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.