Maths Problems

Test practice

Table master

This is a game that helps you with your time tables
http://www.transum.org/Software/Tablesmaster/

WALT -  find the 'best fit' answer when given multi-choice questions

T4W2 Word Problems

WALT -  Use 2 different strategies to solve word problems

How to do you go hard in school

Today team 5 had two special guests Mr Andrew Patterson and a ex student of Pt England Raenan they talk to us about making goals for collage and working hard in life. Raenan talk about is background and how he didn't want to go to tamaki collage but on the first day of collage he was nervous but when he found his friends he started gaining confidence. Raenan

Mr Andrew Patterson should us a video about this boy called Dwight and how he was brought up around violence and how people didn't believe in him in year 12 everything changed for him is life came all back together.

Word Problems

Mixture of problems

Perspectives and Opinions

WALT -  I am able to identify the  ideas opinions of author and share my own in comparison.

Perspectives and Opinions

WALT -  I am able to identify the  ideas opinions of author and share my own in comparison.

This is a garageband project we had to use french horns and strings.We used grageband on the computer.

Special speaker

Mr Patterson talked to us about collage and launching the future he told us about these three things.A+I=M what does it mean?Well A Stands for Aspiration I stands for inspiration And M stands for motivation All of that stands for aim for success.

What do you wanna do in future?always look ahead of the  future always have two ideas what your gonna do in the future it could be a doctor or a professional sport player.

Mr Patterson showed us a video about Willie and how he gave is lunch money too a homeless guy to make him happy.Mr Patterson gave him a reward back and took him and his friend to wellington 

Addition and Subtraction Word Problems

This is my work for this week it's about Addition and Subtraction Word Problems 

The history of Labour day

What Labour Day actually celebrates.  

T	Title - What you will be explaining
I	Introduction - Tell your audience what the topic is about and what is to be explained.
I	Information - Explain the elements or steps in a logical sequence
C	Conclusion - Final summarising statement, an evaluation or comment about what you have explained.

Title
Introduction	What is labour day? Well Labour day is a time to celebrate worker’s rights.We celebrate Labour day every year for the workers that work hard and don’t get a break.
Information 1st idea	Labour day In 1840 Samuel Parnell thought for the workers that worked for 12 hours or more.Samuel Parnell tried and tried until the day came.1890 Labour day was celebrated The first Labour day celebrated.
Information 2nd idea	Labour Day is celebrated every year on the 4th Monday in October, and it’s a chance for us to celebrate workers’ rights – the hours we work, the pay we get, and our unions. Many countries don’t have laws and rights to protect workers like we do in New Zealand, and New Zealand was one of the first countries on the world to have an 8 hour working day
Information 3rd idea	Why did they call it labour day? Well they called it labour day for a reason.Samuel Parnell called it labour day for the achievements of the workers and how long the workers worked
Conclusion	Well that’s all about Labour day and how workers worked 10 or 12 hour shifts.Samuel parnell a hero that saved the whole of new zealand. Thank you for reading my explanation writing

Perspectives and Opinions

Justifying - I can discuss and justify my responses across texts and material I read and see

Immersion assembly

Team 1 How music can change how you feel

Team 2 Making there own with their bodies and objects  

Team 3 Making a story with music

Team 4 How music expresses your emotions and actions

Team 5 Music and be used in different ways and gives you different feelings and emotions

Roles

Mr Burt/Guitar/Singer

Mr Somerville/Drummer

Mr Jacobsen/Trumpet

Mr Wisemen/Bass

Mrs Nua/Singer   

What are you wondering now

How can Music change your emotions to sad or happy

Today was the first day back to school and you know what happens Immersion assembly the last one for the year 8s This terms topic is Musical Madness.

Most Informative The most informative was all of them because they told us about what they are learning about and how music can change your emotions or how you feel listening or watching music.

Most entertaining The most entertaining was team 4 and 5 because team 4 had a great movie and showed us what they are learning in the weeks.Team 5 they always have a great Immersion assembly Item and showed all of us what team 5 is learning about.

What do you want to find out more about I wanna find out more how can music change your emotions or how you feel  about music.

Phase of the moon animation

This is my animation about the phase of the moon we had to draw the phase of the moon.And if you don't know how many phase there are have a look at my animation

Perfect punch

WALT -  Solve word problems involving ratios and justify our thinking 

Hello bloggers today we learned how to solve ratio problems. We did this by working out how to make 30 cups of Perfect Punch. The ratio was 3:2.

Cross country

The cross country or Fun run

Bright colors filled the netball courts.Amazing wigs and costumes on display.it's the event that everyone's has been for That’s right it's cross country.

There are four house colors Hine moana Blue,hikianalia Yellow,Te Aurere Red and Hokule’a green my house is Hine moana the best team.

The track is 3km we had to run around the field one time.Then run out to the reverse then come back into school and do it all over again this track is for year 7 and 8.

It was are turn to race all the year 8 boys getting ready Mr burt talked us through some instructions.It was time to race Mr burt said on your marks get set And bang the claps went off!

The 1st lap has gone 1 lap to go Thaisoni in front of me i’m chasing him down he finlay stop i keeped running.I went passed him i was in 2nd place siaosi was in front

manaiakalani 2017

Pt England school as been apart of Manaiakalani since 2009.Ever year we have Manaiakalani film festival at the end of the term.If you don't know what Manaiakalani  film festival is.Its all about everyone coming together  and see each's others movies.Are movies his slow motion like water balloons thrown at your face or your stomach.My part was with my best friends Tj and Judah we had to knee down and wait for the balloons to get thrown at us.