Flying The Kite

Today if I’m lucky the weather will be good the sun will be shining down on me and the wind will be blowing good enough then I will be able to fly the new stunt kite! I even have a guest with me he comes all the way from christchurch he’s maori and Samoan his name is, wait for it. . . Mana. His Mum's name is Tarina she works at What Now.

The first time I flew the kite it was so much fun I asked every day to my mum and dad if we can do it again. But sadly most of the time there were minor problems. Most of the time we couldn’t go out there because there was no wind or because it was raining. I’ve flown this kite before and it is awesome. It pulls me forward and I can make it dive down and just before it touches the ground I make it swoop back up into the air.

How to control it is very easy but some kids don’t listen and then they don’t know how to do it it has been really fun today flying the kite. You could try and buy a stunt kite and try it out you could be suprised and it could be easy peasy.

We've Lost Toby

We've Lost Toby from Team 5 PES on Vimeo.

This is a short 1:52 second movie made and choreographed by the Samuels boys (me and my brothers Levi, Noah and the lost boy Toby)

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Cops and Robbers Math Game

This is my results of Cops and Robbers. There are four levels and you have to find the Robber and it helps you understand X & Y graphs. This is a link if you want to play it try and beat Mr S with two guesses!

Life Cycle of a Butterfly

Jordan Butterfly from Team 4 Pes on Vimeo.

Our class was learning about the living things in our school  environment.  We had lots of caterpillars in our class and watched them hatch into Monarch butterflies.  

I created an animation in Hyperstudio showing the life cycle of the monarch butterfly.

HOPE YOU ENJOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Coordinates - Street Maps

Grid References

1. What is the grid reference of the ∞ ? (2,A)
2. What is the grid reference of the * ?(4,D)
3. What is the grid reference of the Δ?(3,B)
4. What is the grid reference of the Circle?(5,B)
5. What is the grid reference of the Love Heart?(4,A)
6. What is the grid reference of the Smiley Face?(3,B)
7. What is the grid reference of the Cloud?(5,E)
8. What is the grid reference of the Sun?(3,E)
9. What is the grid reference of the Lightning Bolt?(1,C)

My Coordinates Challenge

This is my coordinates challenge that I did in maths. I will tell you the questions step by step and these are the answers that I tried out and hopefully got it right.

1.The letters at 

(1,1), (1,2) and (1,3) are all symmetrical about a vertical line.

2.The letter at 

(4,2) is not symmetrical in any way.

3.The letters at 

(1,1), (2,1) and (3,1) are symmetrical about a horizontal line.

4.The letters at 

(0,2), (2,0) have rotational symmetry.

5.The letter at 

(3,1) consists of just straight lines.

6.The letters at 

(3,3) and 
(2,0) consist of just curved lines.

7.The letters at 

(3,3), (3,2) and (3,1) are consecutive in the alphabet.

8.The letters at 

(0,2) and (1,2) are at the two ends of the alphabet.

9.You could use this interactivity to try out your ideas.

You can try this out yourself if you click on this link. Remember DON'T CHEAT!!!

Geometry: Glen Innes Map

This is my map that I have created. Down the bottom and in the sea is what is is called a key or legend. Lets travel the map where to go first.

Lets start at Pt England School and travel to the Train Station.

 1. So you first take a right (north west) off Pt England School then travel down Pt England Rd.
2. When you reach the round about take the second exit onto Pt England Rd (north west)
3. When you reach the second round about you take the third exit onto Apirana Ave (north west).
4. You then travel down Apirana Ave until you reach the train station and there you are.

Now from Pt England School to Extreme Edge Rock climbing.

1. First you take a right off Pt England School and travel down Pt England Rd.
2. When you reach the roundabout you take the first exit onto Erima Ave then you turn right onto Tripoli Rd.
3. Then when you reach the roundabout you take the first exit onto Pilkington Rd.
4. You then turn right at the curve that takes you onto Jellicoe Rd until you find Morrin Rd.
5. Traveling down Morrin Rd you take the first turn on you right to the Extreme Edge Rock Climbing.

Me & Jalen's Swimming Explanation Writing

Do you know how to swim? Well I have been doing swimming for 2 weeks now. The year 5 and 6 have been going  swimming at the Glen Innes pools.

At the beginning of morning tea me and my maths class went to the Glen Innes pool. We walk in two lines when we all got there we went to the changing rooms. Then had a shower to wash the dirt off us then went to go seat down.

Next we got into the pool in two’s so the Intruders could put us into groups. This year I was in Group three again. The first thing that we did was freestyle and backstroke. We learn how to swim so if we are in the sea we can swim to land.

The next day the Intruder told us that we had to kept on swimming to see how many lengths we can do. I did 100 meters after that we got into our groups then jumped into the pool. Then we had to swim to the other side of thee pool.

The next day we learned a new thing you had to put one hand on the board and the other hand in the water. Then we did backstroke after that we did freestyle again. The last day of swimming we had relays and free time.

My favourite part of swimming was free time. Swimming is really cool because if you were stuck in the sea you can swim to land I hope you enjoyed reading my writing.

Tom Hassler And The Rats Of Droolmoan Cave

MY Mini Book Review:
This story is about a 12 year old boy named Tom Hassler, he goes on adventures in this book he has to save the world from the rats of Droolmoan Cave. I would give it a rating 10 out of 10. it is a really interesting book. Did I mention that he learns to fly. It is a good book to read I can't wait until I read the 2nd book Tom Hassler And The Giant Razor-clawed Grandioptrix Of Ice Mountain.