This week at school, on reading we were mainly focused on this journey called ‘ Plastic free challenge ‘ and it talked about how to reduce plastic around the school but it was a main day called ‘ Plastic-Free Day ‘ now reading that journey really helped me on why we should always recycle rubbish and reduce the plastic around the world, hey did you know that polystyrene is the most dangerous plastic out there?

Now on maths, i was a year 7 and we were mostly focused on interpreting and ocllecting data which helped me gain a understanding on Column graphs, picture graphs, Frequency chart and more. Now i really think in my personal opinion that math was probably the most enjoyable subject for me personally.

And finnaly on writing or inquiry we had to watch a video about the different types of plastic, now as we watched the video we had to listen about any facts that was displayed in the video. It was kind of hard for me since  i was a slow writer and the person who was telling us facts about plastic and more.

And yeah this is basically what i was doing throughout the week, i hoped you enjoyed reading my blog, thank you for taking the time to read my blog –

Hae re ra!

Demitrius – Reuben – Tuoro …

Kia ora, I am Fern. I was born up in a tree, on a skinny branch that wiggled in the wind. At first, I was just a little leaf all curled up tight. I didn’t want to come out. The world felt too big. Too bright. Too loud. I was kind of scared of it, honestly. I didn’t know if I’d ever be brave enough to open up.

The sun started to warm me, and the wind didn’t feel scary anymore. It whispered to me, like it was saying, “It’s okay. You can try.” So I did. I stretched out a little, then a little more, until one day I looked around and realised: I was a leaf.

I was green and alive, and the wind made me dance. The tree felt like a safe place, and the other leaves around me became my friends. We played in the breeze, laughed when the rain came, and watched clouds drift by like giant slow animals in the sky. I thought maybe I could stay like that forever.

Into storms came! Big ones. Loud thunder, boom! Flashing lightning like it was trying to dance, and the fierce wind pushing hard and trying to take us. Some leaves didn’t make it. One of my best friends disappeared during a storm, and I never saw them again. I held on as tight as I could. After that, things didn’t feel the same. I was still here, but part of me was quiet.

As time went on, I started to change. My green faded into yellow, then red. I didn’t like it at first. I wanted to stay green. That’s who I thought I was. But even though it was different, the colours were kind of beautiful too, like I was glowing in a new way.

Younger leaves started asking me, “Why is the wind cold?” or “What’s happening?” Sometimes the storms always came back. I didn’t know everything, but I told them what I could. I had seen a lot. I had felt a lot. Then one morning, the wind came again. But this time, it was gentle. It didn’t push or pull. It just felt… quiet. Like it was waiting. And I knew. It was time.

My sides curled! I felt emotional! I let go… I didn’t fall like I thought I would. I floated. I spun and twirled through the air, soft like a feather, and it felt okay. Better than okay, it felt peaceful…. I landed on the ground, where other leaves had already fallen. I wasn’t scared anymore.

My Poem – 

Because being a leaf is kind of like being a person.
You grow.
You get scared.
You laugh.
You lose things.
You change.
And one day, you let go.

 I was Fern.
I was scared at first.
But I grew up.
And I lived.  

Have you ever wanted to make something special that connects you to Aotearoa and Māori culture? A taonga is something very special that holds meaning. It can be a necklace, a carving, or a symbol that represents your family. I started off my taonga by a website by the name of ” Tinkercad ” Now TInkercad gives you the opportunity to  create 3d prints that you can play and offer to. Now the making of my Taonga.  

Firstly I found some designs and what they mean. I copied it and put it on to tinkercad and when I found a pattern that would go with my design and when I was done I 3D printed it.

During these past few weeks room 10 and I ( Demetrius ) were working on a special topic drum roll please.. ATOMS! so our class went deep into ATOMS we talked about what was inside of an atom for explame , neutron electron and proton, hey would you like a fun fact! so basically the negative trait inside of an atom goes by the name of an ” Electron ” and a positive trait in a atom is a small particle by the name of ” Proton ” and Neutron the ” No charge ” particle inside of an atom, now these three main particles and used to keep the atom alive and well, without these three main particles in an atom, nothing around you would have been exist. So yeah that’s the fun fact

Another thing about atoms is that it refers to ” the smallest unit of an element that retains its chemical properties. which I thought was pretty interesting and cool. Have you ever heard of subatomic particles, well if you don’t know I may just give you a sweet little treat on what the subatomic particles are..! So basically the subatomic particles aret he particles that surround the neutron so its basically the Electrons or known as the negatively charged particle, now the electron are fast little particles and they contribute as an important role in the procession of an atom..

A fun little fact about electrons is that electrons can ” Tunnel ” thorugh barriers due to their wave-like nature which is known as a phenomenom called ‘ Quantum tunneling ” this is such a interesting name to me because it just sounds very magically and tounge twstering, but anyway my recap on what we have been doing through the past through weeks is coming to an end.

So yeah I hope you enjoyed my DIVA and UNTRUSTWORTHY FULLY recap of my school week recap and my REALLY FUN facts about atoms..

What do you know about Atoms?

In term one at Edmund Hillary School, we were seated in the hall to look at some of the teachers’ projects because our new topic was Ko Wai Au, which means who we are.” When the teachers revealed their projects, I was amazed at what the teachers did for us because they did all of this just to show us an example.

Next we went to class to plan what we were going to put on it. We were thinking about our names, family photos, perfect day, and diving deeper into who we are and our pepeha, but I only used some of the ideas that everyone gave to others to help them, and then I put them into questions that I need to put in my project.

After I was done planning, I was trying to figure out how I could show my questions in my work, so I did some work to explain my name, challenges, and my personality, and it all matched with the questions I put down because it tells people who shaped me, and it also tells people how I navigate challenges, and it shows people what beliefs I have because of the drawings.

Then I created some work that I wanted people to know about me. I also bring some family photos of the past that really connected with me and that helped me overcome some of the challenges that I have come across. I also wanted to add my name and what it means and my personality.

To finish off, all of the printing came. I was cutting some of the work that had white bits, and when I finished that, I started gluing it down on the piece of card. I also drew some patterns that really connected with my personal narrative. When it was done, I felt so nervous and scared because I didn’t know what people were going to think.

This week we have been working on our project, we had to bring in some of our past and recent pictures and we allso had to make some stuff to put on it frist I painted my cardboard to a light pink and then I put some of the pictures that my mum sent me next I added some of my work that we have been doing around who am I?

Kia ora.

This week we were learning about bias and prejudice. That was the first time I had heard of these words. I knew prejudice meant a group of people, and then I learned bias. It means you favor that one side. It could be racist comments and bad things about others, but most of the time it’s about people and how they don’t like them. Some of the tasks we had to do were these stories, and there were lines we had to put them in between bias and prejudice.

Kia ora

Today we have done lots of  wonderfull thing in class and out of class some of the stuff we did was our recount and learing to be responsble some of the things we had to do was helping the little kids and cleaning up the mess even when irs not ours.

Today I have done who I am. We had to think really hard about this because there were so many questions that we had to answer, But every level that we passed we had to think even more because the question got even more complicated. Like we had to talk about what we look like and our favorite thing that we like doing.

We also talk about what we are proud about our self and who we admire. This made me feel so amazed and speechless because I could tell others what I am good at, this also was one of the ways I could share my learning because it tells other what I want to be and what I can do.

Nǐ hǎo

This week I have done lots of fun things, like playing a new game and learning some new things about positive communication, but the new game we played was kickball. It was exciting to hear that we would play a new game. It was like softball because it had the same rules, but you just had to kick the ball to your teammate. I really enjoyed this game because it was different and was more fun.

Have you played this game before, and if you have, did you like it?