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Friday, December 13, 2019

Mega Air!

Kia Ora Koutou!
In today's' post, I will be sharing with you some of my Final Assembly & our activity afterwards at Mega Air.

So, we had our final assembly. Because we are a small school, we don't have a "prizegiving", we get our year 8's to lead a final assembly. It was kind of emotional although, I didn't cry. It was kind of weird being on the stage and being the leavers.

It was quite emotional knowing that you were leaving. I had to perform part of a play we were doing... it went okay. It was kind of sad that it would be our last assembly. I think now looking back on it, I could've cried, but I didn't.

We did give out some prizes and certificates. Our teachers gave a couple of us little Greenstone necklaces which is very nice of them. Our teachers gave us each some presents which was amazing and I love the book I got. I don't think any emotions will hit me until after I've finished school.

Here is a slide with some photos of what happened at Mega Air:


Mega Air was a really fun thing to do as our end of year activity. I especially enjoyed throwing the balls at people in dodgeball, it was rather funny. We walked to Mega Air from the venue our assembly was held. We bounced like kangaroos for 2 whole hours. I loved every second of it. We even had PIZZA! At one point, these teenage boys came and played with us.

Overall, this day was full of emotions and fun. I really enjoyed it. I hope you enjoyed this post. Happy end of year and have a Merry Christmas. See you later!

Nga Mihi,

- Julia

Activity 1: Faster than a speeding bullet

Kia Ora Bloggers!
In this post, I am doing a Summery Learning Journey teaser week activity.
The activity I am doing is titled above.

Today, a woman named Emma came into our class representing the Summer Learning Journey crew. SHe showed us some teaser activities and we got away with some of them. This is the activity I chose to do. To be honest, I chose this because I thought it would be quick and easy. Unfortunately, the website I did t on didn't like me so it looks a bit odd.

What I have to do is create some 4 new similes. I have found this easy and enjoyed it. Here it is:



 This was a really fun activity and it wa easier than I had expected. I really enjoyed doing this activity and it was really fun. If you guys would like to see what I was doing HERE is the link.

I hope you enjoyed and I will see you next time!

Bye!

Nga Mihi.

- Julia

Friday, November 29, 2019

Home Learning - Math Word Search

Kia Ora Bloggers!
In today's post, it will be another one of my home learning posts.

Unlike every other term, this term, I and a few of my peers made up some of these ideas with the help of our classmates. This means, that it was made by students for students. This means, that although they will be a bit harder to do, they may also be a little bit more fun and a little less..... boring.

For our 'Home Learning' We need to do these things:

- Read for 20 minutes each evening at home
-  4 progressions or 40 minutes on Math-Whizz
- One home learning blog post each week
- Any extra things we need to do

If you would like to check out our 'Home Learning' through our site, here is the link.

Today's activity is "Math word search"
Home Learning//Word Search
So, the first thing I did was to create a math word search. It wasn't really too hard to do this as I have already done this earlier this year. I actually found this quite fun to do! All of the math equations are written words, not numbers.




Can you find it? I got my brothers to do it and it went quite well. Unfortunately, I threw the pieces of paper out. This is quite easy to do so if you want to do it, it isn't out of reach.  This was extremely fun as it is math but at the same time it isn't.


I hope you enjoyed this! Thank you for watching.

See you next time!

Nga Mihi,

- Julia


Wednesday, November 27, 2019

Writing in the PRESENT TENSE!!!

Kia Ora Bloggers!
In today's post, I will be sharing with you my E-asttle Descriptive Writing.

If you didn't already know, each term we do multiple writing workbooks where we complete a series of activities and long writes. This term's one has brought us up to our End-oF-Year E-asttle.

So far this term we have done multiple writing topics and our last one was descriptive writing. We did our end of year test based on this. I do not think I did my best but it will be okay!
I really enjoyed writing this and I hope you enjoyed it too! 

I have highlighted some of the parts and I will explain why later...
Here it is:
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The Market:

As my feet tread down onto the concrete, I can make out the quiet voices coming from the market becoming louder as I approach it. Glancing down upon my watch, I notice that is has just gone 12 o’clock. I am overcome with excitement, I am so very excited to buy new foods and maybe even something else.

Continuing to creep closer to the market, I notice all of the stalls are covered with Royal Blue Covers, it is reminding me of the ocean. The breeze gently taps me on the shoulder as it rushes by, making the market sound like the sea, all wishy washy. Walking past stalls, I spot people everywhere, even in the deepest most parts of the market; they are simply a never ending chain of numbers. Carrying on strolling down the market, I spy an orange on the ground, picking it up, I notice the little divots on the skin, making it seem rough upon look, but smoothe on feel. Standing up, I get a fresh smell of wind, making my mind fall into a cave of peace. Turning around in circles, the overwhelming smell of freshly baked goods drives me insane, so insane I buy some food. As I open my mouth, I spy the chocolate lathered pastry, and as I bite the flavour dances in my mouth, it dances until it is eventually all gone.

Hearing the chirping of birds, I thank them for the lovely music they create, bringing happiness to all. Staring up at the trees, I notice their gentle movement rocking back and forth. The greenery brightening up the whole market place. The noise of the breeze is rushing over me like a fresh splash of water, bringing clarity to my mind and body. I feel as if all of the sensations are bringing clear spirits and mind to me. The smell of fresh fruits and pastries are music to my ears. The food is an overwhelming smell that takes over my sense of being rational, I walk over to a stall and ask for food.

Glaring into the sky, the hot rays of sun burn my eyes and skin. The ground below my feet has become hot coals, you must be a master to walk on it. The smell of freshly baked goods has become dull, just like a grey sky. The chatter and laughter among people is still a burning fire, only just beginning. Walking over to a stall, I ask for a half of a Watermelon. Using a metal spoon, I bite into the juicy fruit. As I bite into it, the flavours disperse into my mouth like a bath bomb. Dispersing deliciousness all throughout my mouth, I find the urge to buy more watermelon; it is like someone is tapping me on the shoulder… Annoying.

Finishing my Watermelon, my eyes wander down the road that is my arm to my watch. I glare at the time, my eyes are almost popping out of my head when I see what it says. 4 o’clock! Staring up into the sky, I see the sun is further down, ready to set. So, I begin my trek down the concrete road. Savoring the last bit of Watermelon in my mouth, I realise, this day was good.

THE END.

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The parts I have highlighted are the parts I am proud of. I am proud of these as they have descriptive writing that makes it nicer to read. It shows I can use Metaphors, Personification and similes in my writing. Looking at this piece of writing now, I can see where I could improve things and wish I would have done that then. I am so happy with this because I didn't put enough thought into, but I think I did string together my ideas quite nicely.

I really enjoyed doing this writing and I think that I have really improved since the start of the year.
If there is any way I can improve this, I would love some feedback.

Thank you for reading and I will see you next time!

Nga Mihi,


- Julia

Hooked on Books Week! (Part 1)

Kia Ora Bloggers!
In today's post, I will be sharing the first part of our Hooked on Books Week!


Hooked on books week is a week in which each class gets a new book everyday and on the last day of Hooked on Books week we have a Book Character Dress Up day.

The books this year and really interesting. Sometimes you get really bored whilst listening to a book, but this year it has been really intriguing and quite great to listen to.

So far this week we have gotten 3 books (Only 2 more to come!)

I have created a slide with each book, author and the blurb:





Each and every one of these books are amazing. My favourite is 'The Boy Who Flew' as it has some mystery involve with it. It also reminds me of 'Back to the future'.

I am looking forward to the rest of the books. I still have no idea who I will be for Dress Up Day! I am hoping that the books to come will be just as good as these past ones have been.

I hope you enjoyed today's post and I will see you next time!

Nga Mihi,

- Julia

Friday, November 22, 2019

Home Learing Blog (For This Week)

Kia Ora Bloggers!
In today's post, it will be another one of my home learning posts.

Unlike every other term, this term, I and a few of my peers made up some of these ideas with the help of our classmates. This means, that it was made by students for students. This means, that although they will be a bit harder to do, they may also be a little bit more fun and a little less..... boring.

For our 'Home Learning' We need to do these things:

- Read for 20 minutes each evening at home
-  4 progressions or 40 minutes on Math-Whizz
- One home learning blog post each week
- Any extra things we need to do

If you would like to check out our 'Home Learning' through our site, here is the link.

Today's activity is "Make Yourself an Author"
Home Learning//Make Yourself an Author


When I was in year 3, we were learning about Castles. Motes, Arrowslits etc....
We got to the point where we knew quite a few facts, It was actually pretty impressive. So, our teacher said that we were each going to make a book about it.

First, we had to choose what 4 things we wanted to write facts about & draw. After that, we made our front cover, on with we had to write (Author, Illustrations) By "name". We wrote our introduction & conclusions. Finally, we got to that juicy part, we got to start making our 4 facts. Each fact had 1 page and a picture to go along with them.

After they were finished, we were all quite impressed with ourselves. Our teacher was so impressed that she made something very cool happen...
She tried to get it so that we could get them in the school library, barcodes & everything. It happened and it was amazing and I am and was very happy about that.

Unfortunately, I haven't been able to find the book, so if I find it I will update this blog :)

This experience to have as a young kid was pretty cool, it was all very exciting.
I hope you enjoyed and I will see you next time!

Nga Mihi,

- Julia

Wednesday, November 20, 2019

Maths........Maths................More Maths!

Kia Ora Bloggers!
In today's post I will be sharing my learning about Maths. I will be sharing what I have learnt by teaching you.

The maths I will be teaching you is Standard Form & Ordering/Comparing Fractions (Changing Decimals, Percentages & Fraction into one another). If you didn't already know, each term we have multiple math workbooks we must complete. This is where I have got my information from.

I found both of these things pretty easy to get to grips with once I got it. I think that they are quite easy once you understand. I would say I struggled a bit, but I still understand it so, without further ado here is my presentation:




I really enjoyed making this and I put a huge amount of effort. I really like maths when I understand it, how about you?

I hope you have learnt something. If you did please tell me :)

If there is anything that I missed out or that I could've changed to be better, please tell me and I will make an effort to improve it!

I hope you enjoyed this and that you learnt something!
Thank you for reading and I'll see you next time!

Nga Mihi,

- Julia