Te taiao o tamaki - keeping our city safe and clean

What can we all do to help save our city? Well what we can do is that we can help and pick up rubbish whenever you see one even though if it's not yours. We can try and go around GI and pick up the rubbish on saturdays or even if you are free.

We all have special jobs that we all can do, what we can all do is that we can try helping by not littering on the ground we can put in the bin even if you can't find the bin or if there is no bins around you then you can just put in your pocket or hold it until you get home and then you can put it in the bin.

In two more weeks there is going to be an exhibition happening at the te oro. It is all about te taiao o tamaki. There are going to be different kind of presentation from different other schools. So please help save the sea animals.

Food Tech Blogging: Meat Pies are done

This is the 9th week we have been to cooking at tamaki college. What we made today was what we made last week. What we made last week was the pie filling for our mince and cheese pie. Today we made the pastry for the pie and poured in the filling. We took some images of what we used to make the pastry and what the finishing of the whole pie.

These are the photo's that me and my two partners ( Inez, and loseli) took while we were making our mince and cheese pie.

Georges Marvoulles medicine ( Novel studys) 3 - Ven Diagram

Here is the third slide that I have picked for my presentation this is all about the Ven Diagram.



This is the ven diagram for George's marvellous medicine. What I had to do with this Ven Diagram is that I had to combine this book with another book that I have read. What the other book was called was "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory from the same author that wrote George's Marvellous medicine.

Georges Marvoulles medicine ( Novel studys) 2 - Characters and support

Here is my second link that I have picked for my second slide on my presentation.

This is a presentation that I have created for my second slide and it is called “ Characters Images and Support”, This presentation is all about each character in my novel and what is about them like a blog profile.

Food Tech - Our first step to make a filling for a pie.

This week at food tech down at Tamaki college we were with Mrs Heka. She is the food tech teacher, what we made today was the filling for the pastry that we are going to make next week. What the whole product will turn up to be is a pie. My two buddies are Inez and Loseli. Here are the pictures that we took during the cooking.

These are the ingredients we needed to make the filling. 

Simple and compound sentences.

WALT: Identify & write simple and compound sentences

This week we have been learning about how we write a simple or a compound sentence. What we did this week is that Mrs Iloa created a presentation for us to work on. The presentation is called Simple and compound sentences. In this presentation there are sentences that I have to write and try figure out what a compound and simple sentence is. I hope you enjoy my simple and compound sentence enjoy my blog and leave a comment of what I need to work on.

Te taiao o tamaki - Fractions, Decimals, & percentages

WALT: Understand the relationship between fractions, decimals and percentages.


This week we have been learning all about Fractions, decimals and percentages. What we did with them is that we had to try and learn how to convert fractions into decimals into percentages or you could try it the other way. This task asked me to convert fractions into a decimal number and then convert it in the percentages of the number.

I hope you enjoy my blog.

Te Taiao O Tamaki - Alphabet multiplication

WALT: understand the relationship between fractions, decimals and percentages.

We are learning all about multiplications and divisions but for this task we have learnt about multiplication, in this task we learnt how to use the alphabet with multiplication. What we had to do is that Mrs Judd created a google drawing for us to work on and what we needed to do is that we had to read the word that Mrs Judd gave us and we had to look on the top where all the numbers are and try find out what number it is that connects with the the word.

I hope you have learnt a bit and leave a comment on what I need to work on and I hope you enjoy the rest of my blog!!.

Te Taiao o Tamaki

Te Taiao O Tamaki:

What we are learning about this term is that we are learning about kawa of care. What is Kawa of care? well Kawa of care is a way of saying how we could protect our environment. How we can protect it is that we could try and stop preventing water pollution by not littering.

Littering has caused water pollution and land pollution, how it is prevented? People sometimes dumps their rubbish on the road or on the side of the beach. What we can do to stop it is that if we see a piece of rubbish that is not even yours then you can just pick it up.

If you won’t pick it up then the wind will blow it until it reaches the beach, the wind will blow and blow and blow until it is the sea. When living creatures in the sea eats they will die. Then when you go fishing or a walk you might catch a fish that has been eating plastics, or you could find a dead washed up whale on the beach.

There are different types of pollution like water pollution which is the biggest problems, air pollution, land pollution, and others. Pollution is also caused by many different things like car gasses linking on the road, Factories, littering, Farms and many things.  

Te Taiao O Tamaki - Money and Decimals

WALT: Use multiplication and division to solve fractions problems.

Today I learnt about using decimals in different ways, what I mean about in different ways is like doing it in money ways, weighing ways and many more different ways. This task asked me to solve decimals in addition and in subtraction. What I learnt from this presentation is my money working out, so we I am like sorting out money then I would just know it straight away.

Te Taiao O Tamaki - Fractions word problems

WALT: Use Multiplication and division to solve fractions problems.




This week we have been learning all about " Fractions". What the task asked me to do is that it asked me to solve fractions using some word problems and showing how I got that answer. What I have learned from this task is that when we are using fractions and divisions we have to split the important number into equal groups. On top of this blurb is a presentation that my teacher has created for us to solve and to learn. Then on the side is pictures of my working out.

Te Taiao o Tamaki - Fraction word problems

WALT: Identify and sort fractions of a number.

This week we have been learning all about fractions. What are fractions? Well fractions are actually part of a whole that has been separated into small little bits. So up the top of this description there is a presentation showing how I worked with fractions and what I did to solve them. Please leave a comment thank you.

Te Taiao O tamaki - Thirst

WALT: 1 - Find evidence from the text to support my answers
          2 - Analyse the text to understand key themes and messages.

What we are learning to do is to learn about the water cycle. What the water cycle is about is that it is about the earth preventing the same amount of water that we have had on earth the whole entire time. On top of this description is a presentation named "Thirst". What the book " Thirst" is about is a little boy named ryder who when to his neighbors to take some water.

Te Taiao O Tamaki - Water worries

WALT: Analyse the text to understand key themes and message


This week we have been learning all about the water cycle. What the task asked me to do is that it asked us to learn about the water cycle and what contains that water pollution. We had to write a letter to the council about the problems we are having with the water. What we are having problems with is the water pollution is that people are littering on the streets and using cars alot.