Maths Review

This year I am very proud of how much I have improved with my maths over the year because I have seen some improvement in my pre/post tests. What really helps me with my maths is AWS and IXL. They help me lots with my general maths because it is weekly revision of things I have learnt over the year like fractions, decimals, tessellations and isometric shapes. What I found quite challenging was long division because the questions were quite challenging but I got some help from others who were quite good at doing it and I ended up getting the hang of it. I am very proud that I have improved over the year in my maths and I hope I keep on improving.

Labour Day

In New Zealand Labour day is a public holiday and it is the fourth Monday in October. New Zealand was the first country to have this holiday. We have this day off because of a carpenter, Samuel Parnell who came to work in New Zealand in 1840 and refused to work more than eight hours a day. He fought to have the eight hour day in Wellington and won the right. Many workers that live in New Zealand take the spare time to relax and go away on the long weekend. Labour day was first celebrated on October, 28, 1890 in New Zealand.

Samuel Parnell

My End Of Term 3 Reflection

Learning In The Making Conference 2015 Reflection

Last week on the 11th of September Ngatea Primary School had the Learning In The Making Conference. We started the day off with a Skype with Andrew Cowie he talked to us about cyberbullying, it was a very interesting speech at the start there was a monkey that found a camera crews gear and he took a Selfie with their camera. The Learning In The Making Conference is a conference that has lots of different workshops and presenters, you can choose to be a presenter or not, there were some teacher presenters as well. I went to these four workshops that I went to were shell collage, sharpie tie dye, and a double session of paper mache. My favourite workshop was sharpie tie dye. Sharpie tie dye was my favourite because I really enjoyed drawing on my patterns and the dropping a few drops of rubbing alcohol on to it and watching in spead over the cup. My other favourite one was paper mache, during the session I managed to create an owl for my cousin it is pink and has lots of different textures and colours. At of people learned a great lesson "do NOT trust little children with sand the five seconds that the presenter is gone BOOM! Sand everywhere! I decided to help tidy it up with the presenters I felt a bit bad for them. At the end of the day I got awarded with a chocolate fish for helping tidying up. I really enjoyed the day I hope we have it again next year!

Princess Diana

Most kids have never heard of Princess Diana that's because she died in a car crash in Paris. She had two children, Prince Harry and Prince William. Diana was born July first 1961. Princess Diana got married to Prince Charles, the son of Queen Elizabeth, they were married for 18 years. While married, Diana bore the titles Princess of Wales, Duchess of Cornwall, Duchess of Rothesay and Countess of Chester. Diana remained the object of worldwide media study during and after her marriage, which ended in divorce on 28 August 1996. Media attention and public grief was very large after her death in a car crash in Paris on 31 August 1997, her funeral was televised. Princess Diana loved to help others around the world she did a lot of charity work. Diana grew up in Park House which is on the Queen's Sandringham Estate,n 1968, Diana was sent to Riddlesworth Hall School, an all-girls boarding school. While she was young, she attended a local public school. She did not shine academically, and was moved to West Heath Girls School she was later reorganised to The New School at West Heath in Sevenoaks, Kent, where she was regarded as a poor student, having attempted and failed all of her O-levels twice. However, she showed a particular talent for music as an accomplished pianist. Her outstanding community spirit was recognised with an award from West Heath In 1977, she left West Heath and briefly attended Institut Alpin Videmanette, a finishing school in Rougemont, Switzerland. At about that time, she was united with her future husband, who was in a romantic relationship with her older sister, Sarah. Diana also excelled in swimming and diving, and longed to be a professional ballerina with the Royal Ballet. She studied ballet and tap dance throughout her childhood and teenage years, but felt she grew too tall for the profession. After leaving Institut Alpin Videmanette she moved to London. She began working with children, eventually becoming a nursery assistant at the Young England School. In 1975 she became Lady Diana Spencer after her father inherited the title of Earl Spencer. Her wedding to the Prince of Wales was on 29 of July 1981. It was held at St Pauls Cathedral and it reached a world wide viewing that was more than 750 million people. Throughout Diana's life she was classified as a rebel.  Her work with victims of AIDS could in some ways be seen in this regard. She was one of the first very high profile people to be pictured touching those afflicted with AIDS this had a significant impact in changing people’s opinions and attitudes to the disease it was certainly a charity not following the protocol and tradition of the Royal family. As Princess of Wales, Diana undertook royal duties on behalf of the Queen and represented her at functions overseas. She was celebrated for her charity work and for her support of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines. From 1989, she was president of London's Great Ormond Street Hospital for children, in addition to dozens of other charities. In my opinion Diana was a life saver with all the charity work that she did, to me I really like it how she put others before her and never gave up.