My Netbook Reflection 2013

This has been a successful year for me being in the Manaiakalani project. I have the internet access at my house which helps me out a lot! I finish my work off at home if I haven’t already at school and searching up new things at home  helps me learn from them too. This year has been the best year for me, using my netbook. I can’t wait to go to Tamaki college next year and use the new Chromebook.

This is my third year having a netbook and it has been getting better and better for me. My friends have helped me a lot! with my learning. My friends Kendrix & Waata help me with my school work and also with fixing my problems on my netbook. Waata and Kendrix are the experts in my class this year at fixing problems our class. They know how to reimage our netbooks and EVERYONE asks for their help.

Over the past three years, being a digital learner has helped me to improve my writing, especially with the help from our wonderful teachers here at P.E.S. I have learnt so many new things this year I think my mind is going to explode. One of the things that help me with my writing is the thesaurus, it helps me to use interesting vocabulary in my work.

Paul Walker

Paul Walker born September 12, 1973, Glendale, California, United States. He died on November 30, 2013 in Valencia, California, United States while he was fundraising for the typhoon that hit the Philippines. Paul Walker starred in the Fast and Furious Series and he was AWESOME in the movies. He became famous in 1999. When I watched the first ‘Fast and The Furious’ I straight away notice my star in the movie. That person was Brian O’connor. ( Paul Walker )

When Paul Walker died I didn’t even know. But then the 6 o’clock news was on and I saw that he has passed away. When I heard that he had died I was shocked! Especially hearing that he died in a CAR CRASH, when the movies that he starred in were to do with CARS. I can’t believe he is gone.

On Sunday, 8 December more than 3000 people went to the honour hour in tribute to Paul Walkers death. People were raising money for Paul Walkers Charity. The people helped to raise money for his charity.

My Mihi

Kia Ora Koutou,

Kua haere mai nei,

Ki tenei huihuinga,

Ki te mihimihi,

I nga whakaaro pai

Ka nui te aroha,

Mo to koutou maia,

Ki te haere mai,

Ki te ako,

I nga kaupapa,

E pa ana ki tenei wananga

Mihi (english)

Greetings to you all

who have come here

to this gathering

to greet

the good thoughts

Great is the love

for your strength

in coming

to learn

the topics

My Math Strategy

1. The world record for throwing a cellphone in 2012 was 102.68 metres. James attempted to beat the record but only managed to throw 97.89m. How much was he short by?

102.68 - 4.79 = 97.89

102.68 - 2.68 = 100.00

100.00 - 2 = 98

98 - .11 = 97.89

2.68 + 2 + .11 = 4.79

Sione uploaded a presentation to his blog but it was too big. In the HTML code he saw that the size was 920  pixels wide by  648 pixels high. He thinks if he reduces it to ¾ of the size it is, it should fit. What dimensions does he need to change in the HTML code?

230 pixels wide

920 divided by 4 =

(92 divided by 4 = 4 x 20 = 80  4 x 3 = 12 4 x 20 + 4 x 3 = 92)

4 x 200 = 800

4 x 30 = 120

4 x 200 + 4 x 30 = 920

230 x 4 = 920

162 pixels high

648 divided by 4 =

(64 divided by 4 = 4 x 10 = 40, 4 x 6 = 24, 4 x 10 + 4 x 6 = 64)

4 x 100 = 400

4 x 60 = 240

4 x 100 + 4 x 60 = 640

4 x 2 = 8

640 + 8 = 648

162 x 4 = 648

Tiaki is fixing part of his fence. The pickets he needs are .68m long each. How many metres of timber does he need to cut up 45 pickets?

If the timber comes in 5m lengths only what is the minimum amount of lengths he needs to have enough for 45 pickets?

The timber is $3.55/m. How much will he have spent?

Answer: 30.6

Strategy: 0.68 X ? = 45

0.68 X 10 = 6.8

40 = 27.2

0.68 X 5 = 3.4

27.2 + 3.4 = 30.6

Julia is an artist. She has been painting a huge mural for the town centre. For the main colour she used a 20 litre pail of white mixed with a 10 litre pail of blue. Unfortunately she ran out of paint before she finished the mural. She thinks that she will only need 6 more litres in total to finish. How much blue and white paint does she need to mix up to get the 6 litres of paint she needs that is exactly the same colour she has been using?

Strategy:

20 + 10 = 30
30 divided by 5 = 6
10 divided by 5 = 2
20 divided by 5 = 4
4 + 2 = 6

6 Litres in total

4 Litres of white

2 litres of blue

My Maths Strategy

1. The world record for throwing a cellphone in 2012 was 102.68 metres. James attempted to beat the record but only managed to throw 97.89m. How much was he short by?

Answer: 4.79

Strategy: 102.68 - 4.79 = 97.89

102.68 - 2.68 = 100.00

100.00 - 2 = 98

98 - .11 = 97.89

2.68 + 2 + .11 = 4.79

Future Aspirations

     On Thursday last week some  people came to our school. They came to tell us about our future aspirations. We started off in the hall all of the intermediate together and Andrew Patterson talked to us first and introduced us to the Visitors. Our visitors name’s are Mosa Mafileo, Emma Brown Tristan Pang, Aysha Hohaia and Caine Warren.  They all had interesting stories to tell us about themselves. They all came to tell us about their lives and they came to inspire us.

   Mosa Mafileo was the person who inspired me the most because he was funny to listen to and he had he hooked into what he had to say. Mosa is a very funny person and that’s what made his presentation awesome. When Mosa told us about his job I was shocked because at the age of 18 he is a politician who works for Len Brown as a youth adviser. As Mosa was talk he used a quote, “When you’re chasing your dream not only do you chase it, but you catch it.” Mosa Inspired me to chase after my dream. I would love to meet Mosa again in the future.

   The kind of business that my friend Kendrix wants when he becomes an adult is a cool business. He would like to own his own business that is cool and that makes a lot of money. He wants his business to be a fun business too. He also wants to have Sony or Apple products in his stores. Kendrix likes to play games aswell so he would sell video games, computer games and more fun and cool things like that..

My Strategy

In the hop, skip and jump (Triple Jump) the record for  men is 18.29m whereas the record for women is 15.5m. How much longer is the men’s record than the women’s.

Answer: 2.79

Strategy: 15.5 + .59 = 16.09

16.09 + 2 = 18.09

18.09 + .2 = 18.29

2 + .59 + .2 = 2.79

There are  8 boxes. Each box has 25 apples in it. How many apples are there altogether?

Answer: 200

Strategy:

8 x 25:

8 x 10 = 80

8 x 10 = 80

80 x 2 = 160

5 x 8 = 40

80 x 2 = 160 … 160 + 40 = 200