Make sure you know when to say no!

This Morning Mr Andrew Patterson came in with Ex-student Raenan. Mr Patterson brought Raenan in to share with us his experience of the past 4 year through Tamaki College. They also shared us a video of a year 12 boy from Manurewa High school, Dwight. Dwights background may shock you from what you would see today. Raenan shared with us that if you just keep your mind on your work and 'Go Hard' you will earn great success. Mr Patterson Interviewed Raenan at the start of his visit.

Raenan shared with us some of his own motivational references like 'Make the most of your opportunities' and 'Make sure you know when to say no' and lastly 'Go hard to have the best outcome'.  Mr Patterson also shared a video of Dwight sharing a speech only last week. Even though his father was a member of the Mongrel mob and Dwight was around violence from a young age, he still succeeded. A quote from Dwight was 'Change won't happen unless you change it yourself'.  I found that both Dwight and Raenan are inspirational young men. My goal is to be an inspirational student for the Pt England intermediate kids in 2021(when I'm in year twelve).

Aims Games

In this task I read/ wrote about our sevens

Room 3 Manaiakalani filming/ The Struggle Is REAL!!

Right now I think another film idea could possibly be 'The Life Of A Pt Englander'. It could be about how Pt England students' days are and how they go. Another Idea could be 'Songs In Real Life' So a normal school conversation but using songs instead.

This Week Room 3 finally got to start filming our movie for the Manaiakalani Film Festival next term. An annual event all the schools in the Manaiakalani partnership participate to create movies in each class of 13 different schools in our community. Each school get's the chance to gather at Sylvia park to watch everyone's movies on the biggest screen in the country!

I enjoyed filming our part in the movie the most because we had a really humorous scene . There was this really funny part when one of us couldn't get ONE sentence right (we filmed that scene a handful of times). I also liked how we got to wear just nice, normal clothes as our costumes.

The Most challenging part in my mind was writing the script and planning out each scene as I got selected to start it. I found writing the scenes really easy as the choice my partner and I thought of, got the majority class vote. Luckily we had already planned out our whole idea before it was chosen and knew what scene and what type of camera shot.

Next Time, I think I would have practised my lines a bit more. I wasn't the best at remembering them so I kinda just winged it. I didn't get much time to learn my lines anyways because I was always out of class rehearsing for our school Production: Live Stream. I also think our props could have been more thought out so we knew what we needed to use and didn't need.

Food Tech Week 9:

This week my partner Anahere and I made Pizza Pinwheels.
The ingredients we used were:
Mixed herbs, 1 sheet of puff pastry, salami, bacon, pizza sauce, cheese, red capsicum and warm water.
First dice the bacon, salami and red capsicum. Once finished spread the pizza sauce on pastry leaving one edge for when you roll it. Once you have finished with the sauce add your capsicum, bacon, salami, herbs then finish it off with your cheese. Next roll your'e pastry then add warm water to the edge with no sauce to glue together. lastly you want to cut the roll into about 8 circles and cook in a tray until golden brown.

Sentence Types

Walt: Use different types of sentences in our writing.

In this task i learnt to write an explanation. As well as different sentence types such as: Simple, compound and complex.

Fractions, Decimals and Percentages

Walt: solve problems with fractions, decimals and percentages.

In this task I solved a series of problems from fractions to decimals to percentages. It was easy but still a bit challenging.

My Test Results!

Hi readers! I have just gotten my writing test results back. The categories I was ok at was: idea's, organisation, vocabulary, sentence, punctuation and spelling. However I was quite weak with my sentence structure. By the end of the year I hope to have better grades then at the start of the year.

If I were the Prime Minister I...

Walt: update ourselves and current events

Term 3 Reflection

Walt: reflect on the term that has nearly finished

All About Handball

Walt: find information about an unpopular Olympic sport




In this task Yvonne and I found out more about handball. This task was fun and I'd like to do it again some time.

Thinkboard

This is my Think Board for the last Week of Term 3 Week 9. This weeks theme was Addition and Subtraction.

Identity

This morning my class learnt about Identity. This image shows in black the people that know their identity and in blue are the troubled people that aren't sure. This image shows what feeling you would have if you were one of these sides. I feel
I know my identity but I have alot to learn.

Year 6 camp recount

Walt: write a recount about camp

Rode a big black bus for over an hour north. There was sleepwalking , movies , action , adventure , darkness, and dirt all in just four days. What an unbelievable camp we had.

On the last morning , I was out of bed and down the stairs the problem was I was sleepwalking. My friends tried to wake me up. It was a bad idea. My friend lied and said I rubbed moisturiser all over my bed but when I was sleepwalking she got up and did it. Luckily I only went to the toilet and then back to bed. I don’t want to do that again.

Abseiling was my biggest fear because of the height. When I was climbing up the wall I was afraid then while I did it a burst of exhilaration rode up me like a car. It was such an amazing experience  I decided the I would go another without any fear.

At the start I didn't know what was happening then I saw the blindfolds. The Burma trail is when you are blindfolded then a long rope is tied to trees and then while blindfolded you go through the trail. For me especially it was hard and eventually at the end I managed to kiss 3 trees , hug 10 and I tripped slipped or fell 12 times.

My favourite memory about camp bentzon was you have to rely on your group to help you along the way. The best socializing activity at the camp is probably raft building because everyone is helping and talking.This camp on kawau island was one of the best experiences I have had in my life so if I ever get the chance to go back there I’d surely be there.

In this task we learnt to write recounts about camp bentzon. At camp bentzon we had an awesome time on this awesome island. I can't wait till I get older and read back at this.

Onomatopoeia

WALT:  We are learning to use onomatopoeia to help create interest in our writing.

Photo of my word

I slurped a drink at Mac Donald's.

In this task I learnt what onomatopoeia meant. Onomatopoeia is mimic words that help a sentence sound more interesting.
This is a site with the definition of onomatopoeia so you can understand it more than you may already
do.

Market Day!!!

Walt: write an interesting and detailed recount .

Find , buy , Eat!!! Last Friday we had a market day full of purchasing and selling. I started with 5pt and ended with 18.20 pt . That wasn't even the best bit.

The trade and enterprise group I'm in is kitchen. I made chocolate fudge by myself , the reason why was because my partner was unfortunately at sports. When I  tasted it I found it was quite sweet but still yum. We sold the fudge for 2pt. We had a market day to sell the products that we had made. All yr ⅚ people planned and waited for the market for 8 weeks which is three quarters of this term.

In the morning after assembly we set the classes up for our market, because we planned to have it from after morning tea , all the way to lunch. The kitchen group was outside because we had alot of crumbs and we didn't want to get them all over the floor so it was probably a better idea to go outside.

I bought alot of items. First of all Just before I started selling because I had ordered it I got a big lime ice block someone tried to buy it but I said “ sorry I already ordered”. While I was selling I gave my friend 2pt to buy me some hot chips and I was the first person. Soon after that I had sold out so because we had made and uneven amount we spent some pts. I bought a coaster , drum and a yellow slime. But it was a pity I had to leave before the day ended.

While I was selling I found everyone liked it but it was too expensive so I put it down to 1pt and then more people came to buy more. When we had sold out of fudge my buddy and I went around buying items. There were alot of things for sale we had vases , slime , food , ukulele , drums and custom stationary tools.

If we ever have another market I will look forward to it. Due to our currency I am better at getting more profits and bargains.

Recount Writing
	1	2	3	4
Write for my reader	I've tried to think about my reader	My writing shows some awareness of reader because my writing is quite clear and I have tried to interest my reader.	My writing is easy to understand and I have tried to tell the reader what it was like to be there by giving details and my thoughts.	My writing really considers audience as reader because I have kept their interest and made them feel like they know exactly what it was like for me.
Purpose	I tried to meet the purpose	My text goes some way towards meeting the purpose	The message is clear in some parts of the recount.	My text fully meets the purpose. The message is clear all through the recount.
Introduction	My introduction does not yet clearly orientate or hook in my reader.	My introduction gets some buy in from audience and they can understand what I am going to write about.	My introduction hooks in my reader and it is clear what I am writing about.	My introduction wows my reader!
Paragraph Topics	My paragraphs are confused and don't follow my plan.	I have tried to follow my plan. Most my paragraphs are about 1 big idea and I have added some detail.	My paragraphs have some complex as well as simple sentences. Post paragraphs give details about 1 big idea. I have followed the paragraph topic in my plan.	My paragraphs have complex and simple sentences. Paragraphs all give details about 1 big idea.

In this task I wrote a full recount about our market day on Friday last week. I sold alot of things and I also bought alot. I waited until our product was sold out and I made a huge profit.

Shark day

Walt:  know that other people might take a different judgement  from the same information.




I learnt that other people don't see thing exactly the way that you do . In this activity I put myself into other peoples shoes and saw things in a different way.

Haiku poetry

My Christmas diamante

I have created a diamante poem. Here are the rules if you want to create your own:

Subject - noun

Two describing words - adjectives

Three -ing words - verbs

Four nouns about the subject - nouns

Three -ing words - verbs

Two describing words - adjectives

         Opposite word to subject - antonyms

The answer is Christmas

My Venn Diagram