census

3, 2, 1 Reflection

Electronics final presintation

Sensors

Reflection

George Nepia

Parts of speech

This is our Learning about speech

wai care

In the videos Every one is making the river more clean. The plant new trees and get rid of pests. There is also an environmental school who are all about sustainability and go on trips to do water testing. Here is a link for the videos.

https://whangawehi.com/videos/

Christmas tree challenge

1. This challenge was about Making a christmas tree that looked somewhat good

2. Aspects we were being judged on Looks team work freestanding

3. My team members included mix of room 9 12 and boys and girls

4. The strength of our team was creativite

5. Overall results and what I would do differently next time, lolas team won Noting I would do different

Wai care creative writing

Athletics

My goal on Friday is to get in the top three for high jump.

I plan on achieving this by jumping really high

Have you always wanted to jump as far as the professional long jumper but tried and just can’t do it. Then keep reading because I will share some tip on how to do it. I will teach you some run up skills some takeoff skills some flying skills and some landing skills. Long jump is when you have a 40 meter run up and then have to jump into a sand pit as far as you can go.

here is the first part that you will need to know. The run up. The runup is one of the most important parts of long jump. If you do not go fast enough you won’t fly through the air long enough to get a good length. But if you run too fast you won’t jump enough and you will be to close to the ground and land to erley. You will also need a good consistent rhythm. And when you come up to the block you need to be consistent and hit it in the right place every time you jump.all sprint techniques will apply to the approach of your jump. The last three steps are the most important. if they get right forward then it is bad. if the are right back that is bad you want it into the middle.so practise the last three steps the most. Your speed must be greatest at the board

The second component of long jump is the takeoff. The take of is very important to a good jump. For a good take of you should convert your power from running to jumping keeping most of your speed You need to spring hard off you leading leg. which usually is your dominant one. With your following leg you need to swing it violently through so you can swing you self forward. Flying is also important there is three techniques the hang which is when you hang in the air and just going. not the most efficient then the sail which is pretty good it is when you go through the air hips first. Then there is the hach hic which is the best you do a ringing motion in the air and land on both feet

Last but not least the landin. The landing is very important you land on both feet. try not to land falling backwards and don’t land with your hands behind you. remember they will measure from the furtherest thing to the start.

So you have learnt about the run up fas good rhythm. Then we have learn about the takeoff one foot jumps the other follows. We have also learnt about the flying wich is when you are in the air there are three techniques. Then the landing. Now with some of my fact you might be able to long jump better.

Punctuation go to guide

Colour scheme

For art we were learning about colour schemes and this is my research

Writing asesment

Today we completed our Term 4 writing assessment. We had 5 minutes to plan, 30 minutes to complete our first draft and 5 minutes to proof read. Here Is what I wrote…
Believe it or not I can drive a car that has five gears and a clutch. About a year ago now my dad asked me if I wanted to go down to the river and see if I could drive his holden rodeo ute. So I said yea doubtfully and we drove down to the river. The he pulled the seat right forward and put the steering wheel right down and said jump in. So I hopped into the driver's seat. Then dad told me to touch the accelerator to get a feel for how hard to push it for what amount of revs. The the same with the clutch. Then I moved the gear shifter into first and slowly but surely started moving. Then when the ute got to 2.5 thousand rpm’s I put my foot onto the clutch and shifted into second. When it came to stopping dad told me to put my foot on the brake. But dad never told me to find the brake before I started. So I looked down at the pedals and while I was doing that I was going off the track into the grass. Now a year on I can drive a manual car without stalling and knowing where all the pedals are. I drive his ute round and round the track and use three of the five gears to drive the ute.Now I’m putting some of the road rules into play like stoping at junctions and making up stop sings and speed limits. I like driving cars because it give me better skills for when I get older.

Bucket analogy

social

Last term on the last week of school we had our year 7 social. It was a really fun night and I have some photos and memories to share

This photo is our sensible photo.

This is our not so sensible photo. After this we went and had our food. Then hunter had a bright idea tried to jump the bin and he missed an smashed the bin over.
My favorite dance was the devil dance.
The dance I think I was good at was the red hot salsa.
And the dance i was worst at was the figure of 8 dance.

Mr Box - A Short Film on Sustainability

Sustainability means to keep the earth healthy and not pollute

inquiry

Big Idea:

We all have the power to pay it forward to help others.

Big Questions:

If not me then who?

What motivates change makers?

What might change makers do to motivate others? What actions and decisions do change makers take?

What challenges do change makers face?

What motivates me to be a changemaker?

What decisions and actions can I take to “pay it forward”?

How can I motivate others to “pay it forward’?

Room 12 decided that they wanted to take action and help the Hastings and District SPCA.

Our group decided that we were going to

Make and deliver flyers

I think that

I think that our group worked well together.

If I were to change one thing for next time it would be

I think that I would get mor flyers next time

Karakea

We had to practice Doing a karakia and this is me on photo bable

Raggle taggle chook book

1. What is your description of what a raggle-taggle chook would look like?

He wanted a home and some new feathers.

2. What was mum and dads suggestion for the fate of the chook?

Ring the chicken's head or chop it off

3. What was the event that changed mum and dads mind about the chook?

She looked after the chook and it laid eggs

4. Mr Dick was the neighbour in the story. What was his reaction after the chook had scratched up the peas?

He Got eggs and was happy

5. Identify the problem and resolution in this story?

The chicken was nearly dead but she looked after him

6. Consider two other appropriate titles for this story other than Raggle-taggle Chook

 The save the chicken mission feather less chicken

Reading

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Nmj4Euwxv4

1. Before you start reading, what is your prediction about what the tools for young Change Makers might be?

A parent's guidance. resilience caring

2. What are some of the worlds problems/issues spoken of very early on in the speech?

wars. Oceans are warming. natural habitat is collapsing 

3. Service is one of the Badges in the Gold Awards and Honours Badges. What are some aspects of service you have heard other people being involved with in Ms Beaumont's presentations at assembly?

office duty class counselor. Being a leader

4. If young people are provided the tools and resources they can lead positive community change. Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Why/why not

I agree because kids have strong opinions and dreams that they want to come true 

5. What are the current environment issues in Hawke's Bay you can think of?

Campylobacter. Rising sea.

6. "Instead of asking why, young people ask why not?" Can you think of a situation or scenario where this has been true for you?

I asked my mum for a turn on my xbox she said no And I asked why not

7. Empowerment is one of the biggest tools young people need. Explain what this concept means.

They want the power to do what the want to do.

Bob Marley - Buffalo soldier

Buffalo Soldiers, Bob Marley and the Wailers- African slaves used as soldiers during the

1)What is the song about? What does the title have to do with the song?

The song is about a solder that was taken to america.  About the buffalo soldiers

2)What message is the song trying to convey to the listener?

That the americans stole africans for slavery.

3)What three poetic sound devices, (rhyming,,  alliteration accent, onomatopoeia) can you find? Write the lines that you find each devices in and explain.

Fighting on arrival, fighting for survival Rhyme

Troddin' through the land, yea, yea alliteration

Who the eck do I think I am

4)What two figurative devices (metaphor, simile, personification) can you find in the lyrics? Write the lines and explain each one.

can't find one

To analyse you have to dig deeper

Garth Mcvicar

Yesterday afternoon Garth Mcvicar came ad talked to shepherd house. He talked shortly about his early years then he talked to us about the sensible sentencing trust. The sensible sentencing trust is a trust that makes people go to jail for as long as they deserve. Then he asked us to decide what would be a good length of time in prison for two people. After all of this had happened we asked Garth some sensible questions.

SPCA flyer

As change makers we are helping the SPCA. To raise there profile we made these Flyers. Here is mine.

Cross country goals

My goal for cross country this year is to come in the top ten. I plan on achieving this by running with phase and going my best. Today our training involved "beat my partner"
I came firs because i had a faster phase.

Riley letter

Josh Stephens

Havelock North Intermediate School,

13 Nimon Street,

Havelock North

Tuesday 26th July 2016,

Kia ora Riley,

Hi my name is Josh I am 11 years old. I am a year 7 pupil at Havelock North Intermediate (HNI). I love Bmxing and I am part of the Havelock bmx club and enjoy spending a lot of spare time practising. I also love cars and anything that has an engine. Another thing I like to do is play xbox online with my friends.

At HNI this term we are learning about Change Makers like you. A Change Maker is a person that will make a change to someone's life or a charity. You have helped your friend by donating money to cure kids.

After reading this I was quite amazed that you put all of that effort into donating money to cure kids. It is an amazing thing that you have contributed to. If there were more people in the world like you the world would be an awesome place.

You sound like an awesome person. I would like to meet you in person. I hope that your friend gets better and the cancer remains in remission.. Good luck in the tough guy challenge.

Kind Regards

Josh Stephens

Room 12 HNI

We were Writing a letter to a boy named Riley. He did the tough guy challenge to help his friend with cancer. We where Focusing on our different sentence types

Change makers

This is our literacy task for the last week. It is a change makers task. We had to pick three changemakers one from Hawkes Bay one from nz one from the world. Here is what I did.

Nucliation

In the last two lessons for science we have been learning about the coke and the mentos experiment A similar experiment to this is the dancing raisins You put raisins in a cup then put soda ins and the gas bubbles go to the winkles of the raisins. Then that make the raisins lighter so it floats to the btop. When it hits the top it pops the bubbles and that make it heavier and it sinks. It repeat this process over and over again

My speach

One of the most important parts of the human body is the lungs. The lungs are located behind the chest. There are multiple parts of the lungs like the bronchus the main parts which are the big balloon shaped organs. The bronchus are made of muscle sort of stuff that is kind of squishy Then there is the trachea also known as the windpipe. Then we get to the throat which comes out the windpipe and into the mouth.

What are the lungs. The lungs are very important every cell in the body relies on the oxygen. The lungs get the oxygen for you. The lungs are the respiratory system. They take the oxygen out of the air. They also take the carbon dioxide out of the body.This is called gas exchange a vital process for you to continue living a part of breathing when the air is pumped in and the carbon dioxide is pumped out

How the lungs work. The air contains oxygen and other kinds of gases like nitrogen carbon dioxide and argon.The lungs take all the oxygen and get rid of the rest. the oxygen gets into the lungs then it goes to the blood stream and to all the cells in the body. When it gets to the cells it puts oxygen in and brings the carbon dioxide out.

Now the lungs bring the carbon dioxide back around the body. Then back through the lungs and then up the windpipe and out your nose or out your mouth. You repeat this process over and over again throughout the whole day.

There are three main types of lung disease: Airway diseases These diseases affect the airways that carry oxygen and other gases into and out of the lungs. They usually cause a narrowing or blockage of the airways. Airway diseases include asthma, emphysema, bronchiectasis, and chronic bronchitis

Now that is how the lungs work. They filter the oxygen out of the air and take the carbon dioxide out of your body. Did you know that you breathe 20- 30 times a minute without even noticing. Also the left and right lungs aren't the same the left lung is divided into two lobes and the one on the right is divided into three

End of term refletion

1. What has been the funniest, awesome, coolest achievement that has happened this term? finishing my emergency light by myself

2. What progress have you made with your reading, writing, inquiry and maths learning this term? Reading: I got better at finding the information that made it a hoax website

Maths: I got better at my 8, 9 timetables

Writing: I can now write a better conclusion.

Inquiry: I can now research confidently knowing that the website is reliable

3. What are your aspirations for term 3? get better at adding fractions in extension maths

4. Who is one ‘new’ person you would like to sit next to next term? alix

5. What is your goal for home-learning next term? do more of it

6. What can your teacher do to support your progress and learning in term 3? My tea

Find an inspirational quote that is going to be your reference for term 3. Be sure to include it in your blog post

My first soldering

Today In electronics we tried soldering. we tinned it then joined two wires together. Then we put some copper tape on a piece of plastic and soldered it to the copper tape.This is my soldering experiment.

Grafitti wall

In inquiry we are learning about the human body. So we researched for some facts and to make sure that they were true we had to look for them on three websites. Then we put them into a graffiti creator and this is what they came out like.

Leaf art

As it is Autumn, we thought we would use some of the leaves, sticks and other natural products found on the ground to create some leaf animals.  First we decided on our animal or mythical creature, mine was a cow. Then we planned out the leaves we would need to create our artwork.  Once we collected our leaves we glued them on to the paper (some required hot glue guns) and then presented our art. 

First day at electronics

Today I began a new technology class at electronics.the get ready get thru website told us that we need a torch with spare batteries for our emergency kit. I am going to design and make one for myself to use in my bedroom.

Maths

At school we have been learning about integers And we had to make an integers task. I did mine with lockie
Here is the success criteria

Must show your understanding of:

1.    Adding and Subtracting Integers

• how to use a number line to work out an answer
• the rule
• why it works
• 3 examples, including a real life example.

2.    Multiplying and Dividing Integers

• the rule
• why it works
• 3 examples, including a real life example

Te Reo scratch

We have been learning about days of the week in Te Reo.  We have learnt the assimilation and traditional names.  To show our learning we created Te Reo games.

We had a range of Kahoots, Scratch games and hand made games to play.  

We had a lot of fun (and noise) playing these  games.

Here is my game

Music challenge

In music when we haven't been getting taught the guitar we have been doing music challenges one was to research a famous singer songwriter. This is my one.

Orienteering

On Tuesday afternoon we had the opportunity to partake in orienteering with the Hawkes Bay Orienteering club.  They set up two courses around the school.  

The first course was the easy course and every student went round it with ease. Wy time was 6 minutes and 56 seconds.

The second course The second cores was more challenging and some people struggled to read the maps.My time was 14 min utess and 35 seconds

ANZAC slang powtoon

this week one of our tasks was to make an ANZAC slang video. We went to a website that had all the anzac slang words and what they meant. This is the website I click here to see the website
Here is my powtoon.

Instafood

For our instafood we had to draw an image of what we would like to eat. Then we had to describe it with our senses.
This is my writing

Looks like.

“MMMM looks like delicious donuts and ice cream with chocolate sauce.”  “A burger with cheese and a juicy patty lettuce and kiwi classic sauce.” “A breakfast bagel.” “looks to be McDonald's.” “A special home made bun.” “Hey there's an egg.” “It’s a kiwi burger. “Delic!”

Smells like

This smells the best what's that is.MMM smells like a cinnamon and sugar donut. Egg a patty  kiwi classic sauce smells as good as lynx. Ice cream chocolate sauce. Perfect salted chips. Devine. bagel fresh lettuce smells healthy. Sort of. Cheese must be melted must of been in on the patty on the oven. pineapple that's been on the grill. All smells delicious.perfect time to dig in.

Tastes like

Yum this taste like something I have never tasted before. The egg and the patty is the most divine way to have a burger it’s like burger heaven and then the lettuce perfect it is so crunchy and fresh. The bagel pineapple egg lettuce wow juicy and the cooked perfectly not sloppy but not chewy. The chips are salty but perfect and they taste like chips should. The donut and ice cream is the way to end the meal yum. Cinnamon sugar the perfect amount of both on that not douay donut  and the ice cream well the is just the best ice cream I have had in my life. This is so scrumptious.

Dragon slayor

We have been writing a piece of writing in class called the dragon slayer. We watched a video in class And had to describe the dragon slayer man. This is my one

In a time when dragons threatened mankind, there was only one man who fought against them all.  His name is Tarragon. He and his brave battle horse Black Bull, roamed the desert in search of these terrifying monsters. But things don't always turn out as they should…

Well of course tarragon was a dragon slayer. He had one of the toughest jobs in the world. So He had to be strong. That he was but . If you look carefully you can see that he tallies his kills on his shield. He also loves to jingle the money after the fight. That shows that he doesn't like his job he just wants the money. He Is a knight That fights off  all the dragons and keeps all of the world safe.

You can tell he is a real hero. But he doesn't come across happy you don’t want to get in his way. If you know what I mean he thinks he is pretty cool and he might not care about thing but deep down he is a kind and caring guy and he is very likable. He is not a dude that is scared of anything nothing stand in his way. If he gets knocked down he gets back up stronger than before.

Since he is dragon slayer he needs amor so he wears a chest plate a helmet with horns and shoulder spikes to keep him safe. And wow he is scary the size of his muscles is amazing. His chin sticks out as far as the interstate. And his nose has a peak as high as mt everest. he had a biggish build and his eyes and legs looked out of place they are so small His leg are like sticks. His jaw is very wide to.

ANZAC Dulce et decorum est

For writing we have bee reconstructing a poem following the structure of Dulce Et Decorum Est by Wilford Owen.
Miss Hooper read us instructions and we constructed our poem about ANZAC and the war

Here is my poem:

The Soldier's tale

We have been here for months now, getting quite sick, all coughing, our legs in pain.

There is mud everywhere, men wounded by gunshots,     

Right at the frontline trying to get back to safety boom boom guns fire.

I get behind to the civilized side of the war, I can now rest, I leave all the flares and cannons,

Men too exhausted to think so many men have no boots with cuts on their feet.

It is agony to walk men moving like they are drunk,

They are all too weakened  and have torn clothes

Most men are unfortunate and don’t hear the gas shells dropping behind them.

Gas gas! Hurry up and put your masks on.

It's a shambles I don’t know if I have enough time to get this awkward thing on

A man is shouting he has been too slow, the gas gets into his lungs.

He is stumbling around like a made man

The gas is thick now.  It is a greenish color.

I look around all I can see is a big green gastly cloud of gas.

My comrade comes running up to me. He has no mask. Gas is getting into his lungs

He is coughing horribly I am helpless I want to help. I know he is going to die.

His face is going really gray. We carry him to the wagon, I put him on

We walk behind the wagon as he twists and turns in pain.

It is awful he is going white, his head is rolling freely

His eyes are rolling, he is slowly dying in agonizing pain

Every bump it gets worse,

The blood is gurgling in his lungs,

All the mucus is coming up from his inside,

The sound is the worst in the world. One You Never want to here

If you experienced this first hand like me,

You could never say that it is glorious to die for you contory.

These things that I have described to you,

I have to live with for the rest of my life.

Scratch Maze Game

We have been learning how to code so that we can present our learning in a new way.  I have created a maze game using coding.

Powtoon

In class we have been learning about the author's purpose. We had to make powtoons about it. This is mine

MY questions about the flag.

 In our inquiry sessions we had to come up with 3 questions around the flags. We also had to come up with some google search tips here are mine

	Question 1 Why did John Key and the national party decided to have a flag referendum in the first place	Question 2 What do the new and the old NZ flag stand for.	Question 3 Who designed the new NZ flag
Source 1	https://www.national.org.nz/news/news/media-releases/detail/2014/10/28/first-steps-taken-towards-flag-referendum He and national party think it is time for nz to think about changing the flag And he think that it is time to change	https://www.govt.nz/browse/engaging-with-government/the-nz-flag-your-chance-to-decide/new-zealands-flag-you-decide/ The black on the ne flag stands for the color that we have become The blue on the new flag stand for the blue sky and the seas The southern cross on both of the flags stand for our place on the land and the ocean It is a symbol of the land of NZ The blue on the old flag comes from the Blue Ensign and represents the land and the sea The union jack stands for our relation to England	https://www.govt.nz/browse/engaging-with-government/the-nz-flag-your-chance-to-decide/the-five-alternatives Kyle lockwood
Source 2	http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/calls-new-flag Some people don’t think that the Union Jack Should be a symbol on our flag People say it is too similar to the Aus flag		https://www.govt.nz/browse/engaging-with-government/the-nz-flag-your-chance-to-decide/gallery/ Kyle Lockwood
Source 3
Own words	John Key and the national party decided to have a flag referendum because many people think that the Union Jack should not be representative of NZ and it is too similar to the Australian flag. John Key and the national party think it is time that we think of changing the flag.	The black on the new flag stands for the color that we have become. The blue on the new flag stand for the blue sky and the seas. The southern cross on both of the flags stand for our place on the land and the ocean It is a symbol of the land of NZ. The blue on the old flag comes from the Blue Ensign and represents the land and the sea. The union jack stands for our relation to England	Kyle lockwood