Thursday 8 December 2016

Librarian - Distinction Can Do #20

Librarian - On Monday It was Sam W, Monique, Samara and my turn to do librarian. Once the bell for lunch rang we all walked outside. After this we chose two books and then we walked down to the junior area. Once we were all there Samara and I started walking around and asking the juniors if they wanted to come and listen to a book. Sam W had already started her book by the time we got back. We all sat down and listened to her read. After she had read her book it was Monique's turn, some juniors were being annoying and started throwing balls at us whilst she was reading so Samara and I got up and went to ask them not to. Once Monique had finished reading we left. As we started walking back to the library the juniors started to follow us. We asked them to leave but they didn't so we said they could walk back to the library with us and then they had to go back to the junior area. Once we had put our books away the bell rang so the juniors went back to class anyways. The care value that I showed this week was respect because I asked the kids throwing the balls at us nicely to move somewhere else because we were reading.

Kapa Haka - Distinction Can Do #19

Kapa Haka - On Friday the year 4 - 8 students had kapa haka. Once the year 7/8 students had been released from class I grabbed my poi on the way out and started walking over to the hall foyer. Once I got to the hall foyer I took my shoes off and sat them down on a seat. Once I got to the hall I went and sat down in our new lines below the stage. As we were getting ready for the Gala on Friday we went through our gala routine - He Honore, Pa Mai, Ka Wiata and Taitapu. After we had been through this and got it perfected Mrs Baker and Matua came around to make and extra line as all of us weren't going to fit on the stage. Once we had made our new lines we all mixed up then went back into our lines to make sure that we knew where we were standing. After this we went through our routine again and then we were released. The care value that I showed during kapa haka was Respect as I waited quietly whilst they were making new lines even though I wasn't getting moved.

Friday 2 December 2016

Librarian - Distinction Can Do #18

Librarian - On Monday It was Sam W, Monique, Samara and my turn to do librarian. Once the bell for lunch rang we all walked outside. After this we chose two books and then we walked down to the junior area. Once we were all there Samara and I started walking around and asking the juniors if they wanted to come and listen to a book. Sam W had already started her book by the time we got back. We all sat down and listened to her read. After she had read her book it was Monique's turn, some juniors tried to sit on her lap whilst she was reading but I got them off and then Monique started reading. Once Monique had finished reading we left. As we started walking back to the library the juniors started to follow us. We asked them to leave but they didn't so we said they could walk back to the library with us and then they had to go back to the junior area. Once we had put our books away the bell rang so the juniors went back to class anyways. The care value that I showed this week was showing respect to others as I had to let the little kids down gently when they kept trying to follow us back to class.

Wednesday 23 November 2016

Treaty of Waitangi

This term we have been learning about the Treaty of Waitangi.
Something I found interesting was comparing the Maori to the Aboriginals.
I would like to find out more about the Aboriginals.

Here are some links to things I have learnt:
My Google Slide
Key Personality's sheet
My Compare and Contrast map

Te Reo Term 4 2016

This term we have been learning all about the Marae. We have learned that…….

  • The Marae is an important focal point for the community.
  • The Marae is a place where tradition and customs can be carried out.
  • The Marae is a place where people can express their values with dignity.
  • There are many kawa ( protocols) that prevail on the marae.
  • Marae kawa (protocols) can differ between maraes and iwi.


We have focused on some key concepts when doing this learning.
These are listed and explained in the table below.

Concept
Definition -
give the meaning of these concepts in your own words.
Tikanga
The procedures of a Marae
Pōwhiri
welcoming ceremony to the Manuhiri
Tangata whenua
Are the local people 
Manuhiri
Visitors to a Marae
TÅ«rangawaewae
A home base on a Marae. It also includes rights and obligations
Whanaungatanga
A relationship/belonging
Manaakitanga
Care and respect for other people 
Aroha
Love

See this video for an explanation of the roles and responsibilities of people on a marae.

Something I would like to learn more about the marae is how they are built.

Librarian - Distinction Can Do #17

Librarian - On Monday It was Sam W, Monique, Samara and my turn to do librarian. Once the bell for lunch rang we all walked outside. After this we chose two books and then we walked down to the junior area. Once we were all there Monique and I started walking around and asking the juniors if they wanted to come and listen to a book. Sam W had already started her book by the time we got back.We all sat down and listened to her read. After she had read her book it was my turn some juniors tried to sit on my lap whilst I was reading but we got them off and then I started reading. Once I had finished reading we left. As we started walking back to the library the juniors started to follow us. We asked them to leave but they didn't so we said they could walk back to the library with us and then they had to go back to the junior area. Once we had put our books away the bell rang so the juniors went back to class anyways. The care value that I showed this week was showing respect to others as I had to let the little kids down gently when they kept trying to follow us back to class.

Wednesday 16 November 2016

Wellington - Distinction Can Do #16

Wellington - Last week the year 8's went on their school camp to Wellington. The trip went from Monday morning until Thursday night. On Monday the year 8's were expected to be at the train station by 6:30, as the train left at 7:30! After this we hopped on the train, on the train I showed leadership by keeping my voice down and respecting others right to talk as well. It took us the whole day to get to Wellington and by the time we got there it was raining! Over the next three days we went to heaps of historic places like the beehive and the war memorial. One main thing that I remember is the teachers telling us to keep to the left while we were walking around the CBD. This showed leadership by us keeping to the left and keeping our voices down as there were members of the public walking around as well as us.

Librarian - Distinction Can Do #15

Librarian - On Monday Sam W, Monique and I were rostered on to do librarian. Once the bell for lunch rang we all walked outside. After this we chose two books and then we walked down to the junior area. Once we were all there Monique and I started walking around and asking the juniors if they wanted to come and listen to a book. Sam W had already started her book by the time we got back.We all sat down and listened to her read. After she had read her book it was my turn some juniors tried to sit on my lap whilst I was reading but we got them off and then I started reading. Once I had finished reading we left. As we started walking back to the library the juniors started to follow us. We asked them to leave but they didn't so we said they could walk back to the library with us and then they had to go back to the junior area. Once we had put our books away the bell rang so the juniors went back to class anyways. The care value that I showed this week was showing respect to others as I had to let the little kids down gently when they kept trying to follow us back to class.

Leadership meeting - Distinction Can Do #14

Leadership meeting - On Monday the year 8 leaders had a leadership meeting. We heard about the meeting through the student notices as we do every Monday. As Mr Ladbrook (the leader of our meetings) was our own teacher he decided that we would start the meeting early, he started our meeting at read and feed time at morning tea instead of during morning tea. There are eighteen student leaders but the head girl and head boy were at another meeting during this time so we proceeded without them. At the start of the meeting we talked about our action plans that we wrote at the start of the year. After this we talked about being focused as we are the leaders of the school and we need to role model for others. After this we talked about how we were leading the assembly that afternoon. This was a surprise to us a we didn't know that we were hosting the assembly till then. I showed the CARE values by listening and taking in what Mr Ladbrook was talking about.

Monday 14 November 2016

Overall Leadership meetings - Distinction Can Do #13

Overall Leadership meetings - This year the leadership meetings have been going very well. We meet once a week on a Monday at Morning tea and all of the student leaders show up. I always show up on time with the right resources. Every week Mr Ladbrook takes time to lead our meetings. We always talk about something important and most of listen and take in what Mr Ladbrook is talking about. Most of us are very organised and are always ready for any challanges that Mr Ladbrook throws at us. I show the CARE values by always listening and taking in what Mr Ladbrook says.

Overall Librarian - Distinction Can Do #12

Overall Librarian - Every week on Monday Samara, Monique, Sam W and I all have Librarian. I do well in Librarian as I always show up to my duty on time and with the right resources. We always choose appropriate books from the library as we read to year 1's. Overtime we have come up with a routine that we do once we get down to the junior area. This routine works well for us so we have stuck to it since the start of the year. If we stick to this routine we usually get time for more than two books which is a good thing as the juniors love listening to us read. The juniors usually follow us back to the library but we follow the CARE by letting them down easily and then returning our books.

Overall Kapa Haka - Distinction Can Do #11

Overall Kapa Haka - Overall I have improved a lot in Kapa Haka because I have learnt how to use long poi and be successful in it. Every Friday I always show up to Kapa Haka on time and always have the right resources. Most of the time I sit down in the right place and will be ready for singing. When we sing our songs I always sing them with pride and enthusiasm. If I can't remember the actions then I don't just stand there I go and ask someone who does know them for help. I always show the CARE values in Kapa Haka by asking others for help and by helping others when they forget the actions.

Thursday 3 November 2016

Find fractions, decimals, and percentages of amounts expressed as whole numbers, simple fractions, and decimals.

Walt - Find fractions, decimals, and percentages of amounts expressed as whole numbers, simple fractions, and decimals.

Problem                                                                                                                          

Answers

The first sweatshirt is cheaper than the second one because 30% of 60 is 42 and 40% off 72 dollars is 43.20. The first sweatshirt is 1.20 cheaper than the second one.

The second jacket is cheaper because 20% off 96 is 76.80 and 30% of 120 is 84. The second jacket is cheaper by 7.20.

The first jeans is cheaper because 30% of 48 is 33.60 and 45% off 68 is 37.40. The first jeans are cheaper by 3.80.


The second tracksuit is cheaper because 25% off 64 is 48 and 30% of 86 is 60.2. The second tracksuit is cheaper by 22.20.

The least you could spent if you brought one of each clothing item would be 200.40 and the most would be 224.80. You would save 24.40.

I figured it out by figuring out what the percent is as a fraction, timing it by the cost and dividing by the fraction's denominator. Then misusing the total from the cost.

Here are links my IXL screenshots and task 1. Task 1, Task 2, Task 3, and Task 4.

The thing I found most challenging was use multiplication and division strategies to estimate and solve problems with fractions as this was our first activity and I was just starting to try and get the hang of all of the strategies.


Here are the strategies we used:
- Use multiplication and division strategies to estimate and solve problems with fractions, eg. 11 ÷ 3 = 1 1/3         
- Find a fraction of another fraction by multiplying. eg. 3/4 x 5/2 = 15/8, 15/8 = 1 7/8
- Describe and show renaming tenths, hundredths, thousandths as decimal fractions and relate them to place value order, like 2/100 = 0.02      
- Work out and explain percentages of simple amounts

Thursday 20 October 2016

Librarian - Distinction Can Do #10

Librarian - On Monday Sam W, Monique and I were rostered on to do librarian. Once the bell for lunch rang we all walked outside. After this we chose two books and then we walked down to the junior area. Once we were all there Monique and I started walking around and asking the juniors if they wanted to come and listen to a book. Sam W had already started her book by the time we got back.We all sat down and listened to her read. After she had read her book it was my turn some juniors tried to sit on my lap whilst I was reading but we got them off and then I started reading. Once I had finished reading we left. As we started walking back to the library the juniors started to follow us. We asked them to leave but they didn't so we said they could walk back to the library with us and then they had to go back to the junior area. Once we had put our books away the bell rang so the juniors went back to class anyways. The care value that I showed this week was showing respect to others as I had to let the little kids down gently when they kept trying to follow us back to class.

Parliament

This term we have been learning about Parliament. We have looked at the difference between government and parliament, NZ parliament, who is in government, how our government works and we compared democracy to dictatorship.

Three things that I learned about NZ parliament are:

  • Where everyone sits during a session in parliament.
  • The people in parliament and what they do.
  • That there is a underground passageway for the people of the house to arrive at parliament faster.

Here is the link to my compare and contrast map explaining the difference between democracy and dictatorship.

Friday 14 October 2016

Kapa Haka - Distinction Can Do #9

Kapa Haka - On Friday the year 4 - 8 students had kapa haka. Once the year 7/8 students had been released from class I grabbed my poi on the way out and started walking over to the hall foyer. Once I got to the hall foyer I took my shoes off and sat them down on a seat. Once I got to the hall I went and sat down in our lines facing the stage. The first song we started singing was Ka Wiata, everyone already new this song as we sing it in Te Reo lessons, but we also added some new lyrics at the start of the song, and started to practice these lyrics. After this we started going through Tenei Matau. Once we went through this once we realised that we ahd all forgotten the actions to this new song. After this Matua went through all of the actions with us again as he had noticed that most people had forgotten them. The care value that I showed during kapa haka was ecxellence as I never gave up whilst we were re-learning the actions.

Technology - Distinction Must Do #5

Technology - On Tuesday the year 7/8's had technology. As soon as I got to school the teachers opened the door to the classroom so I got to go in straight away. The teachers asked our bus (bus 1) to go and line up first. Afterwards they asked bus 2 to go and line up. Sam W and I lined up at the front of the line as we wanted the seat which has the heater. After this I walked down to the back of the bus and sat with Sam W. I sat next to the window and she sat next to the aisle. On the way there the noise level was very good as I could easily hear the person next to me and most people were whispering. On the way back I sat with Sam W and I sat next to the window and she sat next to the aisle. On the way back the noise level was good as people were only talking to the person besides them. I think that I showed the value of Respect as I only talked to the person beside me and I made sure that I was talking at a good volume.

Librarian - Distinction Can Do #8

Librarian - On Monday Sam W, Monique and I were rostered on to do librarian. Once the bell for lunch rang we all walked outside. After this we chose two books and then we walked down to the junior area. Once we were all there Monique and I started walking around and asking the juniors if they wanted to come and listen to a book. Sam W had already started her book by the time we got back.We all sat down and listened to her read. After she had read her book it was my turn some juniors tried to sit on my lap whilst I was reading but we got them off and then I started reading. Once I had finished reading we left. As we started walking back to the library the juniors started to follow us. We asked them to leave but they didn't so we said they could walk back to the library with us and then they had to go back to the junior area. Once we had put our books away the bell rang so the juniors went back to class anyways. The care value that I showed this week was showing respect to others as I had to let the little kids down gently when they kept trying to follow us back to class.

Friday 23 September 2016

Kapa Haka - Distinction Can Do #7

Kapa Haka - On Friday the year 4 - 8 students had kapa haka. Once the year 7/8 students had been released from class I grabbed my poi on the way out and started walking over to the hall foyer. Once I got to the hall foyer I took my shoes off and sat them down on a seat. Once I had done this I walked into the hall and just stood there as I didn't know what was happening. Suddenly Mr Brown called out to us that we were to sit in our lines facing the stage. This is weird because we usually sit facing the side of the hall. The first song we started singing was Ka Wiata, everyone already new this song as we sing it in Te Reo lessons. After this we started going through Tenei Matau. Once we went through this once we realised that we ahd all forgotten the actions to this new song. After this Matua went through all of the actions with us again as he had noticed that most people had forgotten them. The care value that I showed during kapa haka was ecxellence as I never gave up whilst we were learning the actions.

Thursday 22 September 2016

WALT - I can take action to improve the water cycle in Canterbury


I can take action to improve the water cycle in Canterbury!





In this project I was working with Samara, Isabella and Xanthe and we decided to create a TV ad about the water cycle.



In this project we decided that our success criteria were: Kept simple, Memorable and effective, Length is flexible, but keep it brief, Humor, If you're not funny, don't make a jokey video.


Overall our project met this criteria because we stuck to our original plan.

Wednesday 21 September 2016

WALT - apply the techniques of improvisation to a range of different scenarios.

Improvisation techniques that I have used successfully are always saying yes and accepting.

One improvisation technique that I would like to have more practice at is trusting myself as I am not very confident onstage.

The thing that I enjoyed most about this unit of learning was watching other people get up onstage and add to the scene like they had been doing it their whole life because, this way I didn't have to go up I just got to watch and it was very impressive to watch.

The thing that I found most challenging during this unit of learning was getting up onstage because I don't like performing in front of other people.


My favourite improvisation game was what are you doing because this way I got to have a chance onstage but I didn't have to stay up there for too long.



My next step/something I need to work on further in improvisation is getting up onstage because I hated doing this at the start of our sessions but I got better at it as we kept progressing.

Librarian - Distinction Can Do #6

Librarian - On Monday Sam W, Monique and I were rostered on to do librarian. Once the bell for lunch rang we all walked outside. After this we chose two books and then we walked down to the junior area. Once we were all there Monique and I started walking around and asking the juniors if they wanted to come and listen to a book. Sam W had already started her book by the time we got back.We all sat down and listened to her read. After she had read her book it was my turn some juniors tried to sit on my lap whilst I was reading but we got them off and then I started reading. Once I had finished reading we left. As we started walking back to the library the juniors started to follow us. We asked them to leave but they didn't so we said they could walk back to the library with us and then they had to go back to the junior area. Once we had put our books away the bell rang so the juniors went back to class anyways. The care value that I showed this week was showing respect to others as I had to let the little kids down gently when they kept trying to follow us back to class.

Technology - Distinction Must Do #4

Technology - Today the year 7/8's had technology. As soon as I got to school the teachers opened the door to the classroom so I got to go in straight away. The teachers asked our bus (bus 1) to go and line up first. Afterwards they asked bus 2 to go and line up. Sam W and I didn't care where we sat on the bus so we just lined up at the back of the line. After this I walked down to the back of the bus and sat with Sam W. I sat next to the window and she sat next to the aisle. On the way there the noise level was very good as I could easily hear the person next to me and most people were whispering. On the way back I sat with Sam W and I sat next to the window and she sat next to the aisle. On the way back the noise level was good as people were only talking to the person besides them. I think that I showed the value of Respect as I only talked to the person beside me and I made sure that I was talking at a good volume.

Friday 16 September 2016

Koru Games - Distinction Must Do #3

Koru Games - On Tuesday to Thursday the year 7/8 students were all invloved in a three day tornament called Koru Games. The activity I did was Netball. Two highlights were, when I went for one intercept and missed and then sprinted back and got the second pass against Rawhiti and, when our team came sixth overall. I am proud of when I went for one intercept and missed and then sprinted back and got the second pass against Rawhiti, because this took lots of effort and lots of people recognized me for it. Some advice I would say to next years year 7's is to never give up because as long as you have fun and know that you tried your best that's all that matters.

Kapa Haka - Distinction Can Do #5

Kapa Haka - On Friday the year 4 - 8 students had kapa haka. Once the year 7/8 students had been released from class I grabbed my poi on the way out and started walking over to the hall foyer. Once I got to the hall foyer I took my shoes off and sat them down on a seat. Once I had done this I walked into the hall and just stood there as I didn't know what was happening. Suddenly Mr Brown called out to us that we were to sit in our lines facing the stage. This is weird because we usually sit facing the side of the hall. The first song we started singing was Ka Wiata, everyone already new this song as we sing it in Te Reo lessons. After this we started going through Tenei Matau. Once we went through this once we realised that we ahd all forgotten the actions to this new song. After this Matua went through all of the actions with us again as he had noticed that most people had forgotten them. The care value that I showed during kapa haka was ecxellence as I never gave up whilst we were learning the actions.

Koru Games

Koru Games - The activity I did was Netball. Two highlights were:

1. When I went for one intercept and missed and then sprinted back and got the second pass against Rawhiti.
2. When our team came sixth overall.

I am proud of when I went for one intercept and missed and then sprinted back and got the second pass against Rawhiti, because this took lots of effort and lots of people recognized me for it.

Some advice I would say to next years year 7's is to never give up because as long as you have fun and know that you tried your best that's all that matters.

Wednesday 14 September 2016

Librarian - Distinction Can Do #4

Librarian - On Monday Sam W, Monique, Samara and I were rostered on to do librarian. Once the bell for lunch rang we all walked outside. After this we chose two books and then we walked down to the junior area. Once we were all there Samara and I started walking around and asking the juniors if they wanted to come and listen to a book. Sam W had already started her book by the time we got back. We all sat down and listened to her read. After she had read her book it was my turn some juniors tried to sit on my lap whilst I was reading but we got them off and then I started reading. Once I had finished reading we left. As we started walking back to the library the juniors started to follow us. We asked them to leave but they didn't so we said they could walk back to the library with us and then they had to go back to the junior area. Once we had put our books away the bell rang so the juniors went back to class anyways. The care value that I showed this week was showing respect to others as I had to let the little kids down gently when they kept trying to follow us back to class.

Friday 9 September 2016

Kapa Haka - Distinction Can Do #3

Kapa Haka - On Friday the year 4 - 8 students had kapa haka. Once the year 7/8 students had been released from class I grabbed my poi on the way out and started walking over to the hall foyer. Once I got to the hall foyer I took my shoes off and sat them down on a seat. Once I had done this I walked into the hall and just stood there as I didn't know what was happening. Suddenly Mr Brown called out to us that we were to sit in our lines facing the stage. This is weird because we usually sit facing the side of the hall. After this we sat down and the teachers started talking to us about our upcoming performances. We have two more performances this year. These performances include the Oaklands school gala and the Oaklands school prizegiving. After they had talked to us about this they introduced two new songs to us that we would be singing at our upcoming performances. The first song the introduced was Ka Wiata, everyone already new this song as we sing it in Te Reo lessons. After this they introduced a new song which I can't remember the name of. Once we had been through this new song and learnt the words we started on the actions. We only got through half of the actions as kapa haka was about to finish and we hadn't finished going through the song with the actions.

Tuesday 6 September 2016

Kapa Haka - Distinction Can Do #2

Kapa Haka (Cultural Festival) - On Tuesday the year 4-8 students in kapa haka had their performance in cultural festival. As we arived we were all very nervous and excited. After a while Mrs Baker told all of the year 8 girls that they had to go and put on some headbands and earings for the show. Once we had put these on the teachers took us inside and sat us down in some seats in the audience. We watched a lot of schools do their perfromances for the cultural festival, all these groups were very good which made me even more nervous. After a while Mr Brown led us out to backstage. On the way there we all dropped our stuff and left it in te foyer so that we didn't loose it. After this we went backstage. Whilst we were backstage we were all very nervous as we were about to go onstage. After this some staff came over and started taking us to the entrance onto the stage. Once we took the stage all of my nerves escaped me and I started to really enjoy the perfromance. Our first song was hareruia this was a nice simple song to start off with as it is a very simple song to sing and it looks very sharp when we perform it. After this we went into tahurihuri, I was very relieved to know that I didn't muck up in this song as I was doing the poi and this is very nerveraking for me. After this we did our school waita and then the haka. Once we had perfromed the teachers let us go as long as we had been seen by one of them before we left.

Kapa Haka - Distinction Can Do #1

Kapa Haka - On Monday Sam W, Samara, Monique and I were meant to do librarian. As we were only two days away from performaning at cultral festival Mr Brown called a practise so that we could practise coming off and on the stage. Once we had been released from class I grabbed my poi on the way out and started walking over to the hall foyer. Once I got to the hall foyer I took my shoes off and sat them down on a seat. After this I walked into the hall and saw that we were sitting in our lines for hareruia once I had seen this I went and sat down with them. After this Mr Brown and Mrs Baker came in and started organising us into lines on each side of the hall. Once they had done this we practised coming onto the stage quietly and by staying in line. After this we practised coming off the stage in the same way. We practised this a few times untill we had done it nicely without talking and by staying in line. After this we practised our whole routine a few times and then had a talk about whats going to happen on the night of Cultral Festival. I think that I showed the care value of excellence as I never gave up the whole time whilst we were practising coming on and off the stage and while we were practising our routine.

Technology - Distinction Must Do #1

Technology - Today the year 7/8's had technology. As soon as I got to school the teachers opened the door to the classroom so I got to go in straight away. The teachers asked our bus (bus 1) to go and line up first. Afterwards they asked bus 2 to go and line up. After this I walked down to the back of the bus and sat with Samara. I sat next to the window and she sat next to the aisle. On the way there the noise level was very good as I could easily hear the person next to me and most people were whispering. On the way back I sat with Jack W and I sat next to the window and he sat next to the aisle. On the way back the noise level was good as people were only talking to the person besides them. I think that I showed the value of displaying all care values to the public as I made sure I was being polite to everyone around me.

Technology - Distinction Must Do #2

Technology -  Today the year 7/8's had technology. As Samara and I went to the radio room to put the flags out we realised that the teachers were taking a staff photo and the radio room was locked, so we waited in the hall foyer until the teachers came out. Before the teachers came out the 8:30 bell rang so we had to go back to class to make sure we weren't late for the bus. Once we got back we waited a while and then the teachers came and opened the doors so we could go inside and do the roll  and get ready. The teachers asked bus 2 to go and line up first. Afterwards they asked our bus (bus 1) to go and line up. Once we had walked over to the bus I managed to hop on as one of the first people and get a seat at the back of the bus. On the way there I sat next to the window and Samara sat next to the aisle. On the way there the noise level was very good as I could easily hear the person next to me and most people were whispering. On the way back I sat next to the window and Samara sat next to the aisle again. On the way back the noise level was good as people were only talking to the person besides them. I think that I showed the value of displaying all care values to the public as I made sure I was being polite to everyone around me.

Care - My progress so far

CARE My progress so far


The CARE award that I am working towards is my silver.


The one area of CARE that I am doing best in is excellence because the teachers always notice me trying to do my best.


The one area of CARE that I need to work harder in is active thinking because I don;t contribute to class and group discussions as much as I should.


To show my leadership qualities I am a role model to others in the CARE values by doing/showing these leadership traits - Resilience, trustworthy and motivational.


On the CARE SOLO matrix below I am at this SOLO level extended abstract because I can constantly show my care values and role model how to use them to younger students.


Prestructural

Unistructural

Multistructural

Relational

Extended Abstract
I am not aware of the CARE values yet.
I know what the CARE values mean.

I need help to use them.
I can use the CARE values.


I need reminding to use them.
I can use the CARE values independently.
I can use the CARE values independently.

I can role model to others how to use the CARE values.

Wednesday 31 August 2016

I can apply my knowledge of adverbial clauses and connectives to see how ideas are linked in texts.

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I can apply my knowledge of adverbial clauses and connectives to see how ideas are linked in texts.

For reading I have been learning about adverbial clauses. I have found this learning challenging because I have had to think hard about how to do this and use the internet to help me figure this out.

In this activity (link to adverbial clause activity), I had to change and add to sentences to show that I understand how to use adverbial clauses.

The Water Cycle

The Water Cycle is a process that water goes through between land, sea and atmosphere. The water will continually change state throughout this cycle, the three changes of state are liquid, gas and a solid. The water is always getting recycled throughout this process as it keeps getting reused as it goes around the cycle continually. The four steps in the water cycle include: evaporation, condensation, precipitation and groundwater/runoff.


Evaporation
One of the steps in the water cycle is evaporation; evaporation is when the sun heats up the oceans and the ocean gets so hot that it evaporates and turns into a gas, this gas is called water vapour. Evaporation is an invisible process which changes liquid into a gas (also known as water vapour). Once this has happened the sun draws the water vapour up to the sky and then becomes a cloud (condensation). On hot days the chance of evaporation is greater as the sun is brighter and has a better chance of breaking the water molecules up which then evaporates. Water vapour is also known as humidity. In warm places there is a lot of humidity as the chance of heating the water is greater. The step after evaporation is condensation as once the water has evaporated it turns into a cloud, this cloud is called condensation.


Condensation/Precipitation
Condensation/precipitation is when water vapour forms into a cloud and then falls in many different ways and becomes part of runoff. Once the water has evaporated it floats up to the sky and then the gas forms a cloud, which is called condensation. Condensation happens because of the temperature. As warmer air contains a lot of water vapour whilst colder air contains less water vapour. Once a cloud has gathered as much water vapour as it can it has to release it somehow the cloud releases this gas by changing state the state that it changes to is a liquid. The cloud can release this water in four different ways! Rain, hail, snow and sleet. Once this water has fallen it all ends up in one place this place is called runoff.


Runoff/Groundwater
Runoff/Ground-water is when water runs off the land surface by going through rivers and ending up in lakes/oceans. This water is usually nothing more than water you use to drink. Most runoff flows downhill (due to gravity). This water will eventually come to an end by reaching a lake/ocean, and then goes through this process again. The water that doesn't go into runoff soaks into the ground and becomes part of our groundwater. There are two stages of groundwater, the first stage is water storage and the second stage is groundwater flow. Once the water has soaked into the ground it becomes part of water storage and then becomes part of groundwater flow this water will eventually flow out towards the lakes/oceans which will then go through this process again.


Overall there are four main steps of the water cycle. During the water cycle the water is continually recycled as it goes through each step of the cycle. There are three main states of the water during the water cycle; liquid, solid and a gas. The water cycle is very a very important and crucial process for the world's survival.

Reason with linear proportions

WALT: - Order fractions with unlike denominators by finding a common denominator
I have been learning to work with fractions that have unlike denominators. Here are 3 screenshots to show my new understanding:








My next step is: to use prime numbers, common factors and multiples, and powers (including square roots).

Monday 29 August 2016

Kapa Haka - Excellence Can Do #20

Kapa Haka - On Friday the year 4 - 8 students had kapa haka. Once the year 7/8 students had been released from class I grabbed my poi on the way out and started walking over to the hall foyer. Once I got to the hall foyer I took my shoes off and sat them down on a seat. After this I walked into the hall and saw that we were sitting in our lines for hareruia once I had seen this I went and sat down with them. Once I sat down matua said that we should start singing he honore so we could warm up. After this Mr Brown anounced that we were going to be performaning to an audience. The group that came to watch was the year 4/5 and 6's. Once we had performed our whole routine to them the gave us some feedback. Most of them said things that they liked about our routine, but the teachers gave us some feedback on how we could improve. After this another group came in and watched us perform. They gave us some more feedback, they told us what they liked about our routine and then left so that we had time to practise our routine as this is our last practise. We practised our whole routine a few times and then had a talk about whats going to happen on the night of Cultral Festival. I think that I showed the care value of excellence as I never gave up the whole time throughout our performance to the year 4/5/6's.