Sound Explanation - By Lizara, Mary and Quasia!

Xtra Maths for Term 2 Week 8

I can not believe it, that I have already finished xtra maths 3 seconds, 2 seconds and also 1.5 seconds in 8 weeks and 1 term. I am so proud of my self to make a good effort in xtra maths. Last year it use to be maths whizz me and my friend Lucy would get over 100 or 200 in one day and still go on and on until one of us gives up. But this boy called Vifoa was the man on xtra maths he would get on to about 5 or more users finished Addition, subtraction, multiplication and division in 3 seconds, 2 seconds and 1.5 seconds.

Writing Motivation

Do you know what is empathy? Empathy can mean a lot of powerful words like for example, having to be respectful and kind to everyone and treat them like family. So like I said “ the word empathy means try to be, well really you have to be very kind to the people that you don’t like and always be responsible for the things that have been given to you as a gift and never backstab your friends no matter what happen or what they have done to you”.

This week the entire school has to show other people that don’t know what empathy means. So this is what empathy is telling you and everyone else not to be empathetic and how bad it hurts everyone when you say something hurtful. Pt England school have been learning about Tiaki Taonga for quite some while and we are very, very good at doing it. The teachers do it much better than us and we all respect everyone the way they respect us.

People that act like they own the world and they  don’t want to share the things that mean alot to us is just not being empathetic, so that is showing us that they don’t want us near them or touch them, its just like hogging the food that is on the table that is suppose to be shared out between the family. So this person has to give back the respect that he needs to give to his family and to apologize and to see if his family replied “ yes you may stay, just as long as you don’t do these things ever again. Be kind and don’t let your friends, family and even your neighbours.

Writing Analysis

My Writing Sample

I am in the year 7 team 2 Pt England Primary school for netball, and our year 7 team is called Roses. I also played netball last year and it was my very first time and I also enjoyed playing against the other teams too. Our team also has the same coach and her name is Miss Thompson and she has picked out our captain and vice captain for year 7 team 2. Do you know who she picked as captain and vice captain? Well I am the captain for the team and Mary Henry my best friend is vice captain.

This has got to be our 4th game throughout the entire term and we have won all of our games as well. We have only been playing grading games for the past 4 games just to see how great and wonderful we have been playing. We do not have much time to practice before the game but we do put in a lot of effort to win all of our games. Because last year we were good but we weren't good enough, not even took it serious most of them forgot that it was a game and we weren't playing friendlies too. So this year I wanted that to go in the past and win all the games and have a lot of fun but serious.

Have you ever been playing sports in a really bad weather? Well all the girls around the world that play’s Netball on Tuesday afternoons and Thursday. On Tuesday the 4th of June the girls had to play in a very, very bad weather, and not one of us wanted to get sick. So everyone made their way to the netball courts and didn’t moan or argue about the weather that they had to play in.

So once we had our 5th game we for week 6 everyone just got very, very scared because it just wasn’t a great day to play. Everyone waited for the bell to ring at 3.00 so that we could warm up and get into game mode because we don’t want to lose we want to win. We went into the hall and waited for Miss Va’afusuanga to call out the roll, to see who is going to be playing this disgusting weather tonight. She also thought that it was not fear for us to be playing in it but we all decided to play.

We all went to  the netball courts and waited for the other team to arrive so that we could start our game. So while we were waiting we had a quick warm up and did a exercise then we had 5 minutes spear so the shouters went of and practice shooting the defenders went of defending and the rest just practice passing properly. They finally arrived and we got into our positions and waited for the referee to blow the whistle.  They blew the whistle and the game began!

We had a 4/4 game and and in the 2/4 we were losing by 3 points but when we went back in the game we played our best and never gave up. That's how bad we wanted to win. So in the very last quarter we went out there and we just kept on defending, trying not to lose the ball and watching we pass the ball and to shoot up and in. At the last minute we got the last minute we got the ball in the hoop. We won by 3 points which gave us 11 and them 8.

Maths D.L.O - Term 2 week 6

Next level of Xtra Maths

I just can't believe it!!! I mean when I said that when I go back to school in Term 2, I would be on 1.5 seconds for xtra maths. And guess what it actually came true well it did take me 6 weeks but thats only because I had to do 2 seconds on xtra maths twice. It was quite some work to do on, maths but it is cool.

Weekly Quiz - Article

Do you know who Irene Van Dyk is? Well she is one of our famous New Zealand kiwi sportswoman. I know that she has been playing for the Silver Ferns Netball team for a very long time. Irene Van Dyk was born on the 21st of June in 1972 and is a South African, New Zealand player for netball. She has been wining one of the best net-ballers in the most caped international player of all time. In 1994, she has represented the South African 72 times and captained the team in 2000. 

My Violin Presentation

A cold morning

                                  A cold Morning:

As I woke up I felt like someone filled a big container with freezing water and shivering. When I finally got out of bed I step one foot on the ground and it felt like a floor covered with ice, like going ice skating but in bare feet. So I wondered to myself what it would look like in the outside of my house. So I looked out of my window and saw frosting ice on the grass like snow and my window was covered in melted ice. I got changed as fast as I could for school as it was only 7.30am but I wasn’t in the mood because I was so cold.

Article - Weekly Quiz

                                 Article - Weekly Quiz 

Do you know what kind of sport has our English player Jonny Wilkinson announced his retirement? Jonny Wilkinson has decided to retirement one of his most favourite sports that he has been playing, as a little kid. A very, very long time ago. Jonny Peter Wilkinson was born in May 25 in 1979 and is 35 years old. His height is 1.77 m and weights 89 kg. He all so has a brother and his name is Mark Wilkinson and his parents names are Philipa Wilkinson and Phil Wilkinson. 

Do you have any idea who Jonny Peter Wilkinson is? He has been a former Rugby player for quite some while. He has also been represented England and the British and Irish Lions, so he has been doing a very great start and he also keeps up with every single thing that he does. 

My Sound Presentation

Samoan Week

Wow this week is very special for all Samoan people as it is Samoan week. Today Pt England school is going to be having guest over from Tamaki College. They will be doing a very special performance for us, the thing that is special is that they have been here before to give us luck for FiaFia night and it worked. The hall was already set for them and all they had to do is put on a good performance.

As usual we sing the New Zealand national anthem, but we will also be singing the Samoan national anthem. Before watching the Pt England students and the Tamaki College students perform for us Sarenity and Christian says a prayer in Samoan for us. They say a different one but it all means the same but special.

The Pt England students will be doing the opening and the students from Tamaki College is going to be doing the closing performance for us. “The Samoan group is going to be doing the opening and here they are” said Mr Burt. After watching their performance for about 10 minutes the audience was screaming out loud “Go Pt England Samoan students” The thing that I liked about their performance is that they did it their hardest not just for us but for the Samoan people all over the world.

Did you know that Samoan people are very good at celebrating? Because when Samoan people play volley and one of them gets a point or hits the ball over the net then they give them a round of a clause. They did a very cool performance that they showed us.  I really liked watching their dance because we already watched once but there was a little less people but great voices.

Science Road Show

The year 7 and 8 students have been invited to Tamaki College to learn more about science. It is called the science road show. I got really excited when I heard that we have been invited but the only thing that we needed was 8 dollars and we needed permission from our parents as they are going to be paying the 8 dollars.


Wow I can not believe that it is Thursday all ready. Today we will be going to the science road show, before lunch time starts. I am so excited. So while we were walking to Tamaki College we were thinking about how cool and exciting the science road show would be and I thought it would be pretty cool. I also liked the name of it too. So when we arrived at Tamaki College we met a man he was very tall and kind, his name is Shayne. So he introduced his self and we followed him inside where the science road show will be held.


So before starting the show we took a seat and waited for every one ells to settle down for the show to begin. There was a couple of Tamaki College students with us, but they were only with us for the first half, because they have to do there school work. So the first thing they did was introduced there selves and they said let the show begin.


Well we got to see all the amazing tricks that they were showing us and all the amazing scientific things in the room. When they showed us all there amazing tricks we got to do a quiz, so we ha to answer three questions that was on the piece of card board that we got given. So we went of and started doing our test. When we are finished doing it we go to the front of the room where we were sitting and right our name then put the piece of card board into the box. But before we put the piece of card board into the box we have to have three clips on the piece of card board.

Article - About Cricket

Do you know which player was not implicating in the recent cricket match? Well there are three people that people do know and there names are Chris Cairns, Lou Vincent and Stephen Fleming. The only thing is that we do not know who has not been implicated in the cricket match. So this is how we are going to fine out.


Chris Chairns is one of the best players in the team and he works hard in everything he does, so it couldn't have been him. But Stephen Fleming is another cool player and he also works hard. So do you think it was him? Well the answer is no, he did not do it because he was in the match and so was Chris Chairns. So the last person is Lou Vincent, he is another good player but the only thing is that he was the one that missed out on the cricket match. So Lou Vincent did not implicate in the cricket match-fixing scandals.

Lizara and Mele's Article Weekly Quiz

Do you know who Steven Adams is? Well I know a little bit about him! Steven Adams is a New Zealand basketball player who plays for the Oklahoma City Thunder. He was born on July the 28th, 1993 and is 20 years old in Rotorua. Steven Adams plays centre and one of the best attributes include aggressiveness. He has also been in the international champion ship. Did you know that he has got a sister and a brother that is also famous? Their names are Valerie Adams and Warren Adams. 

Sound Writing - Lizara

What would the world be like with out sound? Well if our world had no sound then it would pretty boring. Because people use sound to communicate with each other and sound is the most important thing in the world. Well not only sound is for people it is also made for our animals and creatures that live in the woods.


How is sound made? Sound can be made out of a lot of amazing things like instruments and people signing. But animals use a different kind of way to contact to people like bats, marine mammals and some kinds of birds. They use a high pitched sound to locate their prey around there environment.


When the hammer hits something very strong, it will vibrate through the sides and contains a very serious thing. It goes through the outside of your ears and makes its way to the ear drums in the inside. Then it send a message to your brain and it converts to electrical signals. From  your ear drums to the inside of your brain,


What makes sound different? When a creature like a bat, marine mammals or even birds use a high or low pitched sound its not exactly the same. Because if you use a high pitched sound then the frequency vibrates more then per second but if it is a low pitched sound the frequency vibrates less per second. 


So now you know how it feels not to have sound all around our environment well mostly all around the world. Because it would be very boring not having sound to listen and to communicate with everyone. Not just people that need sound animals need sound as well. 

Sound Experiment 2014

Sound Through Different Medium

1. QUESTION/OBSERVATIONS

How does different medium affect sound?

2. HYPOTHESIS

I predict that the different materials we use will affect the quality of the sound though the cup telephone.

3. EXPERIMENT

Equipment/Materials: At least have 2 cups. Strings. Nylon. Thick wool. Ribbon. Toothpick. Ruler (to measure the length.)

Process/Method: 1. Get 2 cups and put a hole through the bottom in the middle. 2. Measure your medium (string,nylon etc) so they are exactly the same length. Attach the medium to the cup with a toothpick. 3. Test - Make sure each test the string/medium is taut. 4. Rape the sound and record.(Quality/How loud)

4. RESULTS

What are the results that you came up with? Well the result that I came up with is really good. Their was 3 different kinds of strings that we had to use and they all sounded different as well. The most scariest one of them all was the wire one. It sounded like you were talking to someone on the other side of a dark and creepy cave.

5. CONCLUSION:

This experiment that we got to do was so cool and exciting the entire class enjoyed and so did I. I really hope we get to do this again because it is cool to make cup phones for your self. Wouldn’t you want to make something that cool with your classmates?

South Africa's Celebration

Which Country do yo think celebrated 20 years? There is 3 options of which country won and that is Australia, South Africa and the Netherlands. Well the system that has a different law and has rights for citizens based on their race. 

South Africa is celebrating 20 years of freedom for the cannes international film festivals. The South African delegation lead by the most impressive national people that film and do videos foundations of South Africa in more Cannes film festival.

My Echolocation Writing

Who uses echolocation? Bats, marine mammals as in dolphins, whales Shrews, and some kinds of birds too. These kinds of animals use echolocation to navigate their way around their environment and to try to locate their prey. When they are trying to find their prey they use a high pitched sound. When the sound bounces back to them like an echo it tells them that they have found their food.

Marine mammals do not use echolocation in the same way birds and bats do as they live in the sea whereas bats live in forests and caves. When marine mammals use echolocation they navigate around their environment and use a high pitch sound to locate their prey. Bats and some birds are quite similar to what marine mammals do.

Not only animals use echolocation there is a young teenage boy who uses echolocation as well. His name is Ben. Ben is a boy who can't see with his eyes as he is blind. Since he was a child of about 7 years old he realised that if he used a clicking sound he could find his way around. Ben practices using echolocation all around the house and around his neighbourhood just so that he can get use to it.

Ben washes his false eyes every morning to keep them nice and clean. His mum keeps Ben’s eyes in a safe place so that he could change every day s that his eyes don’t end up being dirty.

So in conclusion echolocation is a way of some animals and people finding their way around their environment to locate their prey