School life in Malawi

Our Topic today is to compare the similarities and differences about yourself and another person from another part of a country.


omar

12 years old

walks 6 kilometers to school

wakes up 06:00

6:30 the students have to come

They clean up the playground

lessons start 7:00

sing national anthem school mornings.

the students are 12-16 years old

students have exams at the end of the year

they fail because they help their family

They don't have enough books

Most girls stay home to learn how to cook and farm.

Student need to share a textbook between 5 people

many can't afford pencils or pens.

They get 2 brakes. at 8:40 and 10:40 each for 10 minutes

Malawi doesn't have power.

omars parents died when she was younger. she now lives with her grandma and grandpa.

omar and her brothers and sisters sleep on the floor

Omars house has 1 bedroom

Her grandfather sleeps on the bed in there.

in the afternoons omar has to help with the chorus

omar gets water from the village

She walks all the way back to her house with the water bucket on her head.

Her grandfather is sick so he can't work.

When she has finished her chores she plays with her siblings.

Omars favorite sport is netball.

girls play netball and boys play football.

Students go to school at 7:00 pm to study

They sleep in the classroom

Intro: This week we are comparing our lives with a girl named Omar. She is a primary student who lives in Malawi. We recently watched her video about her life., and her school life at Mwaya.

I think we have differnt school lives, because she wakes up at 6:00 to walk to school. We wake up at 7:00 am and some people go to school at 8:00 or 8:30.

She walks 6 kilometers to school on the rocky dusty ground with no shoes., we drive to school.

At her school students are 12-16 years old  , everyone has an exam at the end of the year. If they fail they stay at the school until they pass it , If they pass it they move to secondary school. They have 2 breaks at 8:40 and 10:40 each for 10 minutes.

Some girls stay home to learn how to cook and farm from their mothers, that means they don't have time to study for exams. Its not just the girls its most of the children. They fail because they help their families

Omars life at home is really frustrating because her mother and father died when she was young.She and her brother and sisters has to sleep on the floor while the grampa sleeps on the only bed because hes sick.Omar has to do chores she walks to the well and collects water for her family that is used for bathing,cooking and cleaning

ds go to the school at night time to study for the exam. When its 9:00 they stop studying and sleep at the school.

Similarities:

we both wake up early

we do chores

they sing their national anthem

they study

Cooking

They farm their food.

differences

they have to clean their school

fetch water out of the well

their plumbing dont work

They have no power.

live so far from school

they walk 6 km

They only eat porridge!

we have big houses

They sleep on the floor

one bed

have no shoes

walks on a rocky dusty road.

We have comfortable shoes unlike omar she has bare feet and has to walk on a rocky dusty road . She has to clean her school every time she gets there.

we have the contrast things as omar here in Nz that we both clean and do chores. But her chores are more difficult than ours. some students study at school unlike people in Nz they can just study at home because they have time.

Similarly to omar we both sing our own national anthem and we study. We also have chores to do everyday. We also do exams when were in college.

My Highlights For 2013

My highlights for this year is....

This year has been awesome because I thought my class that I was going to be in would be boring as I planned it but it wasn’t. It was fantastic I made new friend’s the first day I started their name’s were Helen,Sarona and Mya And I have much much more  my teachers were awesome too my friends always have my back.

And how the year 8s went to camp because we went into room 19 it was fun with Ms Tito we baked and played and did much much more only year 7s it was the best until they came back.

I like maths but i’m not very good at it right now i'm in pyramids for my but i'm trying to be in the smartest group Icosahedrons I keep on going to this presentation called tracking my success and it helps me succeed in maths

I'm learning in maths how to Fraction,Decimals and percentages in year 7  

   

                     

Netbook Reflecton 2013

How has having a netbook connected to the internet helped my learning?


With my net book connected I can do anything no more tired hands and running out of paper without my netbook connected I wouldn't be in this position right now

I have learnt from my teacher Inverse a year 8 strategy and he also told me if I ever needed help with a strategy just click on tracking my success and there is heaps of links to click on that could help you.

Things I have learnt on my own are Learning the time and Multiplication.

I have learnt something of my friend is place value and percentages.  

I have helped people with some of their questions on math whizz.

We have our own Gmail and whenever we need to do something important you just go to create and there's all sort of things you will need It is better than pencils and paper It helps me a lot in maths reading and writing.

 

What I like about my netbook:

I love learning new things in math whizz and xtra math

Tracking my success

checklists

games when Mr Barks or Ms Nua lets me play games

Its better to use with Instead of books and pencils

  

The Most Exciting Place That I Didn't Go To

Intro:The day when the year 7’s went to an exciting heart pounding place well I stayed at school was boring.

Today was the day when the year 7s went to Action world well I stayed at school. Me and Ascena had to ask Ms Squires which class we were in, she looked very confused she didn't answer our question until the year 7s left on the bus. It was time for Assembly boring as usual.It was so akward me, Ascena and Elizabeth were the only year 7s and year 8s.

Suddenly out of nowhere out popped Ms Squires which class do you want to be in she asked “which class do you want to be in room 7 ok” Ascena and me buddied up well Elizabeth picked room 8 when the assembly was finished we both went to Ms Glazes class First we had to do breathing exercises then we had to make A movie because Ms Blake is leaving but we had to keep it a secret.

Time to film It was challenging because the little kids from room 2 were playing around
after all that drama we were finally done then we had to put this Astounding movie together It was time for lunch the year 7s were coming back then we had to go back to our intermediate classes We played and danced by the time we finished I was as exhausted as a sleeping sloth because you know sloths sleep a lot. I thought today would be awful but it just turned out okay.

Swimming Reflection

Intro:For the last two weeks team 5 has been learning how to swim so today I'm  writing a reflection about my swimming.

I learnt how to swim on the side properly and swim without touching the bottom

I think i've improved in swimming on the side and my stroke technique

In the future I need to work on:My back strokes because I am terrible at doing this and need to do better with my feet because I keep on touching the bottom of the ground.  

School Life In Malawi Mya and Sapphire

omar

12 years old

walks 6 kilometers to school

wakes up 06:00

6:30 the students have to come

They clean up the playground

lessons start 7:00

sing national anthem school mornings.

the students are 12-16 years old

students have exams at the end of the year

they fail because they help their family

They don't have enough books

Most girls stay home to learn how to cook and farm.

Student need to share a textbook between 5 people

many can't afford pencils or pens.

They get 2 brakes. at 8:40 and 10:40 each for 10 minutes

Malawi doesn't have power.

omars parents died when she was younger. she now lives with her grandma and grandpa.

omar and her brothers and sisters sleep on the floor

Omars house has 1 bedroom

Her grandfather sleeps on the bed in there.

in the afternoons omar has to help with the chorus

omar gets water from the village

She walks all the way back to her house with the water bucket on her head.

Her grandfather is sick so he can't work.

When she has finished her chores she plays with her siblings.

Omars favorite sport is netball.

girls play netball and boys play football.

Students go to school at 7:00 pm to study

They sleep in the classroom

Intro: This week we are comparing our lives with a girl named Omar. She is a primary student who lives in Malawi. We recently watched her video about her life., and her school life at Mwaya.

I think we have differnt school lives, because she wakes up at 6:00 to walk to school. We wake up at 7:00 am and some people go to school at 8:00 or 8:30.

She walks 6 kilometers to school on the rocky dusty ground with no shoes., we drive to school.

At her school students are 12-16 years old  , everyone has an exam at the end of the year. If they fail they stay at the school until they pass it , If they pass it they move to secondary school. They have 2 breaks at 8:40 and 10:40 each for 10 minutes.

Some girls stay home to learn how to cook and farm from their mothers, that means they don't have time to study for exams. Its not just the girls its most of the children. They fail because they help their families

Omars life at home is really frustrating because her mother and father died when she was young.She and her brother and sisters has to sleep on the floor while the grampa sleeps on the only bed because hes sick.Omar has to do chores she walks to the well and collects water for her family that is used for bathing,cooking and cleaning

ds go to the school at night time to study for the exam. When its 9:00 they stop studying and sleep at the school.

Similarities:

we both wake up early

we do chores

they sing their national anthem

they study

Cooking

They farm their food.

differences

they have to clean their school

fetch water out of the well

their plumbing dont work

They have no power.

live so far from school

they walk 6 km

They only eat porridge!

we have big houses

They sleep on the floor

one bed

have no shoes

walks on a rocky dusty road.

We have comfortable shoes unlike omar she has bare feet and has to walk on a rocky dusty road . She has to clean her school every time she gets there.

we have the contrast things as omar here in Nz that we both clean and do chores. But her chores are more difficult than ours. some students study at school unlike people in Nz they can just study at home because they have time.

Similarly to omar we both sing our own national anthem and we study. We also have chores to do everyday. We also do exams when were in college.

      I heard a whisper but know one was there

•        Planning:the story is set in the spooky dark forest
•       He try’s to find out who was whispering his name
•      he saying who is the one who keeps on saying his name
•       the problem is that someone is saying his name
•              he is thinking what he is going to do
•                        his parents go missing
•                 camping, he was in a deep sleep,I the brother and sister had pranked her
• halloween
•                  he had just come back from school  

Feelings

scared

frightened

sorrow

sad

worried

tired

exhausted  

I heard a whisper but know one was there

Exhausted my legs were so sore I thought it was going to snap finally I was home

‘’home sweet home’’ I shouted with enthusiasm. Straight to the bathroom to get changed for the most exciting day of my life halloween!!! I was ready to trick or treat I was a little dead girl. I grabbed my bag and headed out the door, Knocking and knocking was so much fun especially getting  the candy I had a sack full of candy. When I was going home

I heard a voice someone was calling my name sally  with a soft whisper  as I turned around know one was there so I sprinted home. I spreaded all the candy and sweets onto my bed I made an angel shape in the lollies when I heard my mother shouting hurry up get your stuff ready for camp I packed my bag and I was ready to go. Still in my costume I fell asleep in the car we were finally there I got my tent set up I was just about to go to sleep Then I heard the voice again this time I was scared and frightened.Not long after the voice I had heard I went to see who was out there somebody pushed me out of my tent and locked it.Tired and exhausted, I had  heard the voice again and the voice said

‘’I have taken you mother and father’’  the voice said with a gentle voice ‘’what do you want who are you’’ I am the little dead girl when I heard that she was the little dead girl she didn't believe her so the little dead girl started to glow Ahhh!!! she screamed with terror that she started to cry when suddenly all you heard was laughing sally stood up with bravery and then saw It was her family  who had trick her ‘’trick  or treat ‘’happy halloween’’ they said as they were laughing. We went home everybody in my family watched the movie that made me embarrassed.

Lorde The NZ Singer

 

 

                       LORDE

Lorde is the 17  kiwi star singer who’s number 1 hit royals jumped past Katy Perry roar and Miley cyrus wrecking ball in the U.S Lorde was born in auckland 1996 her real name is Ella Maria Lani Yelichi o connor Lorde is the youngest solo artist in the world she made number 1 on the U.S chart lorde is a year 12 student at Takapuna grammar school on Auckland’s North Shore she released her first album the love club in december 2012 winning millions of fans lorde’s first single  was royals

she is a great singer

she always smiles and has character she is my favorite artist in NZ
She inspires me.
She is a mature young lady unlike the others

T.M.S Show Not Tell

She stared at the blue envelope, resting in her hand “Another letter, number 22”, she said in a nice voice. As she stumbled on the cracked concrete, she looked up at the house and noticed paint fading, broken tiles, cracked windows, cobwebs everywhere and a whole lot of dead flowers in the garden. I knocked on the door and gulped.

After a while it was slowly opened by an old man with a walking stick, and a long white beard. I reached out and handed the note to him without saying a word. He stared at the letter and looked surprised. “Follow me”, he said in a calm voice. As we walked down the hallway it was dark. and spooky.

My First day of primary

 

Today was the day my heart pounded as loud as the booming bass in a rock band!!! It was such a cold and freezing day that I had goosebumps. I was getting ready when suddenly I  heard my mother knocking on my door. ‘’Hurry up Sapphire we are all waiting,” she shouted.

As I hopped into the car “Click,” went my seat belt.  When I got to school the 8:30 bell had just rung. As we went to the office,I noticed that the office lady was wearing a dress with white kittens on it. ‘’Hello. Welcome to Dominion Road School how may I help you.’’ she said with a gentle voice.

“What class is Sapphire McKay in please?” my Mum asked.

‘’Room 5,’’ she replied

“Thank you,” my Mum said. “Have a nice day.” We went off to look for my class.

Finally we found my class. My legs were so sore it felt like I had just climbed Mt Everest.Frightened and scared as I tugged at my mum’s dress I thought to myself, “ I wonder what my class is going to be like?” My mum left  and I felt abandoned so I hid behind the wall. I could hear my teacher yelling at children just as I was going to walk in. I felt even more frightened. I was just about to run after Mum when  I heard a lady asking for me. ‘’Sorry wrong classroom Sapphire, it was my fault,” she said. “You are in room 6’’.

She walked me to my proper class. As I walked in my classroom it peaceful and quiet I felt like I was in heaven that was the

’’bestest day of my life’’

I said as I was walking home I cant wait until I go back to school.