Amazing Exponents

Hi it's Miriam again,

Today I am going to share with you a poster that Caitlyn and I made on Exponents. The poster is meant to explain what exponents are and how to figure out how to solve them. Here I will explain an exponent to you.

Say you have 5 with a small 2 at the top right hand corner. The 2 tells you how many times you multiply that number by itself. But what if that number is a 4? If that number was a 4 than you would do 5x5=25 and then you would times 25x5 which equals 125 and then since there was a 4 at the top we need to multiply 125 by 5 one more time, and that gives us the answer of 625.

If you still don't understand then have a look at our poster and if you still don't understand after you looked at the poster than please leave me a comment and I will try to answer as soon as possible.                       

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Camp Kaitawa 2019

Hi it's Miriam again,

Today I am going to share with you a little bit about Camp Kaitawa. We went on camp last week and when we got back we had to write a reflection about it. This is my reflection on google slides. I hope you enjoy it.

Super School Swimming Sports

Hi its Miriam here. Today I am going to talk to you about our school swimming sports on Tuesday.

On Tuesday Nui Syndicate arrived at Enterprize Swim Club at 10:00. We all sat down on the stands and waited for the first race to begin. The pool was a heated pool so I was not scared that I was going to be cold, but I was scared that I was going to let down my coach. You see, I go to Enterprise twice a week for swimming squads so my coaches expect me to come in a placing.

The first race began with an ear piercing "BEEP!" the Year 4 Girls dolve into the pool and started there 25m freestyle. The crowds cheered as the first girl finished her race.  Then after what seemed like forever the Year 6 Girls got called up for our 50m freestyle. Standing on top of the diving block the cold metal gave me goosebumps I have to admit I was a little bit scared. With butterflies in my tummy the glass shattering "BEEP!" filled up the room. We dove into the pool and even though I was under the water the cheers from in the stands was giving me a headache. I did my tumble turn and then carried on freestyle when I touched the wall at the other end of the pool I was exhausted but happy that I finished the race but I was even more happy when the gave me the yellow stick.

I ran up to Mom and shared the news with her. She was so happy for me when I told her that I had come in second. The races went on for a long, long time after that. I competed in two other races breaststroke and backstroke. I only came a place in breaststroke though. I was so excited that I got through to the finals in two strokes.

Me and my best friend Poppy. Poppy on the right and me on the left.

In the finals was up against some of the best swimmers in our school. For breaststroke I came last and in freestyle I came forth. I was pretty proud with myself, at the end of the day I did quite well.

Bye, Blog you later.

Miriam

Marvelous Ruapehu

Hi it's Miriam again, I hope you have hade a wonderful holiday over the summer? I know I have. 

Today I am going to tell you about my little holiday this week. Yesterday morning Mom, Dad, Nathan, Grammy and I drove from Taupo to Mount Ruapehu and settled down in the cozy hut that we were members of on the mountain. That night we watched the magical moments of the sun setting over the world. Mom took some photos of the the family and Dad didn't think that I was responsible enough to take photos with his high-tech camera. My Favorite photo is the one of me kissing Grammy on the cheek what is yours? 

Today we did the Tongariro Crossing up to the South Crater, which isn't actually a crater it is glacier valley surrounded by volcanoes which was formed 3,000 years ago. The valley was more like a large flat surface of very sharp volcanic stone that got spewed out of one of the volcanoes during an eruption. On the South Crater we could see people climbing Ngarahoe the volcanoe next to Tongariro.  On the top of the South Crater we saw some beautiful flowers called Gentiana. These are some of the photos that we took from on top of the Southern Crater and the photos from last night:

Culture Club Finale

Hi, it's Miriam here. Today I am going to tell you about our Culture Club Finale. This terms focus is Culture Club. Culture Club is when we learn about other people's culture like learning dances from that culture, creating art from that culture, doing plays about that culture, or just playing with people from another culture. For our Culture Club Finale we can ether go on our own or with a buddy. You have to choose a country and then do a report on it. We had to answer questions that we found on our class hub and put them into our presentation. This is mine and Sophies presentation on India. Me and Sophie did this together so we hope you enjoy!

Week 6 and 7 Word Work

Hi it's Miriam here. Today I am going to share with you my Word Work for Week 6 and 7. The learning behind our Word Work is reading an article on Kiwi Kids News, Dogo News or Tween Tribune and answering questions about that article in your own words.

An example question is: Who was the main person in this news article, when did this news article take place, why did the news article take place and rewrite this news article using your own words but those are just a few of the 12 questions you need to answer. Also along with all the questions you have to answer you have to do an activity about that news article the thing is, you have to do a different activity each week until you have done all of them then you can do the same one again. The activities are on a google that is on our class learner hub along with the questions we have to answer.

The activities are not art or drama activities they are activities that have you explain your learning, learn new words, write down what you think you know about the story, what you want to know about the story and what you learnt from the story as well as finding different articles in different categories with certain people in a certain place. Now I am going to show you my Week 6 and 7 Word Work. I hope you enjoy it.

My Word Work Helps Me With...

• Rewriting sentences in my own words
• Understanding what I am reading
• Rereading  
• Time management
• Knowing what is going on in the world
• Learning new things

         
Week 6 Word Work


Week 7 Word Work

Cafe Day

Hi, it's Miriam here. Today I am going to share with you some writing about our Cafe Day that we hosted a couple weeks ago for the elderly of Gisborne. The main reason that we had Cafe Day was because of our last terms focus Actions Speak Louder than Words. Actions Speak Louder than Words is instead of just saying something nice to somebody you would do something nice for them like bringing them a cup of coffee or helping them across the street, pushing their trolley/shopping cart in the supermarket so that they can get around much easier or getting something off the shelf. Even just something small like giving them a hug or pulling out a chair for them so that they can sit down can change someone's day from a bad one to a fantastic one. My learning from Cafe Day was that you can do anything you want if you just put your mind to it and not give up. So without further to do I will let you read my amazing writing about cafe day I hope you enjoy it: