Basic Facts

In Te Ngahere we have been practising our basic facts every day. I am learning my divisions because I have already finished my multiplication. I really enjoy doing my basic facts because it's something different to do than reading and writing. I only have 5 sets of divisions left which are my 6s, 7’s, 8’s, and my 9 divisions. I will be adding a chart of my division basic facts down below. Thank you for using your own time to read my post.

Technology

Last week Wednesday The year 7 & 8’s started our first day of technology at Moerewa School. The year 7’s did woodwork and the year 8’s did cooking. I was in cooking and we made Frittatas which was yum. It was my first time learning how to make Frittatas and I enjoyed eating them because they were so good. We started by chopping up all the the vegetables and then we put some eggs in a pot with flour and cooked up the bacon. We mixed spinach, potatoes and pumpkins all together with the eggs and flour. Then we put them in a dish and baked them in the oven. This term I’m in cooking class and term 2 I would be doing woodwork. I really can’t wait.

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New Game

On our second day in Te Ngahere we learnt this new game from our new teacher Whaea Shanna and this game is called Turbo Touch. I learnt that the game you can pass the ball in any direction. I enjoyed going against different teams from my class so I know what I can work on next which is how to pass different.

How you play turbo touch, you always start with the ball in the middle of the field, you start the game by touching the ball to your foot. The active zone is only open after two passes have been done or a intercept from the other team that has already passed the ball twice, The active zone is where you place the ball down its called a try. The next rule is that if anyone gets touched in you team twice when they are running with the ball then its a handover. On defence you have to be 2 meters away and on attack you can only hold the ball for 2 seconds because if its past 2 seconds it would be hand over.

Rules

Tempting Tangrams

In Te Ngahere I have been learning how to make Tempting Tangram. We were given two sheets with the Instructions and the other for the activity. Using the instructions sheet, we were able to create a parallelogram using all our shapes from the other paper that we cut out. After following the steps (which was hard), we couldn’t overlap or cut the shapes into another shape to make the parallelogram. We had to use the shapes and combined them together to create the parallelogram was is challenging and fun for my group. I got excited when I first made the parallelogram.
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 hexagon 

 triangle

parallelogram

Camp

Last Monday the Year 7 & 8’s went to Wellington for camp. The reason why we went on a camp together is because we wanted to make memories before the year 8’s head off. We stayed at Te Herenga Waka marae for a full week. Every morning and night we had amazing meals that were cooked for us. They also made lunches for us to take out for the day when we went out exploring. Every day was action packed and we travelled to lots of interesting places. The presentation will explain what we did throughout the week.

presentation will be uploaded soon 

Tuia 250

Last week on Saturday my family and I went to Tuia 250 in Whangarei. Tuia 250 is when ships and waka come in like Ngahiraka Mai Tawhiti, Faafiti, Endeavor, The R.Tucker Thompson, Haunui and the Spirit of New Zealand. When the ships and waka come in we then had a powhiri. After that we had a kai and then had free time. In my free time I watched a band with my friends called Missy, Zhynaliyah and Miki. Then we went to go learn how to navigate with a group called Ngahiraka Mai Tawhiti, It was so fun because we had to lay down and look at the stars.

My Holiday

On Wednesday the 10th of October my family and I went on a holiday to Australia. In Australia we had a lot planned for our two weeks but there was one fun day that I liked. On Saturday we went to this place called Jamberoo which is an adventure swimming park. Jamberoo has a lot of swimming activities to do like the Wave Pool Beach, Rock Pool Bombing Place, Water Park, Surf Hill, Splash Out and my favourite of all was the Perfect Storm. The Perfect Storm is a big slide that you can go down with your family in a yellow donut. In The Perfect Storm the light flickers on and off. The light is black and white so it looks like you’re in a thunderstorm.

Perfect Storm


The view

The Wave Pool beach, behind