A Few Of My Favorite Things !

 

Sun City - Free Write

 This week my first task is free write. My free write was about a story named Sun City. It had a story starter but then I had to continue the story. Here is my workings :)

Quiz Night Questions

 

Maths Ratio Yr 8

 

Where are you from ?

 

Where are you from ?  

All of us are from different parts in the world ! We all have our traditional ways of doing sorts of things. Here is a slideshow of my culture ... Enjoy :) 

Maths - Rotation, Transformation and Reflection

 

I Am ...

Fakalofa lahi atu everyone, 

Happy Niue Language Week to all of the Niuean people out there. So lately I haven't been posting which I'm sorry but yayy finally I can post one of my task today.

So for writing I had to create a little video of me reading out a little poem/description about me and it goes like this ...

Sorry my voice sounds a bit off but enjoy :)

Valuing myself 2

 

What do you value in yourself ? What are things that you value the most ?

Valuing Myself !

 

Hey everyone :) Sorry for not be active for quite a while but I'm so happy to post something up today. I know it's the holidays but for me I gotta keep working to keep my learning up ! 

As you can see my first LCS task is valuing myself. For this task I had to answer questions honestly and what can help value yourself. This was a great task and I definitely learnt many things !

Anyways hope you all are having a safe and fab holiday :))

What do you value in a friend ?

 Hey everyone ! Today for LCS, I worked on what we value in a friend. As you can see by the title, many of us have different qualities in friendship nowadays and like we wonder why are these people friends or why are you guys so close ? Well friendship isn't always having fun but is to value each others personality, learn more and more things together and have loyalty towards each other. But here is my work and hope you enjoy :)

Remeber feel free to comment :)

Mataora & Niwareka :)

 

This is a animation of Mataora and Niwareka ! Its a story of a couple....

Enjoy 

Maui & The Giant Fish !!

 

Heyy everyone, here is a google drawing of the story Maui & the Giant Fish. My task was to create a picture of a fish and design it with Maori patterns !

Make a Poster Turei !

 

For Maori Language Week, I have worked on a slide with Maori words. Some words I knew but some I didn't. Enjoy though :)

Country Studies !

 Sorry guys, I forgot to post this last week on Friday but here it is ! Enjoy :)

Venn Diagram

 

Hey everyone :) Today for one of my task I was signed to do a Venn Diagram. This diagram talks about the differences and similarities of each culture has. 

Spring Haiku Poems

 Hey everyone! I was given a task from Mr Victor to create our own haiku poems about spring. As you can see that I have created my own poems and I think I did a great job but anyways, are you up for the challenge ?

Ta'ovala

Tonga people call the garment a Ta'ovala (pronounced tah‐oh‐VAH‐lah). “Ta'o means to press down and vale means skirt,” said Chief Veihala, a recognized authority on the Tongan language and customs. In common parlance, the vale is the skirt, alone, the ta'ovala is the beltlike accessory. Enjoy :)

Vlog

  For my Cyber smart challenge I had to create a video/vlog about myself. Hope you like it ;)

Kava !

 

This is a little understanding of a video I watched about Kava. Now I know how Kava was truly introduced to this world well now it's your turn to understand and learn if you don't know :)

Translation,Reflection,Rotation

    

For Maths I have been learning Translation, Reflection and Rotation. I answered a quiz about it on IXL and it was fun to be honest. Maths to me is something I don't really find interesting but I manage to get the hang of Maths. This was pretty easy for me to understand and can't wait to learn more Maths :)

Exercise

 

Don't mind the way I look ! AHAHAHA 

Email Etiquette

 

As you can see for my Cybersmart Challenge, I had to write an email to the Manaiakalani team of the greatest school in the world ! 

Google Meet :)

 

Had a  great call this afternoon with my class. Our teacher Mr Raj was talking us through our tasks we had to do this afternoon. We also had a kahoot which was ' The Great Quiz Of Tonga '. 

Pita Taufatofua

 

My first task this week was to pick a famous Tongan person. My choice was Pita Taufatofua, and as you can see I have learnt a few things about him. Enjoy !

Happy Tongan Language Week !

 Happy Tongan Language Week Everyone !  

Where In The World ?!

 Another challenge I completed today was where in the world ? So this challenge basically is  to guess what this famous building or landmark is.  Here is my one and enjoy !

Guess The Flag !!

What a challenge !! 

Wow this was a struggle but I managed to finish it. So my task for today was to guess the flags around the word. My only hint was a little snippet of each flag. Some of it were familiar with with and some were I guess ! 

This is how far I went but enjoy !

Family Tree

 

This is my Family Tree Diagram. I do have a big family so I thought just to do my parent's parents and how many children my parents made. I didn't know who was my dad's mum so I just did his father. Hope you like it and enjoy !!

All About You !

 

For my LCS task I have done a All about me project. This shows what my hobbies are, my favorite food and so on .

Unscrambled Words

 

For my task today I work on unscrambled words. So if you don't get this, well the word you are trying to figure out is all in different orders aka unscrambled and from there you have to guess the word by working out what letter goes first and so on.

What We Share !

 What we share ? Do you know what to share or not share online ? Well I have done a task about what to share and not to share online. This was a Cyber Smart task and yes it was great to do ! Enjoy :)

Ko Wai Au ?

 This is one of my Cyber smart task called " Ko Wai Au ". I know I'm probably late to this task but here it is. It talks a little more about me and hope you enjoy !

Family Heritage Wheel !

 Hey guys !

How are you all ? Haven't been posting lately but finally I had a chance to post something this week.

About my post today it was a task from the LCS. This shows different things each of my culture do. Here it is and enjoy !

Stay Safe Everyone :)

 Hey guys ! As we are in Lockdown just please be kind to one another. Be cautious with everyone around you while your out. Make sure to do 2 meter distance and to wear your face covering. Delta is a deadly disease, we won't want to get it because their are no cure for it so please everyone stay safe and stay kind. Hang in there New Zealand!

Dear Life !

 Tuesday  24th August 

Definition for Gratitude : the quality of being grateful, showing your appreciation and to return with kindness 

1 - You are alive !

2- Your Health !

3- Opportunity !

4- The people in your life !

5- Being grateful for hard times !

Dear Life,

What would I do without you ! You changed me endlessly with tough obstacles. You have helped me value and appreciate being blessed with this life. I wouldn’t have made it through all those amazing journeys without you. There were times where I thought this was all a mistake but glady I changed all negativity into positivity and now I know why you are so important to me !

People would treat you like you're garbage and forget why they have life but this year I think people will be more grateful and find out what's the true purpose of life. I hope many people change for the better ! All these hard times we have been through wasn’t to hurt us but to make us become STRONGER. You reminded me to be more appreciative of life, you believed in me when no one else did, you went through all the tough times when I had no one by my side and rather than spending life with hate, bullying and being a coward instead fulfill life with extraordinary memories that will never be forgotten.

1 - Ups and Downs: Thank you life for helping me experience all the FAILURES and SUCCESS. Pushing me through the most difficult times and coming out with a bang like that. Thank you!

2 - Loved ones: Thank you to everyone who loves me for me! Thank you for making a huge impact on me and never stop believing in me in possible ways. Thank you to a few rare individuals in my life who have listened to me without no judgment, helped me without entitlement and understood the process. My love for y’all is UNCONDITIONAL !

3 - Dancing: Dancing is something I can’t go without each day. It helps me feel good about myself in and out, and allows me to be free. I’m really grateful for this to be a part of my life. Dancing is a HIDDEN LANGUAGE in my SOUL, so thank you for this amazing gift!

4 - Opportunity: Wow, opportunities day by day ! Nothing is more important than to take on an opportunity without no hesitation. Opportunity gives me many ways to LIVE and LEARN many things to the BEST OF MY ABILITY. 

5 - Happy times: Thank you for the happy times in my life. Thank you for releasing the stress out of me and turning it into happiness. There's nothing like having a laugh with each other, being proud for the right reasons, hand by hand dancing around in circles and making silly faces. HAPPY TIMES you have always got a way to make me happy even though I didn’t feel like smiling or having fun, so thank you so much ! 

Life has taught me many things. Life has failed me countless times but in life there is nothing we can do about it but to astonish every moment we get !

Love,

Faiana

LCS 3 - Family

 For my third LCS task, this is what I had to do. I had to answer all these questions based on family. This is my outcome and hope you like it !

LCS 2 - What's Important To You !

 

Hey guys, sorry for not posting lately ! But here is my second Learn, Create, Share task about what's important to you ? For this task I had to answer questions and to think carefully about my answer! Enjoy

LCS 2

 

This is my second LCS project and this talks about me :) So please feel free to make your own and please comment at the bottom if you want. Hope you like this and enjoy ::

IXL Year 8 - Fractions

 For Maths I did IXl Year 8 Fractions. WALT: Add fractions with unlike denominators. This task was amazing, I enjoyed every bit of it and can't wait for more Maths like this :)

Daily 5 ! Faiana & Felicia's

 

Here is a slideshow of Felicia's and myself Daily 5 task. We worked on many activities and it was a lot but we managed to finish some. Enjoy :)

Personal Timeline

 Here I have my personal timeline. This task was apart of our Learn, Create, & Share project. For this task we had to write down our favorite highlights/memories when we were little until now. Here is my one & enjoy !

Online Learning Class

 

This morning Room 12 started our first online google meet class session with our teacher Mr Raj. All of us are pretty use to it and heres a photo of us ! It was great and remember to stay strong and be kind to one another :) Kia Kaha

I Am

                                              I am grateful and thoughtful

I wonder if my dreams will ever come true

I hear people cheering me on when I cross the stage

I see the fear in children eyes everytime I go pass them

I want all the negativity things to stop

I am grateful and thoughtful

I pretend that I can handle everything but really I can’t 

I feel like I'm losing hope every time I do something wrong

I touch the soft milky clouds up in the sky

I worry if my brother will get home safely

I cry when I know it’s time to say goodbye

I am grateful and thoughtful

I understand what people are going through daily

I say what I believe in and to don’t worry what other people thoughts might be

I dream of becoming Prime Minister 

I try my best to make my family proud and to be brave in everything I do

I hope that I find someone in the future who loves me for me

I am grateful and thoughtful

Olympics :)

 

Here is a slide show about the Olympics that Ocean, Jane and I created. We have learnt many new things from our research and hope you learn something to.

New Teacher New Term :)

 

Room 12 has been going through some up and downs but finally we are all back as normal. Working together, getting along with each others, listening and respecting our peers. Room 12 has finally step up their level and now look at us!  A happy and cheerful classroom full of motivated students LOVE IT :)

Buildings !

What do you know about the world?

This is Me - Poster

 

For this task we had to make a poster all about the things we like. We used free to use images from Google. I have learnt a lot of things about our activity today and can't wait to learn more :)

Camp 202k (2021)

 A Week At Camp Bentzon

Wow what a week at Camp Bentzon! 

Last week, the whole senior syndicate and a few year 6’s stayed at Camp Bentzon for a whole week. We all were put into groups which had 9-11 students. Each group had 2 leaders, a boy & a girl. I was a leader of the Yellow Spider Monkeys with cheerful, enthusiastic fellow classmates. In total we had six groups and the reason why we got put into groups was because to get to know everyone better. We might not hang around with these students daily but it’s good to learn more about their personalities.

Firstly, we met at school around 7:30 am and from that time onwards we all packed our luggage into the bus and said our goodbyes to family and friends. We drove to Sandpit which took about 1.5 hours. Then we unloaded our luggage out of the bus and  onto the ferry. We caught the ferry to Camp Bentzon which took us half an hour as we went directly to North Cove rather than stopping at all the various bays on Kawau Island. When we got to the wharf we unloaded all the luggage onto the trolleys and took it to our rooms.

Each student took something into the two story building. Once we  finished unpacking we settled into our cabins and got our belongings  ready for the week ahead. We were all very excited and couldn’t wait for the activities to commence.

During the afternoon we arrived, my friends and I explored the outdoors including the Confidence Course and Beach.

The Senior Syndicate teachers were getting things ready for the evening while the students were enjoying themselves. Around sunset the evening bell rang and brought the children together for dinner. The SpaghettI Bolognese was so delicious and most of us wanted seconds. Thank God our first day was done and dusted.

Each day we participated in different activities with our group members. The Yellow Spider Monkeys aka YSM did Abseiling, Rock Climbing, kayaking, orienteering, confidence course, raft building and sailing an optimist.

My highlight of the week was the Fiafia night when all the groups performed their dance and chant. We were the second group to perform and we came forth. I was still proud of my team and I'm just happy we didn't come last. Red jaguars came last, Blue Sharks came second to last,Yellow Spider Monkeys came forth, Purple Vipers came third, Green dragons came second and the amazing Orange Leopard came first baby!

It was an amazing experience at Camp Bentzon, hope to see that place again >_< 

Number Of The Day

 Today for Maths I did Number Of The Day. My task below shows everything of what I did. Enjoy >_<

Welcome Back Everyone!

WOOHOO!

Back to school now.(YESS) I hope all of you guys had a wonderful break from school. It's term 2 now and it would be a busy term for us all.But before I ask you questions I would want to say thank you so much for the staff memebers/teachers who comes to school everyday just to get us somewhere. If it wasn't for their help and our parents support we wouldn't be as smart as we are right now. So THANK YOU TEACHERS and also for the students giving their 100%. You all deserved a break >_<

Anways,

How was your guys holidays? What is your most favorite time you did in the holidays? 

HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYONE !

 Yayyy school is finish. Happy holidays to you all. Glen Taylor students, you have worked very hard this term and I really hope you enjoy your time during these 2 weeks holiday. Please remember to stay safe and be kind to everyone around you!

Quotes: 

"The purpose of our life is to have happiness" 

"Don't let yesterday take up too much of today"

"No matter how you feel, Get up, Dress up, Show up and Never give up"

"I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me"

Tech Session- Flower Power

 Today at Tech we were learning about Hibiscus flowers and what it needs to help it grow. In groups of two we learnt about different parts of the Hibiscus flower and also we had a turn of cutting it into little pieces and gluing it onto our piece of paper. We had to draw a table under the petals and the sepal, and had to explain the size, shape, pattern, position,color and the number of each petal/sepal. We had to be gentle with the flowers because it is very soft and unique. But here is a post about the flower. ENJOY!

Maritime Museum

 On Monday 12th April the whole senior syndicate went on a trip to the Maritime Museum. Here is a little description about what happen and photos! SO ENJOY>_<

Cybersmart Animation- Moving car

 Today for Cybersmart our 8th challenge was to make an animation. For my animation I did a moving car. It was super fun to create and also awesome. Enjoy!

Pulse Rate- Tech

 Hi everyone, how are you? 

Today I will be sharing with you all what I have learnt at Tech. Each Wednesday morning the whole senior block walks down to Tamaki College for our Tech session. We get split into our tech groups once we get there.

I am in Science and today for our topic we were learning how to do a Science mini investigation. In my group I had Tracey, Felicia, Sheila & Destiny. We learnt about how our pulse/heart rate goes up & down everytime we are relaxed or active.

Here is what I did today...

Enjoy!

Room 12's Favorite Subject/Celebrities

 Today for Maths I had to go around the class and ask each student what is their favorite subject and celebrities. I had written choices for them to choose and when that is all done, I had to tally it all up and turn it into a tally graph. Here is what my tally graph looks like!

Tech- Arm Length & Height

 Today at Tech we were learning about arm length and height. So our topic for today was Science Investigation and in my group I had Tracey & Josephine. We were the only group that did this investigation and I'm proud to say that we have accomplish most of it. Today at Tech was awesome and hopefully we do some more investigating.

Photography & Acceptance

 Malo E Lelei everyone!

Today my friend Ocean and I had to do a task about Acceptance. We had to take photos and show what does Acceptance look like and how it looks like. We had to also write a little description about what Acceptance means to us.

Here is our slideshow of Photography & Acceptance. Enjoy!

Google Drawn Fish

 

Google Drawn Fish! 

Tidy Drive

 Is your Drive Tidy?

Cybersmart Challenge 5

 

Take A Photo with my Chromebook Webcam

Room 12's Assembly Slide

 Check out our assembly slide we presented on Friday. Once again thank you to Room 12 for their hard work and their effort into our assembly.

Shape Shifting

 If you had one superpower what would it be...

             

Science Cover

Girls Dance & Room 12's Assembly - Thank You!

Today it was Room 12's Assembly. It was a very exciting and nerve-wracking day for all of us today. But there was one item some year 8 girls did. For over two days this week, Sheila, Felicia, Jane, Catherine and I was practicing a dance to present today for our school. The reason why we did this dance was because we wanted to entertain the school and also wanted to make a change for once rather just doing the original way on how we present the assemblies to the whole school. 

Congrats to Room 12 for their amazing assembly this morning by the way. We may only had a 1-day rehearsal but we did awesome today everyone. Malo!

I just wanted to say thank you so much to all the girls that did the dance with me. It was brilliant and hopefully we could probably do one another time. Great Job Girls!