Maths

Walt: reflection on my basic facts.

In stage 7 for basic facts I got 48% because I was struggling on fraction, decimals and percentages and I really didn’t know some of the maths question. Doing fraction, decimals and percentages are really challenging. They are challenging because when it shows the fraction and you have to turn it into a percentage. I thought that it will be puzzling on the other work on the stage 7 work but the only puzzling bit was the percentage and that. My next aim is to work hard on my percentage, fraction and decimals. Next time I will get them all right and I might get close to an 80% or a 90% so I will be so proud.

Basketball

Walt: write rap/poem

Dribble, Dribble down the court

here I go to get a score,

Make sure you don’t get hit

just make sure you get that swish,

bouncing and bouncing till you

there get the three pointer and we’re

nearly there, protect the ball don’t

let go you're going to give the ball

to the other team get the ball, and

shoot, Slam dunk the ball goes through

everyone’s happy run, run get

another one,

Jump stop don’t stop keep going it’s

34-4 were nearly there and that’s

the score, game times going down

it’s on 10 seconds, I have to get this in to

win if I don’t get it, it’s game over and I'm let down

I could do it nothing to it so shoot,

I get it in another three pointer the crowd

goes wild like the animals are at the zoo,

Practice time everyone comes

dribble through the legs it goes

and out the other side we go,

come on guys we can do it try your

best and do it, we could move to the

grove and we could do anything, so

move, move move

It’s all over we all go home

we won we won it’s the greatest day

ever cause we won we

did our bounces and our pass

it’s all better cause

we did it and we own it,

Huria Matenga - Hero of Whakatu

Fraction of a set

In this game I have to find the correct fraction for the square cookies. I found easy was that the square cookies because all you need to do is count all of the cookies and then count the square that’s what made it easy for me. I thought it was difficult when I started because I didn’t know what to do. Next I would like to learn is turning my fraction into a decimal.

Rheumatic fever

Walt: respond to the presentation give by the public health dept.

On 6 August Glen Innes school had a special assembly with the public health nurse and three of the warriors. Elizabeth, our school nurse came with some other health nurses to talk to us about Rheumatic fever. Elizabeth was explaining that if we have a sore throat that we would have to go with her or Kirsty to do a throat swab. For example Kirsty was the nurse and Elizabeth was the teacher and the three warriors were the students. “Has anyone got a sore throat today” said Elisabeth. Sione raised his hand “come on” said Kirsty “I’ll just do a swab”. Sione didn’t want to so we all had to say ahh with Sione. After that Elizabeth said that if you don’t get your throat checked and don’t look after your skin it could lead to Rheumatic fever.

After they did that little demo, Awen Gutten

beil started talking about Rheumatic fever. Awen explained that if we ever have a sore throat tell someone because it could lead to serious problems. He told us a story about how he got a heart problem. Awen was telling us when he was 9 years old he had a sore throat on a sport day but he didn't want to stay off because he loves sports and he wanted to hang out with his friends. So later he was trying to get out of bed, but he couldn't. He was completely stiff. After seeing the doctor he found out that he had a little hole in his heart. His illness didn't stop him from playing sports.

The message for rheumatic fever is to tell your parents that you have a sore throat before it gets worst. I know I will.

Raggle-taggle Chook

Walt: retell a story

One sunny afternoon Robin and her parents went outside. When they went outside there was a lot of mess after the flood come. After the flood vanished Robin saw a hopeless chook that was straggled in a lot of rubbish and it was in mud. Robin ran to help the poor chook. When Robin went to help it the chook had a little bit of feathers were missing on its left side of its body, so she decided to keep it.

Mum and dad didn't like the chook because it was all filthy. Dad said that it is half dead and you should chop the chooks head off. Mum said that it is not going to be staying with us but Robin did the opposite to what her parents said. She took chook into the back yard and started making holes in the garden for  the chook. So mum and dad said if she was going to keep chook it’s her responsibility to feed it and look after it.

Dad and mum were getting use to chook and then they got too attached to chook and started loving her like it was their own pet. The next day Robin went looking for chook when Robin found chook Robin saw five brown eggs behind her. Robin reached behind chook and grabbed them. When Robin got home, chook ruined Mr Dick’s new peas. Mum told Robin that it is her pet and that she has to be responsible and talk to him. So Robin apologized but Mr Dick didn't really care so Robin gave him two of chook’s brown eggs.

Money wise

Walt: write a response to the talk by Evan.

I thought that Evan was really lovely. At first I thought that Evan would be talking about boring stuff but when he started talking and making us do funny things I started to pay more attention to him. Evan was talking about how to save some, spend some because the more we save the more we’ll want spend or give it to charity. I loved when Evan started talking about cat. He said that we have to keep cat in mind. What does cat mean Evan Pakii said?. Cat stands Clear, Action and Time. That is to keep you for not spending all your money and it’s good to draw a chart that keeps you motivated and making you to save when you get older. I learnt that being a money wise person might get me somewhere in life.