Cyber Smarts!

 This early afternoon, our maths group had the chance to talk with another teacher about what is true on the internet and what is not. To help us, we were given the chance to watch a small documentary movie based on spaghetti - was the information we were seeing true? Following that, we got to talk with the teacher about what makes this true and what makes it false. Here is a google drawing to help others to know if their information is valid 

Measurement

 This week, our maths class have been focusing on Measurement, and how to convert it. Miss Peato gave us a range of different questions to help understand how to convert measurement, like matching things and giving us word problems. Here is the following presentation. 

George Bollinger WW1

 This term, team 5 is kick starting off with learning about the World War 1 that took place in Gallipoli. My literacy group have mostly been focusing on the story of George Bollinger. Here is my presentation that i'd recommend you read :) To go more deep into the story, please do click on the link .... http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/video/37667/war-story-george-bollinger

Maths Question 1 ; How Many Truckloads Of Dirt Are There?

Every week in maths class, our teachers gives us a few word problems to work out during the week to help improve our maths. My first question for this week was ; " While preparing for our ANZAC memorial, we needed some dirt to fill the boxed pit outside. 3 small truckloads of dirt only filled an eighth of the pit. How many more truckloads were needed to completely fill the pit? " Then we had to make a new Google drawing that tells people how I worked it out. I have left a small paragraph explaining what I've done.

My Thoughts And Feelings About The Memorial

   Our literacy group have been focusing on the world war 1 that took place in gallipoli. Mrs Tele'a gave us a task to focus on our thoughts and feelings about the memorial of Anzac that was built in the middle of our school.

Comparing And Contrasting

Earlier this term, the Pihanga literacy group were set on a task to see the similarities and differences between two books that we had recently read. The first book was based on how people explored the world through voyage on a canoe, with a person as navigator. The second book was based on a boy who sets out on a journey with the transport on ships that have easier navigation. In between the circles represent the similar activities to the two books. On the blue and red circles, it represents the differences.

Polynesian Festival

Polyfest ( short for Polynesian Festival ) is a cultural dance festival that was first established in 1976. This year in 2015, we celebrate the 40 years that Polyfest has been going on for. Polyfest is a festival, where high schools compete in. There a separate individual cultural stages at Polyfest, such as the Cook Island stage, Niuean, Samoan, Tongan and even a diversity stage. I bet that hardest thing to think of is which stage you could go to!

Yesterday, the Point England year 7 & 8 students were very fortunate to attend the Polyfest education workshop, and do whole lot of fun activities! We even got to meet the prime minister, John Key and his camera crew! We were warmly welcomed by the Polyfest organisers. We met a lot of people, especially the people from Niu.Fm ( 103. 8 ) and Flava.Fm ( 95. 8 ).  We were all doing different activities as a class, and our first one was learning about how to save power.

Class 3 was kindly taught by a lady named Helen and she gave us advice on how we should save our parents power bills. Did you know that heat and air conditioning takes up most of the power? Remember, that it is important that you should always unplug electricity devices before heading out or to sleep.  Luckily, we were gifted an hourglass that was given to remind us of how long we should shower or use the tap!  

My favorite activity was writing messages of why we love Polyfest! I wrote “ I love Polyfest because I get to see my family and friends perform on stage well “ We were also given another piece of paper which I wrote “ happy 40th birthday Polyfest! “ At the end of our sessions we had the chance to go and visit some stalls for some prizes and visit the Kapa Haka stage! Next year, I would very much love to perform at Polyfest next year for my college!