Monday, 9 April 2018

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.

Wednesday, 4 April 2018

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.