Week 7 - Decimals

Hey Bloggers! Today I completed my Week 7 presentation which includes working out decimals and solving problems! Enjoy!

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By Mitchell.M
21/06/18

Mitchell's Extension Game - Reflection

Hey bloggers! Here is my Extension scratch Game reflection I have written about. Enjoy!

During Term 2 the Year 7 & 8 Extension group got the opportunity to make another game on Scratch. Scratch is basically a website full of code, where you can create your own games. Last term in Term 1 we created a game about the environment of Tamaki and how to clean our green space.

Anyways we also got to present those games at the Te Oro Manaiakalani Exhibition. Well this term we have been starting to create a game about this term’s topic Now that’s Thinking and the game is based about Space and the Maori New Year - Matariki.

I am doing a individual project as my other partners are working on their own one. So far I have started to shoot, move my spaceship, and more. We also had the amazing opportunity to have help from a coding expert from OMG tech Zoe, who helped alot.

Also for the sprites drawn on Hyperstudio - DLO - Tevita, Angelo and I have drawn some sprites for our game. We have drawn a spacecraft, some aliens, lazer guns, stars and heaps more sprites that will be in our game.

I also browsed through some video clips on Youtube, Mrs Lagitupu has put on for us to view. I used some coding I saw on those videos and used it on my own personal game. It was really helpful with both the game and Zoe from OMG tech.

I have only created 1 level as creating a Scratch game is very hard.

The highlights of the game was making the sprites and levels. It was very difficult. Also

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By Mitchell.M

05/06/17

Mitchell's Sweet as Poetry - Slides

Hey bloggers! Here is my Sweet as Poetry presentation I have completed. It concludes of 2 poems we have read and questions about the poem we have answered. Also we have pieces of drawings in the presentation that is relative to the poem.

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By Mitchell.M
27/06/17

Mitchell's - 40 Hour Famine!

Hey bloggers! If you didn't know a few weeks ago the Year 5 & 6 Extension group, as well as the Year 7 & 8 Extension group had the amazing opportunity to take part in this years 40 Hour Famine. It is run by World Vision every fundamental year.

Image attribution: World Vision

All money raised goes towards helping the country of the year. Last year my extension group fund raised for Syria and I think we also did it this year for Syria too. It takes part between June the 9th - June the 11th of 2017.

On the night of June the 9th the extension student's bought things such as blankets, pillows, beanbags, mattresses, Just Juice, and Barley Sugars. Also if you didn't know we were having a sleepover and we are not allowed to eat or drink - except from Just Juice and Barley Sugars, because that is apart of the campaign.

We all slept in the library. One side for the girls, and one side for the boys. After we set up our stuff we all gathered in the hall to have a meeting about what we were going to do. Also we are put into groups depending on which colour you wanted to be in.

Me and my friends were in Team Green, while my sister and other participants were in groups such as Team Blue, Team Red, and Team Yellow. It was really competitive. We were going to have lots of fun.

Our groups had so much fun because you have to dance to a song your whole group decides on. We choose the Beyonce classic - Single Ladies to make a comedy and also to entertain everyone.

After that we did something really important. We were at the sleepover for a reason and also to raise money for the people in Syria. We turned off all of the lights in the hall and lay down on the ground to feel like what it would feel like for Syrian kids who have nowhere to go.

Anyways after all of that we got to have freetime. We had 4 options. To watch a movie, hangout in the library, hangout in the hall, or play games in Creative Space - (ICT - Computer Lab). Me and my friends went around the place.

Soon after 2 - 3 hours it was getting late. We then all went to sleep at 10:00.

The next morning everyone was very tired. Also it was a Saturday morning and everyone then eventually went home. Unfortunately I only fast 20 hours as I was really hungry. Also my sister did 20 hours too.

Well that's it! Have you ever done a famine?

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By Mitchell.M
25/06/17

Mitchell's Multiplication Pyramid

Hey bloggers! Here is my Multiplication pyramid I have completed. I also showed how I worked out and got the answer to 2 questions. All you have to do is multiply.

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By Mitchell.M
25/06/17

Mitchell's - Play and Poetry

Hey bloggers! Here is my Play and Poetry presentation slides that I have completed. It concludes of random stuff around the topic speaking and language. Here it is and enjoy!

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By Mitchell.M
22/06/17

Mitchell's T2W7 Decimal Word Problems - 2017

Hey bloggers! Here is the Decimal Word Early Finishers presentation I have completed and turning in today. It concludes of money problem solving, solving decimal problems and more. Enjoy!

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By Mitchell.M
15/06/17

Mitchell's Tenth's and Hundredth's

Hey bloggers! Here is my Tenths and Hundredths presentation that I have completed and is due for this week. It concludes of Fractions, Decimals, Whole Numbers and Mixed Numbers. I have answered and completed the slides using a method which adds and subtracts the number from the original.

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By Mitchell.M
14/06/17

Mitchell's Early Finishers - Number Knowledge

Hey bloggers! Here is my Early Finishers presentation I have completed and turning in today. The questions are based around the math topics Subtraction,Multiplication,Addition, Mean Median and Mode, and more.

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By Mitchell.M
08/06/17

Mitchell's Number Knowledge!

Hey bloggers! Here is my Number Knowledge slides that I have completed and turning in this week. The questions involve the math subjects such as: Multiplication, Addition, Subtraction and more. Also we have to show how we have solved the problem. 

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By Mitchell.M
07/06/17

Mitchell's Probability - 2017

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Hey bloggers! Here is my Probability presentation that I completed that was due for this week. We answered questions around the topics by flipping coins, probability and more. Enjoy!

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By Mitchell.M
7/06/17

Mitchell's Sentence Types - 2017

Hey bloggers! Here is my Sentence Types presentation I have completed today which was due this week. It talks about sentences and different sentences and also tells you when to use them. Enjoy!

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By Mitchell.M
2/06/17

Mitchell's Tech Class - 2 - (Hard Materials)

Hey bloggers! Today it was tech and the Yr 7's walked down to Tamaki College! My new group Hard materials have been drawing and working out what we want to make with wood. 

So far I have drawn a claw machine, a dispenser, and more. It's really exciting and I'm looking foward to making my piece. Mr Grundy said that we have to have the main joint in our piece, so we have to include it.

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By Mitchell.M
2/06/17

Mitchell's Mean, Median, Mode and Range!

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Today our class is focusing on our Key Competencies. Our aim was to stay on task and see how much progress we make for maths in one maths block. This should set the standard for how much work we complete each time we have numeracy.

Our two learning intentions were:

WALT: 1. Show how much progress we can make in one maths session

2. Articulate what we are learning about.

Here is my maths work I completed today:

In this presentation we are learning about the math subjects Mean,Median,Mode and Range. Enjoy!

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By Mitchell.M
31/05/17

Mitchell's Extension Update - 2017

Hey bloggers! Recently in extension we have been learning about NASA and Space travel. Last term we also had a trip to the Hoyts Cinemas in Sylvia Park to watch the movie release "Hidden Figures". You can check the video for that you can find right over - here: https://vimeo.com/209294242. Anyways we have been making space games and also making characters for our games too.

I have personally been learning about the text 5 changes in Space travel and how the first man in space was Russian astronaut: Yuri Gagarin. Here is the link to the text I am reading: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/04/130412-space-travel-technologies-yuri-gagarin/. 

His mission required something that could propel his spacecraft fast enough to sustain a speed of 17,000 miles per hour.

This now made it possible to send men/astronauts to the moon. Russian astronaut Yuri Gagarin, was the first man in space completed a circuit around the earth in the spaceship Vostok on April the 21st 1961.

Before in the old days spacemen were uncomfortable, but nowadays they have their own choice of - exercise bikes, barbeque beef brisket — even a choice of toilet papers.

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By Mitchell.M
31/05/17

Mitchell's Complex Sentences

Hey there bloggers! Here is my Complex Sentences presentation I have completed which is about learning how to write a complex sentence and how and when to use it. Also there is a video talking about how Complex Sentences work and what they do to someone's piece of writing. 

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By Mitchell.M
30/05/17

Mitchell's biogas - cowdung energy

Hey bloggers! Here is a presentation that is due this week which talks about Using biogas. Biogas is a source of gas that is created when mixing cow dung and other things such as leaves, dead twigs, and more. It is really helpful and is really useful.

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By Mitchell.M
30/05/17

An fun week!

Hey bloggers! The last 2 days the Yr 7's have been having fun and doing exciting activities. We also got put into groups. Ther is Churries, Munchies, and Fobalicious. I am in Munchies. We did things such as building towers with spaghetti sticks and marshmallows, stacking cups, doing art, sticking on quotes making truffles and heaps more.

Here is a picture of the truffles in the making:

We also made truffles which was very fun. We made it with crumbled up biscuits, sweetened condensed milk, desiccated coconut, brown sugar and more.

Also with the spaghetti sticks we built marshmallow towers which we failed at but we still had fun. Also in art class with Mr Slade and Miss Farrel we made quotes with some bits of paper.

Here is a picture of me stacking cups: ------------------------------------------^

There is also a draw for people to win fidget spinners. I am in that draw too. 

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By Mitchell.M
26/05/17

Mitchell's Tech Class - 1 (Hard Materials)

Hey bloggers! Yesterday the Yr 7's went to Tamaki college for Tech. We had changed into new tech groups for the next 2-3 months. We got put into Hard Materials as we were in Cooking with Miss Heka last.

First we got to sit on a working table that we were going to work on for the rest of the months. He then talked about some individual wooden toys. Then he gave us some paper to sketch on about what we were going to make.

Well that's it.

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By Mitchell.M
26/05/17

Mitchell's Statistic Vocab - Mean, Median, and Mode

Hey bloggers! Here is a presentation I made last week which had to be turned in. It contains questions and answers about the maths topic: Mean,Median and Mode. It also talks about how to put numbers into Mean, Median and Mode. All you have to do is find the middle numbers.

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By Mitchell.M
22/05/17