Blogger Prompt - Week 11, Term 1, 2018

Expectations and Values - What are they good for?

 

1. What are expectations and values? Use a dictionary to define each word. REP, Respect, Exellence And

Persevarance.

2. Why do we have expectations and values in our classroom, school and community? So the community

can see that Casebrook is a school that can follow expectations and values.

3. What are some of the expectations in your classroom? Respect and encourage each other, Be

welcoming, humorous and have good vibes.

4. How do your classroom expectations influence your learning? The enviorment that you learn in can

effect the standard of the work so if everyone has good vibes everyone can focus and have fun.

5. What would your classroom be like if you had no expectations and you could
do whatever you wanted? A dump yard and fortnite central.

6. If you could make an expectation for your class what would it be and why? Everyone have fun, because

if everyone has fun it can be an easy time at school.

7. What are your school values? How are they displayed in your classroom and at your
school? Respect, Exellance, Persavarnce.



8. How do you get recognised for displaying your school values? Rep cards.

9. How do you think your school values link to your learning in your classroom? They link because you

have to respect everyone.

10. What are your family values and why are they important? If you don't have any come
up with some - what would be important values in your family and why? Don't talk back to my parents.

Blogger Prompt - Week 10, Term 1, 2018

Your Success - Who is responsible?

This week is all about ‘not giving up’.  

We are almost at the end of term one and we thought this was the perfect time to chat about what to do when things get hard!

Watch the videos before answering the prompts. They may help develop your thinking around having the ‘courage to continue’.

1. "Failures open the doors to success!" Tell us about a time when you failed with something? I jumped into the shower and I almost cut my open.

2. Tell us about a time when you had success? What did you do to achieve success? I made the Canterbury rugby squad.

3. We are responsible for our own success and learning. Do you agree or disagree and why? I agree that I need to take responsibilty for my learning because if I don't it could affect me in the future.

4. What is a challenge you have faced this year? Explain what happened. Choosing what grade I want to play in Rugby.

5. There's no such thing as an overnight success. What does this mean? Do you agree and why? Nothing will happen overnight you have to work hard for something you want.

6. Why do we give up? What can we do to avoid giving up in the future? Who can help us? Robots.

7. "If you do what is easy, your life will be hard." What is this trying to tell us? If you just do all the easy stuff all the hard stuff will come later.

8. Inner confidence and self-belief are the keys to success. Do you agree or disagree and why? I agree because if you belive in yourself you can do anything.

9. Who is responsible for your success Me.

Blogger Prompt - Week 7, Term 1, 2018

NZ Census

Roll call! This year is a Census year. A census is a big question form that gathers lots of information about all the people in New Zealand. The census only happens every 5 years. It is a snapshot of the New Zealand population on one night every five years and is compulsory to complete.

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Here are the questions for this week:

Q1: What is your favourite subject at school and why? I like PE because I like being outside being active.

Q2: Do you have any pets? What are they and what are their names? If you don't have a pet what pet would you have if you did? I would like to have a pug named Tobias.

Q3: What are some of your favourite foods? Sushi, Butter Chicken, Smoothies.

Q4: What is your favourite sport? What do you like about it?

My favourite is Rugby because it is a contact sport and it gives me something to do on a saturday morning.

Q5: What is your favourite hobby?

Rugby, Sport.

Q6: Who do you live with? Mum, Dad, Sister.

Q7: What is your ethnicity? NZ European.

Q8: The Census video talks about finding out if there are enough parks. Do you have a park in your suburb? Do you think your suburb needs a park or a better park? What would make it better? Yes i have a park in my suburb it is Sheldon Park.

Q9: Why do you think the government does a Census every 5 years? So everyone has a good life to look foward to when they come home.

How Are You Going To Be More Awesome In 2018?

How Are You Going To Be More Awesome In 2018?

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Q1. How are you going to be more awesome in your learning
this year? Making everything to high standard

in allthe work that i do.

Q2. What is one thing you will do to make this year great?

Give everything a good good go.

Q3. What are you looking forward to most this year and why?

I am looking foward to Athletics and Cross Country because i really want

to beat my placing in Cross Country and get into zones for Athletics.

Q4. Describe your current learning environment. It's great in RM 9

i love the learning enviorment.

Q5. What do you need to work on this year? What are your goals?
How are you going to achieve them? I am going to get fitter

so i can pase myself and get a better placing

Q6. What are the things that drive your learning? That if i work hard

now i can get a better job later in life

What are the things that block your learning? When people

are shouting it find it hard to focus on what i am doing.

Q7. Kid President said, "Life is School, you gotta show up."
What does this mean to you as a learner? It means i got

to get started with my learning now because iwill pay off in the future

Q8. What would you like to learn about this year? Rugby

Q9. Reflecting on your learning last year, what piece of advice would you have given yourself? Work as hard as you can now it will pay off.

DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP

DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP

With the advent of social media, mobile devices in the classroom and a range of e-learning tools in the classroom it is more important than ever that students are aware of the long term effects of leaving their digital footprint and learn to become good cyber citizens. 

The concept of digital citizenship needs to be embedded in all aspects of work in schools with e-learning tools.

A good way to start this is to build awareness of what it means to be a good citizen in our community -  local, national and global. 

So what is a good citizen? 

QUESTIONS

Q1.  What do you use the internet for most? What's the first site that you go? Google Chrome 

Q2.  How can we encourage more children to learn to code? Will you get involved in the #hourofcode? No i don't like coding

Q3.  Who teaches you about staying safe online? Parents - Teachers

Q4.  What are the best ways for learning about online safety? Youtube

Q5.  What is a digital footprint and why are they important? Watch this video to help with your answer. 

Q6.  What are some important things to consider when taking part in Blogger? Only post things that are Nice

Q7.  Should schools be using social media in the classroom and why? Yes  because these days everyone is on devices

Q8.  How do we know which websites and people to trust online? People that we know

Q9.  Does anyone know any website/resources or Apps to share about Cyber safety? Youtube

Q10.  Do you have any tips or advice for Miss Mordue and Miss Bull when we are teaching cyber safety to the new Year 7's ? No

Blogger Week 8

Inventive Thinking, Creativity, Passion & Talent

Welcome back to Kidsedchatnz for Term Three.  

This week we are exploring "Inventive Thinking, Creativity, Passion & Talent".

 

1. What are your interests, talents or passions? Rugby - Sport
2. How do you get to learn about your interests in the classroom? Give us an example. Genius Hour 
3. Do you think it's important for children to have time each week to learn about something that they're interested in? Why? Yes because then they wanna learn because there intrested in the topic. 
4. What is the world's most important invention so far? How does it affect your life? the worlds most important invention was WIFI
5. The Kid President wanted to invent a Catuum Cleaner. What would you like to invent to make the world more awesome? Robots to clean up rubbish 
6. The top 10 jobs in 2017 didn't exist in 2007. What jobs do you think there will be in 10 years time? Robot makers, Flying car makers
7. Inventive thinking requires taking risks, being curious and thinking skills. How do you do this in the classroom? Going with an idea i think will work well
8. Is creativity important? How can we encourage creativity in the classroom? Make them Come up with an idea and make something about that idea
9. Sometimes we get stuck with our learning and have to problem solve. What does good problem solving look like? Asking Questions

Blogger Prompt: Term 4 - Week 6

Blogger Prompt: Term 4 - Week 6

Classrooms of the future

Classrooms of the future

Righto, get those imaginations going! We want you to think about your current classroom and what a classroom could look like in the future.

1.What about your classroom do you really like? - The Teacher  Mr Foster

2.What are the things that you find difficult in your classroom? - Writing (kinda)

3.What would you do in your classroom to improve it? - Mac books for everyone!

4.What is your favourite piece of furniture in your classroom? Why? - Sports Gear!

5.If you have no budget what one thing would you buy for your classroom that would help your learning? Why? - A touch screen white board!

6.What would your dream classroom look like? - Technology, and a big class room!

7.What would the technology look like that you would use in your dream classroom? - COMPUTERS!

8.What would a classroom look like in ten years time? - Hovering Things!

9. Any tips or advice for Mrs Keen in terms of the room 5 - 8 refurbishment? - Nope!

10. Leave three other comments on your classmate's blogs. Remember to include the correct spelling and punctuation. Get your comment on! - Done

Blogger Prompt: Term 4 - Week 6

Digital technologies:

1) Do you think that technology will be a big part of our lives in the future? Why, Yes Because These days all kids are on some sort of Device.

2) Will technology disappear? yes, no, why? Yes, I think it will Disappear one day.

3) How do you use technology already in your life? Gaming, Social life.

4) Research what the first digital device that was made it and when it was built? In the US, John Vincent Atanasoff and Clifford E. Berry of Iowa State University developed and tested the Atanasoff–Berry Computer (ABC) in 1942, the first electronic digital calculating device.     

5) What do you think about technology at Casebrook is like? And how could we make it better? Change the Chrome-books to Mac-books

6) How do you think technology will change and what will be something you think will be created. EG: holograms, hovering cars. Robot servants, Flying Houses.

7) What are some of the positive effects of technology? They Helps us Learn Everyday.

8) What are some of the negative effects of technology? I've seen Movies when they turn on the humans.

9) Leave 3 other comments on other peoples page. Make sure you take the time to write a decent comment. Remember your grammar! OKAY!

Blogger Prompt: Week 3 - Term 4

Blogger Prompt: Week 3 - Term 4

This week's blogger prompt about athletics as our school athletics is this Tuesday.  Watch the videos attached below. 

 An awesome high jump video! 

The powerful Inspirational true story...Never give up!

1) Research the history of athlectics - when did it all start, why did it start, what country did it originate from? etc. See if you can find some information out. Type out your answers below. DETAIL/DETAIL/DETAIL...

776 BC

The ancient Olympic Games began in the year 776 BC, when Koroibos, a cook from the nearby city of Elis, won the stadium race, a foot race 600 feet long. According to some literary traditions, this was the only athletic event of the games for the first 13 Olympic festivals.

How did track and field begin?

Track and field is one of the oldest of sports. Athletic contests were often held in conjunction with religious festivals, as with the Olympic Games of ancient Greece. For 11 centuries, starting in 776 B.C., these affairs — for men only — were enormously popular and prestigious events.

2) Explain what you did well on athletics day? Sprints 

3) Explain what you could have done better with during athletics day? Long Jump

4) What was your least favourite event and why? Sack Racing it was a Bit Baby-ish

5) What is your favourite event and why? Sprints

6) Explain how you showed REP on athletics day? I did what the Teacher Asked

7) What was your favourite discipline while practising with your class? Explain why. I like Sprints because it was fun Racing my class.

8) If you could add any athletics event what would it be and why? Javelin 

9) What is your Year 9 athletics goal? Suprise, Suprise - yes there is athletics at high school! Make it to The Final Zone.

10) Are you keen to keep practising athletics events even when our school athletics is over? If yes  - what discipline / If no - why 

Yes I would Practise When Athletics is over