Pressing Flowers

 Today Clara and I decided that for the A&P show we would do pressed flowers. But there was a problem. We had no idea what to do. We got some nice flowers from outside and brought them inside. I grabbed some paper and she grabbed some magazines. We put the flowers inside the the paper then into the magazines. Then we pressed hard on them. We decided to put dictionaries on them to have a weight on them. We now have to wait a little bit so they can press nicely. 

Tabloid Sports

 Yesterday all of the year 3 and 4 kids from our school and Parkveiw went to tabloid sports down at the Shirley boys high school. A group of the year 7 and 8 students from our school had to help the little kids and the teachers. First all the seniors got assigned to the kids. Then we had to walk down in lines. I was working with Kirsten. We started with rugby. The kids had to do drills. Then we went to shot put. We got taught some Maori words. And we also got a technique to throw the put. The team I got put in got 36 points, I got seven of those points. Then we had a lunch break. After the break we continued on to netball, cricket and then relays. It was a tiring day. 

Free write reveiw

This is part of a story I am writing. The things I could do better are add more description on the looks of the character. I hope you like this and please tell me about your feedback.

Hallucinations haunt my life, Mum is filled with them. Sometimes they make me want to cry. Especially when she brings dad into them, calling out his name for security. Sometimes I wish she could harness her hallucinations, like people do with fears. Spacing out has made Mum seriously addicted to her medications, I tried one once and it made me feel woozy as if I had just been spun around ready to pin the tail on the donkey.

“ Layla,love, do the washing, for your old Mum” Cries a bedraggled lady, coming out of her room.

“ More like for my mentally disturbed Mum” I mutter under my breath, hoping that Mum hasn’t heard

“ What was that Hun” Whines Mum

“ You need to speak up louder for my ears, you know what they’re like” Mum says cupping her hand round her ear as if to show she needs me to speak up.

“ sure sure” I yell back at her, exaggerating the speaking louder.

She rolls her eyes back at me, flopping onto the couch as she does so.


I pick up a piece of soggy clothing, and peg it to the line, having to rise up onto my tippy toes to reach the piece of wire. I stare down the line, eyeballing Cooper meanly. Making my point.

“ Not my fault I’m the favourite” He snaps at me.

“ defensive much “ I snark at him.

“ Muu” He starts to yell, but I cut him off.

“ Don’t you dare”

From behind me I can hear Apollo snapping furiously at ducks that have waddled down the lane.

“ Oy, Apollo, shut it you big doof, they’re just ducks” I yell at him. He bounds over, hoping for a belly rub or a tickle, but I displease him by sending him to his crate. For the rest of the time while I hang up the washing, Apollo is whining for attention. I have to snap at Cooper to make him ignore the moaning and pitiful pup.

“ sorry Coop, but he has to learn one day or another, soon we won’t be with him all the time” Cooper sighs and flicks himself effortlessly into a backflip.

Goodnight Mister Tom

 The book I am reading is called Goodnight Mister Tom. It is about a young evacuee from London that gets handed into the care of Mister Thomas Oakley. William Beech ( young evacuee ) is a shy, sickly look kid. He doesn't know how to read or right and goes by the name of Sissie Sillie Willie. He has an extraordinary artistic talent. After a while of being with Mister Tom his Mother calls him back to London. Mister Tom has to go rescue him before he gets to sick. 

Octagonal Pyramid

 Today for maths we had to construct an octagonal pyramid. It has nine faces in total, nine vertices in total, and 16 edges. It was really fun. Next week we will do more harder things and we will have to make the nets.

3D shapes

 Today for maths we had to find as many ways as we could to make a 3D cubes. We had to make 3 or more nets. The measurements for the cube were 3cm by 3cm and the measurements for the square based pyramid are 4cm by 4cm, for the base, and 6cm for the triangle sides. The things I could work on are making the flaps bigger, also making the measurements for the cube better and more accurate. ( You wouldn't want me to build your house)

The pencil sharpener is to show the size the square based pyramid is

Rawhiti School A & P show

 In about a month our school is holding an A & P show. There are many events to enter yourself into. The events that the school has to offer are - Whole whanau activities (  there activities such as old recycled art ), All creatures great and small ( showing off what tricks your pets can do ) How does your garden grow ( events such as tallest sunflower) and Backing, produce and crafts ( the events are Animal shapes cupcakes ? biscuits, driftwood art)> I think that I will enter the competition where you have to take a photograph of an animal. I might even enter the driftwood art and make a driftwood bird feeder.  I hope that you find some inspiration from the ideas that I have, enter as many competitions as you can because it will be good for Rawhiti school. I am really excited and I can't wait to get started. 

Defining polygons

 

Today for maths I learnt how to define if a shape is a polygon or not.  A polygon is a shape that joins up at the end, eg - a circle or a square. Polygons are made up entirely of lines. I a shape has a curve then it is not a polygon. Also if a the shape has lines that intercept then they are not a polygon.To figure out if a polygon is regular or irregular you have to figure out if all sides are equal and all angles are equal, so if all the angles are 90 degrees  and all the sides are 2 meters, then that shape is a polygon.

Top Ten Tips For Surviving Tangaroa

 TIPS TO SURVIVING TANGAROA ( without getting called the ‘naughty kid’ )

So, for the new year 7’s coming into Tangaroa next year, I have a few tips for you. These may come in handy sometimes. You should follow these instructions very carefully. Some of these notes you may never need to use, but read this post from top to bottom. I mean it, you will need some of these tips at any part in your journey through Tangaroa. 

TIP # 1

When a teacher here says something, they aren’t just joking around. They mean it. If you take it as a joke it will turn around and bite you on the back. I would hate for this to happen to you so, if a teacher says something they mean it ( well except if they ask where their coffee is at surfing, I have had a few of these experiences myself)

TIP # 2

Just for your knowledge, you may have to line up outside sometimes, this can be a pain and a bummer if you are in the middle of something really important. But go quickly and silently outside. They never say boy and girl lines only. They approve of mixed gender lines. * the shortest line goes out first ( not the line closest to the door) and  if you are quiet then you have a better chance at getting back inside sooner.

TIP # 3

Be quiet when you're sitting on the mat. Teachers don’t like pest’s that talk talk talk. Some of the year 7’s know what I’m talking about. I haven’t been in that situation ( the situation where you get yelled at for talking) But I hate hearing the teachers yell and it is a lot more pleasant when they are happy :)

TIP # 4 

Get your work finished on time. Teachers love you when you are finished in advance. Some might call you the ‘ teacher's pet’ but ignore that. They are just jealous. There is another highlight to this, you year 6’s ( soon to become year 7’s ) will get more free time to do the things you love.

TIP # 5

Be prepared for the next subject that you have. The teachers hate when you ask for a pen or a pencil and then never give it back. So please, here’s a tip to make all of us happy, be prepared for the next subject that you have. Or you could just put a Harry Potter spell on your pencil so it flies back to the teacher after you have used it.

TIP # 6 

Tip # 6 will contain information that only the seniors know about. This thing is called the mat of shame. If you would like to know more then please read on. The mat of shame is something I have never experienced myself. It is a mat for the untidiest group. They sit on the tarpaulin to eat their food. So please, mind where your crumbs go.

TIP # 7

Bring some earplugs to school. Put them on before you enter the class because you will not want to hear Mr. Redmond’s ear bursting love music. If you ask him to turn it down he turns it up. If you ask him to turn it up, he turns it up. So bring earplugs ( or stand outside until the bell goes)* What we try doing is called reverse psychology.

TIP # 8

Hats, this is a big problem in our class. No one brings a hat to school in term one or term four. Even if you do have a hat, sometimes you can’t be bothered to wear it. But for the sake of others, please do wear it. If you don’t have a hat then sit under the roof outside of your class. Not under the shade sails because they don’t protect you enough.

TIP # 9

Be nice to your friends. All of your friends will like a whole heap of positive income. This tip isn’t just going to help you, but it will also have a positive effect on the environment of Tangaroa. Everyone will want a nice calm classroom to learn in :)

TIP # 10

Take all the opportunities that you can. This is said in lots of the leavers assembly speeches. They are telling the truth. A lot of opportunities are available in Tangaroa. You will find a few that you like. You don’t necessarily have to do everything. But taking a few opportunities is good.

I hope some of these tips will come in handy!!!

Athletics

 Yesterday we had athletics. Since I am a year 7 girl, I did long jump first. I managed to jump 3 meters and 90 centimetres, I came second, the person who came first jumped 4.5 meters. Then we had sprints, I came second in the heats and second in finals. Then we had middle distance, It was three laps around the bike track. Then it were shot put and discus, I think that I could have done better then I did.  But I tried my hardest and that is all the matters. Then it was high jump, I managed to jump 1.10. I came second. It was a good day. 

Math photography

Today for maths Clara, Skye, Charlotte and I went around the school looking for lines that were horizontal, parallel, perpendicular three dimensional or vertical. Then we took a photo of the shape. I found quite a few shapes that were within the criteria. I had to pick out from of them. Here are some things that I learnt:

Parallel lines are equal lines with equal lengths that don't meet, horizontal lines go left to right, vertical lines go up and down, three dimensional shapes show the depth, length and width of the shape, and perpendicular shapes  cross over like like an X.

I hope you learnt something.

Polygons

 

This week for maths we have been learning about dimensional shapes, 2 dimensional shapes and 3 dimensional shapes. Or you could call them 1D shapes, 2D shapes and 3D shapes. Today for maths we focused on polygons, one dimensional shapes. polygons are usually named after the amount of sides that they have. For example a quadrilateral has four sides and quad means four. The rules of a polygon are that they have to be made of straight lines. They have to be flat. They are also closed figures that have no overlapping figures. I hope you have learnt something.