The Promise

Various Maths Problems week 3

Think Board week 4

Alphabet addition Week 4

Think board Week 3

The Wars after the Treaty of Waitangi

Alphabet addition wk 3

My first Think board for the year

This is my first think board for the term and the year. What think boards do is they first start with a problem. Then you solve it and show the strategy you used for it. After that you make up a word story problem also ad 10 similar questions. Then you show a diagram, this particular diagram isn't the best quality you could have but it'll have to do.

The Lake Monster (narrative)

There were stories about a terrible river monster that lived in the Taupo river. It loved feasting on people who swam or kayaked in his waters. But this story didn’t worry 2 brothers Zack & Max who loved to go on new adventures. They grew up hearing of this Myth, and from then on they wanted to find and destroy this horrible beast. so one day they got into a 2 man kayak and started paddling with their spear guns close by, just incase the beast decided to show itself.

When they got to the middle of the lake they saw two stranded kayaks. The two brothers thought it was strange to leave two brand new kayaks in the middle of the lake. Then suddenly there was something in the water. It moved swiftly through the water with its sharp and scaly skin. Then it went under the boat. The boys were worried that the beast would bring them under. But then the 2 brothers saw something under the water. It was two people who were stuck. luckily they had scuba gear on or else they would have died long ago. But they didn’t have long, the beast would soon get a good grip on them and have lunch. The two brothers seized their weapons and dived down to cut the stranded scuba swimmers out of the monster's grasp.

But as Zack and Max got closer Zack realised something, the monster that everyone grew up hearing about was actually seaweed. That explains the scuba gear. The two people who were on the kayaks, were going fishing and got stuck in the seaweed. When the two brothers brought the divers back to their kayaks, the divers said thank you and then left with their kayaks and never saw the two brothers again. Then when Zack and Max went home they told everyone about their adventure with the terrible lake monster (not). The next day everyone went to see if the brothers were lying or not. But the brothers were right. From then on the 2 brothers, Zack and Max were an insparaition to young kids about being brave.

Practice for Narrative Writing

Addition Problems

Alphabet Addition wk2

Welcome back to 2016, if you may not know this is an Alphabet Addition. You look at the word you're trying to put into a number (e.g. day). Then you look at the letters that are compared to numbers and you do it letter by letter and in the end you have a number. Day = 14 + 10 + 250 = 274

Reflection writing

Last year in 2015 there were many things I enjoyed. I enjoyed learning new things in reading, writing, maths, and even technology. In Reading I learnt how to read in between the lines. Writing, I learnt how to add extra detail. Maths, I learnt more efficient ways of solving problems, and technology, I learnt how to cook some meals, make some stuff with wood and tools and in graphics made better art.

This year in 2016 I have 2 goals. My first goal is staying on track, and my second goal is to get into Sacred Heart College. So hopefully they both come true. If they do then that’ll be great but if they don’t then I hope at least the second goal comes right.

NF @ Festival One

Have you ever heard of someone called NF. If not, NF is a christian music artist that can sing and rap. NF is his initials, His real name is Nathan Feuerstein. Anyway, NF was at Festival One(music Festival) and my family and I really wanted to see him perform.

At the stadium there were thousands of other people where NF was playing. It seems as though NF is really popular. Suddenly the lights went dark and the crowd started screaming. it was crazy, like a whole bunch of monkeys were arguing over a banana. When NF started rapping everyone started busting out their dance moves.

At the end of the show everyone was asking for one more song, but NF wasn’t coming back on. So everyone left with stories to tell of this amazing artist. But then I saw him! At the tent he was sitting down shaking hands and giving autographs. So before the line got too long I quickly jumped in line with my two brothers and we got autographs and shook his hand. It was a cool little experience for me.

This is a link to one of his songs.

The Rotorua Experience

Have you ever been to Rotorua and thought of anything besides the smell? Have you ever thought that maybe you’d want to do something besides swimming, eating or sleeping. Have you ever thought about doing something fun and exciting like… zip lining, bungee jumping or maybe even having fun on The Luge. The Luge is basically a 1/2 person vehicle that escorts you down the mountain on tracks. Sometimes very fast and sometimes very slow. So let me entertain you about my adventures with my family about the holidays.

As we are traveling home to Auckland from Nelson we stop off at a few places, Wellington, Rotorua then back home. But while we were at Rotorua we thought it would be fun to do a little bit of adventuring. So just before we head back home we decide to take a little drive by, by Skyline Rotorua. And there are so many cool things their. But I already knew what we were going to do their, we were going on the Luge ride. It’s so cool, and the last time I was there was 4 years ago! and back then I wasn't able to go on the advanced by myself, but now I am, because I’m over the age of twelve and I’m over 135cm in height.

The Gondola ride up was fun. There are six of us in a eight person Gondola so we weren't squished at all. The view is great, you can even see the mountain bike tracks and also the city looks beautiful. The not so good news happens when we get off the Gondola. The line for the Luge rides are packed! Like seriously packed. There’s just one word for that. Patience, lots and lots of patience. But before we go and wait for a while we first need helmets. And these particular helmets are fancy pants. There are different colors for different sizes, like red for small, blue for medium, and well you get the idea right.

Anyway the line has not died down yet and the sun is blazing down on us, well, at least it’s not raining. Looking at the three different tracks, Scenic, Intermediate and Advanced, we decide which one to go on. Most of us want to go on the Intermediate to start of with, But sadly we found out that on your first go you had to go down the Scenic track. After learning about the rules on how to drive they let us go for a little ride down the track. My brother Levi and I raced down the track and managed to pass other riders on the way. At the bottom there’s this two seater ride that escorts you back up to the top from whence you started.

At the top my brother and I have to wait a little while for the rest of the family. Because we bought a family pass and that means we all have to stay as a group. When the rest of the family get to the top we finally go for another ride. But this time we go on the intermediate ride. A little more tricky, sharper turns, one little jump and a faster ride. So this is what we did all day until the pass ran out and after that we hopped on the gondola and rode back in a real car.