Cybersmart - Reflecting On The Magic In Lockdown

Today I reflected on the magic I found in lockdown this year. As today was the last day for Ms. Collins it was very saddening as she taught us many experiences with quality comments etc.

🎉HAPPY 66TH BIRTHDAY TO RUAPOTAKA

Today marks Ruapotaka School's 66TH BIRTHDAY!! This school was welcomed to the community in 1954. I can't believe this school has been around over these past years. 

Ruapotaka school celebrated today with a huge chocolate cake. The youngest & eldest students in the school had the opportunity to cut a piece of cake.

Maori Medicine

For reading we read about plants and what they produce to cure people. We came across a page which involved a chart full of native medicinal plants. Here are some that I found interesting. 

Manuka: This plant features leaves, bark and seeds. The seeds are chewed for kidney problems and stomach aches. Leaves is infused for coughing, fever. Bark is used for diarrhoea. 

Karamu: The part used for this plant is leaves. They are applied to aches, pains, cuts, sores and bruises. 

Kawakawa: Leaves are used for this plant. This helps skin disease and boils. Which leaves are also used for toothache. 

Learning Geometry!🧮

For these two weeks Room 7 have been learning about geometry & it's angles for maths. I'm really proud of myself as I did improve on measuring the reflex angles with an prostractor. 

When using an prostractor you should read the numbers from the outside. 

MaThS tEsT?!

Today I got tested for my individual maths test. I felt very nervous since my weakest subject in school is maths. The questions confused me..maybe because my head wasn't in a good place that afternoon. 

 I would say I succeeded in finishing what I could. Let's hope I did improve, if I didn't. Who knows if I'll carry on learning!

Kiwi Kids News - Shortest Day Of The Year For New Zealand

The winter solstice occurred at exactly 9:43Am. It marks the point when New Zealand, at the rest of the southern hemisphere begins recieveing more daylight as the sun's angle in the sky begins to increase. The coldest weather in New Zealand is coming. 

Storyline Online - The Empty Pot; Demi

I enjoyed reading this story because it tells the audience that by telling the truth, it can help in many different ways. Even though Ping couldn't create his flower to sprout, his honesty showed the Emperor that it's better to tell the truth...then lie. 

Storyline Online - A Bad Case Of Stripes; David Shannon

Bad Case Of Stripes Written & Illustrated; David Shannon, was my favourite story my class read on 'Storyline Online'. This website allows everyone to listen to other people read stories to them including a variety of books to choose from. 

This book for me realised you should always be yourself wether others find something you enjoy different from what they prefer. If you want to read this story, visit Storyline Oline. 

Kiwi Kids News- C19 RETURNS?!!

After many days of no cases in New Zealand, it has been annoucned there are two new cases. These two cases are were people who had arrived from the UK. 

The government was quick to act following the news. 

As well as Health Minister David Clark annouced a move to suspend all compassionate exemptions until he was conifent that border was safe. 

Me, Me & Me - By Renata Hopkins

Me Me And Me; By Renata Hopkins

The story is about a girl who felt left out since everyone around her had a phone. So she saved up enough money by vaccuming her gran's house and earned the right amount to buy the best deal "MeMe". When she had her phone, she repeadetly kept getting messages and distracted. She recieved a lot of messages from the app MeMe. 

The problem in the story is that the phone was always clingy and wanted attention. She even had a dream that soon she would be trapped in the phone while the unknown escaped. It got to the point where whenever the girl went somewhere without her phone, it would send her mean messages. Finally she had the guts to take out the SIM card and destroy it. 

 Word Definitions

blurted - saying something suddenly after trying hard to keep quiet or to keep it a secret. 

shrill - sound is high-pitched and unpleasant

metallic - the sound of one piece of metal hitting another

Kiwi Kids News - Why Are Statues Coming Down Around The World?

A statue commemorating Captain John Hamilton was pulled down in Hamilton by the City Council on the 12 June. This was because the local iwi including community believed the statue was 

culturally offensive. 

This removal of the statue was inspired by protests for the 'Black Lives Matter' movement. The BLM protests are continuing and more people are dissucusing what can be done to make things for better minorities. 

VOLLEYBALL!🏐

Today counts our second session playing volleyball as our ''Kiwi Sport''. For this session we learnt how to serve a ball & also played a couple games versing each other. 

There's still a lot of work I need to achieve but I hope I can show improvement through my skills. 

Room 7 Statistics: Colours Graph

This is a pie graph of how many students in Room 7 like these certain colours. Out of all options, most students chose the colour blue. What is your favourite colour?

Queen's Honour List: Biography

For writing we had to choose someone from the Queen's Birthday Honour List. I chose to do Dr. Diaane Webster as mine since she participates in helping humans that suffer with disabilities,
health etc. 

Cybersmart Smart Footprint: 24Hour History

This is my 24 Hour Cybersmart Footprint, of all the websites I visited within 24 hours. For backstory; all these websites I visited are from most to least amount. Drive was somehow the most visited website and Tamaki College Library was the least. 

Lockdown: Level 1!!

This week New Zealand is currently on Alert, level 1. We should be extra careful as even though we're on level 1, there could still be a chance someone could engrave that disease. 

I'm very happy about the news since I now can hangout with my friends + we're able to do more things. What are your thoughts moving into level 1?

What Did I Do During Lockdown??

TECH: Chromebook FIXED!

As my chromebook was finally repaired, that meant I could do my work at tech. What I did was easily transfer my information from the paper, to my chromebook. 

During our time at tech, I kept a close eye to what the instructions were after we had finished writing our ideas. Hopefully next week I can start building up my way to complete my piece. 

Number of Blog Posts 2016 - 2020

This is my bar graph about my blog posts from all the years I've been posting at this school. My favourite year when posting was 2017. I enjoyed how I could post about anything including fiction stories I wrote. 

For 2020, I hope to work hard to reach 100 posts about what I think should be adressed personally. Example: the news. My adventure begins!

How MUCH Blogs Have I Done?

                2016>11   2017>16  2018>48 2019>36

This is my graph on how much blog posts I did for a whole year starting from 2016 - 2019. I hope this year I can improve and increase the amount of daily blogging I do. If I can beat the number '48', I'll be proud of myself.

Winter Is Arriving?!!

As winter is arriving, its best we stay warm and protect ourselves from frostbites or anything that includes a viral disease. It's not a big deal unlike Covid-19 but as there are many possibilities, getting a viral infection + adding onto the pandemic. 

The smartest thing to do is to be safe & covered in warm clothes!