Athletics

Athletics                                                       Samuel

Everyday from Monday to Thursday, most of the classes go to the field to do cross country but my class goes after morning tea so we have more space.  We do cross country because we need to get fit for the athletics coming up.

After morning tea, we all got ready to go to cross country.  Before we went to cross country, we had to make sure our school work was finished.  We only went for 15 minutes so we had to use it before we go to class.  Sometimes it was bad because some of the kids were being silly and we had to go back to class.

Before running the cross country,  we had a warm up.  We all had to run to the fence on the side of the track, touch it and run back to our starting point.  There was many kids who chose to walk instead of run or jog so it wasn’t a warm up for them.  

When the warm up is finished, we were split up into teams of 4 which had 4 people waiting at points to run.  Who over was the first person to run, had to give the baton the other students waiting at the spots.  Then they had to run to the others so that team would come first.  The people that were waiting had to face where they were running with the hand at behind their back to receive the baton.

On most of the cross country races, I was always was the first one to run.  It was tricky to come first because I was racing with my friends and some of them were fast.  When I was split into a team, we came second or first.  It was cool because I sometimes had fast runners and they usually win the race for the team.

Near the end of the time, we use the last minutes to do some relays.  The relays were in year groups so I raced with fast students.  I was lucky because I am quite fast so I sometimes beat them.  After we do relays, we then go back to the class and carry on with our work.

Making A Chain

Making a Chain

WALT: 1) Write a recount.

           2) Integrate maths and writing.

On Monday morning, our class made some paper chains.  The purpose for making paper chains was to see who could make the longest chain out of A5 paper.  We had to cut the paper to make the longest chain.  We also had to make a pattern with the two A5 papers, red and green.  My partner was Munokoa.

The first thing we had to do was to estimate how long each of our paper chains were.  When I estimated mine, I thought it was going to be at least 3 metre long because of how I was going to cut it.  The pattern we decided to make was 3 green and 3 red.

Next, Munokoa and I had to think about how long we were going to cut the strips.  We decided to use the width of the A5 papers so that we could get short but thin strips to make our chain long.  It was a good idea because most of the other students cut their strips into big and fat strips.  

Thereafter, we all finished our chains.  We then measured how long each one was using a metre ruler.  Munokoa and I made the longest chain.  It measured 3 metres and 20 cm.  My estimation for my chain was at least 3 metres long so I think I had the closest estimation.

Finally, we recorded each of the chains we made in our class.  By recording the measurements of the chains, we compared all of the chains students made in the class.  The longest was 3 metres and 20 cm and the shortest was 86 cm.

Although my chain was the longest, it was the thinnest chain out of all the other chains.  Everyone else made a chain the was short but was bigger than ours.  I learned that if you make cut smaller strips to make a chain, the smaller the longer and the bigger the shorter.

Lengths of Chains

Length of Chains

WALT: 1) Arrange length in order.

           2) Find mean, median, mode, range.

           3) Explain the differences in length.

Pairs	Length of Chain in centimetres
Ben and Dion	86
Wesley and Koliata	169
Lorenzo and Liam	170
Ifa and Tane	192
Alyssa and Shanelle	192
Andrea and Lana	200
Ketura and Serena	220
Stephanie and Cherish	286
Petuana and Yazmin	304
Munokoa and Samuel	320
Viliami and Howard	383

Mean of this table is 230.  

Median of this 200.

Mode of this table is 192.

Range of this table is 297.

I think most of the chains have a different measurement because of how the students made them.  The shortest chain was Ben and Dion having a measurement of 86 centimetres and I think it was short because they cut the strips into big strips.  The longest chain was Viliami and Howard’s measuring 383 centimetres.  To make it that long, they had to cut the strip into thin strips.  The difference is that if you cut the strips bigger, your chain will get smaller but if you cut the strips into thin strips, your chain will get longer.

Samoan Artwork

Jonah Lomu Comic

Reading E-asttle test 2015

On my 2015 reading e-asttle test, I got a 4B.  I am not very proud of the result but it still is good.  I would have liked to got a 4A or 4P.  I am also under the nz mean for my year level.  That is why I am not really proud about my result.  But I did get a 4 so that was good.  At least I got 4 not a 3.  Nextime I do this, I would like to get a 4 or at least a 5.

Maths E-asttle Test 2015

This is my 2015 e-asttle maths test.  I am not proud of the results because I got a 3P.  I am also not very proud of my result because I am under the nz mean for my year level.  For this test, I would have liked to get at least a 4 because I am a year 8 and that is good for when I go to college.  This means I still have some learning to do.  Nextime I do this test, I would like to get at least a 4.  

Paris Attack

When I heard Paris got attacked, I was sad because Paris was one of the places I would like to go and suddenly, it got bombed and many people died.  I was worried because a friend of mine lives their and she might have got hurt.  I just want to hope that there is no more attacks.

Shape Mods

This game is called Shape Mods.  This game is all about coordinates.  In this game, you have to try and make the green shape land exactly on the red shape to make it the same.  I think this game really helps people who are learning about about shapes and reflection.  If you want to play this game, click on the link: http://www.mathplayground.com/ShapeMods/ShapeMods.html

Armageddon Day

“Bang, Bang, Crash.”  I woke up to some sounds in my living room.  When I walked to the living room, my brother was playing some shooting game.  It was 11:50 am when I looked at my watch.  I grabbed a drink of refreshing ice tea when I heard “SAMUEL!!”

My brother scared me from behind.  The ice tea splashed all over my face.  He told me if I was ready so I said “Ready for what?”  He said we were going to go to Armageddon at the ASB showgrounds.  I dropped the bottle with excitement.  I quickly rushed to my room and got changed.  When I left the room, I saw him all dressed up looking like a fool.

I was laughing at him but he said “no time for laughter, we have to go to Armageddon.”  I put on my shoes and jumped into his car.  We finally arrived at Armageddon.  The entrance was packed with people making getting in long.  He then told me that we got a free pass to get into Armageddon and said to say thank you to my sister for getting it.  There was also some more people who dressed up costumes.

After a long queue, we both finally got into Armageddon.  It was amazing.  It was just like the last time I went.  There were food stands to our right and people taking photos to our left.  Inside the ASB showgrounds was even better.  People were selling things and there were many events to watch and participate in.  There was one event that my brother and I were really interested called League Of Legends but sadly, it was not there this year.  Devastated, we looked for free things and played some games.

Watching all of those shows and playing all those games made us hungry.  We stopped at a burrito stall and ordered some of their best burritos.  When they were delivered to us, I could smell the flavours in the burrito.  I could eat it in one bite.  One bite of the burrito made my teeth get warm.  I tried to get another one but my brother said “No we have to go.”  I was sad because Armageddon was really cool and I didn't want to leave.  

After a long drive back home I laid down on the couch and took a rest.  I looked at my watch and it was 3:50 pm.  I wasn’t that sad because I got free things.  The free things were to be used in games on the internet so after I used them, I was happy.

All Blacks at Victoria Park

When the All Blacks won the RWC final against Australia, they came back to New Zealand.  I wish I was there to celebrate at Victoria Park.  It would have been cool to the see the All Black rugby players.  I just wish next time, it was not during school so I could have gone.  Or the school could have taken me.

Double Bar Graph

WALT: create a double bar graph.

Watch             Did not watch

B      G            B      G

10     5            3       7

Today, my class collected some data on who watched the RWC final and who didn’t.  We collected the data in the morning by students putting up their hands to who watched it and didn’t watch it.  It was clear that the boys were the most people in the class to watch the RWC final.  I think the boys watched the RWC final more because they like to play rugby and I think the girls weren't very interested in it so only some watched it.  On Friday, we had to predict the score on the game and Robin predicted the score 32 to All Blacks and 17 to the Australians.  That was very close.