I am a Year 7 student in the Uru Mānuka Cluster. This is a place where I will share my learning. Please note that some of it will not be complete, it will be my first drafts. Remember to be positive, thoughtful and helpful when you leave me a comment.
My group and I had created four different sherbets (but not as fizzy) and placed them in small bags with a lollipop inside it too which was tied by using 2 ribbons
How did you find the process of making your items and working as a team?
It was okay I guess, though we were a little slow and so some people had to come and help us a lot
What were the highlights of the process ( What did you enjoy )
When we started creating the powders (totally not because we got to taste it)
What were the challenges of the process ( What you did not enjoy )
It would probably be packaging the items after all only 1-2 people knew how to tie the ribbons on properly
How did Market Day go? Did you enjoy it and why?
It went great since we sold a lot and quickly and I really enjoyed it considering my teammates were my friends
How did you show you were using the school values?
-We were able to achieve our goal
-I respected the CEO’s decision
-Near the end we weren’t even close to being done but we showed resilience and commitment
I only know that there’s a plane crash and that it happened on November 1979
What do I think I will find out about this disaster?
I think I’m going to find out about the time and date of this, what happened and he death toll
Reading Comprehension-
1. Where was flight 901 heading, and where was it planning to land?
Flight 901 was heading to Antartica and had planned to land in Christchurch
2. What were the names of the pilot and co-pilot of flight 901?
Jim Collins and Greg Cassin were their names
3. Why did the pilot ask to descend to 450 metres?
It was so the passengers could have a better view of their surroundings
4. What reasons are given in the passage for why the crash occurred?
It was because they were seeing McMurdo Sound when they were actually seeing the lower slopes of Mt Erebus and they had lost communication at that time
5. What time did the crash occur?
At 12:49 pm
My Notes-
Video #1
Sightseeing flight
One of the worst disaster to ever occur in aviation
Monumental
Below freezing
No mention of plane flying over Mt Erebus
Video #2
Air NZ going sightseeing
Antarctica's largest volcano
Gave passengers maximum view
12450 ft Mt Erebus
Plane could of climbed out of it
Poster-
Reflection-
What am I learning?
I am learning about the Erebus Plane Crash
How does this work show my learning?
The answered questions, the notes and the poster should show my learning
What am I wondering as a result of this learning?
Nothing really
Looking back at my predictions, what did I get right, what was different and why?
For week 4 this term, I am learning about the Tangiwai rail disaster that occurred on a Christmas Eve in 1953. That’s all I know though and so I guess it’s time for me to study :)
Predictions-
1. What do I think I know about this disaster?
I think it is a disaster that it happened in a Christmas eve on 1953 and it included a train
2. What do I think I will find out about this disaster?
I think I will find out how the disaster happened, how many people died and how many people survived
Reading Comprehension-
1. How many people on board the treating?
There were 258 people on the train
2. Where did the lahar begin?
It happened at the top of Mt Ruapehu
3. When did the Tangiwai Railway disaster take place?
It happened on 1953 December 24
4. How did the train driver know to put on his emergency breaks?
Because he saw a man waving with a torch warning him to stop
5. Why did the Queen give out medals?
She gave medals to 4 people showing their bravery
6. What was installed after the Tangiwai Railway Disaster?
They installed an early warning system on the Whangaehu
My Notes-
Video #1
Mt Ruapehu erupted
Crater lake wall broke
Mud and debri
Lahar reached the railway bridge at Tangiwai
NZ worst rail disaster
151 dead
Video #2
Ring of fire is represented by Mt Ruapehu
Over 9ft high
Mt Ruapehu very active
Lahar is an Indonesian word for volcanic mud flow
1953 lake rises 8m above previous level
Driver of train was Charles Parker
Poster-
Reflection-
1. What am I learning?
I am learning about the Tangiwai Railway disaster
2. How does this work show my learning?
This shows my learning since it has all of the things I learnt
3. What am i wondering as a result of this learning?
I am wondering, what if it didn’t happen? Would the warnings be invented?
4. Looking back at my predictions, what was different and why
Fortunately for me, I learnt how it happened, how many people died and survived
Those are all the things I learnt about this disaster, I hope you learnt something too! Have you ever rid a train before? Please tell me, Bye!
This week my class and I did some work about the Ballantynes fire (I guess you can call this class history of NZ disasters). After this paragraph you’re currently reading will be the work I did about the topic.
-Predictions
1. What do I think I know about this disaster?
I don’t think I know anything about this disaster accept that a fire broke down somewhere
2. What do I think I will find out about this disaster?
I think I will find what caused how the fire and how many people died.
-Reading Comprehension
1. Why was Ballantyne’s an ‘exclusive’ store?
Because they sold expensive clothings and when afternoon tea comes, it was served by waitresses in aprons and caps
2. Where was Ballantyne’s department store located?
In Christchurch
3. When did the Ballantyne’s fire occur?
On November 18th, 1947 at 4:00 pm
4. Why were the upstairs workers not told that there was a fire?
Because people thought that it was just a small cellar fire
5. How many people died in the fire?
41 workers have died because of the smoke and fire
6. What safety changes have been made as a result of the Ballantyne’s fire?
Firefighters are now teaching us humans how to be safe when there’s a fire by ding drills and safety plans
-My Notes
Video #1
Worst fires in NZ history
Destroyed Ballantynes store
Fire starts at 4 in the afternoon
300 people
30 hoss’s were used
Video #2
(I don’t have any notes on this video since it was hard to hear and it was also pretty long)
Digital Poster:
Reflection-
- What am I learning?
I am learning about the Ballantynes fire that no one has ever known what caused it
- How does this work show my learning?
This shows my learning because I have written and even made a poster about the information I learnt
- What am I wondering as a result of this learning?
I am wondering what if someone did know what had happened but it’s too tragic to even tell
- Looking back at my predictions, what did I get right, what was different and why?
Well at my first prediction it was kind of obvious that, that happened. Unfortunately for my second prediction, I didn’t get to find out how the fire started but for my third one I got my answer
If I had to be honest, I actually had zero idea of this topic. Like I thought that the Ballantynes was a country or city and I even thought it was in America. Luckily this taught me that it’s a department store in Christchurch. Anyways before you go can I ask, did you learn anything? Thank you for reading this post! See ya’ll next time :)
This week I learnt about space. Although technically I was mainly taught about satellites, however there’s no complaints from me :)
I’ve never really thought of learning about space which means I learnt a lot this week but I’ll only tell you 3 of them-
Mass means the amount of matter that an object contains
A composite is any material that is made by combining 2 other materials
Naomi Altman is the Avionics manager at the Rocket Lab in Auckland Office.
Our next step was to turn these key words..
Satellite
Mass
Law
Ingines
Composite
Launch
Software
Joules
Space
Rutherford
Rocket
Payloads
Fibres
Sideways
Turbopumps
Orbit
Stage
Altitude
Electron
Oxygen
Gravity
Earth
NASA
Azimuth
Direction
… from a book we had to read that was mostly about satellites and turn it into this:
To be honest this was kind of fun. Who knows? I might even consider myself learning more about space. Can you tell me anything you’ve learnt about space in the past? Thanks for keeping up with me, see you all next time!
In a Hurumanu 3, I believe they are teaching my class and I about disasters that have happened in the past.
Our first mission was to look up some specific words that they gave us and then make a kahoot or a crossword to show that we understand what they meant and so here is the link for My Kahoot Project
Thanks for reading this but before you go if you were me, what would you have chosen to do? Take care!
As you can tell from the title, it is Cook Island language week and because of this my school chose a song that I think spoke the language
2. Where are the Cook Islands? What are the names of the islands?
The Cook Islands are in the South Pacific Ocean and they are called Rarotonga, Pukapuka, Aitutaki, Mangaia, Manihiki, Mitiaro, Mauke, Rakahanga, Atiu, Penrhyn, Suwarrow, Takutea, Manuae and last but not least Palmerston Island
I learnt about Sir Edmund Hillary in hurumanu 1. Like how he was a mountaineer but before that he was a beekeeper, that he learnt his climbing skills in the Southern Alps and many more info but to be honest I knew literally nothing about him for example I didn’t even know he was a someone who climbed to the very top of Mt. Everest.
My job was to create a cloud of words describing him, climbing and some specific words in the resources we had been given and so here is an image of mine:
You’ve made it to the end of the post (but unfortunately I have no prize for you). Thank you for reading this post, do you know anything else about him or did you only learn about him today?
1. What is the name of the book we have read as a class and who wrote it? I believe it is called Holes and that the Arthur is Louis Sachar
2. What was the book about? A young man who still went to school but had unfortunately been accused of stealing famous shoes and had a choice between jail or 18 months of Camp Green Lake
3. Who was your favourite character and why? If I said someone else than Zero then I would be lying. I don’t know why, I guess it’s because of his personality
4. Did you enjoy the book? Why? Surprisingly yes I did since it sounds so believable
5. What were the similarities and differences between the book and the movie? (Write one thing that was the same and one thing that was different) When they had talked about the Camp it was how I imagined it and when they described Stanley on the book it was a little different to what he looked like in the movie
6. Did you enjoy the movie? Why? Yes I did enjoy it too, it was probably because actual people acted the story
7. Would you recommend the book? Who to? I mean I guess so since afterwards you can go and watch the movie version of it and if you’re interested in books that have a little romance then yes this book would be perfect
When I ate the food it tasted (with my noise blocked) sweet and crunchy and when I took my hand away from my noise I tasted an apple
Food #2
After I ate it, it felt crunchy too and bitter and when I unblocked my noise, I straight away knew what it tasted like, it tasted like an onion
Food #3
When I ate it, I tasted nothing but was still crunchy however when I took my hand out, I felt like taking it out because it tasted like a raw potato
Food #4
It’s tasted sweet and felt sticky and when I took my hand out it tasted like a raspberry gummy candy
Food #5
This one tasted sweet but a little sour afterwards
Foods #6
This sixth one tasted really sweet and would make sense since it was sugar
Food #7
When I ate it, it tasted salty and unfortunately I was correct
Food #8
As soon as I ate it, I couldn’t handle it already and when I let go I wanted to spit it out since it tasted like baking soda
Food #9
This last one tasted sour and that guessed was a good cause it was sour
Food #10
Never mind this one is the last one and it tasted sour-ish and when I took my hand out it tasted sweet-ish and sour-ish
Conclusion:
I found out that I can taste better when I can breath through my noise and I also learnt that you should never eat these foods in a row since your stomach is going to hurt
Discussion:
When I ate the baking soda I felt it near the back of my mouth.
Term 2 has been amazing but if I talk about it all I might waste half an hour of your life and so I’ll write it down like this:
1. What was a Term 2 highlight for you and why? My highlight of last Term was P.E. because we played volleyball and football for a while (which are my favourite sports)
2. What was a challenge and how did you show resilience? I think a challenge that I had showed resilience was that one time were we always used clay but my hands are usually cold so I had to be really patient with myself
3. Which option subjects did you do in Term 2 and what did you learn? I did digital tech, P.E. Drama and Art and I learnt how to create my own game on one of my class, play hockey, I learnt why some people wear masks on stage and I learnt how to use clay and make a stop motion
4. What goals would you like to set yourself for Term 3? Well my first goal I can set myself is to show resilience on some specific subjects I have for this Term
I can rotate, reflect, translate and enlarge multiple shapes.
In one of my Hurumanu classes, we’ve recently been assigned to enlarge a shape and create our own one to double the size digitally.
The 2 on the top are the original shapes I have copied and enlarged twice the size.
I don’t have a DLO for it but another thing I’ve been taught once more is reflection, translation, enlarging and rotation. I’ve also been learning about vertices, faces and edges of a few shapes (I also don’t have an image or a video of this too).
Thank you so much for reading my post, when was the last time you’ve learnt these things?
Currently in my drama class, we are making paper mask. My aim for this is to make a mask that looks like the one from A Whisker Away. Something similar to do this:
For me to be able to make this, I needed:
2 Plain white A4 Paper
Harder paper
Scissor
Felt pens
Pencils
Glue
Eraser
I began by sketching the ears and face part on the papers. Then I coloured it in with the chosen felts I borrowed. After that I snipped the pieces off and glued the back of them to the harder(ish) paper. Once again I had to cut them out. Finally I stuck the pieces together and bended them a little to get the face shape.
At last it was complete,
I know it’s not perfect, but I like it and had enjoyed making it :)
Throughout Term 1, I have enjoyed mostly everything! But I guess I gotta be specific about what they are don’t I? Well they were my Japanese class, cooking class, Hurumanu classes, Friday sports and my form class for sure too.
What were the challenges you had to go through in Term 1?
Though some days in my classes I had a few little challenges but the thing is, since they’re only small problems, I don’t really remember them to be honest.
What goals would you write down for Term 2?
Not gonna lie I don’t really know any goals to set for myself this term. There could be so many I could do for myself but I guess my brain is just not working with me right now or there’s just to many to choose.
That is all, thank you for staying this long. Hope you had a great Term 1 (I know I did). How about you, if you were asked these questions, what would your answers be.
As some may know Kate Sheppard, while others know her as the girl who gave New
Zealand women to have the opportunity to vote.
A few weeks ago, we were told to make a post of a NZ hero (by now you probably
know who I’m doing). After choosing our hero, the instructions informed us to
answer some questions.
To make this blog post a tiny bit entertaining, I made my Q&As on google
slides
I hope this was a interesting for you even if it’s just a little bit. But before you leave I just want to ask, who do you believe is a hero? Thank you for staying this long, take care!
