Music Tech last day

Today was our last day and also assessment day. Everyone got assessed on the guitar, ukulele and piano. In the guitar I needed help with my fingers. Ukulele went a bit better, I was able to play a chord the involved 3 fingers. Piano was my favourite thing to be assessed on because I knew how to play the chords and used the correct fingers to do so. Last but not least we had to do a reading comprehension thing about Beethoven. We had to do it in groups of 4. My group got to the second to last question when we ended. It was the best session yet.

Music tech day three (Day two I was Sick)

So today we wen tot music and we used garage band. Garage band is an application that you can use to create a jingle or a song. Our challenge today was to create a jingle for crunchie. It was challenging. My group did an ad that told you about the bar. Our one took the longest because we lent a headset to someone then they wouldn't give them back and then people kept interrupting us. In the end we finished. This session was very fun.

Maths-Homework

For homework we have to do this maths thing online that basically gives us a sheet and we have to complete it. We get 2 weeks to do this and we have to do 6 of them. 3 untimed and 3 timed.

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Music Technology day one

Today my tech group and I went to music. We started to learn 3 different instruments such as the piano, the guitar and the ukulele. I was much better at the piano than the guitar. We got split into 2 groups. I was with Daniel, Josh, Peter, Zach, Rachel, Keelin and Sophia. We played the guitar first. On the piano we had to learn chords like C, CM, G and GM. Also for Ukulele we learnt the chords for that. I was not very good at it. At the end of the lesson we played "guess the celebrity." It was fun. All of the people we chose were animated and more for kids like Diego from Dora, Patrick and many more. By the end of tech I want to be able to play the chords on the ukulele easier and be able to swap from one to the other.

Here is a photo of me at tech.

45 minute inquiry Possums

Did you know that possums are a danger to our native birds and that the reason that they were brought is for the fur industry.

Basically these creatures came to New Zealand in the year of 1837 for the fur industry. People didn't realise that they would eat our native birds and trees. They are nocturnal creatures, so they only come out at night. They are threats to our wildlife and trees.

More about them.
They are less likely to get rabies. They also have opposable thumbs which means that they have 1 more thumb than others. If they open their mouths you can see that they have 50 teeth! I would not like to be bitten by them. When threatened they act dead so that animals walk by them. Although this tactic will not always work because if an animal is hungry then they will eat them. In Australia they protect these animals!

The reason that they are here is because NZ wanted a fur industry. We managed to kill 20 million in one year, not that this had an effect because a female will have 1 baby a year.  

Te Whare Wananga o Te Maro

Matua Grant came to visit us (Rimu) about our Whare. Well really to tell the year 7's about it. 

The Whare, also known as Te Whare Wananga o Te Maro rests at the back of the field. On the front it has 3 carvings and rope going through the hands of the carvings. It also has a head the faces the north. They always face the north because the sun rises over the head of the Whare.

The Whare itself represents an ancestor. It has a head, ribs, a backbone, two arms and two legs, just like a human. The backbone is called Tahuhu and the Ribs are Heke.

On to carvers now use nails as hair. There are three carvings holding a rope. They represent the three tribes or iwi in Tauranga. The top one is Ngati Ranginui. He is from the Takitumu waka. The next one is Ngati Pukenga. And the bottom one is Ngai Te Rangi from Matatua. They together are holding a rope that has each house in the school. Each fortnight Rimu go to the Whare for our Hui. When we step inside we have to take off our shoes. On the front of Matai there are 4 animals. There is the Tuna, the Crab, the Mako Shark and the Tuatara.

Valentines Day

St Valentines was a Roman priest who was secretly organising weddings for soldiers. He was jailed then sentenced to death by the King on February 14th AD 270. We exchange cards, candy, gifts or flowers, with our special valentines. A special valentine is someone that you love.


American spend up to 3.6 billion dollars on Valentines gift each year. 50 million roses are sold each year on Valentines Day. 73% of people who buy flowers for Valentines day are men and 27% are women.15% of the US women send themselves flowers on Valentines day. Eros is the greek god of love and his roman form is Cupid.