Haircut Lament

Walt: Make inferences from information provided in a text.

Task: We had to read the story so we can understand what we are reading about. A 12 year old student went to a salon during Summer, she wanted her hair to be just like Meg Ryan's but the hairstylist didn't know what she was talking about so he cut her hair short and layered. When it was finished she was so sad and embarrassed that her hair looked so ugly. She was hiding her hair for so long because she didn't want people to see it.

Solution: Deconstructing and Re-Crafting.

Walt:Add language features to make our writing more interesting

Aysha was going to die because she was so hot that she started sweating like a waterfall. She started yelling as loud as she could so someone could help her. When she was about to give up, someone came and helped her. When she looked at him he was a little bit small like a dwarf. He came and pulled the fishing rod as hard as he could, but unfortunately that didn’t work. It felt like the fish weighed 200 tonnes. We were pulling so hard for 2 hours now that she was thirsting for water. She tried pulling the fish, but it  felt like some hungry Paranos.

Task: Our task was to come up with a solution with our story. 

We had to edit our writing by replacing all the boring words

with some more interesting words so our writing can get 

better and better. We had to have some writing features

in our writing. In Year 7 & 8 we have to have similes,

Fiafia is on Thursday 7th of April 2016

Walt: Make a Pizap of Fiafia                                                                                                                

Last years Fiafia was so cool. I loved all the groups because they were all awesome. I was in the Hip Hop group from 2 years ago. My Tutors names were Miss Thompson, she was a really great tutor. Sometimes she will give us some treats if we get the moves right. On Thursday the 7th of April 2016, Pt England school is having Fiafia again. We will appreciate it if you could sell some food on the same day as Fiafia. We will also love to see some parents supporting their children on that day. Our show will be set on the school field near the school playground. See you all there :)                        

Memorial Service of Priscilla Tui

Walt: Write a recount about the Memorial Service of Priscilla Tui.

On Friday the 4th of March we had a Memorial Service for a really special lady and her name is Priscilla Tui. When we walked inside the hall, there was a song playing while we were walking inside the hall. While we were walking inside the building, there it was when I saw the Tui family sitting with all of Priscilla’s friends. 

The whole school was singing the national anthem, when that was over then it was time to get the progress moving. We wanted to celebrate the happiness and glory and also kindness that she brought in our lives. She was a Kind, Courage, Loving, careful, Strict. She was like an aunty or like a mum to all of us today. 

Priscilla was strict, but she was trying to push us to become better people. The whole school thought that Priscilla was a ‘Gap filler hero’, When we are in need, she was always there to guide us to happiness. When there is someone hungry then she doesn't just talk about it, she will always do something about. Today there are lunch in the school office it is all because of her. Her three daughters, two sons and her beloved husband came to say a speech about what she was like. 

Then there was a music to lead us all back to class. She will remain in heaven, in jesus arms. God will bless her forevermore. She knew that she didn’t want to see us cry, she wanted us to celebrate her life. She may be gone, but she will always remain in our hearts forever.

Statistics Vocabulary

Walt: We are learning to find the Average (mean), Median and Mode

Task: Our task was to know what the Average (mean), Median and Mode. Finding the Average (mean) means you add all the numbers then divide by how many numbers there are. Finding the Median is that you will have to put all the numerical order. When that is finished the Median can be found the number in the middle. Finding the Mode is the value that occurs the most often. If no number is repeated, there is no mode for that list.

How much money is it?

Walt: Use money values using my number knowledge

Task: Our task was to make a copy of this presentation, once you make a copy then it would show you all of the NZ money. Our job was to make the same amount that is shown on the screen so we know how much money we have to make.

Addition with Doubles

Walt: We are learning to use our knowledge of doubles to solve simple addition problems.

This week we have been learning how to Addition with doubles. We had to look at a example that was placed on the next slide. The next slide was showing us how we can make our own bar graph and how it should be done. It was time for us to give it a try and create our own bar graph ourselves. When that was finished, we can have a go at trying to solve the problems by using our knowledge that we already know.