Melita's time at her Uncle's Wedding

The day had finally come- the 8th of November and that was a day that I will never forget. My Uncle’s Silver Wedding. It was one of the most special weddings I have ever been to. We drove seven hours to Wellington. We could have taken the flight but my father didn’t want to go by plane because he loves driving. I reached my Uncle's house two days before the Silver Wedding day. Preparations for the wedding were in full swing.

He was glad to see me. Lots of things were purchased and the rest were to be purchases on that very day. So he took me to buy a number of things as per the list he prepared. At last it was evening. To be honest it was a really hectic day. The whole house was decorated. There were lights everywhere. So this is how the wedding went. First we had mass at 6:00 pm at Sacred Heart Church followed by a cocktail reception.

The hall was literally packed. First we had the couple walk as they played the congratulations and then they cut their wedding cake. After that all the guests were first served with light refreshments before it was time for the first dance. This was so cute. Then it was time for some speeches. My Dad delivered a short but very meaningful speech. After some heart touching speeches it was time for the best part of the wedding- the reception. There were some mouth-watering dishes we could choose from the buffet.

After a plate full of some delicious Indian food, it was time to burn some calories by dancing. The music went on till 10:00PM.  Overall I was really disappointed I couldn’t make it to camp but I have to say I really had the time of my life.


One of my least favourite things that happened was when the guests started to go home. I was really glad that I got to be a part of that wedding. On Monday when I got to school I did feel a little disappointed that I didn’t go to camp because all my friends were making me jealous by telling me all the fun activities they did and all the delicious food they ate. However you know that saying “You can't get everything in life” but I have to say, that my family and I had the most special and memorable time of our lives. I am hoping that in the next coming years, I get to go to camp without anything coming in the way.       

Little Red Riding Hood Play featuring Rhianne, Galila, Melita and Athena

In Room1, we had to perform a play on Little Red Ridding Hood. We were put into groups of four. In my group there was Rhianne, Galila and Athena. Overall I think we all acted really well. I hope you like watching our play.

The Character of the Boy from the book - The Giving Tree By Melita

In Room 1, for Reading this week Miss Paton read to use the book: The Giving Tree. We looked at the character traits of the boy. We had to come up with words to describe the boy. 

Volcanoes Dictogloss By Melita

Volcanoes 

A volcano is an opening usually in a mountain. Whenever a volcano erupts, it
lets out hot magma, gas and lava. Volcano eruptions can cause tsunamis, flash
floods, earthquakes, when eruptions happen they can knock out entire forests.
It is known as a “wildfire”.

Volcanoes are formed when magma from the earth’s surface. Tectonic plates
create magma as it melts and it builds up. Another name for magma is classified
as lava.

   Volcanoes are classified as active, dormant or extinct. Active volcanoes means
there has been recent activities. Dormant means it has erupted but it could erupt
again. And lastly extinct volcanoes haven’t erupted for such a long time that they
could never erupt again.

The earth is made up of slabs called tectonic plates. When the oceanic plate goes
under the continental plate, it causes friction which is called subduction can also
form earthquakes. 

Facts about volcanoes:

There are 1510 active volcanoes around the world and 80 or more are under
water. The name volcano originated from the God of fire Vulcan in Greek
mythology.

The United States of America comes third in active volcanoes, they are right
behind Indonesia which is second and Japan take the cake in the first place!

Volcanoes is a very interesting topic to research. I bet there are loads of
undiscovered volcanoes waiting to be found.

Overall I enjoyed this and although volcanoes are dangerous, they are
intriguing landforms.

I would love to see an active volcano erupt. 

Anna and Melita's talk on Volcanoes

Today was our sharing day on landforms. This term the class are focusing on mini projects during Inquiry. As part of this unit of work the students had to give a talk on their chosen landform and were filmed. They were allowed to use a slideshow to add interest, but they were not allowed to have too much text on their slides, only bulleted ideas, images, animations and YouTube clips. Check out Anna and Melita's talk

Melita's Time at the Theatre

Whetu and Nick Recount

I simply enjoy going to  the theatre with my family and friends. It is my
favourite past time. We went on July 31st to watch Whetu and Nick.
First we went to school to catch our bus. We also got buddied up with
room 5. My buddy was Kashika.

It took us about 20 minutes to reach the Vodafone Event Centre in
Manukau. We had to wait for sometime and finally we got to go in.
The show was for about one hour. The show was a bit short and boring.
I felt it was boring because Whetu was speaking in Maori and I didn't
understand Maori.

I wished there were some subtitles so that we would understand what
Whetu was saying. Overall the story was about a Maori girl named
Whetu and a British boy named Nick. Whetu was looking for her family
{Whanau} and Nick was looking for his map which flew away. Nick
wasn’t holding the map tightly but they blamed it on the Tawhirimatea.
Tawhirimatea was the God of the wind. Then she got mad and changed
the weather.

Overall I had a great time. The only disappointing time was that Whetu
was speaking in Maori. Other than that, I really liked the special effects.
The lighting was fantastic. I had a lot of fun going with my school to
watch Whetu and Nick, and I am looking forward to going again to
see a live theatre show.  

  

Melita's Holiday Recount

My family trip to Mission Bay 

I simply love going with my family to Mission Bay. My family and I went on July
13th. Before we left the house, we checked the weather forecast because we didn’t
want to turn back. It took us about 20 minutes to reach Mission Bay. As soon as
we reached Mission Bay, we saw the water fountain. It was so beautiful and we
couldn't resist a family photo.

After taking a lovely family photo we went to the playground because I wanted to
play for some time. I played for some time and I started feeling hungry. So we
went to eat lunch. For lunch we went to the Indian restaurant and we ordered
some of our favourite Indian dishes.

After we had some delicious lunch we went to have some ice-cream. I had my
favourite ice cream which was caramel and chocolate. After we finished having
our ice-cream, we took a stroll on the beach. While we were strolling we came
across some birds, so I decided to feed them. I carried along a small bag of rice
to feed the birds. As I was throwing the grains of rice, a whole fleet of birds came
flying around me and I was overwhelmed with joy.  

While we were strolling my sister and I saw some beautiful shells. We decided to
pick them up and add them to our collection. I remember a sad incident that
happened while we were having fun at the beach. I was so excited playing around
that I forgot about my phone, which was in my pocket. I had a feeling it fell down
while I was playing. I was really disappointed as it was a gift from my parents. 

 We spent some more time at the beach, and since it was getting dark we decided
to return home. I had a lot of fun going with my family to Mission Bay and I’m
looking forward to going again. I returned home feeling sad that my trip to Mission
Bay had ended. I am looking forward to having some more outings with my family. 

Unsung Hero -Malala By Melita, Zariah, and Toakase

This poster is about Malala Yousafzai who fought for the rights of young girls in having an education. Sadly she got shot in the head by the Taliban in the Swat Valley in Pakistan. She survived after numerous surgeries.  

Ministry of Justice Inquiry Presentation By Melita, Zariah and Anna

In Room 1 we have been learning about groups that help New Zealand.
We have chosen the Ministry of Justice.

Heart Map Writing By Melita

My Family Trip To Rotorua

I remember the time when I went with my family to Rotorua. It was one of the most
memorable holidays, I have had in New Zealand. It took five hours to get to
Rotoma. It usually takes three hour to reach Rotorua but we stopped at Hamilton.
Rotoma is a place in Rotorua. In Rotoma there were many hot pools. My family
and myself likes going to the hot pools. When we arrived at the hot pools we
changed in our bathing suits and put our clothes in the lockers.

It was a bright sunny day and it was the perfect day to go to the hot pools. We
went to the geothermal hot pools. The hot water and the steam made me feel
like I was in a spa. I didn’t want to enter the pool because the water was burning
hot. After some time my body got used to the water.

There were two other families in the hot pools, I made some friends there. We
were splashing water at each other. Then we were playing some games in the
water. We had so much fun. We played some games like the mirror game and
we also had some races with each other.

The water was 40 degrees. My body got all wrinkled up like a prune. The water
was shallow. There was a fence where bubbles were coming out. My sister and
I were popping some of them. I didn’t want to get out of the water, but I had to.
So we got changed and went to eat some lunch.     

Emergency Services Presentation By Melita

This is my DLO on the Emergency services in New Zealand.
This was part of my reading project.
It took me a week to find all the information and to put it together. I had so much fun making this DLO. I hope you like it.

Melita's Time at MOTAT

My MOTAT trip by Melita

Hook/Intro

Wow! I was so excited when I woke up in the morning. Do you know why? Today we were going on a trip to MOTAT – Museum of Transport and Technology. The whole school got to go to MOTAT together on Monday March 4th. We travelled there on a bus. After twenty minutes our bus ride came to an end.

We had finally reached our destination. As we assembled outside the gates we were greeted by a man, called Kent. He took us to the place which we called our meeting spot.Then we were told to have morning tea. After we finished having a snack an instructor came and told us our schedule. We had to go in groups made by our teachers.

Village

I had Miss Wu as my teacher. Ana, Cleo, Zariah and Mikkie were in my group. After having morning tea, it was time to explore MOTAT at on our own with our adult helper and teachers. First my group went to look at the MOTAT village. At the village there were old cottages and inside them there was old fashioned furniture. We also saw some dummies in the houses. Some of us got scared by looking at the creepy dummies. There was also a long drop which is like a toilet where a dummy sat there.  After this we went to the old school. When we entered the school there were lots of rules written on the board. We had to sing the national anthem. My group didn't sing the national anthem because some of us did not know the national anthem. We sang the national anthem in Maori.

Inventors room

The next place my group went to was the Inventors Room.  I was most excited about visiting this room. It had two double doors on the outside. When we entered the Inventors Room it was all dark. There were several rooms. I was so excited to see all the rooms. There were a lots of things to read and learn. There was a trampoline in a room, with lots of comfortable bean bags. The room looked cozy and relaxing. I had a turn on the trampoline game. The object of the game was to look at the TV that was right in front of you while you were jumping. There were holes and in those holes some monsters would pop up. You had to jump where they popped up. In my group Ana asked Wiss Wu whether we could go on the trampoline. Miss Wu allowed us to go on the trampoline. I was not sure whether I should have had a go on the trampoline or not, but I decided to have a go. I felt tired after I jumped on the trampoline. At the end of the game I saw my score. I got three stars.

We also walked into the animation room. We had to touch TV screens. There were also some big iPads in which you could create your own robot. There was also a room with a rocket launcher in and a room that focused on animation.

The Technology room

The next thing that me and my group went to was the Technology room. There were lots of old games, computers, cameras, typewriters, telephones radios, video games (Donkey Kong, Pacman), old TV’s and a Selfie machine (photo booth) that projected photos on a big screen/projector. In my group we were playing with the telephone.There were plenty of people surrounding the selfie machine. It was almost my turn and I was excited to take my picture. After I took my picture it came up on the big screen.

Pump house

We also went to the Pump House. It smelt like burnt oil. Some people didn't like the smell. The most disappointing thing was that no machine was working. We had to walk in a single line because it was dangerous to walk in groups.

Scavenger Hunt

After we had lunch, the next thing we were going to do was the scavenger hunt. We started the scavenger hunt. We first went to the village. In the village we had to search for cards, eggs, pots etc. Then we went to the fire station. We had to search for helmets, headlights, ladders, boots, axes, metal, pipes, etc. Then we went to the old school. We had to solve the maths problems, search for maps, pencils and erasers. We also had to sing the national anthem. I had a lot of fun searching for all these things. We also had to go to the Pump House, but my group didn't get time to go to the Pump House as part of the Scavenger Hunt. After that we went to the meeting spot for lunch.

Tram ride

After lunch it was the tram ride. I was so excited for it. When we went in there was a guy named Rob and he was the driver. Before we went on the tram we were at the tram station and we had to wait there until the tram came. It was really fun. We also went passed Auckland Zoo. We saw some Pukekos on the way. They were so adorable. Then we stopped at the station. We got down and Tiffany took some photos of us. Rob told us about the metal pole which he used to make the tram work. He also told us about the front safety grate. It was used avoid people from being run over.

Above and beyond

After the train ride we went to the Above and Beyond exhibition. There was a Simulator - enclosed room in which we were pretending to fly. There was a gravity game-we hoisted a concrete object up and then watched it drop. There was also a Game-picking up rubbish, etc. I really liked playing all these games. I didn't get to play all the games.

Educator room

After that we went to the Educator’s Room.The best part of the day was having the educator’s session on flight. We did many experiments like the Hair dryer and ping pong ball. We made flying objects that were light so they could be put into the wind machine, we tested out the suction of water and a cup, and we flew plastic toys. I really enjoyed trying these experiments.

Conclusion

After the class we all thanked Kent and we went to the meeting spot. I enjoyed my time at MOTAT. We waited at the gate for a minute and then went to catch our bus. We reached school at 2.30pm. It was a really fun trip to MOTAT. I would love to go back to MOTAT again with my friends or family. I hope to see many new things at MOTAT.

Melita's Introduction in Hindi

This is Melita's introduction in Hindi. She has been practising very hard to learn her introduction. Check out her introduction in her Home Language. At the end of the recording there is an English translation.

Meet the stars in Room 1: Introducing Melita

Melita is a returning star student in Room 1. Here is her blogger profile that she has written about herself.

My name is Melita and I am a Year 8 student. I go to Christ the King School. I am Indian and I am in Room 1. My teacher is Miss Paton. I am good at Art and Maths. I enjoy listening to music. My goal for this year is to become a better person in life. My teachers and my family inspire me. This is where I will be sharing my learning.

Melita's Christmas Haiku Poems

Today I have been learning about haiku poems. Haiku is a traditional form of Japanese poetry. It has a structure of: 

5 syllables, 7 syllables and 5 syllables.

Conventional Christmas Haiku Poem

Today is Christmas

Christmas is so beautiful

I love Christmas Day

Religious Haiku Poem

 In the silent night

Bright, shiny star in the sky

Where Jesus was born

Our Stained Glass Nativity Themed Artwork

Today we got our first four nativity themed painted stained glass windows completed. They make a fabulous display in the classroom. We are looking forward to sharing more of our stained glass themed artworks within the next week. 

The Mintie Challenge By Melita

We are learning to measure Mintie wrappers and we enjoyed doing it. We had to gather information, graph the results and interpret the data.
Sayonara’s Mintie wrapper was the longest because she has a lot of patience. Her measurement was 102 cm.

Nigel’s Mintie wrapper was the shortest  because he didn’t have patience. He was in a hurry and must have ripped it.  

His measurement was 36 cm.

The different between the longest wrapper and the shortest measured wrapper was 66.2cm.

The average measurement  was 59 cm

• My wrapper was 57.5 cm. My wrapper was slightly below the average measurement
• There was no mode number that appeared more than once, however there were measurements made between 40 & 50cm.  
• Betty and Rhianne measurement was almost the same Betty was 56.5cm and Rhianne was 56cm.
• Twelve students were below the average measurement.
• Ten students were above the average measurement.

Religious Education Values By Melita

These prayers relate to our school values.

My Romero Britto Painting Reflection By Melita

1. Making a sequential pattern Romero Britto Are you pleased with your artwork? Why / why not?
Yes, as I have put in a lot of hard work in this artwork.

 2. What was challenging when you did your sequential pattern artwork? The outlines and the patterns were challenging.

3. What could you adapt / modify with your artwork? I would modify the patterns and the colours. I am happy with the owl.

4. Who / what helped you with your sequential pattern artwork? My sister helped me a little with the sequential pattern artworks. Also having examples of Romero Britto Artworks helped me.

5. If you were to teach a new person how to create your artwork under your theme (Romero Britto or Aboriginal Art) what would be the teaching points / tips? If I were a new person I would first draw the owl, draw the patterns and then paint around the patterns. I would do my painting within stages.

 6. What have you learnt about this process? I have learnt to do sequential patterns.