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!

Visual Pepeha

 Room 12's Visual Pepeha and Photos

Character Studies

For one of my task's I had to write about a famous actor or cartoon character. I had to talk about who is this character and write a little something about them. Here I picked the singer and actor Keke Palmer. 

Enjoy. . .

 

Tapa Cloth

 Today for art we had to make a Tapa Cloth design on paper. Mrs Cox got us to read a story about how the Tapa Cloth was made and who makes Tapa cloth. It was very interesting learning about the process of how to make Tapa Cloth. Here is a slide of what I wrote about! Enjoy.

My Greatest Dream

 My Greatest Dream

I know there are many dreams you have in mind, right? But what is that one dream you desperately think of all the time? It could be being a pilot, physician assistant, doctor or a manager - probably something else. But what is your greatest dream? 

My greatest dream is this one dream that I couldn’t really stop thinking about or imagining me as being that person. My greatest dream is to become Prime Minister for either New Zealand, the Cook Islands or Tonga. Having this as my greatest dream is something I have thought of for a very long time. To be honest I didn’t really think this was gonna  become my greatest dream, I thought it would be like a police officer or a boss of a company but really thinking about being a PM changed my mind. 

It helped me think that I know many kids maybe won’t have this as their greatest dream, so what if I choose this as my greatest dream. If I had the chance to become Prime Minister, this is what I would do. . .

First of all, I would like to lead my country in the right direction and to be a role model for all.

Secondly,  I would like to be an inspiration to others. To show people that they can accomplish anything and to always believe in themselves.

And lastly, to make the country a better place to live and also a healthy environment to be around.

So you guys now know what I would do If I became Prime Minister. I now want to tell you now what my visions for the country are.

Number 1: Believe: Believing in yourself means stepping forward,  not being scared to try new challenges or take new opportunities.

Number 2- Imagine: Imagine you being there, and being very proud of your accomplishment because at the end of the day your hard work would pay off.

Number 3- Enjoy: Enjoy every moment you have right now, rather than wasting it on other things. Because life is short and it won't exist for a long time. 

 Thank you for reading my work and thinking about my ideas.

DEAR LIFE LETTER...

 Please Start From The Bottom!

It's Cool To Be Kind

 

REMINDER!

 

The Legend Of Telesa

 

One of the most well known is Telesa the aiku goddess of Lepea in Upolu. In Samoa, your hair, flowing, waving and weaving, becomes alive with magic in the moonlight.... Beware the power of your hair and beware the flaunting of it, lest the fury of the Teine Sa is invoked.

Intentions Dance

 For one of our Kia Kaha challenges we had to create a short video dancing to the song Intentions. This song has a great message behind it about having good intentions to one another and also caring and looking out for eachother. Here is my short clip dance, hope you enjoy!

Bookmarks!

 Bookmarks Bookmarks Bookmarks! Tell me why you need bookmarks on your bookmark bar? Today for Cybersmart I had to write about what bookmarks we should have on our bookmark bar and what I have as bookmarks on my bookmark bar. This activity was great and here is my slide about bookmarks. 

Enjoy!

The Princess Of Mount Ledang

 

The Princess Of Mount Ledang is a famous Burmese book which talks about a beautiful princess who lived on top of Mount Ledang. As you can see that on the right hand side I have drawn a portraying picture of the beautiful princess. Enjoy!

Family's Walk

 This morning around 7:00am my family and I thought to go for a walk for my get active activity. We walked from Kelly Tarltons to the bridge across it. It was a bit spitting but we didn't really care to be very honest. As we were walking through the bridge there were two men fishing down at the end. It looked like they were just getting started to fish. Here are some photos of this mornings walk!

Ready for Google Meets

 Who else is ready for Google Meets. Remember to have these things in mind guys...

Art Coloring Book

 For my second SLJ task I picked to do the Art Coloring Book. I really love art and this was the perfect activity for me to do. Which one do you like best?

Illusions

What do you know about Illusions?  Does it make you hypnotized or dizzy? Well today for my task from the Summer Learning Journey team I had to create my very own Illusion and this is what I created!

My Reading Expectations

       Reading Expectations

Reading to Self:

• Choose a book from your book box (or topic related) and read independently to yourself.

• Select a book, find a comfortable space and isolate yourself.

Buddy Read:

• Read to a partner at your reading level.

• Both participating and taking turns to read a page each.

• Sit where you will not be distracted.

Work on writing (shared reading):

• After listening to our shared reading sessions as a class, we need to write about the novel with detail and adjectives.

• Express a point of view about the content of the novel/book e.g characters development,setting, problems,solutions,progression of the story.Feelings and emotions of the characters.

• Your personal perspective and voice.

Independent Book Review:

• Choose a book/journal and write a Book Review for understanding and comprehension. Choose from the following and answer:

• Explain in your own words what happened in the story?

• Who were the main characters?

• What was your favorite part and why? (prompts are on the board)  

Listening To Audio With Headphones:

• Quietly and independently listen to audio books either outside or inside class

• Maintain a sensible volume level

Blogging:

• Blog about what you have learnt in class throughout the week

• Choose a topic or subject and elaborate with detail

• Use this forum to voice personal points of view that are substantiated, intelligent and coherent

• Look at other class sites within Glen Taylor School

• Read the review material displayed

• Comment politely, positivity and critically - asking a question. (edit it before submitting)

Free Writing:

• Writing about a subject, event or an occasion that is of interest to you e.g. weekends, family wedding, Tangi, Birthday. 

• Also a topic of interest or a current event e.g. describe Dan Carter’s career as a NZ Rugby player and a former All Black. (Dan Carter retired from playing rugby February 2021).

• Writing prompt (pobble 365) for inspiration.

Myths And Legends- 'Aho'eitu

 Today we had to create a storyboard of the story 'Aho'eitu. We had to add the highlights of the story and this is what I've came up with!

ABC Poem

 Good good morning everyone! To start off my day I did a ABC poem about me which was a task given by Mrs Faalili. This presentation helps you get to know me more better and I hope you guys enjoy.

Ready for Learning

 Who else is ready for learning?

Kawa Of Care- Challenge 3 Screenshots

 For my last challenge for the day, I had to take screenshots of our school site, class site, class blog and my blog. Taking screenshots can be very helpful with our learning because as you take your screenshot you can label it and write about it. I really like taking screenshots and this activity was amazing.

Kawa of Care- Challenge 2 Know your Keyboard

 For my second challenge from Kawa of Care. This is what I had to do!

For my first task I had to move the labels to show the location of these keys on the keyboard.

For my second task I had add the keyboard shortcuts for these actions.

And my last task I had to write the following tips or tricks you can do on your chromebook as well.

Kawa Of Care- Challenge 1

Today I thought to start from the very first challenge from Kawa of Care. 

The first task I had to do was to fill in the gaps of the missing word that makes sense to the sentence.

My secound task was the same thing as the first one but was talking about how to hold my chromebook, what should be closed and many things like that

My last task was that I had to put a photo of myself in the middle and now I am a Kawa of Care expert!

Hinemoa & Tutanekai

 Here I have a task about a forbidden love story about Hinemoa & Tutanekai. This story was great to listen to and espcially interesting. This forbidden love story had me thinking that it's not all about being rich or famous but to have a right heart for others. As like Hinemoa wasn't charmed at all from the chosen rangatira from the other tribe but had eyes on one which was Tutanekai but the problem was that he was not at high birth. Hinemoa didn't care but she fell in love with him anyways. 

I don't wanna ruin the story here but enjoy!

Dan Carter's Letter - ' A Message to My Fans'

Here I have a little summary of what Dan Carter wrote in his message for his fans and how it relates to me in life. Thanks to Ms Wrack for bringing up this activity for us students to do. Dan Carter was such an a inspiration to many people out there. His commitment to rugby was non stop and his love for everyone as well. I wish Dan Carter the best of life with his journey now as a family man. We will miss Dan Carter and we will never forget his amazing personality.

Enjoy!

Get Active!

 So for half an hour everyday I would have to always have to get off my chromebook and do exercise like go for a walk with family, zumba/dancing, exercising, go for a jog and many more. Today for what I did was exercising, so I did a few stretches then I did jumping jacks, running on the spot, plank, push ups and squats. It was a bit tiring but it was so fun at the same time. Get out of your house and go for a walk. GET ACTIVE EVERYONE!

Maths: Triangles

 Today for my first rotation of Maths, I had to answer all 4 questions about Park Planting and to show how I solved each word problem. All of them were pretty easy and also fun. I love learning new Maths everyday because it teachs me how to solve different equations in different ways. Here is my work- Enjoy!

1st Google Meet With Room 12

I hope everyone is staying safe and doing well during this period of time in lock down. This morning was my first class google meet call with Mrs Faalili. It was great to see some of my classmates on the call and also to get back to our schoolwork. Here are some spinets I took from this mornings call. 

Statistical Analysis

 

Hey everyone, this is one of my Maths work I forgot to blog post about but here I have is a bar graph which is showing you how many of Room 12 students picked their favorite superpower. As you can see that many students picked Telekinesis as their favorite superpower. What would you choose as a superpower?

Enjoy !