My recap of 2017 and being a year 7&8

Greetings everyone. Today I will be recapping the whole of 2017 and what is like being a year 7&8.
Now this blog may sound similar to one of my last recent blogs how I've adjusted from being a year 5&6 to a year 7&8 but today I am recapping the whole year and how it went from start, middle and end.

Start
At first, I was quite nervous about going to an intermediate school and being a year 7 but luckily for me I managed to make a lot of good friend like Lilly, Corban, Sam, Andrei, Josh, Jordon, Max, Lorenzo and a lot of others. These Friends made it very easy for me to settle in, they would help me with my work and play with me at lunch and morning tea which I enjoyed a lot.

Middle
When I was halfway through the term, I was amazed on how quick the year had gone and one thing that made that go really quick was because I was having a lot of fun. For example, when we did stuff like science fair, speeches and Thursday sport, which I loved the most. One big thing I enjoyed though was camp because everyone hung out with people that they would normally never hang out with which I thought was really cool.

End
The end of the year came around so quick but as I said one reason why the year went so quick is because of the fact that I simply had so much fun. I am proud of the year I had because I stepped up  as a year 7 and showed that even though I may not be confident I can still say my word and present my work.

I hoped everyone enjoyed my blog today and let me know in the comments the best part about your year.

Grip Leadership Confrerence

Greetings everyone.
Today I will be talking about how the Grip Conference retreat went now. If you're confused in what that is let me explain. The Grip Leadership Conference goes for one whole day and it is all about molding everyday student into the leaders of tomorrow and you can also get badges.

When we were at the Conference. we were told what leadership actually is, how you can be a leader and how you can set an example to others on how to be a leader. We also were given badges if we went up on stage and helped with some leadership skills or your can just buy some from the front counter which in my opinion was my favourite part because it means you can have something that you can help you remember how to be a leader in 2018.

One thing though, I think it would be better if it only went for half a day because as you know we were there for the whole day which is very exhausting as you have to sit down for hours on end. One good thing though, is that they change how the program goes every year.

My Biography on Thierry Henry

Greetings, everyone. Today I will be showing you guys my biography on Thierry Henry, my Idol.

Introduction

Thierry Henry is a French Football Legend. Now one reason why Thierry Henry was truly a legend is because in a football match at school it's common to see people run past the whole team but to that in professional football match that really is something else for example, the reason why he could do these things is because he would absolutely burst past the  whole team with his blistering pace. Thierry Henry was born on August 17, 1977 and his Parents were Antoine Henry and Maryse Henry and lived in small suburban town called Les Ulis in Paris.5  

Early Years

In Thierry childhood he was very committed to football and eventually through his hard work and dedication he was elected to play in the junior team for Les Ulis and Palaiseau. When he was 13 he then started playing for Viry-Chatillon under 15 team. Unfortunately around that time his parents separated and his mum made them move to Alexander and go to Fleming School. As you would expect though Thierry Henry  was still very committed to Football. Then we he was 14 he was elected into the French Football Federation Clairefontaine Academy. 5

Career

Thierry Henry started at AS Monaco when Arsene Wenger  the manager did an apprentice contract deal with Thierry Henry at the age of  17 years old. He then went to Juventus for  1 year un 1999-1999. When the season ended he then signed a contract with Arsenal for 5 seasons and that's when  his career really started off at Arsenal because at Arsenal he was the top scorer for the whole time he was at arsenal and he was also apart of the invincibles team in 2004 where they never lost a match.5 In 2007 he then went to Barcelona for a 3 year contract.6

Why Thierry Henry was truly one of the best in the world

Now a lot people debated over is Thierry Henry one of the best footballers in the world.

The reason he is one of the best in the world is because he is consistent for example when he got his first premier league golden boot (top goal scorer) in 2001-2002 he didn’t just stop there he got the next 4 years straight. What this means is that he’s not one of those strikers/wingers that might just have 1 good season, he's one of those strikers/wingers that have a good season 5 years straight.5

Overall

So to recap Thierry Henry started at the French Football Federation Clairefontaine Academy. He then was at his peak of his career at Arsenal and won the Premier League Golden Boot (top goal scorer) 5 years straight.5 But the reason why he was one of the best Football players in the world is because he is consistent.

Thierry Henry, What a true Super Star.

Reference List

1.www.Transfermarkt.co.uk

2.http://t-henry.blogspot.co.nz

3.http://www.footballhistory.org

4.www.espnfc.com

5https://www.the famous people.com

6.https://footiecentral.com/the-timeline-of-thierry-henry/

Sign Langauge

Greeting everyone, today I will be showing you guys how to count to ten in New Zealand Sign Language because in Kaupeka we have been learning New Zealand Sign language. Sorry If I was looking down not at the camera.
How to count to ten in New Zealand Sign Language
I hope you all enjoyed my blog today and also if you want to learn Sign Language yourself you can go to this website New Zealand Sign Language.
Now would you try sign language? Let me know in comments

What kaupeka (Year 7&8) is all about

Greetings, everyone

Today I will be answering some question given to us by the Kaupeka teachers about what year 7&8 is all about.

1.How many students do we have in our hub?

We have 65 Children in our hub.

2.What do our learning spaces look like and how does our hub work?

Our learning spaces are like 3 normal size class rooms then a shared area in the middle and each home base has one of the normal size class rooms but all the classrooms are joined together.

3.What digital technologies do we use in the Kaupeka Hub and how/why do we use them?

We mostly use chrome books and the teachers use this app called Hapara so then they can see everything we do on our chrome books so that way we always stay on task.

4.What does our timetable look like?

Time Table

5.What is PBL? Share an example of your best project.

PBL is Project Based Learning and one of our best PBL projects was when we did a political campaign and made up a political party and tried to become the government of the school.

6.What skills and qualities should you have by the time you leave Year 7/8 at St Francis?

1.You should be able to know how to be respectful on the internet and know how to be safe on the internet.

2. Know what a digital footprint is (A record that shows what you search up on the internet and it's something that an employer can refer to if they want to hire you)

3. Be able to read at a year 7&8 level.

7.What is your favourite learning area?

The shared space because you can socialise but you can also get your work done as well.

8.What is your proudest moment of this year?

It would have to be becoming a road patroler.

What are some similarities and differences about your

classroom/hub/school? Let me know in the comments.

How I've adjusted from being a year 6 to being a year 7&8 leader

Greetings, everyone

Today I will be talking about how I've adjusted from being a year 6 to becoming a year 7&8 leader. One big difference from being a year 5&6 is that in year 7&8 you have so many more responsibilities - like peer mediation, help running assemblies and you get a lot more work. But it means that you always will have something to work on which is good because then you will always be learning something new. I love having a blog because it means I can express myself through uploading blogs, plus we get to comment on other people's blogs as well, which I enjoy.

One thing I also had to slowly get used to was the decreased amount of students in my hub. For example, when I was in Tuma (year 5&6) there were about 110 students and in Kaupeka (year 7&8) there are only 65 students so that would mean that kaupeka is only 60% of what Tuma was when I was Year 5&6!

I hope everyone enjoyed reading my blog today and do you think you would have a blog? Let me know in the comments.

Community PBL

Greeting everyone today I will be answering some questions given to us by our teacher about our community PBL groups. If you are not aware, of what our community PBL groups are then let me explain. So the teachers put us in random groups and we all got given an assignment for example, my group's assignment was give something to the new entrant kids that would benefit  them in learning.

Questions;
What is the most important thing you learnt during this project and why?
To communicate and work as a team otherwise your team will get nothing done.

What do you wish you had spent more time on or done differently?
Communicate more than we would be a lot more organised.

What part of the project did you do your best work on and why?
Asking the teachers and kids questions about what they wanted.

What was the most enjoyable part of this project and why?
It would have to be interviewing people about what they want.

What was the least enjoyable part of this project and why?
People that didn't do any work because it meant other people had to do more work then they needed to.

How could we change this project to make it better for next time?
Make it so that you can choose your own groups.

I hope everyone enjoyed my blog today and let me know how do you think you would go in your own community group? (Let me know in comments)

New Blog Buddies!

Greeting everyone.
In Kaupeka we have just been given a new blog buddie from Our Lady of the Assumption.
My new blog buddie is Caleb, so today I will be telling Caleb a little bit about me.

Stuff I love:
-I LOVE football.
-Play Goal Keeper and Center Back in Football.
- I Love Maths.
- I Love Basketball (but not very good at it)
-I'm the oldest kid in my family and I have a younger sister named Emily but I call her Millie.
- I Love Sport in general.
-Cool fact=My first ever match for a football club/team I scored a goal (even though I was a defender).

I hope you enjoyed my blog today and if you didn't know much about me well now you do.
Let me know a cool fact about you in the comments below.

Re Reflection (Person Karakia)

Greeting everyone,

Today I will be doing a reflection on my karakia (Prayer) by completing statements given to us by our Teachers.

1.My favourite time to prayer is in the morning because it means God will be with you for the whole day.

2.The thought of karakia makes me feel happy because it means I can always go to Jesus Christ and the holy spirit.

3.Sometimes I will pray for my family, I will also pray for how I will do throughout the day.

4.My favourite karakia is the "Our Father".

5.When I pray I imagine Te Atua (God) as a fatherly figure who looks over anyone regardless of who they are, and what they are.

I hope everyone enjoyed their holiday, and enjoyed reading my blog thanks and have a great start to the new term!

What's your favourite prayer? (Let me know in comments)

My Political Party Campaign

Greetings everyone,

Today I will be talking about my Political Party Campaign and be answering some political questions for our school political election.

1.What is the most important thing you learnt during this project and why?

I learnt that you must work as a team otherwise it is very hard to get any work done.

2.What do you wish you had spent more time on or done differently?

Being more organised at the start, for example it took as about 3 weeks to decide on a purpose.

3.What part of the project did you do your best work on and why?

I would have to say being able to problem solve on the spot, and coming up with ideas, because say for example we couldn't think of a policy I would come up with ideas that would help us think of one.

4.What was the most enjoyable part of this project and why?

It would have to be campaigning, because I felt really confident and proud when I talked about my group.

5.What was the least enjoyable part of this project and why?

Having to cover for people that would do no work and get us behind, because then people would have to do more work then they should have to.

6.How could we change this project to make it better for next time?

Make sure everyone is on task and not mucking around.

I hope everyone enjoyed my blog today and what do you think you would be the best at in a party? (Let me know in the comments)

Politician Visit

Greetings everyone,
Today I will be talking about our Politician visits.

Now as you know we have political groups and we are doing an election to see what political group gets elected.

So with this, the teachers thought why don't we get Politicians to come in, so they did just that. They got Jo Hayes and Nicky Wagner from National. Duncan Webb from the Labour Party. Now it was amazing listening to these people talk about how to have a good Party and how win an election or even how to campaign.

Nicky Wagner;

I loved listening to Nicky Wagner she said so many good facts about how to run a successful campaign for example, she said based on what party you are in you should wear a clothing item that represents that party. Nicky Wagner wear blue shoes when she goes campaigning obviously because she is in the National Party.

Jo Hayes ;

I loved listening to Jo Hayes because she was saying about how you always need to be brave no matter the consequence.

Duncan Webb;

The reason why I loved Duncan web is because he told that if you are going to put your time into this you might as well do it well. For example, he even quit his normal job just so it meant he could commit to trying to be mp.

I hope everyone enjoyed reading my blog and what role do you think you would be in a party? (Tell me in the comments)

Speech Reflection

Greetings everyone, today I will be talking about my speech and how I went.

So how our speeches worked is that first we present our speech to our home base, then if we were one of the three best our of twenty five then we can go through to the final.  If we were then in the top three again we can go to the big competition in Christchurch, to represent our school.
The rules are that the time of the speech must be between 3.45 min-4.15.

So my speech went alright, I got into the finals, and my eye contact was very good in my opinion, but unfortunately I was not in the top three, therefore I wasn't able to represent the school

What kind of speech would you do?

Computational Thinking Skills

Greetings everyone, today I will be talking about my computational thinking skills. I will also be talking about how I use them, why they are important and when I use them.

1. How do I use them?
I use them by ordering/analyzing data and creating solutions to tough problems.

2. Why is computational thinking important?
It's important because it helps you order things, analyse data, be able to solve tough problems
and be able to think outside of the box.

3.When do I use them?
I use them when I work on problem solving and when trying to order data.

How do you use computational thinking skills and when do you use them? Tell me in the comments!

Digital Badges

Greeting everyone,

Today I will be talking about digital badges.

Now I'm sure you guys be quite confused when I say digital badges.

One thing I should is that when you go onto my blog it's that plaque in the top right corner that says digital badges.

So what that plak is thing that shows how well we can use google docs. For example since I got bronze it means i can do these things...

(Look at the column where it says bronze. Silver and gold are the ones I need to work on.

What do you need to be able to do to receive a Bronze, Silver or Gold Level Google Doc Badge?
Bronze (Beginner)	Silver	Gold (Expert)
Open/make a new Google Doc. Move a doc to a folder Make a copy of a doc Change the colour of text Highlight text Change text size Change font Change text style Insert table Use Spellcheck and Define Add an image Use bold, underline, and italics	Change background colour Insert and wrap images Insert a drawing onto your doc Add a border to an image Get shareable link Change size of doc Rotate image Put a comment Add table colour Use strikethrough Delete an extra page Insert a link	Add and use a bookmark Insert and use a graph Use Voice Typing Insert a footnote Insert an equation Insert a special character Use Add-ons Edit a table (outline) Change bullet-point sprite Insert a chart using Google Sheets Copy to clipboard Fullscreen

I hope everyone enjoyed reading my blog and where do you think you would be?

Winter sport (Central tournament)

Greeting everyone,

Today I will be talking about how Winter Sport went, then I will also be talking about how our team did at centrals.

Winter sport was so fun because I socialized with so many new people.

I also has so much fun learning new things like how to work as a team when playing football.

Our team did alright at winter sport. We won 2 matches drawn 3 and lost 3.

Our best match we when we were 3-0 down at half time and at full time we made an amazing comeback and drew 3-3 which is an amazing result since we were 3 goals down!

Now talking about centrals.

It was so much fun and overall we didn't do to bad now even though we came last we never gave up and we won some matches and drew against the top team but they beat us overall because they had more corners then us. But at the end of the day it was a great experience for all of us.

What sport do you think you would play at centrals?

Collaboration

Greeting everyone,

Today I will be talking about how I've been collaborating in Kaupeka Term 3.

Over the last few weeks I have been introduced into a lot of new groups such as political and community groups. if you are unfamiliar in what these are you can check some of my other blogs where I have been talking about Term 3 changes.

This Term I have been quite impressed on how I've been able to collaborate with new groups although I feel like I have been quite shy.

For Political and community groups I have been quite proud in how I've been able to take in ideas but also still contribute my thoughts.

I hope you guys have enjoyed reading my blog and have a good day. How do you think you would go collaborating in new groups?

Political Groups

Greetings everyone, I hope you are all having a nice day.

Today I will be talking about our new political groups. Now I know you may be thinking whats that? If you are confused let me explain. So since Term 3 has just started our hub has introduced a lot of new things such as political groups.

Political groups are people that have been put together by the teachers and we create a name for our party and elect roles. For example I am marketing adviser. Then we will start running a campaign and if our party gets elected then we can ask for changes in the hub and the teachers will look over it and decide if it should be allowed.

I hope you enjoyed my blog and what role do you think you would be in a party?

Back to School! Term 3 Changes

Greetings everyone, I hope everyone has had a good holiday.

Today I will be talking about Term 3 changes. Term 3 is a lot different then Terms 2 and 1.

The first big change was that now we play first then we eat our lunch. I found this very hard to adjust to but I slowly got used to it.

Another big change is that when we eat at after we play the teacher will read a novel to us, keep in mind that this only happens at morning tea. There are 3 different novels that we pick from. The Wing Singer, The Giver and The Hunger Games.

I hope you enjoyed reading my blog and did you find it hard hard to adjusting getting back to school/work?

Science Driving Question

Greeting everyone, today I will be talking about my science drive question and the steps I had to go through. Just a reminder that the science drive question is completely different to my science question. The science drive question is for the whole hub (Kaupeka). My Science drive question is how do I successfully conduct a science experiment?

Here are the steps I went through to actually conduct a successful experiment;

1.Science Question

First I had to figure out a science question that meant that I could do an experiment on. For example, my question was what effect does dish washing liquid have when you add it to the baking soda and vinegar reaction.

2.Science Hypothesis;

Secondly I had to make a hypothesis but before that I needed to get some background research that I could use to back my hypothesis up.

3.Method and Materials;

Thirdly I had to get my method and materials done so they can see how it's done and what do they need to complete/follow the experiment.

4.Conclusion/summary

And finally I needed to make a conclusion/summary stating my results and my final recap on the whole experiment.

Do you think you would carry out this experiment differently?

I hope you enjoyed this blog and have a good day.

Science Experiment

Hello everyone, Today I will be talking about my science experiment and how it went.

overall I had so much fun planning and making my science experiment

Results:

Test 1.(Without dish washing liquid)

The reaction created texture similar to coke when it fizzes.

Test 2.(With dish washing liquid)

It was the opposite to what I predicted was going to happen. It nullified the reaction. It did Fizz, but the bubbles weren’t increasing the height or decreasing the height it just stayed the same.

Summary :

So based on what I said in my hypothesis, it was completely opposite to what I expected. For instance, the dishwashing liquid had the effect of cancelling out the bubble reaction.

So as you can see I was very surprised with the final outcome of the whole experiment.

What do you think would've happened?