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?