(Net book reflection) How has having a netbook connected the internet helped my learning this year? Maths whizz has helped me by learning my maths maintenance and also helping me to understand the meaning of the numbers. 1. I have learnt how to blog a power point presentation to the blog and also how to screen shot and the website what i use for my working online is Maths whizz because it has lot's of straterges that i can use. 2. I have learnt how to blog my work and also how to screenshot and save my work nd upload it to my blog. 3 ----- 4------ 5.I have leanrt how to blog and also how to blog a power point presentation onto my blog and to help people screen shot and upload their work onto their blogs. 6. I have been managing self by understanding what the meaning is and by writing storys on my blog so people around the world can see my work and comment on my blog.

HIP HOP

        HIP HOP

Today. Our class Room 10 did Hip Hop Lessons. Our instructors were called Captain and Christina the things they taught us where very Interesting and they were also very funny and Cool.

The dances we are learning is Hip Hop, Foxtrot , Cha Cha when i stepped into the hall i said to Mrs Christina I can’t dance then she said it’s all right when we finish this lesson you will say to yourself. I can dance...

The Amazing thing about it was that I really couldn't dance but when they teached us we could dance. The funnest thing for our lesson was that we learnt some moves and that we have rules. the first rule is to lesson our second rule is to Respect and our last one is to have Fun. Fun is great because dancing is Fun and it also keeps you on time and it also keeps us fit.

By : Katalina

Holidays

Holidays
On the start of the holidays me and my Family where about to head of to Lake Taupo it's in the middle of the North Island with a Big lake. We were heading out their to go to a camping ground. While we were there we went to the hot spring pool's it was very hot and some of the pool's their were very cold. After we had enough and we all felt tired we stayed at a camping ground right across the lake and stayed in our van when we all felt hungry we go to the kitchen where people cook their meals. This is a very Interesting start to my Holiday.

By: Katalina

All about me...

Hello my name is Katalina, and i go to Glen Brae school. I’m also a yr 8 My teacher is Mrs Silva and Mrs Raj, Mrs Silva is from California U.S.A she came to New zealand Auckland  to help us learn and to teach us. i have to lovely and polite teachers. My

culture is Tongan Maori my Dad is called Una he’s Tongan and my Mum is called Lyn she’s Maori i was born in 2000 2 June in Invercargill Hospital down in the south  Island. I also have a little baby sister called meharo and 2 annoying twin brothers called Moala and Lani and one Big brother called Toka the oldest one out of all of us is  Mariam she was born in Philadelphia in America  she’s lucky because i wish i was her well we  all have different dad’s  but me and my younger brothers have the same dad. When i grow up  I wish that i will make it far in life with my Sports just like my Best Friend Kasey Price.

Your Family Life

I love my family especially my  older sister Mariam she had me ever since i was born so i was raised by my older sister. When i was 3 years old and she was 16 she always use to take me out and steal me from my mother it was very fun being raised from her.

My school is very wonderful my teacher Mrs Silva is kind and loving but most of the children here are very rude to Mrs Silva and disrespectful to her and some students are kind and loving and very respectful.

 I am also a great kind loving student my favorite subject is Sports and Writing.The things i’m good at is mostly Sports and Writing. The things I need to work on is Maths. I am absolutely good at reading because my teacher tells me that I know how to comprehend properly. My best friends are Channel, Te Puawai, Henirottu and Destiny Deja and crystal and Angel but most of them go to other school’s like my old school I have been to. Things I like about school is that I  can learn and play with my friends.

When I finish school I would like to go far in life with my sports. Just because my whole family is sporty just like my twin brothers and my best friend Kasey Price her dad is Steve price the one who use to play for the warriors their family does sports sports sports. Just like my family.

Monster Truck Competition.

Where no boat could be

"Where No Boat Could Live," by Roger Fyfe

1. Where is Chatham Island, and what is the weather like there? Chatham Island is near the pacific Ocean the weather like their is very strong wind and frequent storms.

2. Who were the first people to arrive there? How did they get there? The visitors arrived in huge double- hulled canoes after what must have been a long and difficult voyage.

3. How did the Moriori live? Give some example of what they did to survive? They gathered up food like vegetables kumara taro yams berries fern roots kopi karaka kernels and they also fished for eels crabs seaweed paua and fish.

4. What is a wash - through wake? What was it used for? Is a waka that could carry heavy loads of food and large amount of people.

5. Why were the wake korai and the wake paging so special? The waka Korari and the waka pahi is so special was their simple yet clever designs.

6. What do the words ballast and capsize mean? The sea water became a natural ballast and actually helped the waka remain stable. This made them almost impossible to capsize

7. Please give a brief summary of the article. For the crew getting their  legs wet was a small price to pay for a safe journey.

8. Why were the Moriori considered backward? They considered their waka to be clumsy and primitive and through that their simple design  meant that the people were simple, too.

9. What do you think about the skills and designs of the Moriori and why? That they use patterns and designs on their boats and that they make their own boats and catch their own food to live.

By Katalina.