My Netbook Reflection!

1st writing:

Having my own netbook has really helped me in my learning and work. It has also helped me finish my work faster and in time. Ever since I got my own netbook it changed everything and everything was easier to do. My netbook has also helped at home because I can finish my unfinished work. But it sucks because I only take my netbook home on week days and weekends but not holidays.

Well our school doesn't need to use books any more because we have our own netbooks. Remembering the pain from writing in our books makes me feel glad that we now have a netbook of our own. These netbooks really changed my life and school life especially at home when I’m bored and then I remember that I have my netbook at home so then I go grab it and finish some school work off!

My work has really improved from last year I actually enjoy doing my work alot now!! I really enjoy having my own netbook! I always visit sites that I haven't visited and I sites that I've always wanted to visit and I always keep in contact with my friends at home by going on school gmail and chatting to them.

2nd writing: (Improving)

I have discovered how to use a lot of apps online and I’ve learnt how to post a presentation on my blog all by myself. Having a netbook connected to the internet helped my learning a lot this year. I've learnt heaps on line because we have been researching a lot of stuff on line like we've been researching about Nelson Mandela a lot and I have learnt a lot more about Nelson Mandela then I knew before! I've also researched about MLK (Martin Luther King) and we've been researching different kind of art works for our creative strand this year! On my netbook I have used different math's siteslike xtra maths and maths whizz and it's actually better and it helps me with my maths!

I have learnt a really special thing this year from my teacher and that is how she taught me how look after my netbook properly and carefully and she also tells me to put my netbook in the cupboard before someone just comes and stands on it or something might happen to it! I have learnt how to work apps and do heaps of stuff all by myself online.

Well if I get lost on something and I need help I always think of going to my teacher but then I’m always with my friends and then I just ask them for help and I learn alot of stuff from my friends. I’ve also learnt alot from my dad because he always encourage’s me in doing my work at home and he also taught me how to improve on my work!

I have helped heaps of kids with posting stuff and heaps of other stuff! My key competencies has really grown through using different kind of digital tools.

Christmas Story!

Christmas is nearly here and I’m really excited. At church we always celebrate christmas by getting a money from our savings at church and we always sing christmas songs. My mum and my cousin and I put up our christmas tree and decorated it with different kind of christmas decorations. At our church we also are going to perform a play to show that christmas was the day that Jesus Christ was born! But in our play I am one of the animals. Every christmas my family and I always gather up together at my cousins house and we always do secret santa.

There was this one christmas I think 2 years ago and we went to church to celebrate christmas and our minister of our church calls out our name and then we go get a envelope with money in it. When I went up to get my envelope from our minister and after the whole celebration was done there was a lollie scramble but I was just too excited to see how much money I got. So I quickly opened my envelope and then I counted all of it up and I got $325 because my parents savings goes towards christmas and it comes to ME! I was so happy but my mum told me to give it to her so I only took $20 dollars and gave the rest to her.

R.I.P Paul Walker :(

Hearing the terrible and sad news that Paul Walker died I couldn’t even hold my tears. I thought of all the really great acting he has done and now that he’s gone who would replace him? I was just so curious to know how did he die and why has he gone too soon. I actually hate to hear that he died from a car crash because the whole car burnt down and how would he feel right now? He was like the coolest actor to me and he really made the movie fast and furious more cooler to watch and more famous.

Paul Walker was a great gentlemen. He was always smiling and his acting was really impressive. He changed the world in the movie fast and furious. He is a really humble guy and was so catching to watch! His quote is one of the best quotes, this is his quote “If one day speed kills me, do not cry because I was smiling.” This quote made me feel really happy and sad at the same time. It made me happy because he’s in a really better place now and it made me sad because I just can’t believe he’s gone!

All these years, hearing his name was actually the best thing ever, but then hearing that he had passed was kinda like someone in my family passing away. I was actually really shocked because I found out he had passed 3 days after he died. It was heart breaking to hear this and it’s like he’s still here. I am also happy because he’s in gods hands now and probably looking down from heaven protecting there fast and furious crew and his family!

Maths Strategie's Week 5 Term 6. My Top Three Hard Questions.

1. Trevor has to drive 422 km’s. He looks at his odometer and sees he has gone 289 kms. How much further has he got to go?

422kms - 289 = 133

289 + 133 = 422

289 + 1 = 290 + 10 = 300 + 122 = 422

1 + 10 + 122 = 133

2. The shop is selling jandals for $9 a pair.  They have sold $486 worth of jandals so far. How many pairs have they sold?

9 x 10 = 90

90 + 90 + 90 + 90 = 360

360 + 90 = 460

4. The A Softball team has scored 72 goals over the season so far. The is 6 times more than what the B Softball team has scored. How many goals has the B team scored in the season so far?6 x 10 = 60

6 x 2 = 12

60 + 12 = 72

10 x 2

Answer: 12

Maths Strategie's. Week 6 Term 4

1. Sammie measure the distance from his bedroom door to the lounge and it was 5.2m.  It was an extra 2.9 to the couch. What was the total distance from his bedroom to the couch?

5.2 + 2.9 = 8.1

5.0 + 2.0 = 7.0

.2 + .9 = .1.1

7.0 + 1.1 = 8.1

2. The wooden steps at the back door have fallen apart. The drop from the doorstep to the ground is 1.28m. Tiaki puts a couple of layers of concrete blocks down temporarily to reduce the distance. These layers measure .650m.  What is the drop now?

1.28 + .650 = 1.93

0.28 + 0.65 = 0.93

1.0 + 0.93 = 1.93

3. Teams are allowed up to 14 players in the touch competition. If there are 168 players altogether how many teams are there?

14 x 12 = 168

14 x 10 = 140

14 x 2 = 28

10 + 2 = 12

4. There are 9 students from our school who made it to the Auckland Champs for athletics. This was ¼ of the number of students who competed at the Eastern Zones. How many people went to the Eastern Zones?

¼ of 9 = 2.25

9 x 4 = 36

9 x 2 = 18

18 x 2 = 36

5. There are 21 girls to every 12 boys in the class.  The same mix or ratio of girls to boys are picked to go to a special concert If 11 went how many boys and how many girls was this?

21/33         12/33

33 divided by 3 = 11

21 divided by 3 = 7

12 divided by 3 = 4

My Mihi!

Kia ora tatou kua hui mai nei ki tenei wahi ki te mau mai te aroha Ka nui te aroha mo to koutou kaha ki te aro mai ki te awhina i te reo Maori e pa ana ki tenei hui.

Greetings to us all (who) have gathered here to this place to bring the The love Great is the love in attending to support / help i Maori language e pa ana ki this gathering.

Throw Back. (First Day Of School)!

2nd Draft; Shouting, Rushing, Pulling, I was getting ready for my first day at school. My mum was angry at me she couldn’t stop pulling my hair. After all the pulling and shouting we took off to go and check what class I was in. As we walked my mum noticed a family member of ours and said Hi. We carried on walking and we got to the office.

“Hello were here to ask for what class Asena is in?” My mum asked. “Oh yes she is in room 4” The lady replied. So we walked off and we got to my class and I nervously walked in. I really liked my class and my mum and dad were talking with my teacher while I was making some new friends. As I was talking to my new friends my teacher called me to come and meet her. She was very generous and really kind!

My new teacher introduced herself to me and she told me her name was Miss Wild. She was so kind and I really liked her. She was always cheerful and tells really funny jokes and we would always play gotcha! Gotcha was this maths game where the teacher choose’s two students and then she ask’s them a maths question and the person who answer’s firs has to say Gotcha. It was a really fun game.

My first friends were Mele, Aldora and Tyla Marie. They were really laughable and we would always tell each other secrets. We always played together and sit next to each other in class.

I felt really happy at the end because my friends were always by my side and My first day at school was like a dream come true!

1st Draft;

Today we had 40 minutes to write about our first day of school. From looking at our writing we are going to set some writing goals for the term.!

Shouting, Rushing, Pulling, I was getting ready for my first day at school. My mum was angry at me she couldn't stop pulling my hair. After all the pulling and shouting we took off to go and check what class I was in. As we walked my mum noticed a family member of ours and said Hi. We carried on walking and we got to the office.

“Hello were here to ask for what class is Asena in?” My mum asked. “Oh yes she is in room 4” The lady replied. So we walked off and we got to my class and I nervously walked in.

I really liked my class and my mum and dad were talking with my teacher while I was making some new friends. As I was talking to my new friends my teacher called me to come and meet her. She was very generous and really kind and.

My new teacher introduced herself to me and Her name was Miss Wild. She was so kind and I really liked her. She always read a book every time after morning tea and we would always play gotcha. Gotcha was this maths game where the teacher choose’s two students and then she ask’s them a maths question and the person who answer’s has to say Gotcha. It was a really fun game.

My first friend was Mele, Aldora and Tyla Marie. They were really laughable and we would always tell each other secrets. We always played together and sit next to each other in class. We also would sit up and try not to talk when the teacher was talking.

I felt really happy at the end because my friends were always by my side Especially MELE LAVAKA!