Visual Mihi

Since the beginning of the year, we have been working on our Visual Mihi. We had to include things about us our, lives, family, goals, subjects, just who we are in general. I worked super hard on mine, because this is the last Visual Mihi I will be drawing at P.E.S.

For my visual mihi, I drew some of the different places me and my family have been to, because me and my family are always traveling and going places. I drew me and my parents and then a picture of my and my sisters. I drew the school sign, and I put in my favourite subjects. I also put in the New Zealand, flag with a picture of New Zealand. All of these things relate to me, and in the the middle of all four pictures is me.  

Adorable Addition

Te Taha Whanau

#HOMELEARNING 2020

Title:Diary Of A Wimpy Kid (Double Down)

Author: Jeff Kinney

Genre Humor, Young adult fiction, Diary fiction, Comedy
No.pages: 217

Favourite part so far

Basically, Greg has just kicked into another year at school, and it's hasn't been a normal. His life has been. His mum has also just punished him for telling lies. Apparently she has punished him for lie before and he deserved it, but this time it was just many misunderstandings. 

Who is in this story? 

Greg his family and just people that get included in his life. The newest member that has entered this book is Greg's Pen-pal like guy, that found a helium balloon it's this thing that his school does every year. His family also has pig now, from a road-trip they had a few books ago.

Setting

The setting is mostly in Greg's neighborhood, but from time to time he does change and go places. Mostly school like any child, his age.

What seems to be the plot

Well, like in all his other books, we are seeing what a teenager like Greg's life is in his own words. Basically how he'd rather play video-games than do anything and how school sucks for him and things like that. However not all kids are like that in real life.

Prediction

I predict that something will happen and it will either cause his mother, to lift her punishment on Greg. However we are yet to find that out. I am also waiting for Greg's best friend Rowely to make an appearance cause that hasn't happened yet either.

Adorable Addition

This week, we looked at addition and decimals. We did things like putting numbers in the place value columns to make it easier to add. Ms Stone also did, workshops and taught us tips and tricks to use while adding.

Adorable Addition

This week, in math, we looked at addition and just practiced math that most of us already know. We are revising multiplications we need more practice in. We aren't doing super extreme math because, most we are also doing testing to. 

Prime Composite Numbers

So far in math we have looked at how, to work together. For the past to weeks, we've been looking at numbers and patterns and how they are all connected and how we see them in our everyday lives. We've also looked at prime and composite numbers.

~Lazy Sneakers~

Fast Talking PI

~Busy Busy~ (My Version of The 'Fast Talkin PI')

Here is my attempt to write my own version of Selina Tusitala Marsh's 'Fast Talkin' PI' poem. Obviously it's nowhere as great as here, but I can totally relate to mine. Especially this week, we've been really busy, but still continue to work hard. I can't wait to do more learning like this I really enjoyed doing these kinds of tasks. I do have to admit that the first time I read the poem, I found it a little odd but now I kind of like it.

Fast Talking PI (Favourite Lines)

This week we are analyzing a poem, we were looking at the information, vocab and meaning that came in the poem. We talked about some of the stuff that we heard in the poem. We also learnt the poem parts of the poem, and had a go at writing out own poems.

Taha Tinana

Plastic (Positive, Negative & Neutral)

Admirable Person (Explanation Writing)

Min Yoongi is from South Korea, and is BTS’s Lead Rapper. Suga has been through some tough times, his, he’s always writing songs with meaning and he donates to charities. He’s accomplished a lot in his life, and continues to work hard. 

Despite where he is right now, Min Yoongi’s life isn’t all sugar and sparkles. He’s had a rough life. Min Yoongi came from a poor family, where his father couldn’t afford to pay bills. He almost committed suicide because of stress he really wanted to debut but his family was struggling. On December 9th Yoongi had surgery because he had an appendix burst. But even after this he’s tried his best to stay strong and get through it.

Suga is also a very emotional person, whose music always has meaning. Every rap song and word he uses in his music has a meaning, and tells a story. Yoongi is very caring, and is grateful towards his fans and followers. Even so he continues to work hard and is very inspiring. One of his songs with BTS is called “Spring day”.

Suga, continues to work hard, and has done many things along side, BTS he’s donated to several charities and made several campaigns to talk about sucide prevention and depression. Suga says that the world should be an open and safe place, for people to share their feelings and without getting backlash. He has also done a ‘Love Yourself’ Concert with BTS. 

Min Yoongi, is an amazing person that has been through some hard times. But no matter what he continued to live and was determined to achieve his dreams. After joining BTS he opened up K-pop to many people including me. But even so he continues to work hard everyday, and give back to various charities. He is thankful for his fans and continues to create good quality content.

Triangle Numbers ~Maths~

Today worked together in groups of 3, and discovered number and patterns in a triangle. It was fun, and got all of us thinking. We did have some trouble at some point, but after looking at it and trying again, we did get the hang of it.

We used marker to color shade in the different patterns, we found. Many other groups found different patterns and rules. We also looked at how we see patterns like this everywhere in our everyday lives, with out realizing it, which is really cool and fascinating.

Sharing back was fun, lots of the other groups shared different unique ways to find the same pattern and the same rules. We also looked a little in to algebra while we were at it.

Overall I feel like this was a fun math lesson and am enjoying math so far. I can't wait to continue learning more about Triangles and can't wait to go deeper in to learning about how we see math in our everyday lives.

Here's a picture of our patterns

#HOMELEARNING2020

Title:Diary Of A Wimpy Kid (The Ugly Truth)

Author: Jeff Kinney

Genre Humor, Young adult fiction, Diary fiction, Comedy

No.pages: 217

Favourite part so far
My favourite part of the book, is where Greg Heffely is talking about his Grandmother, and how she's the head of the family, and enjoys messing with the whole family. So far, it's going to be his uncles third wedding and so, they'll be having the reception at Greg's grandmother's house. But Greg is not looking forward to it because, his grandmother will most likely sit him down and give him a puberty talk. 

Who is in this story? 

Greg Heffley mostly and his family made up of five people. His parents two brothers and him. His Best friend Rowley and people in his neighborhood. This story has been based around his family most of the time, because Greg and his best friend Rowley have kind of been split up and going through some sort of feud.

Setting
The main setting is Greg's house, since it's based on a middle schooler's life there have been a few changes in setting. But usually it would be in Greg's neighborhood.

What seems to be the plot

It's seems to be telling us about, like in the title "THE UGLY TRUTH" so basically it talks about Greg, and how he growing up and life's changing. Stuff like that, but the author has made it entertaining and fun, by give Greg some quirky and interesting traits.

Prediction

I predict that Greg will most likely be forced to go to his uncle's wedding at his grandmothers house. However some sort of big even may happen, or something may big may happen. Maybe his Grandmother, does something, or causes something to happen. I'm not sure at this point but I'm guess that, whatever happen it will lead Greg and Rowley to hopefully become friends again. (Their fued has been going on since the last book).

Science Experiment (Mercury @ Tech)

This week we have started, tech. Last year we had Textiles, Robotics, Hard Materials and Food Tech. But being a year 8 this year we were supposed to have music instead of Textiles, but we had science. I was in the group doing science, a long with a few other of my friends.

I was looking forward to science, at Tech because at school we only get to explore a small part of it. I wanted to learn more about other areas. So maybe this class would allow me to do just that.

One of the first things we did was talk about our experiences with science and scientist. What they do, and if we'd every thought about becoming scientist, stuff like that. It didn't take long, I sat next to Jahzara and we both had different and interesting things to say.

We then watched a video about a Science fair and different projects. We were given a piece of paper to take notes and put down facts about the project that interested us most. For me it is the one below about Mercury. I did hear a fact once about Isaac Newton's death, he died in his sleep but before that he was said to have Mercury poisoning because of all the chemical experiments he conducted.

Math-Team-Matics

My Family Hero

Every family has a hero. Someone who carries the family and provides each and every member with the care and love they need. The amazing person that always there for you and continues to support you. I didn't say a name but that person popped into your head did they.

In my family it's my mum. She amazing! She wakes up every morning at 3 am and goes to work. After a hard day at work, the fun has just begun. She finished at 3pm and if off to pick up her 3 children, 2 in primary and 1 in college.

After she's picked up her daughters, my mum then come home and does the house work. Cooking cleaning grocery shopping, vacuuming, you name it she does it. But even after all that she continues to smile and persevere, she never gives up or complains.



But it doesn't end there. Despite the fact that she already done so much, she has to do it all alone. My dad is barely home and when he is, he's getting plenty of rest. He's a mechanic and that means that he gets called out a lot, and he does many night jobs. So my mum has to do most of it alone, so she has to be quite on to it.

My mum is always there for me and my sisters, she helps my dad and even provides for our family. So in my eyes I see her as my hero. She saved me many times from rethink at school.

Niki Caro (Poster)

Our Task was to share our notes and information web in a creative form. I have made this poster, which includes a couple of facts about Niki Caro and her work.

I do not own the picture I found it on Google.

Information Web (Niki Caro)

We had to take notes from a text, (A biography about Niki Caro). We then had to use our notes and create and Information Web and make connections.

Letter to 2020 Teachers

Hi, I have nothing to say. Mrs Iloao said to share things about ourselves, but I’ve basically shared pretty much everything. 

I have two sisters, 1 older and 1 younger. You used to teach Alisha a few years ago. And my younger sister Zaria, is now in year 5. I’m the middle child and it has its ups and downs.

I don’t like reading and writing, because it requires a lot of work and while I prefer things like Maths where you mostly get to think. I also like maths because you get to see how things connect in different ways. I’ve been in Mrs Stone’s maths class since last year.

Being a prefect is fun, but I’m starting to see how much time we actually spend away from class. I am still going to continue trying and working hard.

My goal for this year is to work hard and improve my writing. Throughout the holidays I read 13 books 3 comics, and talked A LOT in order to expand my vocabulary. So let's see if that all paid off!

I’m looking forward to being in your class.

Your sincerely
Zaeeda

Introducing....

#HOMELEARNING2020

I have lately been reading the diary of the wimpy kid 13 book series. During the holidays my parents bought me the whole series so I started from book one which I was reading a few weeks ago. I am not up to book 4.

Title: Diary Of A Wimpy Kid (Dog Days)

Author: Jeff Kinney

Genre Humor, Young adult fiction, Diary fiction, Comedy

No.pages: 217





Favourite part so far
My favourite part of the story so far is when Greg and his best friend Rowley watch a horror movie. Now they are taking many precautions as they are scared that a muddy hand is going to murder them in there sleep. I find this quite hilarious as both characters seem scared out of there wits and have gone very far in order to be safe from the "muddy hand".

Who is in this story? 

Greg Heffley mostly and his family made up of five people His parents two brothers and him. His Best friend Rowley and people in his neighborhood. He has mentioned this one really weird boy in his school and neighborhood his name is Fregely, from what I have read in the past 4 books is that Fregely has said some odd stuff to Greg, which kind of freaked him out.

Setting
The main setting is Greg's house as it's the summer holidays and he has been spending his time playing video games and sleeping in. However his mum has tried to get him including in many different activities like books clubs. Greg just doesn't seem interested, he always finds a way to weasel himself out, of the activities.

What seems to be the plot

Basically it's been telling us the summer holiday of this Middle-Schooler names Greg. He lives with his family his Mum, Dad, and 2 brother Manny and Rodrick.

Prediction

I'm predicting that either Greg's mum and dad get him a dog to look after. This is because the title says Dog Days, and his parents have been trying to get Greg engaged in something. But since Greg has different taste in things he just doesn't seem to take any responsibility for it. So if his parents get Greg a dog to look after he will learn how to take care of it and be responsible for giving the dog everything it need. (Pretty good Idea if you ask me, I've always wanted a dog, I used to have one. But it's kind passed away 2 years ago).

How I Got My Name

Zaeeda, what an interesting name. Indeed it’s not a normal name, like the ones in story books or kids Cartoons. It’s quite original, but let’s look at where my name originated from.

When I was about 3 weeks old, my parents were mid-way through a search for their second daughter.  The first one was named Alisha, so they wanted something that started with the letter Z. They asked my Aunties, Uncles, Cousins and Grand-parents, that recommended many options, but none of which my parents fancied.

My great-grandmother then proposed 2 names which lead to the finding of the name Zaeeda. The name Zaeeda, is based on the to Arabic names my Great-grandmother had chosen Zaida, and Zaheeda. After considering the name they continued to look for more names, their search continued.

A few days later they had still found no names, Zaheeda and Zaida were both good names but they aren’t the most original, many Muslim girls have similar names to that, they want my name to be special. After a little while they began to lose hope, they put the name search on hold.

One day when my dad was sitting down and randomly scrolling through his phone he thought of a peculiar thought. What if we changed the spelling of the name Zaida to make it unique and different. The pronunciation and meaning will stay the same, but it will be different and people will most likely not be able to guess where it’s from.

The name Zaeeda, means peace and fortune. It’s Kabalarian Philosophy states that my name means I am able to accomplish many tasks in a small period of time. And for some reason, I do live up to my name. I did have one very distant family member that I mean when I was about 10 years old. She had the same first and last name as me, we were practically twins, and she also lived up to her name.

So as you can see, my name does have a story of it’s own. It has originated from many places and has different meaning. But I do like my name. It's unique weird and even though many people don’t pronounce it right it’s my name!

#HOMELEARNING 2020

Title Diary Of A Wimpy Kid

Author Jeff Kinney

Genre Humor, Young adult fiction, Diary fiction, Comedy

No.pages: 217

Favourite part so far
My favourite part so far it when Greg ,Rowley and his mom go to the haunted house he was super excited but go scared by someone wearing a chainsaw and started chasing him but that was cut short when Greg’s mom started telling off the guy. She made him apologize and show them the exit , Greg didn’t mind it this time round because he would have been mince meat if she didn’t.

Who is in this story? 

Greg Heffley mostly and his family made up of five people His parents two brothers and him. His Best friend Rowley and people in his neighborhood.

Setting
The setting most of it is at his house and school you around the normal neighborhood but he talks about holidays and stuff like so the setting changes often

What seems to be the plot
I think that the plot in this book is to kind explain a middle schoolers life and show them that it’s not a piece of cake through comedy and adult fiction. I don't know where this book will lead to next, but I'm guessing it will share more funny and entertaining stories about Greg's life

Zaeeda-SLJ-# Week 4 Day 3 (Screen Legends)

Week 4: All The World's A Stage

Day 3: Screen Legends

Welcome back, to the last week. Three task to complete and 2 days left after this. I've really enjoyed the week so far we've kind of been learning about some of my favourite people. I've actually enjoyed the whole summer but let's save this talk for the last day. Enjoy!

Activity 1: Talk Show Host

For this task we had to share our passion and interest, jobs we dream of and may consider doing one day. What we'd like to do when we're older and what we'd do after college.

Oprah Winfrey is basically a television legend. She is famous for her work on The Oprah Winfrey, this show ran for 25 years. Many people say that she is among one of the most influential women in the world. She is very successful and has helped other too!

Like anyone Oprah had to work hard in order to achieve her goals and success. She had to over come challenges obstacles and hard times, in order to achieve her dreams and she did, as a result she became a radio presenter, TV news presenter, and daytime talk show host. She currently owns her a production company (HARPO), and television station (OWN). She also makes a magazine, called 'O'.

Oprah has a passion for education, she loves the power of learning. She has even started her own school in South Africa called The Oprah Winfrey Leadership School for Girls. Oprah believes the power of learning and continues to try and provide young people opportunities to follow there passions in order to live a successful life like her. 

After P.E.S I will most likely be going to Selwyn College like my Sister and my dad. After that I would be going to Uni, and I'll be going to Med School, because my dream job is to become a Surgeon, preferably a Neuro-Surgeon. 

I know that medical professions take a lot of courses and time, so I will most likely getting a part-time job in order to support myself and will work towards continuing my studies. I actually have dreamed of working in the Medical Profession since I was young, my parents also support this dream.  So yeah, that's what I want to be doing in the future, and like Oprah I am willing to work hard and do take risks, in order to achieve my dreams, I AM DETERMINED!

Activity 2: Plot Points

For this task we had to imagine we were making a movie. We had to share on our blogs the movie plot, what are the main characters and events happening in the movie.

Lupita Nyong'o spent a lot of her childhood in Kenya, Africa. Her whole family was there, she was 1 of out 6 children in her family. After she graduated from High-school, she moved to the USA, in order to pursue her dreams of becoming an actress. 

She is now an Actress and was cast in her first American film, East River, in 2008. Lupita Nyong'o has also written and made a number of great films, like  Black Panther and 12 Days a Slave. She actually won the 2013 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, also known as an 'Oscar. She is the first ever Kenyan and/or Mexican woman to win an award.

Lupita is very successful over the years she has written a created a number of star-films. She received a masters degree from Yale University and has even written a children's book called Sulwe.

If I could make a movie I would most likely base it off the narrative I shared earlier during the summer learning journey, the one about friendship and the 3 friends.

Otherwise I'd base it off my life, teenage stories, friends, good times, bad times, and how to get through them. I would most likely also base it off my school days, cause that would be really fun. So my movie or movies would be like the 'diary of the wimpy kid' movie series that also comes in books.

People would be able to see life through a teenagers life, and the kind of problems they fave and how they overcome them. I pretty sure that people will be able to relate and it would definitely be fiction, because we would want it to be appropriate for all audiences.

Activity 3: Feast Or Famine
For this task we had to share whether or not we would take part in the 20 or 40 hour famine.

Julian Dennison a 17 year old actor from Lower Hutt, near Wellington. He has starred in many Movies and TV Commercials. You might recognize him from  Hunt for the Wilderpeople, Deadpool, or in the Lynx ads. He's super funny!

But, acting and being funny is not all Julian is about. He has recently became a World Vision to be a 40 Hour Famine Ambassador. He Even traveled with world vision, all the way to Uganda. There they met some refugees, who live there.  

I would definitely do the 40 hour famine, as it's for a good cause and, it sounds like fun. It would also be really easy to sign up since, our school has been doing it for a while. I haven't tried out yet, but I have heard about stuff that happens during the 40 hour famine. I like the idea of 40 hour famine, and the cause. It's great to see people helping out, and ready to give up food for such a cause. It's also great that schools are doing it, sharing awareness. 

That concludes day 3 of the last week, had heaps of fun and really enjoyed doing these activities. Only 2 days left of the Summer Learning Journey and till school starts. I'm Psyched About School, Being a Year 8 and a prefect. This is my last year at PES so we better make it a good one.