The Sky Ladder

Look Down!

Every morning after the first bell rings Room 13 does Quick Write. It is when you have 10 minutes to write as much as you can about an image provided for you. Today the image was of a boy and a girl on a wing if a plane. Here is my quick write. 

White Sunday

This terms topic is Celebrations. I chose to do research on White Sunday. Here is my poster on White Sunday.

Integrity online

We have had a few incidents were people are talking to other people that they don't know. Today Room 13 has made posters dedicated to safety online. 

Here is my poster. 

Room 13's Expectations Term 4

These are the expectations of Room 13 for term 4.

Ki O Rahi

A few weeks ago our experience of Ki O Rahi had come to an end. Ki O Rahi is a large team game played between 2 teams, kioma and taniwha on a large circular field. Played for 4 quarters or 2 halves of a set time, teams alternate roles of Kīoma and Taniwha at half or quarter time. 

Maritime Museum!

Yesterday the senior classes went to Maritime Museum. It was a exciting experience and I enjoyed myself very much. Here are some photos of the day. 

Script work

Yesterday Sarah, Rose and myself worked on script writing. Script writing is when you use your imagination or personal experiences to write a piece of writing that would be read like a scene in a movie or a play. Here is our explanation on what script writing is.

The turtle and the shark

The turtle and the shark
The turtle and the shark went swimming around the beach looking for food to eat, they also did treasure hunts around the soft sand. A man sighted the turtle and the shark swimming with some of the gold from the treasure box. The turtle told the shark that the man was trying to steal there gold so the shark swam over to the man and bit a chunk of his leg off. The shark swam back to the turtle and they swam as fast as they away to there underwater castle.
As they swam as fast as they could back to there underwater castle They ran into a dolphin with one ticket to the dolphin and whale show. The turtle said to the shark that he wants it but the shark wanted it too. The turtle asked the dolphin nicely but the dolphin didn't give in. Then the shark decided if asking nicely for the ticket won't work maybe scaring her will. The shark roared with his big sharp teeth and the dolphin dropped the ticket and swam as fast as lightning away. The turtle grabbed the ticket and swam away dodging the sharks every move. Finally the turtle found a little spot for the turtle to hide in and where the shark couldnt fit.
The shark banged his nose into the little spot attempting to break it but it wouldn't budge. The dolphin swam by and saw the turtle in danger so the dolphin snuck up on the shark and tried to lure him away. The shark assumed that the dolphin had another ticket and that the dolphin was an easier target so he moved on to the dolphin. Then the turtle had a chance to escape so the turtle swam with the ticket and gathered all of his turtle friends to help the dolphin escape.
The turtle and his friends all went and helped the dolphin escape. They surrounded the shark and the shark was confused because all of the turtles were identical. The shark got dizzy and swam into a reef and he passed out. Then the turtles got a free pass and the dolphin performed his performance in front of his biggest supporters. Meanwhile the shark is sobbing with a huge bump on his head because all of the gold is gone.

Road safety poster

A few days a go a lady came in and told us that we had to make a road poster. This is my road poster.

Poetry Workshop

A few weeks ago a few people from the senior classes went to a poetry workshop. A poetry workshop is where you learn about poetry and how to write a poem. I wrote a poem called unforgettable friends and I made a poster of it. Here is my poster from the poetry workshop.

Anzac Writing

Last week room 13 decided to write about Anzac. Anzac means Australia, New Zealand, Army, Corps. We chose to right our Anzac writing in the form of a diamante poem. Diamante means diamond in Italian. It is when you write a story in the shape of diamond. 

Below is my Diamante poem. 

Tamaki College Technology

Every Wednesday the year 7's and 8's goes to technology at Tamaki college. There are 3 classes to attend Graphics, Medal and Cooking. The year 7's are in Cooking, the year 8's are in Medal and in graphics there are a mix of year 7's and 8's. I am in medal and I decided to make a turtle pendent. Yesterday I finished my turtle and my tech teacher; Mr Grandy was just adding the finishing touches to it as I left. Next week I am going to strive to make a box for my necklace and hopefully finish it so I have somewhere to put my necklace !!

Predicting what will happen on Friday!

Predicting what will happen on Friday! 

This Friday is the last day of term one and the student leaders have planned a fun day for us so we can enjoy our last day. There is going to be a principals assembly and my classroom (Room 13) will have shared lunch. I think that we will have a water fight depending on the weather. I hope that there will be food for sale and that we get to wear mufti. I cant wait for the last day of term one!!!

My Weekend

My Weekend

In the weekend my family and I went to Krispy Kremes for the first time. Krispy Kremes is
an american doughnut company where they sell the most delicious  doughnuts and the best
milkshakes i've ever tasted. We decided to go through the express isle because we didn't want
to wait long and going through the express isle let us get our doughnuts faster. After we got our
doughnuts we went to the beach to eat our doughnuts. My favourite doughnut was the powdered
jam doughnut and  the oreo glaze doughnut. Finally we finished the doughnuts and we decided
to go for a walk on the beach. We ended up walking for 2 hours because my brother wanted to
see the goats that apparently lived up on the hill. Turns out there were no goats on the hill and
we walked all that way for nothing. It was all worth it though because we probably ended up
burning off all those doughnuts during our walk in the heat. Krispy Kremes is located in Manukau
if you want to go. Their doughnuts are pretty good.

What I Learnt Today!!!

Today I learned something amazing about the $5 dollar note. I learnt that the value of the $5 dollar note in 1914 equals $123.26 in 2018.  I also learnt something new about the $2 coin. I learnt that the bird on the $2 coin is actually a Kotuku bird. It is an royal bird found in Asia, Africa, the Americas, and southern Europe.  Below is an picture of the Kotuku bird.

Exploring Our Money!!!

Recently Room 13 has been learning about money to get prepared for when asb get wise programme comes to our school. We did activities around money and making a poster was one of them, here is my poster.

All about me 2018!!!

All about me 2018!!!

Talofa lava, My name is Nadia and I am currently a year 8 student at Glen Taylor School. I am in room 13 with Whaea Pene and Mrs Faalili as teachers. 

My goal this year is to win something at prize giving. To achieve this goal I will work my hardest in all subjects and try my best to participate in all activities. 

Something I will find challenging this year is meeting new people. I will try my best to interact with others and while in a group activity I will share my ideas as well as listening to others ideas too.

I am excited for graduation this year. I am also excited to  meet new people and learn more and more everyday!