Year of 2021

 This year has been an extremely unusual year, with Covid and many other events happening throughout the year 2021. We participated in a variety of events, and it was a busy year for Team 5 in Year 7 and 8.

I'd like to express my gratitude to Team 5 teachers Mrs Tele'a, Mr Moran, Miss Setefano, Miss Hall, Ms Tipene, Mrs Stone, and Mrs llaoa for all that you've done for us over the past two years. All of these teachers sacrificed personal and family time to plan various activities and lessons for us over the last two years.

We are so grateful for everything you guys have done for us. We are extremely blessed to have such wonderful teachers that are willing to assist and support us. Thank you for all of your support and love, and we appreciate all of the hard work you've done for us over the last two years that we've been in team 5.

Camp was a pleasure for me this year since I was able to meet other friends and families from the area. Camp was a pleasure for me because I was able to participate in various activities with others, which allowed me to step outside of my comfort zone and face my fears.

My second highlight of the year was fiafia, which we finally completed this year after failing to do in the previous year due to covid 19. My favourite part of Fiafia was watching the many cultural dances and listening to the various songs they performed. 

My most recent best moment was the 15th of December, which was the last day of school. The last day of school was my favourite since it was a day when we got to say our goodbyes. It was bittersweet because the year 8 students for 2021 were departing, and most of us were in happy tears as we said our goodbyes to our teachers, who I know will have a great time. Another reason why the last day of school was my favourite was that I was able to spend it at school rather than at home in lockdown.

I would like to say my gratitude to the Point England School teachers, support staff and the team for inspiring,guiding,listening , teaching and loving us. Thank you for supporting us and thank you for your guys' hard work that you guys have done for us and for giving up your time to teach us. To all the support staff at Point  England school I would like to say thank you for helping us with our work and for all your love and for cooperating with us in different times.   We really appreciate you guys for everything you guys did for us in the last two years that we were there.

WE LOVE YOU 

Venn Diagrams

Today for literacy I made a venn Diagram about the different tasks we had to read then after reading it we had to put the different facts about the different tasks on the side then in the middle we had to write the common things about the tasks and here are my two different venn diagram.

 

What is the best fun activity to do in lockdown?

 What is the best fun activity to do in lockdown? 

My school has been in lockdown for about one week, because of the covid-19 outbreak here in Auckland. It is now Week 5 in Term 3. I am going to share with you about what I have been doing. 

Bubble life has returned to being at home with family 24 hours a day, seven days a week. This means you can engage in a variety of activities with your family during the lockdown. So let me tell you a little bit about those games. 

One of our favourite activities to do as a family is play board games. Board games such as  monopoly, chess, uno, junga and cards.

In my opinion, these are the most exciting board games to play in lockdown. My family enjoys playing Junga. 

The rules of the game for Jenga are:

Rule number 1 - you have to take one block on a turn from any level of the tower except the one below an incomplete top level. 

Rule number 2 - you have to  place it on the top most level in order to complete it. The game ends when the tower falls completely or if any block falls from the tower other than the block a player moves on a turn. 

The key to winning Jenga is to remove your block without the tower falling while at the same time making it more unstable for your opponent's next move. If you notice the left side of the tower is leaning, then take from the right side.

 

I believe that board games are the best games to play because board games bring some unique health and life improving benefits to a person’s life. Board games can improve a person's benefit by bringing people closer, strengthen relationships, and can help you meet  people and it  creates competition and nobody likes to lose.  We all take turns at playing and some board games require a lot of thinking such as chess. 

Although board games are a lot of fun - playing cards can be a lot more exciting to play.  Some of these card games are called last card, snap, and speed. 

I believe that board games, such as monopoly, chess, uno, jenga, and cards are the ideal games to play, especially during lockdown level 4 and since they provide a great opportunity to interact and open up whilst also allowing you to  express your creative and competitive side. 

This is my Writing about What is the best fun activity to do in lockdown and I really enjoyed writing this because its about me being in lockdown and my story is about lockdown. Thank You So Much To Ms Hill for helping me with my writing.

Nouns,Non-Fiction,

Today we had to learn about the words and we were learning about what the words mean and a example of these different words.

Venn Diagram

 

Today for literacy we had to do a Venn Diagram and compare the same things and read the books about kids having there birthdays during lockdown and the other story was called Tips on homeschooling your kids during lockdown. 

Persuasive writing

Why Are Dogs Better Than Cats?

I believe that dogs are better than cats, because dogs can do various things, for example, they can play with you. You can teach them how to do tricks, for instance specifically guard dogs, German shepherds, Dobermans, Rottweilers, Labradors can rescue you when there's trouble in your house. 

In fact,  you can train a dog. You can teach instructions like "sit," "stay," "down," "roll over," and "fetch." Dogs can also be trained to shake and walk next to you. You can train a dog to be a service animal that assists people who need aid, such as walking the blind people where they want to go.

I agree that dogs are preferable to cats because dogs can  protect your home than a cat. If there is an intruder, dogs are trained to protect families by attacking robbers, for example bit the robbers. Dogs can also have a scary bark that will discourage thieves. When they hear someone approaching, for example, they can bark at the thieves.

So I believe that dogs are better than cats because they are easier to care for both indoors and outdoors, and they can assist children and adults, as well as those who require aid. Dogs can help and protect anybody you want them to protect in a number of ways. If you have kids who are getting a dog now, it can help them get what they want and can help them out. That is why dogs are preferable than cats.

This week for writing we are learning about Persuasive writing and we were learning about the language we use when we are writing a persuasive writing. This piece of writing really means a lot to me because it's gonna help me prepare for my test that is coming up so I am practicing for my test that is coming up.

Reading

 

This week for reading we were reading the book called Training for Success and the book was about a 12 year old girl that was a athlete and she was training, she kept trying her best. For this task we had to answer the questions and make a google draw about how does endorphins work.

Cybersmart

 

Today as you know New Zealand is in Level 4 lockdown which means us students that were at school do school from home. My school does meets so that us students understand and we can ask questions about what we are doing if we are stuck.

Emma Twigg

 

This week for literacy we were learning about Emma Twigg and about what she did when she was a olympian and about the different food diet that they eat and what they do and about the how she felt being a gay olympian.

Precious Mc Kenzie

We're studying about Precious Mc Kenzie and his life this week. I  learned about the Olympics and his history as a weightlifter. I discovered that Precious Mc Kenize is the sickest of three children, that he has had a difficult life, and that he broke the national record.
 

Free writing

Title: how to be a good daughter to your family




I am going to explain to you how to be a good daughter and what that looks like. Help your family with the chores and take extra responsibilities and when your parents are trying to share some information with you, always listen and be thankful for everything that your parents have done for you.






Make sure that you do all your chores without your parents having to remind you. Beyond that, take on extra responsibilities, as well. Clean not only your room, but the common areas like the living room and dining room, too and your parents will appreciate the extra help. Don’t take any shortcuts on your chores and always do a good and thorough job.








When your parents are giving you advice or just sharing information with you, stop and listen to them. They have a lot of experiences that you haven’t had yet, so respect their knowledge. Use their advice in your life so you can avoid mistakes you have made.







So now that you’ve read my story about “Role Models” are you strong, powerful and motivational enough to be a good role model? Everyone has the strength to be a role model. So use your strength and become a better role model then you already are!

























Conclusion

Oral Presentations

 

This week we are learning about speeches and about how to be confident to do a speech and about if they are easy to do speeches and about the different feeling you will feel. More TO COME!!! Click this link to watch what I have reflected.

Defending The Dark

 

This week for literacy we were learning about defending the dark and what causes us not seeing the stars and what has happened and why can't we see the stars anymore??

Luar Eclipse

Today we were talking about the Lunar eclipse because the last time the Moon blood came was 1982 and that was when the beautiful Mrs Tele'a was only 7 years old. Thank you to Kiwi Kids for the information.

 

Fractions

 

This week we are learning about fractions and about the difference between the numerator and the denominator. I think this task was easy because I had to solve the problem and I had to answer the questions. 

Solar System Reading,

For reading we had to create a sentence to help you remember the order of the planets Organise planets into order from smallest to biggest. I think this task was pretty easy because I had to just make up my own sentence then I had to organise the planets biggest to smallest.

Twits

 

For this task we had to listen to the audio of the story and we had to create some of the slides that we did I did slide one and heres my create task.

Explaination Writing

It is important to keep the art of Siapo,Aute,Hiapo,Tapa,Ngatu to proceed with the knowledge to others around you about your culture. 

Ngatu, Tapa Hiapo, Aute and Siapo are all names from dissimilar cultures and various cultures make it variety  and put different patterns on it. Different cultures use it for different purposes for example Samoan’s use it for weddings, funerals, well your daughter’s getting her high chief

In Samoa, how you make a Siapo you have to use the bark of the u'a, (paper mulberry tree) to make their cloth. The bark is carefully peeled off the tree in strips and then the inner bark is separated and scraped clean. It is then pounded until it widens into a larger size

It is important to keep this art form alive so that they can pass the knowledge to generations and they can relate and help build communities, aiga/family,whakawhanaungatanga. It is important because we can  contribute to who we are as people. By looking at what has been done before, we gather knowledge and inspiration that contribute to how we speak/tautala, feel, and view the world around us.

Statement: Keeping this art form alive is something that is important because it is something that helps build community/fausiaina nuu, poto poto aiga and whakawhanaungatanga. For example you can make a Siapo and give it to someone that is faʻapitoa ia te oe pei o lou aiga. You can see Siapo in different events like weddings/faaipoipoga , Aso fanau/ Birthdays, Funerals/maliu. Different cultures use Siapo for different events like weddings/faaipoipoga , Aso fanau/ Birthdays, Funerals/maliu. siapo is used for floor mats, bedding and room dividers, but traditionally, it was a common form of clothing. For example when you go to a funeral people make them as clothes to put on the testimony box to cover it.