All about me poster

Earlier this week we made a cybersmart challenge. Everyone in Room 4 each made a poster about themselves with things like their culture, pets, family and their favourite things. This is my poster with my favourite anime's to watch, my favourite groups to listen to and my lovely family.

I recommend going on some of Room 4 blogs to learn more about them, be sure to leave a postive comment too! Bye :)

Writing challenge

The goal for this writing challenge was to write a 6 sentence story about the pictures above which were of a busy road, a gorilla and a pink tutu. We also had to use the word shock/shocked as well as speech marks and an exclamation mark. 

Me and my group - Simon, Alrida and Tahliyah - all wrote our own versions of the same idea we shared, this was the version we all agreed to present.

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Tutu, the most beautiful gorilla of them all, had been kicked out and left on the streets to starve. On the busy streets, Tutu had done multiple performances in his bright, hot pink, tutu to earn himself some money. 

There was this one expensive-looking car, with a rich-looking man exiting. The man walked up to Tutu giving him $10,000 while saying ‘nice tutu’ after the man said that he stole his tutu.

“I’M GONNA WEAR THIS TUTU FOREVER, IT MAKES ME MORE BEAUTIFUL!”

Tutu was shocked by his actions and cried for he was no longer Tutu if he didn’t have a tutu.. 

:(

Diorama design plan

 

Today's extension task was to create a plan for our space diorama. We kept the design plan simple and easy to follow. We've planned to basically make the solar system with a few facts and theories. I've been working on this with Aye and Valessa. 

Barriers - Poem

Earlier this morning Miss West gave us each a sheet of paper. On the paper a was a poem called 'Barriers' by a well-known poet, Hinewirangi, and some questions beside it. Kiarah and Kalani read the poem aloud to us all. The poem was about barriers, a cultural/language barrier. 

Me and Aye also worked together for this task, where she answered the questions and I help mainly with the poster. I drew it very simply but I quite like it. This task was easy to do and fun. 

Provocation: Watch this Space

During today's extension lesson Miss West gave us all a scenario about Earth becoming uninhabitable in 12 months. We had to think about what and how we would do thing to leave the planet as soon as possible. On each slide was a question we had all answered in our own ways with the knowledge we have. The different colours represent a different person's answer. If you're looking for my answers they're in light purple with black highlights. 

On the last slide is our different project ideas. Me and Aye wanted to do theories on Mars and Earth, and possibly our own theory on what would happen to Earth if we were to leave.

The legend of the golden snail

Yesterday me and my group - Nina and Aye - completed this work sheet. 

We first had to read though the text which was 'The legend of the golden snail'. After reading though it we skim and scanned though the text looking for a few of the settings it took place in, who the characters were, and described a few traits the charters had, ticking off the boxes on the list.

We all did something to contribute and complete the task. 

If you would like a more accurate explanation of what we did, I'd suggest looking on Nina, or Aye's blog, it'd be nice if you left them a positive comment as well.

Delicious Division

Instead of doing more addition or subtraction today, we focused on division. Division is not my strongest point in maths so it was a tiny bit confusing at first, but I used my multiplication knowledge to help me, making it easier to finish it off.

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!

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! :)