2015 Reflection

My Reflection

Over the past four terms I have attended  Point England School it has been a really huge experience. I am feeling proud that I have managed myself and made it to the end of 2015!! and the end of year eight. If I was to give myself a grade out of 10 for been awesome I would pick 9 because I have tried my best at everything and have been working hard to get every task finish on time.

One thing that encouraged me to do better was our  year eight leadership camp, because all the year 8’s grew stronger and stronger and became more mature with things. Each year eight student has changed in a huge and awesome way.

I like contributing to team five by learning and listening to the teachers when I'm supposed to. Helping out around the senior block and contributing to sports around the school because it is helpful and respectful.

Throughout this long year I have achieved one of my main goals which is playing and learning many sports and encouraging other to join sports. Sports is one of my favourite hobbies to do because you exercise and become fitter.

Things that I would like to change throughout next year would be to communicate and interact more with people and be a lot more confident with myself. For next year’s teacher I would like you to know that I am going to try my best at everything I might trip but hopefully I get back up. And I am going to join as much sports as I can.

I found a lot of things difficult like literacy because I really don’t like writing and reading but this year I am trying to become better with literacy so that I can have a better future for myself. Things I found satisfying was maths and sports because I love things subjects and hobbies. Maths is my favourite subject and I love any type of sport.

Things I would like more help with would be being more confident in front of other people and learning more with my literacy so that I can become better with it. To show my teacher to understand these things you would have to read this reflection and show some photos from this year.

Algorithm

This week we have been learning about algorithm this is my presentation that we have been learning about in Miss Clark's maths class.

Anzac Day

 Anzac Day

What was the impact? Were there people dying every second? It’s hard to imagine that over sixteen million people died and twenty million were wounded ,  In five years . I wondered why hundreds of men volunteered ? Wouldn't it be really scary? Men aged 15 travelled to world war . That’s very sad because they went there to die . Blood everywhere , dead bodies just lying around . That is the most hardest thing to imagine in life. Everybody thought they were going to holiday  but sadly they werent.

I felt really sorrow for the crosses that I saw on the field of remembrance ,  sitting in silence for around five to ten minutes . Nobody talking everyone just writing down their feelings and emotions . I sat and wonder to myself , how was I feeling? I did not really know….. Until it hit me I was feeling very serene and also A bit grateful. Because they fort for us , I was also feeling excited because they won the war . Our literacy class headed back to class and then we started writing about our feelings and experience of that moment.

Envy

This is my poetry that I have being learning about ,the word I picked was envy because I wanted to pick something I wasn't familiar with. We were making our poetry with senses  and feelings I really liked that everyone in my literacy class made one each and we all had different words 

Tree

This is a presentation that we had to learn before our writing test. The structure we used was called tree. T stands for Title, R stands for Reveal E stands for Events and the last E stands for Ending. To have a very good writing piece you should have T.R.E.E in your writing. This is what I highlighted about this story.

Touch Game

As I got into the hall I suddenly felt butterflies in my stomach I was wishing they would go away. I could see everyone’s faces were getting more and more anxious. When Miss Vaafusuaga was calling out the roll I had struggle trying to say yes. I was nervous that we were going to a year 7 & 8 mixed touch tournament on Dunkirk Road. When she finished the roll it felt like the tournament was just minutes away.

First ,  everyone got into lines to get ready to walk to the tournament. As we got closer and closer to the fields . I felt like my heart was going to burst out I was so scared that we might lose our first game. I could smell sweet flowers coming from the side of me as we were walking towards the fields so that cheered me up a little bit.

Then we finally got to the fields and our coach Tyson told our team to do warm-ups. I could already smell body odour going through my nose it was horrifying. First we did settle which is when the wing, link and middle work together to try get closer to the try line. Then it was game time our first game was against tamaki primary cowboys. Boom before you know it we already had scored a try.

Altogether , we had six games each game was fifteen minutes and we didn’t have halfs. Our second game was against tamaki primary tigers when we got onto the field I was feeling really because there team looked really hard and fast. But I was also confident about our team to because we had just won our first game against there other team.

After that , I was even more excited to play the next team because we had just won our last two games. I was killing inside because butterflies were getting to me it felt like I had a huge  knot in my stomach. But I faced it then bang! our fifth game was already on we played against glen taylor this was on decision game because if we won this we were automatically in the finals that game went so fast.

BANG! we won everyone in the team was so excited that we were going to the finals. I wanted to burst out a fantastic smile but I kept it in because we still had one more game to be crowned first place.

Suddenly , we see glen taylor walking onto the field so we all had a great feeling that we were playing them in the final. But it was anyone’s game I was so terrified I asked to sub off first and just watch for a little bit. We were halfway through the final and still no one and scored in was intense then all I see was Asena score on the right wing everyone cheered all I could hear was “GO ASENA” .

Then I jumped on the field I was so scared I wanted to run off and scream. But no I couldn’t let the team down then we scored again and again BANG! the timer goes off and we had won the tournament their team looked shattered because they came second place.

My Rhyming Poem About Our Block

This week we are learning about rhyming poems and we had to get into partners and make up a poem. This is my poem about starting school. I also put my rhyme scheme in it to show my endings.

The Coliseum

This is a presentation I did a while ago the book that our reading group was called The Coliseum. The Coliseum took ten years to build and was made in the year 80 builders started building it in year 70 it has been around for a very long time.

Bok Choy

This is a presentation about talking points. Talking points is when you pick answer answer and come up with a reason why you have picked that answer. The book that we are justifying our opinions with is call Bok Choy hope you like. 

Rhyming Poems

This term in literacy we have been learning about rhyming poems. This is my presentation that I have did with Elizabeth. These are the rhyme schemes we have done and we made our own poems on the last slide hope you like.

Multi Questions

This week in reading we are learning to try find questions in the text. This is my slideshow that has all my 15 questions and here is the book. Try figure out some of the questions yourself it could be kind of challenging but I hope you like !

My Poem

Imagine a disgusting room filled with cockroaches everything broken and is incapable to live no one bothered to clean it. Gross right well here is a poem that I wrote about a photo I saw. Over the past weeks we have been learning about poems and schemes within the poems.

The room starts to rumble

The ceiling began to crumble

Smelling mould

I start to get a cold

Everything’s broken

And it can’t be spoken

Disgusting floors

Covered in paint

Broken draws

I wanted to faint

Reflection over the year

This year has been epic this is my last year of intermediate and it has been my best year yet. I have just started this school this year and I am really happy I have met really good people. I really like my home class because we all bond together and we have a wonderful home teacher Mr Wiseman!!

One of my favourite things that has happened this year is going out of sports days and having sports every Friday. I like that Miss Va'afusaga our sports teacher is really nice and caring. She helps everyone improve in everything and always has a smile. you can go visit the sports blog 

My favourite subject is Maths because I like working with numbers and moving to a different class and working with other people.  My favourite thing of maths is algebra because I like working with the alphabet and numbers together. 

Thinkboard

This week we are learning about bedmas and this is my think board I struggled with my word story because I couldn't find any but I hope you like.

Our Poem

This term we are learning about poems. And this is a poem that Sela, Mao , Jalen , Leila and I wrote. First we had to write a stanza about a photo Mr Wiseman showed us. After that we had to get into groups of five and put all our stanza's together and make a whole poem. This is our poem after in is finished.

Dusty Room

Tearing walls ripping down

The smell of mould goes round and round

The taste of black Liquorice  makes everything vicious

Windy sounds come rushing through in different areas of the room

From wall to wall the smell gets stronger

Inside and outside no smell of delight

Trapped all alone and nowhere to go     

But no need to stress it's just a big mess

Walking through the door

we notice the ripped walls

moulded roofs

with rats crawling through

 

and cockroaches

crawling round and round         

As I arrived in the room I looked down.

And I see Paint falling off the roof and I start to drown

I could smell a Musty smell on the wall.

Than I start feeling small.

When I looked around I can hear the Mouse's footsteps running on the roof.

But I wish it would be soundproof

As I drew the Curtains then I feel goosebumps coming up my arm

As I walk around the room I have this kind of dry taste in my mouth like I want to spew it out.

The room starts to rumble

 The ceiling began to crumble

Smelling mould

I start to get a cold

Everything’s broken

And it can’t be spoken

Disgusting floors

Covered in paint

Broken draws

I wanted to faint

Extra For Experts

This is my extra for experts this is for my maths group octagons. Everyone does this when they have finished everything.

Algebra

Last week we were learning about algebra and how it is used this is my presentation for what I had to do. My group did this I was to busy to post it last week now so I am now.

Thinkboard

This is my think board I had to figure out what 196 +        = 853 I got the answer 657. We had to write ten similar questions , a story problem and what strategy we used.

High School Preparation Talk

This morning Andrew Patterson came to our school talk to the year 8 students and learn about what our life is going to be like in college. Mr Patterson gave the year eight's three worksheets to fill out about life and what we are going to do in the future.

Then he showed us a inspirational video about a year nine boy talking about his life and saying how he never gave up and always kept going. Even though he wasn't very bright he studied a lot and became very well known and he did a speech in front of a huge crowd.

My favourite quote of Mr Patterson's was "Before you walk into your new college pretend it's like a marathon , make your way through easily and don't go all hard first " .

After that he showed us the seven effective habits
1. Be Proactive
2. Think win-win
3. Sharpen the saw
4. Seek first to understand then to be understood
5. Synergize
6. Put first things first
7. Begin with the end in mind

Word Problems

This week we are learning algebra and word problems Miss Clark gave Octagons and Hexagons a presentation to figure out and highlight our answer and this is my presentation.

Thinkboard

 

This week my maths class are learning about algebra and our question is 193 + ? = 853 

Think board

This week we are doing our think board the question is 215.5 x 20 = , can you figure out the answer?

What is a theme?

Last week we had to write about what is a theme? In literacy we had to make our own presentation and explain what a theme is , and show a year 5 or 6 person to see if they could understand it.

Themes

This week we are learning about theme's another name for it is "moral of the story" . The author doesn't show yo what it is it just shows clues in the texts to try find out what the theme is. My literacy teacher Mr Wiseman has given our literacy class question's to try find out what the theme is.

Fractions

This week we have been learning about fractions , and division . This is my favourite subject this week has been testing week and I am really nervous for my maths test.

Thinkboard

This is my thinkboard this week is subtracting decimals we have been learning these thinkboards for this whole year so that we can learn better.

Thinkboard

This term my maths class is reflecting about subtraction , addition , multiplication and division . This week its addition and this is my think board  about adding , the strategy I used was subtraction I subtracted 2.13 - 0.89 and that's how I got my answer.

No one's Race

This week we are writing about recounts there is a photo we have to write about and write of one of the contestants and there perspective.

As I walked to the starting line a hard long running track I already had sweat dripping down my face it didn’t help that it was a hot sunny day. A huge crowd around me at the panathenaic stadium to know who would win the race.

My stomach was filled with butterflies aching just wanting this race to finish already. The smell of body odour throughout all the contestants it  was horrifying  , Also hearing their heartbeats pounding and pounding . 

First the gunshot went off and everyone started to run gently trying not to slow down and let anyone past. Then we all began to run a little faster wanting to get past the finish line I was coming second pacing and pacing myself.

Then I began to speed up because the contestant behind me was slightly beginning to overtake me.But I wouldn’t let him the finish line felt like a mile away so I tried to catch up with the contestant coming first.

After that I was coming a tie with the contestant who was coming first. Fifty meters away hearing the loud footsteps coming from behind me so I speed up and then I saw the contestant I was running off starting to slow down.

Finally I sprinted all the way past the finish line I felt really relieved because I made it and I came first. The  crowd yelling my name was awesome and all the contestants were still happy they actually made it too.

I was surprised that I came first but also relieved because all the contestants had done it a one kilometer run we all clapped hands and yelled “We did it” .

Measuring Angles

This week in my maths class we have being learning about Measuring Angles , acute , obtuse and right . Our key we used was a triangle is 180 degrees and a rectangle is 360 degrees the rectangles come it different ways and sizes but if they have four corners then it means its a rectangle. Maths is my favourite subject in learning. Measuring angles is when we find out the missing angle from other the rectangle,triangle or right angle.

Financially Responsible

During the past weeks we have being learning about being financially responsible .This is a presentation about saving and things to save. Saving is something where you save money for something like clothes , Phones , Cars etc. People save to help charities and other helpful things .

Hope you enjoy

Maths Presentation

This week we are learning about integers this is my presentation about integers. I am in Miss Clark's maths class and we have only been learning about integers this week and I already know about integers that makes me really happy.

Think Board

This week we are learning integers this my think board about how integers I used addition. I wrote 10 similar questions to integers you can try figure them out and learn more.

How to prevent yourself from getting sick

This term we have being learning explanation writing. Explanation writing is something you write about and you have to explain why and this weeks topic is how to prevent yourself from getting sick . These are my three main ideas and reasons how to prevent yourself from getting sick .



Winter is here and with winter comes sickness being sick is not very nice so it is important we look after ourselves. So that we don't get sick and make others sick . The following paragraphs I am going to be talking about is how to prevent yourself from getting sick and reasons why.


One of the easiest ways of staying healthy is eating a balanced range of food. This means eating from the 5 food groups with a focus on fruits and vegetables. If you do that then your body will receive all the nutrients it needs to be in the best condition to fight off invading germs.

One of the best ways to prevent yourself from getting sick is not sharing food or drinks that you have already eaten or drunk. This means  you should not share food or a drink that you have already eaten or drunk. If you do that then it would stop you and another people from getting sick and sharing germs with them.

Another way to prevent yourself from getting sick is not touching public toilets and other public objects. This means being careful of what you touch in public so that you don't get germs from other people touching it. If you do that then you wouldn't have any germs and would prevent yourself from getting sick .

So those are my three main ideas and reasons that will prevent yourself from getting sick. If you do those three ideas you will have a good and healthy life . I hope you enjoy your life and keep it nice and healthy.

Talking Points

This week in Reading we are talking about Talking points , this is my reflection on my reading activity . Our WALT is Participate in group discussion by actively speaking and listening . This is how I was feeling and I wrote about what actively speaking and listening looks and sounds like.

My Learning

This week in literacy we have been writing about how to prevent yourself from getting sick. Firstly, we started to write and introduction and conclusion and then we had a group discussion with the teacher . I learnt that one of the best ways to prevent yourself from getting sick is to not share your food or drinks that you have already eaten or drunken because it can cause sickness which is one of my paragraphs in my writing.

Secondly, I saved the best for last my favourite subject maths .  This week we are learning about Algebra , algebra is a maths topic it connects with the alphabet we are trying to find out what algebra is and how it can help us. Other things we learnt in maths this week was positive and negatives . Positive and negatives are like adding and subtracting but a little bit more difficult. For example -45 + x = 76 we have to try and find out what the x is so you add 45 + 76 because it is a negative and it equals 121 so that is the answer is the x . There is a lot more questions that I will show and you can try figure them out.

Maths Whizz

All year I have been working on Maths Whizz each maths class does it every week . This week I reached 90 minutes and I am so happy I've learnt a lot of new things and cant wait for more. This is made for 6 to 13 year old children and used everyday for 20 minutes in Maths time.

Kevlar

Last week I was learning about Kevlar it is a synthetic fibre of high tensile strength used especially as a reinforcing agent in the manufacture of tyres and other rubber products.

It is used for body armour on Policeman's all over the world.  Stephaine Kwolek was the lady who Kevlar . 

Ratio And Proportion

This week we have being learning about Ratio and Proportions and other things like Decimal Addition .
My group called Octagon's had a group discussion to learn about what Ratio And Proportion is and Miss Clark gave our group some questions and we had to answer   them with a partner.

Addition Triangle

This week we have being doing addition triangle so that we can learn more about decimals our number this week is 21.873 .

Inferring

Last week we were talking about inferencing , this is what we are learning this term because some of the people in our class do not know what inferring means. I was late to post this up because I forgot to post it last week , I have learnt a lot so far this term.

Addition Triangle

This is my triangle decimal addition that we have being learning over the past two terms , we have to add all the decimals to make the top of the triangle . Our number this week is 17.843 

Addition Triangle

Today is the first day of term 3 and we have started maths , This week we are learning decimals , Thinkboards and Decimal additions . The number we had today was 12.456 I did this all in less than 10 minutes .

Tamaki Talk

This morning six year nine's and Mrs Moore from Tamaki College came to talk to us about Tamaki College , They were telling us the experience of being in College . They were telling us what we do and there favourite subjects and other stuff , Most of the year nines favourite subjects were P.E , because most of them loved sports. The hardest things that they disliked was Science . My favourite part I liked was when our year eights asked them questions , and some of them were a bit tricky . 

Reflection Post

So far this term, I have learnt a lot which is good for me next year in college, I have being focused and learning a lot more

My first highlight was Sports , I really love sports especially rugby that is my favourite sport . I really liked training from 12:45 - 1:45 for 2 weeks , because we made it into the Auckland championships . But sadly we came 5 th ,  I really liked training because I learnt more about my position which is open side flanker . And I have gotten fitter and and loss weight.

My second highlight was my learning , I have learnt heaps of new things . Like how to creative new things and a lot more , My favourite subject at school is maths I really love maths because I am really good at it .

And my third highlight was Interval and  Lunch Time , I like playing a lot of things and I like playing around and doing new things everyday . The main thing I like to do during interval and lunch , is playing sports and eating because we get a break off our learning , and do what we want.

The two things I need to improve on is being focus and doing more work for next year in college , And my second thing I need to improve on is getting to school on time because I come to school late sometimes .

Before the year ends I would like to have high standards and a really good report for college so I can attend a good and welcoming college . I would like to be a very good person and would like to play heaps of sports , so I can try a lot of new things.

I hope everybody has a nice and fun holidays!!