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!