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Monday, December 16, 2019

Adventure Week

Adventure Week 
For Monday I did cooking with Ali. we were in a group of eight, we
made golden syrup biscuits.


For Tuesday I went to bottle lake on one of the tracks. After I went
fishing off the New Brighton pier, I didn’t catch anything though.


For Wednesday I went on a town trip to the museum and saw an
exhibition on the 45 year Dunedin project.

On Thursday the class went to jellie park where everyone got sun
burnt in the pool and on the hydro slide. In the evening the year
eights went to grace vineyard for the year eight formal. For dinner
I had crumbed chicken, coleslaw and a potato salad. For dessert
I had two pavlovas a brownie and a scoop of vanilla ice-cream.

Friday, December 6, 2019

Reflection of the year

Being a Year 8 has been unbelievable. There has been so many options here at Rāwhiti School like surfing, swimming, touch, soccer and many more. It was hard to start off as a new student in a new school, but I made friends like Luke, Lucas, Daniel etc. I have liked the way we learn here, it is a lot  different to other schools. The one thing I love most is that you can climb the trees, but not the trees above a garden. I like how you can scooter around at break time, it’s different. I have succeeded in putting my reading to where it should be. I've gotten used to how many people there are in the classroom all at once, eighty six kids and three teachers is a lot different to twenty eight to thirty kids and one teacher.

Thursday, November 21, 2019

Maniakalani collage

Today we made a collage out of multiple images. Watch out for flying trees when you go home!

Monday, November 4, 2019

Novel Study

lately I've been doing A novel study on the book Mocking Jay by Suzanne Collins.

My name: Aidan
Date: 24/10/19
Name of book: Mocking Jay
Author: Suzanne Collins
Total Points:40

What part would you change? And why?=(5 points)
When District 13 goes into lock down from the capital, and go into their bunkers. They should change it so they fight the capital, it would cause havoc for all He, He, He!

Write another short story or one act play using the same characters.=(5 points)
Once upon a time Katniss was trading in the seem, until peeta sprinted out of the victors village and sreemed at the top of his lungs “THEIR HEAR, THE CAPITAL HAS FOUND US, THEIR GOING TO BOMB US WITH THEIR AIRCRAFTS, EVERYBODY RUN FOR YOUR LIVES.” everybody started to run, even the guards where scared running. 1⁄4 of district 12 was gone in minutes. So Katniss got mum, prim and buttercup and told them to meet her at the fence, then she dashed off to the other 3⁄4 of the village and cried everybody run for the fence. By the time she got back 1⁄2 the village was gone. She got everybody to go under the fence into the wild and wait at the lake. So everybody did. 4 years later and everybody has a home to live in, around the lake. THE END.

Write a poem about this book, or one of its characters.=(5 points)
Katniss Everdeen was her name,
She competed in the hunger games, 
She won them with Peeta
Who would never have beat her,
And now she is known for her fame.

Pretend you are a librarian giving a book talk for his book. Write a paragraph telling what you will say.=(5 points)
It’s a great book, the last of the hunger games collection I’m even reading it now. I recommend it for whoever likes Suzanne Collins. I also recommend the movies of it too.

Choose an interesting character. Think of what his/her dislikes are; then think of a gift you would like to give him/her. Design a greeting card to go along with the gift where you explain why you gave that particular gift=(5 points)
I choose Katniss. Her dislikes are almost everything. So my gift is a mockingjay pin.

Dear Katniss everdeen 
I would like to give this pin in resemblance of life to the Resistance and a symbol of peace. So thank you.
From Aidan Fail

In a good paragraph, state the main idea of the book.=(4 points)
Katniss has found herself in the middle of a war. She thought that District 13 was destroyed, but it has just been driven underground.

Compare this book with the last book you read.=(4 points)
The last book I read was Catching Fire, which is the second book of the hunger games collection. It's about Katniss and Peeta have to go back into the games against other victors who have won in the hunger games.

Mockingjay is about Katniss  who got taken to District 13 which is supposed to be gone, but they went underground and hid from the capitals weapons.
They have succeeded in making a District, but they got evacuated underground because the capital knows where they are. The capital started sending bunker bombs.(they are bombs which drill into the ground and stop at a certain distance, then blow up.) So Catching Fire is about the games, and Mockingjay is about war.



What does the title does with, the book?=(2 points)
The title “Mockingjay” goes with Katniss’s mockingjay pin, which she wears everywhere.

Who do you think the author intended to read the book?=(3points)
I rcon 11-12+ because of the violence.


Where does the story take place?=1(point)
The story takes place in North America.

List the places mentioned in the book.=(1 point)
The Capital, District 1, District 2, District 3, District 4, District 5, District 6, District 7, District 8, District 9, District 10, District 11, District 12 and 

District 13.

Friday, November 1, 2019

Recount about my Birthday

My Birthday. 

It was August the 19th, the day I had my Birthday party. I invited Luke, Lucas and Aogan to see the new Fast And Furious Shaw And Hobs.

First Luke and Aogan came over, then we picked up Lucas. Second we went to the palms, into the movie theatre. When we got there we got the tickets, then we went to countdown and got some lollies. (My dad calls it junk.) We got back to the movies and it was 10 minutes left, so we just went in and watched the new trailers.

The movie started, I started to eat my dark knight licorices and drink my coke Zero. Aogan had his iced gummies and L&P. Lucas had some gummies. Luke had some gummies also. We all liked the movie. My favourite part is at the end when their in Samoa and they use hooks to connect cars together while they are connected to a helicopter going around a sharp corner, all land safely on the ground.

When the movie finished it was about 6:30pm. We waited for my dad, sister and step mum to come over.
When they arrived we went to cocapali’s, which is under the movie theatre. We ordered 3 large Pizzas, one Hawaiian, lots of cheese and pepperoni. We also ordered 3 Cookie Monster Mock tails.(Oreo milkshakes.) Conclusion: when we finished it was 7:30-8:00pm. On the way back Aogan started to sing a song could “fly like an eagle.”

We took Lucas home first, then dropped off Luke, and Aogan walked around the corner down the street to his house, and we all had a great time.

Thursday, September 26, 2019

What I've been doing in Literacy

This week I've been working on an MPR on soap for literacy. Can you complete this MPR?


MPR Soap Chemistry 
Put these words in the correct spaces

           Our together clean help
Look up synonyms for these words:
  1. Hate
  2. Join
  3. make
What is different about the 2 ends of a soap molecule?


Soap Chemistry


For science this term we are doing chemistry. For _____ first experiment Cameron and I decided to make soap. We chose it because it was one of the hardest ones and we wanted a challenge.


What is the chemistry?

Well, soap is made of fat and caustic soda. On their own they are useless at getting your hands ________.  Fat, oil, and grease hate water and won’t join with it. Caustic Soda hates fat and won’t join with it. But if you join them ___________ you get a long skinny molecule that has two ends. One end loves water, and one end loves fat and grease.  This means when you wash your hands, the soap molecules ________ the fat and water molecules link together and then they wash down the drain.

Friday, September 20, 2019

What I've been doing in math.

This week I've been working in a group of 3 on a slide about Algebra, Patterns and more.