Water Sustainability.

In the past week Mrs Golder(Teacher) prepared a reading activity for the students to do at home for our homework. That activity was to make a new presentation for our topic Water Sustainability.

This following video is my presentation I made on we video.

Addition And Subtraction

During Term 2 Room 12 have been working on different kinds of strategies to work out different kinds of equations. Each of the students have stepped up a level in Maths by learning all the strategies. So far we have learned five strategies. Here are the W.A.L.Ts to all the strategies.

Strategy 1: Use standard place value. Addition that adds up to nine.

Strategy 2: Use tidy numbers and compensate.

Strategy 3: Increase one number and decrease the other number by the same amount.

Strategy 4: Use standard place value partitoning (expanding) place value.

Strategy 5: Regroup to combine compatible numbers.

When we had finished completing worksheets that were based on these strategies our teacher got us to make-up our own word problems according to our topic about water:
Here is what I wrote as my word problem: I used strategy 3 to help me with my word problem.
S3 increase and decrease

Everyone in the Southern Hemisphere uses up to 15 litres of water to bathe and everyone in the Northern Hemisphere uses up to 45 litres of water to bathe.

How many litres in total does everyone around the world use? 

This is my caculation for the word problem:

15+5 + 45-5

=20 + 40

=60 litres of water 

A Grade Certificates!!

We were overwhelmed that our names were announced by Mrs Golder.

We worked really hard to achieve at least five or more A grades in our homework. We shook our teachers hand proudly and the audience applauded us. We were pleased that we were awarded with A grade certificates. Our parents are very glad that we worked hard in Term One.

Our next goal is to get A grades for the rest of the year and to succeed so that we can have a better education. Every week we get Year 8 homework and usually we get A or better. Only six students were awarded with A Grade Certificates who were

,  Elizabeth, Ofa Miria, Cypress and Damien

Be better Than Before!

Landing On The Shores Of Gallipoli.

27th March 1915

Dear Family

   Though there are so many men fighting each of them fall one by one. It was the day when every soldier had to fight to save their country. Some soldiers were even worried that they might not return back to their loved ones or even children. We walked through Flanders Fields and there were men fighting. One of our men had one of their legs blown off and we carried him to safety. We started digging our trenches in the dirt.

   Next we set up our trenches so we had somewhere to slumber. It was night and I couldn’t get enough sleep because all the bombs were so loud. Then I thought to myself that once I get out of this mine field I would be free at last. But just as I was interrupted a bomb shell rolled into our trench. I started to shout, ”Evacuate”.

Everyone woke up and ran for their lives.

  One of our soldiers was injured and it was 3:30 in the morning. We went out onto the field and and we started to shoot. We came back into our trenches and our breakfast was ready. As soon as we were finished it was our turn to go on the field and finish the job.

 I am on my way back home. I can’t wait to see all of you.

Yours,

Sini

Who Am I?

Who am I?

 

  Bonjour my name is Sini. I was born in Auckland Hospital. I am a year eight prefect at Ruapotaka School. I have long, black hair. I am also short in height with dark brown eyes and light, brown skin.

  

  I come from a village in Samoa. I love the people of my village because they are all kind. Apparently I am part German because my Great-grandfather was German. I speak two languages, Samoan and English.

  I have two brothers and one sister. I also have one stepbrother and one stepsister  from my dad’s family. My family is very special to me because they always look after me and they always take care of the problems I go through.

  My favourite hobbies are going shopping with my family. I love going to church and  I am leaning how to do art. I enjoy playing soccer and touch at school with my friends or sometimes with my cousins. I am into a lot of singing.

When I grow up I would like to be a lawyer or a chef.  

 

What The?

Summary:

Rusty Croft,a professional sand artist might have beaten a new record of the World’s Largest Sandcastle. This sandcastle is 39 feet tall. This masterpiece was created only with sand and water. The Guinness World Record’s team had to travel to Brazil just to measure if it was actually the tallest sandcastle.

Opinion:

I think that this is so cool and I could only wish if I could see that in real life. Unfortunately it has been busted.

Attribution Kiwi Kids News

This Is So Cute!!

Summary:

Hamilton Zoo has welcomed two new additions to their zoo animals. The two tiny Sumatran tigers 10 year old Oz and 6 year old Sali are proud parents. They have now had two stripy tigers. These small tigers were born on November 16th.

Opinion:

I think that these two stripy tigers are so lucky to have a new home in Hamilton and I feel happy for the parents and visitors who will get to see them.

Attribution Kiwi Kids News