A reflection of Christ

Rosies amazing journey

Rosies amazing journey 

One rainy day I fell to the ground at the point where the river Thames starts.The ground was dusty, dry, and a little bit grassy it was as if there was a drought. I see a tall clunk of grey standing right there in front of me, I think I have heard of these before I’m sure it is called a stone marker. There was a tall brown fence surrounding me it looked proud to be there.

I was drifting past a place that was the color of seaweed green, it was everywhere. I could hear the water flowing straight past me sploshing around. I saw the trees rustling in the gentle breeze. I looked down and the water was so merky it was like a never ending abyss.

My surroundings have changed, I see cars in all sorts of colors like white, silver, red, and more. There is something that is beaming straight into my eyes, blocking my veiw of anything else, its coming closer and closer. Its a boat! A glorious one in fact. I hear people and motors ringing in my ears. I see buildings two stories high.

I float around to this weird place, the tree’s are dull and the sky looks overcast. I see people rowing with paddles that are swinging from side to side. I see something white gliding towards me with wings spread wide. ‘’Help!’’ I yell, but no one hears me, this white thing is a pelican it scoops me up with its long beak.

I look around but I can’t see a thing everything is pitch black, I feel my stomach drop its like a great disppair that I have never felt before, and I can tell you it is’nt a pleasant feeling. I start to lose hope, so I close my eyes and drown as my heart aches. I can’t stand this feeling but as I sink downto the bottom of the pelicans mouth I slip out of the feathery beast  and I yell ‘’horah!’’. I see cars, people and lights flashing but to be honest it’s a little bit overwhelming but still beutiful.

I softly glide down the riverside peacefuly, and I feel delighted to be back. The colors of the magnificent sunset are orange and yellow almost as if it was a pastel drawing. I feela sense of relief as I pass by and go home.

The Hunger games chapter 5

Chapter chat

1) Why do the other tributes give Peeta and Katniss a dirty look?

A) because Katniss and Peeta are getting all the attention

2) Why does Katniss feel hope during the ceremonies?

A) Katniss feels hope because everybody is cheering her name and also the other tributes are giving her and Peeta dirty looks.

3)Why does Katniss kiss Peeta's cheek?

A)Katniss gives Peeta a kiss on the cheek because she thinks that Peeta is being nice so it is harder for her to kill him so she thought two can play it that game.

4) What does president snow look like?

A) Katniss says that president snow looks frail.

The Hunger games chapter 4

Chapter chat

1) at the end of chapter four what skill does Katniss show off to Haymitch?
A) Katniss shows off her knife throwing skills four to Haymitch.

2) at the end of chapter four what does Katniss think of Peeta?

A) Katniss starts to like his personality and thought he was being kind.

3) What did Katniss and herself do to keep herself and her family alive?

A) Katniss hunts for food then swaps with a baker for some bread for her and her family to eat.

4) What was the first animal that Katniss killed?

A)the first animal That Katniss killed was a rabbit.

My venn diagram

 In my class we watched a video and we compared our life to Sopee's life as a venn diagram, 

so here is my venn diagram 

The Hunger Games, chapter chat

 In my class we are reading a book called The Hunger Games, The Hunger Games is about a girl that has to fight for her life. 

We do a chapter chat so we know that we are understanding and following the text by answering a few questions, that are in the chapter we have read or reading, So here are my answers.

      Are normal people allowed to travel from district to district?  

 1 -Regular people are not allowed to travel to different districts only business people are allowed.

Why is the Mockingjay comforting to Katniss?

2 -The Mockingjay is comforting to Katniss because the Mockingjay bird chooses to copy certain people that has a nice voice, but the Mockingjay always chose to copy her Dads singing.

Effie angers at Katniss during dinner, so what to purposely annoy her?  

3 -Katniss purposely annoys Effie by eating with her hands after she was talking about them having good manners.

With Katniss being gone, will prim be able to take her place and hunt for food?

4 -Prim would be able to hunt for food if gale teaches her.

America's Cup Wordle

 

This is my Wordle which has words that relate the the Americas cup, that starts soon.

Week 3 reflection

 Week Three reflection

The highlight of my week was tech because it was really fun to go to a different school and be taught to freehand sketch then meet my teacher, 

the thing I found most challenging this week was trying to freehand sketch and get all the lines parallel,

 something I want to work on is getting my whole contract finished next week, 

I am looking forward to the PCS swimming next week.

!Mercy values!

 This is a video showing you what the mercy values are

Weekly review, week 2

Week to reflection

Week 2 reflection- I felt really exited that I was going back to school, I felt so happy to be back in class.

The highlight of my week was making a video with some of my friends about the mercy values Excellence, compassion, hospitality, respect, service, and social justice.

what I found challenging was thinking on what I should write my goals about for term 1.

 I am looking forward to working with everyone throughout the year.

My reflection of week 1

 Weekly Reflection:Week 1

At the start of this week 1 I felt so nervous that I was going to be split a part from my friends at school that I would be all alone but yet I also felt really exited to come back to school and seeing everyone there..

The highlight of my week would be going to the first school mass of term 1, and being able to see the teachers .

What I found challenging was trying to use different strategies.

I am really looking forward to working with my friends and with my new teacher.

😃Highlights and lowlights of 2020😁

 The highlights and lowlights of 2020

My highlights of the year 2020 are...

- going to lake gem and planting a lot of native plants around that area

- achieving my goals at and around school

- the school production

- doing Rainforest art with my friends

- seeing my friends after lockdown 

- coming out of lockdown 

My lowlights of the year 2020 are...

- not seeing my friends through lockdown 

- seeing what is happening to our world not just with covid, but how many species are going extinct and the pollution.

!Lets compare!

 This week Kakapo class have been doing a blog comparison, It is when you get one of you'r first ever blogs and compare it to one of you'r most recent blogs and see how much you have improved.

So here is my comparison

Angles

Angles

In kakapo class we have been learning what the different angles are and how to measure them with a protractor, and what different parts of the angles are.

We went around the school and we had            to find 5 acute angles 

(A degree the is lower than 90°) 

          and 5 obtuse angels

(an angle that is in between 90° to 180°)

 Than we had to see the difference of a right angle (an angle that is exactly 90°) to an acute angle.

To use a protractor you find a angle to measure then you find the semi-circle down the bottom and put it on the vortex (the corner that joins it)than it should show you what the degree is.

Addition pyramids

 Addition pyramids

This week kakapo class have done different ways to do Addition. The way we did it was with Addition pyramids. Addition pyramids are when there are circles staggered up in the shape of a pyramid and there are numbers put in specific places. You start from the bottom and work you're way up to the top, you add the two numbers together and put the answer in the circle above and carry on to the top.

Caring for Mother Nature

  

Caring for Mother Nature 

We all love mother nature, so us Kakapo class want to be Eco friendly by planting 800 trees out at  lake Gem. We planted Mānuka, Kānuka, Harakeke (flax), cabbage trees, Karaka, and Houpara. All beautiful native plants and trees to New Zealand. We also had help by the lovely people at Summit forest and Bushlands trust.

Then when we got there a nice lady called Karen talked to us about the place and what was so  important about it. Like how the forest was owned by the tribe Te Aupōri Then how four other tribes made a truce and shared the forest with each other 

 (Te Rarawa, Ngati Kuri, Ngati Takoto, Ngati Kahi, and Te Aupōri)

After the talk we got straight into it.  There were people planting and digging even people bringing the plants up the hill (that was tiring if you ask me )

It was a amazing experience and I would love to do it again.

Dame Miraka Szassy

                                  Dame Miraka Szassy

 I chose Dame Miraka Szassy for my local legend activity, Because she was a strong believer who fought for people to have there own rights but not just that because she was a kind caring person that loved helping others. 

She was a Maori leader making contributions to education, and making small business developments. Born in Waihopo north of Kaitaia 7th August 1921 and died on 20th December 2001. 

Dame Miraka Szassy was one of the first Maori women to graduate with a university degree, and in 1945 she was one of the first Maori women to get a bachelors degree, and she was made president of the women's welfare league. In 1990 she was made Dame of the British empire. Then in 1993 Dame Miraka Szassy received a doctor of laws from Victoria University in Wellington. Later on in her life she was part of a advisory committee that led to a creation of the ministry of women's affairs in 1984.

I chose her because her achievements were huge and deserves to be remembered she was a amazing lady.

Powerful paragraph

Last week my class did a warm up by doing a description piece of writing that can only be the size of a paragraph. We get a photo and once we are done describing the photo the best we can, we volunteer to read our paragraph out loud to get feed back (what was good about the writing) and feed forward ( what we can try make a bit better next time)

Here is my writing
I could hear the floorboards creaking. It was getting closer as much as I wanted it to go further away from me. I am worried it is going to gobble me up. I bend down on my arms and knees when a salty tear runs down my check, I want my fierce teddy bear crew to join me on my mission. But as I checked it was only Mr. Bear under the bed playing with his teddy friends.

A moment in time😀

A moment in time 

A moment in time is a warm up or it can be an activity when the whole class either get a video or a photo then we describe it in a deeper level of thinking instead of staying at the surface level of thinking.

HERE IS MY WRITING

I felt a deep sorrow fall into my heart thinking if I was to late

I could feel my eyes going a bit teary, my hands were shaking as I struggled to put the mask on the cat, I was empty inside as I felt a pity for the cat, my heart was racing as I picked up the cat up. Then I saw the cat moving I felt a sudden relief it was miracle.

HERE IS THE VIDEO

The great pacific garbage patch😔