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. 

Decimal Fractions

 

Today we have learned how fractions and decimals relate. I only did both levels 1 and 2 but I hope you enjoy :)

The Jacket - Part 1

 

Recently in literacy we've been reading a book called 'The Jacket'. This first part is about two boys getting into a fight over a Jacket. Phil - the taller boy at the back - thought that Daniel - the other boy on the cover - stole his little brothers jacket, so conflict arose. 

Fiafia Night

Last night the whole school had Fiafia night. I could see that everyone was having lots of fun - me included. I loved seeing every groups performance and performing myself. I was in choir so we sang. If I were to do something different last night I would have been louder and sang with my head up.

If I were to choose a favourite group performance I would pick the Samoan group. They did a great job - In fact everyone did a great job - and they finished off the night beautifully. 

Good job at Fiafia everyone!

Smashing Fractions

 

For today's maths we did fractions. We did equivalent fractions, improper fractions and mixed. The revision was a mix of the three and addition and subtraction. After doing the revision slide I moved onto level 2.5, I honestly found it quite easy but when I did the level 3 slide I struggled. But it was still fun and it made me realise what I could do. 

Theories on our Solar System

During extension today me, Aye and Valessa continued our work about theories on our solar system. The slides aren't finished yet but this is what we've got so far. 

Y8 Reflection/Recount- Camp - Day 1

Day 1

Last week, Wednesday, the year 8’s headed off to camp. On the ride to camp there was chatting and singing from the back to the front of the bus. Everyone was happy, and even more when we arrived.

We were split into our groups - Thames, Coromandel, Kauri and Kauaeranga - and given face paint, a different colour for each group. I was in Thames and our colour was yellow. After everyone in the teams had paint on their face we went to the gymnasium, it was huge.

Inside the gym each group made a team chant, played fun games and we all came together to have a dance battle and show off our chants. Often Thames would place second, but it didn’t matter because we had lots of fun.

The games were like a warm up before we did our first rotation, again we were in our teams but just the girls in one and the boys in the other. Now the groups were Thames A and Thames B or Kauri A, Kauri B.

Our first rotation was Camp search. We got given a map and a sheet of paper with clues of where to go. The activity itself was quite fun and kept us active, running around and all. But our team wasn't working together properly. I feel like if we worked together more - instead of splitting up - we possibly could have broken the record time.