Vision Board

LI: to allow us to gather a recording of what we want to achieve this year

Our Vision Boards are visual showcases of what we want to achieve and accomplish this year. In my Vision Board I have things such as Sport, School, Religion, and my personal life mixed into this to help me with my achievements so I can be the best me by the end of this year. 

Silver Attitude - Represent the school at an outside function

LI: to be able to explain how I was able to represent school out of the classroom

For one of my Silver Attitude activities I had to explain how I represented the school at an outside function. I was able to represent the school at Tech, which was located in Tamaki College. For Tech we were being taught design and wood carving. For the term we were able to learn how to use many tools such as chisels, mallets, tri squares to help us create our design. My design was to make a phone holder. For this week I was polishing up my design, and shaping up my measurements to help me get a higher score. 

Silver Attitude - Represent the school at an inter-school competition

LI: to represent our school at an inter-school competition

For one of our Silver Attitude activities we had to represent our school at an inter-school competition. Today we had a Football tournament. We had 5 games for the whole day. It was really fun playing and we were able to grab some wins. 

Our first game was against Stonefields, and we had a toughloss 0 - 1. But we were determined to improve, and prove that we could play our bests. 

Our next game was against Glenbrae. We were playing hard, and got a better result. As this game we had a draw, 1 - 1. 

Our third game we went against Sylvia Park. This game we were doing much better, passing the ball and we were able to take the win. 1 - 0.

Our second to last game we went against Panmure District. We tried to keep the same energy as last game, and were trying to work harder as a team. We were lucky enough to take the win again, and celebrated with a score of 1 - 0.

Our last game we went against Panmure Bridge Team B, who were the other Yr 7&8 boys team. This game we tried hard, and went fast into the game trying hard to get a good record. After all the games we had played we improved drastically and won the game 4 - 1. 

At the end of the day we had 3 wins, 1 loss, and 1 draw. 

Silver Attitude - Tutor someone who needs extra help with a skill

LI: to tutor someone on a subject or an area of learning

For my one of my Silver Attitude activities I had to tutor someone who needed some help with a skill. For Maths we were doing different Math equations in our thinking group. As we were all explaining to each other how we got the answer for the Math equations, my teammates Heavenly and Te Raumati got stuck on the decimal part of the equation. 

So I helped them our explaining it on the whiteboard. It was really cool doing because later they found out why the mistakes were made and how they could have fixed it. It was a good learning opportunity for me as much as it was for them because I got to feel a sense of being a leader, and was able to teach someone with my own abilities. 

Silver Attitude - Sophie Pascoe

LI: to learn about someone who has gone through rough times but is an inspiration to many people globally

For one of my Silver Attitude activies we had to learn about someone who has gone through rough times in their life but still are an inspiration to people around the nation and the globe. The person I picked was Sophie Pascoe. A New Zealand Paralympic Swimmer, an one of New Zealands biggest treasures. Up above in my DLO shows what she went through and that she was able to go through all the barriers in her life. 

Silver Attitude - Public Health Nurses

LI: to explain the part that the Public Health Nurses do at school

 

For one of my Silver Attitude activities we had to explain what the Public Health Nurses do in our schools. The Public Health Nurses are the people who make sure we are healthy and ready for our learning at school. They regularly check up on us to make sure we are all healthy. They take us down to the Medic Cube to examine us and help us with any problems we are having. 

Auckland Museum

LI:  To learn the teachings of our tupuna (ancestors) and the history of New Zealand's native people and their land. 

Before going to the Museum we had a challenge or a quiz for the trip, and we had to complete it and find out the answers during the trip. It was like a scavenger hunt. Throughout the day we added extra questions as there were too much people figuring out the answers too quickly. At the end of the day we went from 6 to 10 questions. Winning this quiz would result in getting a prize. 

When we first got into the museum we were introduced to the museum and the rules. But firstly we had morning tea before adventuring the place. Ngarimu, one of our advisers taught us a lot of the weapons and equipment used from the Maori. We then had Kingi, another one of our advisers taught us about the meaning of the carvings in the marae, and taught us about the Treaty of Waitangi. After we had a bit of exploring we went for lunch. After lunch we learnt the Ka Mate Haka and 7 different Taiaha moves. 

How to be cybersmart (Silver Confidence)

 LI: to teach how to be Cybersmart

For one of the activities and tasks to achieve the Silver Confidence Badge I had to make a DLO on either "How to stand up to bullies" or "How to be cybersmart". I chose how to be Cybersmart. In my DLO I explain how to be Cybersmart. I explained things like password safety, info sharing, cyber bullying and more things. After I then talk about what Cybersmart is, and I talk about how Cybersmart is about how to be safe online. 

How to smartcomment (Silver Confidence)

LI: to teach the basics of how to smartcomment

 

For one of the activities to achieve and get the Silver Confidence Badge I had to create a task with my teacher. The task I created was about "How to smartcomment". In this DLO I firstly said what a smartcomment is, and defined what its about and what it does. After I started talking about the basics and structure of a smart comment, and in the DLO it shows a example of a smartcomment with all the simple basics and structure. 

Teach a teacher a new skill (Silver Confidence)

LI: to teach our teacher a new skill

For one of the activities to achieve and get the Confidence Badge we had to teach our teacher a new skill. The skill I was trying to teach Mrs Anderson was counting 1 - 10 in Burmese. In my DLO (Digital Learning Object) I showed the Burmese numbers in Burmese script. I also showed how to pronounce the Burmese numbers. 

Joining a competition (Silver Confidence)

LI: to join a competition

For one of the activities to achieve and get the Confidence Badge we had to join a competition. During the summer holidays I was doing the Summer Learning Journey 2019 to 2020. The Summer Learning Journey is a program which leads and helps children keep on learning during the holidays. There were certain task categories we had to do each week. We then had to blog them, and in the end if we did do the most post and comments we would win a prize which was the competition aspect of the program. 

Leading School Assembly (Silver Confidence)

LI: to have confidence and lead a school assembly

One of the activities to achieve my Confidence Badge, was to lead a school assembly. Sulia and I had lead the school assembly together, we memorised the script, and encouraged each other to carry on. This activity was really fun and helpful. It was really fun because it was my first time doing it, and it was helpful because I became proud and confident in what I was doing. 

Making Dinner for you Family (Silver Respect)

LI: to make dinner for your family
For the Silver Respect Care Award one of the activities were to make dinner for your family. So for dinner I made Fried Rice. In the fried rice I had sausages, eggs, green beans, peppers to add a kick. I also put some soy sauce which also gave it some flavors. I also added Kimchi as a side dish, with the Fried Rice. Above you will be able to see the dish I made.

PBS Collage (Silver Respect)

LI: to make a PBS Collage
For one of the Silver Care Award Respect activities I had to make a collage of PBS. For this activity we were challenged to make a collage of PBS. On my collage you can see different photos of what PBS has done all together. On it you can also see I have written down our school name, as well as the Manaiakalani motto, which is Learn, Create and Share. It means whatever we learn, we will the create it into a DLO, and then share it out.

Thank You Letter (Silver Respect)

LI: to write a Thank you letter to a teacher or staff member
For one of the activities for the Silver Respect badge we had to write a thank you letter to a teacher or a staff member. The thank you letter I wrote was to Mrs Anderson, who teaches in Learning Space 2. I wrote to her because she has been really challenging me and has helped me so much in a short span of time. In the short span of time she has taught me so much.

Respected Leaders (Silver Respect)

                       

LI: to research a Respected Leader
For one of the activities for the Silver Respect Badge we had to research about Respect Leader. A respected leader is a person who is responsible, and is well respected. The Respected Leader I researched on was Nelson Mandela. Nelson Mandela was one of the South African Presidents, and was protesting against Segregation. Segregation is the separation between people with different races or colour.

Aretha Franklin: Respect (Silver Respect)

LI: to research Aretha Franklins Respect
For one of the activities for the Silver Respect Badge, we had to research the song RESPECT by Aretha Franklin. In this DLO (Digital Learning Object) I am talking about what the song meant, and what Aretha Franklin wanted to represent. Aretha Franklin was a famous music idol back in the days and was really good at what she was doing. When she released her song RESPECT, many people wondered what Aretha Franklin was trying to say.

Sophie Pascoe (Silver Attitude)

For this activity we researched on someone who has a positive attitude despite face difficulties in many ways. I picked Sophie Pascoe who is a Paralympic swimmer who has a physical disability. Sadly when she was little she had to get her leg amputated because she got her leg ran - over my a lawn - mower. But that hasn't stopped her from being one of the best swimmers in the world. Sophie Pascoe has won many gold medals an awards.

Public Health Nurses (Silver Attitude)

LI:l to learn about public health nurses
For my first silver confidence care award activity I've done an explanation on why Public Health Nurses are so important. They are so important because they keep the kids healthy, so they can come back to school and learn. They really care, so they come down to every class to see if any kids have a sore throat, or rashes and more. They also have a Medi - Cube which is a space they use to help and care for the kids.