RWC 2019

This year is the Rugby World Cup. It is being held in Japan. I think that it shouldn't have held in Japan because they could have detected the bad weather, one minute its 40 degrees, next minute people are dying from storms! I will be interested in how the All Blacks go! I don't know who I'll go for in the semi's cause obviously I like the All Blacks, but I like England too. 

Smoothie instructions

This week we have been writing instructions for our favourite smoothie. My favourite is a mixed berry smoothie. These are my instructions.

Balanced equations

This week we have been learning Algebra and whether equations are balanced or not. We had to make a DLO about balanced equations. This is my DLO.

Netball

We had 2 trials. My friends and I decided to give netball a go. Franklin, Oli, Callum and I made the 14 person squad. 4 would get cut on the Thursday before the tournament on Monday. So Callum and I got cut but we still get to go and do the scores sitting in a heated room while the others freeze in the cold.  

Argument No.2

This week we did another argument. This time it was on whether we should allow phones at school. This is mine.



I strongly believe that we should have phones at school. Firstly because they can be used as a second tool of research. Secondly if something happens, eg; fire or an earthquake you can get in touch with parents. Lastly you can store a lot on your phone, like your work.


Phones are an amazing secondary research tool. If you have a piece of writing you need to research about you can use your phone to bring up your facts and copy them onto your writing. Also if you haven't finished some of your learning and don’t take your chromebook home you can do it on your phone.

Your phone could save you from a fire at your school. The US government has stated that in the USA there are 4000 school building fires and around 75 people get injured every year. If you had a phone you could be saved and save a lot of other people. You could call 111 to help.

A phone can store a lot of documents. You can save your MathsBuddy PDFs and all of your Google Drive. What about all your blog posts and comments. Your phone can do a lot! And if you need to download a book to read or info you can do that with a click of a button.


I strongly believe that kids should be allowed phones at school because it can be used for research. It can save lives and lastly has loads of storage for books and information.

Argument

Over the past 2 weeks we have been writing arguments. We have been writing about cell phones and whether we should have one. This is mine.

I believe that everyone should have a cellphone. It is good for entertainment on rainy days and when you have a long time waiting for something. Also it is used for communication, like when you get a flat tyre on your bike. Lastly people think when you have a phone you are not social, but texting and using social media is actually being social. Here are my reasons why kids should have a cell-phone




A phone is an excellent tool for entertainment. If you are on a road trip and you have nothing to do, you can pull out your phone and play games for a quick 10 minutes, it’s better than boredom. sport games are harmless and can be used to educate your kids. Netflix and YouTube can actually educate your kids, like a book review.




Phones can be used for communication. First-aid training cooperative has stated that in the UK, 16500 people get injured every year from recreational mountain biking, 100 people die every year. The stats look like this; 2500 serious, 14000 minor. How would you like it if you couldn’t contact your parents when you crashed your mountain bike? If you have a flat tyre and you have to repair it and don’t know what to do, it is easy to download a manual to change a flat. If you didn’t have a phone you couldn’t ride your bike out because you will damage the rim.

Would you believe that 4.8 billion people have phones, 2.7 billion people have social media! If you don’t see friends often you can use texts to ask them how they are doing. Adults say people on phones aren’t social... That isn’t the case. Texting your friends is being social. Social media is safe, apps like Snapchat have report buttons so if something inappropriate happens you can report it. Most people think that you can be bullied on social media and that is the case IF you are being irresponsible with your phone.




I strongly believe that all kids over the age of 12 should have a phone because they are good for entertainment and educating your kids. Secondly they are the only help tool to get you help if you have a crash on your bike in the woods. Lastly they can be used to be social, using texts and Snapchat is social, isn’t it?

Book Character Day

Today was Book Character Day. I went as Willy Wonka. I borrowed an outfit which include; A purple coat, a hat, glasses and a waist coat. I was supposed to look like the picture. I think I pulled it of quite good. This was part of Book Week, promoting reading. We have a mystery reader every day, we have Wacky Wednesday and Golden Tickets to find. 

Basketball

My favourite basketball player, Paul George

Next term is another sport after school. Basketball. I live for rugby and basketball. If I play well, I can be selected to represent the West Coast in tournaments. Hopefully I am in a team with my friends. We play on Monday nights. I am so excited.

Brunner Mine Site

On a chilly Monday morning our class made a 15 minute drive to the Brunner Mine Historic Site. The ladies at Shantytown gave a guided tour around. We did activities such as mimes, dressing up and a quiz about what happened on the 26 March 1896. Yesterday was the 123rd year since the mine blew up. 
I had a awesome time on Monday and I hope that other people enjoy the place

Top: Where Brunner Mine is located
Below: The still photo of our group. I am at the top entering the mine.

Touch

This week we had touch. I play for Blaketown Rugby. We played Brunner. We won 6-0. I didn't score any tries but I played really good defence. We went for a swim afterwards in the sea and it was surprisingly warm! It was the semi final and next week we have our final!

Calendar Art.

Triangles

Flowers

For calendar art this year we are doing Tapa Cloth but on paper. I have done my first part and waiting for it do dry. My designs are triangles and flowers. I have a photo but it still needs to be finished and stained. This is my design

The current look

Prep

Next week we are having Prep were it is a working environment were we have little and big markets. Prep runs for 2 weeks and people get paid each day they are here. I am in the advertising agency. We advertise other people's business's. Normally people make things like plastic bottle windmills and stuff like that. We have a spacial currency called Me's and most years they change the design and name of the currency. I am really look forward to Prep this year. 

Technology

Technology
This week at Technology we made Berry Muffins, made from Weet-Bix. I have no photo because I ate them all! Here is the recipe. They were very tasty and I recommend you should try making them this weekend.

• 1 cup white flour
• ¼ cup wholemeal flour
• 1½ tsp baking powder
• ½ tsp cinnamon
• ½ cup castor sugar
• 6 Weet-Bix, finely crushed
• 1 cup raspberries, frozen
• 1 cup blueberries, frozen
• 1 egg, lightly beaten
• 1 cup Soy milk
• 3 tbs margarine, melted

1. 
   
2. Sift flours, baking powder and cinnamon into a large bowl.
3. Stir through sugar, crushed Weet-Bix and berries.
4. Combine egg, Soy milk and margarine.
5. Add liquid ingredients to dry ingredients, stirring gently until just combined.
6. Spoon mixture into lightly greased muffin tins.
7. Bake in a moderately hot oven, 190?C, for 30 minutes.

Reflection.

Maths

This week it was maths week. We were promoting maths around the school by doing Treasure Hunts with Rata classes and Wetsamaths with all the hubs. Maths Week was really fun and I hope all schools could have Maths Week.

Art Soriee

Our Art Soiree is on Friday next week and we have been busy doing our tie dye tops, I did mine today. I chose a blue crumple design. I hope it turns out good... It kinda did. This is a photo of it.

Reflection Week 6 Term 3

This week we were learning face and place value. I made a Face and Place value slide about how to learn it. I found it pretty easy and I hope you can learn something form this. Here is my slide.

Reflection W2T3

Reflection
This week we have been busy learning lots of things, such as making our worm farm, learning about probability, doing graphs and a lot more.

Maths
This week we have been learning about making graphs. Kaleb and I made a pie graph about our classes favourite Super Rugby teams ahead of the Crusaders vs Lions final on Saturday. Here is our graph. We have also been learning about probability which we will carry on with next week.

Topic.
For topic Kaleb, Alex and I have been making a worm farm along with our school caretaker's help. It is made from a old sink and frames made of wood. To start we are getting some coconut fibre and soil to home around 400 tiger worms. We are really excited. We have been collecting food scraps from classrooms to feed the worms. 

Self Respect is...

Self Respect is...

Last week we had to show what self respect looks like in T3. Mrs O said we had to have a presentation by Monday, we made a mannequin challenge video showing what we learnt, this is our video.  Here are some key features we talked about:

• Being proud of your achievements
• Naming your clothes 
• Respect your equipment

Writing an exposition / argument

We have just started learning about cause and effect. This is my drawing showing words we know that we can use to show cause and effect. Eg The fish died as a result of pollution.

Writing Reflection T1

Writing
Over the past few weeks we have been doing our poetry anthology. Writing Acrostic, Cinquains & Limerick poems. Here are my Cinquain and 3 Limerick's. 

Reflection T1 Week 1 & 2

Hi.
The school holidays went really fast. I visited Wanaka & Timaru. I did around 70 kms on my bike. I traveled 13 hours in the car. 

These couple of weeks have been about knowing stuff about other people. And we also have already finished 1 piece of art. This is it.

We also have made acrostic poems. Then we made 2 examples. These are mine.

I chose surfing and cricket because, 1 I have been surfing for 3 years and I love surfing. Next I have enjoyed playing backyard cricket over the summer and I enjoy watching cricket. 

Thanks for reading my first blog post for 2018, also enjoy Brisbane Global 10s this weekend.