SLT - Task 6

SLT - Task 5

SLT - Task 4

SLT - Task 3

SLT - Task 2

Dear Mr Hadnett,

I would like to go to The UAE because there are many spectacular views. I would like to visit the capital city Abu Dhabi. In the UAE they travel by metro trains. On this draw there are 2 facts about the UAE...

SLT - Task 1

Blade runner 2049

In 80 - 90 years time there will be a massive change. People will be living in mansions or even containers, which are incredibly strong. They are sustainable homes that may have no harm during an earthquake and is also fire resistant. People will eat salads and proper home cooked meals not take outs. Everyone will be working in places like Hotels and The Sky City. There will be no need to walk because there might be air hoverboards and there are already Lime scooters and Onzo bikes around the world that were first manufactured in San Mateo, California.

Kitchen Chemistry

Kitchen Chemistry

Last week the years 6-8 boys and girls did a milk, detergent and food colouring experiment. I did a google presentation to share my work and also some images of the reactions we got

Bio Poem

Melianna

Is very talkative, strong a boulder, has a sense of humour

and is a creative thinker

Sister of

Jacob, J’dore, Matthias and Jahaziel

Who loves

Spending time with friends and family, to help those in need

and going to church

Who hates

Being forced to do things, Black thick spiders

and messy places

Who dreams of

Playing NFL, traveling around the world and making money for my family

Who fears

Dying in the future, Being with strangers

and has trypophobia

Who would like to see

Michael Jackson, everyone in the world happy

and would like to meet Tekashi69 and Cardi B

Who is determined to

Complete unfinished work, do rocket ropes

and bungee jump

Who values

Family, love and friends.

Who is proud of

Being Samoan, my family

who I am

Who lives in Mt Roskill, Auckland, New Zealand.

The rower moment in time

The Rower - Moment in time
My Group's collaborative piece of writing
In my group we had to describe the above picture and we did a joint Moment in Time piece of writing together. In my group I worked with Angel and Havana

Christmas Haiku Poem

5 syllables

7 syllables

5 syllables

Just follow the star

Jesus born in the manger

He is our saviour

Gifts for you and me

Tinsels and stars on the tree

What a sight to see

Prayer of the faithful

Thank you God, for blessing us with talented staff that make sure we succeed in school. May we accept all privileges to seek for what is right and may we remember to serve God and grow

Lord hear us ...

Daffodil Art Reflection

   Daffodil Art

For 2-3 weeks we have been working on making 3D daffodil art. These daffodils were very fun and I really enjoyed using the pavement to get the pattern using crayons and A4 paper, They turned out really cool and it all had a lot of bright colours. My favourite part about making these Daffodils was dying the papers and making my border. We first started with 3 papers we then had to go outside and use crayons and scrap colours onto the papers, than afterwards we used dye and dyed our three papers yellow, orange and green. Then after we also had to get another 3 papers and dye it any colour we would like, and we used those 3 papers for our border and our vase.

Abortion

For term 3 we were given different topics to learn 
about in inquiry. I chose abortion because it is a 
topic I don't really know anything about
this topic and I would really like to learn about this topic.

Michael Jackson DLO

This term our reading task was to create a digital learning object about "The death of Michael Jackson". Here in this presentation you will learn about Michael Jackson's death and his personal physician Conrad Murray

Poupou Art Reflection

Poupou Art Reflection

1. What did you accomplish?

I think the thing I accomplished was the colour contrast

2. Are you satisfied with your poupou artwork?

Why / Why not?

Yes because I like the outcome of my poupou

3. What did you find easy when you created your Poupou artwork?

Colouring with pastel

4. What did you find challenging when you created your Poupou artwork?

Redrawing my draft onto an A3 paper

5. What do you need to work on?

My focus is something I need to work on

6. What would you change, modify / adjust with your Poupou artwork?

Adding more detail

7. What would you do next time to improve your Poupou artwork?

Work faster

Elephant DLO

This term we have worked on a dictogloss
and I have created a presentation of Elephants.

Elephant information writing reports

Elephants are the world's gigantic land mammals. They belong to a family named

“ The elephantidae family”, which is a family full of herbivore mammals. A group of elephants is called a “herd” which is led by a matriarch. A matriarch is the oldest elephant in the herd. Mammals are animals that have hair like humans.

The african elephant is bigger than the indian elephants. African elephants have tusks with 2 finger tips. They have grey skin with a swayed back and wrinkles. However, Indian elephants have tusks with only one finger tip. They have less wrinkles and a humped back. Male elephants are called bulls and females are called cows. Both elephants have tusks that they use to dig, fight and scrape bark off trees. They have giant ears that they flap to cool off on a hot sunny day.

Elephants eat as big as their size. They can weigh upto 13,000 pounds and are 11 feet tall. They can eat upto 400 pounds of food  a day. These majestic animals are herbivores this then means that their diet consists of bark, fruit, roots, twigs and leaves. These animals can also drink upto 13 gallons a day. The baby name for an elephants is a calf. Calfs can grow upto 2 to 3 feet tall.

Elephants have some majestic features like poor eyesight but excellent sense of smell. They have peculiar tusks which can be upto 10 feet long. Their tusks can grow all their life. Males and females go separate ways once they are fully grown into an adult.

For poachers, elephant tusks are a way to make money. Poachers are people that kill animals and hunt them even though it is against the law. But it is because their tusks are made of ivory. It is used to make statues which are very expensive in Asia. Elephants are also killed for their meat and skin but the tusks are the main reason. There are just a few million African elephants and around 100,000 Asian elephants left in the world. The amount of killing that is happening may cause extinction to elephants.  Even lions are elephant predators.

Overall, I think that elephants are amazing breathtaking animals. No one in the world needs an elephant tusk but an elephant. No tradition or fashion is worth the extinction of an entire species, and no criminal gang should be allowed to destroy any part of nature. Elephants should receive respect and justice because every living and non living thing is a creation of God

Values Prayers

In our school we have 4 values that we follow and we made prayers linked to bible scriptures

My Mihi

This is my mihi which is a Maori introduction about myself.

Reading DLO

This is my reading digital learning project.
Click on this link to view it. 
Reading DLO

Hybrid Animal

This hybrid animal has pricked ears like a bat and a pink whip like tail. 

It has a snout like a pig and it is hairless like a muscular sphynx cat. 
It is very flabby and has wrinkles like an old person. It has thick paws 
and very sharp looking claws. It is skinny with a bony body and it is 
bumpy. If i were to touch this animal I think it would be warm, smooth 
and rough in some places. Its face resembles a pig.

Getting to know family members in Mandarin

Private VS Public

Lily's Journey - My nana

Lily's Journey

Lily was born in Apia, Samoa. However she is not yet a
New Zealand citizen. She had arrived here in New Zealand 
1969 for a better life. She did have family here, she had a
brother that paid for her flight to come here. My nana came 
by plane but she did not stop at any countries.

Usually, sometimes they would stop at Tonga, wait a while 

then leave to their destination. She departed from Apia,

Samoa and chose to come to Auckland, New Zealand. 

The people in Auckland were very friendly and warm 

welcoming to my nana and her family. The difference between 

Samoa and New Zealand was that there were more job 

opportunities, better housing and better pay. My Nana

did not get homesickness. My nana cannot pick between 

Samoa and New Zealand to be her home because both of 

the countries have treated her with respect and love. One 

of the obvious things that she misses from Samoa is the food. 

Some of the food that they would eat is Taro, Corned beef, luau 

and many more. My Nana has visited her home country a lot of 
times. She is still hoping to go back again to visit some of her
family.

My Inquiry Reflection…

My Inquiry Reflection…

For inquiry, I had a partner and my partner and I done a presentation about “Global Warming". We presented it to a small group of students and we had assessors and a teacher to judge. Based on the feedback we got I would rate us a 9 out of 10. The reason why I left out the extra one was because when we were presenting we were giggling and not much eye contact was made. We would need to work on being more prepared when presenting. I think what we did well in was how we structured the presentation and how we had a clear voice while presenting.

 

Tapa Cloth Reflection

Tapa Cloth Reflection

1. Are you pleased with your accomplishment? Why / Why Not?

Yes because my tapa shows who I really am.

2. What were some of the most interesting discoveries you made while working on your Tapa Cloth? About the task? About myself?

What I found interesting was that we used bleach which is a cleaning product for art.

3. What were some of my most challenging moments in making my Tapa Cloth  and what made them so?

Trying to re - draw the pattern from my maths book on a bigger copy.

4. What would you do differently if you were to make a Tapa Cloth again?

Put my bleach in lines

5. What / who helped you with your Tapa Cloth?

Miss Paton & Angel

6. What could you modify / alter on your Tapa Cloth?

More patterns

7. What aspect of your Tapa Cloth are you most proud of?

The dying and bleaching

Should The Cadbury Factory In Dunedin Shut Down???

Picture Cadbury in your mind. What did you find? Well, in 1868 a Cadbury chocolate
factory was opened up in Dunedin by Richard Hudson. Richard Hudson's first product
he made was Chocolate Chippie Biscuits which is now under Griffins. When Richard first
opened up his factory, they were manufacturing biscuits. In 1884, Richard Hudson opened
up his first chocolate cocoa manufacturing plant. In In 1930, Richard partnered with
Cadbury to create their first Dairy Milk Bar. Unfortunately the Cadbury factory in
Dunedin is shutting down and starting up in Australia.

Firstly, I believe that the factory shouldn’t move to Australia because we might taste the
change in the recipe. The chocolate could taste a bit bitter than sweet or they could add
more sugar and less cocoa which would not be nice at all. Maybe the packaging might
even change. The colour of the packet might change from purple to yellow.

This may lead to consequences. For example, workers may lose their jobs.

If they lose their jobs it will be hard for them to get money to provide for their families.
New Zealand will not be famous for Cadbury chocolates anymore. On the packets it will
now say “Made in Australia”.  I would be harder for NZ because we would be the ones
that would have to pay for the chocolate to be imported.

To conclude, I would like to say that I vehemently believe that our NZ Cadbury factory
should not  move to Australia because there are consequences for families and the recipe
could change.

Global Warming..

For term 1's inquiry we have learnt about environmental issues that we are facing.. 
In this presentation my partner and I have talked about 
"Global Warming and the impacts".

The Impact Of Littering and How We Can Help...

What goes up and must come down? Have you ever imagined what our school would look
like if we had no litter? If so, it would take a while to discover. Scientists have stated their
opinion saying that by 2050 our oceans will be polluted with more rubbish than fish.

I vehemently believe that our families should start to reduce using plastic, aluminium foil and
cling/ glad wrap. To reduce this our families can try to buy us new lunch boxes that have the
little compartments. It is atrocious seeing how much rubbish has been dropped and left for others
to pick up.

In some countries if you get caught littering you are basically committing a crime.
Which will result you getting a fine or facing imprisonment. For New Zealand, high - risk or unwanted
litter, such as faeces or nappies, will attract the maximum of a $400 dollar fine. You will face
imprisonment from up to one year or more depending on how much rubbish you litter.

Have you ever wondered where your litter goes? Well, believe it or not, no one would think that
until you look at the “Great Pacific Garbage Patch” and see how disgusting it looks just because
people are too lazy to put their rubbish in the bin. People are not thinking of putting their rubbish
in the bin. When it rains, the litter gets washed up into the sewer and floats to the ocean which pollutes
the sea and kills the animals

Overall, littering needs to “STOP”. Even though it may take some time, it is possible.
Although personally I litter myself, I feel mortified with the amount of litter. If cops are more
strict with punishments and the government is more strict with the law, I vehemently believe we can
make a change and end this. Be apart of the solution not the pollution.

Renewable and Non Renewable Resources

This is my emaze about Renewable and 
non - renewable resources

My exclusive time at the "Cordis Hotel"

My Time at the Cordis Hotel By Melianna

Once our permission slips for the coding workshop were handed
out we all thought “ Oh stink this is going to be boring” but we
were only excited because we were going to the Cordis Hotel.

When we arrived I could not believe that we got given an opportunity
to attend a high class hotel. On our way down we met a lady named
Sarah. She took us in one of the crystal rooms and we met
Michael Trengrove who was obsessed with creating a first - class
economy in New Zealand and the way he wanted to get there was
by teaching everyone how to code a computer.

Once we had sat down he went through the process with us and
then we talked about the d5 which is New Zealand, Israel, Estonia,
United Kingdom and South Korea. Michael showed us a
demonstration of a Ghostbusters game on an app called Scratch.
He let us go ahead go on any laptop we wanted to go to.
Once we sat down we had a little booklet next to us and it had
our instructions on how to make it. Some of us actually had
used Scratch about one to two years ago.

Then we had groups of foreign people coming in and out
asking us about what we were asking and how to use it.
A man named Ryan came to me and interviewed me about the game.
Michael Trengrove came to me and talked to me about being on the
Radio New Zealand. In the end there were some that got to share
which was myself, Ferah, Cleo, Charlee and others.

Our Softball Tournament ...

We were so blessed to have good weather. It was a very hot day but we were walking through
damp wet grass. I said to myself that it was going to be a very fun day. As we walked closer,
Miss Paton said that we were on the 7th diamond. So we put our bags down and pulled
out our gear to practice. Miss Paton asked us if we wanted her to grab her tarpaulin from
the car and we responded with yes. On every diamond the were at least two boys from
Wesley Intermediate to umpire the game.

In my team there was Angel, Meron, AJ, Ferah, Karla, Charlee, Myself, Tiana, Sayonara
and Havana. We started to practice at around 9:30. We were in a circle passing the ball and
catching then we started to bat. The day before our big game we had training with Mr Kopua
and he said “To play softball you need to know how to hit the ball, catch the ball and also throw
the ball.  Our first game was  at 10 am against Ponsonby and i feel that our first game was
good, but the scores were 4 - 7 to ponsonby. Our second game was on the same diamond
but we versed St Joseph's School, they were a really good but surprisingly we drew by 7 - 7.
Our third game was on the same field against Mt Roskill it was so close but the points were
6 - 7 and the win went to Mt Roskill.

At the end of the day it was a good game. We left May Road Memorial Park very exhausted.
Overall I think the good thing was that we all worked as a team. We didn’t come first, second
or third which was sad but we had a good day. Our placing was 11.