Joseph @ Greymouth High School

The Design Process We had to make a mars lander that can withstand the rocky terrain. The first thing we did was research and look at the Sphero EDU website to gather ideas and information. Then we had a play around with the Sphero in groups, the Sphero is a really fun gadget to play with. We then had a group brainstorm on what materials/tools we needed to make a mars lander. This brainstorm included tires, suspension, 4K cameras, solar panels. Mars The bright color of mars is due to its iron-rich minerals in its surface. Mars is known to have the highest mountain and deepest valley in the whole solar system. Channels, valleys and gullies are all over Mars, and there is also no water only ice, Mars is very cold due to its distance from the sun and the average temperature is -80 Fahrenheit. The challenges a Mars lander would take on are the big rocks and tall mountains on mars. Mars has similar terrain as some places on Earth it has canyons, volcanoes, big rocks and dry p...

In English we wrote a SEXY paragraph and we chose a particular person that is an inspiration and a hero to us. The man who I admire is LeBron Raymone James Sr, He was born on December 30th 1984 and born in Akron, Ohio. LeBron also plays in the NBA for the Cleveland Cavaliers, He is a father of 2 sons and 1 daughter. He is my hero, he has overcome all odds and wears his heart on his sleeve, He puts 110% into everything he does, He is humble on and off the court and has been a leader for his team since he was 18. He came into the NBA at age 18, so he was still a teenager he skipped University to chase his dreams and his passion, He is now known to many people as the G.O.A.T. LeBron James is so successful in the NBA and outside of the NBA as well, he has his own shoe called LeBrons , he has donated to several charities throughout his career. ONEXONE Improves lives of children in Canada and around the world. LeBron James Family Foundation Positively affect ch...

This week we learnt about the features of a  Pā, here are some features and some interesting facts!

This week we learnt about a few parts of a Wharenui inside and out, I have made a slide showing some parts of it. We are working towards building our own Wharenui in small groups.

On Monday Te Hiringa visited Shantytown, to learn about the early maori, pounamu and a man called Kehu. When we first got to Shantytown she told us all the rules and the  boundaries, Then we entered the room with all the the pounamu and fossils. Then we went to make huts in the forest, we walked a track to get to the area we were separated into 3 groups of 4 and there was 1 adult to each group. All of the huts were amazing and it was fun to pick up sticks and ferns. She then separated the tuakana from the teina, we learnt about Kehu and all the amazing stuff he did, Some people call him superman. Then we walked across a narrow bridge made of a log, And had a Christmas service like Kehu, we all had to sit on mats and we proceeded to say a series of priers and one of the students told the Christmas story. In conclusion Shantytown was a good trip and a good experience.

Today we have been learning prime and composite numbers.

This week we learnt how to add fractions with the same denominator. I have made a drawing explaining what it is.

This week we went to our school library and we each got assigned a book shelf to find some poems. This was a really frustrating and fun activity to do and i really enjoyed attempting to make these. This is an example of one, It says: Boris and Bella  What's In My Lunchbox? Vegetable Glue  Just Right For Two. This is a poem me and my friend made, Here are some more! Fly Pie                                                       Pudding Cheese Trap Dr. Dog Counting on Frank Frida and Bear Tortoise and the Hair Look what I've Got The Christmas Caravan

We have been working on our poetry and writing different types of poetry. Here are all my poems that I have done.

This is a tally chart of Paper, Scissors, Rock. But the rules are a bit different. Mace gets a point if they all do the same action. Tearu gets a point if they all do a different action. And Rivir gets a point if two people do a different action. This is what happened, Do you think the odds are fair?, Try it out with your friends and see who wins.

This week was really fun and exciting here's some of our work! Here is one of my limericks that I worked on and completed. This was a cool activity to find words that rhyme then put them together to make short sentences. Our class also did book spine poetry, this was a really fun activity to do with my friend. Here is one of ours, this took us quite a long time to get this and it was a little bit stressful. 

We use something called Maths Buddy, It's really fun but difficult at the same time. I have made some DLOs of what I have learnt.

This week we asked our own questions and researched them, Here is the result.

This is my visual mihi, The tuakana had to do one involving their pepeha.

This week the tuakana started a slide each called Kei Te Haere, We had to pick an animal, my animal was a blue bird. Here is my slide!

For maths we learned about stem and leafs plots and how to use them, Here is a DLO!

This week we are working on fractions, We are learning to find the common factor and everything else that comes with learning.

This week we had to do an If I, we had to pick food, buildings etc, We picked stuff that was similar to us or something we liked. This was really hard to do because we had to give a reason for each one and why we would be that object.

Today the Tuakana of Te Hiringa went outside and shot 30 basketball shots, We made it into a stem and leaf graph.   Here are some pictures of us shooting and recording shots!

This is a pie graph of what type of food Te Hiringa like. As you can see 3 out of 4 items are the exact same, And the least is cake.