Maths | Scategories

LI: To recap the different maths strategies and methods.

This week was our first maths session of the term. We had started off with a game of scategories. Mr Wong would write down area and perimeter equations, adding and subtracting the time, fractions of sets, and adding and subtraction decimals.

We had used our maths books to record the answers. We used different kinds of strategies like:
Repeated addition/subtraction
Place Value
Basic Facts
Rounding and compensating
Written algorithmn
Tidy Numbers
Reversing

Maori | Kupu | Nga Atua

LI: to learn how to pronounce maori words.
This week was our first session for moari of the term, we had learnt how to pronounce and understand maori words.In our groups we had to search maori words and find images that relate to the word. If it was the same word, we would have to find the multiple meanings. Thenw e had done another doc that related to the Maori gods and we had to sort out what type of gods they were. 

Kiwi Can

LI: To learn how we can respect ourselves and each other in many different ways.

This was our first session for term 4. We had Mr Latu and new kiwi can leader, Mr Simanu. For this term our theme is going to be Respect. This week we are learning how to respect one another and mainly ourselves.

Tooty Fruity!
For our enegiser we did an activity based on our listening skills and how well we can listen. So Mr Simanu would say some fruits and we had to react to those fruits with the action that they are. Apple is jump forward, orange is jump backwards and banana is turn 80 degrees. We had a challenge. If you didn't do the right action or did it slow you we elimanated. At the end winners were Me, Charlize and Andrew.

Next we talked about what makes us unique and some unique things about ourself. Everybody is different, we have different fingerprints, looks, etc.

1 Lie, 1 Truth
For the activity we had to come up with 1 lie and 1 truth about ourselves. Someone will stand up and say 1 truth and 1 lie about themselves. First it was Mr Simanu, his 1 truth and lie was that he's been bunjy jumping and he was a contemporary/ballet dancer. We had to go to either side of the room and Mr Simanu will choose the group that was right. After Mr Simanu was Mr Ogilvie, his was he can eat a 6 inch long subway in under 30s and he can eat a cheesburger in one bite. The correct answer was he can eat a 6 inch long subway in under 30s. Then Mr Latu chose 3 people from the class to do it.

Tenpin Bowling | Holiday Blogging

LI: To blog about what you have been doing in the holidays.

On Saturday the 5th of October me and my family went to do tenpin bowling in Manukau. My aunt Melefau and my two older cousins Tevita and Vake had just come from Australia to spend the holidays in NZ along with my other aunt, Hepi and her two children Kolianita and Sarah. There also was my sister Fui and my older cousin Pelenaise. My aunty Melefau and her two sons ( Tevita and Vake ) are very competitive so they like to make things as a competition.

Tenpin Bowling Competition!! -
For the tenpin bowling we had competed against each other. The teams were separated into youngest vs oldest. There were two rounds. I was completely lost because I haven't played bowling in a very long time.

We chose our bowling balls that are the right size and weight for us. Than we started the competition, the team with the most points wins. The first round the younger children won but the older kids were saying " that was just a warm up" and " we were just playing around " and stuff like that.

The second round the losers had to massage one the people from the other teams feet for how long they like. Me and my other cousins really didn't want to massage the other teams feet, we tried our best but at the end we lost at 289 points against  356 points. Luckily after we had bought some food everybody was tired and we never massaged their feet.

Hansans Restaurant | Part 3

LI: To blog about what you have been doing in the holidays.

After the virtual reality thing we had left to go out for dinner at Hansans Restaurant in Panmure/Ellerslie. We had went with my aunty Ana and her children Atu and Unaloto. The food was great, we all ate HEAPS and HEAPS of food and ordered HEAPS and HEAPS of food. My favorite food was the Noodle Soup with some chicken pieces on the side. Its was so soupy and delicious. I would definitely go back there some time.

Holiday Blogging | Virtual Reality | Part 2

LI: to blog about the things I've done in the holidays.

After the movies we chose to go to VR Voom in Sylvia Park ( Virtual Reality ). The experience was amazing! There we 2 seats on each side. If two people were watching the same disk than they sat on the 2 seats on one side.

Me and my cousin Kolianita watched the same disk. We chose to do something with heights and a bit like a roller coaster. We chose "The Tower". It was super scary but not terrifying. It was like we were high up in the air in a roller coaster going round and round of a tower and going up and down steep  rails. I felt like I was going to fall and die but I knew it wasn't real.

My mum and my sister Fui had done this sea life disk that was a bit scary, it was with a kraken trying to eat them. My little sister Micaela had chose to do an adventure one with fairies and unicorns and more.

Then we headed back home.

Holiday Blogs | Movies | Part 1

LI: To blog about the things I've done in the holidays.

On Wednesday the 2nd of October, Me, my Mum, my two Sisters and my Cousin went out for the day and spent it at Sylvia Park Shopping Centre . There we went to the Hoyts Cinemas to go and watch "Dora and the Lost City of gold". 

SNACKS!! - 

When we had arrived at the cinemas we found out the showing times of the movie we were watching. Then we chose a time that was suitable for us and bought some snacks from Pak'n'save. We only bought a few things then the rest of the stuff we bought from the cinema - 2 bags of MnM's - 1 Pack of pod snickers - 1 packet of RJ's Fabulicious Raspberry Twisters - 1 packet of strawberries and chocolate dipping - Jalapeno flavoured Corn Chips. After that we headed to the cinema to get the popcorn and drinks. 

MOVIE TIME!! - 

The Hoyts cinemas at Sylvia Park was packed with a lot of people waiting in line and getting snacks. The ques were very long so we thought we wouldn't make it in time for our movie. Luckily we had entered the cinema at the right time. The cinema was full with almost every seat taken. We enjoyed the movie and especially the snacks.