SLJ task 2!

Hey bloggers!

Have any of you guys started the SLJ (summer learning journey)?

Well for this task we have had to read an article about Taika Waititi. He is a New Zealand filmmaker,director,actor and comedian. He directed “Boy,” “Hunt for the Wilderpeople” and “Thor: Ragnarok.” Taika Waititi says when he introduces himself he likes to use his pepeha. So for this task we have been asked to make our pepeha and put it on our blog.

Here's mine!

No New Zealand ahau (Country)

Ko Mt Roskill toku maunga (Mountain)

Ko Waikowhai Bay toku moana/awa (Ocean/River)

Ko Tamaki makaurau toku kainga (City/Town)

ko Peter raua ko oku Julian koro (Grandfather)

ko Alwan ratou ko Cristine ratou ko Marg oku kuia (Grandmother)

Ko Mark toku papa (Father)

Ko Bridget toku mama (Mother)

Ko Joseph ko daysharn oku tuakana (Step brother) 

Ko Sophie toku tuakana (Sister)

Ko Wiremu toku tungane (Little Brother)

Ko Noah toku ingoa (ME!)

Tena koutou Tena koutou 

Tena koutou katoa.

In the comments add a link to your Pepeha but don't use your full name!

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SLJ Teaser Week!

Hey bloggers, 

 It's nearing the end of the year and Megan, a lady from SLJ or Summer Learning Journey came and talked to us about it. This year the prize for doing the most blogging is a... tablet! There are also lots of other prizes from bags to headphones and speakers.d

For the teaser week activity I picked an activity on Donald Trump.

The SLJ site says... 

For this activity, let’s imagine that Donald Trump called you up and asked for your opinion on this controversial issue.

On your blog, please tell us what you think about his plan to build a wall between the USA and Mexico. Is it a good idea or a bad idea? Why do you think so?

I think a wall between USA and Mexico is a very BAD idea. Why would you want to stop others from coming into your country. Another thing that I disagree with is the fact that he wants Mexico to PAY for the wall. Why Mexico? I think all immigrants should be able to live in America no matter wha Donald Trump says!

If you would like to see my friend Toby's opinion on this here is his blog link: wpstobysi.blogspot.com

Tell me in the comments what you think about the wall. 

Trump u Later! 

Christmas Mufti Day!

Christmas Mufti Day

Hey bloggers today we (Waikowhai Primary School) are having a Christmas Mufti day. This involves dressing up in Christmas clothes and bringing a dollar coin donation for our hampers. The hampers are going to be donated to people in need as a way as giving back to our community. This tern we are doing movie making as well so it will be cool to film something in mufti. Some of the kids wore costumes. My brother came as a present. What has your schools been doing around Christmas? Have you had a mufti day. 

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Athletics Zones!

Athletics Zones!

Hello bloggers on Tuesday the 26th of November my school went to Athletics Zones. It was a really big day and I had lots of fun. The Zones day was held at Three kings Reserve I did 400m,100m,75m,Shot-put and long jump. I did really well in Long Jump and Shot-put (sadly the People doing long jump did not tell us how far we jumped). And when it came to running I was so slow compared to everyone else they were so fast! My friend Toby competed in high jump and he thought he had a chance but at the end people were jumping 1.25 but he still managed to get 1.10 and my other friend Torian got 1.15 which was great because it was so hard. In the event there were 9 schools competing.

At the end of the day we had the group relays. And this was the best part. We didn't have enough time to do heats semis and finals so we did races based on time. First went the Junior girls who did an awesome job then the Junior Boys and then the Senoir Girls and finally Us the Seinor Boys at the end of the day we were all extremly tierd but the quior had to do there prefomance that same night!

If you would like to check out Toby and Torinas blog heres the link http://wpstobysi.blogspot.com/  

https://wpstorianr.blogspot.com/

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Athletics Day!

Athletics Day 2019!

Hey bloggers when did you guys do Athletics? Well Waikowhai Primary School had there Athletics day on the 19 of November, Tuesday and we all had a blast. We had to do a series of events including High Jump, Long Jump, Shot Put, Sprints, 400 and 200 meatier dash and lots of other smaller actives. Everyone is in one of the four house groups which are Kea, Ruru, Pukeko and Tui I am in Kea and at the end of the day we have a big house relays. This Year Kea won 2 of the races we won the 2 senior races which are the most important in my opinion. It was an awesome day and I think did really well. For High Jump my favourite activity I made 1.11 which was really annoying because I have made 1.16 before but my friend got into zones an I am happy for him. I also made it into zones for lots of things like shot put and sprints which I am really exited for. I can't wait for Athletic Zones and maybe I might meet some other bloggers there. 


Photos of the day.

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Vector Epro8 Semifinals!

Welcome back bloggers!

About 3 moths ago me and 3 of my class mates went to the heats of the Epro8. The Epro8 Competition is a engineering Competition for a group of four that compete against other teams by building structures. In the heats my group (Me Toby, Jaimie and Angelina) made a Rat Wheel and when the wheel spun it made electricity for the house. This got us enough points to get to the Semifinals. 

In the semifinals the challengers were lots harder and took ages. In the Semifinals our judge Andrew or other wise called Your Majesty was very rough and he broke two of our parts that we needed that was very annoying thankfully he replaced them. In the Semifinals we made a conveyor belt that transported bananas. Sadly we did not make it to the Grand finals in the end we cam 6th place. The 3 teams that went through were called The Dream team, Gladstone Gear Heads and Steaming Wires. It was a really fun day and I can't wait to do the intermediate one.

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Kid Bots

Hey bloggers! This week we have been programing a bot around a page. This meant we had to get our bot from one square to the other. First we did it with a buddy then we had to make a google drawing on it. I picked Frodo from the movie Lord of the Rings. I told my friend/ buddy to get the ring and take it to he mountiain and drop it in. To complete the test you had to use arrows to guide your bot safely though its missson. If you would like to try to complete my challenge just comment what you think. Here is my google drawing:  

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