What is a SMART goal?

 What is a SMART goal?

A SMART goal is used to help guide goal setting. SMART is an acronym for 

S- specific                 M- measurable          A- achievable            R- realistic                 T- timely.                   

Accordingly, a SMART goal incorporates all the criteria’s above, to help you focus on your efforts and helps increase your chance of producing an outstanding achievement for your set goal.                                                                                    

An example of a SMART goal is; 

Specific- increase on my exercise and fitness routine

Measurable- exercise for 20 min each day + a 10 min run around the block = 30 min fitness

Achievable- this can be achieved if I am dedicated  

Realistic- it is also realistic and can happen

Timely- I plan to hold this goal for at least 2 months 

Why or why not?

Treaty Of Waitangi ...

Some people believe that Waitangi day is a day of combining together as one whanau to celebrate the day when our tupuna agreed to sign the New Zealand treaty that consists of creating peace between the british settlers and native Maaori’s. Others like Mike Hosking who is a radio broadcaster in Aotearoa, believe otherwise. He says that why bother celebrating this time or day of the year, when we’ve done the absolute opposite of what was said in the treaty. I understand where he’s coming from, but I think to celebrate a memorable day like Aotearoa’s Waitangi day is an important day to celebrate, because what if there was no treaty. If you think about it, what would it be like if the Maori and British didn’t settle their problems then and there? Would New Zealand be a place of corruption by the British settlers or what?

To put this into simple form, for those who don’t really know about the signing of the treaty, the Treaty of Waitangi was signed on the 6th of February of 1840 and is the founding document of New Zealand. The treaty is an agreement in Maori and English, that was made between the British Crown and about 540 Maaori Rangatira (chiefs). New Zealand first Governor-general William Hobson was the co-author of the treaty and spent a few days writing it in English. Over the night of the 4 of February 1840, missionary Henry Williams and his son Edward translated the English part into Maori, obviously for the Maaori to read as they could not at the time read nor understand english.    

Extra Nouns - 2

Nouns Activities 

a)  Underline all the nouns in the box below.

b)  i) Write an example of a plural noun from the box above.        

There are 14 teams at the touch tournament

      ii)  Write an example of a singular noun from the box above. 

The mouse was greedy for the cheese

c)  Nouns may be classified as masculine, feminine, common, or neuter in gender. Classify the gender of each noun in the chart below. 

1. dentist neuter
2. wizard masculine
3. princess feminine
4. book common
5. swimmer neuter
6. car common
7. king masculine
8. actress neuter

Task description: Over the next few week I am going to be learning all about grammar and parts of a speech. This week I learnt about NOUNS. After completing the extension and compulsory nouns work I then move on the EXTRA nouns worksheets. This will help me remember what a noun is and how it is used. Reflecting on all the nouns work I have done so for, I have learnt what a proper, common, abstract and a collective noun is. A collective nous is a group or a collection of something, e.g: team, class, oxen, rooves, knives, . An Abstract noun is a noun the refers to feelings and emotions. e.g: proud, excited, happy, anxious, angry etc. One of the other four nouns are common nouns. A common nous is nothing to a group, but is a particular individual. The last noun is a proper noun. Long definition short, a proper noun names a specific person, place or thing and is always capitalised.

EXTRA Nouns - 1

team	power	day
Jamie	country	Wellington
pair	bunch	bicycle
truth	Tuesday	beauty

Abstract Noun	Common noun	Proper Noun	Collective noun
Beauty Truth Power	Bicycle  Country  Day	Tuesday Jamie Wellington	Team  Bunch  Pair

Complete the table below by:

• writing a definition for each type of noun, and
• writing in two examples of each type of noun using words from the lists above.

	Type of noun	Definition	Examples
a)	Proper nouns	A name that is used for a specific person, place, animal, thing, etc.	Hospital - Starship College - Tamaki College Person - Tylah Thompson
b)	Common nouns	Nothing to the group of objects	Television Couch Socks
c)	Collective nouns	A group or collection of things taken as a whole	Family Crew Flock
d)	Abstract nouns	A that is not physical. It describes something that might or might not be real. Things the come out of the abstract noun may be touched and seen, but the abstract noun itself cannot	Truth Pain Justice

Task description: Over the next few week I am going to be learning all about grammar and parts of a speech.  This week I learnt about NOUNS. After completing the extension and compulsory nouns work I then move on the EXTRA nouns worksheets. This will help me remember what a noun is and how it is used. Reflecting on all the nouns work I have done so for, I have learnt what a proper, common, abstract and a collective noun is. A collective nous is a group or a collection of something, e.g: team, class, oxen, rooves, knives, . An Abstract noun is a noun the refers to feelings and emotions. e.g: proud, excited, happy, anxious, angry etc. One of the other four nouns are common nouns. A common nous is nothing to a group, but is a particular individual. The last noun is a proper noun. Long definition short, a proper noun names a specific person, place or thing and is always capitalised. 

Summer Learning Journey 2016-2017

Making Pizza @ Tamaki Tech!!!

Today @ Tech we made Pizza. This week my partner was Makayla. Our Pizza had many toppings on it. Those ingredients were tomato sauce, cheese, ham, capsicum, tomato, red onion and Pizza bread. First we diced all the vegetables and fruit (pineapple,
tomatoes, capsicum and the red onion) as well as the ham. After that we spread the tomato sauce around the base of the pizza, then added all the toppings onto the pizza. After we added all our toppings we put our pizza in the oven for 15 mins. After that we took it out of the oven. After a few minutes of cooling down the pizza was ready to eat.

Chicken Curry!!!

Last Tuesday @ Tamaki Tech we made Chicken Curry. The ingredients we used were:

- Chicken 

- Spices (Turmeric,garlic, curry, ginger)

- Onions

- Vegetables

- Potatoes 

First we diced the chicken and onion then cooked them both in oil. Then we added the spices in and also put the potatoes on at the same time. After we combine the spices with the chicken and onions we added 1 1/2 cups of water in the pan with the vegetables. We then added the potatoes when they were cooked and then dished it into a plate.