Sleeping Advice Column

In literacy last week we had been learning all about sleep. We have created an advice column for those that cant sleep properly. We learnt a lot of different things about sleep that we didnt already know.

Hiwi the Kiwi

Yesterday morning Pt England school had visitors from Hiwi The Kiwi. Mr and Mrs Minstrel talked to us about keeping our environment clean and keeping our birds alive. They gave posters to people who answered their questions. They taught us different songs and actions that had different meanings and tell you some things you can do. Mr Minstrel showed us a photo of his favorite type of birds and also told us that one of those bird died from eating plastic from the ocean. Mr and Mrs Minstrel had ask us if we could put our rubbish in the right place or our birds will die from the plastic.

Show Not Tell

This week in Mr Wiseman's literacy class we have been working on how to show instead of tell in the stories we write. The subject we wrote about was cross country. The part I chose was the the ending of cross country. This is the paragraph I wrote.

My nerves started growing as the finish line was in sight. I felt the burning heat in my chest as i raced past Miss Berry. My heart was pounding like the beat of a drum, My stomach twisted and turned. Finally i sprinted over the bright white line exhausted, The race was over.  

Saia and Gabe's Trip

At the end of last term two students who attend Tamaki College came to talk to the year 7 and 8's about an opportunity that they'd been given. There names are Gabriel and Saia. They told us that they had been chosen to go to Silicon Valley in America to find out more about different places. They told us some places that they were visiting and which one they were excited about. They also got to stay in America for a whole week. 

This morning Saia and Gabriel came back to Pt England to tell us about there trip to Silicon Valley. They told us the places they visited which was Alcatraz Prison, Xero and Facebook. Also kiwi landing pad,Twitter adn Khan Academy.  They said it was a cool learning experience. 

Muscle Fatigue

This week in Mr Wiseman's literacy class we have been learning about fatigue. Muscle fatigue is when your muscles get tired from exercising.In the audio and presentation it tells you some ways that you can beat fatigue and  what our muscles need to work properly.

Ratio's

In Mrs Tele'a's numeracy class we have being learning our ratio's. In our maths class we have learnt how to write and read ratio's. This is the presentation with the question we were given and our answers.