We have been learning about protractors as a part of our math this term  based around angels. We learnt by watching different videos explaining what they were and how they are used. Once we fully understood our teacher Miss George used masking tape to different angels on our tables. we used our pencils and protractors to figure out each angel.

 

 

 

This week we had a session with BLAKE. This program taught us about the problems in the ocean using Virtual Reality headsets, we saw videos of all the different sea animals, the person from BLAKE also told us that they put a tracker on a whale named Wiremu, we watched Wiremu’s journey from when he left Auckland heading to Australia coming back around passing Antarctica. We also learnt about Sir Peter Blake the founder.

You may be wondering “Who on Earth is Peter Blake!?”  well… Peter Blake was a man who wanted to save the ocean, more specifically the animals living within it.

Peter Blake was a New Zealand yachtsmen who won the 1989-1990 Whitbread Round the World Race and the America’s Cup. He also had a passion for looking after the ocean and the sea animals within the ocean.

He turned his focus to taking care of the ocean and raising awareness of the issues the ocean faced. He would voyage to ‘environmental pulse points of the planet’ and tell the world what he had discovered. His exploration vessel the ‘Sea-master’ helped him and his crew journey around the world. Peter and his crew visited Antarctica to discuss and observe the impacts of global warming, they then traveled to the Amazon to look at the impacts of deforestation .

Unfortunately, Peter Blake was shot by pirates while journeying with his crew through the Amazon river.

Many people were devastated by this so they established the Sir Peter Blake Trust (BLAKE) in 2004 to continue his work.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Yesterday afternoon we began our Ki o Rahi Tournament against other teams within our school ranging between years 4-8, the tournament was held by coach Trey, the teams would face against each other throughout the day, after the finals the team that won would win $100 (monopoly money of course!)  . The first teams to play off against each other were Rata (Red) and Kauri (Green), it was really intense, after all the sweat and tears the team that came victorious was Kauri. The next game was Totara (Yellow-the team I am captain for) versus Rimu (Blue), In this game my brother was playing, only 7 people were playing at this time. They all played their best , running as fast as they can, In the end Rimu won, I was still proud of my team. We played a bit more games after these first teams. To sum everything up, Rimu and Rata came 3rd, Totara came 2nd, Kauri came 1st winning the $100 monopoly money.

We all ended up with aching bodies, limping all the way to class. Overall I had an awesome time, would love to do this again with another school!

People angrily protesting

yelling,murmuring

   anxious and careful

                                                                                         nervous, scared and cold

Seagulls flying above our heads

clouds turning grey

the annoying squawks irritates me

Big mad waves thrashing around

gushing through the sea

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This term we have started up our Epro8  journey once again. Epro8 is an engineering program for Yrs 6-8 lasting up to a week. Over the course of this week you must complete a set of tasks that include constructing different structures. We are sent long black rectangular boxes sent by Epro8. These boxes contained everything we needed to complete our tasks. During Epro8 you will still be doing your math, writing and reading, but from an engineering perspective.

We created a truck, the truck’s tailgate was supposed to  be able to lift up like a dump truck. Even though it was difficult and confusing we persevered . In the end we succeeded.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

From : Jack

To: T

Sup T, this morning was cool, I had fun in the parking lot .

Thanks for the beers by the way (I gave them to my cousin )

Hope everything’s alright at home. I heard you’re having trouble adjusting to some “changes”. Just know you are always welcome to crash at my place. If you need anyone to talk to my mum and I are here for you. Gotta go now, see you tomorrow.

-Jack

PS- If you want to, you can try to communicate more with your mum, or any other family members like Brian and Becca. I know it may be hard , But you have to trust me… Ok?

Alright, Goodnight T

This morning for R.E we are learning and understanding the meaning of God’s Creation, Redeeming and Sanctifying.

For reading this week I have created a diagram of how vaccines work!

Finally, our highlight of the week had arrived, 15 of March had finally arrived. Now you might be wondering “what on Earth happened on this particular day at this particular time?” , well I’ll tell you what. We were going to the one and only WAKA AMA! I was so excited, I’ve never participated in activities that required the use of a boat, I don’t even think I’ve ever been in a boat! , thoughts spiraled in my head , giving me a migraine. We are ready to leave home now, we rush to the car as if we’re late, when in fact its early.

When we arrived at school, my classmates and other seniors were wearing muffti (non-uniform), I walked in with my friend in our school uniform. We rush to the bathroom, stumbling over each other’s clothes. Once we were ready we walked outside. I wore my P.E uniform, while she wore shorts and a shirt.

The bell rang, we started to pick up the pace while making our way to our classroom. We began the roll call to make sure everyone was here. It was time, we grabbed our belongings, making our way to the bus. My class was seated at the back, while Room 7 was seated at the front of the bus.

Our journey had begun. It was a short distance, but felt like it was taking hours due to traffic. Our destination had arrived. We all hopped off the bus, full of energy. We walked over to the site , where we sat down on the concrete ground. Our coaches introduced themselves, next our coaches demonstrated the different strokes.

 

 

Once we were in the boats we had a wonderful time. I’m excited to see what we are going to learn about Waka Ama next time