My holidays so far.......

:) Hello fellow viewer,

At the moment my holidays have been doing very fine. To be honest it's not as fun as school but I do enjoy the fact that we get to have a break from homework :) (hehehe). Anyways, This holiday I have mostly just been talking to my friends online and preparing for our church annual White Sunday coming up the following week so to me their is really nothing big that we have been doing. That is pretty much what all I have done this past holiday and I think right now I am just trying to make the most of the holidays and getting back into school mood. 

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EXT ~ Treaty of Waitangi Game Design Process

Task Description: For the past few weeks the Year 7&8 Extension Students got to focus on making educational games that can help teach student about the Treaty of Waitangi. Keep in mind we don't actually get to make the games because we don't have time and were really busy. Our task was to come up with at least two games that would be successful.

On top of this task description is a presentation I have created a presentation showing what I have come up with. After a lot of thinking my two game designs were a kahoot quiz games and an online amazing race (treaty of waitangi theme). In the presentation you would see what game I chose out of the two and why I chose it. I hope you enjoy this presentation!

Attitude Talks ~ Friendships

This is Jannah talking about friendship myths

Today we had a amazing visitor named Jannah from Attitude. (For those who don't know) Attitude is a program where presenters visit different schools and talk about different health topics. This is mainly for Year 7&8's as at this particular year level children are starting to go through different stages with their bodies. The health topic that we mainly focused on was friendships.

To kick off, she gave us a introduction about her like her name Jannah means Gracious Gift! After her really funny introduction she started talking about girl girl relationships, guy guy relationships and guy girl relationships (if you know what I mean). We learned a lot of facts about and between these three types of friendships. Did you know that in girl girl relationships most of the time it's taken really seriously whereas in guy guy relationships they don't take it as serious as girls do. That is probably why you always see boys tackling each other randomly :)

During the talk we had we learnt about friendship myths and things in friendships that make things not work out as well. First let's talk about the friendship myths, for those who don't know what I mean friendship myths are like things that people well expect in a friendship. Jannah had a few friendship myths that she wanted to crack with our help by putting our hands up if we think it's true or down if we think it's false. After that, we looked at the main things that make friendships fall apart. Jannah said that Mean humour, Backstabbing, Smothering and more is mainly the causes for these fall outs.

To end the talk, Jannah gave us 6 hot tips when you want to create a friendship or if you are in one. I found some of the tips very interesting and helpful. It was a really fun time getting to know about friendships like this and instead of making it weird talking about it Jannah made it funny which was one of my favourite parts about it! I just want to say a big thank you to Jannah and attitude for their time and we hope to hear more from them.

Maths ~ Grappling with Graphs

WALT: extract information from a range of graphs

If you'd like to learn more about graphs too check this video about out!

Task Description: This week Room 4 Maths has been working on graphs. First we were given a brief introduction to graphs and we learnt about the different types of graphs in Maths and what type of graph is used for what and more. After that, we worked on our maths task online. This presentation is called grappling with graphs. In the presentation we chose what level we wanted to work at so I started with the basics. I read some of the questions and worked it out in my maths book. Once I've finished working it out I pasted the questions onto the presentation. This is my finished work!

🙏🏻 Take Care Christchurch 🙏🏻

Recently, there was an unexpected terrorist shooting that happened in Christchurch, New Zealand. I was a really sad yet darkest day in New Zealand. Before this incident happens innocent schools down in Christchurch took the time to comment on our blogs. There comments were really nice ones that made us all smile. Since this happened our classroom decided to write messages and prayers on a sticky note and hang it on our window just so they know that we still love and support them through this tough moment. God bless these people and we hope that we recover from this and move on! 

The "Key Words" Reflection ~ Mr Daniels CONTROL TECH

"Key Word" is a term that it used to identify the key points in a research. People like to use key words/points when they are trying to find out about something online. As an example you can use key words to search for let's say a footballer. In order to find a footballer you use quotation marks (optional), plus's and words that are accurate or describe a footballer (or something else you are trying to look for). Here is why we use these main elements:

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Quotation marks: A quotation mark is something like this ("). In our technology class we used it to help lower the searches but also it can also increase the number of hits. The number of hits and lower searchers sometimes changed when we played around with the quotation marks.

+ Plus's: When we use "Key Words" to search for the topic we want plus's are compulsory. Why? This is because when we identify what we want without the plus's the internet tends to think you are looking for something that relates to that one sentence you have written whereas you add plus's is helps you be more specific with it.

Words: You probably already know what the words are for but just to be specific if anyone doesn't get it. In order to search what your looking for you use words to describe it. Just like I said before if you want to look for a footballer you would use words like rich, famous, soccer ball etc.

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 Going back, if you were to search for a footballer than you would write "soccer ball + famous + rich + professional". I found a really good image of what I was looking for through this method. If you try this and it doesn't turn out the way you'd like it or expected then just keep adding on words and plus's just so that you are being more specific.

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In this task we also had a presentation that was called Who are you & Where are you going. This was a really interesting topic to work on as we got to look at what we wanted to do in our future. I did a lot of research about becoming a teacher and in one research I found that robots can take over all teachers career which is really scary. 

PRESENTATION WHO ARE YOU?

This is how many hits I found with quotes on each side

Footballer in action Research

Overall: In this particular class I learned a lot of shortcuts on a presentation. Most of the shortcuts we knew because we were very experienced learners as we started at a young age but, the other shortcuts that I found were very cool. Mostly I learned how to explore different things and stuff related to my search. If I were to use these skills again it would most probably be in college!

Explanation Writing ~ Where would you put your brand new TV… The Lounge or Bedroom?

WALT: We are learning to write using all parts of the 'Explanation Model' TIIC and SEE  

What would you choose?

Where would you put your brand new TV… The Lounge or Bedroom?

Ahhhhh….Nothing is better than just chilling out and watching some good television shows. Of course the lounge is the best place to put your TV! Some people would like it better watching TV in their bedroom but I’d prefer to watch it in the lounge. This is something that many people go on and on about. That’s why I’m going to be telling you different reasons why it’s better to put your TV in the lounge.

Placing your TV in the lounge is the best way to get together as a family and watch some great movies together. I find this very good because families all get a chance to sit together and have some family time. This is way better than being all squashed up in one room or even watching a movie all by yourself. Besides I’d rather watch a scary movie with my siblings or parents than getting a heart attack in my own room by myself!

In every movie we watch there always has to be delicious snacks/food to make the time more enjoyable. I mean, I can’t even survive a movie without having at least something to eat. Eating can sometimes be a huge mess during a movie and everything just goes wild. I think that it’s better to put your TV in the lounge because you can have great snacks and not worry about cleaning much hence you’re in a open area. It’s much better than cleaning your own bed full of food which is what everyone dreads!

Some people think that because your TV is in the lounge your won’t be as comfortable there than on a bed. Well, HELLO we have couch’s for a reason! What I’m trying to say is that we can also turn our couch’s into comfortable beds and make it just as good as your own bed. Don’t worry about the everyone fitting because it is a big space for the fam to enjoy.

Anyways, Those are my three reasons about why it’s better to place a TV in the lounge rather than your bedroom. Family time, lot’s of snacks/foods and comfortable space are what I’m talking about in a movie in the lounge. What would you choose?

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Task Description: For this weeks Literacy (writing) task we are focusing on parts of the 'Explanation Model'. As you you probably already know those are T.I.I.C and S.E.E. These help us know what were going to be writing and also it can help it make more sense. The writing is called Lounge or Bedroom. Mrs Tele'a has brought a brand new TV and she doesn't know whether to place it in her Lounge or Bedroom. It is our job to help explain to her which place would be the best fit following with three different reasons. I chose the Lounge followed by three reasons. This is my finishing work.