Room 02 Tamaki Intermediate School

My Grandma

2011-11-27T18:09:00.000+13:00

Roses are Red
Violets are Blue
When I see you
I come out of my Gloom.
Some are Big
Some are Small
But I can see them all
because you are here.

My grandma is a fantastic person. I Love you grandma.

Toxic Waste

2011-11-27T17:57:00.001+13:00

Toxic waste is what we throw causes danger to others life. Toxic waste can affect humans, animals and also plant life. Toxic waste is polluting the air, land and water. By breathing toxic air we can get cancer and other illnesses. Defect in birth. Tons and tons of dangerous waste is released to the environment, both by knowingly and not knowingly.

Please think before you throw anything.

Recycle

2011-11-27T17:41:00.001+13:00

Recycle is
• Processing waste into new products.
• Preventing waste by using the materials again.
• Not using the fresh raw materials always.

We need to do all these to save the world.
• Reduce energy usage.
• Reduce air pollution.
• Reduce water pollution.

• Lower green house gas.

My Grandma

2011-11-17T09:11:00.000+13:00

My grandma deserves the best in life because she makes me happy when I am down. She has always turned my frown upside down. She is always on my side. She believes in what I do, cares for me and always love me as no body could ever do. Nobody can replace my wonderful nana, she makes my heart beat fast, cheers me up with all her love. My nana loves me so much that I forget myself and my worries.

Caught Being Good Grand Parent

2011-11-17T08:45:00.000+13:00

Dear Mrs Baker,

My grandma Riana has done a lot of things for my brother and me. When I was little she would take me to lots of places. She would take me to the pool, the park, and she would even take me up north to meet my cousins whom I had never met before. Sometimes when we’re at the shops she would buy me a lolly.

On Saturdays we would go to the White horse or we will go to the Pakuranga league club. She would take a cold drink for her as well as to me. She is a very affectionate person. When my dad fell from the tree and was injured his head, she was there to give him comfort and took him to the hospital. I love my nana and would be happy to give her anything.

RWC 2011

2011-10-26T01:51:00.000+13:00

Tuesday 25th October 2011

Learning Intention: I am learning to write an explanation.

The All blacks were playing France in the finals for the world cup 2011. All blacks didn’t play very well because they only got one try. Because of Piri Weepu they could not get more points otherwise they would have thrashed France.
France played well because they had good defence and they got a try and a goal kick. The captain got the try for France and they would have won by the penalty kick but they didn’t because the kick didn’t go through. The final score was 7 to France and 8 to All Blacks.
France was shocked because they lost and they were bursting out tears but the captain was strong. The All Blacks were bursting out with happiness because they won the Rugby World Cup for 2011.
France got the silver medals and the All Blacks got the gold medals and the Webb Ellis Trophy. The All Blacks won the RWC twice now for our country.
They were singing the national anthem and went around the field waving at the supporters. It was an excellent opportunity for us to watch this game.

RWC 2011

2011-10-25T13:49:00.000+13:00

Tuesday 25th October 2011

LI: I am learning to write an explanation.

The New Zealand All Blacks, the hot favourites of the people of New Zealand have proved that they are the best in the world in Rugby Union.
They have won five games in a row including a pool match victory over France earlier in the tournament.

On the Sunday’s finals they beat France by one point.
Thanks The All Blacks for making New Zealand proud.
Richard
Room 2

Rugby Injuries

2011-09-20T10:19:00.001+12:00

How do Rugby players normally get injured?
By high tackles and scrums.

When do they get injured?
During the game and also during the training sessions.

What happens after their injury?
The medics look after them.

2011-09-20T10:08:00.001+12:00

Rugby world cup 2011
Australia lost to Ireland

Congratulations Ireland!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You made Tamaki Intermediate School happy as we are our adopted team (Ireland). We will keep supporting your team.

Go Ireland!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Australia lost to Ireland because
* they made too many penalties.
* their defence was not good enough.
* Quade Cooper thought he could do the flick pass.

Better luck next time Aussie’s.

Rules for playing Rugby

2011-09-06T09:39:00.001+12:00

How to Play Rugby

LI: I am learning to write the rules for playing Rugby Union.

Rugby is popularly called "the game for animals played by gentlemen." The game is in two main forms, rugby union and rugby league, with their own ways to play. Rugby union is normally played in Europe especially England, while rugby league is popular in Australia and New Zealand.

Instructions

1. Assemble two teams of fifteen players each.

2. Start play with the defensive team kicking the ball to the offensive team.

3. Run with the ball until tackled. You may also pass or kick the ball to a team mate, but you cannot pass the ball forward.

4. Release or pass the ball if tackled. If released, the ball is open for anyone to take.

5. The game is only stopped on a rules violation, two opposing players grabbing the ball (known as a ruck or maul) or the ball going out of bounds.

6. Restart play with a scrum after a rules violation, such as a ball dropped forward or a forward pass, or a ruck or maul.

7. This is when the forwards on the team lock up in a huddle and push for the ball by kicking in backwards.

8. The ball is thrown into the scrum by someone on the team that did not commit the violation.

9. Restart play with a line-out if the ball went out of bounds, the forwards on each team line up facing each other.

10. The team that didn't knock the ball out throws it back in, and the players contest for possession.

11. A score is worth five points for a try, which is person touching the ball to the ground in the goal area.

12. A kick is then attempted through the goalposts for two extra points.

13. Score three points for a goal, by kicking the ball through the goalposts while play at a penalty.
Try playing the game. It is lot of fun.
http://www.ehow.com/how_2048948_play-rugby.html#ixzz1We828WDP

Science Experiment

2011-08-19T10:14:00.002+12:00

Experiment

Put one spoonful of sugar into one of the bottles use the plastic funnel to guide the crystals into the bottle. Add the sugar slowly so that it does not block the neck of the funnel.

Repeat step 1, placing each of the other solids (fine sand, instant coffee granules, plain flour) in its own bottle. Now half fill each bottle with water and screw on the cap. Shake each bottle ten times.

Look carefully at each bottle to see if you can still see solid particles. Decide which solids form a solution and which solids form a suspension.

Solutions and Suspensions

2011-08-10T16:04:00.002+12:00

LI: I am learning to write an introduction to my Science Project.

Solutions and Suspensions

It is very important to know and understand the introduction to a particular topic to carry out the experiments successfully. My project is about “Solutions and Suspensions”

Introduction

Solutions

A liquid in which a solid substance has been dissolved.

Example: Sugar and Water

Suspensions

The particles in suspensions are larger than those found in solutions. Components of a suspension can be evenly distributed by a mechanical means, like by shaking the contents, but the components will settle out.

Example: Oil and Water

Careers

2011-07-04T16:31:00.003+12:00

Career development involves managing our career. It also includes learning new skills, and making improvements to help in our career. Career development is an ongoing, lifelong process to help us learn and achieve more in our career.

By creating a personal career development plan, we can set goals and objectives for our own personal career growth.

Matariki

2011-06-30T15:43:00.000+12:00

Matariki

2011-06-30T15:39:00.001+12:00

Matariki is a Maori tradition. When Matariki comes seven stars will appear in the sky at night. People will also do a performance based on Matariki. Most of the people gather around just to see the seven stars at night.

Sound

2011-06-07T13:00:00.002+12:00

Learning Intention: I am learning to listen to the key words.

You can hear sound on EARTH because there is air but if you go into space you cannot hear any sound because there is no air.

Sound is a type of energy created by vibrations. Also sounds can travel through water, air, and in solids. When sound bounces off any object we can hear an echo.

A sound travels like waves. These waves create vibrations. We can hear these vibrations.

Sound travels faster through solids than in water. Sound travels faster in water than in air.

By Jacob
Room 2

Japans Biggest Earthquake and Tsunami

2011-03-18T15:08:00.008+13:00

LI: We are learning to write an Information Report.

Japan is experiencing its greatest hardships since World War II, Prime Minister Naoto Kan says. This earthquake, tsunami, and a crisis at a nuclear plant have caused so much pain to the people of Japan. Police say that the death toll in one of the worst-hit areas is likely to go more than 10,000. It is such a nightmare to know our friends are suffering so much.

A big explosion has hit a nuclear power station in north-eastern Japan which was badly damaged in Friday's devastating earthquake and tsunami. A building housing a reactor was destroyed, but the authorities are saying that the reactor itself was intact inside its steel container.

A huge rescue and relief operation is under way in these regions which has killed lots of people. All readers have been describing what life is like after the earthquake. Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan has warned that the shutdown of several nuclear reactors is likely to lead to a shortfall in electricity supply.

It is really sad that these people in Japan have no electricity, it is so cold now and what will happen to the aged people? Who will look after them??? How will they bear the cold??

Christchurch Earthquake

2011-03-18T14:34:00.003+13:00

LI: I am learning to write a Message.
HI my name is Richard and I am a year 7 student at Tamaki Intermediate School. I am sorry that your loved ones have died. We are wearing red and black to remember you.
We have all donated $2.00 to help you rebuild your schools and some of the buildings. Even though I am in Auckland it still affects me. We have donated 300 dollars.
We also thank all the people who have come from all over the world to help us.

Christchurch Disaster

2011-03-18T13:54:00.004+13:00

Hi my name is Aluat and I’m a year 7 student at Tamaki Intermediate School in Auckland. It is very sad that your town has been wiped out. The most sadness I think is that hundreds of people have lost their lives and over 165 people have been killed by the buildings those have fallen on them because of the earthquake. Many of the buildings are destroyed.

Today Tamaki Intermediate students are wearing red and back clothes to support what has happened in your town and all of us have donated $2.
This money is going to those people in need. We are trying to rise three hundreds that will be sent down to schools so they can have books, pens and pencils to help students to start their schools immediately.
We are happy for all those people who have donated money to help people buy food, water and other necessary things to start their lives. It is very sad that everyone there are leaving Christchurch to go to other cities in New Zealand because of fear that it can happen again and again. I hope that your town can again see the beauty it had earlier.

Nutty Professors all the way!

2010-09-22T13:12:00.000+12:00

We the students from Room 11 have been total Nutty Professors this term. We have been some kind of secret learners working our way through our Science Projects for the Science Fair. Our school seems like an ordinary school but it is not, it is a very special school in which we are provided with opportunities to take part in all the cool activities planned well by our teachers.

Our topic for this term was “Nutty Professors”. Each one of us conducted Science experiments like scientists. It was very interesting to see and learn about each other’s experiments. We were able to scientifically explain the experiment results. We are happy that we are getting ready to go to Year 8. We are all trying to be excellent in all that we do in our class and in school.

Our goal in life is to be as good as our teacher thinks we are. To make her and ourselves proud, we learn well and do our best. This term we worked hard to do our class work independently, or with a buddy or in group situations. We respect each other and work well together. According to our interests, we take part in various school activities like Choir, Guitar Group, Ukelele, Kapahaka, Bollywood Dance, Media, School Sports and so on.

We all love reading. We are all so lucky that we get lovely Duffy books for free. They are so wonderful to read and sometimes we feel that it is our own life’s story. We are fortunate that we are learning Te Reo Maori from a specialist teacher Mrs. Bailey.

Bradley from our room is our school council representative and he can sense if we are up to some mischief. And so, we are good in class and make each other proud.

Admirer of duffy books

2010-09-13T15:50:00.004+12:00

Duffy books are reading books for children to read. Some of these books are non-fiction books, some are fairy tales and some are based on the true stories.

These books help us to speak proper English, find information and also there is always something to learn.

Duffy books are a lot fun to read and also interesting to read. Some of the Duffy books are sad and when you read it, you feel like you are a part of the story.

Cool Books are Duffy Books

2010-09-09T11:35:00.001+12:00

Duffy books are cool books to read

Duffy books are reading books. They have lots of sentences, pictures and paragraphs. The stories have authors and illustrators.

Duffy books help us to learn to read and retell the stories. We get to imagine lots of things by looking at the pictures. It helps us to understand our future. We in our school read these Duffy books to enjoy and also get lot of information.

I think all the schools should give Duffy books to their students to help them learn and be good people in the community.

We are so lucky in our school that all of us get Duffy books to take with us. Thank you Duffy.

Absorption of more heat-white or black? Do this experiment to get the results.

2010-08-30T15:18:00.002+12:00

What absorbs more heat?
What you'll need:
• 2 identical drinking glasses or jars
• Water
• Thermometer
• 2 elastic bands or some sellotape
• White paper
• Black paper
Instructions:
1. Wrap the white paper around one of the glasses using an elastic band or sellotape to hold it on.
2. Do the same with the black paper and the other glass.
3. Fill the glasses with the exact same amount of water.
4. Leave the glasses out in the sun for a couple of hours before returning to measure the temperature of the water in each.

2010-08-30T15:14:00.001+12:00

Read and conduct this experiment if you want to know more about oxygen in plants.

2010-08-23T15:34:00.001+12:00

Read this article if you want to know more about Madame Curie

2010-08-16T16:14:00.001+12:00

Read this article if you want to know more about Rober Boyle

2010-08-16T15:50:00.004+12:00

LI: Learning about Scientists

Robert Boyle-Father of Chemistry

Robert Boyle was born at Lismore Castle, Munster on 25 January 1627, the fourteenth child and seventh son of Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork. Robert Boyle was educated mainly by tutors and himself. He had no formal university education but read widely and made contact with many of the most important natural philosophers of his day, both at home and aboard.

Boyle realized that if anything were to be done about improving science, he would have to start doing something about it himself. While only 18, he helped to found the Philosophical College in London (later to become the Royal Society of London).
He returned home to Ireland at the age of 25 and took up the study of anatomy. Two years later he travelled to Oxford, established a laboratory, and headed a small scientific society there.

In 1661, at the age of 34, Boyle published The Skeptical Chymist. In this book he overturned Aristotle’s conception of the four elements (the belief that everything was composed of earth, air, fire and water) and replaced it with the modern idea of an element—namely that an element is a substance that cannot be separated into simpler components by chemical methods. The Skeptical Chymist is recognized as the foundation-stone of modern chemistry.

www.answersingenesis.org/creation/v12/i1 http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/Quotations/Boyle.html

Independent Reseach: Title Page

2010-07-23T12:04:00.002+12:00

The Title Page based on the topic "Back to the Future" Past, Present, Future. I chose "Education" to do my Research.

Term one’s memories and reflections.

2010-05-28T12:11:00.004+12:00

On the first day I was so scared because it is a new school. My mum told me my dad came here when he was my age, my Aunt and Cousin also came to this school. We went to our new classroom. I was put into room 11 and it was so much fun. I made some new friends and saw some old friends. We saw the whole school and the boundaries of the school.

Week 2 is when the whole school went swimming and in the week 4 it was the swimming Carnival for the year 8’s and year 7’s and it is all the good swimmers from the 3 teams ( swimmers who are good, average and beginners). We had to go half way so the mongoose tigers went first. They were so good that when you see them swimming they will be half way by now.

In week 5 the year 8’s formally welcomed the year 7’s. Some of the parents came to see and it was cool. We call this as the school powhiri that is when they welcome you to the school.
We had the SPCA come to the school. They told as about animal cruelty. Our teacher had gone to India to see and take care of her mum. I hope that she gets well soon.

Howick Historical village

2010-05-28T11:56:00.001+12:00

Year 7 students of Tamaki Intermediate School, Auckland visited the Howick Historical village to learn about the past life of early settlers, their way of living, the kinds of equipments and the way they cooked for their existence. The aim of this Village is to depict life in the 19th Century New Zealand through a lots of "Hands On" and "Interactive" programmes of 1840 to 1880 period. Theyoffer a unique programme away from the classroom and are related to the existing curriculum.

Students worked in groups,also went on a discovery trip and answered various questions.

Isabelle and Nane's Matariki Report

2010-05-21T09:38:00.008+12:00

LI: We are learning about Matariki.

It's that time of year again. Matariki celebrates the Maori New Year and traditionally was the time of year used to establish the planting of crops, based on the rising of the star cluster Pleiades (Matariki)

Matariki is the Maori name for the group of stars also known as the Pleiades star cluster or The Seven Sisters Matariki is celebrated with education, remembrance and the planting of new trees and crops signaling new beginnings. Matariki was the optimum time for new harvests, and ceremonial offerings to the land-based gods Rongo, Uenuku and Whiro to ensure good crops for the coming year.It was also seen as a perfect time to learn about the land we live on and to remember Whakapapa (ancestry) who have passed from this world to the next and the legacy they left behind.

What is referred to as the traditional Maori New Year is marked by the rise of Matariki and the sighting of the next new moon. The pre-dawn rise of Matariki can be seen in the last few days of May every year and the New Year is marked at the sighting of the next new moon which occurs during June.

By Nane and Issabel
Room 11

References:
http://www.matarikievents.co.nz/matariki-stories

Jessica: Mothers Day

2010-05-07T13:58:00.003+12:00

Jessica's Mothers Day letter.

Bradley

2010-05-07T13:44:00.002+12:00

Bradley has shared his Mothers' Day letter.

Memories and Reflections of Term 1-2010

2010-03-30T16:02:00.002+13:00

It has been a fantastic first term. At Tamaki Intermediate we got to meet different students from other schools and made new friends. We had a Powhiri to welcome the new staff and the new Year 7s and a couple of Year 8s. There were many speakers who spoke to us all. We sang different songs to support the speakers. I was one of the people to go up and hongi and shake hands with the teachers and visitors.

In week two we started the swimming programme at Swimarama in the Lagoon Stadium in Panmure. We travelled to and fro by bus. It was a lot of fun. We got put into ability groups - markos, tigers and hammerheads. I was in the tigers group. Our swimming lessons were geared towards us learning the different strokes. We were taught to breathe properly and to stay afloat in the water.

Every Friday we had house sports for the students in the four different houses Calliope, Orpheus, Leander and Achilles. My favorite sport at these house sports has been Rugby and I loved playing Tug-o-War.

A couple of weeks ago we had two cops that came to our class to talk to the students about truancy. They played a couple of games with us, and we asked them questions about how to become a police officer.

During this term we learned about New Zealand. Our topic was Amazing Aotearoa. We also learned about the history of the national anthem, and the amazing things we have like the kiwi bird, the silver fern, Pohutukawa trees, and Maori patterns. Then we drew a poster of a famous New Zealander and wrote about why they were famous in our country.

I enjoyed being at this new and wonderful school. Overall this has been an awesome term and I can’t wait until term 2 kicks off!

By Jeremiah
Room 11