Musical Theatre, Bugsy Malone - Improvements?♫♫♫

Lately this term, we have been doing Passion Projects. This is to help out on what your passion it is in the future. For passion projects I am doing Musical Theatre. In musical theatre, we are doing Bugsy Malone. This musical is based in the 1920's in New York. For this musical I have a lead role and her name is Tallulah. 

Today, we went through the whole number and there were a few mistakes that I made when I was acting out Tallulah. I had to question myself what I was having trouble with. For example, in every scene that Tallulah is in, which entrance does she comes in? Or which exit does she go out?

Here is what I really enjoyed through the number. I enjoyed the finale song of the musical which is where all the characters become friends and we all huddled in together like we we are one big happy family. I really enjoyed doing the slow-mo at the start of the finale song which was so much fun! I also really enjoy being Tallulah because, her character is very sassy, diva-ish and so much fun to be as!

Highlight Of This Year - Voices Of Soul!♥️

Today in class, we got to talk about our favourite memory of this year or what our highlight was this year. We had to explain why that was our favourite memory or highlight. This is where we could share our personal experience this year. Here is my favourite memory of this year!

The highlight for me this year would be Voices Of Soul. Honestly, voices of soul has helped me gain my confidence through my passion of music. One of my favourite memories of being apart of voices of soul was when, we got an opportunity to go to The Voices Festival and perform 2 songs there. Going to the festival helped me make new friends with some of the year 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13's. We were even the best choir through the whole festival! It was such an amazing experience for me and I will never forget it. Voices of soul is like my musical family that I will always cherish. I don't think there would be any other highlight from this year that could top this one!

Definition Of Maori Words!

Today is the last day to finish off the rest of our EOTC week challenges. I have finished 3 and this would be my last challenge. This challenge is more about the heritage, Maori, and to know more about the Marae that the year 8's will be going to next week on Tuesday. For this challenge, we have to define the vocabulary words that are down below, with full sentences. We also got to use a website to help us with this challenge. Here is what I have done and the website I have used to help me.

Waiata:

A waiata is a special song that brings a community or a family together and that can welcome people in the marae.

Powhiri:

A powhiri is a word to welcome people from other schools, other countries or a new family member in the marae. It basically means a welcoming ceremony with dancing, singing and a couple of speech's from important people.

Kaikaranga:

A kairanga is a women that is a caller of a group. The caller of the group is more appropriate for an adult women since they are more sensible for the job.

Rangatahi:

Rangatahi is like a quote which is "Our young people are the leaders for tomorrow". What I think it means is that the kids are the legacy of their marae.

Kaikorero:

A kaikoreo is a male adult that says a speech to the people. This role is more appropriate for a male adult and not for a female adult. 

Writing - Tala and I.

Today in writing, 8Bh had to watch a music video called Happier. There were 2 main characters in the music video which was a girl and a golden retriever. We had to write a background story about the video and write like we were the girl or the golden retriever. I thought this task was fun because, we got to be creative and be someone else when writing the background story. I liked this task very much and it was really fun to do! Here is what I have done so far:

Tala and I.

Today, I am having a birthday party and all I can feel right now is anxiety. Kids running around and parents chatting. One of my family members was putting down my cake in front of me. It looked so I delicious I could almost eat it! I was about to blow out my candles, but some other kid blew them out for me. I teared up. Not everyone liked me. My uncle gave me a box with a yellow bow in it, but it didn't seem it was for me. I put the bow on the table. When I looked up, my sadness disappeared and my happiness took over my whole body! My uncle was walking towards me with the most adorable golden retriever in his arms! The golden retriever was in my arms at last. I called her Tala, which means gold. My uncle measured Tala and I was against the wall, so I could remember how tall she was when I first met her. 

Many years after, I grew up as a teenager. High school wasn't very easy for me. It was hard to make friends and it was hard to be happy. One day, Rachel and Lani was picking which girl would be on their soccer team. 

Letter To Emma - If I Won $50 In The Summer Learning Journey!

Dear, Emma:

My name is Faith. I am a Samoan and I go to Hornby High School (HHS). I love doing blogging and currently 8Ts and 8Bh are starting to do the Summer Learning Journey 2018. I have heard that this could improve other students in their own learning and how it will give them top marks in school. I have also heard that the top 3 best bloggers through the Uru Manuka cluster would get a prize of $50 in the Summer Learning Journey 2018. If I won, I would use that money to help out with my teeth treatment. I am getting braces next year and the cost of it is very expensive. So, I would like to help myself and my parents by spending the money through my treatment. I hope the Summer Learning Journey goes well for all students!

Yours Sincerely, Faith.

The 3 little fairies - Problem.

Today I have been working on my problem of my fairy tale. If you are not sure what this post is about, I suggest you check out the orientation of my fairy tale. Long short story, I had to recreate a fairy tale for my narrative writing. I chose the 3 little pigs. Instead I changed it into the 3 little fairies. So, I did not get to finish off my problem, but I hope you like what I have done so far.

Peace, Clair and Violet hid in their own domes. After an hour, the ground started to shake like an earthquake. They felt a cold breeze entering through their windows of their domes. “3 domes, 1 jackpot”, said Elliot with a very deep voice. To crush each dome, all he had to do was whistle a very dark tune. “Oh little fairy, oh little fairy let me in”, said Elliot “Not by my pixies of my little wing wings”, said Violet. “Then I’ll whistle and I’ll whistle and I’ll crush your dome down!” Elliot whistled a dark tune and the flowers were crushed to the ground. Violet flew and hid into Claire's dome, but it didn’t mean Elliot was finished.

A Moment In Time!

Hello there!

If you have been checking my blog lately, I am doing a year 8 EOTC week bingo challenge. Today I am showing you my 3rd challenge that I have done. In this challenge, I had to write a moment in time where I was challenged to do something. So, I created a DLO by using google drawing to do this challenge. My challenge is about making new friends. To be honest, this challenge is still challenging for me. I hope you like what I have done:

Lesson 1 of Learning Prep: Task 1!

Today in cybersmart, 8Bh and 8Ts has registered themselves in the summer learning journey. We also had to do the first lesson of learning prep. In the first lesson, we were given a task to do. We had to choose a country and decide where in the country we would visit. We went with the capital city of that country. Then we had to answer some question about the city/country by getting it off of google. We also had to link where we got the information from. And finally, we had to put down 2 fun facts about the city and why we would visit the city. Here is my results:

Country: Canada.

Questions:

Q - The name of the capital city is _ ?

A - The name of the capital city of Canada is Ottawa.

Q - The population of the capital city is _ ?

A - Ottawa's 2018 population is now estimated at 1,363,159.

Q - In January, the weather in the capital city is usually _ ?

A - It is mostly raining for 10 days in January.

Q - The capital city is located in the _ part of the country.

A -  Ottawa is located in the western part of Canada.

Q - The languages mostly commonly spoken in this city is _ ?

A - In Ottawa, the languages mostly commonly spoken is French and English.

2 Fun Facts About Ottawa:

1 - Ottawa is the fourth largest city in Canada.

2 - In 1857 Queen Victoria chose Ottawa to be the capital city of Canada.

Does blogging help improve my learning?

Lately this week, my class has been working on persuasive writing for a test that will be coming up soon. This week, the class has been practising on persuasive writing before the test. The topic today is, 'Blogging helps improve my learning'. This is what I have written this week:

I have been blogging ever since I was a year 5. I learned so much things in school that I can finally share my learning to the world. Does blogging help me improve my learning? I agree.

I know that blogging helps improve my learning because, I can always get helpful feedback from my class or the teachers. Giving back feedback is helpful because, you can tell other people what you think if you are in a distance away. I can always fix up my work so that other people that is reading my work, can understand what I am working on and what they are learning through the post.

When you are blogging and sharing your work to the world, it is almost like you are a teacher and the world is your class. How cool is that! Blogging is a way to show how much I would of improved at the start of the year till now. I can always look back on my blog and see how much I have improved.

Blogging may not be something you would like to do, but it is definitely something that will take your education to a different and higher level in the future. Blogging definitely helps me improve my learning!

Cybersmart - Narrowing Search Results!

Today, 8Ts and 8Bh has been doing cybersmart in the learning commons. We were working on narrowing search results. We are working on this so we can be safe on the internet and not face the consequences on the internet in the future. I learned about using usage right images off the internet so, in case I don't use someone's personal images without them knowing or asking. This can help with my blogging because, I know what are the right images I can use and put on my blogs without any copy right issues. 

Water Safety!

So this is my next activity that I have chosen from my EOTC year 8 bingo challenge. For this activity, I had to read a story about sailing and the water. Then I had to create a poster by using Piktochart, talking about water safety and what to look out for in the water. I had a lot of fun doing this activity and trying out Piktochart again for my learning. I hope you like this poster! 

Google Search Challenge!

So in cyber smart I will be doing a Google Search Challenge. First off, I have a question to answer and I will have to answer it with some information off google.

Q - If you stacked $20 dollar bills until you reach $1 million, would the stack be higher than the rim of a basketball hoop?

The height of a rim basketball hoop is 18 inches which is about 46 cm. 

The height of a single $20 bill is 0.0043 inches thick. 

You will need 500 $20 dollar bills to get to 10,000. 

So, 500 x 0.0043 is 2.15 inches. 

$1 million dollars in $20 bills is: 2.15 inches thick, 5.461 cm and 56.41 millimetres thick. 

Shorter or Taller: Taller

A - Yes, the stack would be higher than the rim of a basketball hoop.

Maths - Pocket Money Chart!

For maths today, we had to work in pairs for an activity. I chose Trisha for this activity. So for this activity, it's about a girl named Shelley and a the start of the year, her parents offer her 2 options for her weekly pocket money. Once she had made up her mind, she must stick with the option she chooses for the next 12 months.

Option 1 ~ You can have $5 every week for a year.

Option 2 ~ Or each week you can roll the money dice and take whatever comes up.

Shelley was waffling on both of the options so, Trisha and I did an experiment to help her pick the right option for the year. Here is our results:

Persuasive Writing.

Cats and Dogs are the most animals that are used for a pet. But are cats really better pets then dogs? I disagree. Dogs are 100% better pets then cats. Why? Let me tell you why!

Dogs are very playful and like to do outside activities with you. Unlike cats, cats are lazy and like to sleep on most sunny days. You may be thinking that having a cat as a pet won't be a fuss at all. Think again! Cats are very bossy and they can get you into a heap of trouble, by scratching all the furniture in the living room. As for dogs, they are very friendly and easy to be around with. 

Dogs can be really good pets, especially when you need someone to cheer you up or if you are in need of help. For example, drowning in the pool. You should already know that cats hate getting wet, but dogs care more about their owner then getting wet or cold. Who knew dogs could be like an actual human or a great pet to have! 

Speaking of a great pet,