My writing

we are working on expanding our writing to give more depth. We used the sentence a mn walked up a hill and looked out at the sea.

A man walked briskly up a steep hill on a cold winters morning, the gentle crunch of snow from under his boots filled the silence as he finally reached the peek. The air was empty as he gazed far over the grey, motionless sea. He looked around desperately he needed that key, now his life depended on it.

Homework Task 5

I think i will really enjoy this terms inquiry because it will be interesting to find out all about advertising.

Words are really powerful because they can really help someone can really please people or really hurt people.

Gang Show camp at brookfeilds!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Last weekend I went on a gang show camp at brookfeilds.
Gang show is a big show put on in september by Scouts and Guids there are 7 performances and takes over 15 weeks of rehersals and 2 camps to put it all together!!!
It's a lot of fun these pictures are at one of the camps i went to, we had a disco!!

My Survey.

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Carter Observatory

On Tuesday the Year 7 & 8's trekked off to boldly go where no other School has gone before......the Newly re-opened Carter Observatory. We were treated to an exciting workshop which looked in detail at the different conditions, and statistics of each of the planets in our solar system.. Did you know that Pluto is now called a dwarf planet - and there are at least 35 other dwarf planets out there which are roughly the same size as Pluto!! After the workshop we went into the planetarium, this is a high-fi digital movie theater where the ceiling is the screen and you feel as though you are flying through space! We looked at the physical stress astronauts go through when in space , and at our very own unique view of the night sky. The photos were amazing and the educators were really interesting. We came back buzzing with questions and debating the existence of extra-terrestrial life in the universe!
Another knowledge gathering success!

Some of the books i've read this year

Carter Observatory

We went to the Carter Observatory, It was very fun. We watched a show on what it is like on the moon and what it's like to be an astronaut. Then we watched how we could spot stars at home as well as Mars and Jupiter. Then we went to the class room and looked at some interesting facts.

Did You Know:

- Pluto is now called a Dwarf planet because there are lots of other planets in our Solar System that are the same size. 

- All the star signs are originally created from the stars in the sky.

- You can find which way is North with the stars (Southern Cross) 

Lit Quiz

A few weeks ago I went to the Wellington literature quiz with 7 other people. It was a lot of fun. Our team came 12th and the other team came 14th.

Science Fair

This term everyone in year 7/8 syndicate are doing a science fair. My question is ' Does Caffeine Effect Your Hand/Eye Coordination?' I'm on task and have completed my experiment. 

1.6 people each had a turn of throwing 12 balls into a hula-hoop, to see how many they could get in. 

2.Next they drank a caffeined drink.

3. They waited 15 minuets. 

4.Finally they each repeated the first step to see if they improved their score.

A majority of the people did improve there score.

 But I had a controlled group.

They did the same experiment but instead they drank Raro not Coke. Because Raro does not have caffeine in it they were not supposed to improve their score.

And most people didn't

It was a lot of fun.

Technicraft

Today we had a new rotation for technicaraft!  I am now in I.C.T. We updated our blogs and learned some new ideas to post about.

'The Arrival' From page to stage.

The lights dimed and everyone went quite, the whole year 7/8 senior syndicate sat in the front rows of the Oprea House. We were on a school trip in town to come and see Shaun Tans 'The Arrival'.

The arrival is originally a graphic novel by Australian writer Shaun Tan. Which has been transformed int a spectacular and emotional stage play by the Red Leap Theater troupe. Leaving behind his wife and child, a man seeks better prospects in a foreign land. Baffeled by indeclpherable languages, perculer customs , cruious animals and dazzeling architecture, e serches for accomedation, food and work. 'The Arrival' is a heartwarming tale of hardship, humanity and hope.

The play is just like stepping into the book all the building are on were on wheels transforming into different shapes.The puppets were very lifelike how they moved and sounded. It was a magical land of flying ships, exotic birds and traveling balloons.

Woordle About Me!

Homework week 6.

Here's my homework for week 6 it's about our inquiry Parihaka.


Question Chain
Parihaka question chain.


What is Parihaka? – Parihaka was a Maroi settlement next to Mount Tarinaki run by Tohu Kakahi and Te Whiti O Rongomai some of the Marois came to live here when the Europeans took over their land. – Who was Tohu Kakahi and Te Whiti O Rongomai? – They were the learders of Parihaka they believed in non-voilent fighting and peace. – How did they fight for Parihaka? – In the night they phoughed up all the land so they couldn’t use it as farm land and took out all the pegs – What happened after they did that? – The Europeans killed lots of people and sent some people to jail including Tohu Kakahi and Te Whiti O Rongomai and the others around New Zealand to work – How long was Tohu Kakahi and Te Whiti O Rongomai in jail? - 16 months.
Time line
1828: Tohu Kakahi born in Taranaki.
1832: Te Whiti O Rongomai born in Taranaki.
1850’s- A peaceful settlement. People came to live here because the Europeans had confiscated their land.


1860’s- Europeans wanted the land so came in and started putting pegs into the ground. The Maoris didn’t like it so in the night they came in and took out the pegs and ploughed up the land so the Europeans could not use it as farm land. They did this in a non-violent way because that was not what they believed in.


1870- Parihaka gains its independence.


1870’s- The Europeans evade Parihaka and killed most of the people. Jailed some leaving them without food or water. And sent some to work in different parts of the country. Tohu Kakahi and Te Whiti O Rongomai were arrested and sent to jail for 16 months.

Art Complet!

Today we completed our art! They look very cool. They are based it on the artist Lex Benson Cooper. I really like them.Take a look.

Buddies!

We have chosen our buddies and we get together every Friday. Right now we are painting a post in our gaden we chose a design theam and now we're painting.
Here are some pistures of us with our buddies.

The Arrival.

Tommorow we are going to see a play called The Arrival. I am so ecited I have read the graphic novel it is very good so i'm ecited to see how they have made it into a play.

Homework week 5!

Massive Chile Earthquake
Huge 8.8 magnitude earthquake shatters Chile on Saturday, with at least 708 people dead .
Chile's president has sent the army to help the police combat looting on Sunday in the hard hit city, Concepcion. Some firefighters looking for survivors in a toppled apartment block were forced to pause because of tear gas fired to stop looters, who were wheeling off everything from microwave ovens to canned milk at a damaged supermarket across the street .
As tens of thousands faced a second night without drinking water, electricity or working toilets. President Michelle Bachelet said “Chile needs field hospitals and temporary bridges, water purification plants and damage assessment experts, as well as rescuers to help relieve workers who have been laboring frantically for more than a day.”
"We held onto each other in that doorway for almost three minutes," said Pablo Cuevas. "I watched a picture frame bang against the wall and wondered if the building was going to come down with us in it.”
The earthquakes epicenter was 56 miles North-East of Concepcion and a depth of 22 miles at 3:34 am on Saturday. Government-run television reported that 1.5 million


homes had been destroyed or declared unsafe.
Lots of people are donating to help this damaged, crushed Chile. Nobody will forget their loved ones but with the help from us maybe we can make a difference.

Swimmimg sports!

Today we did swimmimg sports! It was so fun I came 3d in the 25m butterfly and 1st in the 25m backstroke final!
It was very fun here are some pictures!

Soudku results!

2/03/10- 8.23
3/03/10- 7.48
15/03/10- 7:24

Unicycling

This year we have been starting to learn to ride the unicycle! Mr Emas has brought lots of them so we can ride them. It's really hard but i'n slowly getting the hang of it. I think it's really cool how we have a chance to do it at Muritai!

Writing Complet!

Today we finnished our writing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Now I know all about the Haiti disaster. Now we are going to write another one! YAY!

Carry on with writing (Haiti)

Today we started publishing our writing on the Haiti disaster. We used the pods to do so. We gathered pictures to help show/explain what it would have been like. Also this week for homework we have to write a 1/2 a page report on the massive 8.8 Chile earthquake. I will really enjoy researching about it :)

Homework week 4

This is my homework for week 4 I hope you like reading it :)






Task 1
Contemporary art can be defined variously as art produced at this present point in time or art produced since world war II. The definition of the word contemporary would support the first view, but museums of contemporary art commonly define their collections as consisting of art produced since World War II.


Task 2


This contemporary piece of art was painted by Pat Hanly. I like this painting because of the background and the fire on the side because of all the different colors that were used.




Task 3
Lex Benson Cooper is a famous New Zealand Artist. He was born in 1953 and lives in Napier. He is a contemporary artist. I like the painting he painted called Quarter Acre. It took him 16 days to paint it. I like it because of all the shading in the
fruits and the table. I also liked the background.

Technicraft!

Today I did technicraft! I have been doing science. In week 2 we made an experement with milk and dishwashing liquid. In week 3 we studdied different plants and looked at the different things they had. And today we made fake snot and we found out why you needed those ingredence. Next I will do Sewing and I can't wait!

Books i'm reading

These are some of my books I have read this year:


They are so good I recommend them to everyone!

Arts Week!

We have just finnished arts week! It was sooooo much fun. Some of us have finneshed our backrounds so we are starting to sketch a still life to go over the top of our backrounds!

Images at school!

These are some images of us working!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)

Art!

This week is art week. We're painting in the style of Lex Benson Cooper a New Zealand comtempery artist. We have done the backgrounds of old fashioned wallpaper. Now we are going to paint a still life in front of it. It has been soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much fun:)We also watched some videos from youtube to look at different ways of painting.

Haiti (writing)

We have been studying the Haiti disaster in Janurary. We went on the laptops to find some information, then we planed it, after that we write the introduction. Now we have just started to write the main body into pharagraphs.

Strike!

Today we got the opportunity to see the awesome and famous percussion group STRIKE
They were fantastic! The sound rocked the hall, the thumping beats and catchy rhythm keep everyone spellbound.

Intermediate!

Hello this is my first day at intermediate i'm so excited. I think year 7 is a great year for more oppertunitys such as learning how to unicycle, Enviroschools and lots more! I'm also looking forward to playing nettball again and learning the spot of croquet. This is also a good year to garden and plant trees. I would really like to take on all oppertunitys to do with performing arts like the production. I will like doing technicraft and learning some different subjucts.

Hello...

Hello to all of those new comers I am Called Meg. I'm a year 7 at Muritai school. And I am really looking forward to this year at Muritai school.