Tag: Writing

Explanation template 2024.

What is sound and how do we hear it?

Fakalofa Lahi Atu! My name is Neomi and I am a year 8 student that attends Pt England School. Today I will be explaining to you what sound is and how we hear it. I will also be giving you some facts about sound!

First of all, let’s see what sound is! Sound is basically everywhere you go. The larger the vibration the louder the sound, sounds can be louder or softer, higher or lower. Our ears can hear differences in sounds and we can make sound by actions such as striking, blowing, plucking and scraping. Now that you know what sound is, I will now explain to you how we hear it.

Next, we are able to hear sound when an object vibrates that causes a movement in the air called a sound wave that travels to our ear canal, it then hits the eardrum that senses the sound and causes the three tiny bones known as Malleus, Incus, and Stapes.

Those three bones’ are responsible for amplifying it towards the Cochlea which is a shape of a snail’s shell yet the size of a pea?! 

Finally, here are some facts about sound! Did you know that your ears don’t stop hearing when you’re asleep, your brain just chooses to ignore the sound. Another fact about sound is that the loudest natural sound on earth is caused by an erupting volcano.And lastly, the number 1 cause of hearing loss is exposure to excessively loud sounds.

In conclusion, sound is everywhere and your ears are very unique to be a part of your body.  

Why all NZers should learn how to speak Te Reo Maori.

Why all New Zealanders should learn how to speak Te Reo Maori? 
Kia ora, my name is Neomi and today I will be explaining why all New Zealanders should learn how to speak Te Reo Maori.Firstly, I will be writing down what Te Reo Maori is and how we can help to keep the language alive.
Te reo Maori is an official language of New Zealand/Aotearoa. Did you know that there are many people in different parts of New Zealand who have no idea how to speak the language because they weren’t taught it when they were younger? To keep the language alive, we can start by learning it ourselves so that we can teach it to younger people.  
Secondly ,I think we should all learn how to speak Te reo Maori because it would be easier for us. Not just so that we can understand the language, but so we can communicate with people who only speak Te Reo. 
Lastly, I think that it’s great if everyone learnt Te reo because the Maori fought for the land and by learning Te reo, we’d be showing a whole lot of respect. By learning how to speak Te reo, fluently or not. We’d be protecting and respecting the language.
In conclusion, all New Zealanders should learn how to speak Maori because it’s respectful and we would be keeping the language alive and protecting it. We would also be able to communicate with people who only speak Te reo Maori.

Speech.

 

Kia ora , Talofa lava, Malo e lelei, Bula vinaka, Kia orana and greetings to all. This term team 5 had to write down speeches and present them in week 6 and 7. I presented my speech in week 7 and the topic for my speech was “Why marine pollution is bad for the environment”. My favourite part about presenting my speech was when I got the confidence to speak louder and give eye contact to the people listening. Some emotions that I felt were, excited, nervous and anxious.Please check out my video and leave a positive comment, thank you.

Cook Islands language week word cloud.

Kia orana, today for literacy class we had to watch a video about 2 boys talking and showing examples of why we should come to the Cook Islands. We then had to write down 20 words to describe the Cook Islands. Please check out my work above and leave a positive comment!

Born to run.

Malo e lelei today for literacy class my group and I, Kuaka did this weeks task called “Born to run”,  which is a task that we had to do. First we had to read an article based on a man named Arthur Lydiard, who is a New Zealand coach. The article is about Arthur and how he used to be a runner, running marathons until he realised he was unfit. He started running 24 kilometres but it still wasn’t enough to him so he started running 400 kilometres every week.  He then became a coach and taught 2 famous athletes who are, Peter Snell and Murray Halberg. Please check out my work above and leave a positive comment if you like.

 

 

Paris Olympics 2024.

Hello, today for Literacy class I finished my Paris Olympics 2024 task. For this task we had to read an article about the Olympics and answer the questions. We had to research some words, find the meaning and add an image of the word into the slides. We then had to create an Olympics poster on google drawings. Feel free to check out my work above and please leave a positive comment if you want.

 

Figurative language.

 

Kia ora today for literacy me and my class did a task called Figurative language. For this task, there were 5 slides, the first 4 slide were about Similes, metaphors, personifications and hyperboles. On the last slide we had to write something about a image using a simile , metaphor , personification and hyperbole. Please check out my work and leave a positive comment if you want to, thank you.

Year 8 Leadership Camp Highlights.

Malo e lelei, Talofa lava , Kia ora and greetings to you all. Last week, the year 8’s went to a leadership camp out of Auckland. It was called Kauaeranga valley christian camp and the camp was for all the year 8’s to step up, be leaders and make a difference.

When we arrived on the first day of camp it looked concerning but when we went inside, we met Shane and he told us all about the exciting and enjoyable activities that we were going to do . Shane was one of the camp owners and he introduced himself along with all the other helpers. 

On the second day of camp me and my group (Waikato A) did 4 more rotations. The rotations we did were archery, gym games, paintball and BMX bikes with the jiggers. The rotation that I found exciting was the BMX bikes with the jiggers because it was a challenge for me and my group to make the jiggers go forward instead of backwards.

On the last day of camp, it was pack up time! All of the cabins had to start packing up and getting ready because it was time for our final rotation. My group and I had Go carts and axe throwing for our last rotation. I was really entertained by the axe throwing because it was really challenging trying to get the axe to stay on the wood. 

Some of my highlights for the camp was getting to know my group better by talking to them and my other highlight was me trying to step up and show more confidence.

Immersion assembly recount.

 Immersion assembly recount.

This morning, teams 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 all went to the hall to represent their items/shows for this term’s theme called “Transformers”. Team 5’s item was basically about Cinderella. It was a drama show and there were different scenes with the protagonist and the other characters played by multiple teachers. 

My highlight from the assembly was when the prince chopped off the step sister’s heads.