2020 Highlights

 

2020 Reflection

It is always good to reflect on the year you have had. Think of 20 memories you have made this year and write them down. 

1.  Scholarship Assembly

2. Lockdown

3. KPMG gifts

4.  Estherbella and I recreated photos from last year

5. Orientation 

6. Having Pam as a teacher because she favored Harry Potter like I do

7. Playing Volleyball

8. I became closer with Christina and Jamie-Lee

9. I befriended Mere, Violet and Aolelei

10. I became more confident with myself, kinda

11. Year 8 Dinner

12. Tech

13. Laughing with Jamie-lee at the stupidest things ever

14. Estherbella and I roleplaying different acts and laughing about it and making inside jokes about it

15. Zoo trip

16. Meeting and having Nikita 

17. Walking home with Christina practicing the dance that we didn’t do

18. Laughing with Rasheed

19. Making tik toks with my broskis

20. Prizegiving

What is one thing you have learned this year? 

• Language Features

What has Covid-19 taught you this year? 

Regardless of what you can’t have or can’t do, don’t take things for granted and use what you have and be grateful!

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Kia Ora Everyone
This is my 2020 Highlights
As it is the end of the year, we had to choose 20 memories to share with you all! This is my last blog post of the year. :) im cool

Survival Guide

Talofa Lava Everyone!

This is my Survival Guide.

We were given the task to create a survival

guide for future students who will

be seniors at Edmund Hillary School.

We had to include tips that will prepare them

as a year 8. 

Compare and Contrast

Talofa Lava Everyone!

For this task, we chose two stories and

we had to compare and contrast the two. By this,

we had to talk about the differences and the similarities by answering 

the questions on slide 4

Story of The Week

 

The Colour of Magic 

A radiant sun rose above the surface of the Earth, with its entities warped in the golden lights of the sun. 

The yellow dwarfs warmth melted the horizon with its heat. 

It smouldered the mortals like an oven and you could see the bright glint

that beamed right into people's eyes. 

Accompanied by the sun were ruffling clouds as white as snow.   Like the sky, her

surroundings were beautifully majestic!

The vibrant prickly grass fought with the wind, rocking back and forth.  

   Flowers dangled on little branches and their colours gracefully blended with the sun’s ombre.  

Their bloom was admirable and the sweet ravishing smell graced the atmosphere.  

Gardens were filled with the fragrance of flowers and the breeze tickled the soft petals. 

   Trees, a beauty whose spirit creates kisses with the

wind with their moving leaves, thousands of green hues and the soft whispering in the wind.  

The brown oak towers casted immense shadows motioning with the wind.  

 Through the gale blow, were alluring butterflies who caught many eyes with their elegant colours.

  It was like a rainbow had come into life and was split into sparkles.  

They were flowers of the wind , dancing in whirls of colours, born to fly

and to bring beauty into the warming summer.  

Their sleek muscles underneath their brown limber coats

and their long flowing mane that unfurls and whips as the wind makes contact with the hair.

  As their hooves trot on the grassy field, their beige eyes whipped through the field

while their bold bodies assembled on the meadow. 

The girl felt like all there was for her was pleasure and she didn’t mind.  A smile

plastered on her face while the feeling of joy overtook her mind, dancing with thoughts of euphoria.  

Every emotion she had was fleeting, they elevated her spirit giving way to every new feeling that came by.  

Luna embraced the atmosphere, she kissed the Earth like  it was her own world.  

Her happiness was something no other could compare to, she wanted to stay on the field forever.  

Whatever day, season, time, year, month and second it’ll be,  she’ll follow.

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Malo e lelei Everyone!

This is my Story of The Week.

This time, our story was supposed to be

jam-packed with language features

for students next year that are going

to do work on mood and

atmosphere.

My Analysis

Talofa Lava Everyone! 

This is

My Analysis

For the past weeks, Room 10 

have been doing work on Mood and Atmosphere.

In this task, we were working on

Language Features. 

Language features such as

verbs, adjectives, concrete noun

and hyperbole! 

Everyone chose a book

and we were focusing on the 

language features and the mood and atmosphere 

of the book.

Before we wrote the language features

We practiced a little about it before finding 3 

in our book and writing what impact

they in the book and the readers. 

My Scratch Project!

Kia Ora Everyone!

This is my scratch project

I've made today! For this task, we

had to animate our name following 

tutorials! 

Our Maths DLO

        

Talofa Lava Everyone!

This is Christinas and I's DLO.  Our DLO was on

converting improper fractions to mixed numbers and

the other way around! The task was to

try and create a DLO that will help someone

that have never worked with fractions 

to understand it following our DLO!

My Texts about the Sea

Kia Ora Everyone!

This is my google document about the

texts I've read about the sea!

We had to find and read/watch 4

different stories/videos and write

the mood and atmosphere we got from it

also including language features we

could find!

The Pink Panther Poem

Pink

A pink aura has the spirit of glitter

Its vibrant shades has an ombre of a mix of flowers and gossip

The color has a sweet taste like candy floss 

Its bright colours is like the ambience of corals

Pink has the atmosphere as the world of makeup and femine things!

Pink feels like the silk touch that a pillow has

The beautiful flavour of pink is like strawberry ice cream

Pink sounds like a peaceful song on the radio

Pink looks like the tone of a light tulip

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Talofa Lava Everyone!

This is my COLOUR poem for the week

Our class was given the task to choose

a colour and try use smiles to create

a poem!

Mood in Art

Kia Ora Everyone!
For this activity, we were given a bunch of

colours and we had to write

words that we associate with those colours!

Haka VOCAB

Talofa Everyone!

Room 10 watched a Haka Video and we

were then split into groups.  Each group then wrote what

we would think different kinds of people

would feel while watching the

Haka!

LION KING

Malo e leilei Everyone!
For this task, Room 10

listened to 6 different sounds

and we had to list what we felt

when listening to each one!

Story of the Week

  Story of the Week

Plan :  

A girl walking in the city

Name : Sena

Mood : Positive

Atmosphere : Sunny Day

Start Writing Here :

Sena, a small female sauntering down the city pavements while the towers toppled over her like great giants.   The monstrous skyscrapers bypassed the girl as her small steps gradually infused with enjoyment and excitement, and immediately ended with the result of her joyfully skipping.  The sky was pervaded with ruffling clouds that formed into significant shapes, more than you could ever think of! A mix of rich scents smothered in the air while an abundance of colours were seen everywhere her eyes laid.   Chatter drowned beneath the lofty roofs and almost every second, countless people wandered the place with smiles plastered onto their faces.  Senas lustreless hair curled in the ambience of the strong breeze as her hands were gripped to her shopping bags. 

Feedback: It was really good  and long  but also added a lot of words I don't  understand.

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Hello Everyone!

This is my story of the week.  For this task we

were given the task to write a story about ANYTHING

and the challenge was to avoid talking about what

the character is doing but the atmosphere!

My Most Embarrassing Moment

Talofa Lava Everyone!

This is my blog post for the day :)

For this activity, we had to write 6 things about

the atmosphere in our most embarrassing

moment! We also

had to list a few things that told us Benji was

embarrassed.  Benji was

one of the main characters in the story

" U - Turn ", a story about

a boy, Benji being embarrassed of his mother. 

MATHS SLIDE FOR WEEK 2 OF TERM 4

Malo e leilei, Everyone!

This is my Maths slide for 

Term 4!

This week we were focusing on 

Mixed and improper

fractions.

We were learning how to convert them

to each other both ways and also

add them!

How to Brush your Teeth DLO

 

Kia Ora Everyone! This is my

DLO on How to Brush

Your Teeth.

I've explained everything about why

I did this task on the screencastify. :)

Ka Kite Ano

Stop, Think, Smart!

 

Kia Ora Everyone!

For Cybersmart, Our class

was asked to create a presentation

about being Smart when

something happens online that

you don't like!

We had to try and use another application 

that wasn't on Google Drive and 

Christina and I chose to create it on

Book Creator.

This is uncompleted!

MATHS SLIDE

Kia Ora Everyone

 This is my

Maths Slide for Week 1 of Term 4.  This

week we were learning about a new topic

fractions and learning

the basics!

( Incompleted )

Teeth Brushing

 

We were givens some instructions on how you brush 

your teeth. Our task was to

share these instructions in

a creative way. 

I chose Book Creator

because it is visually appealing and it's

very easy to use!

3 DLO'S

 

My 3 DLO'S

Click on the icons to see my work!

Kia Ora Everyone!
These are my 3 DLO'S

For this task, we were told to create 3 

DLO's using anything we can to answer

3 different questions.  I used 

Google Slides, Google Drawing and 

Google docs to present my work. 

My Passion Letter

Dear Body Positivity

You are something I fully support you are something I can truly rely on to make me feel better

You've changed things for the better and never failed to put a smile on my face

I love your message that you share 

I believe you when you say 

" Beauty comes in all shapes and sizes "

You emphasize the self-esteem I have 

And you give everyone the perception to see their Beauty

You value others no matter how they look

 And you embrace their flaws

You remind others that their actions to find the success 

Not a number on a scale

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Talofa Lava Everyone!

Today for writing, we had to write a letter to our passion.  We were writing to our passion as if it was a human.  I chose to write to Body Positivity

Preach the Speech

Are Heroes Ordinary People

Imagine two thieves walking past a shop and they were going to rob it, Would you stand there or would you do something ? Well T, a local hero stepped up and stopped the robbery. T had courage and strength and used it to tackle down the robbers, he risked his life and made a huge difference! Without T, imagine what would have happened ? Things could’ve been different and if the robbery were successful, a store would be bankrupt and so would the manager. He also displayed bravery , intelligence and determination! Raise your hands if you think he is a hero ( Wait ) You’re right, he is a hero! He played a big part in being a hero and that is not ordinary!

 Heroes are NOT ordinary! Heroes define our ideal qualities and they influence others to always be the best of their person. They encourage us to possess important values like integrity, selflessness, hope and success. This is not being ordinary. Not only are they role models but they give you assistance and comfort. A hero prefers others kindness, patience, consideration and many more without expecting anything in return. This shows that, as I said, Heroes are NOT ordinary. They impact young minds and inspire others to elevate them for the better. They make sacrifices and do good deeds for anyone. A hero will find many ways to help other people and no matter what, they’ll fight for what's right. This shows that heroes are not ordinary people, instead they are noble leaders that make positive changes. 

As I said, they own important values! Heroes have bravery, conviction, courage, determination, honesty, strength and many more! These traits are what makes a hero. People who demonstrate these qualities are NOT ordinary! These traits create a positive impact on others and it changes things for good. Heroes endeavour to make a difference in other people's lives and that’s what makes them so amazing. 

 A hero takes action to help others at a considerable risk to themselves, focusing on others lives. They make heroic sacrifices regardless of death or harm. For example, if a soldier wanted to be a hero, they must sacrifice their family, their glory and sometimes their life. And your friend who helped you through your struggle, they made a sacrifice to be there for you. Their actions have a great effect on your mental being because it improves your mind with how it thinks and feels. 

 Heroes fight for a good cause and they calm people's fears, nourishing their hopes and dreams. They fight to make a difference and they help to make people's lives better. They keep their promises and they believe in what’s right! Heroes stand up to lead others to the right path and help them to see through their will to succeed. They provide an understanding of how they gained their talents/strengths and this encourages others to maybe be like them or even better! That is not ordinary! Hopefully I have convinced you with my story that Heroes are not ordinary, Thank you.

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Kia Ora Everyone! This is my speech that displays my opinion on

the question

" Are Heroes Ordinary People "

My opinion is, Heroes are NOT ordinary  and this

story explains why

Blog the Dog

Kia Ora Everyone this is an activity from 

Room 10's Heroes unit! For this activity, we had to make up

5 open ended questions that we think a 

therapy dog would answer.   The therapy dog we

were interviewing is a 8 year old Labrador retriever that 

has been a therapy dog for months and a week after his

64th birthday ( in human years ) he was diagnosed with cancer.

WEEK 9 : TERM 3

This is Week 9 Maths slide.  Keep in mind that this is

uncompleted! (:

Did I meet the Success Criteria?

We have been working on our speeches.  

Our focus statement is

' Heroes are ordinary people '

and we had to communicate if you agree or disagree

with it. 

A Heroic Act

 

Hello Everyone! This is my storyboard

of a heroic act.  

Mini Tasks : Natural Disasters

Talofa Lava Everyone! This is the Mini Tasks 

Slideshow on Natural Disasters.  I did this during

Lockdown 2 but I wasn't able to finish it so keep in

mind that I've deleted 2 slides that were

incomplete. 

Place Value Worksheet

Kia Everyone! This is one of the Maths

Worksheets I completed today. The task was to

find out what place value does the

given number belong to.

 

The 5 Rules of Being a Legend

Essential Worker Vocabulary

T and Sir Edmund Hillary : A Venn Diagram

Talofa Lava Everyone!

This is a Venn Diagram of two heroes, Sir Edmund Hillary

and T.   There are 3 columns, two of them includes differences between

the two in each, and the middle column has

similarities between the pair.  

Survivor Of A Natural Disaster ( Not Completed )

 Story I chose : Elena survived Haima in a shopping mall

Resting on the palms of my hand was shopping bags full of clothes and new items for my daughters, Elaine and her younger sister.  We were only walking along the marble pathway that stood bypassing a number of shops when a splatter of rain had scourged the glass windows.  We thought of it as a small hitch in the weather so we continued to saunter the mall. 

 But suddenly, the rain had heightened and a dull patch in the clouds took over the horizon bestowing a dark aurora. This came in a hurry and it felt eerie.  It had only become an issue when 4 boughs had thrashed against an immense stained glass pane, shattering the window into pieces.  The shards of glass plummeted down to the ground and immediately groups of people had bolted from the area screaming.   I tilted my head so I could look out the window and it was atrocious! 

Roofs were teared from houses, trees rapidly rustled their leaves almost coming off from their roots and little puddles of water splattered everywhere but they were blocked from view from a grey haze that stirred briskly around the area.  The concrete was flooding with water and a cold breeze moved hastily.  The wind fought with the rain creating great domination and destruction.  The mall had amassed more damage within 3 minutes as half the ceiling came crumbling down with the lights flickering and more people had grown aware of the tragedy.  I leaned against the pole from under the table protecting myself and my kids from any harm.  The breeze ran up my arms and my prickly hair stood like a grassy field meeting with a scope of goosebumps.   Many trees were being demolished as their limbs strained from the onslaught of the typhoon.  I heard screams everywhere and faces of terror were laid on every single person. 

I’ve survived many typhoons before but not like this, this typhoon was hysterical and I’ve never  seen one like this before.   Every single moment of this tragedy was horrifying, I constantly fidgeted and my whole body was shivering with fear.   Fear took over me as I tried to think of what to do, I couldn’t comprehend what was happening as the thought of death was locked in my self-conscious like a sore toe.  

“ Look out! “ a voice shouted, I hurriedly shuffled out from under the table, holding tightly to my daughters and scampered under a phone case stall.  More of the ceiling had toppled over the table crushing deeply into the shallow ground and releasing a small thud that shook part of the mall.   But then, almost everything came crashing down at once and there was no way we could stay in the mall, so with our hands atop of our head, we ran scattering in zig zags as the building came crumbling down. 

Through a door that stood ajar, I dashed out into the scope where the typhoon stayed destroying the place.  I tried to stand in place but the wind was too strong, it had me almost tripping over with the pace of it.   Elanine gasped “ Look.. “ with a croaky voice indicating her finger to another area.  I looked to see my house had been torn apart.  It was devastating, there was only so little of it that it looked like an old dilapidated ruin.  There were jagged edges, the bricks were smashed into small pieces and the roof was forcibly ripped off, slumping on the very tips of what was left of the house.  The worry of a new house was quickly erased from my mind from a strong tug of the wind. 

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Kia Ora Everyone! This is a story I wrote

from Elena's perspective in the typhoon. Elena was one of the

survivors in the Haima Tpyhoon 2016. This is not

completed but it is something I've was able to

do during Lockdown

#backatschool

Word Work

My Heroes

  Kia Ora Everyone!

This is a piece of work I had completed yesterday

from our new unit, Heroes

For this task, we had to write down 

a list of 10 people

we look up to heroes and why we chose

them.  Here are a list

of mine!

2011 Tōhoku Earthquake And Tsunami

Kia Ora Everyone! This is my slideshow about the

2011 Japan Earthquake & Tsunami!

For Writing one of our tasks were to choose 1

natural disaster and create one slideshow that includes 10 facts

about the disaster and pictures.  Most of my information

all came from 

https://www.livescience.com/39110-japan-2011-earthquake-tsunami-facts.html

Feel free to read on the website to learn more about 

2011 Japan Disaster :)

Who I think Should be Prime Minister of New Zealand ?

Click the Picture to view my document on Who I should be Prime Minister of New Zealand ?

CyberBullying Acrostic Poem

Malo e lelei This is my CyberBullying Acrostic Poem!

Being an Online Role Model

Malo e lelei this is my post about being an online role model!

We had to write the do and the donts of being an online

role model.  At the bottom

there are pictures and all together they all link 

to a story

Mini Reading Tasks

Kia Ora Everyone! This is a google presentation that has

mini reading tasks.  This was all

from the Matariki Unit and for every slide

we had a text to read and we would complete the

tasks that links to the text.

My Holidays

This is my Holiday Post

Matariki

Kia Ora!, this is my Matariki presentation.  The past week, we started on a Matariki unit but

before we started any of the activities, we made a presentation basically

introducing what Matariki is so we can 

full understand it without just completing

the activities without knowing full facts. 

Cops Should Hold Guns

Kia Ora!

This is my augmentation on " Cops Should Hold Guns"
I do think cops should hold guns but ONLY use it in special
circumstances.  I honestly think that
violence goes both ways and it won't stop
unless the police uses the guns appropriately.  If they do this, they would
be able to protect themselves and also not harm others. 

My Great Realisation

Kia Ora Everyone!

This PDF is My Great Realisation.  What does this mean ? After we came back to school,

my teacher, Nikita played a video about COVID-19 and the changes

it made to the world.  It explains HINDSIGHT IS 2020, we discussed what this meant

and had different opinions on lockdown.  For this, we had to think about

a great realisation we realised during Lockdown, this was my Great Realisation.