied in the first race and were all laughing at the end because I was running with a cape on and it looked funny.  After our 100 meter race we started on our 400 meter races the year six's all the way upto year seven and eights. When the race first started I was in last place because I was only jogging and when I saw everyone else starting to get tired I started to sprint and ended up coming second place.

At the end of the day we had our final races for all the people that came first, second and third and our house chants. When we got to our house chants we were all putting 100%  effort into chanting as loud as we could, this was my favorite part of the day because people were happy and dancing.

Follow up reading tasks !

Today we had to do some follow up tasks for reading because this week for reading we have been reading about three men that mad a possum trap. They made the possum trap because they saw the damage that the possums were doing to the wilderness.  Here are some of the questions that I answered. 

Identify the qualities of an" innovative designer "

1.  They have to be patient, because if they are patient they will get more facts and knowledge to be able to solve a problem with their invention.

2. They have to be on task, because if they are not on task they will never get what they need to build their invention and solve their problem. 

3.  They have to be hard working, because if they aren't the problem won't be solved in the end.

4. They need creativity, so that it  

  What do we mean by " native bush " . 

When people say they are going to the " native bush " or they are talking about the " native bush "  they are just talking about the forest. " Native Bush " is just another term for the forest. And when they say the " native" part they mean the native plants of the forest and the native trees and animals. 

Is it important to look after the bush ? If so, whos job is it to look after it ? 

I think that it is very important to protect the native bush because is we dont some of the people and kids in the future wont get to see the bush or any if its animals. I also think that it is very important to protect the native bush because its not only for us because its some animals home. And some of the animals that live in the native bush you cant find anywhere else.

I dont think that its only one person's job to look after the native bush but everyone that wants the next generations and the generation after that to see the bush and the animals that live in it. 

Which animal species were introduced to New Zealand ( three animals ) .

1.  Cows - Cows were introduced to New Zealand in the 1814's.  

2. Sheep - Sheep were introduced to  New Zealand in 1773.

3. Deer - Deer were introduced to New Zealand between 1861 and 1919.

Thinking about Bias

Today Room 9 was with our teacher Mrs Komor and we were learning about the world bias. The first thing that we got given was a sheet of paper with all the things that go into M&M's and the differences between normal M&M's and peanut M&M's.  When I say things that going to M&M's I mean the sugars and sodium that going to to and how much goes into it.

Then we got another sheet of paper that had someone else's opinion about M&M's on it like how they think that they are the best treat and how they think that they are healthy.  In my opinion I dont think that they are the best treat ever because I feel like there are better treats in the world or that have been made, and I like other lollies that are far more cheaper than M&M's.

Then we started to learn about the word "bias " and what it meant.  The word bias means rating something on how reliable and credible it is.So if you got any information from site that sometimes has true facts but it's not always true so you wouldn't want try it. Or if they have got any other information to back up what they are saying most of the time what they are trying is false not true.

In the moment ... Hail

I can hear the sound of a million tiny pieces of ice battering against the  roof.  I can hear the sounds of hail getting louder and louder, as if the chunks of ice were getting bigger and bigger. I can see millions of little chunks of ice splashing into the puddles as if they were bombs being dropped on a town. I can see birds and people  trying to find shelter anywhere they can as if the ice were bullets piercing their skin.  I can see giant dark clouds surrounding the world as if they were trying to get rid of all the light within a matter of minutes. I  see magnificent clouds surrounding the world as if they were going to attack their prey as fast as a cheetah running for it's life.

The large amount of hail stones are followed by a giant BOOM !! As thunder starts to creep its way into the mixture as more and more, heavy rain starts to pound down on the tin roof.  The rain starts to fall down from the sky more and more each time, as if it were a giant waterfall letting down all its water in a matter of seconds. The rain sounds like water rushing its way down a giant waterfall to freedom, ready to be reunited with the rest of the rain as if they were family.

Maths

Today for maths I worked with my two friends ( Alo and Aja ) to work out some of our questions that we hadn't finished.  One of the questions that we helped each other to work out was " Paul has five different ways to get to school from his house. The length of each way is different the length of all the ways to school are 0.6 , 1.2, 0.9,
1.3, 0.3, 0.6 and 0.7 " .

The first thing that we did was plus 0.6 and 0.9 we decided to start with these two numbers randomly. 0.6 + 0.9 = 1.5 + 1.2 = 2.7 + 0.6 = 3.3 + 1.3 = 4.6 + 0.3 = 4.9 + 0.7 = 5.6 . This is how we solved " how far does paul travel within a week. We choose to answer the question like this because it was the easiest way for us to understand the problem and the easiest way for us to answer the question / problem. Something that I think we should do next time try and see how many different ways we can get the same answer just to try and double check that we got the right answer.

Maths Question

Today for maths me and my friends all got different answer on one of our questions. The question was  " 6.4 + 8.7 = " Me and my friends all got different answers someone got 2.5 and someone else got another answer. In the end we all ended up getting the same answer we ended up getting 15.1 and this is how we got our answer.

We added up all the tenths  in the numbers 8.7 and 6.4 which would be .7 and .4 . We added up these two numbers because we were all trying different ways to get the same answer. The answer to .7 + .4 = 1.1 and then we moved onto adding up the whole numbers which were 8. and 6. We took away one whole from eight and added it to the 6 wich made seven. And then we had 7 and 7 left so we added them up wich made fourteen and 14. + 1.1 = 15.1. Something that I got from doing this question was to work with other people and come together to try and get an answer that we all agree on.

Technological World , Pest free groups / Predator free

WALT :Technological world 

This morning we had someone to come in and talk to us about pest free groups her name was Miss Treena. We got to learn about some of the animals that kill native New Zealand animals and other peoples opinions on how they feel about being pest free.

Some groups of people in New Zealand want New Zealand to be pest free by 2050, just to make sure that some of our native animals get to live past that year. But other people think that they are fine New Zealand and that we should treat animals that are called " Pests " with more respect.  We got the chance to write down our opinion on how we feel weather we should treat pests with more respect or get rid of them.


I slightly agree / disagree with " we should treat more animals called " pests " with more respect " . I agree because I think that all animals should be treated with respect because animals deserve just as much respect as humans have and that they should be treated the same way you would treat any  other person or pet. I disagree because although I think that all animals should be treated with respect, if they are killing or attacking native animals I think that it would be wrong. I think that it would be wrong to respect animals that are killing native animals because it is like discipline when they do something wrong the should take the consequences ( not being respected ) and when they are doing something good they get treated with respect.  I think that they should stop killing native animals because if they keep killing them they might go extinct people will never see them again and people in the future might never see them again.

Manaiakalani Film Festival

Today all of the manaiakalani schools in Auckland went to the Sylvia park hoyts  to watch some films that other schools had made ( including our own ) . My syndicate kia manawanui peered up with different younger classes down stairs, me and room 9 peered up with room 4 and room 10 peered up with room 5.  My buddy's name was Geromey and he is from room 4. After we buddies up with our buddies we went out to morning tea before we got onto the bus and went to Sylvia park.

When we got to the cinema and into our theatre it was a while before we finally started to watch the movies that schools had made.  When the movies did start everyone went quiet even the people who's it was first time going to the film festival, everyone went quiet.  Everyone was so quiet that the movies that were louder than they actually were.  Me and my buddies favourite movie that we watched was the movie from t.p.s room 1. We both liked this video because it involved the whole class and it looked like all the kids in the class where having fun and doing what they needed to be doing.  After we watched all the movies we got back on the bus back to school just in time for lunch.

Te Tuhi Lessons

Lesson Two
WALA : Art that seeks to achieve its effect using shapes, colours & textures

We are learning about this because next week we are going to the art gallery in  Pakuranga Called Te Tuhi. Our syndicate Likes to go to the art gallery a lot because everytime that we go to the art gallery we always walk out ot it happy and with something new that we learnt. Everytime That we go to the art gallery everyone comes out of it knowing something aboutartand something about  some of the pieces of art that we saw in the gallery.

Something that I learnt about abstract art is that it is not always the same colour over and over again, or the same shapes everytime that you see a piece of abstract art there are different shapes and colours. We looked at apiece of abstract art yesterday and everyone thought that it was something different, some people said that they saw the ocean and most people said that they saw breakfast, a bowl and a milk bottle.To me abstract art is something different, that gives people different view of point. Because some people see different things when they get to see abstract art and everytime the artist uses different colors and shapes to make it standout. Some of the technology that people use to make abstract art are paper, pencils, vivid, rulers.  These are all different types of technology that we use everyday with some people not even knowing it.

Lesson Three
WALA : The technology that people use to make abstract art

What types of technology do people use to make abstract art ? There are different types of technology that people use to make different types of abstract art. Some people choose to do it digitally and other people choose to hand make it ( on paper ). The people that choose to do it digitally can use there laptops or phones, because on each of these two pieces of technology they have different apps that can help them to do art. And people that choose to do it by hand usually use pens, pencils, paper, vivid, paint and paint brushes. Each of these things help them to plan out what they want and get a rough draft of what they want to make.

Something that I am looking forward to doing / learning at Te Tuhi art gallery is getting to walk around and see all the new pieces of art that had been made just recently. I want walk around and look at all heart because each time that we go there, there is always a different piece of art that was not there the last time that we went, and each time there are different meanings to the art that we get to see.

I think that technology has changed over the years because some of the technology that people had a hundred years ago were way to big and since then things have gone smaller so that they are easy to take around with you. I also think that technology has changed so that they can upgrade because everytime that a piece of technology has been upgraded there is always something better that hasanusefull purpose.

My first blog reflection for Term 4 2018

In the holidays I didn't do much interesting  things except for playing fortnite and going to a friends house.  My favorite thing that I did in the holidays was goto my friend Aumau's house, well I was there I got to meet the rest of his family and relax at his house. Things we did at his house, we played basketball, soccer, went to the park, tried to go to the pools but we weren't allowed in because we didn't have an ID. We played basketball with some of his family member his cousin and his older brother with some of his friends. I watched Him , his little brother and cousin play soccer, and all went to  the park a couple of times but were to scared because we saw people that we didn't know there. Me and him tried to goto the pools we got all the way there and we were not allowed in because we didn't have an ID to show how old we were.

If I would've done anything that I wanted to do in the holiday it would have been to goto the movies and to goto a waterpark. I would have wanted to do this because on some of the days it was  hot and other days I just wanted to watch a movie on a big screen.  I wanted to go to a water park because at my house it was really hot and I just wanted to spend time with my family. A water park that I really wanted to go to was parakai because I like to go on the slides and go in the big pools and jump into the pool.  I wanted to go to the movies to go and watch Kevin Harts new movie night school, I wanted to watch this movie because on trailers that they have made for the movie it looks like a really funny movie.

Something that I am looking forward to this term is Graduation and Dine and Dance. I am looking forward to Graduation because I want to see what Kinds of things I will get at the end of the year and to see what my peers and other people in the class room get. I am looking forward to Dine and Dance because when I went last year it was one of the best times in my life with my friends and classmates.

Something that I want to improve on during this term is my decimals in maths because I am not confident in decimals when wedo them in maths and I know that they can help me in the future.

My Pepeha

WALA : our pepeha 
Today I will be talking about my pepeha, my pepeha is a way of me introducing myself, letting other people know about where I am from and what tribe I am from. You would say your pepeha when you are on a marae and you have to introduce you and your family, my pepeha is ... 

Ko Maungarei toku maunga ( my mountain ).

Ko Tamaki toku awa  ( my river ).

Ko Nga Puhi toku iwi ( my tribe ).

Ko Ruapotaka toku marae ( my marae ).

No New Zealand ahau ( where I am from ).

Kei Pakuranga kainga inaianei ( where I live ).

Ko Tamaki Primary School toku kura ( my school ).

Ko Bell - Morrison toku whanau ( my family name, my last name ).

Ko Terry toku matua ( my dad ).

Ko Bonnie toku whaea ( my mum ).

Ko Perenara Cameron Bell - Morrison toku ingoa ( my name ).

This is my pepeha this is what I would say to introduce my self where ever I go or when I go onto a marae. My tribe is Nga Puhi, My river is the tamaki river, My mountain is mount wellington and I now live in pakuranga. My task was to record my self saying my pepeha click the link to watch and listen to me reading my pepeha and to see how I have written it out. 

About me

Today we have made our last transaction in our technology group, for the remainder of the year me and  my group will be doing ... GRAPHICS !! To start out they day our teacher Mrs Ferguson introduced herself to the younger student that didn't go to technology. We had to make a google drawing to show and tell our graphics teacher Mrs Ferguson a little bit about yourself and to show her some of the things that we like such as our favorite games, sports and food etc. We also made avatars of ourselves, avatars of what we wanted to look like when we are older or avatars of what we want  to look like. On my google drawing of myself I had a lot of images of things that I like or of people that I look upto. For the people I look upto I put Tupac Shakur and XXXTenTacion, because in their music the both spoke the truth about how they've been feeling and because they talked about what was happening in areas that most people dont know about. For  games and sports I put Basketball and Fortnite because those are the two main things that I am doing in my free time. I put Burger King because I like to eat at burger king and I like the food that they have there, and for the things that I like was cherry blossom trees and  chocolate because they both look nice and one is very nice.

Reading task - Hemoana and Fenu

For the last two days my class has been learning about Myths from the Pacific. Each person was put into groups with a culture that they had to read a myth about. I was first in the New Zealand group but we didn't have a myth to read about so my teacher Mrs Aireen but me and the rest of the people in the New Zealand group into the Tuvaluan group. Our myth was about two different islands that were called NukuNonu Atoll and Fakaofo, in the story both of the islands had a female spirit the spirit names where Hemoana and Fenu. In the story Fenu came of to the island that Hemoana lives on and tried to steal some of the freshwater that Hemoana had with a clam shell, after Fenu scoops up some of the water Hemoana jumps out from inside of a rock and chases down Fenu until she stops when she stops Hemoana smacks the clam shell out of Fenu's hand. Thinking that smacking the water out of her hand would do nothing it makes water go everywhere and makes streams with fresh water, while Hemoana is running away she taking one of the trees on the island and replanted it back on her island.

My three tasks where to analyze, summarize what the myth was about, evaluate, what I thought about the myth and create, my create task was to make a billboard poster to show where the pandanus tree came from. For my evaluate task I talked about what I thought about the myth, something that I would change and my analyze task and what I would rate this myth on a scale from one to ten. I thought something that could've happened differently was Fenus could've asked for some of the water instead of trying to steal the water. If this was to relate to me it would be between me and one of my siblings. I think that it would be between both of us because we would want what the other has. If that happens I would swap items with my siblings so that there is no fighting and we know where our items are.

Technology T3W5

Today at technology we got to make ... Hawaiian Pizza !! It took  us a lot of time to get ready because every one was trying to get a partner to cook with but not every one wanted to be with each other.  When we started we were told to read the instructions on the board and to get out the equipment that we thought we needed to make Hawaiian Pizza there were four steps to making Hawaiian Pizza. The first step was to paste tomato sauce on top of the pizza, Then we had to dice up the onion and ham that we were going to use as our toppings, after that we had to equally spread out toppings across our pizza and then put cheese on it and put it into the oven and bake at 180c for fifteen minutes.

When we got to eat our pizza I thought that would taste very good because the way that they looked kind of put me off. But soon as we took our photos and got our first bite it was one of the best pizzas that I had ever made. One thing that I would change about it next time would be to put a lot more cheese onto it and a lot more pizza because I thought that it needed bit more meat to give it a bit more flavor. Other than adding a bit more cheese and ham I think that it was very nice pizza and very
delicious way to start out my morning.

Tuakana Teina day

WALA : the Cookislands and the Cookisland Language

Yesterday was our Tuakana Teina day, Seeing how we have such a big class we had to split in two because we had to junior classes that were with usroom 4 and room 5. In the morning block we had Room 4 come up to our class, my buddie was Owyn. We did a presentation about ourselves and our junior buddies and teaching them the school values and what they mean.

After we had done those two tasks we went out side so that we could go and do some exercise. When we got outside we did some stretches and then went on to doing two exercises they were star jumps and reverse lunges, every time that I looked over at some of the little kids it looked like they were having a whole lot of fun doing outdoor activities with the older kids. After morning tea Room 5 came up to our class because half of the kids in our class are buddies with room 5 and the other half is buddied up with room 4. Me and a group of my friends were buddied up with room 4 so when room 4's teacher came up and got room 5 half of our class went down with them to help and finish of some tasks that we had done in the morning block. After the whole day I think that my favorite part of the day was getting to know the little kids in room 4 because when they came into our class only some of the kids in our class knew a little bit of the kids and they only knew a little bit of us.

Boxing

WALT :  we are learning new skills for boxing 

On Monday we had our first session of kiwisport for the term witch was BOXING!! I think that this is a very fun sport to do for our kiwisport because it is very active and because most kids our age like fighting and this is a way for them to fight but not only hurting someone. Our coach for boxing coach's name is Pax ( I think that's how you spell it ) and before we started with actually learning how to box she gave us a bit of her history like when she first started boxing three years ago when she did a fight to raise money for a charity. She won that fight and decided to fo it again but was injured and couldn't do it again and I think that she loved boxing so much that she wanted to try and teach younger people how to box. 

The very first thing that we learnt how to do was how to get into a ready position and a position that that we could be in and that could keep us stable so if somebody pushed we would still be standing because we are in a stable position. The next thing that we learnt how to do was how to jab somebody witch was pretty easy to start out with and for the first thing to be learning it was fairly easy and was kind of fun at the same time. I thought that it was fun because every time that I looked at one of my friends it look like they were all trying their best to do what they were told and giving it one hundred percent effort. 

The next thing that we learnt to do was a cross punch witch was pretty fun to do as well. I found this  very fun because when we were learning how to do it everyone looked tired from everything else we had done but was still trying to learn it, and everyone looked like they were having fun practicing with  their friends.

The last two things that we did was a combination of the two punches that we were learning which is called a jab cross, which is  basically starting with a jab and then doing a  cross punch.  After we had learnt how to do the combination we practised doing it with one of our friends, so one person would be punching the other person and the person who is getting punched would be tapping the  punches softly.

Natural Disaster Research

This afternoon we were researching about Natural Disasters and different facts about them like What is a natural disaster, how do natural disasters happen, where do natural disasters happen / why do they happen in different places, why do natural disasters happen and who is affected by natural disasters. The question that I decided to  research about was " What is a natural disaster " . 

From my research I have found out that a natural disaster in my own words is  something that happens naturally that can harm huge amounts of people and animals. This is my definition of an natural disaster because when they usually happen they tend to hurt huge amounts of people not only physically but emotionally to. People can be hurt physically by natural disasters when they are in the middle of an Earthquake, they could fall through cracks in the earth or something harmful could fall on them. People can be hurt emotionally by natural disaster by losing someone they love to and Earthquake, Tsunami, Avalanche or a Landslide and lots of other natural disasters.

According to what google said about what a natural disaster is it is a " Natural event like a Flood, Earthquake or a Hurricane that causes damage or loss of life " to me this means that a natural disaster is a event that happens naturally that cause damage or or loss of life.

E-asttle Maths

This Morning we did a E-asttle Maths test to show our teachers where we are at in Maths and to show what we already know. At the beginning of the test there were alot of pretty easy questions to answer, I'd say questions one to twelve were pretty easy to answer but then from there on out it started to get a whole lot harder. One question that I found pretty easy was the very first question that we had to answer I can't remember what it was I just know that I found it very easy to answer. A question that I found very challenging to answer was " Y= 2x ". I found this question very challenging to answer because I didn't know how Y equalled 2x, but after about a good ten minutes of trying to get an answer I ended up choosing an answer that looked right to me.

Something that I found out by taking this test was that I need to work on my fractions and percentages because when it came to the questions that involved these things I got very stuck and it took me a lot of time to try and think of an answer. I think that one way  I can work on improving on these two things is by trying to earn them not just inside of school hours but outside of school hours, I could get help by my friends, family and Teachers.
              

My first blog reflection for Term 3 2018

WALT : Make Goals for Term 3 and Reflect about what we did in the Holidays.

In the school holidays I didn't do much fun things with my family 
members because they all had work and some of them just wanted to spend time with their friends. But I did get to spend time with one of my older cousins, we decided to go out one day and just see what happens. The very first thing that we did was go to Burger King to eat and play basketball,  after about two or three hours we decided to stay because we were having a lot off playing with other people in the community and spending time with each other, but by the time that we realized we were having more fun than we  expected it was forus to go home.

One thing that I am excited about this term is Boxing. I am excited about this because it is our Kiwi Sport and because it is the first time our school is doing boxing for our Kiwi Sport. I think that it is a fun thing to have as a Kiwi Sport because we will all be learning new things about boxing and we might learn new things about it that some people didn't know.  I am excited to do boxing because I dont know much about boxing and because I think that it will be a fun sport for me and my friends to do throughout the Term.

The main thing that I want to be working on this term is my Division and Multiplication in maths. I want to work on these two main things because I am not very good at either of them, and I know that if I am confident in using them they can help me with my everyday life. One way of how I could work on these  two things is by trying to make time to learn them to the best Ican, And I can get help by my teachers and Family.

What I have learnt this Term about Earth and Beyond

This term we have been learning a lot about our inquiry topic Earth and beyond , I have learnt a lot of things this term like ... 

What have  I learnt so far ?? And what new knowledge have I learnt ??

I Have learnt a lot of things about our Galaxy and lots about the stars, planets, comets and other things in  our galaxy like …

1. Comets got their name from Aristotle
2. People believe that in the center of our Galaxy there is a giant black hole
3. And that the stars that we see at night are most likely giant blue stars three times the size of our sun
4. That there are three different types of star red dwarf star, yellow medium stars and giant blue stars
5. That our galaxy is believed to have eaten smaller galaxies inits past years of existing life span
6. That black hole are created when I star dies/ before a star dies there is a tiny virus inside of them that starts to eat away at the remaining mass that the star has left and before the star even knows what's happening to it, it explodes into comets, black holes or supernova’s
7. That if two black holes cross paths they will battle pushing the other one of and the bigger the black hole the greater the black hole

What is interesting about this topic ??

I think that this topic is very interesting because there are a lot of things that you get to find out about the galaxy and the other planets and comets that it  brings along with it. I also think that this is a interesting topic because I got to learn where the “ Milky way “ got its name from ( Hera - a Greek Goddess ) Greek people in that era believed that she spilt milk across the sky wichis why they gave the Galaxy the name “ Galaxais Kyklos “ or road of milky.

What have I found challenging about this topic ??

I have found a lot of things about this topic very challenging because it was hard totryand find different information about the Milky Way and actually understand people gave the Galaxy the name Milky Way.

Ako Evening

Last night was one of the most important nights of this term, because it our Ako Evening. Our Ako Evening because it is a time for us to share our learning from this term to our friends but also to our family.  I think that this is an very important event because it gets to show our family and friends what new knowledge that we have and show them some of the things that we have created. The topic that we had this term was Earth and Beyond ... I think that this was very fun topics to learn about for the term because I got to learn lots of new things about outer space and other things to do with it like gravity and about our galaxy. Two things that I really enjoyed learning about was about gravity and stars I think that I enjoyed learning about these two things because I learnt that stars are actually way bigger than we think they are and that gravity is an very important thing. 

What I have learnt about stars is that stars actually have three different types of  stars there are blue ones - ( which are the really big ones and are really hot ) , Yellow stars - ( they are smaller than blue stars and do not shine as  bright) and Red stars - (they are usually the smallest stars like our sun and do not burn as hot as yellow and blue stars) . 

I have learn that gravity plays a big part in helping us stay on the Earth and not floating up into space. It also helps to keep everything that we see around us on the ground andalso not floating up  into space it, in away it also keeps things in check everything that is falling falls at the same speed they do not fall faster than  one another and they all pick up speed as they fall.

Visual Art Reflection

I created a simple drawing , that represents a small part of me and what I have learnt about night and day.

The I learned was/were how night and day happens.

A challenge I had was trying to make everything come together . It was challenging because I had to fitin a piece that represents me and a piece of something to  show what I have learnt .

If I did this project again, I would change is the little tentacles at the bottom left , because I don’t like it now seeing how it turned out and change them to more roses because I think that more roses wouldve been better.

I think the colour scheme worked well because seeing it now I am happy with the way that they all stand out together and nothing is brighter than the other they are all  got the same kind of colours in them all.

Things that went well with my drawing were the first rose that had a stem and the giant colour ball in the middle of the page with a flower.

I think that the rose with a stem went well because it has  a lot of different colors blended into it which makes it stand out a bit more than the second rose branching of out of it. I think that the big bright ball in the middle of the page went well because it's one of the things that stand out the most because it's like the centerpiece of my artwork.

Matariki Investigation

This week we have been researching about Matariki, and we all got put into groups to research about a certain topic that we are given when we were put into our groups. The topic that I have been tasked with researching about with a group of friends is .... What is Matariki ?? And why is it important ?? So far in my group we have researched about our topic and have got a good idea of what Matariki is and why it is important we have also got some extra information from researching and reading about it. A couple of things that I have learnt from this topic is that it is a time to spend with family, share stories and remember people that you have lost in the passing year. I also learnt that each of the Matariki stars have different tasks and different qualities that they share with the rest of their family and with the rest of the world.

Inquiry Investigation

This week we have been researching about an area in our inquiry that we found interesting, and to come up with questions that relate to the topic that we have chosen to research about. The topic that I have chosen to research about is the Milky Way, I think that I decided to research about this topic because before we started our researching I didn't know many things about the Milky Way and at first I thought that the Milky Way was a chocolate bar until someone said that we live in the Milky Way. I have learnt a lot about the Milky Way science we have been researching about it like ... 

THE MILKY WAY

• Look in the night sky to see a part of the milky way
• Our solar system is small
• Name came from  hera
• Clear sky
• Only can see a small part of the milky way
• 13.6 billions years ago
• 100,000 thousand meters
• 230 million years to orbit around the centre of the milky way

THE MILKY WAY

The milky way is believed to be about 100,000 meters in diameter, and believed to have been born  about 13.6 billion years ago. The name Milky way came from Greek people because in that era they believed that one of there greek goddess spilt milk across the sky and that's why they called it the road of milk and letter on changes to Milky Way. On clear night if you look up at the night sky you can see a small part of the milky way which is mostly just a couple hundred thousand stars. The milky way began shaping and forming back around 14 billion years ago and it can take up to 100,000 year to cross the tire Milky Way. Our Galaxy was made from clouds of dust and gas called the “ Nebula “ ?? Stars, comets, meteors, asteroids and planets.

Name of the “Milky Way"

The MIlky way got its name from  Greek people who called it “ Galaxias kyklos” witch is translated back to “Milky Circle”. After they had named the Galaxy “ Galaxies Kyklos” or “ MIlky Circle” another race used the same  name and that race of people are known as Romans. Because they thought that it was a good name because at night in the sky it looked like a big milky streak across the sky or in other words a road of milk.  And i think that they named it this because whenever they would look up at the sky they would see splashes of white, purple, blue and pink across the sky and to me I think that I would mistake that for milk as well.

After that me and my friends decided to work on a presentation together about the things that we have learnt like where the name came from and why they decided to call it that name... we also researched about how long it would take a person to cross the entire Milky way which would take around one hundred thousand years to get from one side of the Milky way to the other here is the presentation that we have made.