8Bh's Bake Sale Reflection!

Today we had a bake sale to fund raise for poor families that need help and the 24/7 workers as well. This project all started with the SVA (Student Volunteer Army) and we wanted to be apart of the SVA by doing a project that will help our community. So many students in our class participated in this by baking, selling, marketing and more! I thought I should take the job as marketing since I think I'll be excellent at it. We had some ups and downs with the project/planning, but we sorted everything out and raised $140.70! What a profit! I feel so proud of what our class has done and I really hope we get to do another project like this, another day! 

 

Explanation Writing Reflection - Nightmares!

Last week, I have been doing a writing explanation on Nightmares in Writing with
Miss Cotter. I have been improving on my explanation writing every week. Down below
is my explanation writing about Nightmares and my reflection about it. I hope you enjoy it!

Question I am Answering: How Are Nightmares Formed?

Have you ever wondered how a nightmare is formed? It often happens to us when we
go through something that triggers us the most. I guess I’m gonna have to be more
specific about this topic.

Fears.

I do not mean your fear of heights. I mean your fear of penny wise when you see a
random red balloon on the streets. Fears can affect most infants which are caused by
what they see or hear. When your fears finally get into your head, you won’t be able to
get it out of your head by sundown.

Emotion.

We all know our emotions can get pretty intense. When the sun goes down and the
moon starts to rise, you will start to feel scared, sad, stress and even anxious. You will
not be able to sleep with these kind of emotions in your whole body.

The Body.

Once your inside your bed, your body positions will become very uncomfortable.
You’ll start getting sweaty, shaky and itchy. Your nightmares will start appearing and it
will start playing a little scary clip of your fears starring you! This will also make your
body a bit to hot, really weak and even droussy. Now this means that you are stuck in
your nightmares until it is over!

Nightmares are not good for our physical well-being, but this does not mean we are
alone. We have support, parents, caregivers and friends at school. They can help us
to get over our nightmares. And don't forget, asking for help is just one simple job to do! (:

Highlight each point on your checklist as you complete it today.

Success Criteria: Does your writing…

- Have at least 3 paragraphs

- I have used scientific words

- My facts are correct and I have made 2-3 references to where I got my information

- ALL my punctuation is correct

- read your explanation outloud to a partner, does it make sense?

Reflection Questions

Something I did well:

I used some scientific words.

Something I need to improve:

Pick a topic that will be more challenging than this one.

What I learned from this assignment:

That formal writing isn’t a year 8 quality work.

Comment from my partner:

Good job Faith, I really like your writing about nightmares.I have always wondered
why we have nightmares and your explanation was very informative. The layout of
your writing was set up very well and made your writing make more sense. Maybe
next time you could elaborate more upon how nightmares can seem so vivid in our
minds. Ruby.

Matariki Part 2! (:

Were back again with my reading part 2!

So today I have already finished reading the article about Matariki. I learned new things about the celebration. I never knew how important Matariki was to other families until today. After reading the article, I had another task to do and I'm almost done with it. I had to answer 4 questions by using my knowledge from what I read in the article. Then I had to select 3 te reo words and use it in a sentence. I have not got up to the 3 te reo words, but I hope you like the answers I used in the questions! (:

What is Matariki?

Matariki is a celebration of the ones that past in the recent years and celebrating this new year and the next upcoming years.

Why did Maori observe Matariki?

Matariki is important to us and other families because, it’s about gathering all together for the ones that past away in the recent years.

How did Maori traditionally celebrate Matariki?

They have a small hangi to begin with, then they have a karakia and they finally have a feast to eat.

When and how should Matariki be celebrated?

Matariki should be celebrated with all family and friends. And the date changes every year for Matariki so, this year it was supposed to be celebrated on June the 5th.

I hope you liked part 2 and please keep checking on my blog for part 3! (:

Matariki Part 1 (:

So this week my group will be reading an article about Matariki. Matariki is a celebration that Maori's celebrate every year. Matariki does not have a certain day to celebrate on instead the date changes every year. How about I talk about a couple of things that I know about Matariki!

- I know that there are at least 7 stars that are sisters. There is also a star named Matariki, the mother of those 7 sisters.

- And all of those 7/8 stars have a different job to do every year.

I hope I gave you a simple understanding introduction of my reading. Keep checking my blog for part 2 of my reading, Matariki! (:

Art - Artist Statement!

Today I have some questions to answer about my experience in this Lino cut session. At the moment I have finished the cutting part of my Lino cut. I have learned so much about Lino cutting and I hope to do it again some time! Now lets get straight into the questions!

Q - Describe your work. Create 3 sentences to answer the following: what is it a picture of, what shapes have you used, what was your inspiration?

A - Well the picture of my Lino cut is a rose with my name as the stem. I have used some triangles as you can see from the photo down below. And my inspiration to do a rose for my Lino cut is that, I love roses and my favourite Disney movie is Beauty And The Beast and the rose represents the movie/me very well.

Q - Did you have any trouble creating this piece?

A - To be honest, no! (:

Q - Does your work have any meaning to it? Are you trying to give the viewer a message?

A - Yes. I actually want to spread the message that nature is a part of us and we need to look after it like it looks after us. And .. VALENTINES IS THE BEST HOLIDAY EVER! (:

Q - What are you enjoying about creating this piece? What could you do better next time?

A - I am enjoying the fact that we can be very creative with this in our own way. Maybe next time I should think out of the box and create something more bigger then a simple rose.

Q - What have you learned?

A - I have learned that Lino cutting is really fun to do!

I hope you enjoy this Artist Statement and I hope you have also learned something today!

Hauora - 4 Dimensions!

This term, we are learning about Hauora and it's 4 dimensions. So basically our task today was that, we had to create a slide in the slide show that was given to us and create 4 boxes to put 1 dimension in. There is Taha Tinana - Physical/Health Well-Being, Taha Whanau - Social Well-Being, Taha Hinegnaro - Mental/Emotional Well-Being and Taha Wairua - Spiritual Well-Being. Then we had to put our name in the centre of the slide and put down what we do for each dimension. Finally we got to decorate our slide however we liked. Here is what I have completed!

Cybersmart Project - DLO!

So lately in this term and last term, we have been learning about all sorts of things in Cybersmart with Miss Morgan. This term some of the teachers sorted us in groups of 2. The people that we are working with are the people that we don't usually work with in class. This was very different, but fun at the same time. In these groups, we had to create a DLO of what are the few things that we have learnt about in Cybersmart and how we can keep you all safe from the internet. Here is a poster that Kortney and I have created!

SVA! (:

This weeks reading was an article about how the Student Volunteer Army was formed and what they professionally do! I learned so much about it and it was very inspiring to read. I would love to share 3 things that I have learned with you all about the Student Volunteer Army!

- I learned that Sam Johnson started a 200 member Face-Book page about students that want to help in the Student Volunteer Army or wanna join the Student Volunteer Army.

- I learned that the Student Volunteer Army is about protecting each community by cleaning its environment. They also clean up places where it has been damaged.

- And finally, I learned that the Student Volunteer Army has a survey that they sent out for those who want to join and those who don't have a device to sign up.

So, I hope you enjoyed what I have learned and I really hope you all have learned something as well! (:

Reading - Who Froze Farrell Flint? :o

This week I have been reading a fiction book called, Who Froze Farrell Flint? It is about a kid detective who is solving a mysterious crime in Mars at the ToppLab. For our task, we had had to explain some pieces of the story using the 5W's: Who, What, Where, When, Why. After doing that, we got to create our own ending to the story of the scientist that froze Farrell Flint. Here is the work that I have done! (:

Answer the following questions to help you make sense of what has happened in the story “Who Froze Farrell Flint?” - add these to your blog when completing your Create and Share activities.

WHO are the main characters in the story?

1) Minnie Sharp

2) Farrell Flint

3) Doctor Topp

4) Mirtha Dare-Sweetly

5) Felonius Flint

6) Carey Love

WHAT is the mystery that Minnie is trying to solve?

He is trying to solve, which scientist froze Farrell Flint in the freezer in the Cryogenic Storage Room. There were 3 suspects to question. Felonius, Carey and Mirtha.

WHERE does this story take place?

- On the planet: Mars

- In the year: 2117

WHEN does Minnie realize who has frozen Mr. Flint?

When he finds Mr.Flint’s bacterial coding machine in his pocket. He grabs it and hurrys into his lab. He removes a transparent slide, and places it in another box – the decoder. The first thing that comes up on the decoder screen was: “Mirtha”.

WHY did Mirtha freeze Mr. Flint?

She wanted Farrell out of the way so her half-brother could continue with his tourism venture. Maybe he was even paying her to get rid of Farrell in the first place.

HOW does the story end? Your Create task is to write the next part of the story; what happens to
Mirtha after she is caught? You can choose to write this on the bottom of this Doc, or in your
Literacy books.

After solving another crime, Mirtha has been banned from the ToppLab and has been sent back
to Earth. Mirtha was in court without her own lawyer beside her. She has been claimed guilty
with a consequence of 7 years in prison. I don’t think anyone will hear from her ever again ..
Oh, are you sure about that? ;)