Wood Works (Finger joint)

Throughout the first term in wood works we have been learning how to make a basic finger joint.

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What are finger joints? 

A Finger Joint also known as a Comb Joint is a complementary joint to improve the qualities of one or another piece of a joint. A Finger Joint is joined up with a similar but different piece off wood, similar cuts just in opposite sides, places or areas.

Materials -

Wood blocks..All the same size

Tenon Saw

Pencil

Chisel

Ruler 

Possibly a rubber

Steps to making a Finger joint -

Step 1 -

Mark and measure the finger joints.

Step 2 -

Cut and Chisel the finger joint. 

Step 3 -

Glue the box together

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LAST YEAR AT TAMAKI PRIMARY

IALT - reflect on my year at Tamaki primary.

If I had to some up my whole year with three words I would say it was FUN, CRAZY AND AMAZING. I chose these three words because my year was really fun because I went on fun trips with friends, it was crazy because it was really busy. And it was amazing because everyone around me made it amazing.

I think the biggest achievement was my learning, because somehow I keep a good learning status and things like that but another achievement was growing on my confidence. 

Something I discovered about myself was that I can be very confident at times I am still not a very confident person but my confidence has grown.

A skill I have developed is again confidence because confidence was something I really strangled with it is still something I haven't fully developed.

The five people I have enjoyed time with is Bianna,Monita,Arizona,Constance and Aja. I chose these 5 people because they have always been there for me no matter what even if we got angry at each other.

The people who have been a positive impact on me is Arizona, Constance, Aja, Monita, Lizzy and  Bianna, they have always there for me no matter what, we have never been really mad at each other and we have always been there for each other and things like that and I wanna say thank you so much for being my friends this year.

In this blog post I will be talking about my year in the 2018 Kia Manawanui syndicate. I will be telling you guys what I liked about every single term and what I didn't enjoy and things and that. 

Something I enjoyed about term 1 was that my best friend Lizzy was here because she always put a smile on my face. Another thing I enjoyed about term 1 was doing self defence with Julie, I really enjoyed doing self defence with her because she taught us good defence for serious situation. Something I didn't enjoy about term 1 was that there was a lot of learning and it hurt my brain.

Term 2 was a really good term because we went to camp raglan because I went with all my friends and nearly everyone in my class came and it was really fun, I also enjoyed doing all the activities there even though it felt like my legs were gonna die and snap off. Something I didn't enjoy was camp ending because it was toooo fun to leave.

Something I enjoyed about Term 3 was doing Tai Chi with Mr Gordon, one of the reasons why I liked doing Tai Chi was that we did it with Mr Gordon because he was really funny and always treated us with respect. Something I didn't enjoy about term 3 was that my best friend Lizzy left Tamaki Primary to move to Otara. 

Term 4 was a very fun and trip active term, something I enjoyed the most was that we went to Parakai pool. The reason why I enjoyed going to the pools was because it was a long drive there and we were playing music and singing and having fun. I also enjoyed going down the slides and things like that, something I didn't enjoy was that at the pools someone pushed my friend down the slide.

Are Electric Cars the Future? Do you disagree or agree? Why or Why not?

I do believe that Electric Cars will become the future, I think the main reasons they will become more popular and the future is because they are really cheap to run and they are combating climate change. 

Let me list some reasons why, the first reason is because they are run on electricity not fuel this also means that there are no fossil fuels coming out because there is no fuel or gas. Another reason why this is a good car to have is that they run smooth and quiet. 

It's good to have a smooth and quiet car because if you have a quiet neighborhood you won't be disturbing anyone. ANOTHER reason is because its causing less air pollution and things like that because again it's not producing any fossil fuels cause it doesn't run on gas or fuel.

Something that might be a miss is that Electric cars are expensive to by but they are a lot cheaper even though you might think "it's cheaper just to buy a fuel powered car" but really it isn't because you are having to put in gas at least 1-4 times a week if not more and not to mention gas powered cars can cost a lot of money as well. 

Another miss might be that people think that they are really ugly and look all futuristic but you can find really good car brands like Tesla and BMW that do electric cars. Yes you might see a few ugly or bad looking electric cars but a lot of them are nice. Another miss might be that they can take up to 6-8 hours to be fully charged, but you can drive them when they are half charged and things like that, you can also charge your car overnight and things like that.

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Last blog post??

This will be my last blog post at Tamaki Primary............In this blog post I will be talking about all the things I have enjoyed at Tamaki Primary and how I feel about leaving this school for college.


I think the most thing i'm grateful for this year or throughout the years at Tamaki Primary is meeting the friends I have today, Bianna, Arizona, Aja, Nita and Constance. I am so very grateful for meeting yous and I don't know who and what I would do without you guys.

Another highlight from being at Tamaki Primary is going on all the trips and things like that, we always went on fun and interesting trips usually ones that related to your inquiry. One of my favourite trips was probably going to the Zoo because it was really fun, I got to see a lot of different animals and I learned new and interesting facts.

Something I enjoyed was dine and dance because it was really fun and me and my friends (Monita and Bianna) were late and we were walking around the street waiting for the time to be 7:30pm. And it was really fun and funny, and when we went inside we saw all our other friends and it was really fun.

Another highlight at Tamaki Primary was going to the year 7 and 8 camp, I really enjoyed this cause I got to step out of my comfort zone. I also got to build relationships with my friends and other peoples but my favourite thing was to spend a week with my close friends and things like that.

ANOTHER thing i'm grateful for is my teachers, Ms Komor and Ms Aireen and all the other beautiful and amazing teacher I have had because they have been very supportive and very very amazing teachers. I really enjoyed being a student in their class because they really did improve my learning and things like that.

Something I didn't enjoy so much being at Tamaki Primary was that I wasn't always present at school, if I could I would go every single day but I have been really sick and things this year. Another thing I regret or didn't enjoy this year or at Tamaki primary is when I slammed the door on my finger when I was 5 and it nearly fell off so I had to go to the hospital.


I don't mind going to college the only thing I can say i'm nervous about is that there is going to be a lot more new people and things like that and that i'm not going with any of my friends. Another thing I can say i'm nervous about is that colleges are a lot bigger so its gonna be hard for me to get to my classes especially because its sooo big. 


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Freestyle Writing

WALT - Freestyle write about an image.

Today our Teacher (Ms Komor) asked us to write a story about a picture. This is what I wrote. Tell me your opinions and what you think about it in the comments. I did enjoy doing this because it was relaxing knowing that you could just write any way you wanted, I didn't dislike anything because I just really enjoyed writing the way I wanted to write. My next steps will to be re reading it out loud because some parts of my story didn't make sense.


MY STORY ...........

The wind rushed through her hair as she descended the mountain at great speed. For most children this would be an exhilarating, even a terrifying experience. But for lucy  it was just an ordinary journey to school.

Lucy was about 15 years old, she lived high up on a very green mountain in a thick forest in Vietnam. She went to a small and very nice school in her local town/village, she was a very smart girl she topped nearly all her classes except math. Her school was like mine small and local but her school had a bit more students.

Lucy woke up at 6:25am every morning to get to school on time, she had a lot of chores and things to do before going to school. Thursday morning Lucy woke up a bit later than usual instead of waking up at 6:25am she woke up at 6:39am, once Lucy woke up and realized the time she rushed out of bed and quickly went for the fastest shower she had ever had. Her mother shouted out at her “LUCY QUICKLY YOUR GONNA BE LATE!!” Lucy shouted back “I KNOW I'M TRYING!!”.

Lucy quickly finished her shower and threw on her uniform and ran down the stairs, threw on her shoes grabbed her things and said to her mother “I LOVE YOU GOT TO GO NOW BYE!!” her mother replied “I love you t” but Lucy had already slammed and ran out the door. But she remembered she had to get the bag of crops so she slammed open the door and ran in and grabbed the crops her mother smiled and waved bye to Lucy.

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Lucy ran down the steep mountain track through the forest as fast as she could without slipping over, she saw her zipline and quickly but on the harness and zipped down the line, she loved going down the zipline because it gave her a breathtaking thrill but as she liked to call it “a horrifying eye popping thrill”, but Lucy loved going to school like this because it was fast and fun.

By the time she got off the zipline it was 7:19am she jumped off and ran down a small hill, she quickly jumped on her yellow bike and peddled as fast as she could to school, it took about an hour on her to bike to her school, she arrived at school at 8:34am she put her crops in her locker and quickly found her friends before walking into her class.

It was 3:10pm and the end of school bell rang, Lucy hugged her friends good bye and waved she quickly grabbed her crops before going into town to sell them. In her bag she had fruits and vegetables like bananas, cabbage, potatoes that her and her mother grew while her father was out working to support them.

She got into town at 3:23pm and pulled out a sheet to put her fruits and vegetables, she sat there for hours trying to sell all her fruits and vegetables she sold some but she did have a lot left over.    

She biked home at 5:51pm and got back home at 7:12pm, she gave her mother the money she got a very good amount of money 18 dongs and 15 dollars 240,000 dongs her mother was happy and satisfied because it could pay their power and get them food for the rest of the year.

What's your favourite type of writing?

ENJOY!!

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Writing Reflection

This week for writing we have been working on persuasive writing and the topic was 'Electric cars are the future'. I really did like doing this topic because I made the people in my group agree with me when they all didn't agree with me. Another thing I enjoyed was arguing with other groups that disagreed with me. I do personally think that Electric cars will be the future because they are a lot cheaper to fun and they are combating climate change and air pollution.

Something I didn't enjoy about this was that you had to make sure everything you were saying was backed up by something else or another idea or key point, but other then that I really enjoyed it because it was just really really fun.

My next steps are going to be actually thinking about what I say because last time I was arguing and trying to persuade people I was just saying anything that came to my mind and some of the things I couldn't backup and thing like that.

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Maths Reflection

On Monday for maths we were trying to solve and change fraction in percentages, the group I was in was very lost and we didn't understand much about it. Something I enjoyed about this lesson was that we all tried really hard to solve and figure the answer out.

Something I didn't like or found challenging was a lot of it but mainly trying to figure out what the percentage was because it was really hard and I was really really lost and it didn't help no one in my group knew what they were doing and things like that.

My next steps are going  to try harder and harder because I do remember that I was so lost that I didn't really try so much because I was to confused and I basically had no idea what I was doing and things like that. Another thing i'm going to do next time is to talk a bit more as well because I feel like that would help as well.

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