Learning Spanish!

Hola Bloggers,

I have been learning the basics of spanish every day for about half an hour and while doing this I have learnt:

Numbers 1 - 10:
1 - Uno                                                                  2 - Dos                                                  3 - Tres

4 - Cuatro                                                              5 - Cinco                                               6 - Sies

7 - Siete                                                                 8 - Ocho                                                9 - Nueve

10 - Diez                                                             

The Days of the week:
Monday - Lunes                                        Tuesday - Martes                             Wednesday - Miercoles

Thursday - Jueves                                     Friday - Viernes                               Saturday - Sabado

Suday - Domingo       

Months of the year:   
Jan - Enero                      Feb - Febrero                       Mar - Marzo                   Apr - Abril

May - Mayo                    June - Junio                        July - Julio                       Aug - Agosto

Sep - Septembre             Oct - Octobre                     Nov - Novembre           Dec - Decembre

Any many other things such as, fruit and veg, feminine and masculine articles, colors, the alphabet and basic coneversations. 

Do you guys speak anhy different languages?  Please comment below!                                                 

How To Mind Read!

Hello bloggers,

In this blog I will be showing you how to wow your friends by reading their minds!  all you need are these cards cut out and layed infront of them.


The trick to how to do it is in the next video.

Please comment if you were able to trick you friends!  I would love to hear how it went.

Ask them to choose a number on the card and make sure that they don't tell you.  Now, ask them to select the cards with their number on it.  Once they have selected all their cards you should immediately know what their number is.  Here is me doing it with a friend!

How you do it:  Follow the instructions above but when they choose the cards with their number on it add together the first number on their chosen cards.  the sum of the numbers should aways equal the number they chose.  To make it seem more like a magic trick you could say that you can't decide between a few number including the one they chose or you could ask them to make sure they are the right cards if you have'nt finished adding the numbers.

Hope you enjoy tricking your friends!

The Tuareg tribe

Hello Bloggers,
In inquiry we are focusing on art and culture looking at three specific places, Africa, Japan, and the artic.  For my first rotation I am looking at african art and culture and this is the information I fould about the Tuareg people, a tribe found in africa.  This is presented on adobe spark, I encourage you to make your own and comment the link below!  Enjoy!

The Tuareg Tribe

Algebra - Making Animals

Hello Bloggers!
In Maths we are looking at algebra and linear equations, and working out formulas.  We were set the task of creating an animal and figuring out how much it grows every year by creating a formula.  I decided to make a whale, here he is at three different times of his life.  Please leave a comment on what animal you would have done!  I would love some new ideas.

What Is Adventure

Hello Bloggers,

This past term in literacy we were focusing on genres of movies, this term we are focusing on the genre adventure seen in the movie 'The Goonies'.  Here is my presentation of what adventure is.  Hope you enjoy.  Comment what you like to watch on tv!

The Day Things Started Disappearing

Hello Bloggers,

It is term 4 now, which means that a mountain of tests are coming up, so we need to get prepared.  Yesterday during literacy we were faced with the task of writing a short story with the promt - the day things started disappearing.  Here is my story.  Please give me feedback in the comments below!
Lily

The Day Things Started to Disappear: I am woken up to a shiver running down my spine as I blindly reach for my duvet. Squinting I see a luminous glow coming from the window. “It’s too early.” I croak, before attempting to reach for my duvet again and retreat to my cave, but all I can feel is thin air. I open my eyes fully. My duvet is gone, so is my pillow, and half of my possessions. I stumble out of bed fuming, storming into my little brothers room.  “What?” Jake mumbles, sitting bolt upright and bleary eyed. “I’m sick of your little pranks is what!” I screech in rage. “Now give me back my stuff!” “What are you talking about?” he is fully awake now, and looking at me like I’m crazy. “You’re ridiculous.” I sate, before slamming the door. I’m just about to go downstairs when I hear a piercing scream from outside. I feel the adrenaline as I rushed to the window, swiftly wiping the condensation with my clammy hand. Utter chaos greets me as I peer outside. Sirens are blaring and people are running onto the streets the faces painted with fear. Screaming for mum I headed downstairs to get a closer look to what is going on. But everything seems different, almost as if it is from another dimension. I have never seen the house so clearly, the coffee table is missing, so is the items upon it. A series of photos and artwork has also vacated their spot on the wall. I scream for mum again, my voice becoming more urgent and shaky. I wait in the eerie silence. Nothing. I rushed outside. The cold air hitting me like a thousand needles. As I look around at the havoc I pinch myself. ‘Please let this be a dream, please let this be a dream.’ I will in my head. Someone grabs me from behind. I smell coffee from their breath. Mum’s shaking voice calms the fear that is swallowing me whole. “Get inside.” She states with a sense of urgency I have never heard so clear. I turned around, my hair whipping my face in the wind as I do so. I walk towards the house to open the door, apart from, there is no door. Only a gaping hole leading to the bare hallway. I rock back and forth on the carpet, a single tear escaping from my eye. I run my hand through my hair as I scream in confusion, but I’m interrupted by a banging sound. My brother crashes into view, his lightning blue eyes wide with worry. Jake rushes towards me as I envelope him in a hug. Trying to calm my breathing. “Hey, hey, It’s okay, I coo.” trying to convince myself as well as Jake. “I tell you what, why don’t you stick the TV on? It’ll distract you for a little.” I say, unsure what else to do. “ After wiping away his tears he reaches for the remote and switches it on. The news fills the screen as the lady announces that all around the world items, like food, paper, and even houses are vanishing around the world. My brother and I look at each other in unison. Mouths wide open with shock. My lip starts to shake, I slowly turn back to the TV , crossing my fingers that this is all made up. After the screen showing nothing but chaos, fear and confusion. I reach to switch it off. The room filling with utter silence. Once again I turn to my right to see Jake. But I was met with an empty seat. “Jake?” I croak. “JAKE!” I call out again, more alarmed than ever. I go outside to see if he went to find mum. But she was nowhere to be seen. In fact no one is there. I let out a muffled scream and collapse onto the frosty floor. I get up. Making a cloud with my breath. I run, run away from everything and nothing. There are no people, no houses, no signs of life. I am all alone.

The Marshland Press

Hello Bloggers,
In term three inquiry we were focusing on the power of media.  Looking at televison, online, radio and print.  I decided to work on print.  Our task was to produce a newspaper that the students made themselves.  Here is some of our finished product (Sorry, I couldn't find all of it.  Tell us what you think in the comments!

Cake vs Ice Cream - Activity 13

Hello bloggers,
Sadly the holidays are coming to an end, which means we have to say goodbye to the long relaxing days and going out with friends or family to explore or shop or eat, and we have to say hello to our teachers giving us new problems to solve. They have provided us with a series of challenges to complete of the holidays and one of them is asking us if we would rather never eat cake again or never eat ice cream again.  Here is my answer and my thoughts behind it.

Cake or Ice Cream?

While both of these desserts are treats that could put a smile of a young childs face any day, I think that I were to chose one to dispose of forever I would have to go with cake.  The reason why I would do this is because, though it is delicious to eat, there is no real purpose to it.  The only time we typically use it is for birthdays.  But, I find that in a resturaunts they often give you a free ice cream sundae instead of cake, further displaying that ice cream is better than cake.  Ice cream can be used in milkshakes, Floats, sundaes, and even ice cream cake.  It can also be preserved for longer and stays fresh.  Ice cream is also a useful item for soothing pain.  Often workers in the dental industry recommend eating ice cream to sooth the pain of putting in braces or after an oral surgery.  ice cream can also be used for healthy purposes such as fruit smoothies e.t.c. 
So, all things considered I think that Ice cream is better than cake and it would be an easy choice is I had to choose out of one to dispose of. 

What do you think?  I would love to know your opinion in the comments below!
Lily.

My Video Essay - What Is Sci-Fi

This Term we have been predominantly focusing on genres and looking at the conventions throughout.  I decided to focus of the genre sci-fi.  Looking at qualities like technology, space, aliens, and dystopian and utopian features.  Here is my video essay about the genre of sci-fi.  Please comment below what genre you would love to know more about, or your favourite movies!  Hope you enjoy!

Marshland Doodles

Hello everyone,

In our hub we have been looking at media and technology, and we focused on google doodles since it is such a big part of media.  I mean, every minute 3.8 MILLLION people do a google search. That is roughly 63,000 people per second.  So we made our own google doodles using the word Marshland as the base.  here is mine.  Hope you like it! please reply in the comments below for feedback!

This drawing represents marshland school as it incorporates the four houses kahu kiwi - The blue Bear, Korowai - The yellow deer, Whitau - The red eagle, and Harakeke - The green snake.  The other letters also resemble maori art and the maori language is a big part of our school.  The letter d at the end also has the school logo, the flax.  What would you do to represent your school?  What do you think I could have done differently?  Please let me know in the comments below!

World Of Plastic - Wearable Arts

Our Inquiry this term was the power of plastic.  We looked at how it si destroying our world and how people need to be educated more about it.  So we took to this challenge and got into groups and created a dress made out of materials you would find in your rubbish bin. The outfit had to connect to a problem that we are facing.  Our group focused on what the plastic is doing to a sea creatures.  We made a speech and poem and an outfit and showcased it all in a catwalk.

We made our main whale outfit using aluminium cans, bottles and caps, plastic wrapping, paper, cardboard, and other materials to help make out outfit.  How did you like our outfit.  If you would like to see our speech and poem please reply in the comments!

Einsteins Biography

Hello bloggers

For Inquiry we are focusing on powerful people, I chose Albert Einstein because of all the things that he achieved and all the nobel prizes that he earned.  I learnt a lot since starting this project including that we share the same birthday! I would like to share with you how I presented it because I think it is a very creative and eye catching way to do it.

What was your favorite way of presenting?  The painting, Model, Or poster?  Reply in the comments below! 

Alice's Adventures In Wonderland:

Maths At Marshland.

Hello Readers,
In maths we are focusing on geometry.  We are learning about different shapes and their angles and parrallel lines.  We presented it in a google drawing and now we are sharing it to you guys so you can gain knowledge and use this in your maths.  Tell me what shapes you would like to know more about!

9 Days Til' What? - Ebook

9 Days 'til what? by Lily Hart

Ladder leading to success continued:

At the start of the term we set goals to ourselves and we presented them in drawing form.  Now we have reached the end of term one (And what a term it has been) so we need to reflect back on these goals and see if we achieved them.  This is how far I got on achieving my goals:

I think that I  definitely made progress as shown on the drawing.  I think I will change my math goal to something more relatable to what we were learning.  I am proud of how far I got in literacy because I am really close to finishing my goal.  Do you think you achieved the goals you set yourself?

Character cartoon (My Pepeha)

Hello bloggers,

One of our focuses in marshland is Maori, this means we need to learn now to introduce ourselves.  So we all made our own personal pepeha and we displayed it as a cartoon about ourselves.  Here is the finished product.  Hope you enjoy!  Comment below your favorite part of the pepeha.

Vocabulary Made Fun!

Hello fellow bloggers,
Vocabulary is a big writing and it is very important in everyday life.  In our hub we have been focusing on changing words to make them more exciting.  My friend and I displayed a word art presentation, so, if you ever get stuck on finding exciting words for your writing come to my blog and I will help you out!
Hope you enjoy!  Don't forget to comment what words you want me to replace!
(If you want to use this site search 'word art' into the google bar.)

Camp 5 R's

At marshland school the year 7 and 8's went on an awesome 4 day camp.  It was filled with fun activities and challenges.  This is a little insight on the camp we went on and when we showed our school values.  Please comment below what you would want to do most and I hope you enjoy!

Ladder Leading To Sucess

At marshland school we have areas of learning that we focus on at certain times of the day.  At the end of last year we were asked to set goals for ourselves to complete this year.  Recently, we have made Goal ladders that represent our step of how to get there.  Here is my goal ladder and my goals.  Please comment below what you would do to reach these goals or what goals you would put down for yourself if you were to do this activity.

Graffiti Art: Wall of Fame.

Hello readers,

It is a new year back in the learning hub at marshland school, that means it is challenging to learn everyone's names, but we made graffiti wall art using are names.

Everyone gets some paper shaped like a brick you then write your name in a  graffiti like font and color it in.  You can also customize it to what you are interested in. 

This is the one that I made I chose the floral pattern because my name is a flower name and I like the patterns.

what theme would you do in you were making this?