All Blacks WIN!!!

If you do not already know New Zealand rugby team the All Blacks (AB's)
have won the Rugby World Cup (RWC)! If you didn't know the RWC (Rugby
World Cup) is a men's rugby tournament contested every four years between the top
 international teams. The tournament was first held in 1987.

Water Bottle Rocket Experiment

On Monday we did an experiment it was called The Water Bottle Rocket.
I had completed this task with two of my classmates Teina and Tiere, this
task involved Vinegar, Baking Soda etc.
Water Bottle Rocket from Tamaki Primary on Vimeo.

Kiwi port Snag Golf

WALT - make a DLO about our Kiwi Sport experience (Snag Golf). Hugh was very informative on the instructions he was telling whilst we were throwing the ball like standing side on and keeping your arms straight.  Here is a Link for the Video of some of my classmates trying it out. Click Here

Niuean Language Week!

Niuean Language Week

Months in Niuean!

Lanuali  - January

Fepuali  - February 

Masi   -  March

Apelila  - April

Me  -  May 

Luni  - June

Lulai  - July

Aokuso - August

Sepetema  - September

Oketopa - October

Novema - November

Tesemo - December

Invent A Game

 Today me and my two fellow class mates Chardonnay & Tiere finally got
to test out our game that we invented for the younger children in our school,
and this is a DLO with pictures and an evaluation on how it went.

Rainbow Football!

This is mine and My fellow friend Tiere's game
we invented for the year 1's (5 year olds). It's
called Rainbow Football Our WALT was to invent
a game using only four cones and one ball.

The Hobbit

Multiplicative Thinking Buddy Reflection

WALT - Reflect on Multiplicative Thinking with a Buddy.

Mining Mindsets!

This DLO is about Growth Mindsets (Minds and people that don't
 stop trying and don't give up). The WALT for this task was to write
down inspiring quotes that relate to a Growth Mindset.
I have also added the names of who wrote these quotes so if you
 would like to you can research them.

Sticker Problem Strategies

This task was made yesterday but was not yet completed.I had finished with
my classmate Patosina we are in the same maths group so we decided to complete
this task in buddies.

Kiwi Kids News (SSR)

Kiwi Kids News (SSR) -> (Silent Sustained Reading)

Today for reading I read an article called - The World Loses One Second. Its about how we had a longer day. On Tuesday 30th of June we were given an extra second! It has been three years since the last leap second had come, so this means in the last minute of the 24th hour we were given an extra second calculating up to 61 seconds. If you would like to read the article also containing a video here is the link ---> The World Loses One Second

Matariki

This is a presentation about Matariki made by Me and Deandra, Deandra had
made the questions and I answered. (Matariki is in New Zealand but is called
other names in different cultures).

Charito̱ménos

This was made by my friend Tiere and I, I hope you
enjoy reading about Charito̱ménos the pegasus.

My Bio Poem

This my Bio Poem I did forget to publish it. I made a few changes
but I hope you get a bit more information about who I am!

My Writing Goals

My Maths Goals

Friends Wanted!

Me and my friend Deandra created this DLO to advertise friends
this DLO is all about friends and how you know they are not
fake or lying to you just remember if your not like this it doesn't
make you a bad person.

Art Brainstorm

This DLO is related to a piece of artwork our classroom
will soon have. I have put these symbols and have also
written a mini description to show what represent.

Mythical Creatures From The Disney Movie Hercules

I made this relating once again to another movie except this one
is Hercules (The Disney Movie Of course). I have tried very
hard to fit all the pictures in so that you may see each and every
mythical creature that was featured in this movie.

Percy Jackson Movie

This is a presentation me, my friend Deandra and another friend Tiere made
in relation to our movie study (Percy Jackson). We have tried our best to
make this as interesting as possible we hope you like it!!!

My Goals

These are my goals until the end of this year. I
have set goals that I can achieve of course but
if I can't achieve these goals I will still have to work
on them.

My Myth

Reading Today

Today For reading I did blog commenting for reading.

 I commented on my friends post Samoan Shapes here 

is a picture of what I said and a link to her blog. (LINK TO BLOG)

I had also commented on another friends blog his name is Willy (LINK TO BLOG)

I commented on his Xtra math post.

Samoan Words

This is a task I had completed with my two friends
Deandra and Chardonnay we made this DLO
so that you can say Samoan words easier and know
what they mean as well.

Shantai and Ma'asi Multiplication Wheels

Today I was working with Ma'asi, we were practising our multiplication.
We used this DLO (digital learning object) to help us with our multiplication
skills and we only practised the ones we needed to work on like our Seven Times
Tables etc.

Introduce yourself in SAMOAN!

A quick History Lesson On Samoa

This is a Short history Lesson on Samoa it isn't much I must
admit but I have also decided to write down the current
prime minister ruling Samoa. Hope you enjoy learning a little
bit about the history of Samoa. For more information click this
Link - Wikipedia

Shapes said in Samoan!

For this activity I made a DLO with shapes in Samoan, For example
if you are wanting to know how to say shapes in a different language
this could be your first step. I made this DLO because it is also Samoan
Language Week (SLW).

A Samoan Conversation

This is a DLO I created it is two people having a Samoan conversation.
I made this DLO because it is Samoan language week in New Zealand.

Myth brainstorm...

This is a short brief of my myth story that I am making it is of course only the plan but it is only the beginning...

Your walking through the cave your hair on your neck standing on end, the unlighted gloomy cave leading to the underworld where you will soon meet Persephone.  You see her standing with her two sisters getting ready to end the next life she holds upon her hand her scissors. She decides the death and destiny's of others lives.You see her beauty rich and rare but... one thing you wouldn't expect is that she is hades wife goddess of the underworld.

The first paragraph is of course explaining my scenery, second paragraph explaining my goddess (Atropos), Last paragraph explains my monster although she has beauty she is dangerous.

When Kiwi Lost His Wings (School Values)

Me and my friend Chardonnay worked together to develop this
DLO (digital learning object) which is about New Zealand's native
bird the Kiwi, We had to see how our school values were shown in
this myth called " When Kiwi Lost His Wings". We do not have the full
story unfortunately because summarised it into a small short story for you to
read.

Maori God of Darkness

For this task once again I decided to work with my two classmates 
Deandra and Chardonnay we did this task in our school library 
for inquiry. We got the Maori god Whiro the god of darkness he 
is exactly like Hercules, the Greek god.

Addition Triangle

For this individual maths task, I had to add up the lower numbers
to have my answer above which was 84. I suggest using this to practise
addition in class.

Comparing & Contrasting Maori Myths and Legends with Deandra and Chardonnay

Once again I worked with Deandra & Chardonnay. We
compared and contrasted a Maori Myth and a Maori Legend.
Hope you enjoy our work.

Comparing & Contrasting Myths & Legends

For this activity I worked with my friends Deandra & Chardonnay
For this task we had to compare and contrast one myth and one legend.
We did Robin Hood and The Rainbow Crow.

Maori Languages with Chardonnay

In  this task I worked with my class member/best friend Chardonnay. We had
to answer one simple question which was He aha tenei ?, meaning
What is this? we answered He ....... tenei, which means this is a ____.
We have also put picture so you understand what the Maori word means
for example...Pukapuka is paper.

Friends Wanted Ad.

This was created by me, Deandra and Chardonnay we were set
a task which was to design friends wanted ad hope you like it.

Looking at Friendship

Today for reading we did an whole class activity.
Which was looking at friendship and different examples that
a bad friend and a good friend to together.

Maths Practise Online

Today for my maths group I did maths practice on line 

I managed to come first. This was practiced on arcademics which

is a maths and different resources to help develop how you learn and think

during maths, reading and writing. Since I did maths I of course went to the maths tab.

What am I going to do to step it up in 2015?

Why Celebrate ANZAC Day?

Acquaintance And Friend

Setting Differences

Me and my friend Chardonnay made a setting difference
between two different Maori  legends Rona and The Seven
brothers.

Year 9 Experience

On Tuesday 28 of April all year 8's from Tamaki Primary School went to visit Tamaki College to experience what it is like to be as a year 9 student. My group Pe M did Music, English, Science, Social studies and Maths. I really enjoyed the experience my favourite part would have to be Science because I learned that chemicals cause reactions and can sometimes heat up when finished. We collaborated with different year 8's from different schools, I made many friends from in my group.

Definition Battle

This is a Definition battle, when you do this the
point is to define each box and I defined Myths and Legends.

A Legend from Mexico

Kei te pehea koe?

Today we wrote Maori feelings for languages today
I worked with my friend Mele.

School Values Final Part

This is the Final school value again me, my friend Deandra and
Chardonnay made this drawing (poster) this value is Tukumarie
Enjoy!

School Values Part 2

Here is another school value this one was made by me, my friend
Deandra and Chardonnay. We hope you liked reading our school value Rangimarie!

School Values Part 1

These are two of our Tamaki Primary School Values, My friend Tioti made a poster for Whanaungatanga and Manaakitanga. Hope you enjoy reading them!

Academics

This picture shows what place I came, As you can see I came first.
 I was against 3 computers (Competitors). Below the place you come is the time it took
for you to finish the equations mine was 55.32 seconds. Academics is an on line learning site that
helps with maths, reading, spelling and more. Here is the link : Academics 

Sacrifice with Chardonnay

This is one of the words for Word Of The Week (WOTW). I worked with my
Friend Chardonnay she also has a blog and if you would like to check it out
here is the link : Chardonnay

Alone

This is one of my poems that I have decided to share
on my blog.

Live, Work and Play Safely

Villains

Me and my friend Chardonnay decided to work on the
word villains and how heroism can be subjective.

Martyr

This is another word of the week (WOTW) again I worked with my friend
Chardonnay it has sentences to relate to the word and a description in our own words
there are also similar words to matyr

Comparing Heroes

For this Ven - Diagram I was comparing heroes
the heroes I compared were Firemen and Sipderman.

My Personal View on a Hero

Pool Picnic

Pool Picnic!

On Wednesday 18 February Tamaki Primary School  were ready to have fun with our whanau, friends and teachers. Travelling by bus to YMCA pools in Panmure.

Before we left the teacher had to explain the rules so that we were safe around the water, one of the biggest rules were no running around the pool, because if we slipped we would be badly injured.

We arrived with our buddy class and split up to get changed when we were finished  sat on the grass and waited for others to come out after everyone was finished changing, we had the teachers explain the expectations.

First the juniors had free time while the seniors had to do the duathlon, meaning that we had to swim and run. Everybody was thrilled to be swimming and running, other teams were very energetic and competitive to be first. I could hear people being encouraged also huffing and puffing from running 1km. When everyone got back it was time for morning tea.

After morning tea  the seniors had free time in the pool. I could hear people shouting and splashing the water, I saw teachers being dunked in the water by students and people swimming. People started running to the water pads.

I heard them laughing, chatting and having fun.

Then it was time for lunch! Everybody lined up for the sausage sizzle and ice blocks you could see them waiting patiently to get to the front of the line. You could see them eagerly looking for somewhere to sit so they could enjoy the sausage sizzle and ice block.

After lunch everybody was tired and started relaxing I saw people lying on and getting a suntan, I could hear people giggling in the sun and chatting with their friends.

The best part for the seniors would have to be.... The Diving Board which we did before we left people were getting fired up standing in line ready to jump in. When  they jumped in they made enormous splashes! I could hear people giggling and saw people getting pumped up ready to make the biggest splash of them all!

Finally, after we finished the diving board we went to the changing rooms to get in our uniforms, when we arrived back to school exhausted and ready to go home.

Grandparents

This poem is for my great grandpa and my great grandma.