Monday 25 April 2016

Exposition- writing


WALT:Follow the writing process to write a exposition.


Conclusion:
After reading about these leaders I have decided that Barack Obama is a better leader, because he has been president of the USA for eight years and has done some amazing things for the world.

Wednesday 13 April 2016

MUSIC

I can describe the characteristics of music from songs of a different time and place


Over the past 7 weeks I have been learning to describe the characteristics of music from songs of a different time and place


I can describe these characteristics in a piece of music. link

Here is an example of my learning. link

Monday 11 April 2016

Music

I can describe the characteristics of music from songs of a different time and place


Over the past 7 weeks I have been learning to describe the characteristics of music from songs of a different time and place


I can describe these characteristics in a piece of music a link to it.

Here is an example of my learning link

Thursday 7 April 2016

MMMR- Maths

WALT: Find and validate data measures e.g mean, median,mode and range from appropriate displays.

MODE: It's the number you see the most in the group of numbers.

MEDIAN: Put the numbers from smallest to largest and then find the one in the middle.

MEAN: Add all the numbers up and then divide it by how many numbers there are.

RANGE: Subtract the highest from the lowest.

Leadership- Leadership meetings

Today we learnt how to balance our responsibilities and then we had to do a answer sheet on juggling responsibilities.

              
Who is someone that can help me often with this?
Mr ladbrook
Mr Muller
Miss O’connor


When is this responsibility usually my highest priority?
To complete SML

What is the main objective that I am aiming for with this responsibility?
To finish my national standards



Who is someone that can help me often with this?
Mr Ladbrook


When is this responsibility usually my highest priority?
When I have to go to different meetings and do my speeches


What is the main objective that I am aiming for with this responsibility?

To make a change in the school.

Who is someone that can help me often with this?
My Mum

When is this responsibility usually my highest priority?
Outside of school


What is the main objective that I am aiming for with this responsibility?
To get good at football

the leadership quality that I used was connect

Wednesday 6 April 2016

I can find, select and use a range of texts for specific learning purposes in different tasks and learning areas of the curriculum.

WALT- I can find, select and use a range of texts for specific learning purposes in different tasks and learning areas of the curriculum.

For my “Evaluating Leaders” research I have been researching about who is a better leader between Barack Obama and Richie McCaw.


During this unit I have had to use a range of strategies to find the information I needed on Google. This include: Cross check, reference and link the information to my doc.


I have achieved this goal because I have cross checked and linked information to my doc.

My next step is to set a new reading goal.

Stem and Leaf- Maths

I can read and interpret a range of graphs



For maths I have been learning to read and interpret a range of graphs. This relates to the National Standards as it meets the criteria of: Delete the ones that are not yours
  • I can identify patterns and trends in context, within and between data sets (Year ⅚ standard)
  • I can compare distributions visually (Year ⅞ Standard)
  • I can compare sample distributions visually, using measures of centre, spread, and proportion (Year 9/10)


Here is link to my Statistical Literacy spreadsheet  which shows all of the graphs and tables I can read and interpret.


I have also compared and contrasted some of the graphs. Below are the links to them

My next step is to use these in my leadership investigation next term.

Monday 4 April 2016

KAPAHAKA-LEADERSHIP

Today I went to kapahaka and it was the first week of going to kapahaka. We had to sit in two different groups at the start they were the performance group and the practice group I went in the performance group. Then we got into our lines for when we preform and when we practice then we practiced the school song for the rest of the time.

The leadership quality I used was collaborate

Leadership Meeting- Leadership

Today we had a meeting for the leaders at  the school at morning tea. We started off by
looking at a book by GRIP LEADERSHIP, we had to read the first chapter ('No one likes a goody two shoes) It was about how to balance being a leader and being a fun friend. Then we discussed
the chapter after that we went on to our plans for things in the future that we are going to do soon.

The leadership quality I used was question

KAPAHAKA-LEADERSHIP

This week for kapahaka it was shorter than normal because I had  to go to the Library. We started with the school song and then we talked about somethings in kapahaka like cultural festival and other things. Then we had a go at two other songs that we hadn't done this year and then we did the school song to finish.

The leadership quality I used was collaborate

KAPAHAKA-LEADERSHIP

This week for kapahaka we started with the school song and our run through of what we are doing for cultural festival this year. When we were doing a few of the songs one of the kids two rows in front of  me was being really silly and annoying so our teacher told me to stand be hind him and make sure he wasn't being silly so I was doing that most of the so i was very glad when we got released.

The leadership quality I used was be resilient

leadership-Leadership meetings

This week we have been learning about how to be a better leader here are some examples, not be a hypocrite, not to be a goody two shoes a goody two shoes is someone who is bosey and dose everything right , to always go with your conscience and also to always tell the truth even if you really don’t want to.

The leadership quality I used was be courious

Kapahaka-laedership

This week for kapahaka we started with singing some of our songs that we are trying to decide which ones we use for the cultural festival this year. Then we practiced some of the song actions that we weren't very good at then we started to do some other songs and then we talked more about cultural festival.

The leadership quality I used was communicate

Games with the Juniors

Today the Year 8's went down to the where the Year 0/1's are to play a game that we decided to play with them so they can learn them to play in the playground at lunch and morning tea. My game that I decided to play octopus with my partner jonothan.

The leadership quality I used was collaborate.

Leadership- Leadership meetings

This week we started by asking questions about our roles as leaders in the school. Then we looked
at how many blog post we have done this year. After that we went away and started to write our speech for
whole school Assembly this afternoon.

The leadership quality I used was question.

leadership- leadership meeting

This week we learnt about how to be a better leader here are some examples, not be a hypocrite, not to be a goody two shoes, to always go with your conscience and also to always tell the truth even if you really don’t want to.

The leadership quality I used was be curious