leadership meeting - excellence blog post 4

On Wednesday all the leaders had a meeting. Our first topic to discuss was the artwork that we are doing on the chorus box. The other thing that we talked about was how far along everyone was in achieving their merit badges. I showed the care value of active thinking by putting forward lots of good ideas. I showed the learner quality of collaborating.

leadership meeting - excellence blog post 3

On Tuesday we had a leadership meeting about the chorus box. In the meeting we discussed who was going to go down on what day and do what. I am going next week to do some of the designing. In the meeting I showed the care value of excellence by showing my best. I also showed the learner quality of communicating by putting forward my ideas.

Tech - excellence blog post 2

Last Thursday we took the bus to Lincoln for technology. On the bus ride I showed the respect value by talking quietly to the people around me and not screaming over everyone. I showed the learner quality of empathy by thinking of others and not talking loudly. at tech I am doing science, in class we did robotics. we had to program and then test them.

Wellington - Excellence blog post 1

On the 14th of November the year 8's went to Wellington. While I was there I showed the care value of Respect by respecting the public in the mornings when they were trying to get to work. I also respected the people in parliament by talking quietly and not screaming.

Treaty Of Waitangi

Letter Writing

In Writing we have been learning to: Write a formal letter.

We have followed the writing process and have planned and drafted a formal letter.

Here is a link to our online Modelling book.

This shows the process that we have followed.

Here is the letter that I have written

Here is my reflection on the letter writing that we have done.

One thing that I found challenging about writing formal letters was setting out the paragraphs and writing in a formal way.

My next step is: look for more opportunities to put my letter writing knowledge into practice in the future.

WW1 slide

Koru Games Reflection

In the Koru Games the sport I competed in was volleyball

Our team won 6th place out of 24 teams

I found the experience to be really fun and interesting because i got to meet new people and play a new sport

In terms of working with Individuals and Groups; my solo level is extended abstract because I feel we did really good and whenever one of the teachers gave us advice we took it

For Teamwork; my solo level is relational because we all took on our own responsibilities on the court

Individuals and groups	I need help to work in a group (with teachers or other students	I can work in a group with my friends.	I can work in a group with anyone in my  year level or team	I can respond positively to the needs of others	I can reflect on how well I work with the group and seek feedback on how I can improve
Teamwork	I need help to interact with others. I need help to participate in a team.	I can interact with others one to one. I can participate in a team.	I can interact with others in a small group. I can participate and take responsibility in a team.	I can participate and take responsibility in a team and explain my choices in terms of team outcomes.	I can participate in creating healthy teams by taking responsibility and critical action.

Reading - Evaluate Author's Purpose

In reading we have been learning to….evaluate writer's purposes and consider how they have used structure and language to suit these purposes. (e.g.  I can make decisions about why the writer has written a piece of writing and how they have used particular structures and words to meet their purpose.)

Here is a link to our online modelling book

We have been evaluating how well an author has achieved their purpose based on:

1. Specific Language choices made by authors.
2. Specific Structure choices made by authors.

These documents show evidence of my learning during this unit:

(link your own learning for each of these activities. Please make sure your sharing settings are open)

• Types of  Author's Purpose
• Explaining how writers use structure and language to meet their purpose.
• Evaluating Author's purpose 1
• Evaluating Author's purpose 2
• Evaluating Author's purpose 3

My Next Step: Is to continue to apply this new knowledge and evaluate texts as I read them, checking to see that the author is meeting their intended purpose.

Term 2 Book Reveiw

Castaway: 13 year old Sam Clark's parents died in a house fire. The book tells you his journey traveling on a ship to find his brother that works at sea. He makes new friends along the way. The ship wrecks on Disappointment Island. 15 of the 28 crew members survive; Sam being one of them. For 7 months they live on this Island eating Mollymawks and Seals. They make grass huts and fight for survival. After 7 months of living on this miserable island they are rescued by a science expedition.

I would recommend this to someone who enjoys reading about history. Its a hard book to get into but its an interesting journey.

In about week 7 of term 2 we had a leadership meeting on what we had to do to keep our positions. by the end of the term we had to have 9 blog posts. if you had 6 by the end of week 8 you got to contribute in a shared lunch.

Leaders day out

Mr Ladbrook organised for us to go to the city council for the day. we took the public but to the hospital and walked to the council building. While we were there we found out what the city council does in our community. We then split off into groups and went with a council member the learn about their role. After learning about the city council we went out for lunch then took the bus home.

Leadership meeting

We discussed something that we could do in the community. We decided to paint one of the electric green power boxes to prevent someone tagging it. We haven't taken action on this project yet but hope to in the near future.

Term 2 Novel Study

This term I have been reading and studying the novel Castaway

I found this novel okay because it's not the type of book I like to read.

During the novel I had to complete a thinking map which shows that I can classify how the author has shown the theme of the book.

• Classify Map

National Standard this covers

• Year 9/10 Standard

• I can locate, evaluate, analyse and summarize information and ideas within texts and across a range of texts.
• I have a large vocabulary that is connected to my own knowledge about the world and includes: - academic e.g observe vs watch - subject-specific (specific words about a subject (e.g feline) - technical terms (specialised vocabulary of a particular field.)

Overall I would give this novel a rating of  6/10 and I would / would not recommend it to others to read because some people like to read books about history and I think they would like it.

Music Term 2

For Music this term, three things I learnt were:

1. How to rap

2. New Zealand and world artist's

3. How to write a rap

Something I found challenging was writing my rap about school because I couldn't think of any good rhyming words.

home learning challenge (R8)

Pasta is a traditional Italian cuisine. We made tortellini pasta. Tortellini are typically stuffed with a mix of meat or cheese and originally from Italian region of Emilia. In Italy they are usually served in a broth but at our house we like having it with a creamy sauce.
It is a simple meal to make as you need to just boil the pasta until cooked, add what ever you want to have with it and mix and finally add the sauce.

home learning challenge (E4)

Family Holiday

Where to: Fiji

2 adults, 3 kids

Our budget: $7,000

Flights: $250 per person one way - 

Total: $2,500

Accommodation: $334 for family per night -

Total: $2,338

Taxis + buses: $300

Spending money: $200 per day

Total: $1,400

Our total= $6,538

Which leave us $462 extra for souvenirs 

home learning challenge (C1)

 Prepare an itinerary for a tourist visiting Christchurch.

9:00 am- Enjoy the ride on the Gondola

11:30 am- Drive or catch the bus to the botanic gardens.

12:00 pm- Arrive at the botanic gardens. Find a nice spot to sit and have a picnic.

1:00 pm- After lunch have a walk in the gardens and look at the old trees and pretty flowers.

3:00 pm- Christchurch Museum is in walking distance from the park and has lots of cool old things to look at and lots of interesting things too.

4:00 pm- Go to Willowbank wildlife reserve and have a look at some of NZ's native animals and birds, feed the birds, feed the farm animals and check out the great walkways.

6:00 pm: Home for dinner.

Student Led Conference Slide

Careers Education C.V. Writing

In CAREERS EDUCATION we have been learning to write a skills based Curriculum Vitae.

A skills based C.V. focuses more on the skills that we have,  rather than our work history.

Here is a link to our online Modelling Book that shows the process we have followed.

Three things that I have learned about writing a Curriculum Vitae are:

1. not to make it too long.
2.  using bullet points instead of sentences.

3. be strict with your punctuation.

Here is a link to my Skills based Curriculum Vitae.

Maths WALT: Reason with linear proportions

WALT: Reason with linear proportions

I have been learning 3 WALTS

Write the answers the problems here (and show your working).

1A. 300 divided by 5= 60

60 times 2 = 120

120MLs of mango juice

1B. Pineapple punch because there's only 3 parts to it and 5 parts to the hawaiian one

1C. 250ML

2. 300 divided into 4 = 75

1 part coconut milk=75ML

2 parts mango=150ML

1 part orange=75ML

3A. Tiny: 100MLs

Hawaiian:

30ML orange

60ML pineapple

60ML mango

3B. Giant: 1.5 L

Tropical:

375ML coconut milk

750ML mango

375ML orange

Winter sport (9th June)

On Friday the 9th of June we took the year 5/6's to winter sport. Mr Forman and I took the rugby team to Hagley park. We played Waitakiri. I had helped out there by warming up the team and rolling subs.

Winter sport (2nd June)

On Friday the 2nd of  June we took the year 5/6's to winter sport. Mr Forman and I took the rugby team to Hagley park. We played Fendalton. I had helped out there by warming up the team and rolling subs.

Winter sport (25th may)

On Friday the 25th of may we took the year 5/6's to winter sport. Mr Forman and I took the rugby team to Hagley park. We played Hoon Hay. I had helped out there by warming up the team and rolling subs.

Home learning challenge (E9)

Sir Edmund Hillary
Sir Edmund Hillary was born in Auckland New Zealand in July 1919. He was a famous mountaineer in New Zealand. In 1953 he went Nepal and set up base camp on the bottom of Mt Everest. Him and several other mountaineers with their Sherpa's, Sir Ed's Sherpa was Tenzing. They set out on 28th of May, their Sherpa's carried 15KG packs to the summit of Mt Everest.

They only spent 15 minutes on the top. Once at the bottom the Queen gave him the coronation medal and knighted him.

Hillary climbed 10 other peaks in the Himalayas and reached the south pole on a trans-antarctic expedition his group was the first to reach the pole using motor vehicles.

In 2008 he died at the age of 88

helping out around the school merit blog post 14

On Wednesday I was in the library looking at some books. As I was looking around there were some boys being a bit loud. I asked them if they could quite down to make things a bit easier for the librarians because they were busy with other people.

tech merit blog post 13

On Thursday we went to tech at Lincoln Primary. We made creamy chicken pasta and fried rice. While I was there I showed community by getting involved in my group.

Helping others merit blog post 12

On Thursday my friends and I were walking around at lunch time, a year 1 came up to us a little upset. She didn't have anyone to play with. We let her play with us. By doing that i showed the value of community by letting her join in with what we were doing.

tech merit blog post 11

On Thursday we went to tech at Lincoln Primary. We made cupcakes. We got to choose what we put in them my group put berries and chocolate chips. While I was there I respected the teacher by listening to her instructions so the recipe was correct.

home learning challenge (A2)

I made my family cards to last the rest of the year.  I made birthday cards and Christmas cards.

home learning challenge (C2)

On Saturday was my Grandad's birthday. I prepared 3 dishes for us all. We had a cheese platter, our main dish and desert

sharing merit blog post 10

At lunch on Friday my friends and I we passing around a couple of balls and this little kid wanted one. we gave it to them even though it meant we had to change our game. I showed the value of community by sharing equipment in the playground.

tech merit blog post 9

On Thursday we went to tech at Lincoln Primary.we made banana bread and cheese scones. While I was there I respected the teacher by listening carefully to what she had to say so I was able to know what to do

probability learning

In Maths we have been learning to:

• compare and describe the variation between theoretical and experimental distributions in situations that involve elements of chance.

• calculate probabilities, using fractions, percentages, and ratios.

Here is a link to our online modelling book that supports this learning.

Here is some evidence of my learning.

My next step is to continue to apply my knowledge of statistics and probability in a variety of real world situations and contexts.

My Favorite Book Of Term 1

Dan Carters: The Auto Biography Of An All Blacks Legand
This book is about Dan Carters life from when he started playing rugby. He started playing rippa rugby and the age of four for Southbridge. As he got older his father surprised him with a rugby post in his back yard, it is still standing on broad street Southbridge. In 2003 Dan became one of the ABs (all blacks) He went out for parties a lot and got himself into trouble quite a lot including in other countries.

Run Bike Run merit blog post 8

On march 8th we had Kauri Run Bike Run. As sports Co-ordinator this was a big job. I had to help set up where the bikes we going and where the games were held. While the races were going on I showed active thinking by looking for ways to help without being asked.

Tech merit blog post 7

On Thursday we went to tech at Lincoln Primary. We had our second week in cooking. We made cookies. While I was there I respected the teacher by listening carefully to what she had to say.

Current Events Term 1

Current Events Term 1

In Current Events I covered these topics:

• The design of the Halswell Skate Park and I made a submission to the council.
• Donald Trump’s Refugee Plan
• Christchurch Earth Memorial
• The new Ngā Puna Wai Sports Facility
• The Red Zone and Avon River Regeneration Plan with a submission to the council.

My favourite topic was the design of the Halswell skate park because we got to send a submission of what we want in the skate park

Here is a link to my learning on the Red Zone and Avon River Regeneration Plan.

The Reading National Standards I have achieved are

• Year 9/10
• As I read I can make decisions about the usefulness of the text for the purpose - Eg: by using a variety of criteria to evaluate
  

visual language assesmant rask

home learning challenge (A3)

research different photography skills and show 20 photos showing you know how to use them.
black and white:












Focusing:

   











color:

movement:

wearing my hat Merit blog post 6

today when we got back from tech, It was lunchtime. we had to quickly eat our food and go play. I finished my food and went onto the field. Even though I wasn't doing much I made sure I wore my hat because the younger kids look up to us. By wearing my hat I was being an active thinker by wearing my hat without being asked.

bus to tech Merit blog post 5

today we had tech, I 'm still working on the model rugby field. The bus ride was great, we were quite and only talking to the person next to us. while I was on the bus I was showing the leadership value of respect by letting the bus driver concentrate for our safety.

home learning challenge (C6)

Over the weekend I decided to clean out my draws and give them to someone in need. I filled up a bag of clothes to give away.

bus to tech merit blog post 4

Yesterday on the bus to tech i was showing the leadership trait of respect by only talking to the person next to me. While I was there i carried on with my project. I am making a rugby feild model.

leadership article writing

In writing I have been learning to:

• use all basic punctuation independently
• attempt more complex punctuation (eg semicolons, colons, parentheses)

I have been especially focusing on using parentheses and commas. I have highlighted these in green where I have used them as well as other punctuation that I changed because it was used incorrectly. Here is a piece of my writing that shows this.

Integrity means you are being fair and honest. Faio'o Fa'amusili (the black ferns captain) has shown integrity by being fair with her team and being honest when it comes to what went wrong and right. In my leadership role, as sports co-ordinator, it's important to show integrity if something happens to the sports gear. I will show integrity by being honest with Mr Forman and fair if I ever have to ref a game