WW1 Mascots

This blog post is all about WW1 and the mascots that joined them. I've come to learn that animals were a huge help in the war because the pigeons helped with delivering the messeges, the donkeys helped with caring the water supply for the soldiers and the rest helped just as much.

The Exciting News

After Walter Dickson I was emailed that I made it into the 2nd trials for Walter Dickson! Sadly I can’t make it because I’m going down to a farm next friday and I am going to have an awesome time! But what exciting news, It startes with 80 people and gets cut down to 45 and then to 20 something and finally 22. I made it to the 45 people so that’s a huge thing for me. So that’s awesome and next year I might get the same chance hopefully!

Walter Dickson Trials

I’ve heard about it… I’ve learnt about it… but I haven’t seen it… until now! I’ve been invited to trial with Walter Dickson! It may sound like a joke, but it actually is the best rugby union team in Auckland. So it is a massive deal that I got invited to trial. There are only 80 people who have been chosen out of all of Auckland! It was on sunday.

After school had finished I rushed home to spread the news I just got. My mum was delighted and so was I for that day. But as the days passed so did my interest in the trials. The rain was not going away and I was afraid that I’d have to play in that freezing weather and my fingers don’t take numbness very well.

It’s sunday after church and honestly, I was tired, I was just not in the mood for playing rugby, it was horrible. But my mum and dad said, “If you don’t go then you’ll have to do the chores around the house with us”. That was my cue to leave, I would have rather played rugby than done chores for about an hour! So I packed my bag and Anth (dad) dropped me off and came and supported me with my brother Levi.

There are 6 games in the tournament. I played 4 of them. It was an amazing experience and I’d just like to say thank’s to my mum about making me lunch and a drink. At least when I got home I could just chill to a movie with butter chicken, mmm that was good.

I never had the chance to show you the letter (or part of it) so here it is. The letter wrote,

Wednesday 20th May 2015

Dear Parents

I have the pleasure in confirming that your child has been nominated by Pt England School to attend trials for Remuera zone Walter Dickson Representative rugby team.

The Walter Dickson tournament is a prestigious tournament between 8 zones throughout the Auckland region. It is limited to children in year 7 and 8 and they must weigh in less than 55kg’s on the day of the event. The tournament this year is during the July school holidays from 6th to 10th July and boys selected for the final squad will be required to be available for that whole week. The tournament is held at Teachers Eastern Rugby club at Okahu Bay in Orakei.

In addition to the tournament, the boys selected in the squad must be available for trainings (day & time to be confirmed) that will commence the week of from 1st June until the tournament in July…

That should be enough of the letter, because if I went on you would be to bored and I can’t let my readers get Bored! This is it for me today, Hope you didn’t fall asleep during this text. My punctuation hasn't been that great so could you help me by if anything sounds funny or is messed up the please comment below and tell me where it is and then correct it thank you!

Addition Triangle

Hello everyone again, this blog post is different to the rest of my other posts. This one is a addition triangle. The point of this exercise is to add the numbers together so it adds up to a total of 3.518. If I got any addition problems wrong then please comment below and show me the right solution.

Fractions Thinkboard 2

Welcome back to another one of my fraction Thinkboards. This one involved a lot of thinking hence the name. The hardest part out of the four categories was probably, finding another ten questions. If you have anything you'd like to say, then please leave a comment below.

Word Problems WK 5 TM 2

This is yet another blog post about word problems. I've had a little extra word problems to solve. If you have got any new ideas on how to solve some of the word problems then please let me know and comment below.

My Fraction Thinkboard

This is another of my fraction thinkboards, please read through and check if my word problem makes sence. If it doesn't then please comment and correct it.

WK4 TM2 Mult/Div

Zeal Zone Miss Peato

Write a Letter to the Master

This blog post is about a man who fought in the Maori Battalion in ww2, Our task is to right a letter back to them acting as they were still alive. Jimmy is a Cook Islander and his best friend is Eric. The both fought but, I could only write about one of them.

Jordan Jackson

130 PT England School

1072

13/05/2015

Dear Jimmy,

Firstly may I say what an honour it was to learn of your time at war. How did you feel when you had blood coming out of your chest and your arm was hanging by the skin? Anyway I hope that you are all right. You were a very brave person and fought well in ww2. How did you feel when you thought that you’d never see your friend again?

Also how did you feel when you did see your friend again? I reckon that you would be pretty glad that the war was over. Your courage was really shown when  you left the group and fought all by yourself and still survived, now that’s some skill, not dieing in the middle of the battle field. You have showed us bravery and you have taught us all a lesson, to never give up even when times are tough.

Yours Sincerely,

Jordan

Alphabet Multiplication

This is my 4th alphabet multiplication! The concept is the same, you just times the letter by the next letter. For example, "Hi", H = 8 and I = 9 so 8 x 9 = 72. And that's your answer. So look at the equations and read through them, if I got any answer wrong then please correct me. Thanks again and look forward to my next blog post.

Compare and Contrast

TJZ 3P's

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Anzac biccies With Mrs Tele'a

This is my 3rd Zeal Zone group, and I think it'll be the best group. Anzac biscuits are delicious, and if you like them then this blog post is for you. With Mrs Tele'a you get to learn how to make Anzac biscuits and eat them. As delicious as they are, we have to share them in our group which is okay by me.

Word Problems WK3

This week I did more word problems, this time it was harder, like way harder. Hope you like it because this is like the 2nd post about word problems this term. Would these questions be hard for you? Please Flick through them and leave a comment about how you would solve it. OR ELSE!!!!!!!!!

Alphabet Multiplication 3

This is my 3rd Alphabet Multiplication drawing. The word "remembrance" is cut into sections. The blue is the working out and the red is the answer.

Word Problems WK2

This is my ANZAC maths post. It involves Fractions, decimals, multiplication and division.  Working out word problems can be pretty hard. I found that question 11, 12 and 13 was very difficult. If you can come up with different ways of solving these problems then please comment below.

Zeal Zone Mrs Moala

This is the year we had to study on in our groups of 4. It took us a little while to finish it. This is only a smudge of info from 1917, the most use full sites were this and this.