Te Ahu a Turanga Noho Marae

Description: In week 7, we had an overnight stay at the local Marae in Woodville.  We were immersed in Maori culture and participated in a range of activities.  We set two goals to focus on during our stay.

Big Idea:  

1. Did you achieve your goals? How do you know?

I think I achieved my goal to be able to walk the Manawatu Gorge, because I didn't stop, and I kept saying "Never Give Up!!!". I am sure to say that I did sleep OK, because I predicted that I sleep for about 5 hours in total. I found it hard to sleep because I wasn't used to sleeping with 60 other people.

2. What are you most proud of from the marae stay and why?

I am most proud of being able to do the Manawatu Gorge Walk, because I am not a fan of exercising at all, so being able to do the walk was really new to me, and I enjoyed it. 

3. What challenged you the most and why?

The String Games challenged me the most, because I had to get my fingers used to the string. It a lot of time, but after about 1 hour, I could do it.

Shape's with Troy

Description: We have been learning about Geometry for Maths for the past few weeks. We looked at all the different types of shapes and in particular triangles. We have learnt that there are 4 different types of triangles and we created something to share our understanding about each of them.

The Big Idea: I have been working with Houston to create a poster about Triangles, so others who haven't been in our group learning with us, they can look at it and understand.

Evaluation: I think we did well with explaining how many even sides and angles the triangles have. I think we could improve on saying what angles are on what side.

Feedback: I think you did good at making it big and bold and I like how you have a title and I know the four different triangles. 

Feedforward: I think you could stick with 2 colors because there are lots of colors. #Jake😃

Star Reading Test

Description: We did a test The Government set us called 'Star Test', which is a test on our reading to see how we are doing. I got a Stanine 8 in total. We get compared with other students in the country as well.

The Big Idea: My goal is to improve on my Comprehension. I will improve this by if I don't understand a word in a book, look it up in a dictionary and if I don't understand it in the dictionary, I will ask someone else or look it up on my device.

Two Stars and a Wish Week 3 Term 1

We did Two stars (two things we are proud of) and a Wish (a goal for us), so others can see how we are going in our learning.

Swimming Goals T1 2015

Description:

This term, we have had a goal that we want to acheive by the time swimming sports has arrived in Week 7. We swim 3 times a week (Wednesday, Thursday and Friday), so we don't have much time to acheive it.

The Big Idea:

My Goal is to be able to manage doing backstroke. I will acheive this by practicing every time I get the opportunity to go swimming. I will practise like I am practicing Dawn to Dusk.

First Video:

Evaluation:

I think I really improved on my backstroke, because now I can see what I am doing, and not moving too much.

Second Video:

Number Maths T1 2015

Description:

 In class we have been doing different maths tests. I nailed stage four, stage five and Stage 6, well, it was really hard. I was warned by Troy that the test was going to be hard. We had to get 40/50 or over to pass. I made it to Stage 6.

Stage 4

Stage 5:

Stage 6

The Big Idea: 

I have made it to Stage 6. With our Stage 6 test, we had a second chance to redeem ourselves. I managed to get another 5 questions correct. We highlighted our questions that we got wrong in pink. Now I know that my goal is to write numbers in order to 1,000,000, including fractions.

My Best Holiday!

Purpose: To share memories about my childhood

Description: We read a piece of writing about someone's summer and we decided to write our own piece using the format below.

Remember when I dissappeared in the air from Wellington Airport to Brisbane and we went to the Gold Coast on the Epic M1 Motorway, covering the East Coast at night and it took FOREVER to wait for my flight back in Wellington?

Remember how I arrived at WhiteWater world and it felt like it was raining with all of the epic rides and the automatic waves every 10 minutes?

That was my Best Holiday Ever!!

Maths Capacity

Candle Poster for Capacity

Writing Showcase

Goal: Create a detailed plan to organise my ideas and information

1. There was a boy called Conrad. He had no friends at all. No one let him play in any games because they said he was slow and useless. The only people he could play with was his Mum and Dad.

2. My sister is really, REALLY ANNOYING! She screams all the time, then it takes FOREVER to calm her down. Do you know how many times she gets me in trouble. Well, the answer is at least 3 times a day.

Most people don't know it, but she is really, REALLY MEAN!

3. Hugh was a really nice person. He was always asking if people were ok if they looked hurt. And he was asking if he could play. He was also offering people for nice food. People thought he was The Best!