Otaki Youth Space

 On Wednesday KCDC came to our school and they used our class to see what they should include in a youth space in Otaki. They were given an amount of money to spend on making the youth space feel safe and fun.

We did different stations and they split us into groups. The different stations were about where we would like the location, what we would like in it, what feeling we want to feel, how we find out information about things, and what we worry that the youth space might have.

There were lots of different opinions on things.

At the end we were asked what we would like added to Otaki, lots were adding McDonald or KFC and others were about more shops and sport courts.

It was really fun.

I thought that:

 -it should have a bookshelf for reading

-it should be near the countryside

-it might have too many rules.

The adventure of Hinepoupou.

 In Dance and Drama we read a story about Hinepoupou. We had to do a play, do a dance, or write a short script scene about the story. 

I did the script scene.

Here is mine.

(Brother) I'm sure Hine Poupou could not have followed us across Raukawa."

(Husband) You're right, we should start fishing before night falls."

(Hinepoupou) "I swam across Raukawa for 3 days and all they did was abandon me to greedily fish at the fishing ground."

(Hinepoupou) "Revenge calls me."

(Hinepoupou) "From the storm of the mountains to the breath of the sea, from the seed in the earth to the stars in the sky, may your body now rest in peace."

(Brother) The skies are turning grey, a storm is coming."

(Storm) Too late now, Hinepoupou has gotten revenge."

(Hinepoupou) "Now you may rest."

Gardening

 In class we are helping out Mike in the Horticulture block.  Mike is fixing the garden and we are helping him to do it. 

We all did something different to help. Some people did composting, soil testing, filing wheelbarrows with mulch, raking the mulch, and picking out weeds of the garden beds. This was all done over the course of a few days.

I did the soil testing, picking out weeds from the garden beds, and raking out the mulch. 

Here ia a picture taken of us helping.

I am the blonde one.

My Tapa Art

In Homeroom we made Tapa art for Tongan language week. 

We used: brown paper, vivid, and dye.

First we researched some designs for ideas. On a blank piece of white paper we did a sketch of our design then we drew it onto our brown paper. 

We went over the pencil lines in black vivid. 

Once we had drawn over our line we coloured is in with black and brown vivid, leaving some space empty. Then we scrunched it up multiple times. the paper to give it texture.

After that we started to dye it, we had a few colours of dye to use for it.

I did a turtle with patterns inside of it and two pattern things on the edges.

                                                                     My design

Fractions.

 In maths we have been learning about fractions. 

We did some fraction work showing what fractions are, then we did some Education perfect, followed by some quizzes. We then showed how fractions can be written, and how they are used in everyday life.    Then moved on to some fraction problems that we had to show how to work them out.

My working out of the problems.

My statistics investigation.

 In Math we are learning about statistics. We are doing a statistics investigation on how much sleep people get during lockdown.  In the statistics investigation it included the:                                                          problem, Plan, Data, conclusion, and reflection.

This is my statistics investigation.