Iron Tamariki

WALT: find the key ideas of a story.

Today for reading our class did a task called 'Reading Reciprocal' where we had to read a text called, Iron Tamariki and from that text we had to find out the key ideas of the story. Me and my friend, Deandra found that while we were analysing the text for key ideas the main character had a Fixed Mindset. 

This is what we came up with....

When we analysed the story for ideas we came up with 'A Fixed Mindset' because the main character, Mana had displayed signs of doubting himself and giving up easily. For example in the text he kept telling his father that he hated running and also saying that he wasn't fit enough. But then when his father gave him a goal to work towards to which was if Mana completed the Iron Tamariki event his father will cook him his favourite dish(Macaroni and Cheese) for the rest of the year. This then motivated Mana to complete the Iron Tamariki event also because his father showed him a picture of what Richie Mccaw used to look like when he was Mana's age. His father compared Richie to Mana saying that Richie Mccaw used to be the same size as Mana and now that Richie Mccaw is an All Black this also motivated Mana to get the event done too.

In the text.. Iron Tamariki me and my buddy, Deandra found another key idea which was encouragement. In the story the main character, Mana is constantly reminded that he can accomplish the Iron Tamariki Marathon by his whole family whom have 100% faith that Mana can win the marathon and gain the confidence that he needed to persevere through his doubts of being able to compete in the marathon. For Example:  "C'mon cuzzie you can do it",   "I know you can.", "Don't worry about me speedy!, Kia Tere(hurry up)!", "Kia Kaha(be strong), boy!" 

Te Whare Tapa Wha

This is a google drawing that I have created which is about Te Whare Tapa Wha, The four walls of self. In this task we had to complete each wall with basically what strengths we have in that wall and what weaknesses we have with that wall too.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MICHAEL JACKSON!!!

Hello there down below is a drawing that I put together that just shows my birthday wishes to the one and only Michael Jackson. If you are new to my Blog then here is a fact that you should know about me.....I LOVE MICHAEL JACKSON!!! Yep I love him soo much he just inspires me soo much, I mean like my whole class knows I love him. He would've been 57 today if it weren't for his untimely death. So yeah.....HAPPY BIRTHDAY MICHAEL JACKSON!!!

My Goals and Growth/Fixed Mindset Task #4

Hi there this is another Growth and Fixed Mindset Task. This task is about goals. As you can see this is a pyramid that has three sections, if you read those little boxes on the side it'll tell you what goals are in what. So yeah and also stay tuned for the reflection questions that actually goes with this pyramid.

Hauora - Health - Te Whare Tapa Wha

This is a presentation that I have put together about Hauora - Health. This is talking about the four walls of self and well being of a person and questions that relate to Hauora.

Multiple Multiplication Methods

This is a DLO(Digital Learning Object) that I have created which shows one of the Maths tasks I chose to do today. This math task is about Multiple Multiplication Methods that we can use to solve different Math equations. For example one math method is Place Value. It took me a while to get this done due to some confusion but here it is!

Our Cooking Show!

This term for writing my class is doing Recount Writing. We had to write a recount about a past childhood memory that relates to our Inquiry Topic, Practising Peaceful Play. My recount is about Me and my Best Friends little pretend cooking show that we always loved to play in the holidays, weekends and even after school.

REAL LATE Airport Adventures

Today earlier after midnight (It's quite confusing to say what time or day it was so just bare with me) me and my family went to the airport to pick up my Grandma who was coming from Tonga. Well here's the full story....

10:20pm: I had just finished chatting online with my friend Willy. After chatting to him I watched some Youtube to make me fall asleep. Well that took about 30 minutes....anywho I was just getting to sleep and BAM after only 10 MINUTES OF SLEEP I had to get up and get ready, I felt real sleepy and stink because I didn't even want to go but had to. After a few minutes of getting ready we were off. Driving through the night sky, seeing nothing but bright lights. I started to fall asleep until BAM Janet Jackson's new song, No Sleep started playing on the radio. I started to sing on my own buzz. But then we eventually reached our destination.

We walk inside and it was quite okay not too much people. But we straight away went to the Mcdonalds to have a LATE night meal. It was *Turns face to the right looking up*"SO GOOD!"(A phrase I got from Youtube)...Anywho we go back downstairs and started to wait. We thought she would come out fast but NOOOOO it took an hour(by then it was nearly 1 o'clock) My feet were aching and I felt like lying down on the floor and sleeping...but no because we were in Public. As we waited we saw different cultures walk past us with happy faces from seeing their families. After quite a while she FINALLY came out. We hugged her and went back to the car to drive home. I was SOOO HAPPY not only because she was here but because it was FINALLY TIME TO SLEEP!!! Luckily we have Teacher only day(A day for teachers only....well except for Willy...Sorry Willy but you gotta do what you gotta do) so we didn't have school.

But yeah that was my LATE night Airport Adventure!!!

Mehi, Lyric and Kahlicia - Graphic Design - Balloon Toss(Bean Bag Toss)

This term for Technology I am in the group Graphic Design. For Graphic Design we are creating a activity that can be used in our school playground. I am with year 7's, Lyric and Kahlicia. We all agreed to do the Balloon Toss game which is basically like a bean bag toss game but instead of having a board we would be using buckets instead. This presentation shows the considerations for our game.

Group 4(Cypress, Mehi, Sulaiman, Maopa) - Hauora - Te Whare Tapa Wha

Today our class was given a task about Hauora - Te Whare Tapa Wha. Te Whare Tapa is the four walls of health and well-being. Our class were split into different groups, which had four people in each group. One person from each group had to go to another group which had one of the walls. I was in the Te Taha Wairua(Spiritual  Health) group. Once each person from the groups had gathered their information in their head they went back to their original group and put it onto a Google Presentation...which you can see our group's one above. 

Whanau Conference GOALS!!!

This is a presentation that my class had to do for Whanau Conferences. This presentation shows my goals for Term 3. Today we had our Whanau Conferences where we had to present this presentation to our parents/caregivers. I think my one went pretty well, they chatted about my learning and all sorts of stuff and then it was over. :)

Class Definition - Growth Mindsets and Fixed Mindsets

This is a D.L.O(Digital, Learning, Object) that I have created which is about the class definition about Growth and Fixed Mindset. We were split into two groups, Growth Mindsets and Fixed Mindsets. Each group had to come up with a definition for their group. I was in The Fixed Mindset group. We all put our ideas together and came up with these.

MY Definition For Growth and Fixed Mindsets

This is a DLO(Digital Learning Object) that I have created which shows MY OWN Definition for Growth and Fixed Mindsets, which is something that my class have been learning about for the past few weeks. 

Growth/Fixed Mindsets: Activity #1

WALT explore through inquiry what a Growth Mindset looks, sounds and feels like. 
This is a Growth/Fixed Mindset task that everyone in my class has to complete. This DLO(Digital Learning Object) shows my thinking of sayings for Growth and Fixed Mindsets. My categories that I chose were Positives, Negatives and just the Middle meaning in between the two categories. 
Here is what we had to do with this task:

Read the following Phrases and organize them on the Venn Diagram Chart Below in a way that makes sense to you.

Think Carefully about the phrases that were shared in this activity. How would you sort them on the Venn Diagram below? How would you label your diagram?

NETBALL TOURNAMENT!!!

Today was such a FUN day because the Year 7&8 Girls and Boys had a AAIMS Netball Tournament which was held at the AMI Netball Courts.

There was a range of coloured uniforms at the netball courts which kinda looked like a rainbow but on the ground...moving around…...

Each team then went to the court they were playing on. Our team went to court number 11 where our first game was against, Point England. The buzzer went on and it was time to start, everybody was in there positions and I was in mine also, which was Goal Attack.

The games went by real fast, sadly our team lost our first game but that was okay because it would help us gain more confidence.

After a few minutes it was time for our second game which was against Kohi Marama. There team was GREAT at attacking. Sadly I had to come off because my one of fingers got cut by the safety pins from our skirts. I actually chose to come off because there was just too much blood coming out even though it was a small cut….but yeah you gotta do what you gotta do.

The game was then finished and sadly we lost again.

Everybody felt like giving up. We had a few more practices where I got hit in the ball TWICE. But yeah, after a few netball drills everybody was ready for the next game. Our next game was against Stanhope School. They were a very friendly team. We all played our hardest and FINALLY WON!!! YAY!!! I was SUPER proud of myself because my shooting skills was very poor at the start and I would always miss the goal. But FINALLY I got most of the goals for that game…..(Man I should have not doubted myself).

After about 20-30 minutes it was time for our fourth and final game which was against St Heliers. Our team was moving so fast I betcha you can’t even catch a glimpse of someone holding the ball. As we kept scoring goals the other team did too. BUT TOO BAD BECAUSE WE WON YAYAYAYAYA WE WON!!!.....WE WON…..But yes we are Humble winners yet also gracious losers…...!!!

It was so funny because Whaea petra said that we only won because she wasn't there. I actually believed that because she was there for our first two games which we lost and then when she wasn't there for our last two games we ACTUALLY WON!!!).

Either all it was a very FUN and Tiring day but it was all WORTH IT!!!