Netbook Reflection 2013

For me personally having a netbook connected to the internet has made school work a lot easier, yes the internet may be loading slow one day or another but we can still access our Google drive and all our files even when offline.

I have developed a lot of netbook skills not only this year but over the years I've had my netbook. Like for example typing faster and using short cuts to find things when exploring on my netbook. My Laptop has helped me alot even when working with a partner on one project, because we can both communicate on one document no matter where you are.

Having a netbook has helped me to improve in my maths and to develop more learning skills. We are given sites to work on for example we use Maths Whizz, to explore all sorts of maths problems and Xtramath to help us with our basic facts eg. 2x3=6 We also have Next Steps which is what we use to improve in the problems we find difficult, it’s a independant site where we push ourselves to accelerate and to do better than we did before.

Having a netbook has made not only me, but other students as well feel so lucky and intelligent. Learning on digital devices at such a young age is awesome and to hear and see more people going digital in their learning is a huge success.

Camp Rotorua 2013

For me personally I had a lot of highlights etc, swimming in the blue lake, sharing a cabin with my close friends and staying up late gossiping. But overall my favourite hight light had to be the luge ride because you got to race against your mates, hitting at full speed.

To be honest the food was shocking but I guess it was better than nothing , the walking was alright it was pretty annoying seeing that the weather was pouring. Spending time with all my friends, creating memories that we we'll cherish forever. All the bus rides, long walks & gossiping at night are just some of the reasons why we are so tight.

Waking up early to go for runs was alright but then again we could have gotten sick running around in that weather. But us students were  totally grateful for the camp that was organised by Mrs Nua & Camp was cool you gotta admit it, it was way better than staying back at school (:

Friends (:

Our friends are made up out of 8. We have each others back like a wolf pack through thick and thin we are there till the end united as one win against. We are an active bunch, we collaborate when participating in sports so we can remain as number one. 

Sports means everything to each an everyone of us, its a dream were all chasing to be at the top as a champion and to never give up.My friends and I have our ups and downs just like any group of friends would, but we have a positive mind and we learn how to forgive and forget so we can all still remain as friends.

We will always be next to each other  until the very end ,  wiping all your  tears away as its our job as your friend , We will smile when you smile and feel all the pain you do and if  you cry a single tear we all promise we will cry too :’)P

Dedicated to the following…..

Jessica & MaryI(:

Serena & Alexandria(:

Eleva & Grace(:

MaryL (:

Rugby!

Rugby is 15 aside contact sport. The aim of the game is trying score on the opposition's territory ( TRYLINE) You have a back-line which obviously marks the back and makes sure that the opposition does not score, and you also have forwards who gain metre  they are like the workhorses in the team. But the back-line controls all the fancy plays & moves. Rugby is a highly paid sport for the All Blacks anyway. Black Ferns get paid heaps but not as much as the All Blacks.

Auckland vs Syria

Auckland ( BLUE )

Syria ( BLACK )

Waking up in the morning with nothing to eat, I laid in a tent waiting for a miracle to happen. Nothing but rain poured down on us.

After playing with my friends my tummy started grumbling. I ran inside but my mother had already prepared food for me and my mates. I thanked her with a hug then continued to play after the food had digested.

I stayed in the tent with no one to play with. Desperate for food my stomach was grumbling but I starved for two days straight waiting for someone to help us.  

Waking up for school, well rested I washed up and hurried downstairs for breakfast. Eagerly awaiting for my dad to come down, he took his time as the shine shone brightly through the glass window.

It had been a long day playing outside with my mates. We had lost track of time and it wasn't long until it was night so we called it a day. I strolled into the house, washed up, and got ready for bed. I laid there day dreaming. I looked at the stars as it took up most of the sky and slowly drifted off to sleep.

It had been a long day waiting for something magical to happen, as I laid there awake in the dark. I took a deep breath as I added another day onto my starvation dates. I wasn't sure if I was going to see another day so I prayed that night waiting to see what the result was going to be the next morning.

Martin Luther King ( DLO ) Creative Strand

Intro: Last week we were given the opportunity to create a movie based on an event of our choice . We had to think of something that was different , that would stand out from all the rest. So we both agreed on researching Martin Luther King , I Have A Dream.
We wrote a rap together, rehearsed it , recorded it then we made a animation to go along with it.
The reason why we chose Martin Luther King was because he is a true hero to us all, he stopped racism back in 1963 when he spoke his mind with a speech called “ I Have A Dream”

Positives: I really enjoyed working on this project because not only did we create animations we also learned a lot of information about Martin Luther King, he set his people free from racism so that the blacks would have the same rights as the whites. Blacks had experienced things that no one should ever experience it was horrible, but thanks to Martin Luther King he put a stop to it.

Negatives: (Things to work on) I personally think that Alexandria and I could have managed our time better, so that we could create a more detailed animation with awesome editing. I didn't like the fact that we had to wait for IMAC’S and by the time we were given one , we were rushed to upload our video to vimeo but we weren't quite finished with our editing!!

Interesting: The thing that I found interesting about this project was how much knowledge we had gained in a week, we had learned so much about Martin Luther King in such a small space of time. The other thing was , how cool our rap was!!

 This week was awesome, but next time we will definitely manage our time better. We will work harder and we will make a more detailed movie with a good message to go along with it.

Alexandria & Jay Decimal DLO

The question that we are doing is about Decimals. We are going to have to add the decimal all up to get our answer. The question is that Andrew weighs 45.6kg and his cat weighs 4.8kg, so we have to add 45.6 and 4.8 together.

The strategy that we are going to use is rounding one of the decimal numbers to the nearest ten. First we will add 0.2 to 4.8 and then takeaway 0.2 from 45.6. So the question now will be 

5 + 45.4 the reason that we took away 0.2 from 45.8 after adding 0.2 to 4.8 is to balance the numbers or there will be two much.

So now we will have to add 45.4 and 5 together.We know that 5 and 45 will add up to 50 then we just add the leftover 0.4 and the answer we got is 50.4