My Amazing Student Reflection!

Last week in Te Ngahere for writing we were writing our end of year student reflection. For our EOYSR (end of year student reflection)we had to write  something you have accomplished this year that you are proud of, a subject that you think you have made your biggest achievement in, your biggest challenge and something you are grateful for. I enjoyed writing my reflection because I remember those fun things we did during the year, funny things we did and most of all my memories. Something I am grateful for is the children and teachers/teacher aids in Te Ngahere because everyone is helpful, kind and encouraging. I am also grateful for the free lunches we get because the food is delicious and Sasha has a variety of food. Also because some children at other schools or in the world might not get any lunch so I am grateful that I get lunch. 

What’s something you are grateful for?

Wacky Wednesday

 Kia Ora bloggers, today is Wacky Wednesday at Paihia School. It happens once a year at my school, we get to dress up wacky and we get to choose anything we want to wear. This year I was a fairy and I matched with my sister and her Bff. When I was getting ready I was wondering would anyone be dressed up but when I arrived at school there was a lot of people dressed up especially the teachers and everyone looked amazingly wacky. Me and some other students we went to classrooms and bedazzled the teachers and to see how they dressed up. Today was one of my favourite days of the year, it is so cool seeing people dressed up. We took a lot of photos.

Does your school do wacky Wednesday?

Attributing images

Kia ora bloggers, in Te Ngahere we have been learning to Attribute Images. We had to make sure we are allowed to use the images that we want. 

From this experience I learnt how to make sure we are allowed to use the images that we want to use. In the future I will keep on trying to use the images that I know I’m allowed to use.  

Something I learnt was how to get the license from explore tools and this site called Wikimedia Commons. 

What I think I need to work on is everytime when I search for images I go to tools, usage rights and then creative commons licence for usage right images.

Do you know how to Attribute images?

Cybersmart Challenge 23: Scams and Phishing

Kia ora in Te Ngahere we did the Manaiakalani Cybersmart Scams or Phishing DLO. We had to watch the video first from the Manaiakalani blog, next we made a copy of the doc, then we had to see if they were scamming or phishing and write why. We were looking at a photo,  email or a pop up and to see if they were legit or fake. Some ways to keep yourself safe when these things happen is tell your whanau, your teachers or don’t even open it. You can also go on social media to see if anyone sells free PS5’s. Scamming is when someone is trying to rip you off, lying to you and giving you back nothing. For example: you give them 5 dollars and they say they will repay you but they don’t. Phishing is when someone tries to get all your personal information such as emails, passwords, phone numbers, card numbers, date of birth, full name and more. I learnt what phishing means and how to tell if someone is scamming or phishing you. For example: you got an email and someone was giving away free PS5 and you had to look at the picture and find the clues to see if it was legit or fake. 

Have you done this challenge yet?

I will embed my DLO

Happy Fathers Day Daddy!

Yesterday On Sunday the September 5th it was a very special day for my Dad because it was Fathers Day and we wanted my dad to have an Amazing Fathers Day. In The morning at about 7:20 me and my sister woke up to make breakfast for my Dad. Before we made Breakfast we said Happy Fathers Day to my Dad and then my Mum woke up and then we started making breakfast for him. The night before Fathers Day my Mum made some homemade muesli cereal and then my Mum and I made some shortbread biscuits. For breakfast we cooked some scrambled eggs, bacon, baked beans, hash browns, muesli and 2 Shortbread biscuits to go with his Tea. Then my sister made some eggs and bacon for us, but I didn’t eat that I had out leftover dinner from last night because it was like a breakfast because it was a pastry pie with spaghetti, bacon, eggs and cheese in it (I had 3 of them, I also didn’t have the ones with eggs in it). We finished breakfast about 9:50am. After that we had a little rest and then at about 3.00pm or 2:50pm we went to the dumpster to drop off some rubbish then we went to the Opua wharf for a little bit. It was I bit cold so we went to the far right side of Paihia beach and had a little walk. Then we went to Countdown to get some groceries and we got some ice-cream ice-blocks, so we went to the beach and ate our Ice-cream Ice-blocks there. Then we came home and my Mum was making dinner. Not so long after we got home we had dinner and for dinner we had Pork chops, mashed potatoes, vegetables and garlic bread, All of it was homemade. Then we watched some movies and went to bed.

What did you do for Fathers Day?

My Amazing 11th Birthday In Lockdown

Kia Ora Bloggers On August 30th it was my birthday and it was the best day in lockdown. In the morning I woke up and my Mum and Dad said not to look towards the kitchen because it was a surprise. When my sister walked passed she looked towards the kitchen and she said for me (if your wondering why she said that you will find out soon). First I washed my face fixed my hair up a little bit and my sister and my mum guided me to the dining table and told me to sit on the chair. Then they told me I could open my eyes and it was my breakfast. For breakfast my mum and dad cooked waffles with berries, banana, ice-cream and maple syrup. Then they sang happy birthday and I ate my breakfast (they also had the same as me just they did it themselves. Then had a rest, played. Then we watched some TV. After we watched TV we went and drew on our driveway with chalk. I wrote “It’s My Birthday” and drew other things. While we were drawing outside my mum was making dinner for my birthday and my dad was making my cake. After we came inside because we used up most of the space and  it was getting a bit chilli. About 20 minutes later dinner was ready. For dinner we had Fettuccine, Spaghetti Bolognese, Crumbed Chicken and Pull Apart Bread. After we had dinner we had a rest and  then said Happy Birthday to me with my cake. For my cake I had a Brownie. After we played pictionary and we teamed up in two’s. I went with my mum and my mum and I won the game. Then we played twister. After that we went to bed. It was so fun. 

What did you do on August 30th?

Four Shot Movie Making

Kia ora, in Te Ngahere we have been making four shot movies to help us with our real movie.

We got to choose what it was about and we had to include four shots establishing shot, long

distance, mid shot and close up. If you are wondering what each shot is establishing shot is

where the movie will take place, long distance is introducing your character for the first time,

mid shot shows you more information and detail about your character and close up is what

the character is doing or holding. For mid shot I don’t think we did it properly because we

didn’t really get the meaning of it because it’s supposed to show half of your characters

body but we showed the characters whole body. What I think my group did well was we

filmed establishing shot, long distance and close up really well but not mid shot. What we

could have done better was filmed our mid shot how you are actually supposed to film it.

How this four shot movie has helped me to make my proper movie is that I know what

shots are good for each scene of your movie and I know what these shots are. I learnt

what these four shots are, what they mean and how to film a movie. 

Have you done a four shot movie before?

I Am Hope!

 Kia Ora, on Tuesday we had two special visitors from I Am Hope and their names were Tai and Trent. Tai is the man who told us a story about his life when he was growing up and also about mental health. Trent is Tai’s bodyguard, he makes sure that Tai is ok and safe. What my favourite part about Tai’s story was when he went to go see the counselor and she told him to go to all the things he loved. What stood out for me the most was when he told us his family has been lying to him about his dad not being his real dad. What I learnt was that right now there are a lot of people out their in world that say they are ok but actually they aren’t and if you say you are going to be there for them you have to be there for them. I also learnt what a inner critic voice is and voice of reason. Inner critic voice is a voice in your head that says negative things about you and the reasons voice is a voice that says positive and kind things about you. After I heard Tai’s story’s I will start giving people hope and encouragement. 

Has Tai and his crew came to your school before?

Science Fair Reflection

 Kia Ora, in Te Ngahere we have been doing Science Fair non stop. For the Science Fair we got to choose our own group and I chose Anika and Marley. For our science experiment we wanted to find out what washing powder will wash chilli sauce, red paint and mud the most. What I learnt from this is what a independent variable is, dependent variable and controlled variable. I also learnt how write a method, manage your time and to think about who you choose to do the Science Fair with. This was a difficult experience because I’ve never done before and I found quit a few things difficult. I found that when someone in your group is away you need help, I also found writing the method, writing variables and testing your experiment was difficult. What I would do next time we do the science fair is choose the right people to do it with and choose a different experiment. The four hoe we have in Paihia School is Tu Maia which is resilience, Kaha which is being strong, Manaakitanga which is respect and Whanaungatanga which is helping each other. Out of those four hoe I used Kaha and Tu Maia because sometimes we would want give up because we were in the pit but in the end we finished and got it done.

Have you done a science experiment before?

Dot Plot Reflection

Kia ora bloggers last week we started maths called Statistics and the title of the problem we were doing was winning dots. We had to gather data from room 1 and 2 to make a dot plot graph and make a DLO explaining all these different questions and answering true or false questions. Almost everyone including me was confused and lost for what the word range meant. So the teachers asked us to come on the mat so they can explain it to the class. Now we know that a range of number is when you take the highest number and lowest number then you subtract the lowest number from the highest number and then you will get your answer (or what it equals). I thought it meant how far you threw it. I made the maths DLO with a member from my maths group and her name is Ana - Maria. In our DLO we got mixed up on the true or false questions because we were getting mixed up with all the words so close to each other. Something we could of made better in our DLO and what we are going to do next is explain it in a way that everyone can understand and try not to mix up with the words.

Have you done statistics before?

The Shrinking Island!

Kia ora, in Te Ngahere on the first day of term 3 we had a fun start to the

day by doing a challenge from  taskmaster. The challenge was called Shrinking

island and you had to get  into groups of 4 or 5. Each group had to get a piece

newspaper for our shrinking island. Before we started this challenge we had 5

minutes to think of our strategy for each round so we can complete to the next

round and we had to stay on the island for 5 seconds. To do this challenge all of

our group had to stand on the newspaper when the timer started we had to try

not to touch the ground so we could move onto the next round. Each round we

stood on the newspaper and asked the teacher to count to five seconds so we

could pass that round. If we fell off the island and the teacher hasn't finished

counting to 5 then we are out. If we didn’t pass the round then we would have

to just sit and watch the other teams do the next round. When everybody had

been checked by the teachers and  had stood on their  island for 5 seconds they

  had to  fold the fgv newspaper in half and all of your group has to stand on the

island. The group who can get their newspaper the smallest wins. My group was

Charlize, Anika, Alana and I. The first round my group and I made it up to round 3

or 4. The teacher confirmed to my sister Angela’s group that they had won. Then

the teachers decided to do another round but with 3 people in a group. Everyone

did the same thing just with 3 people in their group. For take 2 my new group

was Charlize, Mahana & I. I am so happy because my group and I made it to

the final round, in the final round there was three other teams left and we

were so close but none of the four teams made it. I like this challenge because

it was very fun enjoying it with your team and especially on the first day back

to school. I also like this because this challenge really made my group and I think

about our strategy for that round. 

Have you ever done a taskmaster challenge like this before?

That's my group and I, i'm the one with the black jacket!

The World of Amazing Marble Ramps

Kia ora, on the last day of term 2 we did the Great Marble Challenge take 2. We did this challenge because we wanted people to have another chance to beat their old score and to get ready for the science fair to learn about variables. We were aloud to make another ramp if we wanted to or just modify (change) our ramp.

 

My group and I decided to modify our ramp instead of building a new ramp. The first time I did the marble ramp challenge I thought that the design we had for our marble ramp was pretty good because we tested the ramp and it got pretty close to 5 points (110cm). For the marble challenge take 1 we came second place with 24 points and for the marble challenge take 2 we didn’t come in the leaderboard and I can’t remember our points. I think that my group and I didn’t improve because we didn’t get as much points as last time  and our ramp was loose but it’s okay because we tried. What I enjoyed the most was that on the last day of term 2 my mum was there and she got to see my sisters ramp and my ramp  getting tested. I enjoyed it because my group and I got 5 points for one of the rolls.

Have you done a challenge like this before?

Help Save Our Lovely Kauri Trees!

Kia ora bloggers last week we had a special visit from Whaea Stella but most of us know her as Aunty Stella. She came to visit us to teach us about Kauri dieback. If you don’t know what Kauri dieback is, it is a disease that spreads around and kills our Kauri. The population of Kauri used to be 100% now there is only 7% of Kauri left. In the middle of Whaea Stella’s presentation she talked to us about the most popular Kauri Tree, Tane Mahuta and his brother, Kairaru. She then talked to us about why it’s important to wash our boots or shoes at the “wash your shoes” station because by simply walking through our Ngahere you could create Kauri dieback. Now Whaea Stella’s crew and her are starting to put wash your shoe stations in most of our Ngahere. To prove her point that mud can spread in a short amount of time she used her own dog named “Oi” as an example by putting his paws in mud and letting him walk on a piece of paper showing how much dirt he could spread in a short amount of time before she did this experiment she put a muzzle around “Oi’s” mouth. Since Whaea Stella and her crew started putting wash your shoe stations in our Ngahere she did this experiment at one of the shoe stations and camouflaged in the bush to see if people will actually wash their shoes and 20 people walked through that bush but only 8 out of 20 washed their shoes. 2 of the most important facts I learnt about Kauri dieback is that Kauri dieback can spread in a short amount of time and kill our Kauri and whenever we walk into our Ngahere we have to wash our shoes. 

Did you know that simply walking in our Ngahere it could create Kauri dieback? 

Bye hope you learnt something!

Exploring The World Of Science

Kia ora bloggers last week in Te Ngahere we went to Bay Of Islands College (BOIC) because there was a science roadshow happening there. We had to go and sit down in the hall and wait for the first show to happen. Then we saw two scientists that were going to talk to us and show us about the different types of gases. After that we had to go into groups of three of any kind and go explore the amazing science experiments. There was a really interesting science project it had a chair on one side and a skeleton on the other side. There was this window that separated them both and the skeleton reflected on the chair. My favorite experiment was were you had a torch and a white board and you were covered by a blanket. You used the torch to write on the white board it was really awesome.

Have you been to a science roadshow before? 

Bye!

Exploring The Room of Marble Ramps

Kia ora bloggers last week in Te Ngahere we did a challenge called The Great Marble Challenge.

We did this challenge because the science fair is coming up and we were learning this to learn

the steps of the scientific method. The people I chose to do this challenge with was Jorjah &

Kahsius. The materials my group and I used was cardboard, building blocks and tape. The steps

for the scientific method is: Step 1. Ask a question, Step 2. observe and gather data, Step 3. Make

a hypothesis (guess), Step 4. Test your hypothesis, Step 5. Analyze your results, Step 6. Modify your

hypothesis if needed, Step 7. Present a conclusion & Step 8. Retest.  I really enjoyed this challenge because it was a fun challenge to do and my group and I worked well together. Here are a few things

I learnt, if your marble ramp is steep than it will go further than you want it to go. I also learnt that

when your ramp is a little bit off the ground than it will have a higher chance of getting points and

you will be on the leaderboard. The day we were testing all the ramps my group and I tested Shay,

Brooklyn, Angus & Alexander’s ramp. The people who tested our ramp were Savitri, Jade O and Ashlyn.

Would you like to do a challenge like this? 

Bye!

Here is our ramp

An Amazing Scientific Method

Kia ora bloggers,

Last week and this week we made a DLO about the steps of a Scientific Method. We were learning this because we made an infographic of the steps of the scientific method and because the science fair is coming up. From what I have learnt I will ask more questions and test before I do something if I’m not sure. What I think I did well was that the DLO I made was very good for my standard. What I think I could do better is try and make my DLO more tempting to read and look more appealing to the eye. What I learnt from this experiment is that hypothesis is like a guess or prediction, modify means change something, observe means gather information.  

Have you learnt the scientific method before?

Bye, Bye!

 

Stunning Mosaic Art

Kia ora bloggers this week in Te Ngahere we have been learning how to make a piece of art but we were doing it digitally. We had to use this tool on our chromebook to make whatever animal or plant of your choice, even an anime character. The line we used is called polyline, the polyline helps you to make a shape and try make what you have chosen to do. The art we were doing was mosaic art. We were doing this because we are going to be putting QR codes around our school to explain what animals and trees we have in our Ngahere and why we need them. I really liked doing mosaic art because I haven’t done this before, you learn new things from it and it is very fun. What I think I did well was really trying to make the animal stand out and look like it. The animal I did for my choice was a giraffe and for my QR code I did a Nikau Palm because that’s what I was explaining about on my Ngahere investigation. The thing that I found hard was trying to make the shape and not making it turn into a line because if you do a shape to small it will just make a line and that really annoyed me. I wouldn’t change anything about my art because I really liked the way it turned out. This is one of the animals I did! I hope you like my mosaic art. 

Have you made a piece of mosaic art before?

Bye!

My Best Piece Of Writing Ever

Kia ora bloggers this week in Te Ngahere we have been learning how to write a narrative

and want to make people read our writing. We were learning how to enhance our writing

to create a powerful and emotional response to our readers. We watched a short film about

this little boy who lost his wing and these evil mean birds always picked on him. I tried to use

vivid adjectives in my writing and some other writing language features. I used the class

tuhituhi slide presentation that the teachers made to help me to add more detail and description

to my writing so I can try to get a picture In my readers minds. I found it hard trying to add a lot

of description, trying rewrite the story and try to get a picture in my readers minds. The easy thing

for me was when I went to my first writing conference group I got feedback so it helped me make

my writing better and improve on my first piece of writing. In my first writing conference the group

I was conferencing with I was a rubric 4 then we had another writing conference on Tuesday this

week and now I am a high 4 and low 5 I am so happy. 

Have you been in a writing conference before?

Here is the link to the video we watched.

An Amazing Time at Project Island Song

Kia ora bloggers this week on Tuesday the first of June the year 6’s, Whaea Becks, Gina and I went to a program that is called Project Island Song. We had to get to school at about 8:20 am and be down at the wharf by 8:30am. When we arrived at the wharf we met up with some of the members of Project Island Song. Some of the year 6’s had a job, there was about four jobs and they were called construction, health and safety, planting and biosecurity. Construction is were you carry the parts of the rat traps because we are going to build them so we will need it, health and safety is were you had to say everyone's name out loud to make sure that they are here, bring a first aid kit in case someone gets hurt and squeeze hand sanitizer on their hands before they get on and off the boat. The planting job means you have to carry the plants onto the boat and off and bring the spades and gloves. Last but not least biosecurity is when they hold down a shoe brush so you can brush your shoes a little bit and they tap your bag to make sure that you don’t have any pests or Weed seeds in your bag. We were learning how to protect our native wildlife and learning how to keep pests away, we were also learning the Maori and english name for the trees. We were learning this so we can learn and help our wildlife, learn about trees and the cycle of the their ecosystem. Another reason why we were learning this is because so we know how important our native animals are, how helpful and what the project Island song crew members do for us and the animals. In the future I will go and visit Project Island Song again to see how big the tree has grown that my group and I planted and see how the Project Island Song Program is going. I learnt a lot of new things but I will only tell you some. Pied Shag can dive up to 20m, the way to remember which is which between a Manuka and Kanuka is that Manuka trees are darker than a Kanuka , the bark is rough also the M in Manuka stands for mean and it has flowers on it Kanuka doesn’t. Kanuka trees have a lighter color than Manuka and the K in Kanuka stands for kind, also the Kanuka is taller than the Manuka and if you feel their branches you can tell which is which. On our way back to school we saw a common and bottlenose dolphin, it was so fun

Have you been to the Project Island Song before?

CyberSmart Relationships

Kia ora bloggers this week in Te Ngahere we have been learning about how to be smart and safe online.

We were learning how to be smart in our online relationships and to seek help when we need it. The first

thing we had to do was watch this video about this girl that made a billboard with all her personal information

that only her family should know and anyone could fake their age and lie to her. After we watched that video

we made a copy of this Google presentation that had all the steps we had to do. We got to go with someone

you trust and you've known them for a long time or even related. I chose Charlize because she is one of my best

friends and I have known her ever since kindergarten. We were learning this so it can teach us not to do what the

little girl did, not to talk to strangers online or face to face and also that you shouldn’t share your personal

information unless they are family. From what I learnt from that experience on watching that video is that I

will not go on games that you are able to chat on.  What I also learnt from that experience is that I should not

talk to strangers on any online apps, social media or in real life.

Are you always safe online?