mathletics

We have a Mathletics account to use for maths at school and home. We usually have tasks to do for home learning that you can do on Mathletics. One of the things you can do in Mathletics is to play Live Mathletics, which is a good way to improve your basic facts knowledge and speed. You can compete against others around the world from countries such as Germany, Austria, New Zealand, Australia, USA, and the UK. 

Some of the levels on Live Mathletics are challenging; some of the questions were stuff that I didn't know, like AxR = ? Anyway our class has some very smart kids that can work out those problems and questions. This can help you for school maths without your teacher being there for you, so it's double the learning and this makes you better at maths.

This is a great leaning opportunity for all of the students at Mapua School my favourite part about this is that you can compete against each other from different places which is quite intriguing. 

Written by Jed

Ki-o-Rahi

Ki - O - Rahi

A Maori man named Maihi came to Room 13 to teach us a really fun game.  The game is called

 Ki-o-Rahi. He told us that everyone would enjoy it, and he didn't tell a lie. 

The game focusses on two things: attacking and defending.  The game is played on a field that looks like a donut with a little segment cut out of it, in the middle of the donut is a big barrel. Scattered around that donut, are seven poles. There are two teams in play; Taniwha and Ki-oma. The Taniwha start of in the donut boundaries. They can not leave the boundaries. Ki-oma must have three guardians in the hole of the donut guarding the barrel. The rest of the Ki-oma must scatter around the donut, preparing to catch the ball. The Taniwha  need to try and hit the barrel with the ball. If the guardians get/catch the ball, they can throw it over the donut to the other Ki-oma. The Ki-oma then needs to run around touching as many poles as they can, but the twist is that the Taniwha can then chase them. If the Ki-oma is tagged, they must throw the ball to their team mates. The team mates then have to try and hit the other poles. You can not hit a pole twice. To bank your points you need to run through the donut and into the guarding zone. Those are the basics of the game.

We all loved the game,  and we were very thankful that Maihi taught us this game.

I love Ki-o-Rahi and I hope it catches on!

Modigliani and Fedro Art

 For art during Term 1 we will be doing portraits of each other using the styles of Modigliani and Fedro.  The differences between Modigliani and Fedro is that Modigliani uses older colours that are less bright than Fedro's.  I prefer Fedro's style because he is more modern. They are practically the same - except the fact that Fedro is alive and Modigliani isn't. 

First we started off with pastels, using white we did our outlines for where our mouth was going and nose and eyes, etc. Next we started colouring our hair or our eyes. Next we  colour our person and last, but not least, edit the mistakes and hang it up on the wall.

I think that using this style and technique was fun to do and a quite easy alternative to painting portraits; its easy but it's not terrible like all the other shortcuts; its effective and eye catching.

Modigliani

Fedro

We think that Fedro has been inspired to be a junior Modigliani who I think is an exceptional artist. I think that he will probably make lots of money if he does the right style - hopefully he will be alive to be successful unlike  Picasso and Modigliani. 

Question: How come Picasso and Modigliani didn't manage to live a good life and Leonardo Divinci did?  

written by Jed 

Harry Potter Fans

  

Here are some Harry Potter activities for you to do.

First of all let's sort you into a House. I'm Raven Claw by the way, so to find out what house you are in do the test at this website link |harry potter house sorter|
Now you have taken the test hopefully you're not slytherin.
To become a true Harry Potter you have to have a wand, right, so here is a step by step guide on how to make a Harry Potter wand (paper).
2. Slightly roll your paper starting in the corner
3. Glue the last third of the roll
4. Then continue to roll as you hold the wand tightly and hold with fingers till its dry 

1. Prepare your paper 

Need help go to this website---- need help click here for the wand ( instructions )

Written by jed

Football Fridays

          The whistle blew, the ball was passed, he took a shot and we scored!!

                          As you can see we have a day called football Fridays. The teams are Little Kids vs Big Kids with Mr Mac and sometimes Mr Clearwater being the only adults playing.

We usually start around about 1:00pm and finish at the end of lunch which is around about 1:30 so that's half an hour of football. I enjoy this because it's fun and gets people playing games at lunch instead of sleeping in the classroom like Sean. Also it encourages Alfie to play with us. It's some extra training for us and has also prepared me a little for the football season.

Another thing is it gets other people who haven't been playing football before to start playing because you have to start somewhere. What I think is, kids should try and give this a go at lunch times on Fridays.

Written by Jed

Top Team

It was a beautiful sunny day, perfect for top team games; so we held a top team event organised by Sport Tasman

We had a terrific day with loud music and 20 exciting challenges to complete. There was a mix of water and dry land activities and, since the day was scorching hot, I think that water activities were the most practical and popular events that most people were wanting to do.

The activities were extremely difficult on your own so, to make it easy and to succeed, you had to have exceptional team work.  The time spent at each challenge was around about 5-10 minutes.

My favourite part about the event was that you had to work as a team to get points and everybody was cheering you and laughing with you, which faded the music away.

At twelve thirty we had lunch and came back to our fun activities. Personally, my top two challenges were the water slide and the wheel barrow race.

At the end of our exquisite day we handed our score cards in, then Hayley and Josie gave out the prizes for first, second and third.

Written by Jed

School Triathlon

 MAPUA SCHOOL TRIATHLON 2014

The pressure was on, the humidity was high, 

and 3,2,1 go! 






We started running at a comfortable pace; we ran a brutal 4 laps then a hard  4 laps on our bikes then finished  off with 4 laps in the ice cold pool.

This was a very competitive event for Red,Blue,Green,and Yellow Houses. 

The run was quite steady but once you got to your bike, you were racing to overtake and stay in the lead, puffing your lungs until they went dry. 

Next, we sprinted our hearts out and hopped in the pool, like a fish escaping the fisher and proceeding towards the ocean. Once we were in the water we struggled to get a gasp of air after each stroke. First we were hot, then cold.

Emerging out of the water, we sprinted like there was no tomorrow to finish the race. 

The results of the Year 7 boys' race: Marco 1st Gus 2nd and Sean 3rd.
The results of the Year 7 girls' race: Olivia 1st, Milly 2nd and Jade 3rd.

Written by Jed