Day one of no school: How's it going?

I started my morning with a light breakfast and waited for time to pass by, 8:30 hit and I read our daily timetable. I said the school karakia and sang a little hymn. Then got straight into work. I had a little look at our reading work and waited for 9:00am to pass so I could request to join the hangout with Miss Tapuke. Finally I was able to join! Miss Tapuke explained our what our tasks were for the week. She then gave us time to ask our questions. After that we all said our goodbye's and set off to work. I read our group story again so I could have a better understanding of the story. Our story was called 'Moriori: A Story Of Survival.

I answered a few of the questions and well it was time to watch PENN. But because I was at home and no one was at school, there was no PENN. So I decided to watch something off our school Archives. I then had a little snack for morning tea and had a little break then did the bingo sheet Mrs Tele'a handed us. Later on I did some of my maths work. Had a flick through the presentation and answered a few of the questions. 12:20pm came around and it was time to call Mrs Stone about our maths work.

She explained our tasks just like Miss Tapuke did! We did a small workshop with each other, answering a few of the questions together and showing each other strategies of solving them. The call with Mrs stone and room 11 maths class was a bit Tragic. It was really noisy! But it was still a lot of fun :) Mrs stone then removed us from the call and again, we did our work.

It was then lunch time! I had a pie! It was amazing :) I had a little play outside on our trampoline and also played around with my younger sister Eva. 2:00 hit and it was the end of my lunch break :) It was time to do some home class learning. Usually we do FIOP (finish it off properly), Blog commenting or our inquiry work which is Te Whare Tapa Wha. So I decided to do FIOP. I eventually got to finish some work off and finally it was 3:00pm which means school was officially over!

I had an amazing day, I'm still not used to learning at home but I'll have to get used to it eventually.

Stay safe everybody and hope you had an amazing day! God bless you all xox

Rambunctious Ratios (Doc 2)

We are learning to use multiplication and division to solve proportion and ratios problems.

Rambunctious Ratios
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Multiplication and Division Practice.

Work these problems out in your mind and discuss your strategies with your group. Show a couple of strategies below, but the rest of the questions can just be answered
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1.     29 x 20 = 580  
2.     33 x 15 = 495
3.     76 x 24 = 1824
4.     65 x 17 =1105
5.     72 x 15 = 1080
6.     33 x 16 = 528
7.     34 x 31 = 1054
8.     42 x 26 = 1092
9.     90 ÷ 30 = 3     
10.   280 ÷ 40 = 7         
11.   300 ÷ 12 = 25
12.   625 ÷ 25 =25
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Word problem of the week:

For every 8 girls in a school, there are 12 boys. If there are 60 students in the school, how many girls and boys are there in the school?

8:12
8x3=24
12x3=36
36+24=60

Our final answer

24:36
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Wicked word problems!

Solve these problems. Write down your strategies: (working in book)
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Jermaine has 120 lollies to share between some  friends. How many lollies would each friend get if there were 8 altogether?


Each of the friends would get 15 lollies each. 8:15
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It takes 3 minutes to hang out 12 items of clothing. How long will it take to hang out 36 items?


It’ll take 9 minutes to hang 36 items of clothing. 9:36
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A pancake recipe calls for 3 cups of flour and 2 eggs. Marika is going to make several batches to bring to the garage sale. If she wants to use 9 eggs, how many cups of flour will she use?


Marika would use 10 cups of flour for 9 eggs. 10:9
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At the pools, one lifeguard is required for every 25 people.If there are 150 people booked to swim, how many lifeguards need to be working?


There would need to be 6 lifeguards working for 150 people to be swimming. 6:150
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The pools also say that one adult can only look after two children under 5. If Pt England Kids are going swimming and they are taking 30 children, how many adults will they need?


They would need 15 children to take 30 children to the pools. 15:30
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Task Description:

In this task we learnt about ratios. We had to solve the word problems provided and we also had the solve the multiplication and division practice. We had to post at least one of the documents we worked on. I liked this task as it was really fun to do. Working at home has been a lot different now that I don't get to see my friends as often but we'll get used to it.

Stay safe! 

Rambunctious Ratios (Doc 1)

We are learning to use addition and subtraction to solve proportion and ratios problems.

Rambunctious Ratios
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Multiplication and Division Practice

      1.    4 x 6 = 24
       2.   4 x 5 = 20
       3.   4 x 8 = 32
       4.   4 x 12 = 48
       5.    28 x 2 = 56
       6.   33 x 10 = 330
       7.   40 x 30 = 1200
       8.   4 x 7 = 28
       9.   40 ÷ 4 = 10          
      10.   12 ÷ 4  = 3       
      11.   16 ÷ 4 = 4
      12.   25 ÷  5 = 5
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Wicked word problems!

Solve these problems. Write down your strategies: (strategies in my book)

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Zyla has 64 lollies to share between some  friends. How many lollies would each friend get if there were 8 altogether?

Zyla would be able to give 8 lollies each to 8 of her friends. 8:8

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At Pt England Kids one teacher is allowed to care for three toddlers. How many toddlers can they look after if there are 8 teachers?

8 teachers can look after 24 teachers. 8:24
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It takes AL87 5 minutes to make 10 sausages for the sausage sizzle. How long will it take them to make 70 sausages?

It’ll take them 14 minutes to make 70 sausages. 14:70
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At camp, we need one adult to every 8 students. If there are 88 year eights this year, how many adults will we need to take? If there were 90, how many adults would we need to take to still be legal?

We would need 11 adults for 88 students. 11:88, We would also need 12 adults for 90 children. 12:90

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If 1 pack of raro makes 8 cups of drink, how many packs would we need to make 64?

We would need 8 packs of raro to make 64 drinks. 8:64

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If 3 loaves of bread feed 9 children for a week, how many loaves would 12 children need?


We would need 4 loaves of bread to feed 12 children. 4:12
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Task Description:

In this blog post you can see room 11 maths class has been working on ratios. We've been learning the strategies of how to solve these equations out. We were tasked to post at least one of the documents. I decided to post Doc 1 and 2. This was a really fun document to do as it was quite easy. Although I have worked with ratios before so yeah !:)

Make sure you are all safe! Enjoy your time, make the most of it! God Bless xo

Room 11's Favourite Fruit

WALT: Conduct a statistical Inquiry


Task Description:

Today in maths we made our own charts in a pair. Pisi and I were in a pair, working together. We had to think of a topic then we were able to start planning out our chart. Our question was 'what is room 11's favourite fruit?'  Next we made our form to gather our data. As you can see on our chart, majority of the class likes strawberries. Most people in room 11 has different kind of taste and taste buds.

Bring it on!

2020, a new start. This year has already been flying past and so I’m sure I need to set some goals. I actually have a few goals for 2020. One of my goals is to be a good role model for others. As part of being leader for 2020 not just for Kapa Haka but for the school too, I think I should be setting goals to improve my leadership skills. Another goal I have set for myself is to try new things. Things like new sports, new things at home and more. I think that everybody should be able to try new things because sticking to one thing is simple. The world isn’t simple and so why should people be basic and simple? I want to be able to take the risks and reach for the stars!

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My letter to you, Miss Tapuke!

Walt: Write for a specific purpose.

Kia Ora Miss Tapuke,

My name is Jahzara. I’m a Year 8 student at Pt England School. I have been attending Pt
England School since I was 5. As you may know, I am currently 12 years old turning 13 in June! 
I am in fact the eldest female sibling in my family always working hard in the house :)

My favourite subject is writing! The reason why is because I’m able to chuck in any of my
thoughts and ideas. Writing makes me feel calm and free. I feel that my weakest subject is
Numeracy. I sometimes find it hard to understand some of the questions that I get asked, but I
must say that I love to find the Area and Perimeters of different types of shapes.

I enjoy playing netball and cricket. I’ve been playing netball ever since I was 7 years old. I’ve
had amazing opportunities to play netball in the Pacific Cup! I played for Tonga in 2016 & 2018
and in 2017 I played for Fiji. I also played cricket in 2017 and 2018 and decided to take a break
in 2019. Now I’m back and trying to be active with the family or even school teams. 

I absolutely love music. Singing is actually one of my hobbies. I love playing the guitar and
ukulele. I know heaps of tunes and songs. When playing the guitar I enjoy finger picking. It’s one
of the ways to bring more empathy and life into my type of music. I am currently learning how to
play the keyboard/piano. I like to think of it as a splash of refreshment towards my mind. 

I am really interested in gemstones. I love how the gemstones have their own type of power. I’ve
had a couple myself. My personal favourite has to be an amethyst. An Amethyst is known as a
protection stone. It is known to protect you from any spiritual attacks which I find very cool.

I am very excited to be in your literacy class this year. I know it’s going to be a blast, just like
last year! :)

Yours sincerely,

Jahzara.

Task Description:

Room 2 literacy was tasked to write Miss Tapuke a letter, introducing yourself. We were tasked
to make our letter interesting and thoughtful. This letter is to inform others, telling them what I'm
about and what I enjoy doing. I enjoyed this task because well, I like to write! You may have read
the letter already so you must know a lot about me now :)

Enjoy! :)

Holidays :)

Hi blog viewers, sorry I haven't been active this holidays. I've been a bit busy with some family things. I'm actually pretty disappointed that my blog had a bit if issues when I tried to blog. When ever I tried to post a blog post, it went straight to drafts, It was a bit hard to deal with. But then again, sorry for not being active but I know that all of you other blog posters did amazing! Work hard this year, try some new things and don't give up on any of your goals :)

See you all at school!