Extension Reflection

Extension Reflection 

Highlight of Extension for 2015:
1. The fact that I could make new friends through Extension. 
2. I could collaborate with others. 
3. All the fun trips to Tiritiri Matangi Island, Malama Honua visit at the Maritime museum, Google for Education summit in Hobsonville. 
4. The chance to extend my learning. 
5. The 20hr Famine that the extension took part in. 
6. All the google hangouts we did with Hawaii and South Africa + the Malama Honua Crew. 

Lowlights of Extension for 2015:
1. I didn't complete my tasks as well as I could have. 
2. We had to come to Extension on Monday which means that we had less time for our class Literacy. 

Apart from the lowlights, Extension 2015 was so amazing. I loved it. Huge Thankyou to Mrs Lagitupu for being an amazing extension teacher. 

How to prevent yourself from contracting illness this winter

Nobody really likes being sick. I know I don’t because when I am sick I can’t do as many things as normal. Why do people get sick? How do people get sick? Where does sickness come from? Hopefully this explanation can provide you with some helpful tips on how to keep you well this Winter.

Getting sick can come in many different ways such as the flu, cold or sometimes it can be worse - a terminal illness. In cases of viruses travelling around your body you can be admitted to hospital as the virus can take over your body.  Contracting sickness mostly occurs during the season of winter as the temperature can drop to about 3 - 4 degrees celsius during the evening in Auckland.

To help keep yourself well you need to eat well. If your body has a balanced diet with all the nutrient that you're body needs  it will be unlikely that you would get sick. Also cut down on sugary treats like chocolate, ice cream, cake, cookies, and. Did you know that if kids don’t eat right for upto three months they will have to be admitted into hospital where they will be fed through a tube.

Another way to keep well this winter is to stay warm. As you may already know Winter can get super cold especially when it gets to the evening. During the night in Auckland the temperature can drop down to 3 - 4 degrees celsius.  Becoming cold in the night can lead to contracting a flu or a cold. To prevent this illness you can make sure that when you go to bed all the windows in the house are closed, you have warm clothes on and most importantly you cover up.

Also keeping yourself well can include making sure that you have had you're flu shot. Flu shots cause serum to develop in you're body about two weeks after your shot. This serum can provide protection against infection with the viruses that are in the vaccine. The seasonal flu vaccine protects against the influenza viruses that research indicates will be most common during the upcoming season.

In conclusion, preventing yourself from catching illness simply means that you need too make sure that you stay warm, eat the right food, have your flu shot and give your body a good exercise when need. These undemanding steps can be the keys to your wellbeing this winter.

Inquiry Expedition

Today we had the opportunity to show off how much work we have done in the past few weeks. Our inquiry focus question was "How can we make it better". For this task each class went around the school in inquiry groups and look for something that we could make better or make for the school. 

My group was Mele and Brooklyn. Our group name was the Dynamic Trio. The problem that we saw was that the flags that were in the breeze looked really old and yuck. So we came up with a few main ideas that we could do also thinking about the cost. Some of these ideas were...

1. Taking them off and putting new ones - The new flags will just get ruined and the cost was high. 

2. Take them off and leave them blank - It would look more boring. 

3. Take them off and put the PT ENGLAND across it - YAY!

The last idea that we came up with was the one that we wanted to do and also wasn't high in cost. Once we had our plan and talked to Mrs Tele'a about it we started designing what it may look like. Our artist, Mele came up with the idea to bubble write the letters, half them and at the halfway mark put zigzags which will show that we would color it differently.

 Once we had got the papers we had started doing the letters. Since there were three of us we decided that one would draw (Mele), one would color (Brooklyn) and the last one would cut the letters out (Paige) because we would put them on a bigger piece of paper. 

We had color cut and pasted our work and then we had to set up our display for the expedition. We set up in the middle so that people would come to us more. We had to have two long tables because our work was too long for just one. 

A few of the problems we had today were...

1. That some kids didn't listen because they were either talking or wondering off. 

2. Some kids tried to rip the work. 

Some things that we thought were awesome were...

1. Most of the kids were polite. 

2. The tour guides were helpful by keeping the kids interested. 

3. The kids agreed with what we were doing. 

4. We had fun!!!!

At the end we packed up and went back to class. I can't wait for the morning when we do it again for the middle school students. 

P.S. Thanks to all the teachers that supported and helped with the expo. We really appreciated your support. B)

Creating With Sumo Paint

Today I was having a little play with sumo and some of the tools. One of the tools I really liked was the kaleidoscope. I really liked this tool because I can create new things.

Below is a creation of what I have created using the kaleidoscope tool.

This is a flower using green and blue colors.

Another tool I really liked was the Gradient Fill Tool. I liked this tool because it makes things that exciting.

Here is something I made with it.

Paige All About Room 3

This is a form that I created with Mrs Tele'a. Please take some time to enter your answers.

Blog Profile Update

Hi my name is Paige and I am a year 8 at Point England School. I am 12 years of age. I am in Room 3 with the wonderful Mrs Tele’a as my teacher. I am the 3rd oldest out of 5 other siblings. My favourite subject at school is Reading. Reading is my favourite subject because it can take you to fascinating places. One of of my favourite series of books are Geronimo Stilton books. In my spare time I enjoy sitting outside in the shade with an exciting book. This year I plan to trying out for at least two sports which are Netball and Volleyball.  Well this is a little bit about me and I hope you enjoy my blog.

Lest We Forget Them

Today commemorates the hundredth year since our young brave soldiers went to WWl. "Lest We Forget"

All governments will have the flags half- mast.  Thank-you those who went at risk for our sake.

Lest We Forget 

We will never forget you

Triangle Addition

Triangle Addition

This is my triangle Addition

Sound Science Presentation

Maths Task #6 W6

Mult/Div consolidation

Hex/Oct

1. George was driving to Lake Taupo from Auckland. Lake Taupo is 407 kms away from Auckland and he had to do the trip three times a week for work. Assuming there are 4 weeks in a month. How many kms did he drive in total in 1 month?

4884

2. Janine had 17 jars of jelly beans each with with 364 jelly beans inside. How many jelly beans did she have in total?

6188

3. The temperature on Mercury is 206 degrees celsius. However the sun is 14 x that temperature. How hot is the sun?

2884 degrees celsius

4. Jake had $675 to go shopping for his birthday. He shared his birthday money between himself and 2 of his friends, how much money did each of them get?

$225

5. Mike had 275mls of milk in his carton. He drank this amount of milk 3 times a week. How much milk does Mike drink in one week?

825

What about two weeks?

1650

A month?

3300

One year?

6600

6. Jane bought two new pairs of shoes every 3 months. How many pairs of shoes did she have after one year?

16 new pairs of shoes

7. The class table was 600cm. The table was shared between 12 students. How many cm of the table did each student have to use?

50 cm each

8. Michael knew that to qualify for the running championships he would need to beat 13.2 seconds to run 150 meters.

Michael ran everyday for one year. How many meters did he run in total?

54750m

What about only six months?

273750

9. Jane knew that her parents would deposit $1.50 per day in to her bank account. How much money was in her account after 3 years?

$1642

What about 12 years? 6468

Maths Task #4 W6

This Presentation shows that I know the strategy addition problems with hundreds by changing one number into a whole.

Maths Triangle Addition

"One of our Maths task today was working on a Addition Triangle"
One of the rules is that you can not write the same number in a each row".
I have just finished my first. I am now moving on to a more difficult  one.

Paige Happy Dog

Paige Happy Dog from Team 4 Pes on Vimeo.

I have been learning to animate using Hyperstudio, imovie and Vimeo.