We Met Prime Minister, Jacinda Adern!

 

Hey everyone, it's me Finau and this post will shock you. I, well the whole school got to meet our Prime Minister, Jacinda Adern. 

I was so happy! I got to go into the breeze and record everywhere she went. I'm so lucky:) The reason why she came here because we sent her a email and a video about how much we loved the free lunches. We did love it because it helped us heaps! Once she walked into our classroom (our huge space) we sang a waiata and we all settled down for her. She said a speech a and we gave her some gifts. After that she came to all the classrooms for a meet and greet. She walked all around the school saying hi to the other children. Soon she walked outside the staff room were she sat down with Aye and Nadia to a interview (so lucky:). I filmed that as well. The interview went really well and they enjoyed it. Finally she went to the staff room to talk the teachers and ask them questions. We said bye and we told her we were so happy and grateful she came to the school. She also shared  messages like you are never to old enough to vote something, to achieve your dreams, you don't have to be an adult for someone to listen to you and much more. I am so happy and learnt so much from the Prime Minister. 

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My Superhero Drawing

 

Hi everyone, it's me Finau and this is my art and writing task for today. SO we have been learning about superheros and how to draw and make your own comic. I made my own pizza superhero which helps you give you any pizza you want. It can give you cheese, pepperoni and whatever you like. I hope you have enjoyed this post. Please leave a positive comment on my blog. Bye!

Number Visuals (Dimic)

 

Hello everyone, it's me Finau and this is my maths task for today. This was a dimic task I did with my group, Suade, Chaun and Gabby. We had to colour these patterns in and match them with the same colour. The circles are prime numbers, the squares are multiples of 4s and the triangles are the multiples of 3s. I think my group did a great job! I hope you have enjoyed this post. Please leave a positive comment on my blog. Bye!

Me, Frida and the secret of the Peacock Ring - Home Learning

Hey everyone, it's me Finau and today I will be doing a post for my home learning activities. I couldn't find the original book I was reading so I chose to read this book I had like 2 years ago. You also might have seen this book in my other posts. We had to chose a book and read a chapter. Then we had to explain what happens in the chapter and write a prediction for the second chapter. 

So there is a teen who's name is Paloma. She and her mum went to Mexico, they are Spanish. Paloma is having a hard time trying to speak Spanish and learn it. The trip is for 4 weeks. She is sad because she is missing out on her summer with her friends. After a bit she starts thinking about her dad and the memories they shared. He died when she was only 3 years old. (Prediction) I think the what happens next is that they will check in and go find where they are staying. I think Paloma is still learning Spanish and maybe she will have a surprise? That's all I probably know. 

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The Deca Tree (Dimic)

Hi everyone, it's me Finau and this is my maths (& dimic) task for today. We had to work together in our maths groups and try to figure out this question about the Deca Tree. We also learnt about making mistakes in life are good because you learn and your brain will grow. I  hope you have enjoyed this post. Please leave a positive comment on my blog. Bye!

What Helps Me Write?

 

Hello everyone, it's me Finau and this is my writing task for today. Today we had to things of things that help us write. I thought of 11 things which help me heaps in my writing. I hope you have enjoyed this post. Please leave a positive comment on my blog. Bye!

Number Vocabulary

 Hey everyone, it's me Finau and this is my maths task for today. This was about a number vocabulary and the things we have done in the previous weeks. Thanks to my teacher and friends for helping me with this :) I hope you have enjoyed this post. Please leave a positive comment on my blog. Bye!

Fun with Nouns (#2)

 Hi everyone, it's me Finau and this is my other literacy task for today. This was like part 2 of our nouns task. Here's a link to my first one (Mrs Stone is our literacy teacher). What we had to do was highlight some nouns in the text and guess the nouns behind the square. I hope you have enjoy enjoyed this post. Please leave a positive comment on my blog. Bye!

Monday Mornings (Literacy task)

 Hello everyone, it's me Finau and this is my literacy task for today. This task was called and about Monday Mornings. We had to read a text and answer some questions. We also had to make a fake story about one of our teachers in the school. I hope you have enjoy this post. Please leave a positive comment on my blog. Bye!

Symbolism

 Hey everyone, it's me Finau and this is my reading task for today. Today we were learning about symbols and we had to read a book about a key game. If you want to know what else I did, look through my presentation. I hope you have enjoyed this post. Please leave a positive comment on my blog. Bye!

Multiplication Magic 2.0

Hi everyone, it's me Finau and this is my maths task for this week (or last week). We were learning about multiplication and multiplying 2 digit numbers. I hope you have enjoyed this post. Please leave a positive comment on my blog. Bye!

 

Smart Ice Cream

 Hello everyone, it's me Finau and this is my reading task for today. It is called the Smart Ice Cream. We had to read the book which was also called the Smart Ice Cream and answer some questions. The book was really enjoyable and interesting to read, There is a link in one of the slides. I made my own poster about my magical ice cream. I hope you have enjoyed this post. Please leave a positive comment on my blog. Bye!

Multiples and Factors

Hey everyone, it's me Finau and this is my maths task for today. This maths task was really fun and interesting to do. In this task we had to do and learn about Multiples and Factors and our 4x times tables. I hope you have enjoyed this post. Please leave a positive comment on my blog. Bye!

The Fun They Had (literacy task)

 Hi everyone, it's me Finau and this is my literacy task for today. We had to read a text (the book) and listen to a audio to answer these questions in the presentation about the book. I hope you have enjoyed this post. Please leave a positive comment on my blog. Bye!

Ready for Learning!

 Hello everyone, it's me Finau and today I will be doing an extra activity for today. This activity was for everyone to get ready with their learning. This activity was created by Mr Goodwin (I think). The reason why we did this is because we are in Lockdown level 3 for 3 days. We need to be prepared so if you have a look at my presentation you will know that I'm totally ready and there is some advice for you. I hope you have enjoyed this post. Please leave a positive comment on my blog. Bye!

Nouns

 Hey everyone, it's me Finau and today is our first day of the three day lockdown. Hope we can get back to school soon but in the mean time we can do our work form home. This task is all about nouns. We had to learn about what nouns are, find photos of nouns and that is pretty much what we did (there is a bit more to this task actually). I hope you have enjoyed this blog post. Please leave a positive comment on my blog. Bye!

Dimic Lesson

 

Hi everyone, it's me Finau and today I did a dimic lesson with my class, well with my group. We had to use 4 4's (yep 4 4's) and use a operation to make a number from 1 - 10. This was a bit hard but my group and some of my teachers helped. The number and symbols on the side of the white board are some examples. I hope you have enjoyed this post. Please leave a positive comment on my blog. Bye!

The Rip (Literacy task)

 Hello everyone, it's me Finau and this is my literacy task for today. We had to read the book The Rip and answer some questions. We also had to write the feelings of the characters in the story. I hope you have enjoyed this post. Please leave a positive comment on my blog. Bye!

Reflection A Twisted Tale - Home Learning

 

Hey everyone, it's me Finau and today I will be doing a post for my home learning activities. We had to chose a book and read a chapter. Then we had to explain what happens in the chapter and write a prediction for the second chapter. 

So there was a battle with Mulan's army and the Huns's army. She took her dad's spot in the army so she was a girl pretending to be a boy. Mulan thought of a bizarre idea she has never done before. She knew it was bad idea but they had to try something or else they would die! I think it was the captain who chased after her and told her to stop but then he got hurt, like badly. Mulan didn't know what to do. I think in the next chapter, Mulan might think of something to stop the Huns and get her captain back on his feet. Her army probably or will claim victory. 

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Active Learner (Word Art)

 

Hi everyone, it's me Finau and today I will be sharing a post about and activity we did in my literacy class. We had to write some words that make a good and active learner. We used word art to make this poster. I used this before and some of you probably know that cause I did the Summer Learning Journey. All these words make a active learner to me. I hope you have enjoyed this blog post. Please leave a positive comment on my blog. Bye!

Wind Energy (Extension Task)

 Hello everyone, it's me Finau and today I will be sharing a post about an activity I did at extension today. I'm in the Year 7 and 8 extension group. We had to find things and learn about Wind Energy. We had to be put in groups of 3 and I was with Aye and Atawhai. We didn't know much about wind energy until Atawhai brought something up about Wind Turbines. That's when we all started thinking of things that use wind like a wind blower or a hair dryer or a plane After all the thinking and researching we presented it to our extension group well Aye did most of the talking so yeah. Sorry Aye! Everyone had a go at sharing their ideas. I really enjoyed this group because to know Atawhai better (because she's new to extension) and I got to learn about something I haven't really thought of I hope you have enjoyed this post. Please leave a positive comment on my blog. Bye!

Blog Intro (about me)

Malo e lelei and greeting to all! My name is Finau. I am 11 turning 12. This year I’m in year 7 at Pt England School. So that means I’m senior and I’m in intermediate. I’m in room 4 with Mrs Stone.

I come from a family of 7, my parents, myself, my 2 younger brothers Vaha and Keni and my sister Catherine. And of course my cousin. Catherine and Vaha also attend Pt England and Keni is at Kindergarten and will soon be at Pt England with the rest of us. I love spending time with my family and doing activities with them. They mean a lot to me.

Some of my hobbies are playing netball, writing, shopping and learning about the world. I love eating at Carl’s Junior or at any place. I also really like eating fruits, pizza and ice cream. Yumm!

When I grow up I really want to be a pilot so I can take my family around the world or a netball player because I enjoy playing netball and it’s a sport I love to play.

I am Tongan and I was born in Hawaii and I am raised here in New Zealand.

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Hula Hoop Game (fist day of school)

 

It was a sunny morning on Wednesday and my amazing teacher Mrs Stone kindly let us play games for most of the day. Yay! Thanks Mrs Stone.! One of our first activities was a interesting one. We had to hold hands and make a circle. One person put a hula hoop around them and tried to past it around the circle without letting go their hands. 

We started off with our team. We all held hand and put the hula hoop on one of us and started passing it around. It was funny and interesting to watch because I thought it was something hard and impossible to do but I saw other passing it down so I thought it wasn't hard. We went really fast well that what we thought from what we saw (from our group). We just kept on going because we were having heaps of fun. 

Something I thought was cool was that Raejae (a boy in our class) just fit his whole body through the hoop. Some other tried but I don't think it worked. After a bit Mrs Stone told all of us to go with one other group. I don't know it it was trickier with a bigger group but I thought they probably knew a strategy. The other group we worked with did something else but I think we still did great.

After that the whole class you worked together on doing the hula hoop game. It was super duper fun and I don't think it was tricky because everyone worked out how to do this. To do this game you have to listen to others, talk to them and think of a strategy.

Hey everyone, it's me Finau and today I will be doing a writing task. I wrote a recount about one of the activities we did yesterday, our first day of school! I hope you enjoyed this post and recount. Please leave a positive comment on my blog. Bye!