Reading

The Climb - Miley Cyrus

I can almost see it

That dream I'm dreaming but

There's a voice inside my head saying

You'll never reach it,

Every step I'm taking,

Every move I make feels

Lost with no direction

My faith is shaking but I

Gotta keep trying

Gotta keep my head held high

There's always gonna be another mountain

I'm always gonna wanna make it move

Always gonna be an uphill battle

Sometimes I'm gonna have to lose

Ain't about how fast I get there

Ain't about what's waiting on the other side

It's the climb

The struggles I'm facing

The chances I'm taking

Sometimes might knock me down but

No I'm not breaking

I may not know it

But these are the moments that

I'm going to remember most yeah

Just got to keep going

And I

I gotta be strong

Just keep pushing on, 'cause

There's always gonna be another…

Who do you think this song was written for? - To tell people what she’s dreaming about or she telling a story about her life.

How much do you know about Miley Cyrus? - Not much Do you think this song was about her life? - Kind of Why? - Because she talks a lot about things like she has a dream, there's mountains she has to climb to reach the top, she’s got to keep trying and keep her head high. 

What other inspirational songs do you know? List the link on this document

• • Don't worry Be Happy
  • You are the reason
  • Hall Of Fame

What does ‘lost with no directions mean?’ - I think it means that she is lost and doesn't know where to go.  

‘I can almost see it’. What do you think this line is referring to? - She has almost reached the top.

Reading - Poem - Work

This is my reading work that I have completed. For this week we are writing and reading poems. My WALT is - Use personal experiences to relate to Poems

I have dreams

by Antonia Lee, Sara Fung, Christy Fung, Rachel Lam

I have no dreams in my life

And I do not concede that

I have talents

I am not a person who contributes

And I refuse to believe that

I will be useful

I tell you this:

In the future

I will not be famous

No longer can it be said that

my friends and parents will support me

It will be evident that

I am apathetic

It is foolish to presume that

I have dreams

Life is like a battlefield

Without dreams

Being a lawyer, will not be my aim

Being an accountant, will not be my goal

Being a doctor, will not be my dream

I would never say that

There is hope in my life

Reading activity - listening to the land

Tatai arorangi

What is Tatai Arorangi? - Astronomy, knowledge of celestial bodies.

Dr Pauline Harris

Astronomical knowledge is really important for us and to a lot of our people, because when you talk about astronomical knowledge, that actually infused its way through much of Māori life and traditions – the fact that, when we look at how the universe was formed within our genealogies or our whakapapa, we actually whakapapa back to these stars. So, we fundamentally, within traditional belief, believe that we came from or are related to the stars.

What is Pauline Harris saying here? - I think that Pauline Harris is saying that Astronomical knowledge is important to Maori people because in their beliefs they say that we may be related or come from stars. 

What are the main words in Pauline Harris’ discussion here? 

Traditional belief

Astronomical knowledge

Stars

Genealogies

Whakapapa

Fundamentally

What is astronomical knowledge? - I think that Astronomical knowledge is the study of stars and planets. 

Tuhi Atu - Listening to the land - What we have learnt

Math - Measurement

Kiwikidsnews - Massive fart in public

Today I read an article in Kiwikidsnews about a man in Vienna Australia who got fined for doing a massive fart in public. The man was fined $500 euros for loudly breaking wind. The police said that he got a large fine because he deliberately lifted his backside from the bench he was sitting on and faced it in their direction. The police also said that he could challenge the fine in the legal system.

Measurement - DLO - Math

Measurement - DLO - Math

Math - Measurement - DLO

Math DLO - Measurement

This is another math DLO I  managed to finish.   

Measurement - Math - DLO

This is a DLO on math that I manege to finish. 

Pick a Path 2 - Manuka

Tech - Earthworms

Last week on Friday we had a science class at Tamaki College. Our class was about Earthworms. We started off by watching a video. During the video I learnt that there were about 27 different Earthworm species in the UnitedKingdom and that they could grow up to 30cm long. We also learnt that Hermaphrodite is when an Earthworm has a Male and Female organs in one body, another word I learnt was Clitellum and it is a body part of an Earthworm. The role of a Clitellum is like a womb it carries around egg’s. After we finished that we observed real Earthworms. We numbered each worm, observed what their behaviour was like and estimated how long they were. Worm 1 was very chill and was about 7cm long, Worm 2 was also very chill and was at least 9cm long and the last worm I observed was Worm 3 and it was exactly the same as the rest, very chill and was about 5cm long.       

  

Manuka is an essential tree in New Zealand

Manuka

Manuka is a type of tree that is found throughout New Zealand and gets its name “Tea tree” from Captain Cook. Manuka also known as the Tea tree is a very essential tree in New Zealand. It will take at least 6 years to fully grow. Manuka can also stop soil erosion and can help many other trees grow.

Manuka is a native tree in New Zealand and is mostly found throughout the North, South and Stewart Islands. It is also found in different habitats including dry hill sides, wetlands and river gravels. 

The bark from the Manuka tree is used to make tea nowadays and by early settlers. It is a very special tree because it is used as a source for honey and pollen. When Manuka is produced into honey it can even heal and is helpful when treating cuts, burns and even pimples when applied to skin.

Since Manuka is very important to us we need to respect it by not using it as firewood. We need to plant Manuka to help forest regeneration, because Manuka is a widespread plant. When removed from its place it may eliminate the chance of forest generation.

Overall Manuka is a very essential tree and without it we would not have Manuka products like medicine, honey, oil and more. This is not the only reason why the Manuka tree is important, it also helps other trees that grow around it and is a very big money maker.  

Reading Discussion Activity

For this activity we had to write down  our under standing of these words.

Translation - Reading task

This is a reading activity that I have completed. This activity was pretty hard because we had to translate Maori words into English words. 

Bounce Back Acronym

Math work

Group DIscussion

Today my group and I had a group discussion with the teacher. We first had to find some academic vocabulary from the text that we were reading and then we put it into a doc so that we could all learn how to unpack it as a group. 

Reading Activity - Listening to the land

This is another Reading activity that I have finished. 

Reading Activity - Listening to the land

This is one of our reading activities that I finished. 

Pick A Path

Math working out

Today for math we worked on a question that involved adding fractions. We did this problem for a Math observation and this is my working out.   

Math Observation

Today for Maths we had someone came in and observed how we work in groups. We were put into a group of 3 and had to work out a question that was given to us by our teacher.  

Brain Storm

This is a brain storm that I did to structure my writing and to put ideas into paragraphs. 

KiwiKidsNews - Scott Dixon

Today I read an article on KiwiKidsNews about a New Zealander man named Scott Dixon who won his 47th IndyCar car race. He dominated the race by doing 157 laps out of 200.I also read that Dixon has the fourth highest wins in Texas brooding to the all-time win list.

KiwiKidsNews - Reading

Today I read a news article in Kiwikidsnews that Dan Carter will be joining the blues this year. On June the 4th the Blues confirmed the signing with Mr Carter as an injury cover for the upcoming Super Rugby season. The current coach for the Blues has played beside Dan Carter for the All Blacks, Canterbury and the Crusaders.     

MATH - DLO

This is my working out for problem 1. I first watched the video and then solved my problems.

Reading - Manuka Tree

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