Monday 31 March 2014

Short stories


1. I walked into the room all smiley and happy and then bam a bomb went off so now I ain't happy or smiley. 


2. Hannah was sitting in the class chatting away to her friends. When a magically cat walked into the room and told Hannah she had 3 wish’s.

3.Quinn was running down the sideline with the soccer ball But sadly he tripped and landed on his face.


Sunday 30 March 2014

Chinese characters

How many Chinese characters are there altogether? There is over 50,000 Chinese characters altogether.

How many characters does an educated person know? About 2000 or so Chinese characters.

How old are Chinese characters? 3,500 years.

Why are some Chinese characters called pictographs? Because they look like pictures.

What 2 characters join together to make ‘good’? 女 (woman) + 子 (child) = 好 (good) 

What 2 characters join together to make ‘television’?   + 视=  ‘television.




Wednesday 26 March 2014

How to make your bed

Photos with a meaning

Photo 1: Its about how some movies don't tell the whole story like a book does. In a movie it has only the important stuff but in a book it has everything



Photo 2: Its means that someone has to stand up and be a leader. Someone to take control. Everyone needs someone to show them the right way and then maybe one day you will be the leader in the middle.




Photo 3:  This photo's meaning is to live life to the full's because no matter how many photos you take it will never be as good as the days that it happen on.
             


Photo 4: Enjoy every second of life because it will go by with a blink of an eye.

Tuesday 25 March 2014

Fact and opinion:

How can you tell the difference between fact and opinion? A fact is something that is true and a opinion is one or more people thinking something that they may thing it is true and other may not.

 Write 3 facts and 3 opinions about one of these topics: 
Coca cola is the most popular soda in the world.(that's a fact)
Coca cola is a brownly black colour. (that's a fact)
Coca cola has caffeine in it. (that's a fact)

Coca cola is yummy. (That's a opinion)
Coca cola helps with the flu. (That's a opinion)
Coca cola can be bad for you. (That's a opinion)

Monday 24 March 2014

Sound Cloud Test.

My favourite app game.

My favourite app is Tv On Demand.

You use Tv-On-Demand when you miss a show on tv. You go on to the app and watch the show you want to watch. It has every show on the channels 1 2 and 3.

If you want to use this app you can google it on your laptop or you can download it from the app store it's free.

To watch the show you want to see you must click on the app then find the show you want then click on it. The show will pop up and it starts straight away.

The only problem with this app is you need wi-fi.

Here is the link to it -> TV on demand

 



Sunday 23 March 2014

Kia Kaha (Constable Den)

Kia Kaha

1.What is bullying?                              
                   
-Power & Control
-Repeated
-To hurt our feeling or body



2.Types of bullying?

  • Verbal
  • Physical 
  • Cyber 
  • Gesture
  • Pressuring
  • Signs 
  • Abuse
  • Threatening
  • Isolate
  • Emotional 
  • Humiliation

airplane crash.

1. Why did the plane crash? They do not know what cause the plane to crash yet.

2. Have they found the plane yet? They have not found the plane yet.

3. How did the plane crash? They do not know because they lost contact with the plane early into the flight. 

4.Where did the plane crash?  They believe that it could be somewhere near Aussie.  

5.How many people were on the plane? 239 people and 18crew on the plane at the time.

6. Was it a tourist attack? They do not know if in fact it was a tourist attack or not.

7.Where was the plane last sighted? They where spotted last an hour or two into there flight.

8. Do they have the black-box?They are still looking for the black-box.

9. When did they lose contact with the plane? 1-2 hours after they started flying.

10.What was the plane called?  Malaysia Airlines flight MH370

Sunday 16 March 2014

Fines for not wearing life jackets

1. Who is the main person or group of people in this news article? The Hawke’s Bay Harbour master Mr Norman and 8 people in Hawke’s Bay.
2. What was the key event from the news article? That you will get fined for not wearing a life jackets.
3. Where did this event take place? Hawke's Bay. 
4. When did this event take place? On the 11th of March.
5. Why did this event happen?  Because people were not wearing life jackets and put themselves in danger.

1. Find a quote from the main person in this news article?  The Hawke’s Bay Harbour masterMr Norman said that the people fined were seen putting their life jackets on only as they entered the harbour in the hope to not get caught.

6. Use the Dictionary in the bottom right hand corner to find the meaning of 3 words from the article.
regulations - act of controlling, 
irresponsible - Lack of responsibility
 attempt - To do something.

 here is a link to the page 


Thursday 13 March 2014

Too and To

a) Too has two meanings, what are they?
Too- Is used in expressions.
  To- To is used with infinitive verbs.

B) Write four sentences using too/to. Two for each meaning.
1. This is too big.
 2. This is too much.
 3.I would like to go to the beach.
4.Lets go to town.

 C) Find 3 sites which have activities or games for practising the use of too.


Monday 10 March 2014

NFC tags.

a) Research and find 5 facts about NFC tags.
1.Stops shoplifting.
2.NFC has to limit its range to just a few centimetres.
3.Used to communicate with NFC capable smartphones.
4.Almost anything can be transmitted.
5.Things have to be really close to the NFC tags.

b) What is good about NFC tags? It stops shoplifting and almost anything can be transmitted. Its also used to communicate with NFC capable smartphones.


c) What is one potential weakness of NFC tags?
You can only use it if you are near it or placed on it. NFC have a limited its range to just a few centimetres.

Sunday 9 March 2014

your and you're


a) Your and you’re are homophones Why are they homophones? They are homophones because they are to different words that sound the same but are spelled differently and have a different meaning


b) when should we use your and when should we use you’re? You would use the word you're when saying you are... when saying its yours laptop.


c) Write 3 example sentences using your and 3 example sentences using you’re. These sentences should be about YOU and your life and not be copied and pasted.

Your: 
1.is this your room?
2.How is your mum?
3.why is your room messy?

You're: 
1."You're so awesome". 
2."You're in my way please move". 
3. "You're doing this wrong"




d) Write 2 sentences OF YOUR OWN which contain both your and you’re.

1."Your really good at this you make it look easy you're so talented".

2." Your hair looks really nice you're so beautiful".


links

Tuesday 4 March 2014

The Oscars 2014

Which movie won best picture? 12 years a slave.



Who won best actor? Matthew McConaughey  What movie did he win it for? Dallas Buyers Club!’
 Who won best actress?Cate Blanchett What movie did she win it for? Blue Jasmine.

What does best supporting actor mean? supporting actor is an actor who performs a role in a play or film below than that of a lead role, and above that of a bit parts.


Name 3 other categories of Oscar award. Best animated picture, Best actor,Best actress. 


Describe what the Oscar trophy looks like. Its a gold man holding a sword.


Name 2 movies which were nominated for the best picture Oscar but didn’t win. American Hustle,

Captain Phillips, Dallas Buyers Club

actress that you think has the best dress.


                      



















     Here are some photos from the Oscars 

Monday 3 March 2014

3 mini dialogues

Mum- "How was paintball?"
Me- "Fine."
Mum- "Thats good What happened to your hand?"
Me- "I hurt it when I was doing abseiling."
Mum- "Are you ok now?"
Me- "Yip."

 
Miss C- "Ok this week we have tech I have put you guys into 2 group and send them to you." 
Me- "What are we doing for tech this week."
Miss C- "Look at the email I sent you."
Me- *Looks at the email* "YAY I am doing Soft material."


Me-"This is so yummy." 
Mickey- "Can I have some."
Me- "You are not allowed any." :P
Mickey- "WHYYY NOT??"
Me- "Because it has gluten in it."
Mickey- "But I like ice-cream." :(
Me- " Oh well :P."


   

Sunday 2 March 2014

Year8 Camp tips

 * Try everything even if you're scared.

 * Remember to get a good night sleep,  don't stay up talking all night.

 *Listen to what your teachers say because it could be useful.

 * Always make sure you eat something and have a drink of water when you can.

 *Remember when doing the rabbit run as fast as you can to avoid getting hit.

 * Remember always have fun.