Reading: Man and Sea

This week for Reading me and my group have been reading a Book called "Man and Sea". Written by Elia Taumata. This book is based on about what the Tatau is, how we got it and what it means to get it. The Tatau is a tattoo that is originated in Samoa, it is only for Samoan men's to be tattooed on. Mostly Tatau are tattooed on Samoan Leader or Chiefs of their village.

Term 3 Inquiry: Ballerina & Hip Hop

For Term 3 in inquiry we have been learning to dance Ballerina & Hip Hop

For ballerina we all as a class learned a ballerina dance and performed it to the whole of team 5. Then in the next week we learned how to dance Hip Hop in my group there were four people: Penny, Jaylim, Apii and me it was very difficult at first but we got the hang of it. Then in the next three week (which is today) we performed it in front of the whole of Team 5, I was very nervous but felt happy. We did our Hip Hop dance and ran off stage quickly I felt happy and relived.

I enjoyed doing this task for inquiry it was fun and I experienced a lot, I also learned that team work makes the dream work. 

Maths: Leilani & penny Statistics

Friendship: Poem

Friendship.

You could never have a friend

that is trusted and true

The one that you could talk to

When you're feeling blue

You have a friend in me

Yes it’s true

You don’t want to say much

you think I might expose you

A friend that understands

What you’re going through

But don’t say anything

That makes your friend look blue Written by: Daliz and Leilani

I GRADUATED!!!!

"Today is FINALLY THE DAY!, Okay lani let’s have a quick check!.
Teeth brushed? Check!, Hair Brushed? check!, Clothes neat and tidy? Check!”.
“Now what did I forget?. Oh yeah!. My bag and my rope! Oh wait can’t forget
my mum as well hahah”

Grab my keys and heading into my car, saying my part over and over, again and
again in my head ,making sure not to forget a single thing I say. Ohh and don’t
forget to smile! Remember that Lani!. I hear my phone ringing somewhere in
my car, “Where is my phone?”, looking under my seat “A HA! found you” I pick
up the phone and answer it, its my Best friend Mia ( Were best friends since we
were 4 year old). She calls me saying “Lani!!, you need to hurry up the ceremony is starting really soon and the doors are going to open, Your whole entire families her waiting for you and wow! Are they holding so much gifts your so lucky” I just chuckled and said I was on my way right now.

Now let me pause for a moment and just say that there's going to be a lot of cameras flashing at me and at all my friends as well.

First let me introduce myself, Hi my name is Lani, the year right now is 2026 and today is a very important day, So like I’m in a hurry so bear with me please. (Parking my car right now) so in 2026 a lot has changed in New Zealand right now I’m in the city and…. Lani, Lani, LANI hurry up… Oh sorry that's Mia calling me right now be right back!.......Okay as I was saying before, a lot has changed in New Zealand like teacher finally got better education and teachers striking dropped but the government let the teachers have a week off and now we drink water that’s pink? I know crazy right!!!. Anyways…..I have to go in and get ready right now

( 40 minutes later )
My mum and I are talking in the Auckland university right now. Mums crying with tears of joy and making sure my rope looks tidy. While I’m struggling holding all of my gifts that my family brought.

“She says to me you’ve come this far, now go out there and get what you deserve!. Lani I don’t know what the future holds for you but all I know is that you future will bright and better and happier as ever!. I couldn’t be proud! I love you”

And as she said those words I cried my tears pouring out, she said stop crying your gonna ruin your makeup, I thanked my mum for everything she did! She always been by my side until this very day and I’m so lucky to have her. As I said

I go into the Auckland.U and the ceremony starts!, and the doors open, my whole family and friend start taking picture of and tagging me in there Instagram (hopefully!). I walk through the door lined up!, and as my turn came I went on stage took a deep breath and started my speech. I shared some great memories I had with my friend and how the bad thing turn into good things, I also told some embarrassing stuff me and my friends did and then every cheered for me as I grabbed my certificate with pride and heading off stage happy as ever my mum gave me a hug and I was so happy.

So now you know. Today is the day that I graduated University, Well you can go off now my future is waiting for me. Then we turned around looking proud at my parents and then throw my hat to them.

THE END! - By leilani

Kau tae te wa - ITS TIME!

First time in 24 years, the day has finally come for teacher to go on strike, now whats teacher striking you say?, well it all happens in just one day where teacher go on strike to get kids better education and get paid more higher. Teacher wants kids in there class to have the education they deserve. Fact: Teachers payment get higher little by little every year. Here’s 3 reason of why Teachers go on strike.

Here a point why teacher go on strike, to give more time to teach. See teachers. Teachers say that if they write more reports for the kids then they will have less time to teach kids so like for example: Teacher could get 100% of their work done and teaching as well. But then teacher get 70% of their report done and only have 30% time to teach. So teachers want less reports and more time to teach. If they have less paperwork then kids these days could have a more and better education for themselves.

Another thing that teacher are striking for is “Resourcing for additional needs” You might be thinking what does that mean?. Well you know how us kids are still in school? We have teachers to teach us but we need equipment to work with or to write down our learning. So like if your teacher is telling you the math question and you need to solve it, What are you going to work on? Also like our Chromebooks that we use in school or like how I’m using right now, we need these things for our learning. Just like if someone was deaf you need sign to teach them and you need equipment like paper and pen to show them what you're talking about. Teacher are just asking for more resources for children's to learn better.

And lastly. I think something that all teacher are striking for is “Better pay”. It won’t be attractive to people want to become teachers when they look at the how much teachers get paid. So teacher are asking the government for better payment as teacher!

I think that this teacher striking on Wednesday is amazing, this teaches us younger kids to when we grow up older in the future we should stand up for what's right!.

GOOD LUCK TO ALL TEACHER!!! Who are going on strike we know your doing this for the future so us children will be standing by your side supporting you just like this Writing!!. ITS TIME!!!!!

Maths: Leilani Statistics

Writing: My steps to a Fun Holiday

My step to a Fun holiday

Are you one of those people, who think on the last day of Term your holidays going to be amazing and then.. You end up waking up at 7:30 for no reason, until you realize that you have nothing at all to do. When surprisingly three going to four days, and still have nothing to do. Well I know what it take to have a fun weekend let me tell you.

1) So the first thing to having a fun weekend is planning it out. This is important because some people are like “ Let’s do this” and then “Let’s do that” when you have like 100 thing’s in you head and you only do like three or two so the important thing is to plan it out, I know sometimes going freestyle is a good idea and is much easier. But when you plan things out, everything seems to go alright and you have enough time to do it all in one day.

2) When you done doing that, think of some fun activities, what could you do, where could you go and do you think that this is a good place that everyone would like. If you going out with your family ask what they might want to do and so everyone and get what they want, start with the little ones because there always the picky ones unless you have siblings younger than you.

3) Next thing is you should start packing, this is important so you have what you need when you going out. Packing food is very important you never know when you can get hunger or when other can. Also if your going out camping remember to bring important things like Sleeping bags and water bottle and matches, first aid - kit. Packing is important because you never know what could happen at any time of the day.

4) Last of all, have fun and enjoy your time. The holidays are the perfect time of the year - everyone gets a days off from their hard work even kids!. Enjoy every second in the holiday while it last.

So there you have it!, planning very important, finding fun activities to do so you can have some fun, also don’t forget to pack before you head out and MOST IMPORTANTLY!, have fun!. So these are my steps to having a fun holiday. Now go on!, go and have some fun.

Beyonce Immersion Assembly

Fresh start to Term 3, actually wasn’t just a fresh start but it was a more like a Beyonce`. Our theme for this Term was Move Ya’ Body. We thought it would just be like our last Terms theme “We like to move it” but it was totally DIFFERENT!!. Some music starting to play is that beyonce?, coming with a special guest star…. BEYONCE??

We sat down in our lines, getting settled in, waiting for our Immersion assembly to start. Everyone started to go quite, Usually we always start off with Mr Brut welcoming everyone, but unfortunately he wasn’t there, but there was two men's standing on each side of the stage, Mr Somerville and Mr Jacobson, then all of sudden while Beyonce music was playing. Someone with golden hair started running out, someone hairy it was Mr Brut.

We were laughing hard out because of his Denim shorts and his light green socks with his white singlet, he was trying very very very hard to look like beyonce his clothes looked great, but we weren’t sure what was going on with his legs.

My favourite part about the Immersion assembly was Team 2 video because Mrs Morran and Miss Moran were dancing to Kiki.

Thanks to all our teachers for starting us off with a great Term 3 start and all the hard work you put into!.

Christchurch Idea Post - Compost Theater: Leilani

Idea for Poster

Compose theater - In Christchurch central city, there could be a
huge stone wall that had a projector on it. A projector that plays
movies for anyone who wants to watch and best of all the projector
is powered by compost or rubbish. So you just tip in your rubbish or
compost and it will melt Making gas for it to work.
1. So the process will happen in like a indestructible metal burning container that can be built in a building. So.. that metal container will be doing all the work, yeps that right!. The metal container will be heated up at about to a really hot temperature and then the compost and rubbish that will be tipped in will melt and make gas for it to work.

2. Then there will be a projector that will show a movie on a wall with a white sheet making it for anyone who wants to watch movies. 

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I think this is a good idea to use in Christchurch, because the damage that the earthquake caused can destroy everything. While this Compost Theater could save so much money and a lot of energy. Plus!, who doesn't like a free movie theater right in the PUBLIC!

Reading: What have we learned in Holes (11-22)

Reading: Stanley travels to Camp Green Lake Holes (4-8)

Reading: Meet Stanley Yelnats in Holes (1-3)

Leilani - Square and Square Root

Solve the following equations:

a)      5² = 25	b)     4² = 8	c)   0² = 0
d)      6² = 36	e)     9² = 81	f)   1² =1
g)      7 ² = 49	h)     8² = 64	i)    12² = 144
j)      15² = 225	k)     20² = 400	h)  30² = 900

a)   √81 = 6,561	b)   √25 = 625	c)  √49 = 2,401
d)   √64 = 4,096	e)   √36 = 1,296	f)   √100 =1,000
g)   √16 = 256	h)   √4 = 8	i)   √9 = 81
j)    √121 = 14,641	k)   √144 = 6,336	h)  √225 = 50,625

Maths - Square Root

Math's - Square Root

A square root is a number which is multiplied by it self

Example:

√5 = 25 because the this: √ represents this: x which is times.
But the number which is five you times that number by itself so it
goes like 5 x 5 = 25. See!

Here are some others Me, Jayde, Penny and Kei worked on.

√1 = 1: 1 x 1 = 1

√2 = 4: 2 x 2 = 4

√3 = 9: 3 x 3 = 9

√4 = 16: 4 x 4 = 16

√5 = 25: 5 x 5 = 25

√6 = 36: 6 x 6 = 36

√7 = 49: 7 x 7 = 49

√8 = 64: 8 x 8 = 64

√9 = 81: 9 x 9 = 81

√10 = 100: 10 x 10 = 100

√11 = 121: 11 x 11 = 121

√12 = 144: 12 x 12 = 144

And that's all!, maybe you can try on making your own!!

Maths: 3D Clay Making

This week for math's. Our class have been working on making 3D shapes for our class so we can use them for learning. What we used to make the shape was the air drying clay that Mrs Stone (our math's teacher) gave us. Then we were put into three groups, then we each got to pick a 3D shape.We we chose those shapes we had to model it meaning this was going to get mess!

The shape I chose was Octahedron it has:

• 12 Edges
• 6 Verticals
• 8 Faces

Reading - Diary Of A Wild Boy!

This week for Literacy in Reading --
We've been working on Diary Of A Wild Boy. Its about this young boy named Brando. 19 year  old Brando spend all his life in boring jobs and unhealthily habits which were leading him  nowhere, until he took this great adventure that changed his life. He walked around the whole coastline of New Zealand. During this adventure Brando learned the true meaning of life, after reading the story we had to answer some question that had to do with Brando during his adventure on a slide I finished answering all of them and here is what I finished with!.
P.S:Link to the Diary Of A Wild Boy - Story

How to prevent yourself from getting sick.

How to prevent yourself from getting sick.

Sickness, it's a very common and interesting thing that affects on people body that has been around for centuries. Everyone has gotten sick before, there is not one person I have ever meet that has never been sick. Sometimes you have this feeling that your about to get sick. Really quick you wanna find a way to prevent yourself from getting sick or getting even sicker. Well I have some tips on how to prevent yourself from getting sick!

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Tip 1. - To prevent yourself from getting sick. Drink lots of water, not drinking enough water could give you dehydration which causes you to have dry sick and get sick easily. It's also good if you drink lots of Cold water in the Summer, it will help you to cool down. If somehow you do get sick, remember to go straight to the doctors. Don’t think you don’t need to go soon or later it will get worst and you’ll regret not going also the medicine they give drink or take it. They can help you get better if you take it more often.

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Tip 2. -  Another way to prevent yourself from getting sick is, in the winter wear jacket, jumpers gloves and socks to keep yourself from getting cold and sick as well, keeping yourself nice and warm can help you to prevent from getting the flu. Do this in the winter mostly or in the morning when it freezing cold outside, brrr. This is also leading to exercise, remember to exercise. This is a good method because it keeps your body warm as well, running around make you sweat a lot. Also doing exercise and fitness will help you get fit as well, like play more sports and go running up and down your streets things like that.

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Tip 3. - Finally, a way to prevent yourself from getting sick is wash your hands before you eat or wash your hands when you finish using the bathroom. That one is important because some kids don’t do it or forget to. It important because you don’t know how many germs are in those bathrooms and if you don’t wash your hands you could spread your germs to others and they’ll get sick. So remember to wash your hands. Oh and lets not forget if you buy fruits or vegetable that are displayed outside remember to wash them once you get home because other people have touched them before too and maybe some little insects might have been on it, that also goes for the vegetable/fruits in the packaging they come in like those plastic bags with fruits inside them, yep! Also wash those. Don’t spread germs!.

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So pretty much we have a lot of tips on ways to prevent yourself from getting sick. Getting the flu or cold is very common these days, so keep a lookout. Remember get rid of the flu before it hits you. Take these tips and in the end they might be useful after all!.

Bugs of the City!

In the Weekend, I did a little writing about bugs and insect and not any bugs or insect but bugs and insect of the city!. Which means one that we've all seen that are lying around like near our towns or street, or even some you see at school. Weather its in the bushes or in the playground somewhere, we all see a little crawler. I've picked 3 type of bugs/insect as a topic and given three facts about them. Near the title there be one Fun Fact about them, which is pretty cool.

Lets see what bugs or insect will learn about today!ef

How to save money

Title: How to save money

Money is used for so many things nowadays. Everyone just wants a piece of it to spend and spend and when you’ve done using all your money, you barely have any left, that sometimes you just wish you didn’t spend it all. Here are some tips on how to save money, instead of spending it.

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Buy things you need not want - This is a really useful tip. Don’t buy things that you want, like toys and lollies, these are two things that are common to me. You don’t need a toy instead buy what you need like food!. Food helps you survive in this world, not toys. Eating is important to our parents it’s very important for us to eat.

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Putting money in your savings account - Another tip is and this is a very important one, even for parents. Okay, you’ll be so happy the first time you get money or when you get paid a lot! somehow you are being very good earning your money. The one problem is you have nowhere to put your money but your wallet, once it’s in your wallet you end up spending it all and can’t help but spend all of it. In the end, you feel so disappointed because all your money is gone. So a tip is put it in your bank account. You’ll less spend it and more save it. In the end, you’ll be so proud of yourself for saving up money that if you do have a lot of money left you might even go on a trip ( Maybe ).

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Save power - Finally, tip is, don’t waste the power this is a common thing because it’s mostly kids. Now you kids should help out too with saving money for you parents give them something back. Like instead of watching T.V and play on your tablets and iPhones maybe go outside and play or help out your parents by doing some chores maybe these chores would help you earn pocket money!!.

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Conclusion - As you can see there are so many ways that you could save money, it only takes a little effort to do it. In the future these tips might help you, you never know until you do it!