The Lady Who Said “Kia Ora”

 

For this task (reading), our main focus was about this lady is named Dame Naida Glavish.  We learnt that shes was a lady that change the world. How?, she worked as a telephone operator and she answered to callers using her cultural greeting “Kia Ora”.  Her managers told her to stop but Dame did Dmae and kept on saying Kia ora, why? because she believed that the Maori Language was the official Language of New Zealand and people need to know, because of this she had caught the attention of the Prime Minster at the time.

Somthing I found interesting was that Dame Naida Glavish Lead by example and leaded people due to Her culture/others and the land.

Short and Long Division

 

LI: How to calculate the quotient of whole numbers using algorithm

For maths this week our main focus was Short division and long division.  So far we have been revising and answering questions that revolve around division using the short and long method.  We put together a Google slide to help/explaing to people how to do short/long division.  Have a Look! I hope this helps you.

How we Honour the Treaty of Waitangi

 

LI: To understand what honouring the treaty means

We explored the ways we still honour the Treaty of Waitangi today. The Treaty of Waitangi is important because in 1840 it create a agreement and partnership between Maori and British. The British signed the Treaty of Waitangi with Māori chiefs. The British promised to protect Māori rights to their lands and treasures, while in return gaining the right to buy land.  Today it is important because it is the treaty of New Zealand representing the releation ship between the Maori’s and British.

Something I found interesting was that the  Henry Williams and his son Edward translated was able to write the English draft of the treaty into Māori overnight on 4 February.

Life in the Annex

LI: To write a description of life with the Frank family in the annex in 1942

The annex was quiet except for our hearts skipping a beat as we heard rattling at the book case.  The echo of the clock chiming, feeds the nervousness in us, growing by each chime.   Persecuted  by Germans everyday forced us to hide away in this secret annex that was very cramped, old and basic.  Consisting of dull colours from the floors to walls with scares of the past,some containing the passage of time with centimeters.  We needed to be very silent during the daytime making sure we wouldn’t be caught or we’ll  be sent away to a concentration camp  where the Germans take and make lives miserable for the Jewish.  Everyday was like the day before, sleeping, eating, repeating and fearing every second of it,  yet Anne Frank recorded all of it and  her experiences in her diary.  

Food wasn’t any better, as it was limited, repetitive and we relied so much on helpers to get it from point A to point B. Which for them was a very risky job because if they were found they would have been eliminated on the spot.  Soon enough food was falling out of reach we needed to ration everything,  the longer the war the shorter the food.  We wouldn’t have food to fill us to the brim and most of the time we’ll be starving.  

 

We are reading the book ‘Diary of Anne Frank’. Mrs Anderson created a Gemini Gem to protmpt us to think more deeply about what life would have been like in the annex, what we felt and why we felt that way.
I enjoyed using the Gem because it helped us include more detail in our writing and gave us questions we could answer to get a deeper understanding.  It also helped me be more specific and descriptive about what I was writing.

Multiplication

 

LI: to calculate the product using whole numbers.

For this weeks  our focus for maths was multiplication algorithm to find the product(anwser) using algorithm. We answered 15 questions revolving around using multiplication algorithm, Once we had finished, we made a DLO explainging what we did and how we did it, to help people understand adn to learn how to use it. Check out my DLO to see what I have wrote!

 

Subtraction Algorithm

This week our main focus in maths was subtraction using algorithms, so we could get a deeper understanding of it. To do subtraction algorithm it is harder to understand but once you get the hang of it is flawless. Have  a look at the DLO me and my group made to help people get a better and deeper understanding!

Addition Algorithm

For this week our maths focus was doing addition by using algorithms and having a deeper understanding of it. Once we finished our book work for the addition, we made a DLO so others could understand how to do it, and give people a better understanding. Take a look at the DLO I made with my group.

Expectations at Waitangi

 

I have used my imagination to think how this event took place (the singing of the treaty), adding speech bubbles and thought bubbles to respersent what I thought the People (Maori/British) that attended this event though and said.  Take a look at the speech and thought bubbles to see what I have imagine how this event took place.

(Speach Bubles, respersent what is being said, Thought Bubbles respersent what they are thinking).

Tech

 

For our first day at tech we were spilt into 4 groups consisting of years eights and and year sevens, each group had their own subjects, 8A had textiles (sewing), 8B had Te Reo Moari, 7A had Robotics and 7B had Wood Work.

I am in group 8A and I was doing sewing,we started off by naming the critical rules needed to be known, we then used exercise sheets, sewing each lined shown.

Agent Of Change

 

This year we have made a vision board of the things we intend to accomplish through out my journey as a year eight and setting goals.

The things I added to my vision board was things that were important to me, like my ethnicity (Tongan) and my own beliefs.  I also included things what I wanted to accomplish during this journey like imporving on my weakest subject,  and jump from the current level I am on to a higher one.

The Agent Of Change I want to be:

Become more confident, achieve my set goals, have something to work towards, have and give support and be motivated.