Apple Tower team building

• How did you feel when working as part of a team?
• I found it difficult but fun at the same time.
• Is there anything you would do differently next time?
• No
• What did you find most difficult? Why did you find it difficult and how can you prevent it from happening again?
• I found it difficult working with six people at the same time
• Did anyone lead the task and was it important to nominate a leader?
• No, we all had a part and we do not need a leader
• How did you plan for the task? Did everyone share their ideas?
• No, we all had different ideas so we voted.
• Did everyone have a role in the team?
• yes

• Yes

My weekly news ocean rubbish bin invented!

My story is from Kiwi Kids news

Have you ever thought about or hated that people don't care about the sea and just  chuck their rubbish in the ocean well two surfers did and they did something about it. They made it because It was annoying for them while they surf but it also helps the marine life too! Because most of the marine animals are at risk because of littering in the sea. What the Bin does is that it has this sucking mahine inside it so it pull all the rubbish in the water in. The surfers also hope the bin can protect the sea because studies show that an average of 8 million tonnes of rubbish is thrown into the sea every year! I think this invention is amazing because It helps the environment and it helps marine life.

I wonder… will this machine help get rid of the 8 million tonnes or not? hmmmmmm.

Three Main words from this article is.......

Marine,littering and environment

My theme song

 For my theme song I had to chose a part of a song that represented me I chose this song because It tells you to be strong, creative and stand up for your self.

My multiple intelligences

        

This is my multiple intelligences results. I did a test about things I like and don’t like to do.

When I got my results I never knew how bad I was at music and my picture smarts. But what I did find out was that my Nature smarts was pretty high! But my best as you can see is that my people smarts is my best skill.

When I thought about about the test is true because I do NOT like working by myself but I like working with others. Because now I know what i'm good at and not so good at I can practise what I need to work on.

Welcome back 2016

This year I am going to try and do office duty and maybe rugby just for a little change, to shake things up.

At first when I was a Marama student I felt weird, scared but excited at the same time? I felt these feeling because last year I was a year six in a different class room and now I’m a year seven in a whole new classroom with new teachers and new students. It just feels weird but cool at the same time.

A goal for me this year would be to get better at my math and make even more friends because last year I was not the best at math and I want to make more friends because lots of my friends were year five’s and now i’m in a different classroom.

Last year I was really good at my reading and book club but this year I want to read even more because when I read a book it feels like im in a whole new world acting out as the people that I read in my book it just feels amazing! But my favourite books to read are the Paul gennings uncollected series.

My about me letter

Miss Williams                                                       

Teacher at NPS

Ngatea primary school

Dear Miss Williams

In this letter I am announcing things about me.

I have a Mum, Dad, Brother, Dad’s Girlfriend, Cat and me. I live in Paeroa  and Auckland and I go to Ngatea Primary School.

I like to play Video games like MInecraft, Spongebob’s big adventure, Lego indiana jones and so on and on. My favourite game would be minecraft because you can make anything you want no matter how big or small.

I like to do any art, any kind of art pastel , painting you name it and I can do it. I like doing art because you can just let your mind go wild and venture out and discover new things.

From Mischa

My second week as a year seven

My second year as a year seven has been great Down below you can see some of the learning I have done!

Word art
For word art we had to choose some words that describe you then add some colour and POW it's done! 

Jandal Art
I made jandals!! (out of paper paper = )

My holiday Highlight

  

My Christmas 2015

My brother as always was telling me what to do, he was telling me which present to open first he has saying open that one then that one and so on. What I got for Christmas was a baby g watch, a bracelet, an M&M mini fan, a new school bag and a stocking full of candy. MY brother was already half through his when I was just looking through mine! Then we had a big trifle that mum made and some potato salad, a big leg of ham, grape juice and some pavlova.

The End

Maths Review

This year I have enjoyed doing maths with Mrs Taaffe with her amazing mathematical skills. I am in the Fozzies group with Brook, Kate, Alyson, Ashling, Georgia, Elizabeth, Alexa, Scarlett and me. During this year I have improved in my fractions, decimals, tree graphs and drawing 3-D shapes. I have enjoyed working and collaborating with my group mates because we can help each other and give each other advice, and I like having just girls in the Fozzies group plus this year I have achieved my goal that I set last year about learning my fractions.  and every thing about them.

iDrive Art

Today during iDrive I worked on my Impact mural. Impact is when there are many groups and you work in one group the whole year, I'm in the Outside Gallery group and in our group we work on one art project the whole year. This year we are are making four murals representing our syndicates. In our school we have four syndicates which are Moana, (the sea) Whenua, (the land) Whetu (the stars) and Marama (the moon). The mural I'm working on is Whetu. On the mural I'm working on is a big tree, the seven sisters, the moon, the words Whetu and the stars.

High Jump

This video is me practising high jump. I am trying to improve jumping over the bar and land on my feet. On athletics day I am hoping to land on my feet when I jump over the bar. 

Labour Day Holiday

Labour Day
Labour day is a special when every one who works gets a day off. Including schools, office's, café's etc. The word Labour day honers the struggle of an eight hour working day. New Zealand workers were the first in the world to claim the right when, in 1840 when Samuel Parnell won an eight hour day in Wellington. Labour day was first celebrated in New Zealand on 28 October 1890.

iDrive

Today at iDrive I used fun at carpentry. In carpentry I made a Jewellery rack and an iPhone six. To make the jewellery rack I got a piece of wood and sawed it to size. Next I hammered some nails into it for the hooks. Then I painted it with some bright colours.  

   
After I made my Jewellery rack I had ten to fifteen minutes left so I made myself an iPhone! To make the I phone I sawed it to size, sanded it then put vivid on it.

My Term 3 Reflection

This week for my blog I am going to be showing you a slide. Hope you enjoy!

Princess Diana

Princess Diana was born on July 1, 1961. She was the daughter of Edward John Spencer. Her parents divorced when Diana was young, and her father won custody of her and her siblings. She was educated at Riddlesworth Hall and then went to boarding school at West Heath School.

Although she was known for her shyness growing up, she did show an interest in music and dancing. Diana also had a great passion for children. After attending finishing school in Switzerland, she moved to London. She began working with children, eventually becoming a kindergarten teacher at the Young England School.

In 1980 she started dating Prince Charles. The press and the public were fascinated by this seemingly odd couple. The garden-loving prince and the shy princess with an interest in fashion and culture. When the couple married on July 29, 1981, the ceremony was broadcast on television around the world.

On June 21, 1982, Diana and Charles had their first child, Prince William then later on He was joined by a brother, Prince Henry later on she began to develop and follow her own interests. Diana served a strong supporter of many charities and worked to help the homeless, people living with HIV and AIDS and children in need. People then started calling her the people’s princess because she always helped the people in need.

Unfortunately, the fairy tale wedding of Princess Diana and Prince Charles did not lead to a happily-ever-after marriage. Later on the couple started getting problems so they decided to get a divorce. The couple's separation was announced in December 1992 by British Prime Minister who read a statement from the royal family to the House of Commons. The divorce was finalized in 1996.

Even after the divorce, Diana maintained a high level of popularity. She devoted herself to her sons and to such good efforts as the battle against the use of landmines. Diana used her international celebrity to help raise awareness about this issue.

After the divorce Diana went on a dating frenzy. When she was with a Egyptian film producer in Paris, the couple was involved in a car crash after trying to escape from the paparazzi on the night of August 30, 1997. She survived the crash but died later on in the hospital.

iDrive

                           

This week for iDrive I did roll play with my friends and together we came up with an idea to do a play of The Wizard of Oz. Paige was Dorothy, Ashling was was the Tin man and a munch kin ,Charlotte was the scarecrow, Anna-Louise was a munch kin and the lion, Scarlet was Glinda the good witch and the Wizard of Oz and I was the wicked witch of the west. (a.k.a Alfaba)

I used collaboration because I was with my friends, I used enthusiasm because we came up with some awesome ideas and I used confidence because it is very hard to do a loud cackle in front of everyone. (It is very embarrassing)

Busy Buzzy IDrive

Hello every one I am going to be talking to you about Idrive again. This week I did box modelling with my friends Ashling,Olivia,Paige and me. Together we had an idea to make out Teacher Miss B's house. First we made the Living room. In the living room we made a couch,t.v,table and berry's. Next we made Miss B's son's room in his room we made it a big mess with candy wrappers every where. Next we made Miss B's room witch we covered in books,books and book's. Next week at IDrive we are going to make more rooms and paint the house yellow.
(Sorry everyone this week I do not have pictures)

Funky Funny Idrive

Hello every one today I am going to be telling you about Idrive. We do Idrive every Thursday. Idrive is when we get to choose one thing to do out of the library,box models,music,blocks,creative playground,lucky dip,role play,cards,sole time,carpentry,play dough and the sand pit. Out of those I chose play dough because I love to mess around with it and you can shape it in any way. When I went to the play dough my friend Ashling was there so we made a doggy doo doo cake together. After that I made a brain sucking spider and a snail with a cane. In Idrive I used participation because I made a doggy doo doo cake with my friend Ashling.

     

                                                               

My lino Art

Hello everyone today I am going to be showing you the steps of my lino art. The first step was drawing out a plan that I was going to cut out. Once it was excepted by the teacher I copied of my paper on a big piece of paper. After that I covered the big piece of paper on the lino. When that was done we drew over the lines with a dark pencil then we took the big piece of paper off the lino and on the lino there was a light trace of what we drew then we went over the light lines. Next I got a lino cutter to cut out the lines it. When it was excepted by the teacher again I put on an apron and printed the lino. To print the lino I got to chose a bright colours to roll on the lino I had to be careful not to put two much or too less ink on the lino. Once that was done I put it face down on a piece of paper and there it was my first print. After I did this twice I had to cut out more of the lino to make different colours. Then by the end of the term I finished my lino print.

       

HOLIDAYS!!!!!!

In the holidays I went to my dad's house in Auckland. In Auckland my dad had some activities planned for us while we were there. But before we went to Auckland we went to Rotorua to my dad's girlfriends grandparents house. (To make this less confusing lets call my dad's girlfriend Lou Lou) As we were in Rotorua dad and Lou had planned to go to Zorb. Zorb is when we had to jump in a big ball and then the ball rolled down a large hill. At Zorb you got to choose if the ball had water inside or no water. Me and my brother chose to have water in the ball.

      

When we went back to Auckland we went to the Historic Museum with Lou Lou's niece. The historic museum is themed in the old day's, A few hundred years ago. At the historic museum there were some lolly's 50c each. After we went past that we found out that it was Alice in wonderland's one hundred and fifteen birthday. There were lots of activities to do with Alice in wonder land. (We even got to see the mad hatter)

The next day we went to Jump. Jump is an awesome place where every thing is just trampolines! (You can even bounce on the walls!!) At jump there is also a foam pit and a doge ball court. There is also a Tarzan swing that leads into the foam pit. 

After a few hours we went back to home then the next day we went back to Paeroa.