Geometry...

This term in room 22 for maths, we are learning about Geometry. If you don’t know what geometry is, I will tell you. Geometry is the study of shape, size and position of a two dimensional shape and three dimensional figure.

What we have been learning so far was how to draw some 2 dimensional shapes in our books, drawing perfect circles with a compass and making our own Tangrams. The activity that I liked doing was drawing perfect circles with a compass. I liked that activity because I like to colour and that was what we did after drawing them.

I did not like Geometry at first but now I love it. I just can’t wait for our next activity. I hope I like our next activity as much as I like this one.

Taonga Time...

This year every Friday the year 7 and 8's have Toanga time. What is Taonga Time you might ask?. Well Taonga means treasure in Maori. We do this so we can learn about different passions of our teachers.


The groups that we have for Taonga Time are Team Building, Art, Sports, Kapa Haka, Science and Music. The group that I am in at the moment is Team Building. We do Team Building with a teacher called Mr Barks. Sometimes we go out on the field and do some activities and how to work as a team.


I feel really happy because I love to work in a team and to be in a group with a wonderful teacher. I can not wait for our next Taonga Time.

Room 22 first Netball session 1...

Last week on Thursday the 5th of May, Room 22 headed out to the hard courts near the staff room. There was a lady named Emma waiting and she was going to teach us some netball skills. She is also a helper down at the netball courts where all our girls go for their netball game.

What did she teach us you ask?. Well, she taught us some amazing stuff like what dynamic stretches are. Here are 3 dynamic stretches we have done. They were butt flicks, high knees and the grape vine. Another thing she taught us was how to pass a ball properly. My partner was Charm. I already knew how to pass a ball because I’ve played netball before. When I threw the ball to Charm it kept going over his head. One more thing she taught us was how to step and receive the ball. It was challenging but we all maneged. When we stepped we had to say ice-cream.

Then it was time to play a game called corner ball. It is similar to netball but to get a goal you had to jump in the cone and catch the ball. It sounds simple but when you play the game it is hard because you have 32 kids playing on the court. We were split in to 2 groups boys and girls. After playing the game I had a sore back. That’s because when I jumped for the ball Charm came and bumped me and then I fell on my back.

After everything we learned, I am starting to like netball again. I can not wait for next Thursday for our 2nd session. I wonder what we are going to learn.

My value DLO Term one...

Last term we had a project about our Point England values. The value I picked was HOPE. For my results I got 12/16. We had to take some photo's and explain how does it feel, look and sounds like to me. It was very challenging for me but I seemed to manage. Well this is what it turned out to be. HOPE you like it.

My creative name...

In room 22 we have been learning about creativity. This is what I think creativity means. Creativity is a thinking skill and bringing something which did not exist before. One of our task was to create our name using our own design. This is what I came up with. I hope you like it.

Term 1 Reflection...

One of the things I was pleased about in term 1 was my artwork. In my report I received excellence for my work habits and my behavior. It was a big surprise because I’m not good at art, well that was what I thought before I got my report. I am very proud of myself and so was my mum.

The thing I need to improve on is my maths. That’s because I got below expectations in my academic progress. I was shocked because I thought that I was pretty good at my maths. But I was happy because I got goods on my work habits and my behavior. I felt disappointed and good of myself at the same time.

Overall, my term went pretty good because I am in a class that I wanted to be in and with a wonderful teacher that I really like. What I like about my class is that my friends are in here and that I know that I can learn a lot of new stuff.

These are my results for my DLO: