Yesterday at morning tea, I did my Peer Mediation duties with Hailey. It was raining a little bit, so when we put our vests on, we kept our jackets on underneath which we don't usually do, but it was really cold!
The field was shut so we didn't have as much ground to cover, but we still went around all the parts of the school that was open, including the Kakano team's part of the school, but they all stayed inside so there were no problems there at all!
It looked like almost everyone in the school stayed inside beside our class and one of the others! So there were no problems at all which was awesome!
I think that the CARE value I showed most was Active Thinking, because for once I remembered to wear the lanyard, and I think I showed leadership by making sure to do my duty, and on such a cold day when I would much rather be doing something else.
:)
Friday, 18 November 2016
Thursday, 20 October 2016
Parliament (NZ Identity)
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 are NZ parliament are:
- That the prime minister sits in the fourth seat on the right of Mr.Speaker
- That Mr.Speaker can throw out anyone, including the prime minister.
- That dictatorship is a really bad way to run a country as you are restricting people’s rights to be themselves.
Here is the link to my compare and contrast map explaining the difference between democracy and dictatorship.
Friday, 16 September 2016
Koru Games
The activity I did was football
Two highlights were being goalie because that is my best position and having good weather because who wants to do sport in the rain?
I am proud of my team because we really came together and we had a great time.
Some advice for next years year sevens would be that even when you feel like giving up, carry on and you might surprise yourself, and remember to wear shinpads!
Tuesday, 6 September 2016
CARE - My Progress So Far
CARE: My progress so far
The CARE award that I am working towards is bronze.
The one area of CARE that I am doing best in is Active Thinking because I have the most ticks in that row.
The one area of CARE that I need to work harder in is Community because I haven't really done much work in that row.
To show my leadership qualities I am a role model to others in the CARE values by doing/showing these leadership traits blogging about leadership and showing the care values.
On the CARE SOLO matrix below I am at this SOLO level: Extended Abstract
Because I can use the care values well without being reminded and can role model them to younger students.
Prestructural
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Unistructural
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Multistructural
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Relational
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Extended Abstract
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I am not aware of the CARE values yet.
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I know what the CARE values mean.
I need help to use them.
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I can use the CARE values.
I need reminding to use them.
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I can use the CARE values independently.
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I can use the CARE values independently.
I can role model to others how to use the CARE values.
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Friday, 2 September 2016
Thursday, 1 September 2016
Information Report - The Water Cycle
The water cycle is a process in which water gets cleaned and ready for drinking, and other uses. Today, you will be reading about this cycle and learning about condensation, evaporation, precipitation, and runoff/groundwater, and what they mean and do in this cycle.
Evaporation is one of the steps in the water cycle, as is condensation, which follows right after evaporation! When heated up by the sun, the water in the seas, rivers, lakes etc. will start steaming. As you should know, steam heads up, therefore, when it ends up in the sky, that is the evaporation part in this cycle completed (but remember, it does not just happen to water once. It has been happening to the water on Earth since the big bang). The tiny water droplets in the steam then start clinging to each other, and tiny specks of dust. This is called condensation, and that therefore makes clouds. Once these drops get big and heavy enough, they start falling due to gravity, This is called precipitation.
Precipitation is where the water droplets get to a stage where they get too heavy for gravity to ignore and it starts to rain, sleet, snows, etc. and annoys sports players who were meant to be having a match that day. Speaking of snow, actually, the snow on mountains, what happens to it when it malts? Where does it all go? Lets find out!
Runoff and groundwater are linked. One cannot happen without the other. When the snow melts on mountains and sometimes even hills, the aqua has to go somewhere, so it create or go into the pre-existing waterfalls, and then goes through a process in which the earth cleanses the water with stones, ready to drink. Or, it seeps underground and gets cleaned down underground, that is mainly what we use for drinking. Both of these can happen to the same piece of water. This entire cycle goes on and on, all the time! Evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and runoff/groundwater! And that is the water cycle
Evaporation is one of the steps in the water cycle, as is condensation, which follows right after evaporation! When heated up by the sun, the water in the seas, rivers, lakes etc. will start steaming. As you should know, steam heads up, therefore, when it ends up in the sky, that is the evaporation part in this cycle completed (but remember, it does not just happen to water once. It has been happening to the water on Earth since the big bang). The tiny water droplets in the steam then start clinging to each other, and tiny specks of dust. This is called condensation, and that therefore makes clouds. Once these drops get big and heavy enough, they start falling due to gravity, This is called precipitation.
Precipitation is where the water droplets get to a stage where they get too heavy for gravity to ignore and it starts to rain, sleet, snows, etc. and annoys sports players who were meant to be having a match that day. Speaking of snow, actually, the snow on mountains, what happens to it when it malts? Where does it all go? Lets find out!
Runoff and groundwater are linked. One cannot happen without the other. When the snow melts on mountains and sometimes even hills, the aqua has to go somewhere, so it create or go into the pre-existing waterfalls, and then goes through a process in which the earth cleanses the water with stones, ready to drink. Or, it seeps underground and gets cleaned down underground, that is mainly what we use for drinking. Both of these can happen to the same piece of water. This entire cycle goes on and on, all the time! Evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and runoff/groundwater! And that is the water cycle
Friday, 29 July 2016
3D learning
link
We had to do this to prepare ourselves for Te Hapua, next Friday. There we will be learning about 3D printing and doing some 3D printing ourselves, such as keyrings and helicopters!
We had to do this to prepare ourselves for Te Hapua, next Friday. There we will be learning about 3D printing and doing some 3D printing ourselves, such as keyrings and helicopters!
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