I am a Year 8 student at Tamaki Primary School in Auckland, NZ. I am in the Kia Manawanui syndicate and my teachers are Mr Janse and Ms Schellingerhout.
Thursday, August 13, 2020
- REFUGEE READING TASK :)
READING TASK
Quran - Muslim Bible
Deeds - Action performed Intentionally
Ceiling - inside of a roof
Mecca - A place for muslims to go and pray
Gestapo - It was the official secret police of Germany
Thrust - Push,Shove
Stammered - Saying something with difficulty
Good Omens - Either a sign thats imagined or real
Mental asylum - Hospital for mentally incompetent people
Shuddered - Result of fear
Stubble - Th cut stalks of cereal plants
Ripe - Developed to point when readiness for eating
Fugitive - A person who has escaped or is hiding
Guantanamo Bay - It’s a place
Waterspout - A rotating column of water and spray
Brass - A yellow alloy
Tarnished - To lose something like close to them
Idoline - it is the chemical element of atomic 53. A non-metallic element forming black crystals and violet vapour
Disinfectant - chemical liquid that destroys bacteria
Welts - a sore like a blister
Malecon - the spanish word for pier
Scoffed - talking to someone in a mocking way
Aft - Aft basically means the front of a boat/ship.
Steward - A steward means someone who is assigned to look after passengers on a ship, aircraft or a train.
Dachau - Dachau is a concentration camp for Jews
Confined To Quarters - This just means, a jail cell for the ill or something… I really don’t know-
Brim Of Their Hat - The brim of the hat is basically the hard part of a cap/hat.
Hitler Salute - A Hitler salute is extending your right arm out and keeping your hand flat and shouting “Heil Hitler!” or “Sieg Heil!”.
Lingered - Lingered means just staying in one spot for a long time.
Third Reich - i am… disgusted. uh-1
Iodine - is a bottle for a sickness
Disinfectant - is a cleaner bottle
Welts - is like a sickness like chicken pops
Malecon - is a place
Scoffed - talking to someone by mocking
Fugitive - a guy who escaped from a place or hiding
Guantanamo bay is a place for prisoners
Brass - is gold stuff
Waterspout - something that comes from the sky, or like a tap
Tarnished - is like a fork or a spoon
Jewish-is a beliefs
Nazi-is a big group of people that do not like Jewish and put them in concentration camp
Hitler-is the leader of the Nazi
Clawed-scratching someone's with your claws
Bureans- drawer
Scowled-looked at them badly
Dismissive wave-go away wave
Scrawny-very thin or skinny
Synagogues-synagogue is a Jewish house of worship
Despair-deep sadness or loss of hope
Stopped dead-not moving
Civil war-civil war means a war between citizens of the same country.
Dictators-Dictators mean a ruler with total power over a country,typically one who has obtained controlled by force.
Overthrowing-knock or throw to the ground.
Whizzing-move quickly through the air with whistling or buzzer sound.
Flailed-wave or swing widely.
Cowered-couch down in fear
Wailed-utter a wail
Telegram-a message sent by telegraph and then delivered in written or printed form, used in the UK only for international messages since 1981.
Sturmabteilung-Definition of SA (Sturmabteilung or Storm Troopers) SA (Sturmabteilung or Storm Troopers): Also known as "Brown Shirts," they were the Nazi party's main instrument for undermining democracy and facilitating Adolf Hitler's rise to power.
Swastika-an ancient symbol in the form of an equal-armed cross with each arm continued at a right angle, used (in clockwise form) as the emblem of the German Nazi party.
Trembling-shaking or quivering, typically as a result of anxiety, excitement, or frailty.
Restoration-the action of returning something to a former owner, place, or condition.
Berlin-berlin is a city in germany
Bow-Two loops tied together - OR the front part of a ship.
Starboard-The side of a ship that is on the right facing forward
Anchor-Something to hold the boat down.
Quailed-To show fear to something.
Loomed-Something large or scary.
Wake-When your eyes open when they are closed for a long time
Behemoth-is a huge monstrous creature.
Mere- Mere is something to describe someone worthless.
Amidships-In the middle of a ship.
Ocean floor-the very bottom of the ocean.
Sluicing-Wash or rinse something with a stream of shower water.
Asylum-Someone who left their country
Panoramic-Surrounding people that are watching you
Sneering-The action of smiling or speaking in a contemptuous or mocking manner
Solemnly-Formal and dignified speech
Pedestal-The base or support on witch statue,or column is mounted
Spooked- scared
Steering wheel- the round thing you use to drive a boat
Porthole- a circular window on a boat
Obscure- weird, unusual
Bridge- the control centre of a boat
Horst Wessel- a song Nazi’s sung about Jewish people.
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| REFUGEE! |
Monday, August 10, 2020
MATHS BAR GRAPH
Room 8’s graph interpretation
Rosie and Chanel - 15 year olds don’t get bullied as much as Year 9’s.
Kymani and Boston - Year 5’s get physically hurt the most.
Kordell and Saia - Almost 40% of year 5’s and year 9’s were made fun of or called names.
Eve and Lemeki - Year 9’s are called names equal amount to year 5’s.
Nitika and Litia - No 15 year olds reported they had been made to do things they don’t want to do.
Stanley - 15 year olds get bullied the least because they are more mature.
Mariah - Almost 40% of year 5’s and year 9’s were made fun of or called names BECAUSE their younger.
Michael and Wesley - Year 5’s get bullied more than Year 9’s or 15 year olds.
Hope and Maria - Only year 9’s reported that they had embarrassing things posted about them online.
Ana and Senitila - 15 year olds are not being pushed around to do things.
Fereti and Mathew - More year 5’s feel left out of games than Year 9’s and 15 year olds.
Railey and Davlyn - 60% of YEar 5’s reported that they have been bullied in some kind of way.
TRUE OR FALSE?
100% of Year 5’s have been bullied.
0% of 15 year olds reported they had something embarrassing posted about them online. False
More than 20% of Year 5’s reported having something stolen from them. True
50% of YEar 9’s have been bullied. True
20% of YEar 9’s reported they have been purposefully left out of games. True
Tuesday, August 4, 2020
5 things that make graphs inaccurate
Friday, July 31, 2020
GRAPHS ON GOOGLE SHEET
Wednesday, July 29, 2020
Tuesday, July 28, 2020
GENOMES
WHAT ARE GENOMICS?
Genomics are:
Instructional manual
Information about any long organsim
Like all if The genome is a book, the paper of the book is the DNA.
ATCG -
Genes = building blocks = made of the book.
There the bases ( A,C,G,T).
DNA-
Two sets = double helix.
Traits- You get traits from your parents like for an example if your mums tall you're gonna be tall as well.
Molecule - together.
Inherited - get it from your parents.
Inside your body you have 100 trillion cells. There are different kinds - skin cells, blood cells, brain cells etc. Cells can die and your body makes new ones.
INSIDE EACH CELL there is a nuclear.
INSIDE the nucleus, there are a person’s chromosomes.
A person has 46 chromosomes (23 pairs).
INSIDE EACH chromosome is that person’s DNA.
DNA is shaped in a double-helix (two spirals together). This is the TWO SETS of DNA.
A gene is MADE OF DNA.
You get your genes from your parents (you inherit them).
They decide the information for your body - hair colour, skin colour, height, disposition to medical conditions etc.






