blogger week 11

Expectations and Values - What are they good for?

1. What are expectations and values? Use a dictionary to define each word.

expectation means a strong belief that something will

happen or be the case and values means the regard that something

is held to deserve the importance,worth or usefulness of something

2. Why do we have expectations and values in our classroom, school and community?

so that everyone can be the best that they can be and there wont be

issues with bullying etc.

3. What are some of the expectations in your classroom?

everyone has to respect each other and do there work with maximum effort.

4. How do your classroom expectations influence your learning?

it influences me because i do my best work so i don't get told off.

5. What would your classroom be like if you had no expectations and you could
do whatever you wanted?

No work would ever be completed.

6. If you could make an expectation for your class what would it be and why?

For people not to tease each other because when people do it they

think its funny but its not.

7. What are your school values? How are they displayed in your classroom and at your
school? Respect excellence and perseverance we display them by respecting each other
trying our best and never giving up.

8. How do you get recognised for displaying your school values?

by the teachers, they give us rep cards.

9. How do you think your school values link to your learning in your classroom?

they link good because everyone shows rep to get rep cards.

10. What are your family values and why are they important? If you don't have any come
up with some - what would be important values in your family and why?

In my family our values are to be kind to each other it

is important to me because i don't like seeing my family

angry or sad.

Mahi Time Letter

01.09.1981

Cabinet Office

Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet

Parliament Buildings

Wellington

Dear Robert  Muldoon,

I’m writing this because I want you to stop the springbok tour.

I have been reading the news papers and seen some things about brutal protesters in Auckland and wellington, By the New Zealand police force. I really think it needs to stop.

My other reason why I think the tour should stop is because there is way to much racism in South Africa. By us versing them in rugby shows that we support them. Maybe South Africa is to afraid to versus people of colour.

Can you please stop the tour immediately, for the best of our country.

Sincerely, Emma.

blogger prompt week 9

his week is all about ‘not giving up’.  

We are almost at the end of term one and we thought this was the perfect time to chat about what to do when things get hard!

Watch the videos before answering the prompts. They may help develop your thinking around having the ‘courage to continue’.

 

1. "Failures open the doors to success!" Tell us about a time when you failed with something? One at Gymnastics i was doing a back walkover on the beam then my foot slipped and i fell, i split the beam ( splitting the beam is when your legs go on each side of the beam and you hit your privates ) from that i fell to the ground and scraped off half my butt.

2. Tell us about a time when you had success? What did you do to achieve success?

I won a Gymnastics competition. I had to work really hard at gym to get my routines perfect.

3. We are responsible for our own success and learning. Do you agree or disagree and why? I agree because if we don't try hard at things we wont do well and we are responsible for that.

4. What is a challenge you have faced this year? Explain what happened.

Getting my standing back tuck, I didn't give up and after 3 weeks i got it.

5. There's no such thing as an overnight success. What does this mean? Do you agree and why? I think this means that success takes time and it doesn't happen fast. I agree

6. Why do we give up? What can we do to avoid giving up in the future? Who can help us?

We give up because we think things are to hard, to avoid giving up in the future we could try to think more positively, people we look up to eg Olympians because we never see them give up.

7. "If you do what is easy, your life will be hard." What is this trying to tell us?

if you do easy stuff you will never progress.

8. Inner confidence and self-belief are the keys to success. Do you agree or disagree and why? i agree because you have to have confidence in your self to achieve success

9. Who is responsible for your success? ME.

week 9 blogger prompt

How Well Do We Know Our Teachers?

This week is get to know your teacher time? As teachers we get to know a lot about
our students, their families, their hobbies, likes/dislikes etc.

How well do you know your teacher?

This may require a bit of work. You may need to ask your teacher some of these
questions to find out.

1. What schools did your teacher go to when they were growing up?

St Clair primary, Tahuna Intermediate and Otago boys high.

2. What is your favourite thing about your teacher and why is that important
to you? My favourite thing about Mr Foster is that he is super kind and he takes

us out for a lot of PE. It is important because it helps us to prepare for sporting activities.


3. What does your teacher enjoy doing when they are away from school?

Going to the beach and spending time with friends and family.

4. What made them want to be a teacher?

Because he did

5. What is it about your school that your teacher likes the most?

All the friendly students and teachers.

6. Why are you his/her favourite students?

I don't think i am his favourite student.

7. If your teacher could do another job what would it be and why?

Own his own business so he could be his own boss

8. What do you think your teacher would be great at if they were not a teacher?

I think he would be a good sports coach.

9. Why do you think it is important that you get to know your teacher?

I think it is important to get to know my teacher so i know what makes him grumpy.

10. If you were your teacher what would you do differently to make your
classroom better? I would get to know all the children better.

Blogger Prompt week 7

NZ Census

Roll call! This year is a Census year. A census is a big question form that gathers lots of information about all the people in New Zealand. The census only happens every 5 years. It is a snapshot of the New Zealand population on one night every five years and is compulsory to complete.

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Here are the questions for this week:

Q1: What is your favourite subject at school and why?

PE because I like sport and exercise.

Q2: Do you have any pets? What are they and what are their names? If you don't have a pet what pet would you have if you did?

I have 6 pets, 1 cat called Missy.She is the fattest cat EVER. I also have 5 fish called bell , Jeremy, Sparkles, bubbles and goldey.

Q3: What are some of your favourite foods?

 Ice Cream, Lollies, Avocado and much more.  

Q4: What is your favourite sport? What do you like about it?

Gymnastics because you get to flip around and keep fit.

Q5: What is your favourite hobby?

Horse riding.

Q6: Who do you live with?

My mum, Dad, brother and cat.

Q7: What is your ethnicity?

English / European and Scottish.

Q8: The Census video talks about finding out if there are enough parks. Do you have a park in your suburb? Do you think your suburb needs a park or a better park? What would make it better?

In my suburb I have the elephant park. It would be better if it had a tumble track.

Q9: Why do you think the government does a Census every 5 years?

So they can see the population of New Zealand.

blogger prompt week 6 term 1

Weekly Blogger Prompt

How Are You Going To Be More Awesome In 2018?

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Q1. How are you going to be more awesome in your learning
this year? I am going to focus more and try to write neater

Q2. What is one thing you will do to make this year great? try

to finish my work in time so i can have more free time

Q3. What are you looking forward to most this year and why?

All of the sport eg: Cross country, swimming and athletics

Q4. Describe your current learning environment. Positive and friendly

Q5. What do you need to work on this year? What are your goals?
How are you going to achieve them?

I'm going to try do my work neater and i will achieve that

by not rushing to finish

Q6. What are the things that drive your learning? When we get

rewards if we complete our work to a high standard

What are the things that block your learning? Getting distracted

by my friends

Q7. Kid President said, "Life is School, you gotta show up."
What does this mean to you as a learner? if you don't

go to school you will never learn.

Q8. What would you like to learn about this year?

animals or gymnastics

Q9. Reflecting on your learning last year, what piece of advice would you have given yourself? Not to rush things and complete them to a higher standard

week 9 blogger

Q1.  What do you use the internet for most? What's the first site that you go?  Instagram .

Q2.  How can we encourage more children to learn to code? Will you get involved in the #hourofcode?  By doing coding in class and i am not doing hour of code

Q3.  Who teaches you about staying safe online? My mum and Mr foster.

Q4.  What are the best ways for learning about online safety? Asking your mum to teach you about it.

Q5.  What is a digital footprint and why are they important? Watch this video to help with your answer. the information about a particular person that exists on the Internet as a result of their online activity. 

Q6.  What are some important things to consider when taking part in Blogger?  That others can look at your page so dont do anything offensive or stupid.

Q7.  Should schools be using social media in the classroom and why? Yes because it can help people learn.

Q8.  How do we know which websites and people to trust online? by looking at more then one webiste and making sure they all have the same answers.

Q9.  Does anyone know any website/resources or Apps to share about Cyber safety? No

Q10.  Do you have any tips or advice for Miss Mordue and Miss Bull when we are teaching cyber safety to the new Year 7's ? I dont know