Do You Have Maths Eyes?

I am learning to identify maths in the world around us. Kia ora, in Te Ngahere we have been looking at objects (in this case gingerbread cookies) and thinking of things you can see on them. There were some questions that we were asked to help us. One of the questions were, Do many people like Gingerbread cookies? My buddy and I then surveyed 20 people, asking them if they enjoyed eating gingerbread cookies. 16 people said yes 4 people said no; giving it a 4 - 1 ratio (4 people liking, 1 not).

On the whole I think I did well, the only thing I didn’t do well in was creating a story for the Gingerbread men.

Do you enjoy eating Gingerbread men?

SLJ Day 10: Education comparison

Kia ora, day ten was about education. For Activity One we were comparing a typical day in Te Ngahere and a German students timetable. There are quite a few differences which I explain. For Activity Two I looked at multiple schools around the world and chose two that looked interesting, then I explained why I chose them, then for the bonus activity I made up a timetable, and that's how I would want a day for learning.


A school day in New Zealand starts and 9:00 or 8:55 AM, whereas in Germany a school day starts at 8:00 AM. The first subject of the day, in some people’s cases in Germany, they start with Maths; whereas in Te Ngahere we usually start with blogging. Something I have really noticed is that their timetables are sort of set out like how they would in high school. In Te Ngahere we don’t have that, because our subjects are all in one class. I think I would rather go to school in Germany, mainly because they have a very large variety of subjects. I also like bigger schools so another bonus. They have history and that’s my favourite subject.


I’m quite interested in a school in Panama City. The reason I’m interested in it is because instead of being taught Maths and that sort of curricular, they are taught about maritime things. The next school I’m intrigued by is in Islamabad, Pakistan. The reason I’m interested in it is because of the sheer amount of students they fit into the class. It makes me wonder how noisy it is and how they can concentrate. In a typical classroom I think there needs to be a big enough space so everyone doesn’t feel cramped, I think they need books and a white board, and a good teacher. I think a classroom should have all the resources it really needs.

I find it easier if I just don’t use a Canva template so I’ll write it down. 9:00 History. 9:30 Maths. 10:30 Reading. 11:00 break 11:30 Writing 12:30 Art 1:00 Lunch 1:20 Science 1:50 Daily reflection 2:00 Home time.

Goodbye, hope you enjoyed this post. (These photos are of the two schools I chose). What do you think is needed in a classroom? What subjects should be in a typical day at school in your opinion (and what time should they be on at)?

SLJ Day Nine: Families

Kia ora, day nine was about family. For activity one I wrote the pros and cons of having 19 siblings, for activity two I wrote a diary entry. First we had to watch a video, which, was the intro of 19 kids and counting. I then had to put myself into the shoes of being one of the parents and write about what would be in the typical day of one of the parents.

Here are the pros of being in a family of 21.

You learn how to put up with things later in life.

Here are the cons of being in a family of 21.

If you’re all annoyed at each other you’ll be surrounded by your siblings.
If you’re the youngest you’ll probably get forgotten about a lot.
If you ever went on a family holiday you could easily get lost.
You would  probably get less food than if you were in a family of four.
Might not get as good of an education because most parents with 19 kids home schools their children.

I woke up at 6 am, our alarm clock went off, and we start a tireless day. Michelle and I start the gruelling task of making the lunches for five of the kids, the rest are old enough to make their own. This task alone takes 30 minutes. Now we make breakfast for the kids. This is very tiring as we make it for everyone, including our grandchildren. We now set all the children that need to go to school, up. They all exit to take the school bus; however this doesn’t mean we get a break, we still have to clean up after the kids. One and a half tiring hours after, Michelle and I have finished cleaning up. We can now have an hour break, but as soon as we do that, we must prepare afternoon tea. When we have finished the task of making afternoon teas we get another small break,It isn’t long before the kids get home. We set them all down so they can eat afternoon tea, after that we set them all out for their playtime hours.The youngest children get to play for longer, we try to give the older kids a bit of time so they can think about things in their life. When they have all finished, Michelle and I, ask all the children above the age of 11 to help us cook dinner. When we have finished dinner and cleaned everything up, we get the children ready for showers; this is no easy task. Most of the kids have 1 more hour to just settle down and get ready to go to bed. When the kids all go to bed we settle down and sleep, getting ready for a brand new day.

What do you think the pros and cons of having 19 siblings would be? I hope you enjoyed this, it took me awhile to write. Stay safe.