Wednesday, October 26, 2011
holiday highlights 2011
Hairdressing
Barber
The tattooist person was my auntie friends brother and the boss was my auntie friend as well my uncle and that had to paint the shop black and gold because the other colour was pink and cream they didn’t like that colour because there were going to be a Baber and a Tattooist that was going to work their with my auntie and her friend they are all Tongans.
The Tattooist had some mean pictures people wanted him to give them a tattoo but they had to wait tell Tuesday because the had just moved in to their shop so the had to make his space so that he can work with the people who wanted a tattoo.
The hairdressing people was my auntie and her friend they are both Tongans they ask as if we wanted to do our hair but we said no because we had to help the barber and the tattooist out and my auntie we wanted to get our hair done but we had to help to clean up so they can open the shop so people can get their hair done and get a tattoo from the tattooist.
The baber had some hair cut that he was going to do on some of the people that was going to get their hair done some of the people that were going to see him on Tuesday. They ask him if he could give them nigger lines.And other things that he can do.It was so cool because we can get what ever we want.
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Thursday, September 1, 2011
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Asttle Writing
The other sports that we were playing was slingshot with Miss Tito. We had to get the ball in to a hope so that we will get a points for our class so that we can play water fight.There were two boys from our class that had to hold the slingshot up so that we can put ball that we had in our hand and put it on the slingshot and pull down and then let it go and it will fly and it had to land in a hope so that we can get a point of our class if we got the ball in the pink hope we would of got 100 points to our class so that we could go out and play, water fight.
After we were done with Miss Tito we had to go to Mr Harris we had to get a partner and then we had to get a string to tie it to our leg and get the spoon and the tennis ball. We had to walk with the spoon in one hand with the tennis ball on the spoon and if we dropped the tennis ball we had to go back start again. There can only two people that can win the game and compete with room 19, 20, our class and 22. It was kind of fun but I didn’t want to play because it was boring.
The last game was with Mrs Nua. We had to sit down and we would get a number and go to a bucket. My group had 7 people in our our team. What we had to do was we had a bucket in front of us and in that bucket was a sponge. Then we had to go under us and go pass us and we had to get from the front to the back we had to fill our bucket up so that we could win the game some of the people in the other team was making the other person in their team get wet. We did really well and had won our game 2 times that was so close to wining we though it will be the yellow team that were going to win the game I think we had about 3 times to play that game with Mrs Nua.
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Sonny Bill Williams
Dan Carter
Born on the 5th March
He is a New Zealand professional rugby union player.
He is currently the highest points scorer in test match rugby and is regarded as one of rugby's greatest ever fly-halves.
I think that Dan Carter is a good player because he scores lots of points for the All Blacks.
Friday, August 12, 2011
Ireland
Monday, August 8, 2011
Holiday highlight
My family and I had to do a Tongan dance, then we did a Cook Islands dance too. We had to do the dances because the groom was a Tongan and the bride was a Cook Islander
The bridesmaids wore pink dresses because the bride liked pink, that is why we had to wear pink too. I did not want to wear pink. I wanted to wear blue because it’s my favorite colour.
I had so much fun when I was there. I got to meet the grooms family, they were nice people but some of them were boring. My mum had to make a big dish of potato salad, Cook Island style. Everybody enjoyed it. I did not get to eat any, but my mum made some at home. It was really nice.
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Final Design
I chose this design because:
It might help people do the right thing.
Evaluation:
* Does your sign meet all the specifications and requirements of the brief?
If so, how? Yes because my sign is about getting rid of rubbish in the street
* What is the purpose of your sign? Do you think your sign will help eliminate a problem in the school or street? If so, how? to get rid of rubbish.
* What did you do well? finished most of my project
* What difficulties did you come across while making your sign? filling in the planning log and thinking of ideas
* What can you do next time to improve your project?
focus properly and try to finish it off properly and on time
Monday, July 18, 2011
Design 1
PMI
You need to come up with at least 2 different possible sign designs and complete a PMI for each. This should include some feedback from an adult or a peer around the school who would represent the stakeholders.
PMI:
Plus: Has a picture of a bin.
Minus: Has no block writing, no colour
Interesting: Its cool
Friday, July 15, 2011
Brief Development
Conceptual Statement:
(What is the concept or idea behind your design brief? e.g “To produce a sign with a message that helps eliminate the issue of...”)
To produce a sign with a message that helps eliminate the issue of rubbish
Specifications:
(The measurable must haves ie. the things that are important to designing an effective sign e.g. sign must be easy to read etc...)
1.Big paper
2.Put it in the street
3.has to be colourful
4.have to be big writing
Constraints:
(Musts that are beyond my control e.g. Must be completed by the end of the term)
1.must be completed by the end of the term
2.must be completed properly
3.must be done
4.have to Stand out
Resources:
(things I need to make the sign)
*paper
*ruler
*colour
*glue
*pencil
*cardboard
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Planning Log
Planning Log
Keep a record of both what you intend to do and what you did over the course of the next 3 weeks as we work through the Technology Process.
| Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | |
| What I plan to do | brainstorm | survey | planning log, signs |
| Materials I will need | scrapbook, pencil | pencil,book | planning log |
| People/Sources I need to consult for more information. | teacher friends | teacher,friends,people | teacher, students |
| What did you find difficult and why? | finding ideas | questions | find ideas |
| What I will do next as a result of any difficulties. | share brainstorm ideas with a friend |
STAKEHOLDERS
The Stakeholders are the people who have an effect on the production of your product
The Primary Stakeholder is your client ie. the person or community of people that your sign is going to be created for. eg. ….
| Wider Community Stakeholders: | Key Stakeholders: | Primary Stakeholder: |
| parents | students | me |
ATTRIBUTES: These describe the physical (what it is like) and functional (what it will do) characteristics of a product. These characteristics are key or essential for the successful function of a product and should be re- evaluated at each stage of the design process.
With your sign in mind, complete the following attributes table:
Attribute | Method of Measurement | Specification |
eg. Eye catching | sign will appeal (be noticed) by stakeholders | Sign must be clear, stand out and be creative |
Size | ruler | sign needs to be big |
Colour | stand out | it needs to be blue |
Create awareness (e.g. clear message) | clear message | put the sign somewhere on the wall |
Durable/ Weather resistant | strong | the sign needs to be made out of cardboard |
Ideal location (in the right area) | in the street | in the street |
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Design a sign
Your task is to design a sign that will clearly assist in eliminating a problem within our school.
- Make sure you are clear what the task is.
- Can you identify the key words in this task (highlight them and discuss it with a buddy)
Thinking about signs and signage (Make a list of all the signs you have seen ….. and the purpose of the sign )
| Type of sign: | Purpose of the sign: |
| Rubbish Sign | pick up rubbish |
| Bags Sign | put up your bag |
| Class Sign | no runing in the class |
| No running sign | to keep salf |
| A sign for the office | to show were is the office is |
Brainstorm some Ideas/ problems that we have around our school environment.
*Rubbish in the street
*Bags left around
*Shoes not in the right place
*People chewing gum
*Throwing balls in the street
*Kids running in the breeze
ISSUE CHOICE AND JUSTIFICATION
You need to think and expand on your answers, one sentence is not sufficient.
What is your issue in our school? RUBBISH
Who does it affect?people, teachers and other people in the SCHOOL
Why is it happening in our school?people are bringing gum to school.
When does it happen? when you are at school or some were you do not need to be.
Where is it happening?at school,in the hall.
What needs to happen to prevent this issue?put up signs saying do the right thing.
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Term 2 highlights
The other thing that I liked was Taoga Time. My teachers name is Ms Va’afusuaga. When it’s raining we have to go in the green room with our netbooks and we have to go on rugger land. It is a rugby game but it also has maths games on it, that is why I like going on rugger land. The game that I like to go on is rugger maths. You have to register before you go on.
Monday, July 4, 2011
Tamaki Tech
We go with the year 8s and the year7s to Tamaki College. It is fun when we are in our classes that we were put in.
The class that I am in at Tamaki College is wood tech and the teacher’s name is Mr Grundy. The thing that I made was a chair. It can not have sharp edges on the chair. That is why we use the sandpaper to smoothen the edges so that you can give it to your little sister or brother to play with.
I am looking forward to bringing it home and I am glad to have made a chair but I was also going to make a pool table as well.
Monday, June 20, 2011
Tamaki Science Roadshow
After you had done that you had to go to a teacher and get a clip on the card. Our group looked at all the experiments that were on the tables. The one that most people went to was the one that people had to lift up the pole that was attached to a bowling ball.
We had a great time at our Tamaki Science Road Show that we went to. We had a good day when we went to Tamaki college.
Friday, May 27, 2011
Cellphones

CellphonesCellphones weren't out when our teacher was young back in the days. After about 15 years ago phones were out but you had to carry it around with you. But now you can put it in your pocket. There are heaps types of phones that are now in the world. What people use phones for are texts, music, Youtube, Internet, Bebo, games, alarm, Calling, and recording. There are groups of people who have cellphones like adults, workers and some young people.
Thursday, April 7, 2011
My friends
My friends names are Aneisha, Pesi, Pharrah, Mui, Sharon, Athena, Bobbi-Grace and Mauina. I first met them when I started school. When I first started I met Aneisha, Athena, and Pesi, and Reina.
My name is Maranda and I go to Pt England school. I am a year 7 and some of my friends are year 7s and 8s. I really like my year 7/8 friends. They are so cool to me that is why I like them as friends. We sometimes go to the GI bike track and go to the internet cafe.
Its cool having friends because you get to hang out with them. We go to places like Sylvia Park. My friends are cool.
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Camp TC
I felt nervous at camp, but I enjoyed it.
Last Monday year 7&8 went to camp. When we got there we had to do activities. One of the activities that we did was kind of cool at the start but it got kind of boring. After the game that we were playing we had to go to Mr barks for our other activities when we got there we had to co-operate so that we have a good
time when we are doing our jobs. After our activities that we were doing, we went to Mrs Nua to put up our tent.
Next we went to hangi preparation with Ms Tito. Matthews mum was helping us to pack the food into the tray. The hangi tasted nice. I couldn’t even finish it because there was heaps of food in my tray.
My highlight of camp was Rock Up. I enjoyed the Dunker and Ski Boarding. My team beat the other team. I got dunked straight away from Tanielu. It was fun.
I really liked camp and I had a lot of fun with my team.
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Tamaki Tech
Last Monday our year 7 & 8 went to Tamaki College for Technology. At Tamaki Tech we have 5 Classes.
Graphics, Wood work ,Electronics ,Science and Food tech. And in those classes I am in the food tech class.
Our Teachers name for food Technology is Mrs Heka. On the first day of Technology we made chelsea buns with Mrs Heka. She teaches us how to make some good food such as chocolate muesli slice. After we had made our food we got to take it back to school and eat it for our morning tea.