Six-Sentence Story (3 little pigs)

Six-sentence story
Walt - Create a narrative.
Sentence 1: Begins with ‘Once Upon a Time’ and introduces the main character
Sentence 2: Describes where the character lived
Sentence 3: Describes where the character’s special talent
Sentence 4: Describes the character’s problem
Sentence 5: Tells why the character felt that way
Sentence 6: Tells how the character solved the problem

Once Upon a Time, lived three chunky pigs.  They lived in a thick green, remote forest. The three of them were able to craft little huts out of three different materials - sticks, hay and bricks. Unfortunately nearby lived a dreadful, hungry wolf. Every time the dreadful wolf visited, he would huff and puff and blow down the two houses that were made out of sticks and hay by two of the pigs. So the two pigs bolted away to help their other brother build a brick home so the three of them would be safe from the big bad wolf.
Task Description: My task was to create a 6 sentence story. I chose to retell the 3 little pigs in my own way and in my own words. 

Fair Trade!

Task Description: This week for math we were put into 5 groups of 4-5. Each 
group were a country and we each had made up names for our country
from our teacher Mrs Stone. Each group had 5 things Coffee, Gold, Oil, Lumber and 
Electronics. Well the whole point of this was we were playing a little trading game where we 
could trade the items we had with the other groups to hopefully make profit. The aim of this game
was to become the wealthiest country out of the other 4 country's.

What make's an effective leader?

Term 4, Week 1. Walt - Identify and use features of explanation writing. 

What makes an effective leader? A true leader has a passion for a cause that is larger than they are, and their passion is leading others to do the right thing. Leaders have a lot of confidence because their confidence can help others have some confidence in themselves to do anything or be anything. To be an effective leader you have to be a good person, an effective leader would treat everyone with respect and would have good manners.

Firstly, a Leader's passion is being an effective leader. Well, some leaders have more than one passion, but they put a lot of hard work to be a good and effective leader. Leaders that have the passion to be good and effective cares about being a leader. And a Leader with a dream and a vision that will better society, or at least, some portion of it.

Secondly, Leaders with confidence can help others be more confident in a variety of situations. Like if your Leader or someone you follow that inspires you are very good at speaking in front of a large number of people and make it look so easy. Maybe one day their courage can help you have the courage to do the same. But not only that, Leaders have to be confident in themselves and others, so they can have confidence in others to help support them in whatever they're doing.

Lastly, being a respectful leader is one of the main things all leaders should be or have. All leaders have to have good manners, respect for everyone even if they don’t know them. An effective leader is always polite. Being respectful, kind, polite and nice makes you look like a very good person and it shows that you were brought up by your parents correctly.

All three points are very important to be an effective leader. Having a dream and a vision will help a better society if your passionate about doing the right things in being an effective leader. Having confidence in yourself so you can become or do whatever you like. Having good manners or respect towards everyone just makes you a good person. So, did any of these three points help? Would you like more information on, What makes an effective leader?

Task Description - This week we are practicing, Explanation Writing. Because next week Thursday we have our writing test and our main writing topic or genre is Explanation Writing. So this week we had to write about, What makes an effective leader? And I am a leader myself so I just took my three main points from what I know about what I have to do when I have to be a leader.

Should student have to wear school uniform?

Should students have to wear school uniforms? Uniforms have many drawbacks because they are not always affordable, creates more laundry with extra items to clean each week and they make everyone the same.

At Pt England School the school uniform is too expensive. The jacket is $49 - $54 dollars. It is about 40 dollars for a sport t-shirt, which is compulsory to wear when we do fitness, And the culottes/shorts are about $32. But in the year 7&8 / intermediate all the girls have to wear culottes which are about $47. So if we just wore the clothes sitting in our draw waiting to be used, it would help students families a lot more.

Reason number 2, I think here in New Zealand there are some poor students that only have 1 set of uniform, so they either wash their uniforms everyday when they get home from school, Or they wear the same pair of uniform at school for 5 days. Then on a Friday they would wash their uniform so it would be fresh and clean for the next week. So what I’m trying to pin is that if we just wear the clothes that are sitting in our draw it would be easier. And yes you would still have to wash your mufti clothes everyday but sometimes when schools have bright uniform and you keep washing it, it either fades or shrinks. 

Some school staff, principals or teachers think wearing school uniforms help prevent to stop bullying. Because it makes everyone the same and some schools are so strict that your hair tie has to be your school uniform color or your socks have to black or white. Well at my school you aren’t allowed to wear hoops in your ears because they might get caught on something. But that’s not the point. The point is in my point of view is that teachers need to be harder on kids so they don’t bully and actually talk to kids and be more open to kids and be nicer to the kids who they think might need some actual help. Like talking to the kids who don't feel comfortable talking to their own families.

So overall I think students shouldn’t have to wear school uniform or some schools should even give students the option to wear school uniform or to wear mufti. So that if there is a school trip the teachers can tell the kids to wear their school uniforms so that the public can see what school is that. But back at school on normal days teachers or principals could give students the option to wear mufti. So here in NZ I think some schools uniforms prices are too high and some parents just can't afford it. Or school uniforms makes more laundry sometimes, or if you have 1 set of uniform every time you wash it, it starts to fade or shrink. I even think it's sometimes best to look different and just learn to accept people for who they are and teachers should teach that.

Task Description - Ms Tapuke gave Room 2 Literacy a topic and we had to look at the pro's and con's site that she had linked for us before writing our 3 main opinion. After looking at the pro's and con's we had to say if we agreed or disagreed with the topic/statement. Then we had to write our 3 main points on why we agree or disagree like a like brainstorm. Ms Tapuke helped me with my

KPMG Reflection

Today we got the opportunity to go to KPMG. My favourite part was the food because it was the first time the chefs did curly fries along with the curly fries there were mini burgers and like mini pizza bread. If you didn't know KPMG is Manaiakalani's main sponsor. KPMG is a multinational professional services network, and one of the Big Four accounting organisations.

When we arrived some of the KPMG staff introduced them self and then two lady's named Susan and Lucy talked to us about their job, Ecology. After they talked to us about what they do we had Scones with raisins in it for Morning Tea. Straight after Morning Tea we went for a little walk and visited this charity called Sustainable Coastlines. When we got there a they did a little presentation for us about what they do and more. When we arrived back to the KPMG building we did a little activity that we were given by a lady named Miro. Lunch then came so we had lunch then we completed our activity. When two o'clock came we started to pack up and got ready to go back to school.

Daring Decimals

Its the last week of school and we learnt how to convert decimals and how to add
and subtract decimals.  We also learnt how to change a fraction into a decimal then 
into a percentage or a decimal into a fraction then to a percentage.

Rata And The Totara Tree Review.

WALT: interpret figurative language and its effect on a text.

The Rata and the Totara Tree I read was retold by Katerina Te Heikoko Mataira. The genre in her version was fiction. The key things she shared was that ceremonies and rituals had to be properly performed to ask for the God’s permission. This story is about a man named Rata who was commanded by his chief to build a large canoe so his people can voyage. After Rata looked and looked for the tallest tree he finally came across a large Totara tree. He ordered the men with him to cut it down. The Next day it was back up not a scratch. It’s like as if it hasn’t even been touch. 

My Maps, New Zealand.

Task Description- 
This Term our topic in the school is I like your latitude but in Team 5 our topic is Where in the Longitude are you? Today we went on Google, My Maps and pinned some locations we know around New Zealand. If you click on a blue pin it will say the location you have clicked on and it will have a a description about the place and where in New Zealand the location is. We had to also look at New Zealand and compare different places in New Zealand using the compass directions.

Cooking @ Tamaki.

Today we went to Tech @ Tamaki College. We cooked a Potato Salad with Egg, Carrots, Mayonnaise and ham but I asked for extra mayo because I love mayo. I made this with Bethan because you have to have a partner. At the end of the session we got to eat and eating was the best part because I love potato salads and because this one was delicious and new to me. I normally have just potato, mayo, spring onions and egg that's about it. 

Polyfest 2019.

Do you know what Polyfest is? Polyfest is a common event in New Zealand which is held in Auckland, Manukau. Polyfest has been running for 44 years now and has a range of activities. There are different cultural stages, There is a Niuean stage a Cook Island stage a Maori stage a Tongan and a Samoan Stage. Each stage has different colleges performing on each cultural stage. Polyfest also has food stalls located all around so when you get hungry you won’t have to pack lunch or leave the Polyfest grounds.

Our block was lucky enough to get the chance to go to Polyfest yesterday, 14/03/19. We got to watch the Maori stage and we saw Otahuhu College perform. Their costumes were really pretty because of the colours. I don’t mind that I didn’t get to see the other cultures perform because I still had lot’s of fun. We also got lots of free stuff from the activity stalls!

Cooking @ Tamaki College

Walt - Learning how to cook healthy.

Today at Tamaki College or (T.C) we made a Fritata with kumara. I didn't make it alone I had a little help from Bethan. We put it in a tray then baked it in the oven it looked delicious when we pulled it out of the oven. So when we walked in the classroom/kitchen we put down our bags and put a apron on. Next we washed our hands because it is very important when it comes to cooking. We were told to first slice and dice the onion which means slice it horizontally then vertically. I cutted the onions and Bethan graded the kumara. When the onion was nicely cut Bethan fried the onion in oil until it turned golden. While I was putting the kumara into the bowl and the eggs. Then I stirred it then Miss Tuipulotu came around and put milk in our bowl. When the onion was golden we added it  to the graded kumara then we put the Fritata in a tray to get baked in the oven.

How well I think I did in my writing test.

Task Description: This is inspired by Amelia Halaufia. This is what I think. My writing will go up on my blog on 12/11/19. The top part inside the cloud is what I think I did good. The bottom part inside the cloud is what I think I didn't use or do well in my writing. 

Maths Slides.

Walt: apply a range of strategies to solve multiplication and division problems.
Task Description - This is a presentation of maths. There is a slide for year 7's and year 8's and if you wanted you could do a year 9 slide. I choose to only do year 7 & 8 slides.

Dimic Maths.

               Walt - Identify the relationship between numbers.                          

Task Description: Today we were lucky enough to make Raro with

our Dimic group. Before we got to creating we had to solve a ratio problem.

I had a lot of fun and the Raro was yum.