I'm Out

I have such I great year in this class. I have so many good friends. And now I am so excited to be a year 8. or a leader of the school. I think that this year this push me a lot. And I am very happy with how far I have come. I wish the best for every in my class.

Scale

kathoot

https://play.kahoot.it/#/?quizId=269d0b73-cfa8-499d-b278-c7b1bab4a444
we made a kathoot on Explaining the Unexplained.

this is the link

Transformation Maths Dictionary

Short Story

This Could Be You

It was a sunny day at school, 8:30 am, I got out of my car. The halls are crowded with students and teachers. Walking to my first class, I see Sam. He had this big dumb smile on his face. I look over and see Chloe. She’s twirling her hair and smiling at Sam. I don’t take notice of her though. I can hear Sam talking about me, as I walk by them Chloe looks up at me and says something in Sam’s ear. I go to sit in my form room when Chloe walks in. I was shocked as she is not normally in this class. She sits next to me, then smiled, wow that’s a first. Before she can start talking the teacher walks in. I’m thankful, because I know what she was going to say was going to be mean.

After class when I was walking to my locker. Chloe came up to me and says “Sam will never like a girl like you. No one will ever like a girl like you. I mean come on, you need to get over the fact that people just don’t like. You’re not cool, you’re not pretty, and you’re a nerd.” I slam my locker and walk away. But slowly one by one the tears come. I wipe away my tears. And tell the teacher that I felt sick and should go home. So I got in my car and drove away.

Back at school. Walking down the hall is terrifying. People staring at me is my nightmare and that’s what is happening today, great. But to make it better Chloe had to come and say “Hi.” Wow, I can see the hate in her eyes. I know that all she wants is to make my life hell and it works. I go home and cry every day, but back to the point. I see her cold hearted eyes staring into mine. Before she can speak I walk away. She calls my name but I don’t don’t look back. As the bell has run. I walk into my first class she sits next to but we don’t talk. As class is about to end she looks at me and says “did you get the message that I told you yesterday you know how your a loser and  no one likes you” I smile and look away.

But that night I just wanted to cry. I think to myself what do I have to live for. Chole is right I don’t have friends, no one likes me. I am all alone in this world. Maybe I don’t want to live any more. I get the gun out of my dad’s room. And walk out side. As the tears fall down my face. I hold the gun to my head. I hear my name being call for dinner. But it’s too late. I pull the trigger. As I fall to the ground my dad's run to me. I lay dead in his arms.

Pollution

Air pollution

New Zealand has relatively good air quality due to our low population, close proximity to the sea and remoteness from other continents and sources of pollution. However, there are some places in New Zealand, especially in towns and cities where air pollution does affect our health and the enjoyment of our environment.

These are usually places where homes are heated mainly by solid fuel (eg, wood or coal) or with high volumes of traffic. Air pollution is more likely to occur when there is little wind. Topography (hills and mountains), proximity to the coast, building height and time of the year all affect local wind conditions and can affect air pollution levels.`

In winter, inversion layers can develop on still evenings and mornings. These trap pollution near the ground and concentrations can build up to levels that affect your health. As the sun warms the air, inversion layers usually break down enabling pollution to disperse. However, inversion layers can remain for two or three days. They develop frequently in some South Island towns and cities during winter.

Overall

New Zealanders enjoy a high environmental quality of life and access to pristine wilderness. However, New Zealand’s growth model, based largely on exploiting natural resources, is starting to show its environmental limits with increasing greenhouse gas emissions and water pollution, according to a new OECD report.

While the country only accounts for a tiny share of global emissions, some studies finds that intensive dairy farming, road transport, and industry have pushed up gross GHG emissions by 23% since 1990. Despite generating 80% of its electricity from renewable sources, among the highest in OECD countries, New Zealand has the second-highest level of emissions per GDP unit in the OECD and the fifth-highest emissions per capita.

Aware of the need to safeguard water quality, New Zealand has begun a process of freshwater policy reforms with a Clean Water Package of proposals in February that address some of the OECD recommendations. Further government support is needed to assist local authorities with setting rigorous goals and to speed up implementation.

Keys

OECD-Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

GDP - gross domestic product.

GHG - greenhouse gas

The Big Think

Adding Detail

Duane kayle

Duane came to my school. He talked about his joinery. and what he went through

Science Badge

On Earth, you witness moon at two possible times:

1. It's night, and not a new moon.
2. Sun is on the horizon, about to set in your part of the world.

During both the times, sunlight does not have the intensity as during the day and thus, the moon is visible. And I guess it's safe to say everyone knows why it appears bright. Because sunlight bounces off of it and is incident on the Earth's surface.

In Space, there is no such thing as atmosphere. As a consequence, sunlight radiates in all the directions equally. The moon doesn't still look completely dark even in space. It has a certain brightness coefficient associated with it, but it is certainly lesser than what it is as seen from Earth.

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As you can see, moon is not completely dark, as seen from space. It is still shining from the little amount of light reflecting off its surface.

Pollution

Air pollution

New Zealand has relatively good air quality due to our low population, close proximity to the sea and remoteness from other continents and sources of pollution. However there are some places in New Zealand, especially in towns and cities where air pollution does affect our health and the enjoyment of our environment.

These are usually places where homes are heated mainly by solid fuel (eg, wood or coal) or with high volumes of traffic. Air pollution is more likely to occur when there is little wind. Topography (hills and mountains), proximity to the coast, building height and time of the year all affect local wind conditions and can affect air pollution levels.

In winter, inversion layers can develop on still evenings and mornings. These trap pollutants near the ground and concentrations can build up to levels that affect your health. As the sun warms the air, inversion layers usually break down enabling pollutants to disperse. However, inversion layers can remain for two or three days. They develop frequently in some South Island towns and cities during winter.

Over all

New Zealanders enjoy a high environmental quality of life and access to pristine wilderness. However, New Zealand’s growth model, based largely on exploiting natural resources, is starting to show its environmental limits with increasing greenhouse gas emissions and water pollution, according to a new OECD report.

While the country only accounts for a tiny share of global emissions, the OECD’s third Environmental Performance Review of New Zealand finds that intensive dairy farming, road transport and industry have pushed up gross GHG emissions by 23% since 1990. Despite generating 80% of its electricity from renewable sources, among the highest in OECD countries, New Zealand has the second-highest level of emissions per GDP unit in the OECD and the fifth-highest emissions per capita.

Aware of the need to safeguard water quality, New Zealand has begun a process of freshwater policy reforms with a Clean Water Package of proposals in February that address some of the OECD recommendations. Further government support is needed to assist local authorities with setting rigorous goals and to speed up implementation.

short story

It was a sunny day at school, 8:30 am, I got out of my car. The halls are crowded with students and teachers. Walking to my first class I see Sam. He had this big dumb smile on his face. I look over and see Chloe. She’s twirling her hair and smiling at Sam. I don’t take notice of her though. I can hear Sam talking about me. As I walk by them Chloe looks up at me and says something in Sam’s ear. I go to sit in my form room,  when Chloe walks in. I was shocked as she is not normally in this class. She sits next to me, then smiled, that’s a first. Before she can start talking the teacher walks in. I’m thankful, because I know what she was going to say was going to be mean.

After class when I was walking to my locker. Chloe came up to me and says “Sam will never like a girl like you. No one will ever like a girl like you. I mean come on, you need to get over the fact that people just don’t like. You’re not cool, you’re not pretty, and you’re a nerd.” I slam my locker and walk away. But slowly one by one the tears come. I wipe away my tears. And tell the teacher that I felt sick and should go home. So I got in my car and drove away.

Back at school. Walking down the hall is terrifying. People staring at me is my nightmare and that’s what is happening today, great. But to make it better Chloe had to come and say “Hi.” Wow, I can see the hate in her eyes. I know that all she wants is to make my life hell and it works. I go home and cry every day but back to the point. I see her cold hearted eyes staring into mine. Before she can speak I walk away. She calls my name but I don’t don’t look back. As the bell has run. I walk into my first class she sits next to but we don’t talk. As class is about to end she looks at me and says “did you get the message that I told you yesterday you know how your a loser and  no one likes you” I smile and look away.

But that night I just wanted to cry. I think to myself what do I have to live for. Chole is right I don’t have friends, no one likes me. I am all alone in this world. Maybe I don’t want to live any more. I get the gun out of my dad’s room. And walk out side. As the tears fall down my face. I hold the gun to my head. I hear my name being call for dinner. But it’s too late. I pull the trigger. As I fall to the ground my dad's run to me. I lay dead in his arms.

in class, we made treasure maps and I did not get to finish mine but we had to draw a map and wright instructions. 

values

What exactly is respect?                                                                                                                                                It’s the sense of worth or personal value that you attach to someone. Respect is an overall evaluation you give someone based on many factors – what that person is doing with their life, how they treat you and others, whether they are honest or not and if they seem to consistently do good things, large or small, for other people. In short, respect is a positive view that you form of how someone is living their life. On the other hand, self-respect is your view of how you’re living your life.                                                                                                                             In  this two-part series, we will explore three areas of respect – self-respect, respect for others and other people’s respect for you. All three of these areas of respect are very important.                                                                                                                                                    It Starts with Self-Respect                                                                                                                                   Respecting yourself means giving and defining your own worth and value as a human being. Think about this: if you do not respect yourself, it will be more difficult for you to respect anyone else. So it all begins with self-respect. But how do I go about respecting myself?

• Being an Honest Person…You must be honest with yourself and with others.

• Valuing Academics and Other Forms of Education…A vital key to self-respect is knowledge.

• Understanding the Impact of Proper Nutrition/Exercise…In order to be your best, you must feel your best.      

• Understanding Financial Responsibility…Financial responsibility is a cornerstone to independence.

• Learning to Listen…Part of learning self-respect involves respecting the beliefs of others.

• Understanding the Value of Good Manners/Proper Conduct…Knowing and exercising good manners and proper conduct will make you feel good about yourself, and, in return, others will respect you for your good manners and proper conduct.

• Learning to Accept Personal Responsibility for Your Own Conduct…Part of being a respected person involves taking responsibility for your own actions.

Why Integrity is imported

Integrity is one of the fundamental values that employers seek in the employees that they hire. It is the hallmark of a person who demonstrates sound moral and ethical principles at work. ... Honesty and trust are central to integrity. Acting with honor and truthfulness are also basic tenets in a person with integrity.                                                                                                                              In each of our lives, we are going to be tested at one point or another on our integrity and ethics. Can you remember a time in your life when you were asked to do something, by an employer, friend, or associate which was outside of the lines of what you felt was right?  What decision did you make? Did you do the right thing by keeping your integrity or did you go off the path and do the wrong thing?                                                                                                                                       There are so many outside influences that test our moral and ethical behavior.  Are you easily influenced by others or are you strong and stick by your convictions and stay on the straight path?  Integrity is so important. I believe it is the number #1 quality someone should have .4 Reasons Why “Integrity” Should Be Your #1 Quality

1. Trust – If you are a person that has integrity, your personal relationships and professional relationships will be genuine and the people around you will know they can trust you with anything.
2. Responsible – If you have integrity, people will give you higher level responsibilities because they know and feel like you will always do the right thing.
3. Respect –  If you stand up for doing the right thing, people at times may not always agree with what you do, but they will have a great respect for you, that you stand up for what you believe in.
4. Authentic –  With integrity, you are looked at as real person, someone with class.  People with high integrity never have to look over their shoulder for anything they’ve done.  They can feel good about the choices they make.

What does kindness mean to you?

When I reflect back on times when I thought I was being ‘kind’, and doing what was ‘good’ or ‘right’ I have to ask myself: good or right by whom? starts at home. It’s about being true to our own feelings and values, and expressing this to other people so our feelings and values get an airing, and so those people know where they stand with us. If we’re not acting in a way that is kind to ourselves, we will not be acting in a way that is kind towards other people. Kindness isn’t lending someone money when you know they’re going to spend it on drugs, alcohol, or rack up more debt.Kindness is telling them you’re not going to lend them money and doing what you reasonably can to support them through their journey.Kindness isn’t heaping holier-than-thou judgement on someone in that situation.Kindness is finding compassion and understanding for where they’re at, while maintaining your own boundaries and respecting your own needs. Kindness is telling someone when we feel upset with something they said or did. Kindness is accepting where other people are, and not trying to change them. Kindness is accepting that might mean a toxic relationship is over – because we can’t change other people. Kindness is helping someone out; not to have some sort of debt owed by them, not to try and make ourselves look good, but from a genuine compassion for fellow human-being. Kindness is acting without expectation of reciprocity or recognition (although there’s nothing wrong with enjoying it). Kindness is an anonymous donation, it’s a surprise email with no expectation of a reply. Kindness is respecting other people’s boundaries. It’s trusting that that person knows what’s best for them. Ignoring those boundaries is not kind. Sometimes kindness is difficult, it can mean watching other people slide into a dark place and have to face up to the consequences of their actions. It means looking back at our own actions and facing up to the consequences of our own behaviour. Sometimes it means saying: “No.” True kindness can be tough, and it can leave us feeling less than kind.

But kindness starts at home. And as long as we are being kind to ourselves, we are coming from a place where we can show true kindness to others.

We all experience points in our lives where we face challenges, difficulties and issues. Often, we are told by friends, ‘Be strong, you’ll get through this’, or ‘You need to be more resilient’ but what does that really mean, and how can we achieve it in a practical sense?

This article aims to look at what resilience actually means and why it is important. I will also discuss different types of resilience, and provide some tips on how we can develop our resilience further.

What resilience really means

In essence, being resilient means being able to adapt and bounce back when something difficult happens in our lives. It is the ability to once again pick ourselves up after a trauma or painful experience. Our levels of resiliency will change and develop throughout our live, and at points we will find that we do not cope as well as others, as well as surprising ourselves when we manage a difficult situation. In another sense, resilience is just one of many psychological tools we implement to get us back to feeling normal again.                            Why is it important?                                                                                                                               As we all know, when we are in a weakened position where we feel as if things are going from bad to worse, it can be very difficult to find our balance, or swim against the tide, or, recover and regain stability.                                                                                                                 Resilience is important for a number of reasons; it enables us to develop mechanisms for protection against experiences which could be overwhelming, it helps us to maintain balance in our lives during difficult or stressful periods of time, and can also protect us from the development of some mental health difficulties and issues. Some of the various benefits to becoming more resilient are listed below.

• Improved learning and academic achievement.
• Lower absences from work or study due to sickness.
• Increased involvement in community or family activities.
• A lower rate of mortality and increased physical health.

Take your values with you

through life and you

will go far

The Monty Hall Problem

Healthy Bodies - Strong Minds

Healthy Bodies - Strong Minds
Weeks 7&8

Global Learning Intention:  We are learning about being healthy.

BIG IDEA: By keeping physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually fit, we are holistically looking after our HAUORA, (Health).

Big Questions for learning weeks 7&8:
What is a stereotype and how can it affect the way I think about myself and others?

Authentic Contexts:
Stereotypes
The way different cultures see beauty
Positive body image
The effect of the media on self perception
Profile photos
Photos from google. Use these if you want.
Pin the profile photos around the classroom. Divide students into eight groups and give each group several profile sheets from Copysheet: Profile. Allocate a starting photo for each group and allow them a set period of time to come up with a profile of that person. Each group then moves on to the next photo, until they have worked with all the photographs.
Completed profiles
Consider: How accurate were your profiles?
        What sort of things did you make mistakes about? (Age, hobbies ...)
        Why do you think your profiles weren’t always accurate?
        What information did you use to make your profiles? (The look of the person, what they were wearing, their culture, their age, what you think you know about people like that ...)
        Is this a fair thing to do? Why or why not?
        What should you do before you make decisions about what a person is like? (Really get to know them, find out about their personality, talk to them ...)
Create a list of the dangers of stereotyping people into categories.
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Knowing and Respecting People
1.       Before I make a judgement about a person I should:   get to know them as everyone is fighting a battle that you don’t know about. It just like the saying don’t judge a book by its cover. Don’t judge someone by the way they look. Or their older sibling.


2.       It is unwise to stereotype people because: everyone is different. no one is the same. Stereotypes can mean and hurtful to some.  They can be rasic and sexics like how girls have to like makeup and dress but not sports. And boys have to like sports but not dramas and dance.



3.       We can make people in our school and community who we think are different feel
         welcome by letting them join in and treating the way that you would want to be treated.



4.       In future when I meet new people I will try to smile, as people reacted to other when they look happy better. I would want to be kind and caring

My Speech

Kia ora

Ko Lily Graham tōku ingoa

No reira, tena koutou, tena koutou tena katoatau kotu

Dance... what do you think of it. Well I think it is perfect. It helps you in so many ways. And not just the obvious ones like keeping you fit. No there are a lot more benefits than you would think. Let me tell you why I think dance is the truly one of the greatest sports .

Dancing improves brain function on a variety of levels. Two recent studies show how different types of practice allow dancers to achieve peak performance by processes  thought with muscle memory. Through regular aerobic training that incorporates some type of dance at least once a week anyone can maximize his or her brain function. A new study from stanford university has found that dancing may help improve your balance and make you less dizzy. In September 2013, researchers from London College reported on specific differences in the brain structure of ballet dancers that may help them avoid feeling dizzy when they perform pirouettes. You don't have to train to become a professional ballet dancer to benefit from some type of dancing.

Dancing can be a way to stay fit for people of all ages, shapes and sizes. It has a wide range of physical and mental benefits. Like improving your heart and lungs. It will increase muscular strength and it increases aerobic fitness. It will improved muscle tone and strength. It helps with weight management. You will have improved balance and spatial awareness. You will increased physical confidence. You will have a greater self-confidence and self-esteem. Overall having better social skills.

Dance is for all ages. You don’t see people over the ages of 25 doing gymnastics no.  You can have a career in dance that can last a lifetime. When you are a dancer you make lifelong friends with the people that are in your  dance group. The dance studio is your happy place which is crucial when living with the pressures of today's world. Where you can be you without being judged. Dancing is like expressing yourself by moving. You get to be creative and unique. You can be free.

Over all I hope that I have convinced that dance is the one of the most fantastic and wonderful sports that I know.  Dance helps your brain, your body and you can be unique and creative while doing it.  I think that dance is one of the best sport and more people should look into giving a go. Will you?  

Speech Reflection

Self Reflection!

WALT: Plan, prepare and deliver a persuasive speech related to our T3 inquiry topic - Healthy Bodies, Strong Minds

Topic: why you should give dance a go

Time: 2:20

Keep (What would you keep in your speech if you did it again?)	Change (What would you change in your speech for next time, how could you make it even better? and why?)	Match (Pick a partner from our class and ask what they would keep, change, add and chuck. What is similar to you thinking?)
My conclusion I thought it was the best part of my speech. It wrapped up the speech by including all the things that I talked about.	I would make it a lot longer as that took away from my points. It was only 2: 20 and needed to be around 3mins	Zahra did not keep any of her speech. She would change everything about her speech. She would would add more detail to her speech. And she wanted to chuck it all and just start over.
Add (What further ideas and/or detail would you add to your speech? Were you persuasive enough - what do you peers think?)	Chuck (What are some of the parts of your speech you would scrap?)
I would add to my 2nd and 3rd idea. I think that they were not long enough.	The start. if I have to take out i bit to do again it would be the start but I like how it played out in the end.

Reflective thoughts above + feedback from your learning buddy/peers/teacher

= your next LEARNING step...

My next learning step for my next speech in the future is to make my speech longer and not rush through it like I did.

Fish in a tree

The Foot Print

In class, we made these foot print. About bullying. 

A Moment In Time

Timbernook

Timbernook was at the same place as the school camp Stony Creek camp. I think that Timbernook is a wonderful Idea. It gets kids that are normally of computer outside. and getting muddy.

Why You Need To Listen

Cross County

I have run the cross country course one time. And I thought that is was easy apart from one point in the run when I almost fall over. that was because it had rain the day be for. we ran 2.7 k and my time was 17.57 min

paper cutting

paper cutting work

so in class, we do mandarin. and we studied paper cutting click the link to learn more.
it will tell you about the art of chinse paper cutting. there are 13 side to read enjoy

The New Kid In My Class

Frank Whittle

Final Presentation

Alphabet Research

in class we have done Alphabet Research. where we pick a letter and write about it. I chose L and I did Lily's. Lily can survive a couple of days in the vase. Removal of the pollen from the flower will be prolonged lifespan in the vase and prevent the development of stains on the tepals.

Diagram Of Waves

In class we made a diagram. My is on the waves. I have the 6 different parts of the waves. The crest at the top of the wave. the trough is in between the waves. Wavelength is the length of the wave above water. Wave height is the height of the integer wave. Water particle motion is the motion of the wave going up and down. The negligible water movement below 1/2 wavelength is the movement below 1/2 meter below the wave.