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