Tech (Technology)

This whole year was so amazing because we did technology (tech). We take tech (technology) at Tamaki College. Tamaki College is a school/college in G.I (Glen Innes). It is the only college in our cluster.

The days my school goes to tech are Tuesdays and Thursdays. All the year 7’s from my school goes on Tuesdays and the year 8’s go on Thursdays.

The subjects at tech are Cooking, Graphics, and Hard Materials. The teachers for the subjects are Mrs Heka (Cooking), Mr Pineda (Graphics), and Mr Grundy (Hard Materials). All the subjects at tech are fun and cool because you get to make stuff in all 3 subjects.

My first subject at tech was Graphics, then Hard Materials and lucky last was COOKING! I saved the best for last because cooking is like my favourite home thing to do.

In Graphics, Mr Pineda taught us how to draw, how to be artistic, how to colour properly, and what lines are like and how to draw lines properly.

Hard Materials was pretty hard because we had to do a lot of adult stuff. In Hard Materials, we got to make aluminium stuff. The stuff was actually necklaces for somebody special. We had to saw, sandpaper, cut, measure and more. It was pretty hard but it was worth it because at the end we made a Taonga (Gift).

Cooking is so cool. Why? Because we got to COOK! What you do in cooking is cook, make mixture, and more. It is so fun because the teacher (Mrs Heka) is funny and chill.

My favourite subject at tech is Cooking because at cooking me and my friends (Keis), were her best and favourite students. Why? Because we do stuff that she doesn’t tell us to do, we sweep the floor better because we sweep the whole room plus the little rooms, we listen so much…

Tbh (To Be Honest), but I will miss doing Tech because i will miss the teachers and the fun stuff we get to do. I can’t wait until next year because we get to do it again. YAY!

Here are some links to our Tech subjects
Tamaki College
Cooking - Mrs Heka
Hard Materials - Mr Grundy
Graphics - Mr Pineda

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Future Aspiration 2

So excited, I heard that we are having another Future Aspiration. I couldn't keep in the excitement because I know that we had Future Aspiration before but I was excited to meet the new people that was going to speak to us.

Future Aspiration is a thing where special visitors come and talk about what they do. They come to inspire and to help us through life. They come to help you reach your goal and stuff. It is really amazing what they can do to change your life.

When they arrived, I was so enthusiastic because I couldn't wait to meet the new people. The names of the speakers were Anthony Samuels, Paula Fakalata and Amelia. Andrew Patterson was the host for the whole thing and he knew the people so he introduced them to us.

About them:

Andrew Patterson:

He is a radio person. He works for himself. He was the host and he was the introducer for the visitors.

Anthony Samuels:

Anthony Samuels talked about how he was a actor and then became a producer on What Now for 10 years.

He is a father of 4 boys and has a wife whose name is Shannon.

Paula Fakalata:

Paula Fakalata, he was so funny that my laughing tears started dripping out of my eyes. He encourages kids to do what they want to do. And to be opportunity hungry.

Amelia: She is a Fashion designer… Well, she is studying Fashion. The school she went to is called mount roskill and the university she goes to is AUT (Auckland University of Technology)

The person that inspired me the most was Paula Fakalata because of the things he was talking about. My favourite thing that he told us was the story about when he nearly died.

What he said can help me through life and it really encourages me to do more stuff in life too.

Extra Maths Questions

My Sound D.L.O

This is my Sound presentation... It is also my D.L.O!!! (Digital Learning Object)
Hope you enjoy!!!

Science Road Show Photos

 Here is some photos from the Science Road Show!!!

 

Addition Problems with Tenths - Changing One Number - Whole Number - Maths

This is my presentation of my Maths D.L.O!!! (Digital Learning Object)

What Empathy Means to me

Empathy means to me,

• Feeling
• Understanding peoples feelings
• Caring how people feel
• Attitude
• Non Judgemental Thoughts

What does Empathy mean to me??

Well Empathy means to me Being kind to other people

Caring for other people feelings

Understanding how other people feel

Thinking about their Thoughts instead of judging them

Once, my friend got hit in the eye with a Softball Ball. Her eye was bleeding and she also had a black eye. We took her to the Sick Bay to get her eye checked and it wasn't good. She had to put a Ice Pack on her eye to make better.

Walking to class, she was feeling a bit happy because her friends was with her and she was a bit sore because her eye was hurting. Once we got to class she was feeling a bit better because there we teachers helping her and caring about her.

A few minutes later, she took the Ice Pack off and her eye wasn't bleeding any more and her eye wasn't that black. As I was walking, I could see my friends showing Empathy to her and so I started show Empathy too. We showed her that we care about her and about her feelings. At the end, she was happy that she had her friends with her.

Division in Parts with Larger Numbers - (3 digit numbers - divided by 1 digit numbers) - Maths

This is my presentation about my Maths D.L.O!!! (Digital Learning Object)

My Writing Task

Today, I was playing this writing game from my tasks. I was a awesome game because there were 3 story's you can tell in the words that are given to you. The story's that you can on it is a Ghost story, a Romance story or a Spy story. I did all of them because I wanted to test them out.

If you want to play on it, here is the link:

http://www.funenglishgames.com/writinggames/story.html

My Nephew & Sisters Birthday

Chill'in on Saturday was so awesome because lots of family members came around and it was fun. The sun was shining bright and everyone was having fun. The heat outside was so hot and I could see the sun beaming its yellow lasers at me.

We were having a birthday feed for my nephew and my big sister..... They were both turning 14... My nephew turned 14 one day after my sister turned 14 but we decided to celebrate my sister's birthday on my nephews birthday since it was on a Saturday.

For the birthday, we went to a boxing gym and played there.... The gym was free and it was only my family that were there. All the little kids plus me, were playing with the boxing equipments. Me and my cousin had a little boxing spar and it was so much fun.

My cousin is a boy but I didn't care because I just wanted to fight with him. In the middle of the match, he started to punch my head and then I started to get dizzy!!!!..... I started to get weak but I still fought till the time was finish. At the end of the fight, I was so thirsty and dizzy!!!! His punches were so hard and his step’s were to fast!!!

While I was resting, the next people went on and had a spar..... Then after that spar the next people went on.. It went on and on until the finals came up and everyone was excited to watch people lose.
After all the fights and the finals, we had to go help set the food and then go and eat. The food was so nice and tasty.... The drink that was made was nice too.

Later on, the little kids went back to the gym and started playing again. Some of the big kids were listening to music and playing touch and other games with the balls that we brought.
After all the games and food and that, we decided to go home and rest, take a shower, and sleep.

While we were packing and doing the other things, the kids started running around because they didn't want to go home. I started chasing the little kids so they hop in the car and it was so hard so the big kids got them and put them in.

When we got home, I straight went into the shower and had a shower them went to sleep.

The End!!!

Multiplication in Parts - Larger numbers - (1 digit x3 digit) - Maths

This is my presentation about my maths D.L.O (Digit Learning Object.)

My Explanation Writing

I am explaining how I get ready for school every morning…...

How do I get ready for school in the morning??

Well every morning,  I get woken up to get ready. I get woken up by my grandparents but mostly my Grandma. I get woken up at 7:30 which is very early because my school doesn’t start until 8:30. I get up

at 7:30 because I get more time to get extra things.

I begin my day by having a nice and warm shower. After that I begin putting my school uniform and doing my hair. Every time i'm in the middle of getting ready I hear my grandparents calling me to come and have breakfast. So, I hurry and do my hair and uniform so I can go and have breakfast.

Later after having breakfast, I ask my Grandma if she could do a prayer before I start walking to school.

When I have reached school, I have a few minute’s before school time. When school starts my teacher start’s marking the roll then we begin our first lesson.

That is how and what I do when I get ready for school.