Term 1 [blog post 1] 2017

Technology 

Every Thursday the year 7/8 go to Lincoln primary school to do technology.
I am in Food tech today in food tech we made our own cupcakes I had a great
time making them.

On the way to technology I was only talking to the person next to me.I was showing the Care
values by saying thank-you to the bus driver and not talking loudly.On the way back I was only
talking to the person next to me.

I had a great time at technology and I can't wait until next time!   

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 favorite topic was...The red zone regeneration plan because…it was fun reading and learning about it.

Here Regeneration Plan on the Red Zone and Avon River Regeneration Plan.

The Reading National Standards I have achieved are

• Year 7 and 8
• Identifying and resolving issues that come from competing information in texts
  gathering, evaluating, and synthesising information across a small range of texts
• I can use appropriate skills and technologies to find and use a range of texts for specific purposes.

Term 1 Novel Study

Term 1 Novel Study

This term I have been reading and studying the novel …Abandon Ship

I found this novel (interesting)  because…I like reading about events that have happen in the past and I like reading books that have a good tittle.

During the novel I had to complete two major assessment tasks. The first is an Explain Map which shows the consequences of a major event in the book. The second was a Describe++ Map (Inference map) which shows I how I have connected prior knowledge and other experiences to what I have been reading to make an inference.

• Link to Explain Map Explain Map
• Link to Inference Map Inference Map

National Standard this covers

• Year 7/8  Standard
• using several pieces of information to make inferences
  using their prior knowledge, along with information in the text, to interpret abstract ideas, complex plots, and sophisticated themes
• I can use a range of strategies, such as inferring, to work out more complex words.

Leadership Article

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.

What makes a good Peer Mediator

My key leadership role is peer mediator.Each week I go around the school with two other people.We see if there are any problems. Leadership is a skill of being a role model to others.

The 6 traits of an effective leader are:Integrity,Trust-Worthy,Resilient,Goal Focused,Active-Thinker and motivational.

One of the leadership trait's for an effective leader is Integrity because being Integrity means that you are being honest and fair. A leader who has shown Integrity is...Richie Mccaw he has showed Integrity when he was playing the rugby games.This leadership trait is Important to my leadership role because when you do peer mediator you can not take sides.It is important that you show...Active-Thinker.

Games with minimal or no equipment.

In PE we have been participating in a variety of games that require little or no equipment.

Below is the Matrix which shows our progression in this unit of learning.

The table below shows my understanding of games with minimal or no equipment.

(Fill this table in, in as much detail as possible. )

Examples of Games that need minimal or no equipment.	What equipment would we usually need to play these games.	Why do we play games with minimal or no equipment?
Tag games drip drip drop hunger games capture the flag relays invisible touch	For capture the flag you would need cones and flags for drip drip drop you would need a water bottle for invisible touch you wold need some cones for tag games you would need cones for the other games you don't need that much equipment	If we had a short time to play a game you would want something quick to start playing It is good to play games that don't have that much equipment so you don't have to put that much away so you can get stuck in the game so you get to play it for longer So you can get the rules over and done with so you are not wasting game time

My Strengths.  

Some things that I have done well during this unit of learning are…Getting involved in games .because...If it is game a game that I would not like that much I would still play it.

My Next Steps.

Some things I could improve on when playing games with minimal or no equipment are…getting to know where the game space is so I wont pass it  Because ... Sometimes I go out of the game place

Anzac Day blog post

Treaty of waitangi

Here is a link of my modelling book link
Here is a link of the follow up we did link
Here is a link of the activity link

The two things I found interesting were
- The thing that I interesting was learning about the different treaty's
-The other thing that I found interesting that there was more than one treaty

The thing that I would like to find more about is how long did it take for all the people to sign the treaty?