Year Recap of School 2k18

Year Recap of School 2k18!

WALT: Reflect on 2k18!

I have created a presentation and a short little summary about 2k18! Here is the summary!

It was my first year of becoming apart of the Kia Manawanui syndicate and becoming one of the elder kids in the school. I was very excited to move on from my yr 6 journey  and into my new adventure as a year 7. Their were very high expectations in the KM syndicate but I knew I was ready to take on the challenge and become a new addition to the syndicate!

Over these terms I have now not only become a student leader and apart of the Tamaki band but I have taken part in creating the Manaiakalani movies, KM Talent Show, presenting for Manaiakalani, Athletics, going to Camp Raglan, Going to Rainbows End but the one thing I am really proud of is making new friends and creating more bonds with the students in the KM syndicate this year!

Here is the Presentation!

Now here are some Photos that Picture our classroom and expresses the vibes of our Class of 2018!

WALT: Freestyle write based off an image - An Average Trip to School

WALT: Freestyle write based off an image

Freestyle Writing! - An Average Trip to School

The wind rushed through her hair, as she descended the mountain at great speed. For most

children this would be an exhilarating, even terrifying experience. But for Lucy it was just an

ordinary journey to school.

Lucy’s house is far up the mountain top, the house everyone can see but never enters, some

people rumour thats where this old man had died while creating a brand new amusement park

for kids but he could only finish one design, his Zip Line, no one has yet had the initiative to

finish his amusement park for him.

Now since Lucy has been living in her house she has been going down that Zip Line to her

school. She could just walk, drive or even just ride her bike down to school but why would you

want to do all of those things when you could simply just zipline your way to school.

At first this used to be her least favourite part of the days because it would always mess up her

hair but she has just gotten used to it and has now just given up. She now just goes down this

zip line just like you would down a slide, now she is no longer afraid of roller coaster.

Since Lucy's house is very high above she usually ends up leaving around 7:40 then she usually

reaches ground after 2 minutes, and then it takes her about 5 minutes to walk to her school, so

that leads her to have 3 minutes to get ready for class before school starts at 8:00am.

Lucy goes to an ordinary school, with ordinary people, but yet she's so unordinary to everyone

at her school. Her school is quite similar to manaiakalani schools but instead of netbooks

everyone uses an Ipad which almost takes up all the space in Lucy's bag which also piles up

with her lunch and her sports gears she uses for her soccer team (Mighty Parrots). This makes

Lucy's bag really full and quite heavy but she just got used to it because she would just have to

wear her heavy bag down a long zipline. Its an average trip to school, with such a plot twist each day.

Writing Task - Persuasive Arguments

Persuasive arguments!

For writing we are learning about how to have a persuasive argument, or in other words a debate.

Ms. Aireen had casted a presentation with sentence starters so we could use those sentences starters for our debate! We had also had different statements that we had to agree or disagree on! The 3 statements we had were:
1.  10 year old kids should be aloud to drive?
2. Learning the Te Reo Maori Language should be compulsory for every student in NZ to learn?
3. There should be no school rules!

For the first statement I disagreed with this statement because...
I think that 10 year old kids are too young to be driving and that if 10 year old kids could barely ride a bike or are too immature there is no way that 10 year old kids should be behind a steering wheel of a car.

For the second statement I had disagreed, I have disagreed with this statement because...
it is known fact that the treaty of Waitangi had not been signed by just the Te Reo Maori culture but was also signed by the  culture of the British so gives NZ the rights of speaking English and Maori so that is why I think it should be compulsory for NZ to learn that speaking of a language.

For the last statement that was an obvious disagree because...
Kids shouldn't be able to control their actions that they show at school  without having no rules because from experience that I have been through I have noticed that kids tend to be more crazy and wild once a parent leaves so you can imagine the destruction caused if there were no rules. I disagree that there should be no school rules but I do feel that some school rules could change, for example; I think that the out of bounds rule should change and we should be able to walk to the shops during break time with a teacher to get lunch.

I hope you enjoyed my blog about the Persuasive arguments we had in the classroom.

Questions:
- Do you disagree or agree with these statements? (Why?)
-  Do you agree or disagree with my reasoning's?

Turning Old Into New - Reading Task!

Turning Old into New - Reading Task!

WALT: Analyse the Key Ideas of the text!

For reading we are learning to Analyse the main points/key ideas about the new text we are reading,

"Turning Old Into New".

This story is about how we recycle and how our rubbish is affecting our Earth. We have found out many new things for example,

Did you know that you can recycle gum into GUM-boots, phone covers and even just ordinary shoes.

For our tasks we have to answer some questions or tasks on the slides 10, 11 and 13. Here are 3 images of the questions and tasks I have to do!

Slide 10 Task:

 Slide 11 Questions!

 Slide 13 task!

We have to create a DLO (Digital Learning Object), such as a Presentation, Screencastify , Oral Video, Powtoon and etc. I have decided to create a Powtoon because I usually just present my work with a Google Drawing or Presentation, but I wanted to present my work in a new way! I am not yet ready to have finished my task but I know that I am getting closer and closer! I have only done my task on Slide 10 and now I am starting on my Slide 11 task! 

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Something I have enjoyed about this task was learning more about where our waste goes and reading about our environment and how our mess can cause so much damage.

What I found challenging about this task was trying to stay focused because I would like to get this DLO/ Powtoon over and Done!

I am really excited to see how my Powtoon turns out and I hope you are too! I hope you also enjoyed this blog and please comment what you think I can improve on!

Questions:

-  How can I stop you from littering?

- Did you learn anything new from this blog?

- Do you know any material that can be innovated?

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🌈Rainbows End Trip Reflection🌈

🌈Rainbows End Trip Reflection🌈

IALT: Reflect about my time at Rainbows End!

On Tuesday we went to rainbows and I was very excited because I LOVE Rainbows End and I was excited to go on all the rides with my friends. I was overflowing with excitement!

We were lining up at the Invader with my group Hevani, Grace, Stephney, Syraiah-lee, Lydia, Coralee, Carra, Fine and Ms. Ashley. We first decided to go onto the Invader. We were waiting with some of our other friends in other groups such as, Leilani, Kensington, Perenara, Arizona and Aletheia but unfortunately they didn't make it to hop on the ride with us because they were too late to join on when we were on. I was on the seat looking out and were ready to let loose for when we go spinning and up and down. The next ride we went on was the Rollercoaster because we wanted to try hop on before the lines got too packed, we all got to the Rollercoaster and I was excited and ready because in my opinion I don't really think that a rollercoaster is a scary ride. I liked going on the loop on the rollercoaster because you went upside down!

Fast forwarding to the next ride we went to the Log Flume and I can most definitely say that the Log Flume was the LONGEST LINE! It took for ages to get to the front of the line but sooner or later we were there. Since the maximum of the Long Flume was 3 it was Hevani, Stephney and I and Grace and Lydia in the other Log. I hadn't been on the Log Flume in a long time so I forgot how steep it is to go down the waterfall but I was ready to get scared and excited. There were many things in the caves like pirates, animals and Skeletons so it was very surprising. After the Log Flume we rushed straight forward to the Power Surge because as soon as we got in the line for the Log Flume the Power Surge opened up so we were determined to go there. When were waiting in line it took quite a while because everyone else saw that the Power Surge was opened so they rushed there too because I guess that ride is pretty popular. I was sitting with Stephney because why not? It was very funny watching other people reactions because I saw some people closing there eyes, calling for there mums name and some just laughing. I thought that the Power Surge was a lot of fun but I wouldn't put it onto my favourite. After the Power surge we just had a light snack but I just had a little bit of water and some candy-floss because I was very eager to hop onto the next ride.

We were FINALLY heading over to my FAVOURITE ride after morning tea and we want onto... THE STRATOSFEAR!!! The Stratosfear is my favourite ride because although I am petrified I know that I will be there with my friends and we will do this ride together! I decided to sit next to my friends and my cousin Syraiah-lee because I have not spent that much time with Syraiah-lee ever since we were in different classes so I thought this was the perfect opportunity to hang out with her more. Syraiah-lee and I went onto the Stratosfear and the Bumper Boats together because we were very excited to hang out together. I was not so happy with the Bumper Boats because not only did I get splashed and bumped by people but 2 people had splashed into me at the same time so water came to cover my whole body leading my uniform, hair, and body wet; I was soaking! After I dried off a bit we had gone to the Fearfall (The most scariest ride in my opinion), and while we were waiting in line we had seen some of the yr 8 and 6 boys go into the line so we decided to just hang out with them until as soon as we were about to go onto the Fear Fall Syraiah-lee went to the bathroom but I was already on the ride before I noticed, all I could think was;
"That sneaky girl!". We once again hopped onto the Stratosfear but still with the boys and Samson and I was really excited to see there reactions because I didn't know if they were going to be scared, brave or just laughing. In the end of the ride I had discovered that Demetrius was screaming, Toma was Screaming and Laughing and Samson was screaming.

I was so happy that I had the opportunity to go to Rainbows End for being a Student Leader and a patroller. Now I cannot wait to go next year with hopefully some new people who would like to take a bit of responsibility and be able to go to Rainbows End next year!
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Thank you for reading and I hoped you enjoyed this reflection on my day at Rainbows End and thank you for reading!

Questions:
- What's your favourite ride at Rainbows End?
- What's your least favourite ride at Rainbows End?
- What do you think the scariest ride at Rainbows End is?
- Have you ever been to an amusement park? Which one?

Fun(ny) facts:
- A parent had threw up after a ride a Rainbows End.
- A few days before going to Rainbows End the Rollercoaster got stuck.
- When you go upside down on the Stratosfear it feels like you stay upside down for at least 5 seconds!

- Kia Ora!

🚫Tech Cancelled (Except Hard Materials)🚫

🚫Tech Cancelled (Except Hard Materials)🚫

IALT: Talk about how technology is cancelled tomorrow

As you know tomorrow we usually have Technology but instead the teachers for Cooking and Graphics (Mrs. Ferguson and Ms. Tuipoluitoa) will be absent and will not be able to teach our classrooms (I'm in cooking so I won't have tech), fortunately the Hard Materials class will still have there lesson so they are able to finish the Pendant.

I am very sad that we will no longer be having technology tomorrow but at least we can hopefully finish uncompleted tasks tomorrow in the KM Classroom with Ms. Komor!

WALT: Evaluate the Key Ideas presented - Reading Task - Driving us into the Future

WALT: Evaluate the Key Ideas presented.
Reading Task - Driving us into the Future Presentation!

Malo lelei unicorns, aliens, viewers or who or whatever you are and welcome back to my blog!

This week we are now focusing on a new topic for reading; last week we were reading about a text called designed for good (That text was about industrial designers who are planning to create a brand new pest trap). Our new topic that we are reading/writing about is this text called, "Driving us into the Future". Driving us into the Future is a text about the differences, pro's and cons, and facts about Electrical and Fuel cars.

This was my Buddy, Hevani

We have created a presentation about the Pro's, Cons, Positives, Negatives, Facts and Questions about Electrical cars on the presentation!

For this presentation my buddy was Hevani and I thought we had worked really collaboratively well together as we were learning new facts and discussing our ideas!

Here is the Presentation Hevani and I created about the Positives, Negatives and Questions about Electric cars!
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Something I enjoyed about this task was finding out new things about Electrical and Fuelled powered cars because there are times where you would have to make decisions on which car to use so it was nice to hear about the pro's and cons for each car!

Something I found challenging about the task was debating and trying to convince Ms. Aireen as an example of our debating and evaluating skills because I was a bit nervous to stand up in class and show my opinion about whether or not Ms. Aireen would buy an electrical car theoretically.

My next steps are trying to find the answers to my questions but now I can interview one of the teachers (Ms. Gormly) who has an electric car and could hopefully ask her these questions!
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I hope you enjoyed this blog and please comment what you think I can improve on!

Questions:
- If you would have a car would it be a electric or fuelled power car?
- Do you agree or disagree with Ms. Aireen getting a Electric car? Why?
- What is something you learnt about Electric Cars from this Presentation?

- Kia ora!
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