Polyhedron Shapes

Polyhedron Shapes

Faces: 6 Faces: 5

Vertices: 8 Vertices: 6

6 + 8 - 2 = 12 5 + 6 - 2 = 11

Edges: 12 Edges: 11

For Maths Time we had to make polyhedron shapes with maths counting sticks and glue tack. A polyhedron shape is any shape that is solid and has many faces, it would normally have 6 or more faces. We also learnt a formula that we could use to find out the amount of edges a shape has. The formula is F + V - 2= E. The "F" represents the faces, the "V" represents the vertices and the "E" would represent the edges. For example we could use a cube. A cube has 6 faces and 8 vertices so 6 + 8 - 2 = 12. So that means a cube has 12 edges. I found this really interesting that we could use a simple sentence to figure out the amount of edges a shape has.

Explanation Writing: Howick Historical Village

Howick Historical Village 28 July 2017

WALT - Write an explanation writing

Success Criteria:

• Include information that happened throughout the day
• List the events that happened in order
• Include expensive words to keep my writing interesting
• Include information about the topic

Howick Historical Village is a re-creation of villages and houses from the olden days of Howick Village. It is a living museum and takes us back to the times 1840 - 1880. It shows the everyday life of villagers and soldiers of people who used to live there back in the days.

Yesterday the classes of the senior side got the opportunity to explore and learn about the lifestyle of the people in 1840 to 1880. The Howick Historical Village talked about how students and kids used to attend school and the huge differences that have been made. They also included information about how things worked and operated back then.

Back then the majority of people’s life were spent working and doing chores rather than education and school work. People mostly focused on the process of growing up and learning the needs of becoming an adult. They also said that the children would go to school up until ages 11 to 12 and then start working and looking for marriage.

Women back then focused on the jobs of cleaning clothes, milking cows, and sewing and mending ripped blankets and clothing. They were also in charge of making condiments like butter and cheese. Men on the other hand did the more harder jobs. They were to cut down trees and chop wood and they were also in charge of making and building houses, making weapons and other things like that.

The houses and villages were also very different and well designed. The houses back then were made out of wood and mostly had one level. Back then if you were rich and had lots of  money you would be able to afford a house with two levels, and maids. The interior of the houses were also very different compared from now.

Obviously lots of things have changed over the years but it was cool to see how people lived and survived back in the days. It was also very interesting to see how things were so different back then and how things worked without electricity, buttons or switches. I would hope to go again next time later in the year to see how more things have changed.

Fruit Juice Names

Fruit Juice Names

For Technology we had to come up with a Fruit Juice name for our Juice Box. We had to list down a fruit juice flavour, words and noises that people make when they drink their juices, and combine the different noises and words together. We had to pick the best one and use it as our name brand for our Juice Box. I chose the combination "Peachy Bliss".

Polygon with Matariki Stars

Polygon with Matariki Stars 22 June 2017

During Maths time we made polygon shapes with the Matariki Stars. We had to get an image from the internet and use Google Drawing to connect lines to the stars to resemble polygon shapes. A polygon is any 2D shape that has straight sides and no open. In the end,  I ended up making 7 different types of Triangles, 3 quadrilateral shapes, 1 heptagon, and one pentagon. I found this activity really fun because we were combining Matariki a topic we were learning about for a few days with maths.

Reading: Matariki Returns

Matariki Returns June 2017

Title: Matariki Returns

Author: Moira Wairama and Rupert Alchin

Purpose: To inform readers about Matariki and why it is so important

Form: Information Report

Audience: Everyone who doesn’t know what Matariki is

For reading we had to find words we don't know from the story "Matariki Returns" and find the synonym, the real meaning, put the word in our own sentence. We also had to put our own assumption of what the word meant.

Vocabulary;	Synonym:	Own Meaning:	Real Meaning:	Sentence:
Flourish	Prosper, Thrive	To disappear	Grow or develop healthy	I hope my crops will flourish soon
Dormant	Asleep, Inactive	In control	When something is inactive or not working for amount of time	The ground is dormant due to all the snow
Nurture	Support, Foster	Take care	When something or someone is taken care off and is supported	She nurtured the injured kitten
Mythical	Legendary, Magic	Something fake	Something or someone that is an character that is legendary or important	Fairies are mythical creatures

Volume of a Rectangular Prism

Find the Volume of a Rectangular Prism 20 June 2017

WALT - Find the volume of a Rectangular Prism

In this Math Activity we had to find the volume of a Rectangular Prism. This activity would give us a little animation that we had to watch to give us the answer to the question. The question we had to answer was “How many unit cubes did it take to form the bottom layer?”. The animation that we had to watch showed that it took nine unit cubes to fill in the bottom layer of a Rectangular Prism. I found this activity fun and interesting, but I wish there were more than one question for us to answer.

Information Report: Matariki

Information Report: Matariki 16 June 2017

Matariki means “little eyes” or “eyes of god” is the traditional Maori name for the star cluster known as the Pleiades. A pleiades is seven daughters or sisters that are turned into a group of stars. Matariki also celebrates the Maori New Year or a New Start.

Matariki is celebrated in a lot of different ways, depending of what tribe you’re from. It is also celebrated at different times. Some tribes will celebrate Matariki in May/June and others would celebrate it on an first moon or full moon following the rise of Matariki, This year it is due to begin on the 25th of June. Many people celebrate Matariki by lighting up fireworks and putting on light shows. They also put on lots of different activities people can do while they’re celebrating it. People also do performances throughout the night so people can keep entertained.

In the 21st century the new moon symbolized the following rise of Matariki. It signaled that Matariki would start to begin. Stars would also become brighter and moons would change to half moons, full moons, and quarter moons quicker than usual. All these things would signal the beginning of Maori New Year.

In the end Matariki is a fun event.  People can go to watch and learn new things. Although it is a Maori celebration, people of other cultures and religions can take part in the celebration as well.

Read Theory

Read Theory 16 June 2017

For reading we had to go on a site called “Read Theory”. On this site we had to read a passage and answer questions about the writing. I found this activity really fun because we got to do reading comprehensions online and also learn a lot of new things. It is also cool because it keeps track with our score and tells us what questions we got wrong and what questions we got right. I found this site really helpful and I hope to use it more in the future.

Maths: Volume of a Cone

Volume of a Cone 14/06/17

WALT - Find the volume of a cone using a formula

1. Radius   Height   Formula   Volume

   3            6         π2 h/3    56.57142857

Image	Radius	Height	Formula	Volume
	5	10	π2 h/3	261.9047619
	8	12	π2 h/3	804.5714286
	4	10	π2 h/3	167.6190476
	12	15	π2 h/3	2262.857143

During maths time we had to find the volume of a cone by using our own made calculator. Mr. Ramkolowan thought us how to make a calculator using Google Sheets, and it helped us figure out the answer for some of the questions. I found this activity interesting because we learnt a lot about maths and volume and we also made our own calculator. 

Writing a Quality Blog Comment

We are learning to write quality blog comments.

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How to make Glen Innes School a better place

How to make Glen Innes School a better place 6 June 2017

Glen Innes School in my opinion is a pretty good place. The kind involving atmosphere surely will bring a smile on your face, but there are some things we could fix about the system.

One thing we can do to help make the school better is to remake the seniors playground. I have noticed that less and less children are playing on the playground and one of the reasons why is because it has become boring and outdated and it is also can be very dangerous. By changing the senior park we can reduce the amount of injuries and have more kids playing in a safe environment.

Another way we could help is to bring back some rubbish bins. Recently people have been good with the rubbish and reducing the amount of litter on the school grounds. I think if we keep up the good work we can prove that we can control the amount of litter and bring back rubbish bins and also use them with care.

One more way that could help a lot is to put up caution signs around the school. Especially in dangerous areas during wet seasons. I have noticed that some people tend to slip up and down the grass and path a lot. It tends to ruin their school uniforms and also tends to ruin the school’s grass as well. I think it would be an good idea especially because when people slip on the grass it ruins it and when the dry seasons come it won’t grow back. I think if we put up caution signs and reduce the amount of this we could have nice grass to play on and less dirty school uniforms to clean.

By listening to some of my advice we can become a better school and become one of the best schools in Auckland.

Personification Poem

Personification is when you give human qualities to a non living thing. For writing, we had to make a poem using personification. We had to make it so people could guess what kind of sport we were describing. Here is my poem.

"I get chased and kicked around and I feel like I've done something wrong.

I roll into a net, I feel trapped and scared.

But then the kids who play scream and cheer, I don't know what happened but somehow I feel better. My worries disappear and then I feel less bitter."

For my poem I picked the sport Soccer. I really enjoyed doing this activity, especially because l put personification sentences to make the poem better and describe the sport too.