Kowhaiwhai design

For inquiry term 4 the year 8's did a type of Maori art called a Kowhaiwhai design. This is my type of Kowhaiwhai design and it represents the land and sea with the colors. The photo on the top is my painted art on a paper and the photo on the bottom is my finished and final design, Hope you enjoy! (:

Visual art Rubric-Learn (part 1)

This art work I picked was from a famous artist called Piet Mondrian. He was a famous Dutch painter of the 20th century. 

There is 3 elements of art in this painting. Line, Colour and Space. He used straight lines to create squares and rectangles. Piet picked the primary colours, Red, blue and yellow and has space in his artwork. 

Art Term 4

In the last 3 weeks team 5 did rotations everyday to each class in team 5. Each student had to do a different piece of art. This is my art from room 5 and we had to do a mural or a type of graffiti from lady pink. Enjoy (:

Inference

WALT: Infer the meaning using the text for clues

Mona Lisa

This is my start on the Mona Lisa panting. I tried my best (:

FUN FACTS: 
Mona Lisa is actually a guy. 
Mona Lisa panting was stolen and everyone thought it was the famous artist Pablo Picasso.
Mona Lisa was painted by Leonardo De Vinchi 
The Mona Lisa painting is around worth $800 Million
The Mona Lisa painting  is 500 years old.

Cross Country Recount

I woke up on Friday the 21st and realized that we have our school cross country I was excited. I went to go find my green t-shirt to wear while I run to support my house team.

I arrive at school and I am ready for the big event. Before lunch we get changed into our
cross country gear then after lunch we get ready for cross country. Everybody lines up
out on the school courts and is waiting for their team to run.

The year 7 and 8’s do two laps and is 3 km long. After the year 8 girls start to run the
year 8 boys get ready to line up on the start line. As I was waiting for Mr Burts signal
so we could run I could hear the roaring crowd pounding in my ears, I took a deep
breath and just focused on Mr Burt. I could feel my tummy twist and turn in different
directions and could feel butterflies flying everywhere inside me.

On your marks, Get set, Go!!! I ran with a slow steady pace to start as we had to
do 2 laps, the crowd was going wild, the cheering of the students gave me more encouragement to run more and to make sure to cross the finish line. When I was on
my second lap I was gasping for air and my lungs were burning as if it was poisoned.

I crossed the finish line with 7th place being very exhausted and felt like a champion.
Everyone congratulated me with handshakes and hugs. I was so proud of myself and
everyone else too.

Today I had to learn how to write a recount. The topic we had to day was to write about our school cross country. Check out my writing and tell me what you think.

Perfect Perimeter

WALT:  calculate  area and perimeter M

Using Our Senses

WALT: to choose appropriate language for a description

Not Just Kicking and Punching

 WALT: locate and summarise key words in a text

Jiu-Jitsu Grades: Not Just Kicking and Punching Create Task

Te Whare Tapa Wha

Greg Inglis

Gregory Paul Inglis also knowen as Greg Inglis was born on the
15th of January 1987 in Kempsey, New South Wales,
Australia and is 31 years of age and has 1 son. He is an
Australian Professional rugby league player who plays for
the South Sydney Rabbitohs in the NRL (National Rugby
League).

Not only Greg Inglis played for the South Sydney Rabbitohs
but he also joined the Melbourne Storms in 2005 and joined
Queensland Maroons in 2012. Greg played in all State of
Origin matches in 2012. In game 1, Greg Inglis became the
greatest try scorer in Origin history by scoring his 13th try for
Queensland. In game 3 Inglis was playing fullback due to an
injury from Billy Slater in the Maroons 21 - 20 win.

Did you know Inglis played for the NRL for 13 years and
had played more than 100 games and in 2018 he was selected
to be the captain for the Queensland Maroons State of Origin.

DMIC work

 
Today I got a maths problem from my teacher to find out who is the fastest swimmer and had to work it out with my group. This is my work. Enjoy (:

The Un-Wahable Truck

Monday Mornings

 WALT: make inferences from a text

Sketchnote

WALT:  add and subtract fractions and decimals

Sentence Expansion Create Task

This is my create task for my writing "Sentence Expansion". The task was to choose three images and write 3 or 5 question words about the images you chose, Who, What, When, Where, Why How.

Sentence Expansion

 WALT: to expand simple (kernel) sentences

Letter to Mr Van Horn

Dear Mr Van Horn,

My name is Charles I am 13 years of age. My birthday is on the 15th of May. I am the 5th eldest of 7 children. I have 4 brothers including me and 3 sisters. My brothers and sisters names are Gerico, Waka, Toks, Grace, Elizabeth, and Charlese. I was born in New Zealand in a town called Auckland and my cultures are Cook Island, Maori and Tahitian, all in the South Pacific. My oldest brother Gerico is now living in Brisbane, Australia and my oldest sister Grace is now living in South Auckland and is trying to get a house near where I live.

I have a lot of interest, Camping, travelling, eating, playing sports, listening to music and more! In my spare time I play sports, sleep or play games. My favourite sport is Rugby League. Playing with my family is also one of my favourite hobbies. When I was small my older brother used to teach me lots of rugby skills and always wanted me to get outside and get some exercise. He is one of my top role models. Who is your role model?

My favourite subject is maths my least favourite is reading. I do need to learn more reading I don’t read that much at home. I have attended Pt England School evers since was I 5 years old. I met a lot of kind, friendly and funny friends on my journey to year 8. I have a best friend her name is Nyree she is a helpful and funny friend. My goals for 2018 is to make new friends and get more better at reading. My questions to you is What do you like to do in your spare time? What was your daily life like at school? What languages do you speak?

Best Wishes,

Charles (:

Today's task was to write a letter to a visitor who is visiting Pt England School. His name is Mr Van Horn he came all the way from United States of America, Organ Eugene.

Fractions Finale

Fractions Finale

I want to add ½ with ¼. First I change ½ to  then I add

⅓ + ⅙. ⅓ =   2/6 + ⅙ = 3/6 or ½

¼ + ⅛.  ¼ = 2/8 + ⅛ = ⅜

How can I change ⅔ into sixths ( 4/6)?

How can I change ⅔ into twelfths ( 8/12)

⅓ + ¼ = 7/12

⅓ = 4/12   ¼ = 3/12

⅓ + ⅕ = 8/15

⅓ = 5/15  ⅕ = 3/15

⅙ + ⅛ = 14/48 or 7/24

⅙ = 8/48    ⅛ = 6/48

1/10 + 1/100 = 11/100`

1/10 + 1/1000 = 101/1000

⅓ + 1/7 = 10/21

¼ + ⅕ = 9/20

⅓ + ⅖ = 11/15

List 5 equivalent fractions for:

¼ = 2/8, 3/12, 4/16, 8/32, 5/20

⅓ = 2/6, 4/12, 3/9, 5/15, 6/18

⅕ = 2/10, 4/20, 3/15, 5/25, 6/30

⅙ = 2/12, 3/18, 4/24, 5/30, 6/36

Fractions Finale

WALT:  add and subtract fractions with different denominators

The Lesson

 WALT: evaluate a text

Delicious Division

WALT:  add and subtract with decimals

Don't Miss It

 WALT: identify and explain main ideas in a text

This week my group got a text about Friedrich Hundertwasser. He is a famous New Zealander Artist. He designed his own things like the KawaKawa Toilets and the KawaKawa Building. He is Talented, amazing and has very good skills.  

My 3D Shape

Today our task was to choose to make a 3D shape with modelling Hardening-clay. It was pretty difficult for me but then I found that its not that bad. Here are a few questions for you to answer.

1) Can you name this shape
2) How many vertices does this shape have

3) How many faces does the shape have

4) How many edges does the shape have and what are edges.

Scrambled Sectences

WALT: how to use Proper Nouns and end of sentence  punctuation

Recycle Animation

This is my animation about what actually happens when someone litters 

and what happens to the litter. Check out my animation I made

and see what happens (:

Cube

A cube is a 3 dimensional object that is bounded
with 6 square faces 12 edges and 8 vertices.
One thing that is a cube is the puzzle game,
rubix cube. The inside angles of the square
faces are 90 degrees.




Walt: Describe shapes by there properties 

Dead Cars

WALT: make predictions about a text

Treaty of Waitangi

Algebra Problems

Visual Mihi 2018

Re

Kia Orana this is my Visual Mihi. This is about what I like and my favourite things. Check out my drawings I've drawn and figure out what do you think I like. Make sure you leave a comment.....If you can (:

Plastic, Glass, Paper, Cardboard, tires and electronics. With these materials you can put them in the recycle bin to make more things to use (:

CHECKING SENTENCES

Dear Ms Tapuke,

Kia Orana!

My name is Charles and I am 12 years of age. My birthday is on May the 15th.
I am the 5th eldest of 7 children. I have 4 brothers including me and
3 sisters. I’m Cook Island, Māori and Tahitian but born in New Zealand
in a big city called Auckland! I grew up in a angry family of 8 My Mum, dad
my 3 brothers and 3 sisters but then a few years later my older sister moved with
my nana down south, then another few years later my older brother was pretty
good at Rugby League, special people from Australia came to see him and ask
him if he wanted to play rugby for there teams in Australia and they will
give him lots of money if he does so he went. So from ever since he’s been living
in Brisbane, Australia playing rugby league making lots of money and appearing
on lots of news papers, but he still comes back for visits every year.

Camping, travelling and eating is my favourite things to do. One of the places
where I want to go is Tahiti. Sports Is also one of my favorite things to do.
My favourite sport is rugby league. When I was small my older brother use to
teach my lots of skills so then I started to play for rugby league clubs ever since. In
my spare time I like to play games with my family and friends.

I sometimes like working with friends and in groups. I get nervous when talking to
visitors. Maths, Writing and P.E is my favourite subjects. I don’t like reading and I think
that’s the worst subject. My goals for 2018 is to get better at reading and making
lots of new friends.

Last year Ms Tapuke was my literacy teacher and this year Ms Tapuke is my literacy
teacheragain which is good! I feel grateful and happy that Ms Tapuke is still
my literacy teacher again.I think it was the best choice for me to be in Ms Tapuke’s
class. Somethings I like about Ms Tapuke is that she can be funny and
sometimes she can’t and Ms Tapuke always helps me whenever im stuck with
my work and tells me to try my very best. I hope you have a wonderful 2018 with
your literacy class Ms Tapuke!

Yours sincerely,

Charles (:

P.S

My favourites.

Food: Chocolate

Sport: Rugby League

Colour: Green

Fruit: Orange

Hobbies: Travelling & Camping

This is my letter to my literacy teacher "Ms Tapuke" But I made changes.
I realized that I had to make some changes in my writing to make sure my
writing is better and make sense. One thing that was my mistake that
I have been doing lots in my writing is my Commas.
I highlighted my text BLUE so that I know that's the change iv'e made
in my writing. Make sure you leave a comment please and tell
me what you think?

Fragments, Sentence

WALT: identify and write complete sentences

Letter

Dear Ms Tapuke,

Kia Orana!

My name is Charles and I am 12 years of age. My birthday is on May the 15th. I am the 5th eldest of 7 children. I have 4 brothers including me and 3 sisters. I’m Cook Island, Māori and Tahitian but born in New Zealand in a big city called Auckland! I grew up in a angry family of 8 My Mum, dad my 3 brothers and 3 sisters but then a few years later my older sister moved with my nana down south, then another few years later my older brother was pretty good at Rugby League special people from Australia came to see him and asked him if he wanted to play Rugby for there teams in Australia and they will give him lots of money if he does so he went. So from ever since he’s been living in Brisbane, Australia playing Rugby League making lots of money and he also appears on lots of News Papers but he still comes back for visits every year.

Camp, Travelling and Eating is my favourite things to do. One of the places where I want to go is Tahiti. Sports Is also one of my favorite things to do. My favourite sport is Rugby League. When I was small my older brother use to teach my lots of skills so then I started to play for Rugby League clubs ever since. In my spare time I like to play games with my family and friends.

I sometimes like working with friends and in groups. I get nervous when talking to visitors. Maths, Writing and P.E is my favourite subjects. I don’t like reading and I think that’s the worst subject. My goals for 2018 is to get better at reading and making lots of new friends.

Last year Ms Tapuke was my literacy teacher and this year Ms Tapuke is my literacy teacher again but that’s good! I feel grateful and happy that Ms Tapuke is still my literacy teacher again. I think it was the best choice for me to be in Ms Tapuke’s class. Somethings I like about Ms Tapuke is that she can be funny and sometime she can’t, Ms Tapuke always helps me whenever im stuck with my work and tells me to try my very best. I hope you have a wonderful 2018 with your literacy class Ms Tapuke!

Yours sincerely,

Charles (:

P.S

My favourites.

Food: Chocolate

Sport: Rugby League

Colour: Green

Fruit: Orange

Hobbies: Travelling & Camping

Today we had to write a letter to my Literacy teacher "Ms Tapuke" We had to write a letter about our self's what we like and more. Read my letter and find out about me and what I like, also make sure you comment as well. [:

WALT: identify and write complete sentences