What I have learnt This week in class

Kaitiakitanga

Kaitiaki is a leader. Or could be guardians of land, sea or nature. It not just a person it also can be a group that is recognised as a guardian by the tangata whenua and is responsible for looking after something. kaitiakitanga is part of a social, cultural,economic and spiritual system.

DARE

In class we have been learning about drugs. DARE stands for Drug Abuse Resistance Education. An police officer by the name of 'Big Lou' came in class and talk to us about drugs and what happens when you take them. Drugs can mess you up and you life if you carry on taking the bad ones. Nearly everyone has taken some kind of  drug from caffeine to medicine, protein shakes, and much more.

EPIC-Books for kids

Epic is a really fun, great website for kids to read any book they want. Epic has many categories of books for example Science, sport, pets, mysteries,arts and crafts, comics and adventure books. My favourite books are the sport ones because there so many to pick that look great to read. Some books you can even just listen to it instead of reading the book.

CLASS GOAL

I think the class goal I have achieved is being focused on work and getting all my work completed. I think my next class goal will be to help others finish their work when I'm done. I also have Respected our teacher and others in class. It has been a great week!

Sea levels Rising

 Ki ora, In DHT (my class) We are each doing an Environmental issue.  I decided to go with Sea level rising because of thermal expansion. Thermal expansion is when the temperature goes up then the liquid is increased. I have chosen this environmental issue because I want to know more about the Seas rising and why they are. I am doing this Issue with Jahvahn because I know we can work well and get the job done. One of the causes of the Sea rising is because of thermal expansion that is caused by warming the ocean since water expands at it warms up.

  

RESPECT

Today i'm writing about the word Respect. What does Respect mean?  Respect is an act of giving attention or showing care. Respect is really important because it builds trust, safety, happiness, teamwork, resilience and many more. An example of Respect is really listening to someone talk. Or helping each other or even being kind. Also treat others how you would like to be treated.

W.A.L.T Inform our audience about how I will achieve our class goal for term three.

ABOUT ME!

Ki ora, My name is kaylis i'm 11 years old and a year seven at Otaki College. My friends are Isaac, Te Wano, Haki, Eddie and David. I'm in DHT (class) on the bottom floor. My favourite subjects are P.E and Reading. My favourite options are cooking and sewing.

My favourite sport is Basketball but I play most sports like rugby, touch and athletics. I love Burgers especially homemade ones. My main outdoor game would probably be longball. My most popular movie would be Jumanji the next level or olympus has fallen and one more G.I Joes

I have a family of six to younger sisters and my parents. I love playing with my cousins, especially when its sport. I like to travel places around the world. The places I like to go are Rarotonga and the south island. I would like travel to different places and enjoy the country or area. I hope you appreciate my blog and have a good day😀😄 

Algebra Order of Operations

For the last two weeks My class has been learning How to use the order of operations in Algebra. Algebra is apart of mathematics and uses letters and other symbols. Algebra mainly uses the letters X and Y but can use any other letters.

What I have learnt from Algebra is BEDMSA, Brackets, Exponent (Or power), Division, Multiplication, subtraction and Addition.  I also learnt what Exponents are and how to deal with them. Here is a Example of how to answer this question :  (4+3)x7=        so first we add 4 and 3 because they have brackets around them. so 4+3 equals 7, so then the next step is to times the 7 by 7 which equals 49 which is your answer.

Why is Algebra Important you ask?

Algebra will help you in your future, especially with your job. It also uses most operations in maths so that is also good thing about Algebra. And one of the main thing is you get the correct answer.

My Holiday

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On the first week We went paintballing in Paraparaumu at 8 in the morning, With my cousins(Kyra Kapiti Ameia and Te Akau) and Uncle Jax and Aunty Paris. It was Kyra's 13th Birthday and she was the oldest. The instructors told us the rules and safety rules and then we were ready to paintball! The first game we played was Capture the flag, in fact the first 2 games we played capture the flag. I absolutely loved playing paintball shooting all my cousins and uncles and auntys. even better was winning both games. In our team we had Me paris, Ameia, Ameia dad and mum ethan and cass. I got most of the kills which was fun. the last game we tried to play north korean which didn't work. Two people protected the flag in the middle while two other teams on the each side. one of the teams had to try grab the flag and take it back to their base and then the people in the middle join with the other team. Soon as it didn't work we played free for all until we were out of ammo. I really enjoyed playing paintball and also shooting my mum and aunty cass in the head. I can't wait to go paintballing for my Birthday.

On the second week of the school holidays, Me my two sisters and my mum drove up to our batch in kuratau. Our cousins from Whangarei (Pearl,Jasper and Tai) also came. It was raining when we arrived and it didn't leave. we started unpacking, once we finished unpacking me and my cousin Tai set up the ping pong table. We played some good matches for a while, then started playing golf in the grass.

DAY 1

When we were ready to start our trip to the Tukino Ski fields we headed off. First to Tokaanu Ski and snowboard rentals. Me, Pearl and Tai were the only ones who wanted to snowboard, the others just got walking boots. Once we finished hiring our stuff, we cruised off through the desert road.As we arrived to our stop there was a sign saying only 4wD can get up the mountain and there would be a 2wD parking 6 km ahead. Only Uncle David (Tai's dad) had an 4wD so in 6 km we would all squish in his car. When we all were in the car we drove another 8 km up the snowy mountain according to the sign. We reached the top of the mountain and chucked our warm gear on and headed down to the ski field. At first it was hard getting onto the rope that would pull us up the mountain instead of walking up the mountain. after a couple of tries we eventually got the hang of it, and away we went down on our snowboards. It was so fun snowboarding, but It was hard trying to go one way then stop and go the other way. We snowboarded for a couple of hours and then our cousins from Otaki turned up (Kyra, Ameia, Kapiti and Te Akau) with their tobogan. Then we stayed for a couple of more hours because Kyra and kapiti wanted a turn snowboarding. Then we were ready to go we were gonna meet up at the thermal pools and stay for a while. The next few days we just keep going to the pools because it was rainy all day and because it was inside. It was still a fun trip and I would love to go again.

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The Weekend

On Saturday the 20th of June I had Basketball training at Nga Purapura in Otaki with other kids that would be getting trained by Dion Prewster.  Dion is a New Zealand professional basketball player for the Wellington Saints.  As training went on we had just went over some stretching, transition plays 2v2s then 4v4s then finished with a full court 5v5. I had a good training with the older boys.

After Basketball I went straight to the Otaki Domain with my dad because my dad was playing for Rahui A's. They were versing Paraparaumu. It was a tough game for Rahui but in the end Rahui got the win and played one great game. on the other field Whiti Te Ra Were Way ahead of the Porirua Vikings. After Both Games were finished, we went home and I finished the day on a good note By playing Call Of Duty Warzone on my ps4.

On Sunday We left at 7:00 Am in the morning for a one hour drive to Wellington ASB Centre For a 6 hour basketball camp with New Zealand Basketball Academy. When we got there I warmed up feeling a bit nervous but mostly excited. Then Kenny Mcfadden (Kenny McFadden is an American former professional basketball player who currently works in coaching and development of basketball in New Zealand) Lead us in the middle And talked us through what we would be doing today. I was with the under 13's. We started of by stretching then we went into dribbling, passing lay ups and then we put up a couple of shots. Until we went into some 1v1 only Using two dribbles and trying to only lay up. After that we had 2v2s going and we were to screen then either drive to the hoop or pass to your teammate who just planted a screen. After a couple of matches we had a 50 minute break, then would be straight back into it

After lunch we started off with shooting practising catching and shooting. Then of the dribble shots. 

We ended off with 4v4s full court then half court. With 5 minutes to go we had a full court 5v5 game it was very tiring especially after everything else we had done. We won the game and instead of having another one we had a game of knockout. Knockout is when the person in front of you misses and you get it in then they are out of the game.  It went for a couple of minutes until it was down to me and this girl were shooting. Until I Finished her off. We finished the camp and traveled back home.

I had a great weekend it was full on but I still loved it. I also learnt a lot of basketball skills and tips. Thanks for reading have a good day.