Tech Posts

Tuesday 4 March 2014 Today I did music tech with Miss Story first we did keyboard and i learned two notes it was really fun. Next we did guitar and I also learned 6 notes and it was way harder than keyboard. Next we split up into groups of four and did ukulele I was with Xavier Noah and Jhan. Then we gathered round Miss Storey and played the ukulele together. I had an awesome time at music tech and can't wait for tomorrow. Wednesday 5 March 2014 Today I did Music Tech again with Miss Storey first we split up into 3 groups we were in group 2. First we used the keyboard and garage band to record our keys and also we could play around with sounds a bit. Next we did Guitar we got about 3 minutes to practice our notes before Miss storey assesses us, I passed every note but 1 so I can practice tomorrow. Next we did keyboard we practiced our notes but she didn't have time to asses us. Thursday 6 March 2014 Today I did music Tech for the second to last day. Today we had to make a song about a crunchie bar I paired up with Xavier it was really funny because we made up our own version it was pretty cool. Me and Xavier went into the back room. we had to get the keyboard one of our laptops and the headphones. Then we recorded it. When we finished we had to present it to the whole room. we didn't get to judge the winner but i'm sure we won. Friday 7 March 2014 Today was the last day of music Tech we all got assessed on the ukulele, then did a worksheet and then did some of the normal rotations. It was weird doing music tech for the last time. At the end of tech we all played some ukulele together it was really fun.

Homework - Battle Of Gate Pa

Rimu Swimming Sports

25m Breaststroke “Yr 8 boys 25m breaststroke to the line” I quickly grabbed my goggles and everyone speed walked to the cones. I was in the 5th lane. There was a few people lined up before me so I had a little bit of time to see who I was facing. To be honest I had a pretty hard group they were all good swimmers and then there was me. My group got called to the line, I didn’t know whether to dive in or to hope in the pool and start. I decided to dive it was a good choice because I got that little bit of more speed. “CLAP” I dived in like a dolphin it felt awesome. I got above the water and took a deep breath my goggles were slipping down I said in my head “ damn I knew I should've tightened them!!!”. I just stayed concentrated on my strokes. I was past halfway I knew I needed to push a little bit more harder. I reached to touch the wall “what did I get what did I get?” yuss I got second thats pretty good for me. The boy handed me the blue stick I was so stoked.

45 Min Inquiry

Possums are nocturnal they only come out at night. possums are pests to New zealand they destroy natural forest and they eat all the shrubs and sometimes kiwi fruit in orchards. Possums have red eyes so in the night you can sometimes see them. Possums freeze when they see light so thats why you see heaps of dead possums on the road because they freeze when the see the headlights.

Te Whare Wananga o Te Maro

The Whare is a special place where you can connect with the the world. That is why you have to take of your shoes and hat. There are parts of the Whare which are basically a skeleton made out of wood. Tahuhu is the backbone and Heke is the ribs.

Te Whare wananga o Te Maro are the 3 iwi and they have a rope taura which has all of the colours of the houses going up the rope. The carving also use nails to carv into the 3 iwi. The 3 main parts of the Whare. The top one is from takitimu, the middle one is ngati pukenga and the bottom one is from matatua ngai rangi.

Valentine's Day

St Valentines was a Roman priest who was secretly organising weddings for soldiers. He was jailed then sentenced to death by the King on February 14th AD 270. We exchange cards, candy, gifts or flowers, with our special valentines. A special valentine is someone that you love.

American spend up to 3.6 billion dollars on Valentines gift each year. 50 million roses are sold each year on Valentines Day. 73% of people who buy flowers for Valentines day are men and 27% are women.15% of the US women send themselves flowers on Valentines day.Eros is the greek god of love and his roman form is Cupid.

Waitangi Day

They are holding the banner because there are people disrespecting the treaty and they are trying to tell the people to agree by holding the sign. They are walking through the streets hoping everyone will see the banner so everyone knows to respect the treaty.The Treaty of Waitangi is to make peace between the Maori's and the British. The Treaty of Waitangi was signed in 1840 and was also signed by 40 chiefs.