This was a task on our contract.

SOUTH AFRICA

History - The earliest people living in South Africa were the Khoi and San.

   Economy  - The country is known for its Table Mountain, , Kruger National Park, Cape Town, among other interesting things.

     Religion - Christianity is the dominant religion in South Africa, with almost 80% of the population in 2001 professing to be Christian.                                    

     Language - In South Africa they speak Afrikaans.

  Natural Features - The wildness of Coffee Bay and Red sandstone of the Cederberg.

      Politics - Cyril Ramaphosa there is one party in South Africa.

Food - Boerewors this is a very popular sausage dish in South Africa.

Sport - football, rugby, cricket.

Location - south africa is by namibia and botswana.

  Culture - South Africa has been famously referred to as the rainbow nation because it is made up of so many diverse cultures and religions.

MY HOLIDAY

My Holiday

AWESOME:

One thing I thought was AWESOME in my holiday was

Going to the blaze go karts in west Auckland.

SCARY:

One thing I thought was SCARY in my holiday was

When we stayed in a motel that was quite high.

RELAXING:

One thing I thought was RELAXING in my holiday was

When I went for a swim in the water.

On our math contract we had a task to do a statistics sheet.

This is my current events writing.

THE BLOCK NZ

The block NZ host Mark Richardson insists the show was still successful despite Sunday night's finale seeing three teams miss out on a profit. One team failed to meet reserve at auction for their apartment during Sunday night's auction, and only two homes sold. Lisa and Ribz were the shock winners of the auction, making $50,000 the only team to make a profit. The host of the block said that the show was a successful show this season. 

This is my key hole art. We had a key hole and we had to draw what we would see through a key hole.

News Article Task

This task we did we had 8 words that we had to include in our article somehow. It encouraged us to work collaboratively in a group to share ideas to create an article for the newspaper, and to think critically about our article. 
Here's my groups article.

The News


The Mcflurry Dash

Just two days ago some rich locals were in their Lamborghini going to get a mcflurry from McDonalds.

They had to stop at a bank ATM to get some money, when a suspicious person stole the locals wallets and bank notes with all their account details on it.


They couldn't get an ID of the thief but it was a male with black clothes and a hoodie and white skin with a scar on his left cheek. The police have three suspects in custody.


With some great helpers the men recovered their money and they were extremely grateful. One of the suspects was honest for this disaster and thrown in prison for grand theft.

Authors: Quentin, James And Ben.

Ki O Rahi

Around Matariki we have a Ki-o-Rahi day out at Taipa.  Here's my team.

This is our maori vocab task.

Kupu hou - New words

Use the Maori Dictionary first, then look up online if you have to:

auaha To shape

kete basket

Matariki Pleiades

pātaka  storehouse raised upon posts, pantry, larder.

Puanga/Puaka Rigel

pukapuka  To send a letter

pūtātara  knobbed triton

tukutuku To let go

waiata To sing.

whaiwhakaaro To consider

whakahou to revise

whakairo to carve ornament with a pattern,

Persuasive Writing

Should students have to wear uniforms

Yes, students should wear a school uniform. Students always think uniforms bury their creativity and personality. But don't you think the uniforms make the school look tidy. When the whole school is wearing school uniform it look smart. Students should wear uniforms because it is less distracting in the classroom and it prevents bullying over what you wear or what you don't.Using uniforms is cost effective, meaning that most of the students that are in the school are able to buy them.Students should be required to wear uniforms at school.

MAHI TAHI

In Mahi Tahi we were put into groups of five and had a collaborative task to do. We had to make a piece of art like Van Goghs art.