Geometry

In room 22 we are learning about geometry for maths. For all the people who don’t know what geometry is, it is the study of size, shape and position of a two dimensional shape and a three dimensional figure.

We have been learning how to use compasses. Compasses help us make nice round circles. We also have been learning about how to draw two dimensional shapes in our books. Some of us have good spatial awareness that’s why they are so good.

I have really liked geometry. It has times where we have to focus and then we can play. I hope we do plenty more

Taonga time

This year every Friday for an hour and a half the year 7 and 8 students have Taonga time with different teachers in different classes. Taonga means treasure in maori. Why do we do this you may ask? We do this to learn about the different passions of our teachers. For Instance the passion for my teacher is kapa haka.

We have a number of groups that we have for Taonga time they are, kapa haka, sport, music, science, and team building. The group that I am in at the moment is kapa haka. We learn new songs and new actions. We are performing for a powhiri in a couple of weeks.

I feel very pleased to be in kapa haka. We hope we do well at the powhiri and impress the teachers. I really liked kapa haka in the last session!

Netball session One

Yeah! Ms T said that we had netball skills on Thursday in the afternoon. Once we got to the courts, our instructor Emma was already waiting for us. She was holding two bags full of balls. Wow what a strong lady!

When Emma said to the class, “who knows what dynamic stretches are” some of us did not know what it was. I just stood there looking confused! I started getting to know what dynamic stretches were when she explained it. Some of the dynamic stretches were the butt flick, high knees and the grape vine. Some of the people were not doing it properly. Some of the drills we learnt were, chest passing, overhead throw and bounce passing. I was trying to make it easy for my partner to chest pass. But otherwise she was very good!

After a long time of drills and stretches we played a game of corner ball. I was so pleased with Raven because he kept on intercepting to get the ball to win for his group. There were two groups: no bibs and bibs. I was in the bibs group. This was my first time actually playing a real netball game. At the end no bibs ended up winning. I was so gutted!

I still can’t wait till the next session. I felt very proud of myself when I played corner ball. I hope we play another game next session and my group wins.

My Values DLO Term One

Last term, our class had a project about the values. The value I did was service. Amazingly I got a 16/16 on my project, and guess what? I only did it in a week.

Creative name

In room 22, we have been learning about creativity. What is creativity? Well, I think Creativity is when you invent something new but it is different from something else. Creativity involves two processes thinking and then producing. One of our tasks we did was try make our names creative.
The resources I used were 5 people, coloured paper, net books and a image online.

Term One Reflection

One of the things I was pleased with last term was my reading results. In my report I received excellent for my work habits, behavior and academic progress. I was really proud of my self and so was my dad!

In my report it says that I need to improve in my writing. I really struggle when it comes to writing. My dad was very disappointed when he saw that I am writing below expectation and so was I.

Well, I did very well. I actually got student of the term. My dad was very pleased with my report and guess what? My dad is taking my sister and I to MacDonald’s today. Some of my highlights last term were tech because I finished something for my dad. Another highlight was finishing my DLO. I stayed focused and finished my work on time. That’s why I got a high mark 16/16. This term I hope I do better with my class mates and my beautiful teacher.

These are my DLO results:

My highlight of the term.

My highlight of the term is working on my net books. We have this new system in our class and its called net books. We are paying our net books off every month. We so love our net books and it has been a great experience working with our net books. We hope they last long and never breaks down. We all thought that this was going to be a great idea. We needed a little help at first but then our lovely principal worked it out. So yeah that’s our way of getting our net books.