Maths

Listening to the land// Writing

What is Pauline doing to help animals that are endangered?

The Maori Scientist Harris Pauline is working hard to help animals that are endangered, she is simplifying Maori  traditional knowledge with western knowledge. She managed to gather information from the Maori people who live in Alaska and they say that their lakes are melting faster, their lakes usually melt around summer. When she got the information from Alaska she was wondering if something like that is affecting animals in New Zealand. She found out that Mosquitoes are hatching earlier and animals along with insects are growing faster.

How is the Maori knowledge helping her?

She is also checking out areas around New Zealand and to see if anything weird is happening. Many Maori communities have a great understanding of the plants,animals and insects cycle also Harris Pauline is a part of 3 Maori tribes so she probably understands how the plant,animal, and insects cycle go’s so she knows when climate change is affecting the plants,animals and insects. She is also creating a map that combines the Maori knowledge with our knowledge now and seeing what’s the differences between what happened back then and now.

Tuhi Atu//Listening to the land

Maths DLO

Tech - Electricty

Last week at Tech we were learning about Electricty. We started by listening things in our house that needed electricty after that we got to solve how to turn this lamp on with a battery and wires. You need a lamp station and a battery and two electric wires. You connect the two electric wires with the battery, then on the lamp station there's two holes and you have to plug the wires through the hole then the lamp station will turn on. The task was intreasting and I enjoyed it very much I hope their is another task.

Listening to the land//Word definetion 2

Today I managed to finish off another word definetion list and on this one it was academic words from the book we read which is "Listening to the land". I got my definetions from the book and my prior knowledge. I enjoyed doing this task I learned more words and I learned what a Gregorian calendar is and who made it. 

Listening to the Land//Word Definition

Today I managed to find every definition of each Maori word in the book that we read. It was hard because some of the words weren't on the Maori dicitionary. But we read the book and we understood what it ment. Seeing what these words ment was pretty cool I learned alot and I really enjoyed reading the book because it's really intresting.

Bounce Back Acronym

Reading Reflection//Listening to the land

Today for reading we got to have a group discussion on reading. We all read this book called Listening to the land. After reading it we gathered words that geniuses use from sentences in the book and we unpacked the word and sentences. It was really fun because you got to use your prior knowledge. I enjoyed it I learned a lot of words that I could use in sentences in my Writing and improve it.

Listening To The Land//Sentence

This week for Reading we got to read a book called Listening To The Land in the book it tells us info about what Maori Scientist have found. We are looking into what scientist like Pauline has found. Pauline want's to prevent animal endeangerment and also keep them safe from climate change.

Tamaki Collage Tech

This week at tech we were learning about earthworms for sciences the. We got to see real earthworms and measure them we listed each earth worm by number like number 1 was 7cm tall and it seemed relaxed when we took it out. Number two was 3 to 4 cm tall and it was trying to trying it's best to get to soil. Number 3 was 5cm and it was relaxed like the first worm. It was Intresting looking at it's behavior and everything cause I've never had any thoughts about earthworms.

Fractions Problem Solving//PT 3

Today I finished off the Fractions Problem solving. The problem was different and I had to use another strategy so I did 16 x 4=64 that's how I solved it but if you read the problem it is more understandable. 

Fraction Promlem Solving// PT 2

This was my second maths promlem and I really liked it, The Problem was diffucult but the stragie I used made it seem easy. I divided 28 by 7 that would equal to 4 then 4x2=8 then 28-8=20 so the answer was 20. 

Manuka Products Brainstorm

This week for writing we were writing a explanation writing. I enjoyed making the brainstorm cause I got to think about the Manuka Products and do research on it. After we make the brainstorm we would be getting ready to make a Explanation writing.

Manuka Trees//DLO

For reading I created a DLO explaining what a Manuka tree is this DLO has questions to the for Manuka Investers and Manuka Farmers. The Manuka tree is really intresting because you can do alot with it but it's also expensive people United Kingdom really like the Manuka Honey because to them it's high quality honey. The Manuka tree is intresting you can learn alot just by reading infomation about Manuka trees.

Should Heat sign Cousins for playoff run?

The Miami Heat possibly might be wanting to sign Cousins for a playoff run, but if the Miami Heat want to sign him then they would have to cut a player off their team. If the Miami Heat sign Cousins then they could possibly dominate the playoffs. Cousins is a good scorer and defender. He's amazing. He has some real talent.

Jameis Winston was a Heisman winner, National Champion, Top draft pick and stat giant. Now he's on the bench.

Jameis Winston was the youngest player to ever win the Heisman. The star player doesn't plan to stay at New Oreland Saints any longer. Jameis has a look at his plan to return to NFL stardom. The past few months should have been impossible to have been able to process for a proud man like Jameis Winston. He has a right arm that can throw 5,109 yards. His name is now in legenary record books with Manning, Brees, Brady, Roethlisberger, Mahomes and Marino along with other legends. The last time we saw Winston, he sure seemed angry. Moments after becoming the NFL's first 30 interception QB since 1988.

Toronto Raptors Will Go After Giannis Antetokounmpo in Free Agency Reports

Giannis Antekokounmpo has been wanted by so many teams. The Toronto Raptors have been wanting Giannis Antekokounmpo ever since they lost their star player Kwahi. Giannis Antekokounmpo is also nicknamed "The Greek Freak" and also he has great talent but I'm saying once Giannis brother gets drafted he gonna surpass Giannis because Giannis brother is basically like him but he has a good Jumpshot, so imagine the brother as a great dunker and he has a good jumpshot.

Los Angeles Lakers Tried to Sign Washington Wizards Star on Multiple Occasions NBA Trade Rumors

Lakers tried signing the Washington Wizards star Bradley Beal on multiple occasions. Beal was drafted in the 2012 draft by the Wizards and has been a star player for the franchise ever since. There were so many teams that wanted to draft Bradley Beal but he signed his last year contract with the Wizards so basically he can't leave the team. There were about 29 teams wanting Bradley Beal. At the end of the day Beal would be offered a contract and it's all up to him. 

Pelican's might just be able to win their first ever Championship for the Franchise

Zion Willamson, Lonzo Ball, Jrue Holiday, Brandon Ingram and Derrick Favors this is the new Pelicans lineup and I think it's pretty good because Lonzo Ball is a pretty good Shooting Guard as long as he's with teammates that suits his playmaking he would play amazingly. Jrue Holiday he's real good I've seen his highlights and he was amazing his vision is pretty good he can create space for himself and his teammates.This new lineup can probably win the franchise a championship.

Pelicans road to NBA playoffs just got a little tougher thanks to new tiebreaker rules

This Season the Pelicans OWNED the Portland Trailblazers. Portland Trailblazers point guard wasn't in both of the games but even if he played it wouldn't make any differences because before the All Star break the Pelicans beat the Trailblazers 138-117 even with their star player Damian Lillard playing. The Pelicans dominated the Trailblazers head to head so they got an inside track of a spot in the play-offs. The NBA has decided to play out the remainder of the season, the Trail Blazers are favored in Las Vegas to get the eighth seed. Why? The NBA has determined that winning percentage. not head to head tiebreakers will determine who will be the higher seed if teams are tied in the number of games back.

Atlantic University Sport suspends all competition until January 2021

Every university in Atlantic Canada will cancel any sport tournament there because of Covid 19. They Cancelled it so their students don't take risk of catching Covid 19. It's gonna be cancelled until 2021 in January. The Announcement was by Atlantic University Sport on Monday. That means sports like soccer, football, rugby and cross country will be postponed until the next year. Phill Currie Said "This decision to suspend didn’t come easily".

U Sports cancels 6 National Championships due to COVID-19 pandemic

U Sports has canceled the 6 National Championships due to risk of catching the CoronaVirus. The previous winner was Louisiana State University and they still hold the title probably until next year. The varsity football championship was set for November 28 in a city yet to be released into the public yet. I looked forward to seeing who would win the 6 National Championships but LSU still holds the championship.

Hong Kong leader says ‘everyone has to learn their lesson’ a year into protests

Hong Kong is a anti goverment protest. The chinese city semi-autonomous leader made a anoucement that "Tuesday that all sides should learn from the difficulties and challenging times over the past year". Carrie Lam said "Everyone has to learn their lesson, including the Hong Kong government" She said that before having a meeting with her advisors. I think this is really intresting because more countrys are protesting.

Players form Hockey Diversity Alliance to combat racism

A group of Hockey players of all racial came together to create a Hockey Diversity Alliance to combat racism. It's formation of the team would be announced next week Monday. What they are doing is Inspiring other players to fight racism. I'd really like to see them play because it sounds entertaining and because I've never seen a sport ever do this which is quite interesting.

Most Canadian Premier League teams resume training after COVID-19 delays start to season

Forge FC came back to training on Monday around 220 days in the wake of winning the debut inaugural Canadian Premier League title toward the beginning of November. While the Hamilton group managed in about fourteen days of preparing time before the pandemic, coach Bobby Smyrniotis at long last got the opportunity to see all the ability available to him.
 

Paulo Dybala 'It is not only people of color that should be fighting racism. We all have to'

Paulo Dybala wanted to take action and support his teammates who are being racially treated. Last year in April Paulo Dybala's teammate Moise Kean was racially mocked. Other football stars has also been mocked due to the colour of their skin like Raheem Sterling, Leonardo Bonucci and Romelu Lukaku. I'm actually proud that people are protesting for racial equality because when people get mocked because of their skin tone it racially effects them for the rest of their life.

UFC champion Conor McGregor makes 3rd retirement announcement in 4 years

Conor McGregor has declared his retirement for the third time in four years. McGregor suddenly made his most recent questionable statement Sunday morning on his Twitter account, where the previous two division UFC champion additionally reported his retirement in 2016 and 2019.

The NBA is coming back, but Vince Carter's career is officially over

Vince Carter also known as "Vinsanity" he earned that nickname in the 2000 All Star dunk with a 360 degree windmill dunk and it was ranked as the top dunk out of any other dunk in the history of the dunk contest. Vince Carter's 22 year career has now come to an end as they had a farewell game for him. Vince Carter had such an amazing career. It was depressing hearing the News that he's retiring. He was such a fan favorite and he was always respected due to his talent and his passion for the sport.

Michael Jordan to donate $100 million to organisations dedicated to race equality

Michael Jordan the six time championship winner donates 100 million dollars to organisations that are supporting the racial equality in honor of what happened to George Floyd. What Micheal did is good because it's supporting racial equality and too many innocent lives are in danger even for little kids. What happened to George Floyd was such a tragedy and no human should ever go through that.   

Warriors first pick on 2020 NBA DRAFT

The Warriors get the first pick on the 2020 NBA draft. They are picking LaMelo Ball. I think It's a good pick because LaMelo Ball has been playing good I've watched one of his highlights on youtube and also he has brothers and they actually play well together I'm telling if the ball brothers team up again the will dominate the NBA.

PIck A Path

This week we got the chance to create a pick a path quiz DLO. In mine I did a quiz about the NBA. My quiz is basically telling you how much you know about the NBA. I'm a massive fan of the NBA because I get to watch players evolve like Zion Williamson I've been watching him since he Joined the Duke basketball team and he was amazing. When I was watching the 2019 draft I was so excited to see the draft because I heard the Pelicans was going to be the 1st draft pick and I knew they needed a Power Forward so they picked Zion.

Fractions Problem Solving

This week for maths we were focusing on Fractions Problem Solving.I enjoyed doing this because I got to come up with some strategies I could be able to use in the future so it's useful. I'm not really a massive fan of maths but it's decent.

Manuka Trees

This week for reading we were finding out about Manuka Trees and why New Zealand needs them. Manuka Trees can give supportive items to us people. Pretty much each and every Manuka Item is valuable like the honey can recuperate injurys and Sicknesses and the saw dust can povide flavor to grilled fish or meat. The wood is recycleble and you can even use it as fire wood. The Manuka Trees is something worth investing into. It helps individuals alot.