Demolition Division

These are some screenshots from the online challenges that I completed. This was Demolition Division. I would recommend for all students to 

Wiki o Te Reo Maori

This is my collaborative poster on Maori Language Week. I worked on this with Samantha. We focused our questions in Te Reo in respect of the language. 

My Connections to Hauora

These are My Connections to Hauora. Our aim was to reflect the connections I have to Hauora. I had to include What I thought Hauora meant when I thought about it, my connection to Hauora, the connection my community has to Hauora and the connection my family has to Hauora. 

Maths Strategy: Thinking Group Problem

This is my Maths Strategy Poster for the Week 2 question of the Thinking group problems. I solved this in the best way that was understandable for me. I think this was an easy question when I had to flow of how to solve it. 

Times Tables Skill Building

 

These are my screenshots from Transum. I completed the 2, 5, 10 and 12 times table quiz's. I think Transum helps students build their skills in times tables. 

Word Problem

This is my word problem poster. I had to create a word problem and answer it by using the strategy we learnt to use this week. 

Maths Strategy

This is my maths strategy DLO. It displays what my maths group 'Ropu Tangoaroa' is learning this week. We are learning to solve multiplication problems using our 5 times tables. 

Hauora Poster

This is my Hauora poster that includes what Hauora is, a picture, short definitions of each wall and an example of what it looks like. This links to our topic this term, about having a healthy balanced body and mind. I worked on this with Paige, Courtney, and Jasmine. Hauora is a Maori theory of how to have a balanced system. Hauora means well-being. 

Interesting Learning Point

This is my interesting learning point poster. It shows something that my reading group found interesting during our reading journey. In this mistake, we used a definition that did not go with a word in a sentence. Our poster explains more about it.

Persuasive Text Poster

This is my persuasive text poster. This poster shows what we need to include in a persuasive text. 

Persuasive Writing: Should New Zealand change their flag?

Should New Zealand change their flag?

We grow up in a generation where a flag defines a country’s importance, stereotyped label, past and future. New Zealand already has a flag that shows our importance and what kind of a multicultural country we are. It acknowledges our past and will contain our futures memories. So I ask you this question, how does changing the flag respect our countries milestones and hardships? I feel that if we changed our flag, we would be disrespectful to many. If we redesigned our flag, will our coming generation be able to respect the soldiers that have died for it? Will they be able to see through the stars and appreciate our ancestors that navigated all day and night to find our homeland? Will they be able to see the small amount of red that resembles the blood of our tiny nation? Will they be able to appreciate the navy blue that surrounds and protects our shores? No. They won’t, because the most important representations of our country won't be acknowledged.

We need to know that the designer of our new flag will be able to include essential icons of our nation. We need to know that he/she will produce a flag that is instantly recognized as ours, and our current flag has accomplished that quite well already. How can we put so much trust into one person? Although many people feed off pressure and use it as a fuel to drive them towards their goals, we can’t expect the designer to produce a flag as good and honourable as the current flag.

The cost for changing the flag, is an estimated 25.7 million dollars! The wrecked homes in Canterbury have been overlooked for 3-4 years. How can New Zealand be able to use all this money on the changing of a flag, when we have citizens who have no home. The money should be going to the families who are struggling and the people who actually need help. This is a waste of money, that New Zealand can’t afford!

The soldiers who have fought for us in wars, used the flag as a motivation to fight and bear through the heartache, loss and pain. They used the flag to represent themselves whether an individual or crowd. They used the flag as a symbol of hope to return home. They used it as a promise, to fight for the freedom of their families. Why do the people who have probably never even held a gun in the defense of their country, get to decide whether their connections with the flag are taken away?

We can not change the flag of New Zealand! We can not take away history and memories! We can not take away the opportunity of the coming generations to grow up with the proud flag we all have grown up with! We have to make a stand and remain with the same flag that our ancestors have fought for, our athletes have been represented with, and the same flag that has brought our country pride. We need to keep New Zealand’s history remain.

Simple and Compound sentences

This is my presentation about Simple and Compound sentences. I worked on this collaboratively with a classmate Samantha. We included examples and what a simple and compound sentence is. 

Current Events

This is my current events poster. I decided to focus my article on the happenings of when a Theatre accidently showed kids who were expecting to see Inside Out, the new horror film Insidious 3. I think this article was a very interesting one to focus my current events on.