Interview with the Prime Minster

Being in the presence of the Prime Minster made both me and Aye mentally scream. But we managed to calm down before the interview. There were a lot of children gathered outside the fence we were in, they watching us and the Prime Minster.

Although we were a bit pressured and nervous we remained calm. I'm honestly proud of myself, and Aye. It was a privilege to meet the Prime Minster and to talk to her. I think both me and Aye couldn't be more honoured to have the opportunity to speak to the Prime Minster face-to-face.

Here's the questions we asked her along with her answers in short. Also never forget that "Your never to old for people to care what you think". Those were some words from the Prime Minster herself.

Aye: How is your family doing?

"My family is great!"

Nadia: Speaking of your family, we saw Neve on the news from Waitangi Day. How do you manage being a mum and prime minister at the same time?

"Yeah well a lot of people have daughters and sons while also working and being busy so I feel I am just going through that too."

Nadia: Why did you decide to give out free lunches?

"Well I got a lot of Emails from kids about lunches."

Aye: What is Wellington like?

"It's great but it's quite cold."

Aye: What is working in The Beehive like?

"It's really awesome and I feel privileged to be working in a office there!"

Nadia: What is your favourite thing about being a Prime Minister? Who is your role model?

(Answer for who is your Role Model?). "My mum and dad of course!"

Aye: What is your favourite song? Why?

"Tidy up Time because when I play it, Neve (her daughter) cleans up her toys!"

Nadia: Has being Prime Minister been a dream of yours since you were young?

"No."

Aye: Random question: What is an item you cannot live without and why?

"My phone, unfortunately because I can use it to connect to people I work with" 

Nadia: What is something you are most proud of?

"I'm proud knowing that I am helping others lives."

Aye: What would be some advice for someone our age who wants to become Prime Minister one day?

"You can do it. I think that's very important!"

Nadia: What has been the most challenging part of leading the country through the COVID-19 pandemic?

"Worrying about making the right or wrong decision."

Lunch with the Prime Minster

The Prime Minster, Jacinda Adern ate lunch with Team 5 and Room 21. 

She sat down at a few of our tables and had a chat with us. I remember when the Prime Minster stood by my table, with Aye, Lee and Tsai sitting with me. The only people who gave the biggest reactions was me and Aye. Aye jump out of shock when she saw the Prime Minster stood behind her, while I started choking. It was funny. 

After leaving our class she went to the other classes in Team 5, before advancing to our interview zone. How the interview went will be in my next blog! :)

Pre-Interview with the Prime Minister

In the next few minutes the Prime Minister in going to arrive at our school. She is going to eat with us today, and get interviewed by both me and Aye. We are very excited and nervous, but it's ok. I will blog later about the interview and the lunch. Stick around for more!

Maths visual

Today during maths we were put into groups again. This time I was with Tsai, Roman and Aaron (you should check out their blogs).  Both of these tasks were similar in the way that we had to figure out patterns in the form of either numbers, symbols, or shapes. We tried different ways in the first, like if it's a circle we'd colour it orange. For the second sheet we coloured it in the corner by prime numbers, and time tables.

  

The Deca tree

 

Since we're back in level 1 today we did some maths in groups. I was in a group with Kiarah, Rae Jae and Kahurangi (you should check out their blogs). We were one of the two groups who answered correctly. We solved it together and got 8889. Along with solving this we learn't about how making mistakes helps our brain grow.

So don't be afraid to make mistake, and keep going! :)

Number Vocabulary

Today's maths slides are again like a recap, but we were learning more while recapping. Along with remembering about square and square roots, we learnt more about cubed and <,> which I now know as greater than or less then. 

Maths Recap Week 3

 

For today's maths we simply did a recap on the things we've learn't in the past few weeks of school. We timed how long it took to finish these slides and I finished with around 7 minutes left, out of 15 minutes. Next time I aim to finish faster.

Symbolism

During today literacy lesson with Mrs Stone we learn't about symbolism. We read a text called 'the key game' after that we made a poster which is on the 4th slide, I have an explanation of what and why I drew those things for my poster next to the drawing. I used a few bits from the text and drew it the way I imagined it.

𝓜𝓾𝓵𝓽𝓲𝓹𝓵𝓮𝓼 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝓕𝓪𝓬𝓽𝓸𝓻𝓼

 

Today for maths we worked on multiples and factors. During our online class we also talked about prime numbers, prime numbers are numbers that can only be times with itself and one to equal it. Last week we were mainly focusing on our 3 times tables, but this week we're focusing on 4's. Knowing my 4 times tables helped me complete the last slide quickly.

Multiplication Magic

This week we went into lock down again so we've continued doing our learning online. I found parts of these slide difficult, like multiplying 200 with 267 to help solve 267 x 250. Although parts of it were difficult I found it quite a fun challenge. This is not the only work I will post today so stick around for more.

Atiu Cook Islands

 Atiu Cook Islands

This week in literacy at Mr Moran's class we learnt about Atiu Cook Islands, heres a little presentation to give a bit information I have learnt so far, this was also shared with my friend/classmate Valessa. I recommend cheacking her blog out and leaving her a positive comment. 

Writing challenge

Earlier this week in Room 1's literacy class we were challenged by Mr Moran with this writing challenge. 

We had to write a short story made up with only 6 sentences, three pictures, and a few adjectives. The three pictures this time were of Spongebob, the world and a broom. The adjectives were adorable, treasure, bruised, and because. We also had to use speech marks. 

This is what I wrote using those.

Spongebob walked around his house looking for Gary, his snail. While searching, Spongebob finds a globe of the world giving him an amazing idea. 

“Gary, we’re going on a treasure hunt!”

Gary was put onto a boom that was floating because Spongebob was holding it above the ground. Unfortunately the poor snail couldn’t keep his balance, he fell and bruised himself.  Spongebob watched the adorable face his snail made before helping him up, and getting on with his day. 

There is a possibility that I will post more of my writing challenges so I hoped you enjoy them.

Benefits of wind turbines

 This week is the first week for year 7 and 8 extension. Today we learn't about wind energy, here are a few benefits of having wind turbines.

𝕄𝕒𝕣𝕤𝕙𝕞𝕒𝕝𝕝𝕠𝕨 ℂ𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕝𝕝𝕖𝕟𝕘𝕖

During the first period of school today, we did a challenge in class, the marshmallow challenge. The marshmallow challenge is where you’re given spaghetti sticks, tape, a roll of string, and a marshmallow. With those items you have to make a tower with the marshmallow sitting at the top, the group with the tallest tower wins.

We were split into small groups, I was with Aye, Jane, and Tsai. We had 20 minutes. 2 to plan a strategy, and 18 minutes to build the tower. 

We had no plan except to go with the flow. Tsai decided to cut up multiple strips of tape for us while me and Aye placed the spaghetti sticks randomly to form some sort of structure. The time was running out and we still had no idea what we were doing.

Even though we started without a plan we still worked together placing pieces of tape over each other, over lapping it. We kept placing the marshmallow on the top every now and then seeing if what we made was strong enough. Jane was the one who gave us the idea of adding more tape in specific areas to help it stay stable. In the end our teamwork and random ideas were what helped us win the challenge with our tower standing at around 60cm tall. Not only that but our way of prototyping helped us figure out.

About me

 Hello, my name is Nadia. I am currently a year 8 student attending Pt England School, (PES). I’m in room 4 with my teachers as Mrs Stone and Mr Moran. 

Although I was born in New Zealand I am African and Samoan. I have two older siblings, my brother is now in University, and my sister who finished all her studies lives in the UK. 

I have many hobbies and interests, one of them being music. I enjoy listening to music, and when I get the chance I’m going to try learning the piano. Other than music I enjoy playing sports, mostly netball and soccer/football. I like reading, writing and drawing in my free time but I don’t do it often. My favourite subject in school is maths, I’m not the best at it but I still enjoy the challenge.

I hope you enjoy my blog!