Tokelau Language Week

To celebrate Tokelau Language Week, we had to find 10 interesting facts about Tokelau. Here is what me and my group came up with.

  1. Did you know the Tokelau is the fourth smallest country in oceania
  2. Tokelau is a word meaning “north wind” in Gagana Tokelau    
  3. Did you know Tokelau was created in 1948?
  4. The name Tokelau was invented on December 9th 1976.
  5.  Did you know the Tokelau islands were named by the Union Islands and Union Group of European explorers. 
  6. Did you know Tokelau has three atolls in the south pacific ocean 
  7. Tokelau is known for playing a big role in the global discussion around climate challenge. 
  8.  Did you know Tokelau’s population is around 2,500 also one of the smallest population in the world.
  9. Tokelau is accessible only by boat.
  10. Did you know that Tokelau is owned by New Zealand?

Adding Fractions

LI: To add fractions.

When adding fractions with common denominators, we just add the numerator, and the denominator stays the same. When we don’t have a common denominator, it won’t work out. For example, ½ of the class has a pet dog, and ⅓ of the class has a pet cat. What fraction of the class has a pet? 

First, we have to make the fractions have common denominators. To do that, we have to find the lowest common multiple for the denominators. In this case, 2 and 3. The lowest common multiple for 2 and is 6. Remember, whatever you do to the denominator, you do to the numerator. So if we are multiplying the denominator 2 by 3 to make 6, we have to multiply the numerator by 3. Along with the ⅓, if we are multiplying the denominator by 2 to make 6, we have to do the same to the numerator (multiply it by 2). 

The question is now 3/6 + 2/6. Since the denominators are the same, we just add the numerators and the denominators stay the same. The answer should be ⅚. ⅚ of the class have pets.

National Current Events

For this activity, we had to search for current events that are happening in New Zealand, and place them into a Google My maps. We used websites like Kiwikids, and Nzherald to find current events. For example, in Mt Wellington, a large grass fire took place on November 3rd.

I enjoyed this activity because I learnt a few current events happening in New Zealand.

School disco

During term 3, we had a school disco, where everyone could come dressed up however they liked. Once you entered the hall, the teachers will greet you and hand you a soda, potato chips and a glow stick. But before this even happened we had to fill a long jar with counters in order to make this school disco happen. The counters represented each CARE award the students earned. Everyone at school showed up in fantastic outfits. With some people showing up in cultural clothing, and superhero costumes.

I enjoyed this because our principal and teachers put plenty of effort into making this school disco happen so I would like to thank all my teachers and principal for making the school disco happen and for all the things we got.

Why sleep is important?

We were challenged to research about why sleep is important and healthy. We were given questions to answer by using videos and articles to find information. A few of the questions we answered are What are the effects of not getting enough sleep, Why is sleeping healthy, and What are the side effects of not getting enough/too much sleep.

I enjoyed this activity because I learnt why sleep is important and got to use my smart searching skills to answer the questions.

Area of a Circle

LI: To understand the maths language for the topic.

The formula for finding the area is pi x r2. 

What is radius and pi? The Radius is a line that goes from one side of a circle to the centre of the circle and pi is approximately 3.14.

How to find the Area of a circle? To find the area of a circle, you have to follow the formula: pi x r2. Pi is 3.14, and the radius is the line going from one side of the circle to the center. If the radius was 3cm, you would have to do the radius2 x pi (3.14). The radius is 3, and pi is 3.14. So you would have to solve 32 x 3.14. First you do the 32, which is 9, and then 9 x 3.14. Which is 28.26. Your answer is 28.26 cm

Circumference of a Circle

The Circumference of a circle is the perimeter of a circle. The formula for finding the Circumference is pi x d or pi x r x 2 . 

What is diameter, radius and pi?

The diameter is the line that goes through a circle through the center, and the Radius is a line that goes from one side of a circle to the centre of the circle. Pi is approximately 3.14.

How to find the Circumference?

To find the Circumference of a circle, you have to multiply pi by the diameter. For example, if the diameter is 9cm, you multiply 9 by pi (9 x 3.14). The answer would be 28.26. Another way to find the Circumference of a circle if the circle only shows the radius, is to do pi x radius x 2 . For example, if the radius is 5, you have to multiply 5 by 2. Now, you do 10 x pi (10 x 3.14), which is 31.4.

Hauora

For Inquiry, we learnt about Hauora. Hauora is the 4 walls of well being. There is Taha Tinana (physical well-being), Taha Hinengaro (mental and emotional well-being), Taha Wairua (spiritual well-being), Taha Whanau (social well-being).

Taha Wairua is the spiritual well being and it helps with the connection with your religous and helps that bond grow stronger.

Taha Whanau is about the people that matter to you, like your family, friends, and community. Taha Whanau is about strengthening relationships within families, and caring for others.

Taha Tinana is the physical well being, and is one of the four walls connected to the other three walls. Taha Tinana is about maintaining your physical health by burning fat and fueling your body.

Taha Hinengaro is one of the 4 walls of well being. This wall is associated with mental and emotional well being. It is creating a sense of fair play and is expressing your thoughts and feelings.When this wall falls, athletes lose the ability to think and make good choices.

Heart rate experiment

For this activity, we had to try and find our pulse around our wrists and neck. Pulses are the amount of time the heart beats in one minute. We experimented by jogging outside and then counting the beats for 20 seconds. We then found out our average/mean, for our heart rates. We compared our scores with the jogging experiment, and our normal heart rates. I noticed that my heart rate was higher when I jogged than when I was just sitting down. I got a resting pulse of 66, when I wasn’t doing anything, but when I was jogging, I got a resting pulse of 107.

I enjoyed conducting this experiment because I learnt how to find my pulse on my wrist, and neck. I also noticed that my heart rate increased when I jogged outside.

Speeches

For our speeches, we had to come up with a persuasive topic. I chose to do the Importance of Cultural Pride. In this activity, we use a website called Adobe Podcast to record ourselves saying our speech. While we spoke, the website wrote down what we were saying. When I listened to my recording, I realized that I had to emphasize key words and to slow down.

 

Overall, this activity was fun and exciting because I learnt how to use a new website called Adobe Podcast and I got to see where I needed improvement for my speech.