Find fractions, decimals, and percentages of amounts expressed as whole numbers.

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1. 1 Sweatshirt- the surf shop Sweatshirt because it is 30% off so it’s  cheaper than the other one.
2. Sweatshirt- the surf shop sweatshirt is $18 because you take 30% off and the other sweatshirt is $28 because you have taken 40% off. 36s  19

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1. jacket - surf the waves shop jacket is cheaper because even though it has a lower percent it is still a cheaper price.
2. Jacket- The surf shop Jacket is $36 because you take away 30% the second jacket is  $19 because you take 20% off so the cheaper jacket is $6 cheaper.

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1. Jeans- the surf shop jeans are cheaper because 30% of 48 is 33.60 and 45% off 68 is 37.40.
2. The surf shop jeans are cheaper by 3.80.

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1. tracksuit-The surf the waves company tracksuit is cheaper because 25% off 64 is 48 and 30% of 86 is 60.2.
2. The surf the waves company tracksuit is cheaper by 22.20.

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A) The least amount of money you could spend if you brought one of each of these clothing items would be 200.40.

B) The most amount of money you could spend would be around $224.80.

C) You would save 24.40 in total.

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I figured it out by figuring out what the percent is as a fractions, by the cost and dividing by the fractions denominator. Then misusing the total from the cost.

The thing I found most challenging was using the multiplication and division strategies to estimate and solve problems with fractions, because it was pretty hard to find a strategy that worked. 

Here were the strategies we did: 

- Use multiplication and division strategies we used to estimate and solve problems with fractions, e.g.
>12 ÷ 3 = 1 2/3 
> Find a fraction of another fraction by multiplying.
>Describe and show remaining tenths, hundredths, thousandths as decimal fractions and relate them to place value order.

>- Work out and explain percentages of simple amounts

Blog Post Title : Te Reo, Term 4 2016.

This term we have been learning all about the Marae. We have learned that…….

• The Marae is an important focal point for the community.
• The Marea is a place where tradition and customs can be carried out.
• The Marae is a place where people can express their values with dignity.
• There are many kawa ( protocols) that prevail on the marae.
• Marae kawa (protocols) can differ between maraes and iwi.

We have focussed on some key concepts when doing this learning.

These are listed and explained in the table below.

Concept	Definition - give the meaning of these concepts in your own words.
Tikanga	"the Māori way of doing things"
Pōwhiri	welcoming ceremony on a marae
Tangata whenua	'hospitality' to feel welcome when visiting New Zealand
Manuhiri	The tangata whenua are the local people who are connected to the marae
Tūrangawaewae	one of the most well-known and powerful Māori concepts
Whanaungatanga	sense of family connection
Manaakitanga	'hospitality' to feel welcome when visiting New Zealand
Aroha	love; affection. sympathy

See this video for an explanation of the roles and responsibilities of people on a marae.

Something I would like to learn more about the marae is I don't know I've pretty much learnt everything.

treaty of waitangi

Parliament

This term we have been learning about Parliament. We have looked at the difference between government and parliament, NZ parliament, who is in government, how our government works and we compared democracy to dictatorship.

Three things that I learned are NZ parliament are:

• that the speaker can kick people out of parliament
• that john key seats in the 4th seat to the right
• that ruth dyson is our MP 

Here is the link to my compare and contrast map explaining the difference between democracy and dictatorship.

ANZAC POST

KORU GAMES

The activity I did was football
two highlights were.....

1. shooting a goal  in a penalty shot out because that was the only goal that our team scored during the whole 3 days .
2. getting to buy food from the food shop because last year you weren't allowed to, but this year you were, and the food was very nice.

I am proud of our sportsmanship in our team cause even though we lost all our games we still had good sportsmanship .
some advice on Koru games for next years year 7's is even if you lose a game don't give up:)

the water cycle

The Water Cycle

The water cycle is a process that water goes through between land, sea and atmosphere. The water is recycled throughout this process; The water changes state throughout the cycle aswell. It can change to a liquid, gas or a solid and change back. The steps in the water cycle are evaporation, condensation, precipitation and groundwater/runoff.

Grace, Kyla and Taylor's Mandarin Video

I can recognise and understand a variety of grammatical constructions and some rhetorical patterns

In this unit I have been learning about:

• The parts of speech.
• The types of nouns.
• The types of sentences.

In this unit, I found challenging was playing the game were you had to get them all correct to win.

Something new I learnt was what a noun was and many more .

Add and subtract decimals

Student Led Conference Reflection

The things I enjoyed most about my SLC were: that my parents were impressed with how my learning had been going.

What went well and why...my reports because when I showed them to my parents they were very impressed.

What were the challenges you faced when preparing and presenting your SLC?.. the WiFi wasn't working at first but that's okay.

Care Progress

I have done a check of my CARE progress so far this year. 

I am proud of my progress/ I am doing OK/ I feel I could do much better.

Give reasons for the answer that you have highlighted above. 

I am very close to reaching my bronze alough

Visual Art blog post.

Blog Post - Use this model for your Visual Art blog post.

Visual Art: WALT: Apply knowledge about shapes and patterns derived from nature into an original artwork

For Visual Art the SOLO level I achieved was:Extended Abstract because I can do all of the techniques

The techniques I used in my art work to achieve this level were: Moving colors Glazing and Shading

Here is a photo of my artwork:

My next step in visual art is: to get better at moving colours

peer mediation merit evidence( must do )(post 4 )

yesterday my group and I did peer mediation at first I was scared that the I pad would be flat because it's happen to our group so many times it was properly most likely to happen but it DIDN'T  so that was a good start.

so anyway we put our vest on and headed towards the field looking for any problems we could help solve, but as we walked round the field we didn't get any problems and it stayed that way for the rest of lunch time yeah there were those problems like someone couldn't tie up there shoe lace but other than that my duty went great.

st about ready to say we didn't need to do it but the bell rang and we had to go inside

the duty today went really well and couldn't have gone better. 

Bus ride to tech merit evidence( must do )( post 5)

a few days ago the 7's & 8's bused to the Lincoln primary school for technology 

I was really looking forward to it today because we were changing subjects and my group and I were changing to design our last subject was sewing and I made heaps of things like.....

I just realized that I was getting off task so I am going to tell you about the bus ride to tech there's  not really much to talk about but this is technically what happened there and back... 

,everyone was showing the C.A.R.E values the way there meant to be the one I that I think was shown the most would properly be respect the bus/ bus driver.

The End

Bus ride to tech merit evidence( must do )( post 4 )

For the first time in term 2 the year 7's and 8's bused to Lincoln primary school for technology we were going to find what group we were all in today when we got there, i was excited to find out what group I was in next, the last group I had was cooking and it was fun.......
back to the bus ride, the bus ride there went really well until someone in the back opened up a window letting the freezing air go though the whole bus. 
and the bus ride back was the same so there was no need for my to explain it to you.

The C.A.R.E values I think I showed on the bus( bus wise ) was probably stay sitted on bus at all times, and listen and respect the bus driver at all times. cause I stayed sitted   at all times even though I wanted to stand up and go shut the window.

radio station merit evidence( can do )( post 1 )

today Kyla and I went to radio station together normally I would go by myself but today I ask Kyla to come with me cause I always find it hard to do radio station by myself.

cause I have to control the mixer by myself, do the computer by myself, and speak by myself all at once so i figured I might ask for a little help today.

So we spent our lunch time talking on the radio, playing songs and having a good time.

finally the bell rang we turned the microphones, shut the computer, locked the door and went back to class.

Experimental probability, Probability of simple events

W.A.L.T Experimental probability,  Probability of simple events

I can describe the structure of a Short Story

The perfect solution

Something I have learned about the structure of short stories is:that the problem starts straight away

After reading some short stories two things I will remember when I write my own short story are that the first paragraph is about character and that the problem starts straight away

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Rugby League Man

Something I have learned about the structure of short stories is that the first paragraph: is about the character

After reading some short stories two things I will remember when I write my own short story are that the first paragraph is about character and that the problem normally starts straight away

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Bus ride to tech(must do)( post 3)

A few days ago the year 7s and 8s bussed to technology for the last time of the term.

And it was the best bus ride of the term/ year so far, everyone was quietly speaking to the person next  to them and were respectful to the bus driving who was driving us to technology.

The C.A.R.E values I think I showed the most on the bus (bus wise) was probably stay sitted on bus at all times, and listen and respect the bus driver at all times.

Bus ride to tec(must do)(post 2)

A few days ago the year 7's and 8's went to technology, the bus ride there was a amazing but that's not                        to say the bus ride back was amazing too cause it wasn't it was the complete opposite. I think part of Reason it was the opposite was to do with the noise level cause it kept going up whenever someone said something I have to say though at first I was as noise as everyone but then when I realised I was being loud I stopped and talked to the person next to me.

The care values I think I showed on the bus whould properly be active thinking or excellence because as soon as I realised I was being loud I stopped and talked to the person next to me.

Bus ride to tec(must do)(post1)

This week on Tuesday the year 7s and 8s bussed to technology I guess I could say that it was pretty good compared to other times that we've bussed, but I think If anything I was a better role model then the other times that had bussed to technology cause I showed most of the care values (bus wise) e.g I talked to the person sitting next to me instead of the people sitting behind me, I also stayed sitted for the whole bus ride there and the bus ride back( not that I don't any other times but you get my point).

The care value I think I showed most was respect because I was respecting the bus driving while he was driving us to school.

over the last 2 days the year 8's have been working with the juniors in the food forest. the year 8's showed the juniors how to pick seeds from certern types of flowers and how to store them for next years food forest...here's a photo

after that we had morning tea in our own class's and talked about how we showed 

Term 1 Integrated Learning - Leadership

We have been learning all about What makes a good leader.

Here is a link to the Leadership modelling book.

We identified that good leaders show 6 main character traits. These are trustworthy, Resilient, Goal focused, active thinking, Integrity and Motivational

The leadership trait that I think I show the most is being Motivational because at Koru game trails I was cheering people on and helping them when they needed it.

The leadership trait I would most like to develop is being Resilient because during Koru games trail

Something NEW I have learned about leadership is you Don't have to have a badge to be a good leader.

The SOLO level that I reached during this unit of learning is Extended Abstract because I can evaluate the effectiveness of a leader

My next step in learning about leadership is to apply everything that I have learned about leadership to my own leadership roles.

peer mediation merit evidence (can do)(post 2)

a few days ago today me and my peer mediation group went to do peer mediation but when we went to get the i pad it was flat and there was no other i pad with the peer mediation form on it so we asked the teachers what to do and they said to just do it without the i pad.at first me and my peer mediation group were a little  worried that we would have a problem but then we remembered that we hadn't had a problem any other time so we hoped that it would be the same as any other peer mediation Judy .

And it was the only problem we had was that a little girl couldn't tie her shoe lace up but that didn't count as a real problem though and it was easy fix too.

the care value I think my group and I showed the most at while we were doing peer mediation was probably showing resilience when the i pad was flat. 

leadership traits

w.a.l.t l can describe the traits of an effective leader

the solo level I am at is  multi structuctural because I have put a lot of detail into it 









the solo level i am at is

WALT: Apply Striking and Fielding activities in a range of sports and activities.

WALT: Apply Striking and Fielding activities in a range of sports and activities.

The striking strategies I was able to effectively demonstrate during the games we played were to stand side on when we were about to strike and keep an eye on the ball when you are about to strike.

The throwing and catching strategy I was able to effectively demonstrate during the games we played were to use soft hand when I was about to catch the ball.

My Next Steps

To improve my striking of a ball is to use a different technique because the technique I was using didn't work for me.

To Improve my catching and fielding I need to be able to know were the striker was going to hit the ball because I need to be able to be be in the right place to catch the ball.

The game that I enjoyed the most was all of thembecause I learnt a lot and I was also having fun at the same time.

I can compare and contrast language and ideas between texts with similar author’s purpose.

I can compare and contrast language and ideas between texts with similar author’s purpose.

a few days ago we did a authors purpose follow up activity we got to decide what pieces of writing we  read and used for the activity I read the poems then we had to decide what the poem most fitted under using 

P-ersurde 

I-nform

  E-ntertain 

^ here is a link to my follow up activity ^

                                                 

I can gather, evaluate, and synthesise information across a small range of texts

I can gather, evaluate, and synthesise information across a small range of texts

Me and alyssa  have been thinking of ideas for changing and not changing the New Zealand flag For My opinion I don't think we should change it because it would be A waste of money and we have A lot of History So this is my opinion and this Is mine and Grace sheet we did.

I can gather, evaluate, and synthesise information across a small range of texts

leadership in the food forest

Over the last 2 days the year eight's have been working with the juniors in the food forest. the year eight's showed the juniors how to pick seeds from certain types of flowers and how to store them for next year’s food forest...here's a photo, We made envelopes to put the seeds in them the flower seeds were red clover, borage and yarrow.

After that we had morning tea in our own classes and talked about how we showed leadership during the 1st session a lot of people said that they showed leadership by helping the little kids sort out what flower seeds are what, and what envelopes they put the flowers in .

After morning tea we did chop n drop, chop n drop is we chop down useless plants and put them on trailer and they got taken away, after it was lunch, after lunch my group was sent to room 17 to help out the kakano students.

Next day we were sent to the same class room 17 to help out till lunch time, after lunch we we sent to room 18 to help out and we did little rotation on different activities.

peer mediation(post 1)

today me and my peer mediation group went to do peer mediation but when we went to get the i pad it was flat and there was no other i pad with the peer mediation form on it so we asked the teachers what to do and they said to just do it without the i pad .

at first me and my peer mediation group were a little  worried that we would have a problem but then we remembered that we hadn't had a problem any other time so we hoped that it would be the same as any other peer mediation Judy .

And it was the only problem we had was that a little girl couldn't tie her shoe lace up but that didn't count as a real problem though and it was easy fix too.

so yet again our peer mediation Judy went great even when we had no i pad.

today the year 8's have been helping out in the junior classes my group and I first went to room 18 for the first half hour we helped the juniors do art and other activities when it was time for us to go the juniors hugged us and waved us goodbye .

every thing went really well and it was fun helping out with the juniors.

When we got back to our classes we had morning tea while Mr McAven  explained to us that we were going to make up a game for the juniors to play with us after morning tea .we had to go in partners so Brooke and I went together we decided to play granny's treasure it's like sneak up granny except you have to try steal the treasure from the granny without them knowing who it was

it went really well and everything turned out the way it was planed if not better

 here's a photo of the first group we played it with

peer medation (post 3)

on Monday I did peer mediation 

my friends wanted me to draw with them in the library but I knew I had to do peer mediation for the first half of lunch so I had to tell them that I had to do peer mediation but I would draw with them in the 2nd half of lunch and luckily they totally understood.

when peer mediation finish I was so surprised because we had no problems at all I remember last year we always had to solve problem .

I took off my peer mediation gear and headed to the library to draw with my friends and tell them about peer mediation this was the best peer mediation I'd done so far and hopefully it stay this way