Sunday 26 March 2017

Home learning challenge C.1

Prepare an itinerary for a tourist visiting Christchurch

Leadership Merit getting involved Kapa Haka blogpost #4

On Friday kapa haka practised in the hall. We sang ka waiata and while everyone sang other songs Cormac and I practised the calls with Mr Brown. Then we went back in and sang a few songs. I have shown excellence by contributing to the wider school.

Wednesday 22 March 2017

Head boy leadership merit blog post #4

Today the heads and deputy's meet with Mr Ladbrook about running student council. We had watched a video about running a meeting and we learnt some strategies. I have shown active thinking by contributing to my group.

Monday 20 March 2017

Writing blog post

In writing I have been learning to use a wide range of punctuation appropriately and with increasing accuracy like . , ! ? “”
- colon :
- semi-colon ;
- hyphen -
- parentheses ( )
- brackets [ ]
- ellipses ...

I have been especially focusing on using parentheses and semi-colon. 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.


To be a good leader you need to be resilient. A great leader that is resilient is Brendon McCullum because he has played 100 consecutive test matches ; he has captained the Blackcaps through many hard tours and series and he never gave up. As my role as Head Boy I need to be resilient because if some things are hard I need to not give up and keep trying. I will be resilient by keep trying and not giving up. Another way to be a good leader is being a good active thinker.

Being a good activer thinker means that you are able to problem solve. Bill gates is a great leader because he is a great active thinker. He thought of new ideas and products.(He is one of the most successful people in the world.) Being an active thinker is important to my role because if I have to do a speech with hardly any notice. I will demonstrate this by thinking on the spot if I have to. Another trait of an effective leader is Integrity




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.


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

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?
French Cricket
seaweed / octopus
invisible touch/tag
battle ships
versions of tag 
Bat and ball
Cones
Cones and Bibs 
To be active and to have fun
to get fitter
so we don't have do waste time getting gear 


My Strengths.  
Some things that I have done well during this unit of learning are playing the games because some games are fun.


My Next Steps.
Some things I could improve on when playing games with minimal or no equipment are trying harder in some games Because some can be a bit boring.

Sunday 19 March 2017

Home learning challenge Garden show

I represented oaklands at the school garden show. On the Thursday evening I went to the prize giving. We got a silver award. 
On saturday and sunday I went over and some of us talked to people about the exhibit 

Head Boy Leadership Merit Blog post #3

As a student leader we have to come up with an idea to make the school better. So the heads are doing stuff about bullying so we have been planning what we will do. I have shown active thinking by contributing to my group.

Sunday 12 March 2017

Head Boy Leadership Merit Blog post #2

As head boy I had to open assembly on Monday, I welcomed everyone to assembly and then I helped Mrs Martin hand out some awards. I have shown active thinking by making a speech with about 5 minutes to practice.

Home learning challenge E.9


I researched the west coast gold rush.

Gardening club Leadership Getting Involved Merit Blog post #3

On Wednesday 9 Year 7/8's from the gardening club went to the Woolston club to set up for the oderings school garden show we went over with Mr Rush and Mr McAven and we all set up our Hansel and Petal exhibition. On Thursday night the boys went to the prize giving and we got a silver award. On Friday some of us went in the morning and the other half went in the afternoon to talk to members of the public about it. I went both afternoons this weekend to help out. I have shown excellence by representing Oaklands positively.

Friday 3 March 2017

Gardening club Leadership Getting Involved Merit Blog post #2

For gardening club we have been getting ready for the Garden show we have been painting a lot but now we are doing our last touches. The garden show is next week and we are nearly ready for it. I have shown excellence by being a role model to the wider school.

Wednesday 1 March 2017

Use factors multiples and powers, including square roots.


In Maths we have been learning:In Maths we have been learning:

Divisibility rules up to 10.
  • Simple powers to 10.
  • Square roots of perfect squares.
  • Common factors of numbers to 100, including highest common factor.
  • Least common multiples of numbers to 100.


Here are the IXL screenshots that show evidence of my learning.  


Here are the IXL screenshots that show evidence of my learning.  





My next learning step in Maths is to be faster in answering these questions.