"Save The Whale" Reading Reflection

TITLE: Save The Whale    

AUTHOR :Geronimo Stilton

8th of May 2013 Pages: 1- 15

SUMMARIZE:

This book is about Geronimo Stilton and his cousin Petunia. So far by reading the blurb on the back of the book its about Geronimo Stilton and his Petunia, they spot a white whale that desperately needs help. Eventually they try to help it and set it free, I can’t wait to find out what happens. The Main Character is Geronimo Stilton.

EVALUATE:

So far so good. The Author has impressed me with all the books he has written. I actually have a whole collection of his books so yeah I'm really loving this book.  For some reason I think that this book will have a great ending.

Awesome Book!!

Maths Whizz

Previously I've been working on Maths Whizz, and these are the strategies I've been learning.

 As you can see below there is a picture of what I've been doing in Maths Whizz.
Proportion: We can use proportion to work out how many red sections there would be on a scarf with 16 sections in total.
I think the reason why I'm learning this is because I need to get better or either remember this so that when I get to the problem when I need to use this strategies I'll know.

WILL.I.AM Arrives At School

WilI.I.Am visits Pt England School from SchoolTV on Vimeo.

A few days ago famous Pop Singer WILL.I.AM visited our school, yes the one and only WILL.I.AM. Why? Well as some of you may not know he has a foundation called IAmAngel, which helps schools around the world to buy equipment for school subjects.  So he gave us a gift which was a cheque of  100,000  dollars that will go towards all  Manaiakalani education trust schools in the community. It was for science, mathematics, and engineering because he believed that we would that we would be the next generation of inventors.

Students and principals from 8 different manaiakalani  schools came as representatives to accept the huge gift that WILL.I.AM has given.  After WILL.I.AM handed the cheque over he talked about how to live the dream, which was to make sure that we hangout with the right people and always have the right attitude.  Before everything started the Kapa Haka and Senior Hip Hop groups performed for WILL.I.AM.

Then surprisingly out of know were  WILL.I.AM told us that he was going back to school.  The why he wanted to go back was because he was really interested in science.  After that he told us that his dream wasn't to become what he is today, it was just to look after his mum, and that music made it happened. In exact words he said that “ Music literally saved my life”.  After WILL.I.AM told us his story about his early life the Hallenstein Brothers had a presentation to thank WILL.I.AM for his koha that he gave to us then they also  gave him a taonga, Green stone.

After the assembly everyone made their way back to class. WILL.I.AM visited some classes and asked the students some questions. He also had a few interviews with the media and the prefects from the school.  THANK YOU WILL.I.AM You are now part of our family and will always be.

"A Wind In The Door" Reading Reflection

TITLE: A Wind In The Door       

AUTHOR:  Madeleine L’engle

8th of May 2013 Pages: 1 - 4

SUMMARIZE:

This book is about a couple of friends and some dragons in a vegetable garden.

There are 2 main characters and they are Charles Wallace and Meg Murry.

EVALUATE:

“I think the author is a good  writer because when I was reading the blurb I was so interested in it that I just had to read it. I made a good choice because I’m really liking it

“I like this story because it just sounds so interesting.

So far I'M loving this book!!

What My Classmates Say About Me

Last term my class did a little exercise using a piece of paper and tape . We had to walk around class with a pen in our hand and write something positive about each other. Hear a a few cool and funny things I found out about myself.

The first thing I never knew that people liked about me was my smile. Maybe because I have dimples which makes it even better, and when I smile I mean it.

Secondly  they said that they really like my hair. Its because I always use shampoo and conditioner every night to make it very shiny and glossy.  Or maybe brush it for hours to make sure there are no knots.

Last but not least the best thing that I think stood out for me was, how my classmates said that they think I'm  a really cool friend  because whenever I see my friends with a frown I always turn it upside down and make it into a smile.

Knowing what my classmates think about me is really awesome. Maybe its better when I know what my classmates  think about me, so that I can co-operate and work with them a lot better. Oh yeah and one funny mostly everyone wrote on my back was Go Jojo!!. Which probably means for me to keep striving to succeed.

Fiafia Practise

For the past 5 weeks of so the whole school have been attending Fiafia practises, this year is very important because its the 60th anniversary . I'm in Kapa Haka and my tutors are  Whaea Sophie and Whaea Raewen.  We mostly have practises on Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays, in the library or either the hall. Normally we'll start at 2:00 pm and finish at 2:50 pm. 

 My group is mainly focusing on the 3 songs, the 2 hakas, and the actions. The main songs are Tena Ra Koutou and Piriponotia. Tena Ra Koutou will open us up and I think that Piriponotia will close us of at the ending of our performance.  Hopefully we learn all the items before performance night. 

The 2 hakas that we are doing involve the boys and girls. The girls Haka is quite hard, the Kaeas are Powai, Tyla Marie and Makarita. For the boys Haka Richard is the Kaea ( the person that leads them). So far I think that we need to listen a bit more to our Kaeas and Tutors. 

Sometimes I feel sorry for Whaea Sophie because we don't listen and watch on what she's doing. Hopefully my group pulls it off on the night so that we make Whaea Sophie proud of us and happy.                                                                                                                   

The Haunting

One fine day on Halloween Carla and Ashley (Olsen twins) wanted to go visited their grandma that had just past away without their parents knowing at a very young age of . No one really knew what happened to her.  They wanted to find a good time so it had had to be after school. 


As they made their way to the cemetery  they had to go through another  Haunted Cemetery that everyone had been talking about, because the gates that they always go through was locked. Scared and Terrified  they walked through the gates, but then suddenly.  Ashley Yells “CARLA LEAVE ME ALONE, STOP HITTING ME”. Carla Replied “ what are you talking about it wasn't me” Then Angrily Carla replied again don’t lie I saw a black shadow and you're the only person behind he”. Shocked by it, the girls ignored it and started to run for their life.

As fast as they could the girls ran, but as they were running  Ashley once more saw the black shadow. But this time it was running towards her, it was like it wanted to tell her something. Carla had no Idea on what to do so she went off to go find help. On the other Ashley was shocked, she had no idea on what was attacking her and didn't know what to do. Being brave Ashley stood up and spoke to the shadow and said” what are you and what do you want”. 

With shocked it replied “ I want to send you a message from your Nana”.
Having a short conversation about Carla’s grandmother’s death she understood on what the black shadow had told her.  It told her that her grandmother walked through thegraveyard the day she passed away. Carla replied in shock “ but how how did she die?” . “She was possessed by a very strong demon and her body was too weak so she died, that is the reason why she sent me to tell you and your sister to stay away from this very cemetery” said the black shadow.



From that day and forward Carla and her sister stayed away from the cemetery as much as they could.