Technology Reflection - Cooking

WAL how to make Rock Cake.
Today was a very independent day, Mrs Tuipulotu let us do all the work, all we had to do was to follow the instructions on the board and follow the measurements of ingredients on the board. The ingredients that we used today was... milk, coconut, sugar, flour, oil and eggs. We had to add in the right amount of ingredients for the rock cakes to taste good, me and my cooking partner found this a little bit challenging because we were trying to add the exact ingredients so our rock cake would turn out too look good and taste good, after our rock cake was ready it was very flat and the cake was supposed to look puffy but instead it looked like a flat pancake Lol, our cooking teacher said that our mixture was too runny that's why it was to wet to hold hits original shape in the oven. Today I really enjoyed making rock cakes and I can't wait to make more food at Technology next week, please leave a comment and I will get back to you soon, Thanks!!

Food Technology Reflection - Nachos

WAL how to make Nachos
Today for food technology we were making Nachos. The ingredients that I used today were... capsikins, peppers, mince, cheese, onions and nachos. We had to slow cook all of these ingredients so it wouldn't burn, so coking this would've took longer than it would if it was on a high temperature. When me and my buddy were in the steps of making this dish, everytime we added each ingredient in it kept smelling better and better. Today it was very fun making this dish and I can't wait to make more food like this in the future. Please leave a comment and I will get back to you soon, Thanks!!    

Junior Buddy Class Task - Diwali Research

WAL about Diwali.
Today I was working with my junior buddy, we were researching about the Diwali festival. Diwali is a special Indian celebration and it is very sacred to the Indian culture. I had to help my buddy learn about Diwali and all of the things that he learnt I transferred it onto this presentation. It was very fun working with my buddy Dane and i'm looking forward to working with him in the future. Please leave a comment and I will get back to you soon, Thanks!!

Buddy Class Task - Birthday Research

WAL about the special celebration called a birthday.
Today I was researching with my junior buddy, we were learning about the celebration birthdays. My buddy mostly had to learn and we transferred all the things that he learnt into this presentation. We watched lots of videos, read books and researched on Google to learn, it was very fun working with my buddy and I cant wait to do more work with him. Please leave a comment and I will get back to you soon, Thanks!!

Food Technology Reflection

WAL how to make blueberry muffins.
Today I was making blueberry muffins, the ingredients that I used today was... Plain flour, baking powder, sugar, oil, egg, milk, vanilla essence and fresh blueberries. In the process and the steps of making the muffins there was a specific way of mixing or stirring the ingredients together. After our muffins finishes baking for 15m they turned out too look very good. Today was very fun making the muffins and I really enjoyed it, please leave a comment and I will get back to you soon, Thanks!!

Tamaki Improvement Brainstorm

Today we were brainstorming on what makes Tamaki Primary special and how can we make Tamaki Primary a better place, here are somethings that our class came up with today....

- Renovate the hall and make it bigger.

- Actually show the school values

- Purchase more sports equipment

- Follow the school rules at all times

- Show the school values at all times
- Everyone should be a role model to younger ones

- Make learning more fun
- And have a growth mindset towards all learning and activities around the school.

and much, much more. We were put into groups of four and we all had to collaborate and think together, this task really got me and my group thinking and I was learning about what I can do to make the school a better place. Now that we have all these ideas I think it's time to show them, please leave a comment and I will get back to you soon, Thanks!!

Vocabulary Task - Celebrations

WAL about the meanings and the different ways of celebrations.

Today me and my group were defining the following words that relate to celebration, we were able to define lots of words as you can see, I found this task very cool and got our group really thinking. Please leave a comment and I will get back to you soon, Thanks!!

Kiwisport Reflection - Basketball

WAL how to play basketball and we are going to improve in our basketball skills.

Today for Kiwisport we had basketball, today we were learning the basics of basketball, things like passing skills, dribbling the ball, crossovers through the legs and much, much more. While I was playing I was learning that basket is a very tiring sport and it keeps you very fit if you professionally play. Basketball is a very competitive sport and includes lots of sprinting and hand maneuvers with your hands and fingers. Today we were having race to see who could get to 15 points the fastests in shooting points, the instructors splitted us up in to a boys team and girls team... of course the boys won. Today I really enjoyed our Kiwisport session and it really got our blood pumping, I think next time I could work on controlling the ball more and i'll be sweet. Please leave a comment and I will get back to you soon, Thanks!!

Here are some photos of our Kiwi Can session from today...

Maui - GROWTH MINDSET GOALS

I am learning to set personal goals that I will achieve through a growth mindset.
Today I was setting growth mindset goals that are positive, my goals were to become better at maths and my other goal was to have a growth mindset towards all learning. Read my work for more detail, please leave a comment and I will get back to you soon, Thanks!!

Book Reflection - Fireworks Art

Today I was learning and reading about the art of fireworks.
Today I read about fireworks, I learnt that in Australia they have lots of fireworks on special events like Chinese new year, Christmas eve, New years eve, Australian day and much, much more. I learnt about a very known fireworks company called Forti Fireworks, there business is a family company and has been alive for generations. I also learnt that in the process of setting up fireworks for a big event is that there is alot of wiring that happens while they are setting it up. I learnt a lot about fireworks today and it was really good to learn and read about what fireworks do and how they are made. Please leave a comment and I will get back to you soon, Thanks!!

Food Technology Reflection

WAL to make burgers the professional way.
Today I was making burgers, in my burger there was egg, ham, lettuce, tomato, sauce and cheese. Today we were learning how to bake and cook the ingredients and we also learnt how to tell that the bun is cooked properly. We had to put the ingredients in a order... 1. The bottom bun is at the bottom which is the start, 2. was the lettuce, 3. Tomatoes, 4. Eggs, 5. Sauce, 6. Ham & Cheese, 7. left over tomatoes and 8. was the top bun. I enjoyed making the burger and I had fun in the process of making it, please leave a comment and I will get back to you soon, Thanks!  

Holiday Poem

WALT write a poem that is up to the standard and has lots of figurative language and proper punctuation.
Today I was writing a poem about my holidays using figurative language, correct punctuation and we have to put 100 percent into our work. I was writing about my time going to Rainbows End with my rugby team, I had a awesome time there and I think most of the rides were scary. Please leave a comment and I will get back to you soon... Thanks!

Maths With Mrs Pine - Reflection

Today I was in the Maths session with Mrs Pine, she was in our class because she was observing Miss Aireen in Maths, Today we were assigned with a maths Problem and this was the problem... Sevens bars to the four children. First each child gets 1 bar each and already for bars are eliminated, so there was 3 bars left. Then our group cut the 3 bars into equal 4's for each bar, then we gave the remain pieces to the children and each child ended up receiving... 1 1/4. Today I learnt lots of new skills and I am enjoying maths, Please leave a comment and I will get back to you, Thank You!      

Loud Shirt Day - Reflection of What I learnt

This coming Friday we are celebrating the Loud Shirt Day too support the deaf people among our country. Today I was learning about what Loud Shirt Day is, Loud Shirt day is a day to embrace and celebrate the deaf people that we have in our country. We celebrate by wearing bright clothes and amazing outfits like onesies and more. Some key ideas that our class came up with is... Bright Clothing, mexican fiesta, ears, animal onesies, celebrating, hearing aids, build team spirit and many, many more. I think the Loud Shirt Day is a very good thing to celebrate and to embrace the deaf people.
Please leave a comment and I will get back to you soon, Thank You!

Bloom's Taxonomy Task - Free Egg Criminal Sentenced

WALT: use Bloom's Taxonomy to critically summarize a current event.
Today I was using my Bloom's Taxonomy skills to complete this task, the article that I was using was Free Egg Criminal Sentenced, a New Zealand farmer has been caught using false advertisement and is now facing charges. View my work for more information, please leave a comment and I will get back to you, Thank you!

Bloom's Taxonomy Task - Free Egg Criminal Sentenced

WALT: use Bloom's Taxonomy to critically summarize a current event.
Today I was using my Bloom's Taxonomy skills to complete this task, the article that I was using was Free Range Egg Criminal Sentenced, a New Zealand farmer has been caught using false advertisement and is now facing charges. View my work for more information, please leave a comment and I will get back to you, Thank you!

Kiwican Reflection

Today in Kiwican we didn't have a proper session, we watched a  movie because it was the last session for the term. Today Room 9&10 combined and we all watched Wreck it Ralph, Wreck it Ralph was a funny and exciting movie. The Movie was about Ralph living in his own game.... but in his game he is the bad guy, he always gets rejected, people think hes not nice, but he is actually a good person. In his game he doesn't live a equal life with the others that are good, the others live in the penthouse and Ralph lives in the rubbish, he lives in bricks and sleeps on bricks. Ralph has a good heart but he is a bad person which he is from the programe in his game, he's a bad guy with a good heart and wants to be a good guy. A big message that stands out in the movie is... A bad person may have done bad things in the past, but never judge them because some people that have done the wrong thing have a good heart, its just that they didn't think about what they were doing before when they made their decision. I recommend you to watch this movie if you haven't seen it yet, it is a very entertaining story and it has a very good moral behind the movie.
Please leave a comment and I will get back to you soon, Thank you!

Reflection on my Day.

Today I was working on my Student Councilor Movie, I was editing and filming scenes that were related to doing the wrong thing for example... Running in the corridors and disturbing other classes, the actors were some of my classmates. After filming the scenes that had the main actors doing bad things, later on I filmed and directed them to the right things. It started off with them running and a pair of to responsible students told them not to run, so they carried on doing the right things throughout the rest of the film. Miss Aireen was very kind of giving us the whole day to edit and film because we only began our film in the last block yesterday. I wasn't able to attend the last swimming session today due to me catching the flu, but I used that time to edit and film to get the job done. All of this work was for a student council project that needed us to make a film that was based on behaviour in the corridors, toilets and stair wells. Then the teachers would select a film that stood out the most and the winning group will get taken out to lunch and you can choose what you want as your meal. I think our group did pretty well and I think we did really well to get the whole movie done in 3 blocks. I hope our group wins so we can say that will helped the school and our community... And also because I want to have a nice feed, Lol. Tomorrow our class is celebrating Chinese Language Week, I can't wait for another day at Tamaki Primary School tomorow, well thats my day, cant wait for what the day unfolds for me tomorrow.
Thanks for Reading :)

Life Education Reflection

WAL about how our body works, what it does and what we can do to keep it healthy.
Today we had our last session in the Life Education van, it was a very fun session and we learnt lots of new things. We were writing down the decisions that we would have to make in the future, we were also writing down our goals and the things we would like to achieve when we are older. And then we had to write the ways and a plan of how we were going to achieve our goal in the future, my goal is to become a Barber when I grow up, I am going to get there by finishing college successfully and then going to Hairdressing school and graduate as a Barber. My second goal is to become a Part-time Music Producer, I am going to get there by finishing college and I will get some money either from my Parent's to buy the Studio equipment and once I make some money out of Music I will pay them back. These are my Goals at the moment but maybe in the future they might change. Please leave a comment and I will get back to you soon. Thank You

Persuasive Topics - Persuasive Writing

WAL How to write Persuasive writing at a high standard.
Today I was giving my own point of view to answer these scenarios, I had to either agree with the scenario or disagree with it... and I had to give a good reason why. This task was sort of challenging but I just had to re-read the questions properly and I started to understand what the scenario was asking. Please leave a comment and I will get back to you soon, Thank You!

Coping With Stress - Life Education

WAL how to deal with stress and we are also learning about what stress is.
Today I was stating the ways I deal with stress or something like a problem and ways to calm myself down or make myself happy. The 4 main ways I cope with stress or a problem is... 1. Listening to good music to calm myself down, 2. Eating food, because I feel good when I am eating yummy food, 3. Playing sports or getting outdoors and hanging out with my mates and 4. Talking to someone that I trust about my problem or the reason why I am stressing. Please leave a comment and I will get back to you soon, Thank You!

Small Stress and HUGE Stress!

WAL about stress and how it affects our life
Today I was listing the HUGE stress and the small STRESS and how it relates and effects our daily life. This task was sort of hard but I just had to think critically and use my deep thinking to finish this task. Please leave a comment and I will get back to you soon. Thank You!

Describing Stress - Y Chart

WAL how to deal with stress.
Today I was listening and brainstorming what stress looks like, sounds like and feel likes. I was doing this for the Life Education session that we just had and this task was sort of like a reflection on what I learnt in the session. Please leave a comment and I will get back to you soon. Thank You!

Olympic Values

I am learning to explain how an olympic athlete has shown the 3 key values of 'respect', 'friendship' and 'excellence'. Today I was identifying how Valerie Adams was showing the 3 key values in the 2016 olympics in Rio. Please leave a comment and I will get back to you soon. Thank You.!!

My Group Article Review. Bloom's Taxonomy Current Events - The Olympics

My Group Article Review

Bloom's Taxonomy Current Events - The Olympics

WALT: Use Bloom's Taxonomy thinking skills to critically summarize a current event.  

Today I worked with my Classmates Siale, Amelia and Rosana. We were Reviewing a article about the polluted waters in Rio and how it is affecting the Rio 2016 Olympics, we were reviewing the article using the Bloom's Taxonomy thinking skills. We did our work with Pen and Paper and manage to finish but left one Idea unfinished. Today I think we managed our time really well and we were efficient and got lots of work done! Next time we could improve on talking a little bit less, doing work before adding our decorations and being much more organized when presenting our work. For remembering we were talking about who was the main person involved in the article, we were also talking what was the main idea of the article and were also talking about when was the event. For understanding we had to come up with 5 key ideas that relate to the article and then we had to come up with a short summary using those 5 key words. For applying we had to come up with an idea of who we would like to interview about the article and the problem and we also had to come up with questions to ask that person. For analysing we had to come up with evidence to support our article. For evaluating we had to come up with the positives and negatives about the article. For more evaluating and analysing we were coming up with our point of views about the article, and our other people in groups point of view. Please leave a comment and I will get back to you soon! Thank You.

    

BARK Reflection

WAL how to behave around dogs.
Today BARK came to our school to our school to talk about dogs, they told us how to behave around them and how to treat them and look after them.
Please leave a comment and I will get back to you soon! Thanks!!    

Technology Reflection

WAL how to use Tinkercad and design plastic jewelry.
Today I was selecting my final design to publish on Tinkercad.
Please leave a comment and I will get back to you Thank you.

Technology Reflection

WAL about 3D printing
Today I was learning how to use tinker cad and we also had a competition to make the scariest monster on tinker cad. Please leave a comment and I will get back to you soon Thank you.

Cultural History

WALT identify what literacy looks in our culture.
Today I was identifying what literacy looks like with my buddy Metui, we had to make a presentation about what literacy looks like and present in front of the class. Please leave a comment and I will get back to you Thank you.

Technology Reflection

WAL about metal works

Today I was able to finish my cross made out of pewter, next week I will try and make a box for my cross to take home. Please leave a comment and I will get back to you Thank you.

Public or Private

WAL about digital foot prints.
Today I was listing the things that should be public or private, my advice is to be aware about what you put online and you can enjoy but safety. Please leave a comment and I will back to Thank you.

What Kind of Reader am I?

WALT identify what kind of reader we are
Today I was identifying what kind of books I like to read, what authors I admire and what kind of reader I am. Please leave a comment and I will get back to you Thank you.

Build Up Wall

WAL about build up statments
Today I selected a build up statement and I had to add pictures that related to my build up statement.
Please leave a comment and I will get back to you Thank you.

Technology Reflection

WAL about metal works
Today I was onto my 4th sanding process, I now have to more process to go through, I am trying to finish my project before the end of our sessions. Please leave a comment and I will get back to you Thank you.

Reading for Pleasure and Writing for Leisure

My inquiry title page.
Today I was sharing what I know about reading for pleasure and writing for leisure, today I was also creating a poster and finding picture that relate to Reading for Pleasure and Writing for Leisure.
Please leave a comment and I will get back to you soon Thank you.

My Technology Reflection

WAL about metal works.
Today I was onto my second sanding process, I was using sandpaper that was getting finer and finer, next week I would like to start getting closer to finishing so I can complete my project before the sessions end. Please leave a comment and I will get back to you Thank You.

Technology Reflection

WAL about metal works.
Today for Technology I finished filing the edges and I am beginning to sand the faces of the cross. I have been making lots of progress, now I am on to 400 sandpaper meaning every time you go up the sand paper becomes finer. Please leave a comment and I will get back to you Thank You.

My strength - Class Waka

Today I was creating a paddle for our class waka that has a strength on it, I chose the phrase "Growth Mindset". I used the symbol of the tree because growth mindset means having a good attitude on something just like having good roots for the tree to grow, and the arrow represents increasing or going higher.  Please leave a comment and I will get back to you Thank you.

How Can We Show our School Values?

WALT describe specific actions that will help us show the school values at our school.
Today I was creating ideas of how we could show the school values in the classroom and out in the playground. Please leave a comment and I will get back to you Thank you.

Technology Reflection

WAL about metal works.
Today for Technology I finished filing the edges and I am beginning to sand the faces of the cross, today I was also focused on my work and got through lots of work.

Please leave a comment and I will get back to you Thank You.

Dividing and Fractions Reflection

WALT learn about fractions to help us solve our division.
Today I was learning my fractions and dividing these sticks into equal groups.
Please leave a comment and I will get back to you soon Thank you.

Hauora and the school Values Kia Manawanui Whare Tapa Wha

WAL how the school values can relate to Te Whare Tapa Wha.
Today I was displaying how the school values relate to the Te Whare Tapa Wha.
Please leave a comment and I will get back to you Thank You.

Technology Reflection

WALT make things out of pewter for Technology.
Today I finished cutting out my pattern and then got my pattern casted with melted pewter and then I began to file the edges. Please leave a comment and I will get back to you Thank you.

Division Maths Task

WALT solve how many sets of and sharing division problems using multiplication and reversibility.
Today for maths I was learning how to divide into equal groups, I also learnt that you can not always divided into equal groups all the time. Please leave a comment and I will get back to you Thank you.

Main Character Brainstorm

WALT inference and adapt on the information behind the text.
Today I was inferencing and identifying the key words and phrases from this text.
Please leave a comment and I will get back to you Thank you.

Easter Poster

Today I was making a poster for Easter or Good Friday.
Some people celebrate by playing games like a easter hunt where you look for the chocolate egg, Other people celebrate it celebrating Jesus getting crucified on the cross.
Please leave a comment and I will get back to you Thank you.

Tamaki Primary School Values

WAL about the school values.
Today I was creating a poster based on the school values, I made this so my teacher could print it out and hang it up on the wall for the school and visitors to see. Please leave a comment and I will get back to you soon Thank you.

Inquiry Task - TAMAKI VALUES - Independent Task

WALT identify what we see when we close our eyes and think of peace.
Today I was listing down what I see when I think of peace with my eyes closed.
Please leave a comment and I will get back to you soon... Thankyou

Syria - Needs Peace

WALT identify a country that needs peace.
Today I was creating a DLO and identifying a country that needs PEACE! For this task I chose Syria.
Please leave a comment and I will get back to you Thanks!

Technology at Tamaki College - Week 5

 WALT: Make things out of pewter.

Today I was designing a symbol and I was getting reading to cast it with pewter. The symbol that I am making has to be for someone special and I have to have a reason why I am making it for that person. Please leave a comment and I will get back to you Thank You :) 

Blooms Taxonomy - Ghost Octopus

WALT :  Use bloom's taxonomy to critically summarize a current event.
Today I was using critical thinking to complete this task, I selected a reading and I had to expand my thinking on the article. Please leave a comment and I will get back to you THANKS!!

Key Words - Mr Lawson proves his point

WALT read between the lines and find key words in a text.
Today I was Identifying the key words in the, I was also had to give my own definition of the key word.  Please leave a comment and I will get back to you as soon as possible THANKS!!

Technology at Tamaki College

I am learning to design and plan properly.
Today I went to Tamaki College for technology for metal works.
Please leave a comment and I will get back to you as soon as possible THANKYOU!

A fresh year (Digital Footprint)

Malo lei lei, my name is Maui and i'm 12 years old, my teacher is ms Aireen and my teacher aid is ms Kelly. I'm a year 8 and this year i'm going to focus on getting better at my maths. My favourite subjects are writing and art, My favourite sport is touch and I love food! I admire parents my parents because they work real hard to raise me and my little brother. Thankyou for reading my online profile!