book review T3

The most interesting book I read was Grandpas great escape because it was a adventure book and had a lot of suspension.

This story is about a boy and his grand father.The grand father has memory loss and does a lot of crazy things which gets him in trouble.He went to far and one day the mayor said to put him in the old folk house.He tries to escape; read the book to find out if he escaped or not!!!!!!!

3 home learning challenge (exellence)

I  have chosen to use a piano. I have learn't 3 songs up till now. Twinkle twinkle little star, A song in some other language and lonely shephard.

3 leadership exellence (other)

In Kapa Haka we learnt some new songs and the action. It is hard to sing the song and do the action at the same time. But I managed to do it. I showed my care values by respecting the Maori culture.

3 leadership exellece (key role)

This week we did not put a different country flag and the New Zealand flag was up the whole week. Mrs.Ward and the reception teachers are happy that I do my job properly and on time.One of the reception teacher gives me compliments on my folding skills. I show my care values by doing my duty on time, respecting the teachers and respecting the flag.

2 home learning challenge exellence

I attended a community function by going to the Pakistan Eid festival held in the Lincoln road church. It was fun. Eveybody wore cultural clothes and looked amazing. We had food, competions and prizes. I also met some of my friends whom I had not met in a long time.

2 leadership exellence (other)

This week in we had a open day and we did Kapa Haka and we did around 4 to 5 songs and the parents enjoyed it.I was kind of nervous but I overcame my fears.I showed my care values by respecting the Maori culture.

2 leadership exellence (key role)

This week I put up the Samoan flag and the usuall New Zealand flag .The reception teachers and Mrs Ward are proud of me and Mrs.Ward said she might give a bucket filler award. I showed my care values by doing my job on time, respecting the teachers and respecting the flag.

Term 2 Novel Study

This term I have been reading and studying the novel Run

I found this novel interesting because its theme was good

During the novel I had to complete a thinking map which shows that I can classify how the author has shown the theme of the book.

• Link to Classify Map

National Standard this covers

• Year 9/10 Standard

• I can locate, evaluate, analyse and summarise information and ideas within texts and across a range of texts.
• I have a large vocabulary that is connected to my own knowledge about the world and includes: - academic e.g observe vs watch - subject-specific (specific words about a subject (e.g feline) - technical terms (specialized vocabulary of a particular field.)

Overall I would give this novel a rating of  8/10 and I would / would not recommend it to others to read because it has a good moral and because it tells you about polio.

1 home learning challenge (exellence)

This week we gave a bed head to the salvation army. My young sister is growing fast so we often put clothes in the clothing bin.

1 leadership exellence (other)

This week in Kapa Haka we learnt how to do the Haka and to be honest. It was kinda hard to remember the actions and get the stance right. After Kapa Haka I also helped out put the BBQ machine away. I showed my care values by helping teachers and respecting the Maori culture.

1 leadership exellence (key role)

This week I put Britian's flag and the normal New Zealand flag and the reception teachers and Mrs.Ward are proud of me and Mrs.Ward also said she might give me a bucket filler award.I showed my care values by doing my job on time,respecting the teachers and respecting the flag.

Current Events Term 2, 2017

WALT: I can successfully research a current event.

Here is a link to our online modelling book for this unit of learning.

The National Standard that I have been aiming for during this unit of learning

• Year 9/10: I can read in different ways to find and/or understand information that that is not immediately easy to access or is not organised in familiar ways.

Each week we have read a short text about a current event/ topic. We then formed questions based on what we had read.  After this we researched the answers to our questions and finally we gave our opinions on what we had found out.

Here is some evidence of my learning.

Describe Map One

Describe map Two

My Next Step is to continue to  apply the reading and  research skills that I have learned in a variety of other areas.

Music Term 2

For Music this term, three things I learnt were:

1. rapping

2. different type of artist

3. mother nature rap

Something I found challenging was separating the NZ artists from the world artists