Thursday 14 April 2016

Kapa Haka merit post #5

Last week at Kapa Haka we practised what we are going to do at the cultural festival and it took a while but we did that when all of the non performance group left. I had to show resilience because some new people joined and they did not know what they were doing and  I also had to be resilient when we were doing long poi for about 5 minutes before something else happened, which can't be said yet.

Wednesday 13 April 2016

WALT: Apply knowledge about shapes and patterns derived from nature into an original artwork.

For visual art the SOLO level I achieved was relational because I got my artwork done and I could teach others how to use the techniques we used.

The techniques I used in my artwork to achieve this visual artwork were using more and less water and using the water colors to make different shades of colors.

Here is a photo of my artwork:



My next step in my visual artwork is to move to a new group and learn some thing new.

WALT: Follow the writing process to write an exposition.

We were writing an exposition about 2 leaders that we thought were really good leaders. I chose Queen Elizabeth and Mother Teresa. Here is my conclusion on my writing.

Personally I think that the Queen is the better leader- she shows trustworthiness, honesty and she can relate to most people.Even though Mother Teresa saved people's lives the queen has made the world a better place to live in and has shown that for many, many years.

WALT: Find and validate data measures eg: Mean, Median, Mode and Range

These photos show that I have completed my goal. I had to show that I could describe and show what Mean, Median, Mode and Range.
My next step is to apply this knowledge to my own investigation.

Term 1 Integrated Learning - Leadership

We have been learning all about What makes a good leader.


We identified that good leaders show 6 main character traits. These are trustworthy, resilience, integrity, goal focused, active thinker and motivational.

The leadership trait that I think I show the most is trustworthiness because I always turn up to what I have to do in my leadership role and I can be trusted to get all of the house points done on time.

The leadership trait I would most like to develop is motivational because I sometimes need to be motivated to do some things with my role and some other things.

Something NEW I have learned about leadership is that you always have get your job done on time and you some times have time limits on when they have to be done.

The SOLO level that I reached during this unit of learning is extended abstract because I can evaluate the effectiveness of a leader.


My next step in learning about leadership is to apply everything that I have learned about leadership to my own leadership roles.

Tuesday 12 April 2016

Kapa Haka merit badge #4

Last week at Kapa Haka we practiced what we were going to do at the curtual festival in term 3. We all had to show resilience because some people got some of the actions wrong or went the wrong way. The year 8 girls also did their long poi. It was very hard and we had to show resilience because we kept hitting our self in the head or hitting somebody else.

Thursday 7 April 2016

Home learning challenge

Last week I did my first home learning challenge and I baked shortbread cookies for the workmen  that are doing the footpath. Here are some photos:
The cookies in the oven.
The finished project with the card.
Me giving it to the workmen.


Leadership (Balancing responsibilities) #1

Who is someone that can help me often with this?
  • Miss O
  • Mr M
  • Mr L
When is this responsibility usually my highest priority?
  • When I have to get all of my SML done on time.
What is the main objective that I am aiming for with this responsibility?
  • Getting my SML done and getting my National standards checked off.


Who is someone that can help me often with this?
  • Mr B
  • Mr L
  • Lauren


When is this responsibility usually my highest priority?
  • On Friday


What is the main objective that I am aiming for with this responsibility?
  • Getting all of the house points right and presenting them at assembly every week.


A responsibility I have  
outside of school is, Linedancing


Who is someone that can help me often with this?
  • Mary (Dancing teacher)
  • My Nana because she does it with me.


When is this responsibility usually my highest priority?
  • When I am learning a new dance


What is the main objective that I am aiming for with this responsibility?

  • Getting all of the dances perfect in at least 2 weeks.

My next step is to carry on doing this and today we learnt how to balance our responsibilities.

Monday 4 April 2016

Leadership meeting merit badge #4

Today we had a leadership meeting. All we did today was ask questions about some stuff and sort out the tabloid sports. We also had went to see if Mr B was in his class so we could ask him some questions about the tabloid sports and presenting some stuff for the winning house at end of this term but he was not in his class.
I had to show active thinking when I had to sort out who was speaking in assembly about the winning house mufti day.