Thursday 29 September 2016

Senior Librarian Distinction evidence #4

On Thursday once the 12:50 bell rang I went to the library because I had library police duty.  Once again I was alone because my other partners didn't turn up.  The library was very busy because the field was closed and everyone was on the courts.  First I got Mrs Ward to go and get the overdue lists from the printer.  Once she got back I got started by grabbing a pair of scissors and the stapler.  This week I had to stand up at Mrs Ward's desk because there was no chairs or tables left.  There was not many overdues which is good because it is less work for me.  After I finished I went outside because the library was still filling up.  I showed leadership by being at the right place at the right time to do my library police duty.

Student Council Distinction evidence #4

On Wednesday I should of had student council at 12:15 but it was not because...
At 12 O'clock the four heads and a few others were setting up for Oakland's Got Talent which was happening at lunchtime.
Another reason that student council was not on was because no one turned up because it was the last week of the term and people didn't think it was on.
I showed leadership by telling Mrs Trotter that I couldn't be there because I had other commitments.

Friday 23 September 2016

I can take action to improve the water cycle in Canterbury

In this project I was working with Emily, Nicholas and Sasha and we decided to create a online children's book called Here Comes The Rain.




In this project we decided that our success criteria were:  
A good Children’s Story needs...
Why is this important?
Strong characters who evoke strong emotion
So Children get attached to the character.
One that contains a simple and original idea presented with clarity and great power.
So children can read it easily
One that makes the world seem larger and more interesting.
So children get attached to the book
Make sure the words we use is easy for children to understand
So they understand what we are saying
Make sure we have pretty pictures
So they get interested in the pictures


Overall our project met this criteria because we read it to little kids and they liked it.

Wednesday 21 September 2016

WALT apply the techniques of improvisation to a range of different scenarios.

improvisation TECHNIQUE that I have used successfully are not dieing because it ends it


Improvisation TECHNIQUES that I would like to have more practice at is always say yes because it keeps the improvisation going.


The thing that I enjoyed most about this unit of learning was playing the improvisation games because they are fun and easy to learn.


The thing that I found most challenging during this unit of learning was doing an improvisation game by myself because I was nervous.


My favourite improvisation game was one brain because it is easy and fun to play


My next step in improvisation is to do the games more often because I am nervous.

Saturday 17 September 2016

Helping out around the school Distinction evidence #2

On Friday I got asked to help out at the Oakland's school quiz night.  The quiz night is to fundraise for the year 8 trip to wellington which is in term 4.  In the quiz there are 7 different rounds and there are games, raffles and auctions inbetween the rounds.  There were 10 questions in each round but if you couldn't get an answer you could buy a dot for $2 but you could only buy 5 for the whole quiz.  We played 2 games which were heads and tails and Bourbon toss. Heads and tails work by people choosing hand on head or bottom and if they get it right they stay standing and if they get it wrong they sit down.  Bourbon toss is where people toss coins to try and get it the closest to the bottle, the closest would win the bottle of Bourbon.  The jobs the 4 heads had to do was clear tables, sell dots and raffle tickets and catch people that were on there phones. Overall it was a really fun night and I would go next year.

Student Council Distinction evidence #3

On Wednesday there was no student council because the year 7/8's had the Koru Games on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.  This means that people get more time to do there homework which is to fill out the google doc about a new name for the school.  The name has to be something native that was around before the school was.  There are some good names on the doc and there are some classes that couldn't think of any.

The Koru Games is a 3 day sports tournament with a range of sports to do.  There are Gold, Silver and Bronze medals to be one as well.  I showed leadership by filling out the google doc in the elecated time.
Koru Games website

Senior librarian Distinction evidence #3

On Friday I did my Library police duty because the year 7/8's had the Koru Games on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.  First I got Mrs Ward to print the overdue lists.  After that I got a pair of scissors and the stapler.  Next I got my folder and stapled the overdue cards onto the overdue lists.  There are less and less overdue books because Mrs Ward is sending emails to the people that have overdue books and that seems to be doing the job.  I showed leadership by being at the right place at the right time to do my Library police duty.

Friday 16 September 2016

Koru Games

Koru Games reflection

The activity I did was Football.  My 2 highlights were scoring a goal because I didn't think I would and scoring a penalty in the shootout because the goals are small.  I am proud of my team because we did really well.  Some advcse on the Koru Games for next years year 7's is don't run and run all day because the next day you will be very tired.

Saturday 10 September 2016

Helping out around the school Distinction evidence #1

On Thursday and Friday the 4 heads ran Oaklands Got Talent.  On Thursday we had to leave class at about 12:10 because we had to setup the hall for the Talent show and we had heaps of help from other year 8's which was good.  First we had to set up the hall foyer because that is where the people come in.  Next we had to setup the chairs on both sides because the Kauri team and parents were on the chairs and Kakano were on the floor.  Next we setup the table for the judges. After that we got the stage ready, and got all the sound system working.  I showed leadership by being at the right place at the right time to help setup the Talent show on both days.

Senior librarian Distinction evidence #2

This week I couldn't do my library police duty because I had to help run Oaklands Got Talent.  So I helped out in the library by turning the computer on on Monday and getting it all set up so when classes came in the computer would be setup for them.  I also helped issue and return some books on Monday as well.  On Tuesday I came in at lunchtime and put some books back on the shelves and issued some books for people. On Wednesday morning I came in and turned the computer on and logged in so classes could issue and return books.  I showed leadership by helping out in the library without being asked.

Student council Distinction evidence #2

On Wednesday student council was different because we had school photos.  We got told that our photo was at 12 o'clock, so we went down to the hall and waited for about 10 minutes and then Tony (the photographer) said that it had been moved to 12:20.  So we went back to Voice to Voice and continued on where we were up to there.  At 12:20 we went back over to the hall and there were lots of people there because there was the senior choir and Kapa Haka photos before us.  We waited and waited, but at about 12:40 they said that it was our turn.  We didn't have a student council meeting because of the school photos, so our homework is to still fill out the Google doc.  I showed leadership by being at the right place at the right time to attend the photo.

Tuesday 6 September 2016

CARE Progress Term 3



CARE: My progress so far

The CARE award that I am working towards is:  Gold

The one area of CARE that I am doing best in is: Bus because: I get all of the ticks each week from going on the bus to Lincoln.

The one area of CARE that I need to work harder in is: Eating because: I am not getting ticks in it.

To show my leadership qualities I am a role model to others in the CARE values by doing/showing these leadership traits: Integrity, Goal focused, Trustworthy, Active thinker, motivational and Resilient.

On the CARE SOLO matrix below I am at this SOLO level:             because: Extended Abstract because I am aiming for my Gold award now.



Prestructural

Unistructural

Multistructural

Relational

Extended Abstract
I am not aware of the CARE values yet.
I know what the CARE values mean.

I need help to use them.
I can use the CARE values.


I need reminding to use them.
I can use the CARE values independently.
I can use the CARE values independently.

I can role model to others how to use the CARE values.

Sunday 4 September 2016

Senior librarian Distinction evidence #1

On Thursday once the 12:50 bell rang I went to the library because I had library police duty.  Once again I was alone this week because my 2 partners forgot.  When I got there I asked Mrs Ward if she had printed the overdue lists and she had so it was a job saved for me.  After she gave me the lists I got a stapler and scissors, and got to work.  There is not many overdue books at the moment so it is really good for me because it is less work for me.  I showed leadership by being at the right place at the right time to do my library police duty.

Student Council Distinction evidence #1

On Wednesday I had to leave Voice to Voice at 12:15 because I had student council.  When I got there lots of other people were already there.  Next Mrs Trotter came so we did the roll to see who was and was not there.  After that we talked about the Google doc that we had to fill out.  We had lots of drama because some people didn't get it emailed to them and some people hadn't filled it out.  So the homework is to fill out the doc.  For the rest of the meeting we talked about why people haven't filled out the doc.  I showed leadership by being at the right place at the right time to attend the meeting.

Friday 2 September 2016

Student council Excellence evidence #10

On Wednesday I had to leave class at 12:15 because I had student council in the hall foyer. When I got there, there were already some people there and then one minute later Hannah and Jack came.  Firstly we did the roll to see what classes were and were not there.  After that we sent some runners to get the classes that were not there.  At the meeting we talked about the future of the school and we gave feedback about what our classes said last week.  We got lots of ideas back which was great.  Overall the good ideas out weighted the bad ideas.   I showed leadership by being at the right place at the right time to attend the meeting.

Nicholas and Dylan's Mandarin numbers

Thursday 1 September 2016

I can apply my knowledge of adverbial clauses and connectives to see how ideas are linked in texts.


Screen Shot 2014-10-09 at 11.04.56 am.pngI can apply my knowledge of adverbial clauses and connectives to see how ideas are linked in texts.


For reading I have been learning about adverbial clauses. I have found this learning Easy because you get the hang of it easily.

In this activity, I had to find the adverbial clauses in the sentence and then highlight it in green.

Information report writing

W.A.L.T write an information report about christchuch's waterways.
Here is my writing on christchuch waterways.


The water cycle ( also known as the Hydraulic cycle)  is a process that water goes through between land, ocean and atmosphere.  The water cycle is a recycled process because no water is added.  During the water cycle the water changes state, it goes from being a liquid to a solid and then a gas.  The water cycle goes through a series of stages.  The stages are Evaporation, Condensation, Precipitation, runoff and groundwater.


Evaporation
Evaporation is when the sun heats the water and then the water turns into water vapor.  When the water changes into water vapor it becomes invisible so you can not see this stage happening.  The Evaporation stage happens quicker when the sun is on the water for long periods of time.  Also when the sun has been on the water for a long time the water can heat up to about 100 degrees.  Next the water vapor rises up as a gas and then forms clouds called Condensation. 


Condensation/Precipitation
Condensation is when the water vapor forms clouds and Precipitation is when the clouds get too heavy and it rains, sleets, hails or snows.  When clouds form it is made of liquid water and ice.  The currents in the air make the clouds move from one place to another.  Since it is so cold in antarctica it always snows and never rains because the rain freezes into ice and snow.  The next stage is when the rain, sleet, hail or snow has fallen and it goes through the next stage called Runoff and Groundwater.


Runoff/Groundwater 
Runoff is when the water runs off the mountains and flows back to sea.  Groundwater is a underground water storage. Some water never makes it back to the ocean because it gets stuck in rocks.  Runoff is water that didn’t get infiltrated(Didn’t sink through dirt.)  Groundwater is a underground water supply which goes to people, wells cities and the ocean.


Overall the water cycle is a never-ending process; it has 5 main stages to make it work they are Evaporation, Condensation, Precipitation, Runoff and groundwater.

By Dylan