The best performance of my life.

The best performance of my life.

“Kia rite, kia rite, kia mau….Hii! D-day was here.  We’d been training for our annual cultural festival at Northland College for what seemed like ages.  It was my job to lead the boys haka and the whole crew.  I felt nervous when I had to start the haka.

The crowd got pumped up when I  started the haka. They were cheering loud. I had to start the Haka off loud so the boys will get pumped up too. I set the pace for the Haka so that they can keep that way and not go too fast. But they actually did. That’s when I came in and slowed the pace down.  That worked as the crowd cheered and clapped for our haka.

I felt nervous like the earth trembling as I walked up and down the rows. My arms were stiff as  a dead cat lying on the road.  I couldn’t do the actions properly.  I couldn’t yell the words I needed to say.  I thought I was going to forget all the actions and the commands.  I was so nervous.

But………

I had to ask the teachers how I was.  And they said “You were awesome!”

Now I wish I could stay and do it all over again.  That was my highlight of the term.

This is about athletics day I chose to write about my Sprints

WALT: use figurative and descriptive language to recount our athletics day  

Running

I stood up to the line waiting  

waiting for the clappers

Bang!

running and running

my arms were pumping

my hearts racing as fast as

my legs were pounding the ground

           the parents, the students

yelling and yelling

“ Go Go Go”

“Smoke him Toko smoke him”

Closer and closer I got to the end

I took 10 more running steps

over the finish line.

I came third .

We chose to write a poem about our athletics day. We used figurative and descriptive language to appeal to my audience.

WALT: use figurative and descriptive language to recount our athletics day  

High jump

It was my turn to jump

I ran my hardest

As I was running up

I nervously thought

I would miss the jump

But no, I was thinking wrong

I jumped over the pole

Boom! Bang!

I landed on the mat

Wow! I made it over.

My second jump now

I’m up next……

Gritting my teeth, walking, focussing

The teacher put it up a notch

It was at 1.10

My name got called out

“Toko,” Whaea Rosina said

I was running, running,...

I jumped in the air...

Smack!  I landed

“ Ohh yee-ah! I made that jump ”

I was so ecstatic I made that jump.

The bar went up 5 more centimetre’s

Oh man! I don’t know if can make this jump

Trying my hardest to make the jump

I felt like I was flying in the air

Bang!

I landed.  God damn!......

I didn’t make it that time.

It was my second run

my hardest I jumped and I knocked the bar off “Ohh no!”

I should’ve kicked my legs up

I knew as I jumped in the air I forgot to lift  up  my  legs

that’s why it fell off.

Next time!

This is my report writing about the earthquake in Caterbury. My writing shows the different features of a report writing that has classification,the description and a conclusion.

2010 Canterbury Earthquake…

The 2010 Canterbury earthquake struck the South Island of New Zealand with a magnitude of 7.1 on 4 September 2010.

The main shock on 4 September caused widespread damage and several power outages, particularly in the city of Christchurch, New Zealand's second largest city.

There were major suffering and deaths reported in this quake.One person died of a heart attack suffered during the quake, although this could not be directly linked to the earthquake.Despite the damage, there were few serious injuries in residential houses. 185* people died and several thousand were injured in the second earthquake .

In the first eighty years of European settlement in Christchurch (1850–1930), four earthquakes caused significant damage.

The last earthquake was based near Darfield, about 40 kms west of Christchurch. Many buildings were damaged. Darfield town is named after the Darfield earthquake one of the strongest measured quakes in the Canterbury plains. The worst damage was suffered by older (mainly pre-1940s) buildings constructed of brick and masonry, and lacking adequate reinforcement.

Compare fractions with different denominator

  WALT: Compare fractions with different denominator  * You have to make the denominators the same.

Technology Week 1 Term 3

My Term 3 Goals 2016

Tautoro School Pool Fundraiser.

What would happen if we had no devices?

What would happen if … … there were suddenly no computers, tablets, or phones of any kind anywhere on Earth?

WALT: to write a persuasive piece of writing about a topic

S.C:

• state your position on the topic

• describe the points in support of your arguments, including examples and other evidence;

• address readers’ concerns and arguments against your position; and

• use grammar, spelling, punctuation, and capitalisation correctly at all times.

In the next 10 years, computers will be old and obsolete.  Desktops and laptops too, have already begun to be put into dusty cupboard or stored away in rooms.    The one and only thing that will remain will be the smartphone.

Just think what it would be like if your smartphone was your only computer. You would always have your computer with you.   All of your documents, photos, games, your apps, would always be in your pocket, available at any time.

You wouldn’t need a big screen, a keyboard and mouse, and some nice speakers, now you just put your smartphone into a docking station. You could have a docking station at home, in the office, at the airport, and they even have these dotted around town for your use.

I believe the smartphone will be the computer we have to keep us connected with our whanau. It will be used for almost everything we will need to have other than a wallet. You could use your smartphone as a passport, or as a credit card. Your smartphone could track your movements, and to pass the information off quicker than if we were to get it there.

However, smartphones aren’t going to kill laptops or desktops any time soon. But they will be smaller.We still need to communicate.

Daylight saving

What is a leader

Swimming at the creek

One hot and sunny day,  Sonny, Tim, my brother Ihaka, Te Kaha and me went for a nice cold swim at the creek.

As we were on our way to the creek  I was on my bike doing drifts on the dusty road trying to pop my tyre. A few minutes later we arrived at swimming hole I was the first to jump off the bank.  First I did a pin then my second time jumping off I did a coffin. Then we all started to swim over to the other side to do some manu’s whoopes and griller off a little brunch. I was the only one doing grillers off high. One hour later we all decided to jump out the high tree. I was doing a coffen out of that tree. Suddenly Te kaha told me to go under water so I listen to pop it was loud like a boom box trying to get blown and there up the loudest they can go. 20 minutes later it time to go. We all had a race back to my house even that i was on my bike second so basically Ihaka won.

                                                   The End

Rippa Rugby in Hikurangi

On Tuesday our Tautoro team went to Hikurangi for our semi finals in rippa rugby. On our last game we versed Kamo 3. As the horn went for us to start our game we all were fired and ready to win. Hands ready, ready to rip. The whistle blew Konrad passed the ball to Kohuroa she ran about 13 metres and she thought that she got ripped but she didn’t. We all were yelling at her saying “GO GO YOU AIN'T RIPPED. GO FOR THE TRY KOHUROA.” Five minutes later she got ripped at the five line.

As the girls started off with the ball they got us plenty of ground. Then the time came for us boys to have a run. The pass came from Kura to Arama and then out to Konrad, onto Letisha. She ran forward and dived for the try, scoring the last winning try for our game.

As the boy in Kamo got the ball and ran through our whole team. I quickly saw Arama over take me to save the try. Arama accidentally pulled his pants down because he was trying to go for his tags but he ended up pulling his pants down and we all started to crack up. It was totally funny.

After us scoring the last try I was over the moon I couldn’t believe that we won the Semis for Rippa Rugby.  We’re off to Toll Stadium to play the finals in front of thousands of people.

He Kotuku Rerenga Tahi

My science about eggs

He rerenga poto

He rerenga poto

E ako ana ahau ki te

• Tuhi he korero poto e mahi ana toku,tou,tona

    He whare tenei  He whare Kikorangi  toku

    He whare tena   He whare Pounamu tou

    He whare Te ra   He whare Kowhai tona

This is my first draft writing about sponge cake

Whipping the egg white

Last week Friday  us year sevens and eights we traveled into room 1 so we can make a sponge cake  we were in groups the first  thing we had to do was to crack the four eggs and separate the egg white and the egg yolk.

Although we were in a group we were getting timed 1 minute each to do whisking and Alice spilt the egg yolk into the egg white and my team was yelling at her because she spilt the egg yolk and we got a growling from Whaea Meri. A few minutes later we went to go ask Whaea Meri if the egg white was ready so we can add in the egg yolk no you need to use kaha and whisk it some more until it is nice and fluffy like a fluffy warm tiger.

1 hour later we finally put the cake in the oven wonder what it taste like.

25 minutes later the sponge cake cook it smelt beautiful and it was lovely.

                                                        THE END

Simply Coding

WALT: create a simple animation to move, jump, walk, run and/or  make sound

S.C: I can make my actor, walk, run, jump and add a sound

I can use the right blocks to tell the computer what to do.

My Learning Journal - Simply Coding.

The most important thing I learned about coding was...

how to set it up building towers and use the different blocks to add onto my setting. It was easy to add the coding blocks, but it was pretty hard trying to set it up.

It could make you become a genius to make a computer games and play the games.

It was hard at first and then once I got to do it, it was amazing. I was able to create a scenario to get my guy to kill the monster.  

I need help with…setting up the storyline just like I did with the animations storyboard.

I think it was fantastic learning to code and make a storyline using the characters I created.

Going to the water hole

This is my Art Presentation