Wananga - Yr 10 & Yr 11 2021

Today for wananga we have to do a reflection blog post. We will have to do this every week on a Friday. In each blog post we will have to write about our week in wananga and in our other subjects. We will also have to write about the books we are reading or the one Mr Richardson is reading to us. I choose to write about the book i'm reading. Please enjoy my blog post and make sure to comment!

Monday - We watched a video on how to use My Mahi and I had my favourite subject Science.

Tuesday - Don't remember but I had my theory class for Home Economics.

Wednesday - Don't remember but I had my Not So Sport Club after school.

Thursday - Had some people from around the school come and talk to us and had Tennis training.

Friday - Writing this blog post and after lunch I have my practical Home Economics class.

Haunting The Deep - 

This is the name of the book I am reading by Adriana Mather. This is the second book out of a series of three. It is about a girl who is related to witches from the 1700's named Samantha Mather. But she was involved with heaps of creepy stuff. I haven't read much of the second book but all I know that it is about the titanic in someway and she can see the spirits of the people who got killed in that incident. 

I hope next week is as good as this one!

The Present

Today for wananga we had to watch another video. Here is the video if you want to watch it Link. It was a very cool video and here are some questions I had to answer. :)

How would you describe the boy at the start of the video?

I would describe him as a  grumpy, depressed boy who was addicted to video games. Who also didn't want to be disturbed.

What did he think of his present? How do you know? Why did he feel that way?

He thought that his present was an insult. I know this because of the look on his face .He felt that way because the dogs limbs weren't all there like himself.

What lesson did the boy learn by the end of the video?

He learnt that he can't judge a book by its cover, and that even though something might be wrong everyone and everything is still the same.

Why is it important to be grateful for what we have?

Things are made the way they are and we can't judge them for that, everyone is special in their own way.

Chemicals & Chaos - Rats

Rats & Mice cause so much chaos! Here is my findings on them.

Mouse Plague
Questions:                          Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3RLmErp43k

1. Where did this happen?
         Western Australia

2. How did this happen?
    The rain created lots of crops so the mice came

3. How much offspring can 2 mice parents make?
                               2,000

4. How much wheat did the mice eat?
                   500,000 Tons

5. How did they get rid of the mice and how many dead mice were there?
                    They made a poison                                100,000,000 M
                               (10 80)


Rat Temple
Questions:                            Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OOs

1. Where is this happening?
    Northern India - Rat temple

2. Why is this happening?
    The people think of them as a gift from a goddess

3. What special treatment to the rats get?
     They get to rome free through the whole temple, they taste test and eat before the people do, the number one and number two on people, they are worshipped, they are NOT killed. They also believe that rats in the kitchen is good luck and if you treat them badly or scare them you will anger the gods.

Inside & Out

Today for Inside & Out we have been learning about the themes of the movie Wonder. We had to choose from four different tasks, I chose to make a theme guide using Canva. Canva is like pictograph but it has more things to offer. Here is my theme guide.

Book Review 😊😄

Gangsta Granny Book Review:

I finished this book in silent reading and I am now reading another one but here is the book review. :)

This book is about a boy named Ben who thinks his granny is REALLY boring. Then one day his granny was put in hospital and Ben realised  that he wanted to know more about his boring granny. So, the next time he went to his granny's he found a biscuit tin with heaps and heaps of jewels inside. Then she told Ben all about her big adventures stealing jewels. Ben was so excited so they planned to steal the crown jewels. They got to the jewels but the queen was in the jewel house practising her Christmas speech. 

The Queen was talking about how the elderly weren't getting enough respect from this generation. Ben and Granny were let of the hook and sent back home. A few days later Ben realised why granny was in the hospital. She had cancer. She sadly died before Christmas and she had a very sad funeral. When the queen did her Christmas speech she mentioned Ben and his granny but didn't give the full details. 

The author for this book was David Walliams, a very talented author who writes funny children books. Here is a link about David Walliams.

Bio Poem

( Mine is slide 11 )

For the past few days we have been working on our own Bio Poem. A Bio Poem is all about you and your family. Here is my Bio Poem and the rest of my classes as well.

Playing To Win

This week for novel study I finished the book Playing To Win. This is the second to last task that I have to do and here it is:

A conflict is a argument between two or more people. Denny and Alice have their differences, Denny likes rugby and Alice doesn't. Alice's brother was killed drunk driving under the influence of alcohol, after a rugby party. Denny absolutely loves rugby and the thrill of it but he worry's that he has lost Alice because of something he loves. In Alice's opinion she thinks that the same thing will happen to Denny and his other friends because of what happened to her brother.

Creative Writing - Bridge In The Woods

Yesterday we started a creative writing story. We had to choose from some different photos and the one we chose is the one we had to write about. I chose a bridge that was in the middle of a forest. Enjoy!

This is the story of Emma Smith. She is a twelve year old girl who experienced the most wonderful thing in the world. But first it was anything but wonderful. Her father and mother decided to get a divorce when she was eleven and it didn't help that she was also struggling at school.She had to live with her mum which was fine until she had to move to a completely different place.When Emma got to her new house she asked her mother if she could go and explore the the forest surrounding the house but her mother said " I have to tell you something" Emma felt worried. " Your father has been diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer and was only given a year to live" Emma was shocked. She ran outside crying and being in disbelief. After running for what felt like an eternity she reached a bridge that looked like it went on forever. She was still very upset so she ran across the bridge. Then she saw it, a forest covered with leaves hanging from thousands of tree branches. The leaves made it so dark that there were fireflies everywhere. There were also thousands of flowers coming from bushes and some of the trees. Then she walked down a path made of the greenest grass she had ever seen. When she reached the end of the pathway she found a golden well that was full of crystal clear water that shimmered with the light of the fireflies. She was still crying a little bit and a tear fell in the well. The water rippled as the tear fell. Then all of a sudden a face appeared in the well. it was her father face, she smiled. The face said...

Stay tuned for part 2 :)

Playing To Win

This week for novel study we are doing two more tasks. Here is what I have to do for the second one:

Here is the cover I decided to make. I decided to do this cover because It has the title, A rugby ball and a the rugby posts. I was going to put silhouettes of rugby players in the book but I couldn't find one that was transparent.

Playing To Win

This week for novel study we are doing two more tasks. Here is what I have to do for the first one:

I have the responsibility of being involved in different sports and being a part of my team. I manage them by being on time to both my practices and games and playing to the best of my ability. I think my team and coaches trust me with the roles I play and how i work with them. Another responsibility I have is being able to keep my room clean because I am not very consistent with that, but I try anyways. I think that if I try harder to put everything in its spot then maybe it will be cleaner.

Playing To Win

Today for my novel study I have to do my third and final task for these first few chapters. I have to:                                         

When I started this school at year 7 I thought it was going to be a good year until I realised that there were really mean people in my class. I got through it but it was really hard. What helped me fit was knowing that there were some friends that helped me and my mum was really supportive two. I would tell Denny that even though he's at a new school and he dosen't know many people that he will find his way and be able to survive the school year.

Playing To Win

Today we had to start our tasks for our new novel study Playing To Win. The first task was to comment on someones blog post about their first conclusion of the book. The second task is to :

                                                       





There is tension between Denny and Todd and Denny because Todd thinks that Denny is a little better than him and that he would steal all his friends. Todd is also giving Denny a hard time because Denny has also developed a crush on one of his new friends, Alice. Which is unfortunate because Todd also has his eye on her. I think on the inside Denny is feeling like an outsider because he is the "new kid" I think this because somewhere in the book it says
 " I'll never fit into their group, they have known each other for years "

Playing To Win

This week we have started a new novel study. My group is reading Playing to Win which is about a boy named Denny Logan who moves to a new school and doesn't feel that he fits in. He wants to make it into the rugby team but his new friends don't think their coach will let him in. He also met this kid named Todd, and he doesn't particularly like Denny. Denny met this girl named Alice who he has taken a fancy to but so has Todd.

Personal Comment: Denny reminds me a lot of someone I know. So far it is a really exciting story to read and I would recommend it to everyone who likes a little bit of drama.

Ella West

Today a author named Ella West came and spoke to the year 7&8's about her books Night Vision and Rain Fall. As you know my reading group is reading the book Night Vision and we are almost finished. She also gave us a sneak peak about a new book that she is writing called The Sound Of My Heart which is about a girl who likes to run and when she does she hears her heart beat loud and clear.

Night Vision is about a girl named Viola who basically see's someone who gets murdered in a car fire next to her farm and she tries to figure out why the man committed the murder and why he had a big amount of cash.

Ella didn't tell us much about her book Rain Fall but she said that it was about two kids who liked to ride horses on the beach and then they find out about a murder that happened and then they get brought into the investigation.

Personal Comment: I think I would like to read Ella West's other books because I think that they will be really interesting and fun to read because of what I know about them.

Night Vision

For the next few weeks of reading my groups is doing a novel study. The book is called Night Vision but we are not aloud to read it yet because Miss Birtch has to look at our first impression of the book to see if we like it or not. Here are a few questions we have to answer.

Looking at the cover what to you think this book will be about?

I think this book will be about a girl that gets into mischief at night.

After reading the back what additional information do you have to add?
I learnt that Viola is a very mysterious girl and likes to explore but then she finds herself in deep trouble.

What genre do you think this story is?
I think this book is a thriller novel.

What are your thoughts of this novel study?
I think all novel study's are exciting but this one I think is the best I have seen.

Personal comment:
Overall I think that this will be a very interesting book to read from what I have learnt from the cover.

What genre (type) of story do you think this is? ex) romance, thriller etc. Why do you think that? What clues can you see?

Spelling

Every day except for Wednesday we do spelling. For spelling we had a little red note book and we write words that we can not spell in and then we learn them by doing fun spelling activity's to remember how to spell the words that we chose. Here is my reflection for spelling.

I think spelling is amazing because we get to learn new words and do fun activity's.

Integrity

Hello, today we had to talk about integrity. We had to talk about what it is and why we use integrity in our everyday lives. Here is what we learnt about integrity. Enjoy!😁

• Having Integrity means that you have to try your best, tell the truth and to be truthful and honest.

• You can show Integrity at school by doing the right thing even if the teachers not watching.

• Three ways I have shown Integrity are...

1. Joining the student council by being a leader.
2. Standing up for my own actions.
3. doing the right thing even if no one is watching.

New Zealand Women Timeline

Today in my class for reading we had to do a reading task. The reading task that we had to do was a timeline about five women from New Zealand that are famous or have left a legacy in New Zealand.The women I chose were Jean Batten, Nancy Wake, Fleur Adcock, Rachel Hunter and Valerie Adams. Here is my timeline.

Reading Plus

WALT: Improve our reading skills using reading plus.

 Reading plus is a website that you can use inside and outside of school.  On reading plus you can read and do lots of fun activity's. My Goal is to read 25,000 words by the end of the week.

Christmas around the world

WALT:  celebrate Christmas in different country's.

We learnt how to celebrate Christmas in France,Italy,the Netherlands,Sweden,mexico,Poland. They are all similar and all different at the same time.

We also learnt about how Santa and the reindeer get different foods from different country's'.