Student council Distinction evidence #10

On Wednesday I had to leave class at 12:15 because I had student council.  When I got there, there was already some people there.  After a while we did the roll to see what classes were and were not there.  We sent runners to the classes that were not there and shortly later they came.  In the meeting we talked about who did homework and who didn't.  There was 3 classes that didn't do homework.  We all suggested 1 thing and it had to be about what they want student council do be like in the future and what they do when they run the meetings.  Then we had a talk about why the classes were not doing there homework and what we can do next year to make classes do there homework.  This is also the last student council meeting for the year so there was not homework.  I showed leadership by being at the right place at the right time to attend the meeting

Senior Librarian Distinction evidence #10

On Thursday I did not have my library duty because it is stock take in the library and no one can do there duty.  So I have tried to help out by I couldn't because it needs to be done by an adult.  This blog post will be a reflective blog post about my library duty.

What is the best part about your role: It would be seeing who has got a overdue library book and sometimes telling them off.

What do you do in your role: I print overdue lists out and staple some stuff to it and put it in class piles.

I showed leadership by turning up to my duty and doing it properly.

Student Council Distinction evidence #9

On Wednesday I had to leave class at 12:10 because I had student council at 12:15.  When I got there, there was some people already there.  Once I sat down lots of other people came in and when they sat down we did the roll to see what classes were and were not there.  There was 2 classes that were not there so went sent runners to go and get them.  Once they came we started the meeting.  In the meeting we talked about what went well and what didn't go well in the pet day.  What went well was that there were lots of animals and what didn't go well was that it started raining halfway through the pet parade.  We also talked about what the student council could be like in the future e.g only year 7/8's, years 5 to 8 or other stuff like that.  I showed leadership by being at the right place at the right time to attend the meeting.

Senior Librarian Distinction evidence #9

On Thursday I didn't have to do my library duty because the library is closed for stock take,  I couldn't help out in the library in any other way so I am going to do a reflection post.  I have also turned up to my duty every week except one or two weeks.

 What has been the best part about my role: is that you get to see who has got overdue books and you sometimes get to tell people.

Have you helped out any other ways in the library: yes, I have helped out many time in the mornings, at morning tea, lunchtime and after school.

Student Council Distinction evidence #8

On Wednesday I had to leave class at 12:10 because I had Student Council at 12:15.  When I got there, there was not many people there so I went and asked the office to do a ding ding because know one was there. Then they told me that student council didn't start in till 12:25 so they didn't need to do a ding ding.  When I got back to the hall I told Hannah that student council didn't start till 12:25.  When most people got there we did the roll to see what classes were and were not there.  There was 2 classes that we had to go and get, once they came we talked about what is happening on pet day.  We said that the pets go in the hall and the pet parade is at 9:30.  I showed leadership by being at the right place at the right time to attend the meeting.

Solve simple linear equations

Here are all of the screenshots of all my learning.
My next step is to slow down because I was answering the questions to fast and I kept getting them wrong. Also to solve word problems involving simple linear equations.

Te Reo, Term 4 2016

This term we have been learning all about the Marae. We have learned that…….

• The Marae is an important focal point for the community.
• The Marae is a place where tradition and customs can be carried out.
• The Marae is a place where people can express their values with dignity.
• There are many kawa ( protocols) that prevail on the marae.
• Marae kawa (protocols) can differ between maraes and iwi.

We have focussed on some key concepts when doing this learning.

These are listed and explained in the table below.

Concept	Definition - give the meaning of these concepts in your own words.
Tikanga	Is a procedure that the marae goes through.
Pōwhiri	it is the welcoming ceremony they the marae goes through when they have visitors.
Tangata whenua	Are the local people to the marae.
Manuhiri	Are visitors to the marae.
Tūrangawaewae	You are aloud to do things on the marae that other people are not aloud to do.
Whanaungatanga	means you belong to the marae.
Manaakitanga	You respect elders of the marae.
Aroha	You respect and love the marae.

See this video for an explanation of the roles and responsibilities of people on a marae.

Something I would like to learn more about the marae is what happen when the leader of the marae dies.

Senior Librarian Distinction evidence #8

On Thursday I didn't have to do my library duty because Mrs Ward is starting stock take and you can no longer get books out from the library.  In the weeks coming we will be doing the overdues because everyone needs to get there book back to the library but it doesn't matter yet.  I have helped out in the library this week by putting books away in the mornings and issuing books for people in the morning as well.  Overall this year in the library I have been very helpful because I always turn up to my library duty, I help out at lunchtime by issuing and returning books and putting books back on the shelf's.  I have also helped out by being in the library practically every morning to help out with any issuing and returning that needs to be done, I have also turned the computer on every morning and got it ready when Mrs Ward was away.  I showed leadership by helping out in the library without being asked all the time.

Student Council Distinction evidence #7

On Wednesday at 12:10 I had to stop what I was doing at put it away because I had student council at 12:15.  When I got there, there was not many people there at all, so I asked if they could do a ding ding and say that student council is on in the hall foyer.  After a while a few more people came but there was still very little people there.  The reasons why people were not there was because the year 5's were away on camp and lots of people were sick.  After that we started the meeting, we couldn't really talk about much because everyone needed to hear it.  What we said was that everyone had to make a poster about pet day saying what date it is and some info about it.  I showed leadership by being at the right place at the right time to attend the meeting.

Helping out around the school distinction evidence #5

On Tuesday I had to go to an entrance test at Riccarton High School because I am going there next year.  I got back to school at 11 am.  There was 1 person that was back already and she told me where to go and what to do.  After morning tea I went to the new entrance class because we had to help them do there learning.  Shortly after everyone else came.  Some of us went with one teacher to do some reading and the other people did action stations.  At the action stations they do a range of activities like coloring, shopping (with the little shop from new world), playing with blocks, writing on whiteboards and much more.  I showed leadership by helping out in the new entrance class.

Senior Librarian Distinction evidence #7

On Thursday I didn't have to do my library duty because we are going to stop doing the overdue's because we are going to start seeing if all of the books are in the library.  If they aren't we have to send a letter to them so they can return it before the year ends.  As part of seeing if all of the books are there we close the library and no one is aloud to get any books out because we have to scan every book in the library and there is probably more then 1,000 books in the library.  I have also helped out in the library this week on Wednesday by turning on the computer and getting it ready to be used.  I showed leadership by helping out without being asked.

Student Council Distinction evidence #6

On Wednesday I had to leave class at 12:10 because I had student council at 12:15.  When I got there, there was not many people there so we waited for a bit and then Jack and the other seniors came.  Hannah was not there so Jack had to run student council.  We talked about the end of year fun day and the themed mufti day which is sports.  For the end of year fun day we came up with lots of ideas including sponge the staff, pool activity's, sport games, art, crafts and lots more.  I think it is going to be a good day.  For the themed mufti day we had a choice from PJ's and sports stars.  We had a vote and sports star won by a lot.  After that we narrowed it down to sports because the little kids might not know any sports stars so it is sports.  I showed leadership by attending the meeting and contributing to the meeting.

Technology at Lincoln Distinction evidence #4

On Tuesday I had to get to school at 8:20 because we had technology at Lincoln and the bus left at 8:30.  When we got there I went straight to mandarin because we had it at 9:30.  In mandarin we went over what we learnt last week which was family members.  After mandarin I went back to the cooking class and waited outside for the teacher.  After everyone got there we went inside and washed our hands and got our aprons on.  Next we got told what we were making, it was pinwheel scrolls and scones.  We paired up and each pair did 1 recipe.  I did pinwheel scrolls.  To make them we made a dough with flour, baking powder, milk and butter.  After making it into dough, we made it into a rectangle and put lots of cinnamon on it.  After that we rolled it up and cut it into 8 pieces. Finally we put them into the oven for 10-15 minutes.  I showed leadership by listening to the teacher and being careful.

Treaty of Waitangi

Treaty of Waitangi

In the Treaty of Waitangi we learnt about the basics of the treaty like who signed it, where it was signed and that the Maori and the Europeans signed it. Mr Muller said that it is a very complicated thing to learn about. The thing I found interesting was that so many people signed the treaty. The thing I want to learn more about is what arguments they had when they were signing the treaty.

Tables that I have completed.

Key Personalities
3 articles
Compare and Contrast map

Senior Librarian Distinction evidence #6

On Thursday once the 12:50 bell rang I went straight to the library because I had senior librarian duty.  I was alone again because Madyx and Jonathan had something else on.  When I got there I asked Mrs Ward to print out the overdue lists.  We don't print out all the classes now because Mrs Ward emails the Kauri team because they should be checking there emails every day.  When Mrs Ward went to grab the overdue lists I went to get a pair of scissors, a stapler and the folder.  Once she got back I got straight to work.  It only took me about 15 minutes.  Once I finished I put the stuff back and went and enjoyed my lunchtime. I showed leadership by being at the right place at the right time to do my library police duty.

Student Council Distinction evidence #5

At 12:10pm I had to leave class because I had student council at 12:15pm.  This week we had Mrs Hall who came to the meeting.  First we did the roll to see what classes were and were not there.  After that we sent 2 runners to get the classes that were not there.  Once everyone got there we started talking about what the theme is for the mufti day that is coming up.  We had lots of options to choose from but we had a vote and sports won.  So the mufti day has a theme and it is sports.  That is what we talked about for all the meeting.  I showed leadership by being at the right place at the right time to attend the meeting.

Technology at Lincoln Distinction evidence #3

On Tuesday I had to get to school at 8:20 because we had technology at Lincoln and the bus left at 8:30am.  When we got there I went straight to class.  This week we started a new class, I am in cooking now.  This week we made a hangi.  Some weeks we make 2 things but other weeks we make 1 thing.  First we had Mandarin and then we went over safety and the rules for cooking.  Next we made groups of four and chose where to sit. After that each group got a vegetable and we had to cut it up into 4 pieces. Then we put them all on a desk and we got a plate and got 1 of each vegetable and a chicken nibble.  After that we wrapped them in tinfoil and put them into the oven for 45 minutes.  After that we ate them, they were good.  I showed leadership by being at the right place at the right time to catch the bus.

Parliament

Parliament

This term we have been learning about Parliament. We have looked at the difference between government and parliament, NZ parliament, who is in government, how our government works and we compared democracy to dictatorship.

Three things that I learned are NZ parliament are:

• John Key has been kicked out of parliament.
• John Key sits in the fourth seat on the right.
• The Sargent in arms brings the maize into every parliament session 

Here is the link to my compare and contrast map explaining the difference between democracy and dictatorship.

Senior Librarian Distinction evidence #5

On Thursday at lunch time I had Library Police duty.  Once the 12:50 bell rang I went straight to the library.  This week I had Jonathan to help me out.  We do not have to do as much work now because Mrs Ward emails the Kauri team when they have an overdue book.  There was not much room in the library so we had to sit out the back.  There was only about 5 classes with overdue books so it only took about 10 minutes.  First we got Mrs Ward to print the overdue list.  Then I got a stapler and a pair of scissors,  Jonathan got the folder and the overdue lists.  All we have to do is staple cards onto the lists.  I showed leadership by being at the right place at the right time to do my library police duty.

Technology at Lincoln Distinction evidence #2

On Tuesday I had to be at school at 8:25am because the bus leaves for technology at Lincoln at 8:30am .  Once we got there I went straight to class.  I am in science and we were doing robotics.  First the teacher told us how to use them.  Next we buddied up with someone and chose what robot we were going to make.  I don't know what robot we made but it was a very hard one to make.  We had a 45 minute session then we went to mandarin where we learnt about family's.  After mandarin we had morning tea.  After morning tea we had another block building robots.  Half way through the block some people started finishing there robots.  After you have finished you have to program them on the computer.  We did not get to program our robot because we finished with 10 minutes to go and it would not program.  I showed leadership by helping my partner with building our robot.