WALHT: draw a perpendicular

Today in Maths learnt how to...

• Hold and Draw with a Compass
• Draw an Arc with a Compass
• Draw a straight line to join up points
• Indicate angles#

It was pretty easy do as we were really just drawing lines.

Maui and the Big Fish

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Hurricane Irma Wreaks Havoc-Narrative Writing

The wind howled menacingly like a wolf at the full moon. Lightning licked across the evil sky: a serpent’s tongue tormenting the clouds. The Earth began to shatter…

As I scoured the streets, looking for any survivors, I hear a scream come from a house down the street, “HELP!!!” I hear them yell. Immediately I jump into action, the jet skis engine roars to life and I head off down the street. I yell out

“Are you still there!” but there is no reply… I yell again… no reply. I turn off the jet ski’s engines and jump off. The water is as cold ice. all of a sudden a bolt of lightning illuminated the sky.

“It’s getting worse,” I said to myself. As I wade through the water I yell out for,

“Hello! Is anyone there?” All of a sudden I hear a soft, quiet reply,

“Help.”

I open up the front door. The smell of smoke is a crazy bull rushing up my nostrils. I get a bit taken aback, but then I start to worry I start to believe that a fire has broken out. As I scour the house looking for the victim, I am relieved to discover that there is no fire. However, I can’t seem to locate the victim, I ask,

“Where are you?” I got an almost instant reply,

“In the attic.” I started to wonder where it is…

“How do I get to the attic?” I asked glancing around the room.

“There is a rope hanging down in the hallway, pull that and a ladder will drop down,” the person replied. I immediately scanned the hallway looking for the rope. Then I saw it. I yanked it with all of my might but it wouldn’t budge. I tried even harder but still no progress. So I decided to tie it to my jet ski and try and pull it down. So I went and got the rope from the back of my jet ski tied one end the jet ski and the other to the handle on the rope… luckily I was a scout when I was younger, so I knew all of the strongest knots. I jumped back on my jet ski and revved the engine… then I accelerated as I hard as I could and I then a “crash”as an old wooden ladder had unfolded so I started to climb. After ever rung I put my foot on a loud and long creaking noise occurred.

I finally got into the attic. As I pulled myself up I realised how cold it was and also how dusty it was. However, I still couldn't see the scared victim. I called out,

“Where are you!” They replied with,

“behind all of the crates, watch out they're really heavy.” I headed over to the crates and shoved but they wouldn’t shift. Then I realized that I probably shouldn't try and push them as they could fall and land on the helpless victim. So I started to remove them one by one. They were right. They were really heavy. However, I wouldn’t give up so I kept on moving the crates. After over an hour of lifting, there was finally a big enough gap for me to get through. As I stepped through I saw an elderly woman and her pet dog lying on the floor.

The dog looked up at jumped at me… He was definitely happy to see a someone who has come to rescue him. The lady got up but I could see that she was in immense pain. I asked,

“Do you need medical attention?” She said that she didn't. When I asked if her,

“Is there anything that you need to get from the house?” A glum appeared almost instantly like it had been shot out of a cannon right onto her face. She replied with,

“What’s there to salvage?” So after that, we headed back down the old wooden ladder. We got on the jet ski. She looked over at her house on last time then we drove away.

After a short ride back to a local rescue center, we hopped off the jet ski, the lady got her dog and she walked inside. I followed her to see if there was anything else I could do but for some reason, everyone was already asleep. Then I glanced over at the clock on the wall and noticed that is was already nine o’clock in the evening… then I thought to myself

“Wow, time went fast. I started to help this lad at two o’clock this afternoon! Anyway, let's go out and see who else needs rescuing” So for the entire night I was helping the police and the army rescuing people from the un-salvageable homes… but that’s a story for another time.

Tongan Lanuge Week Celebration

Last friday one of the teachers (Ms Tuakoi) did a tongang dance. It was the first ever time that she had done a tongan dance in front of the school. It was really great to see her embracing it her culture and heritage in a fun way.

Celebration for Aceeloration Rimes

Today I sat a maths e-asTTle maths strand assessment today. Last time I sat this test I got a 5p but this time I achieved a 5A. Although it may not be much acceleration it is still acceleration...

Tongan Language Week

This week is nation wide tongan language week. This means that all over New Zealand we will be embracing the togan culture. So the way that we are embracing it in our school is by decorating our school foyer with togan decorations. Unfortunately in New Zealand many people don't see the point of conversing with people from other culture. I believe that the way that we can fix this is by being inviting, hopefully the example will spread out across New Zealand

Science Expo

Today we had the school wide science expo. Each class had to present their topic learning in a fun and creative way. Our class displayed it by creating toys using simple machines, we had the option of using either pulleys or wheel and axles. I made mine using pulleys. I really enjoyed looking and learning about the different simple machines.

My Data

Maths e-asTTle	Term 1	Term 2	Term 3	National Standard
	5A	5A	5P	Above

Over the past few terms, I have hardly changed my overall score at all so I am holding my pace the reason why there has been no further acceleration is that I have not been working as a hard as I should be. However, I am happy with my score as it is well above standard. By the end of the academic year, I want to achieve a 6b if that is possible. To get that result I will pay more attention and also do advanced Khan Academy.

Reading e-asTTle	Term 1	Term 2	Term 3	National Standard
	4A	5P	4A	Above

Over the past few terms, I have changed my overall score. I am holding my pace at the reason why there has been no further acceleration is that I have not been working as a hard as I should be. However, I am happy with my score as it is above standard. By the end of the academic year, I want to achieve a 5a at least. To get that result I will pay more attention in guided group reading.

Writing e-asTTle	Term 1	Term 2	Term 3	National Standard
	3A	4B	3A	At

Over the past few terms, I have changed my overall score. I am holding my pace at the reason why there has been no further acceleration is that I have not been working as a hard as I should be. And I am not happy with my writing. By the end of the academic year, I want to achieve a 4p at least. To get that result I will give more time to edit my work and also broaden my vocabulary with a variety of sentences as well because I believe that is my weakness.

I believe that I am doing quite well. As I am doing reasonably for my age and time of the school year.