Budgeting a NZ holiday

One of our tasks over the past two weeks of swimming was to budget a holiday, we needed to make sure that everything was thought out, including accommodation and travel.

My 2019 Yearbook Page

The year 8s are leaving at the end of this year, and we have been given a task to create a yearbook page. They will all be compiled together to make a book that we can all keep. Here is my creation.

Spanish language

This week, during swimming has been on, we have been learning Spanish to pass some of the time. First, we learnt pronunciation and the basics of Spanish. We learnt numbers, the alphabet, days of the week and months. We also learnt colours. 

Here are the days of the week and what they mean for the Spanish culture.

Japanese traditions, art, and culture

For the past week, we have been studying Japanese culture to see if we want to do our inquiry on it. So far, Japanese has been very interesting and I have learnt lots.

Study on the northern Canada Inuit

For inquiry this term, we have the choice of studying and creating an art piece on one culture from around the world.  Our choices are Japanese, African, And Inuit. 

This week we got a taste of the Inuit culture. the Inuit are based in northern Canada, Nunavut. The climate is very cold and minimal things grow there. Most of their diet relies on fish and another animal of the sea like whales and narwhal. this is a tradition for them and they only take what they need.  here are some of the questions we were given to answer. 

The Goonies movie

Our essay topic (voted by the class) is the goonies movie. Originally I didn't like the idea of doing an essay on such a movie. But after rewatching the movie and lots of thinking  I decided that this movie has a lot to write about. Things that stood out to me was how detailed they made the adventure. It was very eye-catching and it kept me interested. They also put a lot of work into developing the characters themselves. Here is my description of a few characters that stood out to me.

The Marshland Press Newspaper

For Inquiry this term we chose Media. I was in the print team. We created a newspaper independently and printed it for everyone to see.

Science Fiction Video Essay

This is my video essay for term 3. I chose to do my essay of the genre; 'Sci-fi'. here is my essay. let me know what you think.

Google Doodles

For art, we have been drawing google doodles. the google logo changes and sometimes has different doodles or art on it. After making our own google doodles, we expanded and made 'Marshland doodles'. Now we are working on a hub doodle and we call them 'Toroa doodles' Here is my art.

Wearable arts

On Thursday Toroa put on a fashion show to display our inquiry learning. This term we have been focusing on the power of plastic, and how it affects our planet. We all got into teams and created a wearable art garment. 

I was in a team with Nya and Monet, And we set to work designing our outfit. We decided to make our garment on the oceans and coral reefs. Fishing trawlers use nets that drag along the sea floor, It picks up everything, taking fish, coral and sea life. 

Overall the night was a huge success, we all worked so hard and pulled the message off. Look after the earth!

Coraline/alice animation

This is our animation. Its a bit of a fail but oh well. leave a comment and tell me what you think 

Maori art

Here is my Maori art. I coloured tawhirimatea. The god of the weather,  We used pastels to make sure the colours were bight and stand out. feel free to give feedback.

exploration story examples

This term for our novel we have been doing 'Alice's Adventures In Wonderland'. While reading the story, we have been looking into genres, character personalities,  and many other things that make the story. This exercise was to find a story, whether it be a book or movie that is similar in terms of adventure to write a brief statement about. Here is my learning

Triangles, quadrilaterals, irregular shapes

Creating nets for 3D shapes

This term, geometry has been our main focus at maths. It is now week 11 and we have been creating 3D shapes on google draw. Here is my learning. 

Purple Blue Poison - E-Book

This is my Narrative story for Shaw lit. It is called 'purple blue poison'. Please have a read and let me know what you think? :)

 

Survivor Toroa

last week was a jam-packed week full of activities and fun! Survivor Toroa is all about dressing up and competing in fun games and tasks to win house points, whichever house gathers the most wins. 

I am very proud of how well Harakeke house worked together during the activities. We learnt how to input everyone's idea and make it fair. 
The challenges included things like a general knowledge quiz, spelling bee, newspaper fashion show, and much more. 

Overall it was an awesome day.

here are some photos of the week- 

End of term 1 goal ladder reflection 2019

This term I am very proud of how much I have strived to achieve. I have made progress and by term 2 I believe These goals will be reached. 

Nancy wake Biography

For Inquiry this term, we have been focusing on power. Our task is to make a presentation about an influential and powerful person. My choice was Nancy Wake. Born in NZ, Nancy was a WW2 secret agent working for the French resistance. She smuggled prisoners and soldiers of war back to safety. At one stage she had to kill a Nazi with her bare hands in order to protect herself. I see Nancy wake as a hero, an influence, and the real wonder woman of WW2.

Te reo Maori learning!

Most weeks on Fridays we have a session on Maori language. This week we have been learning how to ask for objects, we had a bit of fun choosing what to translate. here is some of my learning. If you have any suggestions on what I should translate next, feel free to comment. Thankyou

Word Art

These past few days, we have been working on vocabulary Word art using this tool  https://wordart.com/.  We all chose a word that is too commonly used and found other, more exciting words to replace them with. Here is my art.

Maori pepeha comic strip

I have created a comic strip showing a short version of my pepeha. Hope you like it.

My maori pepeha

This is my maori 'pepeha' or 'mihi'. A pepeha is a way to formally introduce yourself in maori. This is so people understand your background and basic things about yourself.
If there are any questions or suggestions about my pepeha, please feel free to comment.

Tena koutou Katoa                                   
                          
Ko Aoraki te maunga 
Ko waimakariri te awa
No Outotahi ahau

Ko prestons te kainga
Ko te rito harakeke taku kura
Ko Mrs pascoe Touku timuaki

Ko Haffenden toku whanau
Ko Linda toku whaea 
Ko Darryn toku matua
Ko George toku taina
Ko Grace toku tuahine

Ko Holly Haffenden Toku ingoa
No reira tena koutou katoa

2019 Wainui Camp reflection video

2019 goal ladder to success

Today we were set with a task to turn our personal goals we made at the end of last year into goal ladders. at the top are the goals we are striving to reach this year, and going down are the smaller goals to help us achieve it faster. If there is anything I have missed out that would help me reach my goals, please comment.

Graffiti Art

This week for art we made a graffiti art approach to drawing our names. we used oil pastels and coloured pencils to make the art brighter. I took a more messy street style approach. These will go up on the wall in the classroom, adding a pop of colour to the hub. 
Any suggestions on what I could do to improve my art skills would be greatly appreciated. 

Our learning about the Marshland 5rs

The Marshland 5rs is a very helpful and important part of our school. this is a  video showing how we demonstrate, respect, resilience, resourcefulness, reciprocity,  and reflectiveness. 
Does your school have values you follow?