What is DNA???

Task Description: For our genomics we have to watch a video and write down the things we should know about DNA, the things we already know about DNA, also how DNA works in our Body.

The Three Kete

WALT: Read between the lines to understand the hidden meaning not directly stated in the text.

In The Beginning

 WALT: Read between the lines to understand the hidden meaning in the text.

Watch For Edge Slumps

Task Description: This weeks task is to read the book called Watch for Edge slumps and we have to make up our own questions for each-other and answer them. 

German Folk slap dance

Description: For our Inquiry, we are in Mrs. Moala's class Rm 1 and the dance that we learnt is called the German Folk Slap Dance. The German Folk dance is a Traditional dance and it is very popular in the regions of Bavaria and Tyrol(southern Germany, Austria and the German-speaking regions of northern Italy). Its also a dance of Four people. Anybody can do it.

What We know About DNA

Task Description: Today in our Home class, our Genomics task was to make a poster about what we learnt about DNA. 

Our Trip to the Museum!

Have you been to a museum before? Have you seen things from way back? Last week on Friday, the KMPG offered team 5 a special trip and that's the trip to the Auckland Museum. The First thing we have to know before entering the museum is the rules. My group, me, Trendy, Christina and Jahzara were with Nicole she's part of KMPG and she was our adult. We got to know each other and she was very sweet. My first favorite part of the museum was the part where I got to see a tiny Maori whistle. At first, I expected it to look like the whistle nowadays but it's actually really cool. It was so small and it also had carved patterns on it. The second thing that I found interesting was the airplane game. We had to control the airplane and go to were it's telling you and you have to take a picture of the location. I and Christina had a lot of fun but then we had to stop because there was a queue of people that also wanted to play. The last thing that I enjoyed the most in the museum would be the "Spitfire" it's a place where a  big plane from the old days is kept and believes me it's real.  Also in the same area, I saw the trophies and medals of the people that died. When we got back to school everyone was tired and we had to sing karaoke to keep us alive and it actually worked. I'm so happy that I get to experience going to the museum especially with my friends. I'm also happy that I got to see a real air-plane. One of my highlights would be playing on the field with my friends. 

One of the rule are:
1)DON'T TOUCH THE WORK OF ART
2) NO FOOD OR DRINKS INSIDE
3)NO PUSHING OR RUNNING INSIDE THE MUSEUM.
4) NO SHOUTING OR YELLING( Use your inside voice)

Genomics Fun Day!!

Today was Genomics Fun day, which is why the year 7's & 8's from Glen Innes and Glenbrae came to our Team. In the morning in my home class we had to divide in to four groups. Lucky I was put in the same group with my friends. When Glenbrae and Glen Innes were here we had to sit in the street. After the meeting we were sent to our home class and the other schools had to divide into different classes to pick any group they want to be in. When all of them got in a group we introduced ourselves and told each-other what inspired us about Genomics. After doing our meet and greet we had to go back in the street and play a game for spot prizes and the game was that Jannie gives us a question and the one who knows it has to stand up and say it out loud.  When we finished we had to go back to our home class and review some of the Genomics stuff that we did. After like 15 minutes of reviewing, it was time for the quiz. So the thing is we get a paper of genomics question and we had to write down the answer or say it to the panel for points. After we did the Quiz and after announcing the winners everybody did a good job and we also got along we each other. We really had a fun Genomics day with Glenbrae and Glen Innes.

What is a Poem?

Task Description: We are learning about Poem and how to write poems of our own.

A Good Leader!!

Does being a leader include being, respectful, caring and helpful? If you see the seniors in your school you can see that they are very responsible and confident and they can sometimes inspire us. What are the things that you should know about becoming a good leader at your school? I suggest if you want to know, read through the statements below to know about the ways of becoming a leader.  

The first thing about becoming a leader is being Respectful. Respect is something that everyone and anyone can do. If you respect the people in your family that means you can also respect each other and the teachers of your school. It's good to respect your elders as well, it's good to show respect because the little kids will do the same thing.

My second tip of becoming a leader is by being confident in yourself. Speaking in front of a lot of people is terrifying but if you believe in yourself and get used to it you won't have the fear of talking to people. You can encourage those people that are shy by being confident in yourself.

My last opinion about being an amazing role model is, being positive all the time. You can motivate those people who feel negative by telling them some positive words. If the little kids see you being positive all the time they will be positive with each other. That can show that you're a fit leader for your school.

There you have it, three of my opinions or tips about how to become a good leader of your school. Being Respectful, Confident and being positive will help you become an amazing leader.  

What do I know??

Term 4! Here We Come!!

Fakalofa Lahi atu, this week is the first week of term 4. It's also Niuean language week and all of us were happy to see each other. When we were in the hall we saw Mr. Burt dressed up he looked kinda funny and it also gave me goosebumps. This Term's theme is "Life is a Stage" and it's about drama and dancing so it's expressing yourself through a play or a dance.

Team 1 did a movie of Cinderella, four of the team 1 teachers were dressed in gowns and funny outfits while Cinderella was dressed as...Cinderella. The four step-sisters and Cinderella were invited to the ball but the step-sisters didn't let her. Fairy godmother then appeared and turned them into frogs because they were being mean to Cinderella. I'm sure team 1 is going to have a lot of fun this term.

Team 4 teachers were Ms. Barrant, Ms. Tuia, Ms. West, Ms. Sio, Ms. Tumahai and Mr. Goodwin(Statue). Their Item was interviewing the Toy Shop characters, they were talking about Bernard the bee. Ms. Tuia was interviewed and she did the Git up dance. All the four characters were interviewed and each got to show some pretty neat dance moves.

Team 5 was one of my favorite performance. Our team teachers were wearing black with a matched lei and Grass Skirt. The first dance was like a Hawaiian dance and then after, they did the Waka Waka dance. They are great dancers. All of us enjoyed their performance and I can tell that our team 5 is going to have a great and fun term.

 All of the Teams did an awesome Job with their items. It also made me excited about what we're going to do and learn this term.

Switching off the lights

WALT:Read fluently and accurately recognising and understanding punctuation. Task Description: This week my group was given a nice story to read and then we have to answer some questions within the text.

What makes a "Good" Friend?

Backstabbing, arrogant, unreliable. Do you want to be these kind of friends?Obviously not, you want to be the best friend to your friends. If you keep reading you will know some tips to help you be that best friend.

First of all, if you want to be a good friend you have to be very honest with them, as long as you don’t hurt others and their feelings by you being brutally honest. If your friend does something that you don’t like you can’t just stay quiet and bare with it, you can be honest and speak up and tell your friend that you don't like what their doing, that can show your friends that your honest with them in a good way.

Second, good friends are the people that accepts you for who you are, not those friends that wants to be with you because your popular or you have more stuff, those friends that don't judge you because of what you love to do and what you like are true friends.

Finally, my last opinion for being a good friend, is being there for them when their struggling to go through things. I know that a lot of people have friends that struggle through school especially life, those people that have friends they still feel left out, you can be their best friend by being by their side and showing them that your there for them through hard times.

These are my three opinions or tips that will help you keep your friendship precious with your friend, If you use these the chain between you and your friend will never break. What's another thing you think will make you a good friend? 

Kids shouldn't get paid for Good Grades?

WALT: Use our created template and checklist to write a persuasive piece of writing.

Do you think that its good for kids to get paid for good grades? I don't think kids should get paid for good grades that's what I think, keep reading for more information about why kids SHOULDN'T get paid for good grades.

The first thing is its because I don't think kids need the motivation of money to do better at school. They should learn how to love the ability of learning and also not to be too greedy for money. Kids should do well at school even without getting paid. Kids getting money for good grades isn't right because if they get to pay for getting good grades then does that mean they will have bad grades if they don't get paid? Exactly it will make it even worse for the students to study because of money.

Instead of giving kids money to reward them for good grades you can reward them with something else instead of money like giving them a hug or a high-five and telling them "Well done!"  It will motivate them to keep going instead of pulling out your Wallet/Purse. 

I think that kids will still do good at school without getting paid, in a matter of fact, they shouldn't worry about money since their still young, they can learn how to earn money and how to spend them properly when they're ready.

These are one of the causes of why kids shouldn't get paid for good grades. Now, what do you think about this?

Task Description: Our focus for this week is learning how to choose a topic from the presentation and making a  narrative about disagreeing and agreeing.

Riddles >Quick Write

WALT: Create Riddles using interesting words.
Task Description: Today's Quick write activity is to come up with our own riddles using our own words.

"HELP"

WALT: Read fluently and accurately recognising and understanding punctuation. Task Description: This week my group Mewburn was given a story to read and we had to answer the questions given within the text.

Another Great-ish holiday of Mine!!

WALT: Write  about our Holidays. 

My holiday well was very good-ish and fun-ish. Keep reading to know about what I mean.

It was the first day of my holiday and my mum wakes me and my brother up, guess what she woke us up for... to do chores. That was the exact moment when I realize that my holiday was going to be another boring holiday. Each of us had chores to do and my favorite part about cleaning is that I get to play songs while cleaning.

After we did our chores, my brother helped my mum cook breakfast while I play more music in our living and look after my little brother and sister. Believe me, my little brother and sister like dancing, so I always play Baby Shark (R&B Version). 

So yeah, it was like that for the whole two weeks. The only thing we did was celebrating my older brothers birthday on Sunday, me, my family, my aunty, and uncle and her friend went out and..yeah. Then the next day it was back to school time. I was so happy to see my friends again. 

To be honest I like it at school more than staying at home but I like spending time with my family more. I hope you had a great holiday. What was the best holiday that you have ever had? Mine was when we went to visit my Great aunty from Samoa because I get to eat Samoan food that she bought.

Task Description: Writing about our Holiday's.

Should Children Drink Energy Drinks?

What kind of drinks do you like? What about Energy drinks? My thoughts about children drinking energy drinks are that It can help us be active and energetic but drinking too much will cause us to get crazy. Keep reading to find out the professionals and the experts opinion.
They said that people with heart problems shall never drink energy drinks even kids with heart situations because it can cause concern for their safety. Some Energy drinks can contain up 69.2 g of sugars which is bad for kids to drink too much.

The American Academy of Pediatrics's prefers children consume no caffeine at all. Energy drinks can increase blood pressure in some people. Even though they claim that Energy Drinks can improve your endurance and performance, many health experts disagree.
More than 5,000 cases of people who got sick from energy drinks were reported to U.S. poison control centres between 2010 and 2013, and almost half of those cases were in children did not realise what they were drinking. Kids can also get diabetes if they drink too much because it contains caffeine and too much sugar.

I think that children shouldn't drink energy drinks. I'm saying this for the sake of their safety and their health (and mine).

Why do we have fitness?

Have you ever wondered why we have fitness or why we have to stay fit? If you are one of these people who asked themselves this question. Well keep reading and you will hear my opinion for why we have fitness.

Sometimes I also ask myself, "What's the point of being fit?" then I realise that it's easy to get fat but its hard to lose weight.  So I did some research on why we need to be fit and I found some really important things for why we need fitness. Most importantly, regular activity can improve your quality of life.

Being fit can help us be energetic and active at all times. Did you know that New Zealand is ranked as the 14th laziest country? Well, because we don't go to the gym or exercise. Exercising can improve your health.  Be fit and healthy will keep you from being sick.

Another reason why we kids do fitness at school is that its good for our brain development. It can also help us improve our academic performance. It can help us build strong bones and muscles since its important for us to be healthy.

Now, do you get why we have fitness and why we NEED fitness? To tell you the truth I hate exercising also fitness at school but I learned some important things. That's why I'm glad we have fitness at school.