Inspirational Quote

This is a movie that me and my classmate collaborated on together. We made a movie that focuses on inspirational quotes that've motivated and inspired us to do something. 

Why Math is Important

This is a video that some of my classmates and I collaborated on. We made this video about why Maths is important. We went for a relaxed and funny comedy video, since more students went for a serious approach. 

Changing Of The Flag

All the pupils in Panmure Bridge School voted for which ever flag they liked best, in the options above. We had 4 minutes to read each flag's meaning behind it independently, 3 minutes to get with a partner and talk about your reasons for why you like the flag you're going to chose, 2 minutes to find a new buddy and talk with them about it, and then 1 minute to find a group of 4 to discuss your own perspectives on each flag. We did this because we work better together. 3 of the people in our group chose the last flag in the picture, for reasons such as: I made personal connections to it, It represents multiple cultures and also because it is instantly recognized as New Zealand's. 2 of the people in our group chose the first flag for reasons such as:  I liked the design and because it's easily recognized as ours due to the Silver Fern. Although they are very alike, we still had reasons for choosing the other flag. The 3 of who chose the red flag, liked it because it represented blood, yet some of us chose the black flag because it represents our history and the night

Alan Duff DLO

This is a poster that I made collaboratively with Paige, Evelyn, Halatoa & Juantia. This is about Alan Duff, the person who started the charity Duffy Books in homes with the help of Mainfreight and the government. This poster just talks a little bit about why is he an agent of change and about how his charity is now spreading around the world like to America and Australia. 

Photo Collage: Jaffa Experiment

This is a photo collage that my group created, using pictures from the Jaffa Experiment. Our group collaborated together to create a simple machine made form cardboard, using scissors and tape. We created this machines as a path to roll the Jaffa on. The aim of the experiment was to see how far the Jaffa would roll. This collage displays people lining up to roll the Jaffa, our group building our machine and a paper of how we built it. 

Maths Poster

This is a poster that explains some of the main things that I know about my 7 times tables. As you can see, there are some examples of how to skip count in 7's and a couple of ways to solve 7 times tables equations. 

Run, Jump, Throw

Today we had our Run, Jump, Throw Kiwi Sport lesson with our coach Andy. In this weeks lesson we learnt the proper method on how Shot Put and Discus works.

- In Shot Put

• Dirty Fingers, Dirty Neck & Clean Palms
• Chin - Knee - Toe
• Low to High - Watch it Fly

- In Discus 

• Grip - Shelf
• Discus should fall out when held upside down.
• 3rd Knuckle
• Swing up - Clap - Back - Chin - Knee - Toe 
• Low to high - Watch it fly

My Speech

Good afternoon students and teachers. Just think about a time where you have been bullied for what you look like, what you believe in and who you are? Doesn’t it hurt thinking about a time you were bullied? Thinking that there was no one to help you.

Take a look around you. Is there someone different from you? Well of course! Everyone is different. Not one person in this room looks the same as you. So tell me, why are people bullied because of their appearance, because of their beliefs and religions, because of being different?

Race is apart of who we are. Tease me about the things I can change. Mock me about the colour of my hair, or the way my teeth aren’t aligned. Don’t tease me for what I can’t change. Don’t mock me for the colour of the skin or the race I descend from.

Why do we think we have the authority to mock someone if they’re a different race? We were born to be real not to be perfect. So why should you choose to rule our life? Why is that we feel uncomfortable in a room full of unfamiliar faces?

Why do we bully? We were born the way we are. Racial Bullying is just wrong! Being unique is okay. What’s wrong with that? So why judge someone for being themselves? For being an individual? We must learn to find the similarities not the differences. We should be able to express who we really are without being cautious. We need to stand up to bullying, we need to end this! Racial bullying is never the answer.

My comment to Afu

This is my comment to Afu, about her creative display she did in Digital Technology at Tamaki College. If you go on her blog you can see why I said that it really catches my interest. It was her first time using scratch and she already knew what to do.

Cook Islands DLO

This is a presentation created about the culture of the Cook Islands. I created this presentation collaboratively with Fine and Sajiha. We found out a lot of information about the Cook Islands. We were very shocked about what we found because we didn't expect any of these responses. We found out that there are 15 islands all together. 

Tongan Language Week DLO

This is a DLO created about the Culture of Tonga. I did this task as a individual and I had found out a lot of information. One thing I found out is that the Ngatu (Tapa) is a type of barkcloth made in the Pacific Islands. It comes from a tree called Paper Mulbery or its scientific name Broussonetia Pepyrifera.

Vincent Van Gogh DLO

This is a Prezi created on the famous artist Vincent Van Gogh. We had to research about him because we were practising on how to paint his famous sunflower artwork, so we gave it a try and we were very impressed with how good his art work was.

Vincent Van Gogh Artwork

This is a photo of me taken with my piece of artwork focused on a famous artist Vincent Van Gogh. Our first step was to draw the vase and the flowers with chalk before we can paint it. In the blue background I used a wet paint brush to make it look more affective then I got a dry paint brush to smooth out my background.

Run, Jump, Throw

This is a photo of me jumping hurdles in our new Kiwi Sports Run, Jump, Throw. It was fun because we learnt new skills like how to run in different techniques and we also learnt how to start running before a race. I enjoyed this because it was something different for me to learn.

Maths DLO

This is a collaborative poster I made with Fine. We had to explain in our own words what we did for our Maths Tasks this week. We were practising how to solve larger multiplication strategies using 'multiplication with algorithms' 

Graph Poster

This is a poster that explains the type of different rubbish that Room 5 collected. 

Maths Poster

This is a Maths Poster that explains how to solve a hard multiplication equation. This was one of the questions that we had to solve in our Maths Session. It shows that I have to practise learning how to use Multiplication in parts with larger numbers.

Pay it Forward

Part of last night's home learning was to do something with or for someone else. I chose to help my mum make a smoothie. We added fruits like apples, oranges and bananas plus milk. My mum and I felt happy because we haven't had a smoothie in a long time which was real fun  to see that we enjoyed it.

I Fake Text Conversation

These are screenshots that Fine and I created to show if Breakfast in schools are important. We had to add 3 persuasive language features in to make it interesting to read. I think Breakfast in schools are important because kids need to be focused on learning tasks.

How to use speech marks

This is a collaborative DLO that Fine, John and I created to show people how to use speech marks. We included examples that are easy to understand and simple rules that need to be followed in order to use speech marks. We used PowToon to produce this presentation.

Direct Speech

“Hey Sam, What do you think about New Zealand providing breakfast in schools?” Fine asked.   

Samantha replied “ I think it’s a really good idea! Hopefully now some students will won’t go starving without anyone knowing.”

“Why do you think that?” Fine asked.

“Well, How would you feel if you went to school starving? How would you feel if you were completely switched off from learning and no one understood why?” wondered Samantha

“WOW! I never thought of it like that. I feel so guilty and sad for those who are suffering.” cried Fine

Samantha responded “Exactly. I don’t understand why the government hasn’t already seen this problem. I don’t understand why they’re still debating over this. I don’t understand how they can not see that these children are the future of our country, and feeding them will improve their knowledge and education.”

This is debate about New Zealand providing breakfast in schools. It shows that we should have breakfast in schools to keep kids focused on there learning.

Maori Language Week DLO

This is a presentation about Maori Language Week. It explains slides about what is Maori Language Week and Why we celebrate it and other questions that involve Maori.

Maths Poster

 

This is a poster that explains our Maths Problem that we had to do today. I solved this question by using the easiest answer I knew. 

Maths Poster

This is my Maths Poster that I completed as one of my tasks for our Maths session today. It explains how to solve a hard multiplication equation. In this poster has some easy steps to solve a hard times table question.

Hauora Poster

This is a poster that explains information about a Maori Well-Being called Hauora. This is our Inquiry topic for this term. It explains definitions of 4 walls that makes us balanced. 

Reading Work

This was another task that we did for reading. We just had to list some of the main ideas in the book that we had to read. I choose these facts because it explains a lot about trees that can heal. 

Scavenger Hunt

This was one of the tasks that we had to do for reading. We had to a Scavenger Hunt about a book that we read. My book was about plants that heal. 

Sentence DLO

This is a presentation based around sentences. The main sentences we focused on was Simple and Compound. We have explained what a simple and a compound sentence is in 2 separate slides. It also has a example to show you what they both mean. 

Galileo Homework

This is a DLO (Digital Learning Object) crated all about Galileo. We had to find out who Galileo was and research about him for our homework task. In this presentation it talks about his Early Life and things about himself. Also there are interesting facts that were very interesting to know about.  

Orienteering Interschool DLO

This presentation is about the day that we had down at Pt England reserve to participate in the Interschool Orineteering Tournament. It talks explains what the teams that we had and what time we started doing our courses. 

Maori Pioneer Battalions

This is a prezi that reflects on the Maori Pioneer Battalions. This is an activity that we had to do to teach the teacher something about the Maori Soldiers who had joined WW1. 

Maori Battalions Timeline

This term our topic is 'Lest we Forget' so in Room 5 we are learning about the Maori Pioneer Battalions. I did this timeline collaboratively in partners with Fine. This is a timeline that shows in time order what happened during WW1 involving the Maori soldiers.

Maori Battalions Letter

Dear whomever this may concern,

On behalf of all iwi from Waikato and Taranaki, I wish to inform you of our thoughts about the Maori Contingent, because I feel you do not understand our reasons for not having the will to join your war. We will NOT fight another man's war and risk our lives for another man’s faults. How dare you think we should take part in this war, when you have seized the ability to grow our own food!? Imagine working in the farms, all week long and still knowing you won’t be able to provide a stable diet for your children. Now imagine that the people who caused this problem, asking for your help? The first thought you have into your mind is revenge. May I add, that after all of this damage you have caused to our iwi, you have decided to send our sons to prison! Do you think this will make us want to come and fight for you anymore than we did 50 years ago? Exactly. I hope you are able to understand why we don’t want to sacrifice any lives for you and your kind.

Yours Sincerely,

All iwi o Waikato and Taranaki.

In Room 5 we are learning about the Maori Pioneer Battalions. This is a letter to the editor saying why we do not want to go to WW1. I worked collaboratively with Fine to complete this task.

Maori Battalions Poster

Currently, Room 5 is learning about the Maori Pioneer Battalions. I worked on this poster collaboratively in partners with Fine. This task was based about how we had to get the Maori Soldiers to join the WW1. 

WW1 Collage

In Room 5 we are focusing on Maori Pioneer Battalions that took part in the WW1. I worked on this collage collaboratively in partners with Fine. This collage shows some of the Brave Maori Soldiers who gave up their lives to go and fight for us and our freedom that we have now.  

Maori Pioneer Paragraph

“Haere e tama ma. Haere me te whakaaro ki te pupuri i te rongo toa a o tatou tipuna. Kia wehi ki whakaaro ki te pupuri i te rongo toa a o tatou tipuna. Kia wehi ki te Atua. Whakahonoretia te kingi”

“Farewell, young men. Go and uphold the name of our warrior ancestors. Fear God. And honour the king.”

Our heads were bowed as our whanau recited those words. The pride had caused such a sudden rush through my blood, I could not hold the tears back. For those words had affected me hugely because I knew for a fact that all my brothers here, together as one, would use those words as a motivation to fight for our freedom of our whanau, and to give all that we had into it. I feel the strength of my whanau giving me more hope and confidence, trusting me with all their might to represent our iwi.

This is a paragraph based around the Maori Soldiers from Waikato and Taranaki. In this paragraph we had to talk about how we felt while leaving our family through the eyes of a Maori Soldier.

Maori Soldier Poster

This is a poster about Henare Mokena Kohere. He was a soldier that too part in WW1 to fight for us and our freedom. Henare was a very popular man and was a respected soldier. 

Hamburgers Prezi

This is a Prezi that I created about Hamburgers. It was based around Hamburgers because that was the topic that was chosen by Halatoa. This Prezi talks about how the burgers are formed, what main ingredients go in burgers and aslo interesting facts about burgers. The 1 most interesting fact that I found out about burgers is that the beef comes from 1000 different cows.

World War 1 Mascot Presentation

This is a presentation that I worked on about the animals at World War 1. It talks about how they were very vital (important) and how they helped soldiers in the war. 

My Xtramaths Result

This is a screenshot of a Xtramath Result that I did today. I was very impressed with my result. I could of done better but I intend to keep practising.

TIdy Kiwi DLO

This is a presentation that Fine and I created about our adventure with Tidy Kiwi. Every single day after morning tea and lunch Fine and I would go around the whole school to see how people are so lack at putting rubbish inside the bins. We managed to find a lot of rubbish but on the way we managed to keep it clean.

My Certificate

This is me and my certificate that I received at assembly today. It was given to me by Mr Johnston because I got player of the day for our netball game. 

My Mums Comment

This is a comment from my mum on my 5 Minutes of Camp Story. I am relieved that my mum felt that way about my writing. It shows that I need to step up to be at the expected level at Year 8.

Student Led Conference

This is a photo of my family and I at the Student Led Conference known as the Parent Interview. This photo show that I was showing my family around the classroom but basically is all about me showing my mum my 5 Minutes of Camp Story. As a mum she was very impressed with my work so I was glad to be in that position. 

Times Tables

This is screenshot of the Maths Activity that I did today.  I worked on the 6 times tables and I managed to get all of the answers right but just not as fast as I imagined it to be. 

Cricket Certificate

This is a photo of me with my certificate that I got for participating in the Cricket Inter School Tournament. I am very proud of my self for receiving this certificate especially for us coming Third Place.

Times Tables Screenshot

This is a screenshot of the task that I was doing today. I am the blue player and Fine is the red. I beat her by 6 points and she had only got one score. This was a tough challenge but I managed to more scores than she did so that was an achievement.

Retel of Camp

A Leap of Faith

I put my feet on the ladder, step by step becoming even more  nervous. All my trust is within the rope. I pass the ladder and climb, one foot after another, onto the metal rungs. I feel my heart racing, as if I was being chased by a cheetah. I climb and climb, until I reached the beam. I hear my friends screaming and yelling “You can do it Samantha!”.  I took a Leap of Faith. I wobble and shake as I put my feet onto the beam. Thank Goodness that was over, but I had the whole beam to walk along. I walk step by step across the beam.  I reach a quarter of the way, I realise I still have another 3 quarters to walk along, so I inhaled a deep breath. As I walk along, I see the beautiful view of Hunua Ranges staring right at me. I feel even more pressured as I look down at my friends, encouraging me to keep going. I stop for a second and wait, then I carry on. I could feel my heart pounding as I realise I was nearly at the end of the beam. I took one last step and finally, I had made it but I still had to walk back, so I stood next to the pole for 10 seconds with fear. I start to walk along the beam again. I could feel my life on the line, but I knew that I had trustworthy people to look after me so I knew I was in safe hands. I look down for the last time and I saw that no one was paying attention, but the people who were taking control of the rope. Finally, I was being lowered. While being lowered, I get a photo taken of me as if I was an Angel. I got unhooked from the harness. I felt relieved that it was over, but proud that I had the courage to climb the high beam and also overcome my fear of heights.

This is a 5 minute snapshot about one of the activities I did at camp. It retells one of my favourite events that happened at camp.

Fast Factors

Today I was practising 6 times tables. I played the game 'Fast Factors'. Each time I tried to beat me previous time. As you can see my best time was 25 seconds.

Rangitoto Poster

This is an information poster about the Island Rangitoto. I made a poster to show information about the Rangitoto Island. We had to rephrase at our trip that we went to on a Tuesday.

Sign Language Poster

This is my poster that I did for sign language week. It is based around sign language week because he is famous for becoming a pianist and more. 

Poppy Poster

This is a poster Poppy Poster that I created using goggle draw. It explains specific information like why was the poppy chosen to represent ANZAC Day and more. 

ANZAC Letter

This is a recount that I did with 3 students including myslef making it 4. It's about a letter written through the eyes of a Soldier in WW1.

Typing Club Result

This is a screenshot of my result from typing club. I have improved and improved my results.

Cricket Presentation

This is a Cricket World Cup presentation that I did to show what had been happening in the Cricket World Cup 2015. It includes a lot of things especially Black Caps Information.

Easter Egg Hunt Photo

This is a photo from a Easter Egg Hunt that we did together with the new entrance kids from Room 4. My partner was Te Raumati. We had found 8 or more Easter Eggs. It was really fun having to spend time with Room 4 children. 

Cricket Poster

This is poster of a New Cricket Logo that I decided to do. I think it looks good but not as good as the logo that there is now in the Cricket 2015 World Cup. 

Ancestral Poem

This display shows an Ancestral Poem that I did to show how there footsteps guide my future. I believe that my ancestors from the Cook Island will help me with my decisions in the future for me to follow in there footsteps. 

Maths Collage

Maths Screenshots - Kizoa Video Maker

This is a Video COllage of the maths games that I was playing today. It shows a variety of games and it is based on multiplication. My favourite game was fast factors on Transum.

Malama Honua Celebration

This is a recap of the experience we had down at the Pt England Reserve. I worked on this collaborative DLO with Jhardae and Mere form room 6.

Term 1 Highlight Fotor

 

This is a Fotor that I created about my term 1 highlights. It includes the duffy assembly that our special guest Shavaughn Ruakere hosted, a picture of the baseball practise, an art photo of my group and I that we did collaboratively together and a collaborative statistical investigation that involved room 6.

Maths Strategy

This is a Maths Strategy poster that I did collaboratively in a group. We had to solve the equation 338 + 179. It was a sort of hard question to solve but by the help of my group members we had got the answer in no time.

Powtoons DLO

This is a Maths DLO that I did digitally on a Powtoon. It shows my Maths Strategy to solve subtraction problems with tenths by changing the second number into a whole number. 

Duffy Assembly Guest

This photo shows that our guest Shavaughn Ruakere known as Roimata from Shortland Street. She was our special guest that had hosted our Duffy Assembly. 

Art with Graham Dodd

On Wednesday  the whole of the senior classes went to a very fun art session with a relly cool artist Graham Dodd. We had got given a piece of paper with dotted lines that we had to complete. It was a very fun session with Graham Dodd, and I enjoyed it because it was a fun way of learning art and it was a privilege to have him come to our school.

MIT Group Waitangi Recount

Maori:

Tiriti o Waitangi has caused oh so many problems and meetings. Thankfully, the gods have allowed us all to agree to sign the treaty. All the chiefs went into a Tape Nakara and waited for hours until they were called upon to sign it, and for some those hours were many.

I could feel the prickly grass brush against my feet as I walked towards the British missionary. I felt nervous because I have never done something like this in my life before.  I glanced down at the treaty, confused at what I had to do. Like many, I had never signed my name before. My heart was racing. There was another paper next to it with words I didn’t understand on it.

I could feel the adrenaline kick in, I picked up the feather and I wrote. The atmosphere was dead silent, all the sweat alone produced by me, would be able to water the crops around my village.

I placed the feather on the table. My signature was officially permanent on the Tiriti o Waitangi. I turned around and walked back to where my tribe had been standing stifling in this heat. I noticed everyone silently searching for the breeze.

The temperature in this Tape Nakara was AUE too hot and the strong scents of nature filled the air. I’m surrounded by odors that have created a stench so strong, I found myself joining the silent search for that breeze.

The wait felt like forever. When I finally walked out of the Tape Nakara with pride and realised I had never felt so much jubilation.

British:

The process of gathering the many signatures required to complete the Treaty of Waitangi had begun earlier this morning. As missionaries, we had fulfilled our quest to our Queen. Just another few weeks in this uncooperative weather, and we’ll be gone. Hooray!

I sat there waiting for the Maori Chiefs to sign the treaty. My bottom so numb from all that sitting. This was a long slow drawn out process.

Everybody waited as signature after signature was placed. As time elapsed, facial expressions inside this confined space, changed from ones of elation, to those of nausea due to the horrendous stench of body odour that surrounded us.

The temperature had risen quickly. Perspiration started to become noticeable on all of us inside the white tent. I positioned myself near the entrance of the tent so the outside breeze could cool me down. Luckily I didn’t have to witness the signatures so I was able to move towards the door. I felt sorry for the other men and women who had a much more important role to play today.

As the last person placed their signature, everyone appeared  satisfied with the outcome that the Treaty of Waitangi had come to a resolution.

This is a recount of the Treaty of Waitangi. I was in Mrs Anderson's special group and she set this task for her special group only. I did this collaboratively in a group with Fine, Sajiha, Sebastian, Yvette and Tim. There a 2 different point of views. One is from the Maori side and one is from the British side.

Comparison Poster

This is a digital drawing that me and Mere from room 6 did together collaboratively. It shows 2 graphs of how many people speak a different language at home other than English. Room6 has more different spoken languages at home than Room 5 does.