Learning About Graphs

In Room 8 we have been learning about graphs.

The Clown's Return

Ko te Rahina 25 O Te Here - Turi - Koka Tenei Ra

When Rachel was younger, she was really scared of clowns. Only because when she was younger a clown tried to kill her and her family, until the police arrived. As they dragged the criminal he said in a raspy voice, ‘It’s not over’. Ever since then Rachel stayed as far as she could away from clowns.

“Mum guess what?” asked Angelica (Rachel’s 6 yr old daughter).

“What?” Her mother politely answered.

“Our school is going on a trip to the circus tonight.” said Angelica.

“Honey, you’ve told me a million times - Don’t forget to give your permission slip okay. Be careful and stay next to the teachers at all times.” said Rachel, with a neverous look on her face.

Angelica hopped out of the car and ran to class. As Rachel was driving home, she noticed a homeless man on the side of the road, hold a can halfway filled with spare change. Being a caring and loving person she jumped out of her car and gave him her spare $2.30. “Thank you dear” Said the man.

“No worries” Answered Rachel. As she turned to hop into the car, the man whispered,

‘It’s not over.’

“Pardon?” Said Rachel. The man was gone.

“Sorry I’m late, Mrs Gates.”

“It’s ok Angelica. Are you ready?”

“Yes Miss.” answered Angelica.

The class ran into the bus and sat with their classmates. Angelica was a quiet person, so she sat by herself. “Hey Angelica, why are you by yourself?” said Ainsley. “Because she’s a loser!” yelled out one of her friends. Most of the girls on the bus laughed but some didn’t take any notice. Angelica wanted to bawl her eyes out, but also wanted the girls to think she’s strong and decided not to. The children of room 3 sat down on their seats and waited for the show to start. The kids laughed and screamed in excitement and roared as 10 clowns exited

The kids were already to hop onto the bus until they realised, two people were missing. Angelica and Ainsley. “Mrs Gates? Are you here?” As Angelica walked through a big hall, her feet echoed. “It’s not over.” The voice was heard as if it were so close. As Angelica walked through the dim alley, she saw a light at the end. The closer she got, the further the end of the alley went. “HELP! HELP ME!” Angelica recognised that voice. It was Ainsley. Angelica could’ve turned away and left to find another way out but she didn’t. She decided that she wanted to help her. For some reason, the screams were intriguing to Angelica and decided to follow. The screams go closer until Angelica got to a dark door. “Hello?” Whispered Angelica. The light flickered on and a snicker was heard. In the corner of the room crept a clown, with a smile as wide as a banana and teeth as pointy as a sharks. “Hehehehehehe.” The Clown snickered with a grin. “What do you want?” Said Angelica. She wanted to shout it out but her voice only came out with a whisper. Ainsley came out of the corner and hugged Angelica. “Help me. He wants to take me away.” Ainsley whispered into her ear. “Dont’ listen to her.” The clown said. “Come with me and we can be friends forever.” Yelled the clown. Angelica had to make a decision. She could could befriend the clown and kill her school bully or run away with Ainsley and risk her life. As Angelica opened her mouth to talk, everything went pitch black.

Facts About Advent And More..

How To Make An Advent Wreath

Advent 2014

• Candle - Purple/Pink
• Prepare
• Wreath

Wreath

The advent wreath is green. Just as there is no end to a wreath, God’s love never ends. There are four candles in the wreath. Three are purple and one is pink. Another candle is lit each week, starting with a two purple candles then the pink candle and ending with another purple candle.

A Day At MERC

The excitement I held inside me  built up and instinctively I knew it would soon burst out. Leanne led the group of year 8’s to the wetsuit room and gave everyone the size she thought would fit them. “When you have been given your wetsuit, please go to the toilets, get changed and meet us outside,” yelled Leanne as her voice trailed off into the distance. The Year 8’s gathered together, and each grabbed a paddle, and followed Vicky and Leanne to the edge of the water. “So your right hand is glued to the paddle and the left hand flicks back.”

As Leanne explained, everyone followed. When we had learnt this technique, everyone picked a kayak to use and put their paddle in. Agnes and I carried our Kayaks to the edge of the water and put it into the shallow part, waiting for Leanne and Vicky to let us start our session. The cold water trickled down the back of my legs, as my kayak laid on top of the waters surface. I squealed in excitement and waited as the rest of the group led the their kayaks into the water.

“If you want, you can try and kneel in your kayak” said Vicky. Obviously I didn’t want to fall out of my kayak, so I decided to just sit. The peaceful sound of chattering and laughs was soon ruined by a terrible scream. I turned to see Asia standing in the water, attempting to hop back in her boat. To make things worse, people kept shouting out “Stingray!”. After many attempts I decided she needed help so I made my way to her kayak and held one side down on the water, while she jumped on from the opposite side. “Thank you Darrelle” Asia replied, as the salt water dripped down her face.

By now I was very sure everyone was tired and hungry. By the time we had put the paddles and kayaks back on shore, it was time for morning tea. We spent the rest of the day shooting colourful balloons and stepping on ticklish seaweed. As the the sun slowly hid behind the clouds, the intermediate students from Saint Patrick’s school had finished their enjoyable day at MERC Camp.

God Strand For Yr 8's

My Christian Hinengaro

Spending Time With The Community

What Is A Church To You?

The Marshmallow Challenge!

Today in kidpreneur every group did the marshmallow challenge. . After we got into our small groups, we all built different types of towers made from spaghetti sticks, scissors, tape and string. There was a lot of collaboration and everyone was anxious and frustrated, from their tower falling. At the end, when we were finished, we put the marshmallow on top and made sure it wouldn't fall.

Maths Ratios

Today in maths we used ratios. We added dye to a jar of water and had to figure out which two dye colours we wanted to use for our ratios. The colours we used were blue and red. Dehnyse and I were partners, so we had to decide how many.We chose 4 drops for the red and 3 drops for the blue. Our ratio is 4:3.

Ratio

Singular: 4:3

Doubled: 8:6

Tripled: 12:9

The Seed Of The Holy Spirit

Royal Designs!

This is a picture of of the designs for my group. On the top is a picture of our clips. On the bottom is a picture of the ribbon that we are going to stick onto our headbands. These are the designs we have made so far.

Royal Hair Accessories Banner

Our logo for the headband making group is a picture of a crown with the words ‘royal hair accessories’ on top. We picked the picture of the crown because it suited the words ‘Royal hair Accessories’.

Chinese Quotes

This is a picture of a chinese qoute that I re - copied. The way you say this in chinese is 'Dang Ju Zhe Mi'. This in english means, 'You can't see the forest for the trees, but onlookers see the whole game.'

Ear - Splitting Scream

“Hey, Christina, do you want some help with that?” Yelled out Ash.

“No, it’s okay, I’m nearly finished anyway.” Answered Christina. Ash and his newly wedded wife wanted to celebrate, so they decided to go camping. As they drove to the Grasslands camping grounds, a bucket of rain fell from the sky and smashed against the windscreen of the car. “Where did all that come from?” asked Christina.

“Mother nature I guess” Answered Ash. He quickly hit the brakes as he saw a figure on the road. “Oh My Gosh!” Yelled Christina. Ash jumped out of the car, only to find nothing but stones. “Ther - there was something out there. I know there was.” Whispered Ash.

Christina and Ash set up their tent, and beds. “Where should we hike first?” Asked Christina. Ash was still in shock but didn’t want to scare his wife so he kept it a secret.

“Why don’t we hike up that mountain over there first, then see how we feel?” Answered Ash. “Okay, I’ll bring the camera to take pictures.” The married couple hiked up the mountain for a good half hour, when suddenly Ash came to a stop. “Why di-” said Christina.

“Ssshhhhhh” Whispered Ash. “Do you hear that?” A deafening scream was heard from miles away. Christina wanted to scream in horror but didn’t want to frighten Ash. The screaming stopped after a while and a car was heard leaving. Christina was taking pictures when Ash said “We need to get back to camp as fast as we can.” Christina nodded and they ran off.

When they had gotten back they hopped into the tent and went to sleep. Christina was awoken by the sound of rain hitting the roof of the tent. She decided to go outside and see if any of the other campers were awake. The camp looked dead and lifeless. All the tents were soaked from the gusts of wind and rain. She heard a rumbling in the trees. “Who’s there?” Christina felt confident but her voice came out as a whisper. She heard a flash then someone ran away. She checked the bushes and found her camera. She looked at pictures she took and dropped it. While she was looking through their photos she saw pictures of Ash and Christina. Sleeping.

Maori Creation Story

Ready - Get Inspired

What Is A Business?

Ready, Set, Go!

Club Kidpreneur Part 2 ($50 Challenge)!

Club Kidpreneur Part 1 ($50 Challenge)!

This term Room 8 is learning to create a business. To help us learn this process we are learning the Club Kidpreneur programme.

Facts About Sound

My Questions On Sound

Created with Padlet

These are sounds on sound. I used a app called padlet to type my questions onto. I look foward to researching my questions and understanding more about sound.

Information About Dogs

Dogs

There are different types of dogs in this world. Some can be pets but other’s maybe strays. Some people let their dogs sleep at the end of their beds but others usually make them sleep in their living room or even outside in a kennel. There are approximately ten groups of dogs in this world. 

Dogs love to play games with you (if they are friendly), but other dogs just like to relax and lie down. In my opinion I like little dogs because they don’t get in the way like big dogs do. Another favourite is furry dogs, because they have soft, ticklish fur.

Fencibles (Info)

Taking notes is an important part of learning, the following are notes I have taken in the process of learning about the Fencibles who settled in our area and in doing so became part of the history of the Panmure area. 

Who were the fencibles?

Retired soldiers from Britain and Ireland that defended Auckland.

When did they come and how did they get here?

The Fencibles and their families arrived in Auckland, New Zealand between 1847 and 1852 on board the following ships.

Why did they come and who told them to come?

They came because they had not much food in their land and because Governor grey asked them to come.

Where did they settle?

Onehunga, Otahuhu, Howick and Panmure

What influenced them to come here?

Maori People promised them a piece of land and they had a famine in their own land.

How did they go to the toilet?

They had a potty that they kept under the bed or in a bucket.

The Treaty Of Waitangi KTD

* What I Know

* What I Think I Know

* What I Don’t Know

The Treaty KTD

Name: Darrelle

What I Know The Maori people signed a treaty with the European people on the sixth of Feb 1840. Thirteen ladies were there to sign the treat and fourteen chiefs were there.

What I Think I Know The chief was wearing a maori kiwi feather coat.

What I Don’t Know The names of who signed the treaty. How many people in total were there.

Being Virtuous

Values are integrated into our learning.   We analysed what these would look like, sound like 
and feel like when they are put into action.

Values:	Looks Like:	Sounds Like:	Feels Like:
Respect Patience Peacefulness Kindness	Eye - Contact Focused Hongi Hugs Kiss On The Cheek	“Thank You” “Please” “Your Welcome” “Kia Ora” “Excuse Me” “Kei Te Pehea Koe” “Tena Koe”	proud Blessed Emotional

Library Books (Info)

Library Book - It Can’t Hurt Forever

Highly Reccommended
Age Reccommendation: 12 - 15 Yrs

This story is about a girl named Ellie. She has a Patent Ductus. Through the story she meets new friends and builds friendships, but in the end their relationships fall when some of them leave the hospital, including her.

Library Book - The Rented house

 

Highly Reccommended
Age Reccommendation: 12 - 15 yrs

A Strange man moves into the rented house. A group of teenagers go to explore the strange happenings that are happening in the house.

The Treaty Of Waitangi (Notes)

Treaty Of Waitangi

The following are key notes taken from the electronic resource on Tiriti o Waitangi

Musket	Whalers	Missionaries	Openness & Change
Europeans traded muskets with food and water from the Maori's. The musket killed over 20,000 people.	In New Zealand around 1820 and 1830 there were around 150 european Whalers.	The Missionaries introduced new technology like farming. The British also introduced the maoris into talking and writing in Maori.	In 1920, 2 ngapuhi chiefs went to England, with King George The 4th.