How To Attribute Images

 In Te Ngahere we have been learning to attribute images. I learnt how to attribute images and credit peoples work. I will use it in the future to credit people’s work so I don’t get copyrighted or accused of plagiarism. What I thought was hard was when I had to do an image from my friends blog because I didn’t really know how to attribute an image from a friends blog. What I found easy was probably trying to attribute an image from Google and explore tool because I just had to find the license, title and author. Do you know how to attribute an image?     

How NOT To Get Scammed

 In Te Ngahere we have been learning about scams and phishing for the cybersmart challenge. The challenge was to guess if an email, website and pop up was legit or fake. To know if they’re fake or legit we had to look for details like if they asked for private information or if the padlock has a cross. What I found hard was the last one because the pop up said that “we have just detected a virus download now” so I couldn’t tell since most pop ups are fake. What I found easy was the first and second one since the first one ask for private information and the second one was by manaiakalani which is pretty easy to guess if it’s fake or legit. Have you ever gotten pop ups and fake emails before?

The Steps Of The Scientific Method

 In Te Ngahere we have been learning about the scientific method for our science fair. I learnt that the scientific method is a method that uses a hypothesis, questions, gathering information, etc. We also made a infographic that showed the steps of the scientific method. I think that I will use this in the future for when I learn about science or do the science fair. What I think I did well in was making the infographic because I put the steps in order and created a good design. What I think I could do better next time is maybe add a bit more detail and try to put it in my words. Have you made an infographic before?

The Extraordinary Science Roadshow

 On Monday we went to the Bay of Islands College Science Roadshow to learn about science and to get some ideas for our science fair. We learnt about the different types of gases like oxygen, carbon dioxide, hydrogen and more. We also learnt that 21% of the air around us is oxygen, 1% of the air is hydrogen, etc and that 78% of the air is nitrogen. After all of that we went to check out the exhibit. My favourite exhibit was the one where you had to jump and stick the thing on the pole because it was fun to do and I got to see how high I could jump. What I learnt about fair testing was that you only change one variable. I think I might use it in the future for our science fair to change and modify. Have you done a science fair before?

Extraordinary Technology

In Te Ngahere the year 7 and 8s goes to Moerewa school for technology every two weeks. This week for technology us year 8s were doing woodcrafting. We are making a waka. This week I was up to cutting off the front and back of my waka but before that we took a test about types of woods and trees then we did some crafting. I had to cut off the front and the back of the waka with a tool called plane which took me a while then I had to trim off some more with a spinny sandpaper tool to make the waka more smoother. That was all i got up to this week. What I thought was hard was when I had to cut off the front and back because for me the plane tool was kind of hard for me because I didn’t know how to use it properly. What I think I could do better next time is maybe pay more attention and ask for help because I was stuck on what to do for a while. Have you done woodcrafting before?

Being Smart Online

 In Te Ngahere we have been learning about “Smart Relationships.” We had to first watch a video that showed a relationship between a grown man and a little girl that had a profile on a website that showed her personal information. The little girl didn’t know that he was a grown man since they were in a open chat room. She also got bullied about it at school because one of her bullies found her profile. The people that made the video showed it in real life though for example the grown man walking into her room which was her chatroom and more. After we had watched the video we made a slideshow where we had to write what information she shared, the main points the video is trying to make, etc. When we were done with that we could either make a DLO, animation or poster with your group. My group decided to make an animation but we still haven’t finished it. What I’ll do differently in the future is try not to share personal information that I don’t want going around.  What will you do differently in the future?

The Interesting Life Cycle Of Animals That Live In The Ngahere

 In Te Ngahere we have been creating a Ngahere presentation about an animal that lives in the Ngahere. Before we made the presentation we had to make a doc that had information about the animal that you choose to do. You had to show and talk about where the animal lives, what does it eat, what does it do in Te Ngahere, etc. The animal that my group chose was called the Gray’s Tree Gecko. We added some animations to the animals so that it matches with what we are talking about. What I thought was hard was when I had to animate because the animations were confusing to use and control. Also I didn’t really participated in that much so what I think I could do better next time is maybe work more with the group so that I could have at least participated in some more stuff.The Interesting Life Cycle Of Animals That Live In The Ngahere

What is the author describing?

 In Te Ngahere for reading we have been learning how to understand what we read when the meaning is not clear or stated correctly in a text. We had to make a copy of a doc that had a short poem on it describing something but it didn’t tell us what it was so we had to guess it and the poem would get longer and longer making it harder for us. We had to type what we thought it was and then type why we thought that. We did two poems. The first one was describing something that cut grass and the second one was describing something in the sky. I think I did well doing the first part of the second poem because it just described something that could fly so I would have to say something that flies but the second part of the poem got me stuck but that was because I was daydreaming and not focusing on the poem. What I think I could do better next time is maybe focus more on what the author is trying to describe instead of just daydreaming

Our Extraordinary Technology

 On Tuesday the year seven and eights went to technology at Moerewa School. The year sevens did cooking while the year eights did woodcrafting and I had to craft since I was a year eight. The teachers names were Mr E who was teaching woodcrafting and Whaea Dot who was teaching cooking. Mr E first explained the rules in his class then we took a test about the rules. He showed us how the tool works then we played around with the tools until morning teas. After morning tea we got a block of wood to make the Waka and drew an oval shape for the waka by measuring. Then we drilled a hole in the oval and cut it out but unfortunately I never got to the cutting part. What I thought was hard was when I had to measure it because sometimes the measurements were incorrect and then you had to rub it out then do it again till it was perfect since close enough is not good enough which was kinda annoying. What I think I could do better next time is maybe pay more attention so that I can get my work done faster.

The Test That Made Me Feel Dumb

 In Te Ngahere we had a reading test that was about following directions. The teacher gave us a paper that had instructions on it. You had to read and do what the instruction says. I think the teacher was teaching us how to read things carefully and how to follow directions properly. The test was only 4 minutes long and there were twenty-three instructions but technically it was only three instructions. The first instruction was that you had to read everything carefully before doing anything but we all didn’t actually read everything carefully. The 23rd instruction said that we had to do only sentences one and two the flip the paper over and draw quietly while waiting for the other students did which none of us did. When I realised that I didn’t follow the instructions properly I felt pretty dumb. What I think I could do better the next time is to actually read everything properly so that I won’t make the same mistakes in the future. How well can you read things carefully?

Celebrating Shivam’s Birthday

In Te Ngahere we went to Green’s Indian Cuisine for lunch because we were celebrating Shivam’s birthday. We were very lucky that we got to eat for free because Shivam’s parents  were the owners at Green’s. We walked from our school to Green’s and when we got there we sat at the tables and waited for our food. After a while we finally got served some drinks, butter chicken, naan bread and rice. I dipped the naan bread in the butter chicken and ate it. I thought it tasted delicious. I then kept eating more and more till I was full. At the end Shivam’s parents came out with a shopping trolly with boxes of chocolate easter eggs and they gave each of us one easter egg. Angela and Jade then gave Shivam a card that we had all signed. After that we said thank you to his family by doing some waiata. The songs we sang were Utaina mai, Ka pioioi and Rerenga Wairua. Then we went back to school. How do you think butter chicken tasted?

 

Coastal Seas Life Cycle

 In Te Ngahere we have been learning about what sea animals  do and how they live. We watched one episode of a show called Our Planet and wrote all the facts we could on a doc. We then made a DLO that we wrote our facts on it but we had to put the facts in different categories for example we would put all the seaweed facts on one slide and put the shark facts on a different slide. What I thought was hard was when I had to write down the facts because i’m deaf so it was hard to hear what the person was saying but I managed to write some decent amount of facts down. What I think I could do better next time is try to pay attention more to what he was saying so that I could get more facts so that my DLO could’ve at least be more interesting. 

How To Pronounce Maori Words

 In Te Ngahere we have been learning about how to pronounce the Maori alphabet, Maori greetings and place names. We had to screencastify us pronouncing them. We made a DLO that shows us pronouncing them. We screencastify on Education Perfect. Education Perfect is a digital learning program designed for students to learn about Maori and more. When we finished the screencastify we put them on our DLO. What I found difficult was that sometimes I didn’t really know how to pronounce the word and I had to try not to mess it up because I would have to screencastify again. What I think I could do better next time is go somewhere else that's quiet. Have you ever used the website, Education Perfect before?

How To Search The Web Properly By Using Keywords

 In Te Ngahere we have been learning about how to search the internet properly so that we will be able to find more accurate results. To search the internet properly, instead of asking questions we have to type the keywords for example, instead of typing “where do spiders live” type “spiders habitat” because It will help you get more accurate results about where they live. We made a copy of a slide, where we had to highlight the keywords that are in questions, etc. What I found easy was when I had to highlight the keywords because the teacher already showed us what to highlight. What I think I could do better next time is use keywords when I search up a question so that I get more accurate result. Do you know how to search the web properly?

Tidying Our Drive

In Te Ngahere we have been learning to tidy our drive. We first watched a video telling us how to clean our drive and how to file stuff but we already knew that. We made a copy of the presentation that the person in the video used to show which doc, slides and google drawing, goes in what folder. We also did the same thing he did then on the next slide we had to take a screenshot of our drive and insert it onto the slide. After that we cleaned our drive by making a personal folder for us to put our personal stuff in and an old stuff folder for us to put our old stuff in. For the untitled ones, we just deleted them and for the ones that are new and we hadn’t filed yet, we just put them in the correct folder. What I thought was easy was when I had to screenshot my drive because I just needed to screenshot it and insert it onto the slide. Is your drive clean?

The Hardest Task I’ve Done So Far

 In Te Ngahere we have been doing taskmaster and collaborating in our learning groups. For taskmaster we had to copy the teachers drawing. The drawing had five colors on it. One of us had to to be the drawer and two of us had to be runners. The runners would go outside, one at a time then look at the drawing and specifically tell the drawer what they need to draw.

My group did two attempts but unfortunately I wasn’t here for the first attempt. For the second attempt I was one of the runners but I wasn’t specifically describing the drawing that well. What I thought did not go well was when I was constantly repeating myself, yelling at the drawer as the time was getting closer to zero, making me more anxious and frustrated. What I thought went well was that we were paying attention to small details, for example what line to draw it on and what color it was but there were times where we did not check it properly. 

 The things I found challenging was when the drawer would ask us something that I did not check so I would have to check again. Our drawing had each thing in the right place but It still wasn’t as accurate as the teachers drawing and we also didn’t have that much time so we didn’t get to draw everything else. I learnt that working and collaborating helps us learn from each other.

1st attempt: 2nd attempt:

The Guide To Create A Food Web

 In Te Ngahere we have been learning about food webs. Food webs show you how the energy goes from one organism to the other organism. We had to make a food web on a google drawing. First we had to gather information about what the animals eat. Then we added arrows and we changed the color of the arrows to show what animals eat what food. We put the small food in the middle first then we put the native animals and trees in. After that we then compared the differences between my food web and the teachers food web. We had to write at least 3 differences and I noticed that some of my arrows are not pointing at the right image. There were also supposed to be more arrows. I also noticed that the teachers arrows were different colors while mine were just one color. What I thought was easy was when I had to find differences between mine and the teachers one because I all I needed to do was find the differences and write them down. What I thought was hard was when I had to search for information about each animal because some websites had different information than others so it was hard to find out if it was true or not. I learnt that some animals like the kereru eat a lot more than others and that others only eat on like the kiwi.Have you created a food web before?

Why Mutualism is important

In Te Ngahere we have been learning about mutualism. Mutualism is when two organisms from different species work together. We had to make a DLO about mutualism that shows and tell what each member of the mutualistic relationship do. I learnt that a mutualistic relationship is an interaction between different species that are mostly positive. What I thought was hard was when I had to do a DLO because I didn’t really understand what mutualism was. What I thought was easy was when I needed to write about each member of the mutualistic relationship because I just needed to write what they do. Have you learnt about Mutualism before?

 

Measurement Facts That You Never Knew About

 In Te Ngahere we have been learning and doing measurement. We had to measure pens, desks, bags, erasers, rulers and more. We had to put the object’s 1.2 meters apart or whatever number it told you. The first time we tried measuring 2 pens we did it incorrectly because we did not read the instructions properly and the measurements were not accurate. When we measured the erasers we did it correctly because the first eraser started at zero and the other eraser ended at 1.6 m. What I thought was hard was trying to make sure that the measurements were correct because sometimes we did not read the instructions correctly so the measurements were not accurate. What I thought was easy was recording our measurements because all we needed to do was record it. Have you done measurement before?

Important Facts About Ecosystems That You Never Knew About

 In Te Ngahere we have been learning about ecosystems. We had to first make a copy of a doc and write what we already knew about ecosystems. Then we had to read the articles about ecosystems. After that we had to write down what we discovered and write what we now understand. Ecosystems are living things with non living things that are interacting with the systems. What I thought was hard was when I had to write what I know about ecosystems because I couldn’t remember anything about ecosystems so I just wrote “I can’t remember anything”. What I thought was easy was when I had to write what I discovered because I just needed to write facts about ecosystems that I had discovered. Have you heard about ecosystems before?

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Tsunami Friday

 On Friday last week we had a tsunami drill. At First I ignored the tsunami warning on the news like it was a normal day but then my dad came over and told me that there was a tsunami. I then became terrified because of what I had seen in movies. We packed our things and drove up to the golf course on the hill. I was still scared because I had never witnessed a tsunami before. We met up with my dad’s workers and friends. We sat there talking and waiting for it to be over until we eventually went to eat at the golf club. At this point I started to calm down because it wasn’t like what I thought was gonna happen. After a while we finished and went back to our car and sat there until we were told that we could go. I was trying to sleep until someone told me that we could go home. I was relieved because I was just about to fall asleep and I was very bored. I woke up my dad and we went home. Where were you when it happened?

The Art Of Roy Lichtenstein

 In Te Ngahere at Paihia School we have been learning about the artist called Roy Lichtenstein and will be making pop art like he did. Roy Lichtenstein is a pop artist that makes paintings using Ben Day Dots. Roy Lichtenstein used not a lot of colours like other artist at the time did. Roy Lichtenstein made paintings and art of popular things at the time like comics and playing cards. Before he became an artist he began as a Abstract Expressionist painter. The technique I think we’re going to be using for the artwork is the dot technique that he also used. Have you heard about Roy Lichtenstein before?

Link to where I got the info from:
pop art slides

roy lichtenstein text

(other facts on google)

The Importance of Kawa of Care

 In Te Ngahere at Paihia School we have been learning the rules of the Kawa of Care because some people last year did not look after their chromebook properly. The Kawa of Care is an agreement with students, parents and schools to ensure students take the responsibility and care for their chromebook. We have made comics, animations and more about the Kawa of Care. I decided to make an animation. What I thought was hard was when I had to choose something in the kawa of care that I don’t do to make an animation about because I do most of them. What I think I could do better next time is make sure that I use the rules of kawa of care so that my chromebook won’t be damaged.