Mangahigh

Last week we had to do 6 Mangahigh task of our choice. Here are the some that I did.

Our Christmas Tree.

Just last night at home (November 30th). We put up our Christmas Tree. Our Christmas Tree is fake (sadly). Let me describe it. The tree is white, plastic and metal and its height is 180cm tall and its width is 105 cm. So it is averagely big. We decorated it with gold and silver baubles with red and green tinsel.

Here is a picture.

Term 4 Week 6 2017.

On Monday we did some strange art. The art we did was human-sized silhouettes. On Tuesday I did a workshop on Adobe Sparck, but it did not go so well. On Thursday when I did my trombone practice
the band lesson went for 1 hour. On Friday I went to the dentist, I had to get bubble gum paint. It tastes so good I could eat it but I know that I can not.

The Richard Trevithick Locomotive.

Richard Trevithick was a British inventor and mining engineer, born 13 April 1771, died 22 April 1833. He was mostly known for his steam locomotives. On 21 February 1804, the worlds first locomotive ran on a railway. The journey took place on a railway to the Pennydarren-Ironworks.

Thank you for reading this brief description about Richard Trevithick and how the train started. Here are some images below.

Week 5 Term 4 2017

This week was a bit different. Monday was fine. Tuesday, on the other hand, was extremely different. On Tuesday it was HP Athletics, I did not make it in so I had to stay at school. Now here is the different thing. The people how did not make it into HP from Whetu came into Marama. So this meant that I could see my best friend in class. We also had different teachers, as our normal teachers were at HP. But something went wrong at lunch. A storm began. There were thunder and hints of lighting, it rains and we also had some hail.

On Thursday in the middle block of school. The school's internet went down for the rest of the day so we had to do things old school with paper. Why this week did things go wrong on all the day starting with T.

My New Lego Sets

Hi, I am here to tell you some exciting news (well for me). Yesterday I was given, by my friend, a box of lego and guess what, in the box of lego there are two discontinued, or as lego fans say retired sets. One of them where the Lego Cty Mine Set and the second set was the Lego City Fire Station.

The lego mine was one I really wanted and I have started building it with online instructions. I haven't gotten far with it. Now, with the fire station, I am not going to make it I am going to make a MOC, to go next to the latest fire station lego released.I hope to make lego city better with these sets.

My Weekly Reflection. WK 4/TM 4

This week we had athletics on Tuesday. In the 200m race, I came 4th and I came 3rd to last in the 100m race. I am not sure what I came in shotput, high jump or long jump. Kurt my friend/brother, brought me two ice blocks. They were yum. On Thursday and Friday the year 7s made some Tips and tricks for the year 7s next year. I also had trombone practice on Monday instead of Thursday. This week has been different.

A.S.D IE Reflection.

Week 3 Term 4 2017

Hello this week has been quite normal apart from the fact that we shared our IE's. Now that we are on the IE page I did not want to share my IE because I was to embarrassed but I did in the end. Yay. Any way, my week has been the same. Oh, and I finished my calendared art.  Good by, I  have A.S.D. 

DJ pet day.

There was a day in 2017, Wednesday 17th September. Early in the morning, before 7'clock. I was awaken by a felling with sandpaper. I blinked with my eyes and and too my surprise, a cat by the name of DJ. She licked me, rubbed me and fell a sleep upon my chest till, I couldn't arise.

    

Marama Volleyball At HPC.

This term Marama has been going down to HPC to play volleyball. The weeks that we have been play are week 8, 9 and 10. Week 8 is when we started. We learnt how to serve and how to dig. In week 9 we learnt how to spike and week 10 had the competition. My team won around about 5 games and at the end the winning teams got chocolate. My team was one of them. Also all the teams got a certificate.
it was fun. A big thanks to our coaches !!!. :)

Week 9 Term 3 2017

This week I got a gold medal on Equivalent Fractions, on Mangahigh. I am learning, I have a friend in you, on my trombone. My music teacher gave me chocolate. This Marama also went to HPC to play volleyball.

Term 3 week 7

This week I went to school on Monday and took the rest of the days of because I was felling sick.

Dilyn Byrne's Weekly Reflection Week 6 Term 3 2017.

This week we had cross-country and I came ninth and I managed to get to the Hauraki Plains but I didn't want to go because I know that I will come last. Richard came to watch and I am really proud of myself even though  I almost face planted into the creek. I got to eat one slice of pizza, two hot dogs and a juicy, it was yum .

On Friday we had some College kids come down and do for little place and they were very funny but I didn’t understand much. We also have teck and I am doing fabrics, We have Mrs Luthart today instead of Mrs McCormack. We also had Blokes Day but Richard was working at the quarry.

Dilyn Byrne's Weekly Reflection Week 5 Term 3 2017.

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Week 4 Term 3

This week I got a gold medal on Mangahigh. This house was quite difficult it has to do with fraction and I am not so good at fractions and so I did quite well and I got some help from Rebecca. I am very proud of myself. I also learnt some more of Believer from Shrek on my trombone It is very difficult but easy at the same time I think I'm doing good and my music teacher said I am doing good as well. On Friday the Jump Jam person came to the school at 8:45 to 9:20 and I did not really enjoy it but I had to do it but I kind of enjoyed a little bit of it. It was quite funny I was laughing a lot with my friend Christopher.

Week 3 Term 3 Reflection.

This week has been a bit different because, first of all we didn't get any set manga high tasks until Thursday. We were set 3 multiplication and division task and I have not passed any of them because I am not good at multiplication or division things. Second, for art we did something really simple. What we did was get a poem on paper circle some of the words to make a sentence of our own and then colour the back ground. Now last of all my trombone. I am learning the song believer off Shrek.

Indiana Jones 5

Indiana Jones 5

In 2019 or 2020 Indiana Jones 5 is going to be released out too the world. I’m so excited because, Indiana Jones is my favourite movie. I have 2 Indiana Jones books {not based of the movie}, I have read the Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull and I have a lego set from Indiana Jones. For those of you who are fans of Indiana Jones Harrison Ford is coming back to act Indy. Harrison Ford is going to be 77 when the movie comes out, so I don't think Indy will fighting hard like he did in the other movies. This is a guess , I think the the movie will based in the 1960s-1970s because the 4th movie was based in the 1950s. Gorge Lucas has given Indiana Jones to Disney. So Gorge won't be back, bur Steven Spielberg will be back to direct the movie. But I’m really looking ford to seeing the movie on big screen in the cinemas.

Word of the Week:

Word of the Week:

conspicuous

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Definition:   Clearly visible. Attracting notice or attention.

What type of word is it? Noticing word.

Show Examples:  I conspicuous you robbing that store.

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Synonym:  Visible, Clear, Noticeable

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Antonym: Hidden,  Unclear, Unnoticeable

Word of the week.

Vocabulary

Word of the Week:

optimistic

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Definition:  Confident about the future.

What type of word is it? A confident word

Show Examples:  I am optimistic that I will get another lego set.

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Synonym:  Hopeful, Brave, Confident

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Antonym: Doubtful, Hopeless, Disappointment

Word of the week.

Vocabulary

Word of the Week:

excruciating

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Definition:  Intensely painful, violent

What type of word is it? A painful word.

Show Examples:  When I fell in the glass, my knee was excruciating.

Image:  Create a drawing or find an image of showing the meaning of the word.

Synonym:  intense sore pain.

Antonym: Light moderate soft

Week 9 Term 2 Reflection

https://spark.adobe.com/page/CGCYLWBh2kzuY/ (link).

Week 8 Term 2

This week was very hard because I lost 3 of my good friends. Their not so kind now. :( They don't let me explain. Anyway lets ta;k about the good stuff. On Monday I had student/parent conferences and my teachers said that I am doing good in school. I also did a kahoot quiz for book bash, my group liked it. Yay. Today I have trombone lessons which I am looking forward to!

Week 7 Term 2 2017

This week at school I I reached 30 blog post since the start of this year and I got a gold medal on one of my Mangahigh tasks. My music teacher also gave me a Moro Bar for my hard work playing my trombone. My summariser turned out better than I thought and my group actually liked it. Yay.

Matariki

       Meaning Of Matariki

Matariki is a Maori word for cluster of stars. It rises late May or early June. Matariki literally means the Eyes Of God or Little Eyes.

My Sentence

On the first of june my family and I went and saw the Matariki.

Similar Word

The Seven Sisters or Pleiades.

Opposite Meaning

I have not yet found the opposite meaning.

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My 12th Birthday

On Saturday it was my brother Kurt and myself's birthday and I turned 12, he turned 13. Mum, Richard, Jerri, Kurt, Justin, my friend Christopher and I went to the Miranda Hot Pools. When we got there I saw my Nana. We had a long talk. Later on at the hot pools my other friend Riker arrived and he said "happy birthday".

The presents I got were I Lego fire station and a Lego fire boat from Mum and Richard. My brother Sheldon got me a Lego bank robbery, Jerri my sister got me a Lego police helicopter, Christopher got me $22 and Nana got me $30. My tooth also fell out on Saturday night.

        

Week 6 Term 2 2017

This week at school I am really happy because my music teacher is at schools this week, last week she wasn't here. I also finished my creator for book bash (War House) using Tynker (here is the link) and my Matisse Cut Out art work.
Here is something else in a few day It is my birthday and I a hopping that I get the new Lego police station.

Joker

On Wednesday this week I made the Joker out of bunchems. I was hard to do his face because the wasn't much white. He is a pitcher of the Joker next to my creation.

IE Refection

Big Bend

New York wants to build a building called the big bend. In will have a lift that can travel vertically and horizontally. The Big Bend will measure 1.22 Km in length from end to end in a upside down U shape and . The building will overlook Central Park.

Mornings at school.

In the mornings at school this week we have been doing fun activates. On Tuesday I made a green and blue car and on Wednesday in made lego Jurassic Park enclosure with and old train track. They both took time and it was hard but, fun. There is a dinosaur in the enclosure but it is hard to see.

Commars

 I can use commas correctly.

First Week Back At School Term 2

This first week back at school has been really fun. On Thursday we did three rotations for the first one we were meant to make  flubbed (Play Doe) but my groups one turned out to be a liquid. For the second activate we did a 1 minute long skit and last of all we made a paper cup a ball.

But near the end of school I really hurt my foot.

Galleria Mellonella

Did you know that a certain species of caterpillar called galleria mellonella can eat plastic. Amazing right. Researchers in Cambridge University have discovered species of caterpillar. Test show the this insect can break down chemical bond of plastic in a similar way to beeswax.

Marama Camp 2017

If I met Richie McCaw.

1. What OPEN question would you ask him? What inspired you to be an All Black?
2. What would you thank him for? Supporting and representing New Zealand.
3. What else would you say to him/ask him about/tell him…? Why do you want to stop playing rugby?

Richie McCaw

Great Leader.

If you want be a great leader you must make sure that you are ready for the worst to come and that means fail. if there is a change in the day you need to deal with it and be flexible, change plans. Step out of your comfort zone and talk to people you don’t really talk to and remember to keep trying, don’t give up on anyone including yourself. If you fail remember how failed and learn from you mistakes.

Camp 2017

This year Marama is going to camp in Taupo. I am going on camp to make new friends and one of my goals are to get braver at going on high rope courses. Another goal is to get better at swimming in places that are not a pool. If I want to accomplish my goals I have to be myself and be resilient. If I have a problem I am going to talk to a teacher or a parent. At, to and from camp I am going to be on my best behaviour and be kind.

NASA Lego figurines to honour female scientists

This year NASA and LEGO  join together to make 5 LEGO female mini figures from NASA. They have done this to inspire more women to be scientist, mathematics and more things a like. Some of the mini figures are Margaret Hamilton, Sally Ride and Katherine Johnston.I think this a really cool thing that they have done because I am a lego fan.

My Individual Endeavours.

This year my individual endeavours is about trains. An individual endeavour is when one person is working on a topic and finding information about the topic. The reason I choose trains is because I am really interested in trains and I would like to find out how safe trains can be. Also when and will we have passenger trains run from Wellington to Hamilton to Auckland. I also wanted to find out why trains were made.

I hope to gain a better understanding of the safety of train and how they could be better used in New Zealand. I will need to know how to research and scan for the most important information. Some of the learning powers I will need to use would be resilience, creativity, connecting, curiosity and being me. At the end of when I finish my individual endeavours I would like to make a video.

Woman Keeps Cookie For 85 Years.

In 1930 an Arizona woman was given a love  heart shaped cookie for valentines and keep it for 85 years in a jewellery box. The reason she keep the cookie was to remind her of her first love.

I got this information of KiwiKidsNews.

My first few weeks in Marama.

So far in Marama it has been quite fun. I been able to use so new website Mangahigh and the Maori dictionary. We have also started doing tech and I am in wood works. Last week at tech my group went over some rules, we were showed around the collage and we cut a piece of wood in half.

My best weekend.

In Hollywood.

On this weekend I was in Hollywood with my family. We came here because we won the lotto. Okay back to story, I was enjoying a nice slice of velvet flavour cake. (Mmmm).  After we had lunch we went back to the hotel and just as I sat down to watch the television, someone knocked on the door. When I opened the door no one was there, strange. I look down and up, then down again. There one the ground was a light gray envelope. I picked it up and went back in side and gave Mum the envelope.

The letter.

The next day we all watched Mum open the envelope. She pulled out a white folded letter. The letter read:

To Dilyn B

How would you like to act in our new movie 

Indiana Jones and lost village.

Is coming out in 2021

PS: Get back to us by Friday.

Signed: Steven Spielberg & Gorge Lucas.

Yessss.

So Dilyn, do you want to be in the movie.  Yessss Please!. Okay, but I have to come Mum said. Alright, alright you can come I said. So the next day the family droped Mum and I of at the airport to go to New York City.

Half a year later.

When the movie came out it was a big hit and I got a lot of money and most of my friends went to see it.

Now if I have found my new job.

Lego video

If you could go back in time to any point in history.

IIf I could go back in time, I would go to the 1930's. The reason behind this, is because I like the 1930's cars. (Their so fancy) I could experience what it would be like with all of those old cars and pretty much always wearing suits. I would take a bunch of car with me when I come back. But there would be two down sides and those would be, because there was the was no colour and I think there was a war. :(

Tuakana Teina

This year  I have put my self as Teina because I am in a new team and I am learning every thing in the team roles. But I kind of like Marama more than Whetu.

All about me.

This is my all about me pitcher of the stuff that is in important to me.

Facts about the brain.

• At birth we don't have many neurons, but at age 6 we will most likely have a lot more neurons because of all the learning we have been doing.

• When we get older we can have up to 80 - 100 Billion neurons.

• The way we learn is by failing and then learning from our mistakes.
• When you learn its like your crossing a giant pit. The more times you cross back and forth the better you get at doing it.

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Our Tikanga

Doing the right thing at, right place at, the right time. I have chosen this learning driver because my mother always reminds me to do this at school and it really works. It helps me to get most of my work done.

My one word 2017.

Ambition

I chose Ambition as my word for this year, because I like to achieve goals and I have a lot goals for this year. The reason I have a lot of goals is because I am in a new team. Some of the goals I have are to get better at maths and my grammar and punctuation.

Peace Treaty's.

The Waitangi Day is a day that we celebrate with a day off school or work. We celebrate Waitangi  Day on the 6th of February. The Waitangi Treaty was made and signed by the British and Maori, in the Bay Of Islands for piece between the two sides. On Waitangi Day this year Richard and I went and saw my step nanny.