Forensics Session

On Monday the 16th a police women and man came and shared their knowledge about crimes to all of T.K. The police women Kate explained her knowledge of detective work and Gavin the senior police constable told us what he does in burglaries and shop lifting. My favourite part of the talk was when we got to watch a short clip of a man running down the street with a computer in his hand and we had to find all the asspects of him. I really enjoyed the talk and all of the information they shared with us. 

We did some of our own detective work in room 15 where we got to put our fingers prints on paper so we could find out what our prints were called. 

School Athletics

On Friday the 6th we had school athletics. There was activities like high jump, long jump, sprints and a few more. My two favourite activities would've been sprints because I like running and shot put. The only activity I wasn't looking forward to was high jump, but luckily we didn't have to do that. 

The Lost Thing

One day after school I was waiting for my Mum to pick me up when out of the corner of my eye I saw something small moving. I turned my body to face the small creature, who appeared to be crying. It looked up at me with a sad face so I bent down and picked it up. It was light, with a dark green body with pale red hair, and wearing red shoes. The thing felt metallic like a robot.  I asked what was wrong but there was no answer. It just looked at me helplessly.

A car pulled up and I turned around to see my Mum motioning me to hop in. I put my bag on the back seat and was about to hop in when I thought about the creature.  I couldn’t bring myself to just leave it there so I picked it up and put it in my pocket.

When we got home I raced up to my room and took the creature out. My mind was wondering many things. Where had it come from?, Where did it belong? Once again I tried to ask it something but without luck. The computer had no information on what the thing was, but it came up with a website called ‘Your Lost Thing’, about a place where you can take unusual things that don’t fit in. I clicked on and looked for information on where I could find it. Luckily it wasn’t far from where I lived.  I put my hands out and the thing slowly walked onto them.

We arrived just over 20 minutes later outside two big steel doors. I pushed them open and walked up to a big desk sitting in the middle of the room. I asked where I should take my lost thing. She was about to tell me where to go, but it seemed like something stopped her. Her expression changed to a caring, loving face. She bent down to my ear and whispered some directions. I thanked her and walked down a long dark hall just like her directions said. After walking about 10 metres I arrived at small painting on the wall. I lifted the painting off the wall and discovered a small door with a hole in the centre. I pressed my eye against the hole and was amazed at what I saw on the other side. There were hundreds maybe even thousands of ‘lost things’ just like mine walking around in a light, bright big space. I looked down at the creature. It had a great big smile on it’s face. I lifted my hand up to the door and it walked inside. The lost thing turned around and waved goodbye.

Even to this day I still think about the small lost thing and wonder if it’s happy?

Speech Writing Competition

Deodorant. Most people use them because they think that sweat is bad and that you should cover it up with deodorants and fragrances.  What we end up doing is poisoning ourselves with chemicals.

We use deodorants and fragrances to smell nice and to have a nice appearance, but is it really all that good for you? The 30 second ads on t.v show people spraying lots of deodorant all over themselves to show how we should apply it. But what happens if you are spraying it with other people around and they are allergic to it? You have just poisoned your friend.

Recent studies have shown that there are also ingredients in deodorant and fragrances that can cause breast cancer. One of the main ingredients in deodorant is aluminium. Aluminium based-compounds are what blocks the sweat from getting to the skin’s surface. Some research has shown that aluminium compounds may be absorbed into the skin and blood and change the estrogen receptors in breast cells which may cause breast cancer. Estrogen Receptors are a group of very important proteins found inside cells and are essential for good health.

An example of a deodorant that has bad chemicals is Dove. It has two chemicals, aluminium and tet-ra klooroh ethaleen.   Tet-ra klooroh ethaleen is known to cause damage to the liver and increase the risk of getting cancer. It is most commonly used in industrial cleaning products.

Also the cost of deodorant and smelling fragrances is ridiculous for something that lasts 5-6 weeks and then you throw it out into our landfills which just causes damage to our environment. Everyone in the world who uses something to smell good combined spends on average 18 billion dollars in a year.

Can you put a price on your life?

Final Presentation

  

This is my Final Presentation for Wooden Materials technology. I really enjoyed this tech becuase I liked how my design ended up.

Hiroshima News Item

Thousands die in bombing of Hiroshima

6th Augus 1945:- Tens of thousands of people have died due to a new type of bomb, dropped by the U.S on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The bomb has left devastation through the city with people killed instantly and most of the survivors severely burnt or injured.

The President of the United States (Harry Truman) produced a speech later that day stating very clearly that there was only one bomb dropped on Hiroshima. Harry truman also stated that they were willing to destroy any productive enterprise that Japanese have in any city. He confirmed that the atomic bomb cost over two million dollars and had more power than 20,000 tons of T.N.T.

The day after the explosion happened there was a horrible smell through the city of dead bodies and burnt skin. There were people walking around with their skin hanging off their fingers because of the heat the bomb produced. Talking to some of the survivors they said that not long after the bomb, black rain started to fall.

The bomb put their whole city in flames. Leaving only a few buildings standing.

Term 2 Inquiry 'Movers and Shakers'- this is our Abacus presentation.

Last term’s inquiry topic was “Movers and shakers.” For our projects we were put into four  groups. Two of the groups were all girls and the other two were all boys. In our group was Eva, Rebecca, Destiny, Chloe, Lily, Cassia and Sophie. We were told to recreate an invention that had a significant impact on society.

We decided to create a giant abacus because the abacus was one of the first forms of calculators ever invented. To make this we used ten thin wooden poles, four blocks of wood and one hundred foam balls. Once we had the resources we had to paint the foam balls in four different colours. We chose red, black, green and yellow. We then had to make the frame for the abacus by drilling ten holes in one of the wooden blocks for the side of the frame. After that we then put the thin wooden poles which have the the foam balls on them into the holes. Then we finished putting the rest of the frame together by nailing the rest of the wooden blocks  around it.

Along with our invention we had to make a video. This is our video that we made for our giant abacus.

Persuasive Writing

Good Friends

What makes a good friend? I believe that a good friend is respectful, supportive and honest. These are important because it means that you and your friend care about each other.

One of the most important qualities in a good friend is honesty. Honesty is very important in a friendship because if you are honest with your friend then they will trust you and they will know when to believe you. Also being honest means that you are being a very supportive friend.

Supporting a friend is very important because it means that you can both help each other through a tough time or just be there for each other when you or your friend doesn’t understand something you are trying to work out. If you are being supportive it means that you help them to try and figure out something that they really don’t understand. Also say something that will encourage them not put them down.

Be honest with each other when you need to tell them something.  Not judging your friend is good because it means that you aren’t be hurtful to their feelings and they won’t be hurtful to you.

A friend liking you for you is important too.  If your friend likes you for you then it means that you don’t have to act like someone you’re not someone you’re not.

A good friend is someone who tells you the truth, supports you through tough times and respects you.

Tessellation

Almost finished

For maths we are making tessellations. This is my tessellation so far. However, I messed up that one so I started another one.(coloured in one)

The second one I started shows rotation and reflection. --> 

 

Matahiwi Marae Visit

Today we went to Matahiwi Marae for Kotahitanga week. When we got there a lady was signing to welcome us onto the marae with the karanga. We sat down and listened to Mr Mulligan speak. Afterwards we sung two songs and then went to have some kai (food). 

We got split up into three groups that rotated around. My first rotation was learning about the paintings on the walls of the Whare Kai. Whaea Edwards told us about her family and how she grew up near the marae. She also told us sbout the history of the paintings and what they meant. 

Our next rotation was the Wharenui where there was a huge whale's jaw and carvings of people on the walls. Matua Unahi talked about the whale's jaw and how there were 50 teeth, the whale weighed 50 tons and it was 50 feet long. The statues were of Kahungunu amd his relations and the ceiling panels represent the local rivers. 

The final rotation was in the marae atea with Mr Mulligan. He told us about Maui's family. He also told us about how the females aren't allowed to perform a speech unless they are on the verandah outside the Wharenui. After all of our rotations Mr Mulligan said a karakia before we left. My favourite part of our visit to the Marae was learning about the whale jaw.

Treemendous

Where I'm From Poem

Where I’m From

I’m from gum trees, scorching summers, lizards and slithering snakes.

I’m from riding boots, jodhpurs.

I’m from Jocelyn, Anthony and hugh.

I’m from beaches and holidays.

I’m from Keep calm and carry on.

I’m from seafood, chocolate and eclairs.

I’m from going to the beach and seeing family.

I’m from blazing sunlight and bush fires.

I’m from swimming, playgrounds and eating ice blocks.

I’m from Horse riding and being with friends.

I’m from fabric and beads.

Orienteering

  2 weeks ago Room 13 went to Keirunga Gardens for orienteering. It was exciting and we had lots of fun. The hardest part was probably when you were looking for a flag and you didn't see that you had already passed it. I really enjoyed orienteering and would definitely do it again.

Camp Letter

23/03/2015

Room 13

H.N.I

Dear Richard,

Thank you for giving up your time to come on camp, without you we would not have been able to go. Without you coming on camp it would not have been as fun or exciting. My favourite part of camp was when we came first in orienteering at Pandora Pond even though we didn’t know what we were doing. I also enjoyed going on the kayaks, but it was hard when we had to stand up in them and we all didn’t want to fall out because the water was freezing and we would get really cold.

Yours sincerely,

Lily Waites

The 'Bugman's' talk at Assembly

Today we had an assembly with Ruud Kleinpaste the 'Bug Man'. He talked about how if we didnt have bugs we wouldn't have what we have now. Here are some examples that Chloe B and I have remembered from the 'Bugman's talk.

• ⅓ of our food is produced by bees/bugs.
• The Blue butterfly only comes down to the jungle floor if it sees something that is the same colour
• When sloths go to the toilet they slowly crawl down the tree and make a little hole, then hug the tree and go toilet.
• Large pray mantis ate a hummingbird.
• Scorpions glow in ultraviolet rays
• A sloths brain ist he size of a walnut.
• Orchid bees can talk to each other
• Sloths take ¾ of an hour to go toilet.
• If there were no bugs in the world we wouldn’t have any beef or protein.

Camp 2015

At camp we did lots of fun activities. They included raft buiding, archery, mud slide, flying fox, bivouac building and much more.

My favourite activity was probably the raft building because we all got to work together and it was really fun. On the flying fox it was a little bit scary because when you get over the hill you are really high from the ground.

I really enjoyed camp and I liked all of the activities.

Year 7 Achievements

During Year 7 at HNI (2014) I have participated in:

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Class monitor ~phones.

CULTURAL:

I am a member of:

Choir & Production.

I am learning an instrument at school:

Guitar.

SPORTS

This year I have played or participated for the school in:

Netball.

LUNCHTIME SPORTS

I have played and participated in the following:

Handball, non-stop cricket, soccer and capture the flag.

GOLD AWARDS

Gold awards and Stars I have received include:

Technology Gold and Cultural Gold.

My current tally towards the following Gold Awards is:

Academic	Technology	Cultural	Sport	Service
0	25	34	12	10

In 2015 I am going to be involved in music tuition, equestrian, classroom monitor and choir at HNI.

My goals in the classroom for 2015 are to be more focused on my work and to work harder for gold points.

My goals out of the classroom for 2015 are to be more involved in sport and to work on my horse riding jumps, so I can get higher than 25-30cm.

Homework ~ Trash Novel Study

TASK:

Write a newspaper article on an important incident in the novel. Include a headline, date and place. Remember to include who, what, where, why, when and how. Include a picture if you like. (refer to some real newspaper articles for ideas on structure and language).

Tell the time in maori

In Te Reo we all made a presentation to show people how to learn to tell the time in maori. We could make an i movie, a powtoon or a presentation which my partner and I decided to create. We also made a kahoot.it that people can do to see what they have learn't.






Try our quiz on telling the time in Maori.

Inquiry

For inquiry this term we are entering our spaceship because Earth has been destroyed. We are making a stories in our groups about why we think Earth was destroyed. Our story is about how people are cutting down trees every second. We are going to try and find a new planet so we can all live safetly once again.

Science Technology

This is our technology Group B sun rap.

Science Technology

In science we got given a rap within our groups and we got to learn it and come up with
some actions, then we got to decide if we wanted to be filmed.

Debate blurb

What is a debate?

A debate is an argument or discussion between two sides. There is a chairman in the middle with the timekeeper and three speakers on either side of them. There are speakers 1,2 and 3.

It looks something like this:

We recently had a debate in our classroom. We all got split up into groups of 3 and got given a topic. My groups topic was, people should only go on devices or watch television for 1 hour per weekend. We had to be ‘FOR’ this topic which meant we wanted this to happen. Our hardest challenge was writing about something we didn’t agree with.  My goal for next time would be to speak a little bit louder and to use rebuttal.

Discussion text

Some people at HNI say that we should change our uniform, but some say that we should keep it. Both sides have valid arguments for what they believe is right.

The students in favour of changing the uniform say that it is terribly hideous and heavy. The uniform is also extremely expensive and if we wore mufti it would be a whole lot easier for parents. HNI’s jumper is also itchy and uncomfortable, which makes people not want to wear it. The uniform is not warm enough either which makes people awfully cold. Most students at HNI don’t like the colour of the top because it is too light and the yellow looks disgusting.  

The other students who are against changing the uniform say that it is formal and unique. HNI’s uniform is a great idea because people can tell what school we are from and if we wore mufti it would all be a bit confusing. Another reason to keep our uniform  would be to save our own everyday clothes. It would also minimize the arguments with parents in the morning about what to wear. The school jumper is also very unique because you can sew badges on to show what goals you have accomplished, because people won't want to sew badges onto their own clothes.

I believe that we should keep the uniform the way it is. Even though people say it is itchy, it is still formal.

Authentic Nz campain video

In inquiry we made a campain video about what we would do if we got elected.

What am I? Poem

What am I?

I’m new to the world,

with not much experience in anything,

I like to cuddle up to people.

In a few months I will be able to crawl,

in a about a year I will be able to walk.

I make noises that might annoy some people,

but later in my life I will be able to talk.

In reading we were reading What am I? and Who am I? poems. Once we had read some we made our own poems about something.

Science

This is our coke and mentos science experiment. In this experiment we had to work together to swing the coke bottles next to each other.

Crab Soccer PE

For PE we did crab soccer with room 6. We all got given a number and then that number got called out. We had to crawl on our hands and feet to get to the ball so that we could kick it.

Nelson Mandela

Nelson mandela

Nelson Mandela was born July 18 1918 in Mvezo South Africa. he died december 5 2013. Mandela went to the college of Fort Hare and went to the university of Witwatersrand. At the first school Nelson Mandela went to, his teacher gave him the christian name Nelson Mandela. His original name was Rolihlahla Mandela.

Nelson Mandela was imprisoned for 27 years of his life. After he got out of prison he continued to fight for what he believed in. Mandela thought that black and white people should have the same rights and be able to go to the same schools. Nelson Mandela wanted to change the apartheid.

Family was very important to Nelson Mandela. His father was Gadla Henry, who was born in 1880 and passed away in 1928. His mother was Nosekeni Fanny. They had nine daughters and four sons. Nelson Mandela remarried 3 times and had 5 children of his own.

Nelson Mandela was a politician a lawyer, a social activist and a peace activist. In 1994 Nelson Mandela Became the first ever black president, in South Africa. People say that as soon as Mandela walked into a room they felt welcomed. He ended segregation between black and white people.

Nelson Mandela was a very caring person, who wanted the best for everyone. He was a very powerful man, but tragically died of old age in 2013.

Patterns Fotobabble math

Election Reserch

In inquiry we made a poster about what an election is so we had more of an understanding of what will happen during the September election.

Change Maker Reading

In reading we made a presentation about a New Zealand change maker, which is a person who has changed New Zealand for the better.

Homework Should Be Banned.

HOMEWORK IS TAKING OVER OUR DAILY LIVES

Homework is taking over our daily lives.Who would want to be stuck in their room all afternoon doing homework when it will just make you stressed and you could be missing out on valuable time with your family?

Firstly, when you are stuck in your room doing homework you could be missing out on very important valuable family time. Family time is very important because you create a bigger bond. If you are doing homework all day everyday it will just cause frustration with each other. Also we haven’t seen our family all 6 hours of school and we want to tell them what we have done.

Secondly, we spend 6 hours at school concentrating our brains on what we are learning. who would want to go home and carry on with learning when we would rather be relaxing our brains from the agonizing school day? People would rather relax their brains by lying down or playing after school sport.

Thirdly, we already have commitments with sport or after school activities so we don’t have enough time for homework. Some people may say that you need to be accountable so you can do your homework as well as sport, but you’re already being accountable by committing to your sport that you play.

Who would want to be stuck in their room doing homework when it will just make you stressed. You could also be missing out on valuable family time and we would rather be relaxing.

Good Exercise Equipment

Mini olympics

WALT: Measure how far something goes.

We had groups for each station that we went to. Some of the satations were: shot put, sailing, archery and many others.

Persuasive text.

HOMEWORK IS TAKING OVER OUR DAILY LIVES

Homework is taking over our daily lives.Who would want to be stuck in their room all afternoon doing homework when it will just make you stressed and you could be missing out on valuable time with your family?

Firstly, when you are stuck in your room doing homework you could be missing out on very important valuable family time. Family time is very important because you create a bigger bond. If you are doing homework all day everyday it will just cause frustration with each other. Also we haven’t seen our family all 6 hours of school and we want to tell them what we have done.

Secondly, we spend 6 hours at school concentrating our brains on what we are learning. who would want to go home and carry on with learning when we would rather be relaxing our brains from the agonizing school day? People would rather relax their brains by lying down or playing after school sport.

Thirdly, we already have commitments with sport or after school activities so we don’t have enough time for homework. Some people may say that you need to be accountable so you can do your homework as well as sport, but you’re already being accountable by committing to your sport that you play.

Who would want to be stuck in their room doing homework when it will just make you stressed. You could also be missing out on valuable family time and we would rather be relaxing.

Ear Inquiry

STIRRUP- The ear has the smallest bone in the body called the stirrup. It is one of the three bones connected to your ear drum.

The three main parts of the ear is the outer ear, middle ear and the inner ear.

Sound travels through the ear at roughly 330 metres per second.

The fluid in your ear moves according to gravity.

Your ear is the part in the body that keeps you balanced.

The ear is a very important part in the body because if we didn’t have ears we wouldn’t be able to hear.  When we hear something it makes waves* in our ear which helps the sound travel through the outer ear into the middle ear. (*  a wave of compression going into the ear. )

The fluid in your ear goes into your mouth which makes saliva.

Show Me: Decimals

" Oh, that's good. No, that's bad. "

WALT: Write for entertainment.

Oh, that’s good, No, that’s bad.  

One sunny evening Jean and George decided to go for a walk with their dog Coco. They decided to stop and buy a vanilla ice-cream each.

Oh, that’s good.

No, that’s bad.

When they walked into the shop they saw the ice-cream cart which was full of maggots and flies.

Oh, that’s bad.

No, that’s good.

There was a new ice-cream shop down the road about 20 metres away with new flavours of ice-cream.

Oh, that’s good.

No, that’s bad.

When they were walking a huge UFO came down from space and took them away to a deathly, dark land.

Oh, that’s bad.

No, that’s good.

When they were about to land at the deathly dark land the UFO started to splatter and explode so the UFO fell back into earth and Jean and George were saved.

Oh, that’s good .

No, that’s bad.

Jean and George started to walk to the ice-cream shop again and saw their 2 friends but not as their usual selves, they were monsters.

Oh, that’s bad.

No, that’s good.

When they started to chase them Coco came and bit the monsters and they turned back into their normal size and shape.

Oh, that’s good.

No, that’s bad.

When Coco bit them Coco then turned into a monster and started to run after them.

Oh, that’s bad.

No, that’s good.

While Coco was running after Jean and George he slowly started to turn back to normal.

Oh, that’s good.

No, that’s bad.

It started hailing rocks with hot lava around them so they all had to run for their lives.

Oh, that’s bad.

No, that’s good.

It turned out that what looked like lava covered rocks actually turned out to  be bubbles with red dye covered over it.

Oh, that’s good.

No, that’s bad.

When everyone came out to play they all got bubble mixture in their eyes.

Oh, that’s bad.

No, that’s good.

Everyone went inside to find shelter and the red covered bubbles changed to chocolate. Every kind of chocolate.

Oh, that’s good.

No, that’s great.