Today in languages I had to pick a language and I chose Spanish, I chose it because I already now Portughese and Spanish is quite similar to Portughese.
Today I learnt...
Buenos dias - good morning
Buenas notches - good night
De nada - your welcome
por favor - please
Today in maths we were lerning about factors and how to find out if numbers are odd or even.
A number can be divided by 3 if you add the digits and the answer can be divided by 3.
Eg. 462 4+6+2= 12 divided by 3 = 4
229 2+2+9= 13 divided by 3 = (doesn't work) X
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Washing your hands correctly with soap and water can help stop germs from spreading (like bacteria and viruses), which can cause some diseases. It's good to wash your hands before and after you eat, after you use the bathroom, before and after preparing your food, before and after caring for someone sick.
How to wash your hands correctly,
- Wet you hands with clean, running water
- Apply soap and lather your hands with soap for at least 20 seconds.
- Rub your hands across all surfaces of your hands, don’t forget the back of your hand and your wrist.
- Rinse your hands under running water and make sure all the soap has come off your hands.
- Dry your hands with a clean towel or air dry them.
Germs are most common to be found on…
Knobs/ handles/ switches
Bathroom
Pets
Phone screens
Money
Keys
Shopping trolleys
Today in literacy we did some writting about a hail storm that we had a few days ago.
Hail Storm Writing
The other day there was a hail storm, it was very strong, the rain was as heavy as a bowling ball. Everyone was running outside to go in the hail, everyone was picking the hail up off the ground and making snowballs. When I went to pick up the hail, it was as cold as ice, that's probably because it was actually ice though. You could hear the hail falling onto the concrete floor, it sounded like marbles falling from a box, it was really loud. The ground was cold and frosty, it was as white as paper. It looked like an ice skating rink, that you could skate on and do cool tricks. Luckily the hail went away after a while, then we could go back outside again.
Walking to Spencer park!
Yesterday we walked 7km to Spencer park. We left at 9:30, first we took a van to where we would start the walk. I forgot what it was called. But we got to play at the park for a bit while we waited for everyone else to get there, we played on the flying fox. It was fun.
Then we started our walk, some people were running but I just don’t understand how you can run for so long without dying.
It was pretty calm for most of the way, we had to stop every k to do the roll, and everytime we stopped I had something to eat because we didn’t get to stop for morning tea. While we were walking, me and my friends were singing songs, and being silly, it was fun. When we were closer to Spencer park, my legs started to get really tired, it felt like they were gonna fall off. It also started raining while we were walking, the rain wasn’t the worst though, it made the dirt into mud, it was as squishy as a marshmallow. It made my shoes all dirty. We arrived at Spencer park at around 12:00 I was so happy when we got there, I could smell the sausage sizzle, it smelt so good.
But I was upset when we only got one each, it was really yum though! We got to play in the park and hangout for a few hours, I really enjoyed the walk, it was fun to hangout with friends, I was so tired when I went to bed I almost fell asleep straight away!
Yesterday we did Te Reo Maori and we had to make a slide and we called it Rawhiti Cultaral Narratives, we named each slide one of the classes. Each slide had a different color, bird and plant. We had to put all the names of the different colors, birds and plants.
Rongo-ma-tane is red
Papatuanuku is red
Haumia-tike-tike is green
Tane mahuta is green
Tawhirimatea is blue
Tangaroa is blue
Today in Maths there weren't many people because lots of people went to winter sport.
So we all did maths together with Nogo and Sharon, first we did doubling and we started of with 2 and went all the way to 2048 we just doubled up 2 until it went up to 2048.
2 doubled is 4
4 x 2 = 8
8 x 2 = 16... all the way up to 2048
Then we did halving, we started off with 2000 and went down to .05 wich is half of 1.
2000 halved is 1000
1000 halved is 500
500 halved is 250... down to .05
Today at tech we were suppose to make stir fry chicken but instead we made teriyaki chicken with rice and Mayonnaise.
Because there was someone in my group that didn’t want stir fry so Mrs Lee let him choose what we made because he never likes what we make.
First we ut up the chicken into small bits, then we put in some sauce and sugar to make it actually teriyaki chicken. Then we grabbed the frying pans and cooked our little bits of chicken.
While I cooked the chicken my cooking partner Meg got the broccoli ready since we had to have some vegges, she cut it up and grabbed another pan, she put some water in it and cooked it so she could cook it. While the rest of the class got there chicken and veggies ready Mrs Lee cooked the rice.
When everything was all cooked and ready we put the rise on the plate first then the chicken, then the mayo and lastly the broccoli. I DON’T like broccoli and it tasted so bad so I only put a Little bit on. It was really yummy, it was good that I couldn’t taste the broccoli!
I wonder what were making next week.
Today in literacy we were learning about Matariki, we did a sheet about it. Matariki is a traditional holiday for the Maori new year which will start in 2021, and it involves 7 stars they all have their own name.
Waipurangi, Urangi, Tupu-a-rangi, Tupu-a-nuku, Waita, Waiti and Matariki.
Generations of Maori have been raised on the seven sisters of Matariki myth, but one academic says many are getting it wrong. Greek people believe the constellation Pleiades represents seven daughters of Atlas , however when those stars can be seen in our skies it marks the beginning Matariki.
On Tuesday there was an Avonside open night were we could look around the school and ask questions about what different subbjects and different things we could do.
There was so many different rooms and halls, it was a massive school, there was so many people there, it was a bit overwhelming and I saw a few people that I knew.
When we first went there we went into the hall with everyone else and then they did the kapahaka performance and it was so good they sang really well! Then they talked for a bit. When they finished talking and stuff we actually went to go have a look at the school, next year when we go to highschool in year 9 we get to do all of the different classes, and then in year 10 we get to choose 8 different subjects I think.
Some classes that I'm really excited for are cooking, clothes/dress designing, art, drama, dance, movie making and what I'm really excited for photography because my mum used to do photography, and it looks really fun, we also get to edit and make it look really cool and unique. I'm really excited for highschool!
Today we did Te Reo Maori and this is what we learnt,
Runga - above
Raro - below
past = I haere ahau ( I went )
present = Kei te haere ahau ( I am going )
future = Ka haere ahau ( I will go )
We also write some blog comments to year 7s/8s from Ata Hapara, using Maori words like Kia ora, Tena koe, Tau ke, Ka rawe and few more.
