Binary Numbers

At week 8 we started looking at Binary Numbers. Binary Numbers are used to code, numbers and the alphabet. The order of the numbers goes, 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128 and so on. This always goes in doubles. We always write from left to right, but for this code it is right to left.  Do you know what a computer knows? On and Off!! We have to use codes to work the numbers and alphabet. There are different codes for on and off, like                                     this means, on, off, off, off, on, on. There are more codes like, 0 1 0 0 0 1. This shows 1 as on and 0 as off. It goes, off, on, off, off, off, on. I have made a slideshow/DLO about Binary Numbers. I hope you like my DLO that I made. Next post is about Binary Alphabet, so check out the post as well. Please comment and give me feedback how I did this DLO. Have a cool 😎 day!! Bye!!

Among the Hidden Final Activity

This week is the last week of term (Term 3). There were 3 last activities of our novels. We had to choose one of the activities. There is, character collection (this activity is about to make the main character's objects, people or other things, eg: Jen's computer.), another one is text conversation (this activity is about the conversations of Luke and Jen, the last one is about to create a game (this activity is about to make your own game on gamefroot.com). I chose character collection. In my group there was Axle, Vann (again). For the character collection we make our objects with clay. If you haven't seen my last novel post about my retelling click here. For our character collection we made Luke's Mom and Dad, Jen's computer, hog , flashlight 🔦, a tree, a bulb and a gun. Below is the thinklink that I made. This clay modeling took about 3 days to make. We tried to make our best in our creation. Also 'Among the Hidden' novel was really good, also I hope you have a read at the novel. Comment and give me a feedback how well our group did this creation. I hope you like my post. Have a cool 😎 day!! Bye!!

Online Manners

W.A.L.T: Interact online in a kind, positive and helpful way.

For the last few weeks we are learning about Netiquette for cybersmart. If you don't know what Netiquette means I will tell you the meaning, the word 'Netiquette' comes from the the words net and etiquette. Etiquette are the rules of behavior considered to be good manners. We are learning about netiquette when emailing. We had watched a video about what does Netiquette mean. After watching the video we made a mindmup and brainstormed our ideas. First we had to know what to do and what do not do. Also it is good to know how to be safe online. Below is my mindmup that I made. There is heaps of information to know. On the left is the things to not do and on the right is the things that you do online. So have a look at my mindmup that I made.

When I knew what Netiquette means I learnt heaps of new things about Netiquette. Like there is one like flamewars. Flamewars are mean language while chatting online.
Next Step: Try to look deeper about Netiquette and learn how to be pro online. 

Here is our first video that we had watched. This video teaches us about Netiquette. It has heaps of information to know about. 

Solve Percent Equations from Larger Numbers

This week for maths we are learning to Solve Percent Equations from Larger Numbers. Watch this video for more information how to Solve Percent Equations from Larger Numbers. If there is any mistakes please comment. I hope you give me some feedback. Hope you like my video! Have a cool 😎 day!! Bye!!

Partly Cloudy

For the last few days in writing we are writing about a video named 'Partly Cloudy'. This video is about a stork named Peck and a gray cloud named Gus. There were heaps of pink clouds above, but the gray cloud felt lonely, so he had a stork helper, Peck. In this story we had to be Peck or Gus. This story is a bit big but I hope you like my story. I hope you have a cool 😎 day!! Bye!!

Partly Cloudy

The sky was glowing and shimmering all around, also the sun was bright and scintillating. The clouds were pink, fluffy, soft and squishy, it felt like sleeping on a candy floss.

Anyway, I was a stork that had a job to deliver fun and cute things to make people happy. There were hundreds of storks flying around the village. Each stork had it’s own cloud and that’s how we deliver fun and cute things to others like, Kittens, Dogs, and even new born babies.. They make the fun things by making a pile of soft cloud peice and electric to make the fun objects.

But my cloud wasn’t like that. My cloud was below the pink clouds and sad type of cloud. He tried to make something fun for the others. Now I will introduce myself, my name is Peck and I am the helper for the gray cloud. Also I will introduce my cloud, his name is Gus.

I was coming from the delivery, suddenly he grabbed me and scratched me on the side of my head, then I pecked him back. I was asking to give more deliveries. Gus gave me a… baby crocodile? I felt a bit confused, but it was cute, delightful and adorable . I pointed to come to me, the baby crocodile jumped and bite my face! “Ouchhh, AAAAAAH!” I screamed! The baby crocodile went big as a balloon because I screamed inside him. I was finding his tail to take him out. I pulled him out and felt relieved. Gus made a bag and put in inside and said to deliver him. I wasn’t happy about that. The baby crocodile was wobbling like a jelly. Gus waved to say bye.

I was huffed and puffed about the amount of deliveries that I do. My right hand feathers were falling out. Gus was making another animal? I went back because the animal couldn't attack me, but last time there was a baby crocodile that was attacking. Now I didn’t want to deliver another attacking animal. Gus added the electric shock and suddenly…

The animal ran to my tummy. It was really painful. I didn’t recognized when the animal attacked me. The animal looks cute and adorable like the baby crocodile, but it is really attackable. It was the baby sheep with big horns that I was talking about. Instantaneously I heard a voice coming from above, it was the Stock, the cloud and the puppy. The puppy was cute, friendly and nice. I wished I had that type of cloud. But then I recognized that Gus was looking at me. He gave me the bag and I flew away. Before flying away the baby sheep with big horns hit me repeatedly. I didn’t knew that today was the worst day of my life, I was suffering with pain.

When I returned back I had a purple eye because of the baby sheep with big horns. Now this animal was round and small. Gus as usual electrics the piece of cloud and when I holded the cloud it appeared a...

Porcupine!!!!!

I screamed and throwed the Porcupine up in the air because it was so prickly. When I caught the Porcupine again it was so prickly. Finally, Gus picked the Porcupine and made a bag. When the Porcupine was in the bag the was prickly. I holded the Porcupine from my beak to the top of the bag and I few off. When I returned back it was sunset. I returned back with heaps of the prickly Porcupine hair. I closed my eyes when Gus pulls the prickly Porcupine hair off. My whole body with feathers were nearly off. Gus hughes me with kind. After hugging Gus remembers something behind him. It was a huge…

SHARK!!!!!!

It was bigger than I expected. I flew back, I didn’t want to deliver more of these dangerous and attacking creatures. Then I heard someone laughing, It was the stork with their cloud, they were playing with baby chicks. They were laughing all around. Gus and I were looking at the fun that they were doing, then Gus tried to give me the shark. Now I decided to not do more deliveries from Gus, so I flew off to the happy clouds. When I landed to another the happy cloud showed me something to give to. I picked up the bag and flew back to Gus. I opened the bag and there were some, American Football armor that I woe. Afterwards Gus felt happy that I didn’t left him. I asked him to deliver more things. Gus took some piece of cloud and made like a lizard. Gus elected and a eel popped up. But then it eclectic me, I was moving around as I am doing a crazy dance. But after a few seconds it stopped. Gus hugged me and laughed. It turned out to be a good day.

Making Slime!!

From term 1, we had a marble jar that we had to fill up to 100 marbles. Every time we fill 100 marbles we receive a reward chosen from the class or the teachers. We have filled the jar 3 times and we received 3 fun rewards. When we filled the jar for the first time we had something cold and yummy. It was Ice-Cream with marshmallows. I didn't ate the Ice-Cream with marshmallows. We had fun day for our second reward. It was named fun day because there were multiple fun things that we could do. 1st was to make Lollycake, 2nd was to make Sherbet and 3rd Coding. There was 5 groups to be in. I was in group 4. First we made Lollycake. When it was time to eat the Lollycake Mr Scott said that this was the best Lollycake made in the class. Now this is our 3rd time filling the jar. Now our class had to vote what we are going to do. There were 2 big votes one was Sushi and one was Slime. There was a final vote and the winner was... Slime. There was about 30+ votes for Slime and Sushi was about 5-10 votes. Then we had to find a group of 4 and find the best video to make Slime. In my group there was Vann, Axle, Jullien, Joshua and I. Vann found the best video and our group accepted his video. After lunch the teacher went to the store to buy the ingredients. When it was time to make Slime we made 2 groups in one because there was only 6 bowls. When we started making slime it got a bit bad and restarted over again. We took turns string the bowl. Our prediction was that the Slime was soft and stretchy. At that moment the teacher called me and said to go to Mr Scott's office (the principle's office) to be the blogger of the week. When I reached to Mr Scott's office he asked me some questions about blogging. He wrote the answers in his computer and wrote a Facebook post about what I have done about blogging. He showed me the post and posted the post on Facebook. That time it was 3:00, the bell rung and it was time to go home. I went back to class with my Chromebook. When I went back to class my friends and classmates have gone home. Vann showed me the packing of the Slime. He said that the teachers gave us less slime and the slime was not good. That's how the day went. I hope you like my long post. Have a cool 😎 day!! Bye!!

This is the video that our group chose.

Fractions - Solve Whole Unknown Problems

This week for maths we are learning to Solve Whole Unknown Problems. Watch this video for more information how to Solve Whole Unknown Problems. I felt this strategy is related to the strategy last video. If there is any mistakes please comment. Hope you like my video! Have a cool 😎 day!! Bye!!

The Piano

For a few days we are writing about a video named 'The Piano'. This video is about a old man playing the piano and remembering his memories. This video is short, but we needed to add descriptive words. Also we haven't done any Maths, Reading and Writing because of the Extravaganza. In this story we had to be the Granddad or the outside viewer. I chose to be the Granddad. Most people in the class chose to be the Granddad. I hope you like my story that I have wrote. Have a cool 😎 day!! Bye!!

Success Criteria:
I know I will be successful when …

• Re-call what is happening in the video. 
• Use adjectives and experiment with language features. 
• Use paragraphs correctly.
• Begin sentences with different/ interesting sentence starters.

Have a look at the video first to get the idea of what I am writing about.

Here is my writing that I have done.

The rhythm was drifting smoothly through my body and it came through onto the piano. My fingers were flowing steadily. The depressing music from the black piano was playing I remembered the flashlight memories when I was playing this music to my wife.

Also what I could remember was in 1945 when World War 2 was going to end, I was in the war being the First Aid helper. I nodded to the soldier beside me, to say that it’s safe. He turned around and when he was going to shoot, he got shot. I ran and dragged him back. I was holding his hand to see if he is okay.

The other thing that I remembered was when my dad gave me a present. The box was long, I thought it was a playing gun. But it was a wooden horse toy. I hopped the toy all around. Like that I saw my grandson, Jake, playing the same toy at the same place. That is one of the best memory when I was a child. Jake came and sat next to me. He looked at me and pressed the last key and ended the song. Jake and I faces each other.

Fractions - Solve Part Unknown Problems Using Multiplication and Division

This week for maths we are learning to Solve Part Unknown Problems Using Multiplication and Division. Watch this video for more information how to Solve Part Unknown Problems Using Multiplication and Division. I felt this strategy new. If there is any mistakes please comment. Hope you like my video! Have a cool 😎 day!! Bye!!

Extravaganza Refletion

Yesterday night we had done our 1st Extravaganza performance at Hornby High School Auditorium. Also there is a show on today night at 6:30 P.M. At the start of August I made a poster about the Extravaganza. The whole school had done the Extravaganza. Our class (Ako Ngātahi) had done about NZ Music Month. That's why we had to do research about NZ Music Month. The songs that we had to perform a olden song. Our song was "We Don't Know How Lucky We Are". It was one of John Clarke aka Fred Dagg's famous songs. There was, Vann, Axle, Aisa, Joshua and I in the group. My role was to be one of the dancers. This song was made in 1997. Our group had practiced the song really well and we learnt the steps easily. We always practiced outside, but now we practiced inside the classroom with the classmates.  Also we had to practice in front of the class. Our costume was to wear a bucket hat, a flannel shirt, shorts and gumboots. It sounds weird but that's our costume.

After the class looking at our performance for the first time and the class really liked it. The boys had to practice the haka for the performance as well. I was really excited for the performance. We had a practice at the high school auditorium with our costume. I was confident about the performance. When I went to the stage the audience was full. The tickets 🎟️ might be sold out! We had a really awesome performance. Also our item "Why Does Love Do This To Me" song went well. The audience really liked our performance and our item. I hope you like my reflection about my Extravaganza. I hope I will do more better today night. Have a cool 😎 day!! Bye!!



Here are the photos of our group doing our performance.

Florence is Passing by!

Today I am posting about space. I post about space at the holidays but I thought that I have some spare time so I can post something new. In the title 'Florence is Passing by!' It means that there is a large near-Earth asteroid passing Earth on 1st September. There have been heaps of asteroids passing earth and on 1st September there is. The distance of the asteroid is about 4.4 million miles (7 million kilometers or about 18 earth moon distances). Florence is the largest asteroid to be tracked by earth just after 11 days after the solar eclipse. I will tell you some facts about Florence.

The distance of Florence passing Earth. Far View
Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech

1. Florence's number name is 3122 Florence.
2. Schelte J. Bus discovered Florence.
3. Schelte J. Bus discovered Florence at 2 March, 1981.
4. Schelte J. Bus discovered Florence in Siding Springs Observatory (Coonabarabran, New South Wales, Australia)
5. Florence orbits every 858 days around the sun. 

After finding some information I found out that an asteroid named 2012 TC4 is also going to pass Earth on 12 October 2017. There will be a post about 2012 TC4 in my future posts.

These are the videos of Florence passing earth 🌍 . Timelapse

One more, this is my 150th post on my blog!! I hope you like my post about 3122 Florence. Have a cool 😎 day!! Bye!!

Solar Eclipse 2017

NASA's Logo

Today I am going to tell you about the Solar Eclipse that happened today (started at 8:00 am - New Zealand Standard Time). A Solar Eclipse is when the moon goes through the Sun and Earth. Then after the moon blocks the sun. Today morning I watched live on NASA TV Public Channel - NASA. Do you know that the next Solar Eclipse is at July 2, 2019. The eclipse will come near New Zealand, it is a chance to come in North Island, but not in South Island. Also I have took some screenshots of the eclipse from different places like, Madras - Oregon, Salem - Oregon and Carbondale - Illinois. This was the first time I ever seen a Solar Eclipse. I got most of my information by NASA. I hope you like my post about Solar Eclipse. One more I think in my future holidays I might post about some facts about Solar Eclipse. Have a cool 😎 day!! Bye!!

The view of the Sun and the moon from Madras OR

Credits: NASA

For more information go to www.nasa.gov.

Want cool information, NASA has a website of the solar eclipse that you can look at the 3D solar eclipse. Click here.

The Shadow Children - Haddix - Among the Hidden

W.A.L.T retell a important part of the story

This term in reading we are doing novel studies. We had to choose one of the four books, Among the Hidden, Holes, Freak the Mighty and Number of the Stars. I chose 'Among the Hidden'. I am going to tell you some parts of the story. This novel is about a boy named Luke and he is the 3rd child in the family. In the population law is says that there should be only 2 children(s) in the family. If the 3rd child finds out then he or she might get arrested, taken away or may be killed. There were my friends in my group, Axle and Vann.  Our group had read to chapter 10 and then retell from chapter 1-10. We could do a comic strip, a powtoon or other things.

Axle chose a comic strip and invited Vann and I. I was the writer and the colourer. Vann was the writer and the designer. Axle was the Illustrator and the script writer. Also I did some of the front and back page. Later Axle told Vann and I to write some notes about the major parts in the chapter. I hope you like my blog post and our comic strip. Have a cool 😎 day!! Bye!!

NZ Music Month

This term our topic is NZ Music Month. We have collected information about NZ Music Month and made a presentation about it. After we had to choose a New Zealand song to research about the Artist/Band who made the song. If you don't know what NZ Music Month is, let me tell you when it started. NZ Music Month started at 1997 by the name of NZ Music Week. We have worked hard to finish this work. I hope you like my presentation. Have a cool 😎 day!! Bye!!

Somalia

For 1 or 2 days we are working on a narrative named 'Somalia'. We had to choose one of the captain, the pirate or the robot. This narrative might be small as my last post about 'The Ridge'. I chose the Pirates. You know what I am talking about by clicking here. I hope you have a cool 😎 day!! Bye!!

WALT write a narrative through the eyes of one of the crew, or robots or the pirates.

• Describe the setting in detail.Think about words to describe the situation, what you see, smell, taste, hear. Try to use words that create the mood.
• Now…..Write a first person narrative through the eyes of one of the crew or one of the robots. How you are feeling when the boat is invaded by pirates.

At 6:51 A.M at the Coast of Somalia. The sky was bright and the sea was sparkling as a treasure under the sea. We were in our mini group attacking the big Vestel cargo vessel. We reached at the edge of the cargo vessel ship. We hooked our hooks on the handles. We climbed up to the cargo ship and then ATTACKED! Every pirate went in different routes. Some went to the kitchen and tasted the food. Some of them went by the captain. I went by the captain and looked around, we saw the captain drinking coffee. I threw his coffee away and said “Do you know who I am? The new captain. Give me the keys. GIVE ME THE KEYS!” He gave me the keys and I opened the lock.

Meanwhile at the Containers…

The pirates opened the containers. A robot appeared on top. After looking around we saw soldiers of robots. The robot stared at me (one of the pirates). I went back and then. He scared all of the soldiers that were around me. We went through the containers and ran away. The robots were catching all of the pirates.

Meanwhile at the captain's room…

We were having fun mixing all of the captain’s settings. Someone tapped me (the pirates captain). I turned around and saw a robot? My expressions were so weird. The robot pointed ahead of me. I saw soldiers of robots. Also I saw closely my pirates, kneeling down. We all ran away. We all thought that we will never, ever go to this Vestel Cargo vessel ship.

The Ridge

For a week we are writing about 'The Ridge'. This is about Danny Macaskill going to the summit of Sgùrr Dearg. Have a look at the video first and then have a read of my story that I have wrote. This story might me small, but I have done most as I could. I hope you like my story. Have a cool 😎 day!! Bye!!

Success Criteria

We need to focus on these things

• Full stops, capital letters,
• Paragraphs
• We need to follow the sentence tools for our opening paragraphs.

I’m rowing a mini boat to the shore of Loch na Cuilice. But this ride was one of the deadly journeys that I have done. It was to ride to the peak of the Sgùrr Dearg (the name of the mountain). In front I saw a group of Seals swimming around. The mountains were surrounding me with a great view of Isle of Skye in Scotland.

When I reached to the shore I jumped out of the boat and went to get my mountain bike. I left my boat at the shore and rode my mountain bike to the top of Sgùrr Dearg. The rocks were big so I had to jump a lot of times. I came to the part where I had to cross a thin part of wood. Then another part where there was danger was when I had to jump one side to another. The water was cold as some part as Antarctica. The rocks were high and big. There were some parts where I couldn’t ride my bike so I had to climb up without using my hands. I had to go up and down mountain to mountain. There was narrow routes that I had to pass. I had just passed Sgùrr Alasdair. It takes like about 5km to reach to Sgùrr Dearg. I was climbing up the mountain to Sgùrr Dearg. I had one hand holding my bike, and one other climbing. When I reached on top of Sgùrr Dearg, I was 986m high from the ground. I was on top of some of the clouds.

I rode back to the shore. The route was narrower than going up (less than 2m). The sun was nearly going to set. There was a fence coming by. I hit the fence and did a flip. I went straight to the beach. I sat down and looked at the water going back and forward. I had a great time at Sgùrr Dearg, Isle of Skye, UK.

Subtract and Simplify Fractions

This week for maths we are learning to Subtract and Simplify Fractions. Watch this video for more information how to solve Subtract and Simplify Fractions. If you haven't seen my last video about Add and Simplify Fractions click here. I felt this strategy new and helpful for any questions. If there is any mistakes please comment. Hope you like my video! Have a cool 😎 day!! Bye!!

Add and Simplify Fractions

This week for maths we are learning to Add and Simplify Fractions. Watch this video for more information how to solve Add and Simplify Fractions. I felt this strategy new and helpful for any questions. If there is any mistakes please comment. Hope you like my video! Have a cool 😎 day!! Bye!!

Extravaganza Poster

This term there is a Extravaganza at Hornby High School Auditorium. The class have to make a poster about the Extravaganza. If you don't know what Extravaganza means I will tell you the definition. Extravaganza means a performance and a spectacular entertainment or production. I hope you come to the Extravaganza at Wednesday 30th and Thursday 31st August at 6:30 P.M. I hope you like my post and my poster. Have a cool 😎 day!! Bye!!