Breakout EDU

a few weeks back we did a test/mini game its breakout edu when you find locks and keys around the area its set in.  Your put in groups you have a timer of 30 minutes i think or 45 im not sure but my group was pretty good at it and we found the locks and keys pretty fast. We got out in 14 minutes or 15 still not sure but it was a fun experience and hope to do it again next year.



how fast would you solve it?

speech

Today i'll be sharing my speech to you  and hope you  enjoy it. its about racism and why it should stop hope you enjoy

Do you know what discrimination Is? Discrimination in when we  treat people unfairly based on their race, gender, ability or religion. 

But my topic for this speech is racism. So i'm not racist but if your brown or a different skin tone  you don't have to worry about people being racist but

 there are some racist people out there so if someone is racist to you or a friend or even someone you don't know help them out and don't join in.

But there is also stereotypes of racism. Like when people say Asians can't see or there really smart and I want to help not with the racism but to make it stop it doesn't help anyone sure he might get a laugh out of it but it wont help us. And in like a hour he will feel bad for you and you might be sad but words can't hurt you like the saying sticks and stones can break my bones but words will never hurt me.

If your Asian Japanese have you ever been told like you are smart at maths or a certain subject because of what you look like or because of your culture or if your brown people think you might hurt or do something illegal which is totally not true  that’s just just another stereotype. There are way more types of stereotypes and all that but you probably know what it means now. The only reason racism happens is because they are against the blacks/browns and I don't see why because like I said early is that people think brown people always do something bad which is still not true but people have their own opinions.

I want to make a change in our community and our school even at school heaps of racism happens  here and I don't like the way that sounds because were a christian school and we believe in god not racism it's bad enough that it happens all around the world but in our school that is just the worst of the worst because were christian s and we don't believe in racism. And it effects all of us it makes one of us feel bad and the other one is laughing until he actually feels bad for you and might say sorry or he will try to act tough when  he actually really feels bad.Which is really bad for him because he feels really bad now and you know he does. But i'm going a bit off topic right now so lets get back on to racism 

What would you do if you saw someone being discriminated against

Tech term 2

For technology this term im doing sowing im making a pillow. First were doing all the basics like how  to set up the machine which im not that good at.  Then we get our test fabrics like little bits of fabric  so we can test the machine im alright at that still not the best at it. When we get the basics down I think we move on to doing the actual pillow and we put a design. For my design I might do a simple design like some circles or like do this through it /different colours on it and hope I do good on it.



What would your design be for the pillow?

Goals for term 2

                                    " It's one thing to say it's another to do it."


I've been looking in to what my goals for this term can be. I know that I'm sometimes late to workshops and that I don't always finish work on time and can be disorganised.

So my  goals for this term are:          get to workshops on time
                                                          to finish all my follow up  on time
                                                          to be organised for my workshops or Thursday sport

Ways I can achieve my goals: to check my planner so i know whats happening
                                               I need to think of what's more important and what needs to be done first
                                                have the things I need, to be ready



What goals  do you think stand out to you?
                                                         

discrimination art

For PBL this term we're doing it on discrimination which is like racism, sexism you know. 

So if you don't  know what discrimination is  it's basically racism as i said early but there is more types. There's religious discrimination and there's  ableism. Ableism   is when you  judge people for disabilities like people in wheelchairs when they cant get up some stairs. If some one makes a silly joke about it and you laugh or you  make a joke as well that's discrimination and we're trying to stop it not make it worse so help out instead of joining in.

Here's  my art - I have created an image of what we should be doing to stop discrimination and have included a anti-racist quote.

Do you agree with what im saying?

PBL term 2

Our  PBL this term is about discrimination. We have learnt about sexism racism and religion discrimination. so im going to tell you about sexism. its when you let a male watch or do something but don't let the females do it so if males get paid $1000 and females get $500 then that's discrimination and if you at least laugh a it at a silly joke about it then your not helping your making it worse.

did you know what discrimination was before this?

Biography

A few weeks ago we did biography's on people we thought were great which is our pbl topic I thought I would share it with you

St Francis of Assisi

St Francis was born in Assisi, Italy. His real name is Giovanni di Pietro di
Bernardone. His family is  st Francis which is him his dads name was Pietro
bernardone his mother’s name  pica de bourlemont He was born on 1181 or
1182 St Francis is great because he abandoned a life of luxury for a life
devoted to Christianity after hearing the voice of God, who commanded him to
rebuild the Christian church and live in poverty. He is the patron saint of
animals and the environment. St Francis of Assisi his first major event was
when he rebuilt the church.

His 2 major event was giving all his money away to the poor.His 3 major event
was talking to animals. His accomplishments He was canonized as a saint on
July 16, 1228. During his life he also developed a deep love of nature and
animals and is known as the patron saint of the environment and animals; his
life and words have had a lasting resonance with millions of followers across
the globe. St Francis of Assisi has become a massive influence to all within
our generation and his generation. We are exposed to his work within our daily
lives and so were the people of his time. His impact on the Christian society
has influenced not only people but traditions and the church as well.

To recap all this st Francis of Assisi was a great person for society and he was
very generous. St Francis quote Start by doing what's necessary; then do
what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible. St. Francis of Assisi
abandoned a life of luxury for a life devoted to Christianity after reportedly
hearing the voice of God, who commanded him to rebuild the Christian church
and live in poverty. He is the patron saint of animals and the environment.

if you could write a biography who would it be on?

Touch

Outside school every Wednesday I play touch I play for the papanui tigers. To be honest there not the best but I still play for them don't know why but next year I'm going to try play school touch. Cause I don't like my team there to demanding for the ball and I usually never get it because im dummy.  Dummy is the person who gets the ball from the person who got touched and is forced to pass unless he runs and gets touched then which the enemy team gets it. When I try for school i should get the ball a bit more but overall I still have to go to my touch for a few more games which is fine with me.

Which sport do you like?

Swimming lessons

At swimming lessons I was in the lowest group. It doesn't matter that much to me  it was fun in the deep pool I could barely touch the bottom flat foot. My group did have to go in the warm little kids pool sometimes not sure why but when it was a cold day and we got to go in the warm pool it was fun. On the last few days we had life jackets which were really cold to put on but when they were on it was fine on Thursday we got to do the boat thing I was the captain because I was at the head of the boat on the last day we did pyjamas day I was sick so didn't go but I heard it was fun.



what is your favourite style of swimming

Stress Balls Sell Fast

This term our Project Based Learning (PBL) has been about design and the big question was; How can we use a Steam approach to make a marketable product?

First we learned what STEAM stood for.
S for Science
T for Technology
E for Engineering
A for the Arts
and M for Maths
Then we were given challenges. The first to make a chair using newspaper, string and straws that was able to hold a figure made out of multi-link blocks.
Then; make a table that was able to balance MnMs for the team. We were much better at the second challenge because … we were desperate for the m&m’s

In Literacy we learned to write up science experiments and to write a technology report using the design process of ask, imagine, plan, create, improve and share.

Our next step was to form teams and ask ourselves the big question again.
How can we use a Steam approach to make a marketable product? Our aim was to create enough products or experiences and sell it to raise money for charity.

 My team made stress balls

Reflection

My highlight from this PBL was we worked as a team and talked about stuff and discussed what was happening next and it was fun
Next time I would…  bring more supplies so we could make more items.

PBL Market day

For this year of pbl we have been doing little challenges.
But they were easy  we had a group/steam teams then when  we moved on to something much harder I guess. We are doing a market sale my group are making stress balls don't know how my group came up with idea but I liked it. I was away that day when they came up with it we are making them with flour and beads. For  1.00 a stress ball the market day is 4th December and starts at 10.00 AM -2.00 PM
and I hope that I see you there.