Excellence technology post #4

On Thursday the year 7/8's had technology we traveled on two buses to get to Lincoln primary school which takes about 10-15 minutes to get there.
When we got there we walked to our classes and in my case it was to design and textiles.
The first thing we did was watch a video on how we can make sand out of beer bottles and how we are losing lots of sand.
Next we got three planning sheets the first one we had was about what things we wanted to make.
The second sheet was about three options on what we could do.
Finally we did the last one and that was about our final design we are going to do.

I showed community by putting my rubbish in the bin a morning tea instead of littering because it wasn't my school.

I was also being trustworthy by doing what I was meant to at the right time.

Operations using fractions, percentages, decimals and integers.

In Maths we have been learning to: Understand operations using fractions, percentages, decimals and integers.

Here is some evidence of my learning.

Include screenshots for all 6 IXL activities that you have completed.

Percentage problems total unknown - link you activity.

Standard place value, reversing and compensating with decimals - link your activity.

Extended Abstract assessment task - Link your Lazer Blazer task here. Include links to the answer sheet and the activity sheet.

Something that challenged me during this unit of learning was the lazer blazer task because there were lots of hard Q's in the work sheet

My next step is to continue to apply these strategies to real life/ problem solving situations.

Key leadership role #4

Today the leaders had a meeting in our classroom through morning tea, this is the first time we have ever had a meeting through morning tea because we usually have them just throughout the eating time. We mainly talked about the trip we are going on to do the mural and I cant wait it sounds like so much fun! I showed respect by listening and sitting quietly. I showed leadership by not worrying about having to do the meeting through lunch. I was a role model by giving ideas what we could do for the mural.

NZ identity (ANZAC Day)

WALT: Write an effective argument for our chosen political party.

Is National the best Party to vote for? Personally, I believe that Green’s is the best party to vote for.
The three policies that I like are, guarantee children the right to be educated at their local school, extend free doctor visits to people under the age of 18 furthermore increase health funding.
The first policy I will explain is Guarantee children the right to be educated at their local school.

My first policy that I like is, guarantee children the right to be educated at their local school.
The Green Party believes that every child has a right to be fully included and thrive in the education system. But the education act does not give all children the right to attend their local school.
I believe that students should be guaranteed to get an education close to home.
Children with friends that live close to their home leads to children having more friends so they get out more.
Children get exercise when/if they walk to school because it is close to their homes and removes children obesity. I’m concerned that New Zealand is one of many countries with a problem with children obesity.
Children should be able to have eduction close to their home and also be able to go to a doctor for free.

My second policy that I like is, extend free doctor visits to people under the age of 18
The Green Party believes that early intervention and preventative care are the most cost effective approaches to improving health. But the National Government has cut funding for these services.
I believe these free visits should be for everyone under the age of 18, this should improve health outcomes for young people.
Less children will be dying of disease because people with low income can take their children to the doctor without taking money for food away from their family.
Children from 0-18 shouldn't have to pay for doctor's appointments and to make that possible increase the amount of money they give to these facilities.

My last policy that I like is, increase health funding
The Green Party believes that healthcare should be delivered by a well-funded public health system. Funding needs to keep up with growing needs but the government has underfunded the health system. As a result, too many people are missing out on crucial health care and healthcare is becoming a luxury.
If they increase the funding amount more cures will be found and scientist will be able to keep people in this world for longer.
I believe that if there are more immigrants and people coming to New Zealand there needs to be a better health system.
I’m know going to talk about a poor policy from the Labour party.

Labour wants to Abolish National Standards. I believe that this policy is outrageous.
Students can check their national standards so they know what to work towards.
Teachers use it as a tool in the learning area.
The national standards are a great way to measure a school/students success. In contrast greens does not want to get rid of national standards as it is a great aspect in the learning area.
This is the one reason you shouldn't vote for the Labour party and that you should vote for the Green party.

So there, clearly I have explain why Green’s is the best party.
Green’s policies are the strongest in education.
As shown above the three points are, Guarantee children the right to be educated at their local school, extend free doctor visits to people under the age of 18 and increase health funding.
Should you really vote for someone/a party that doesn’t support your needs? Vote for Green’s.

My next steps are:
I need to have more motive language.

Perimeter, Area and Volume.

In maths we have been learning to:
Deduce and use formulae to find the perimeters and areas of polygons & the volumes of prisms.
Find the Perimeters and areas of circles and composite shapes & the volumes of prisms, and cylinders.

Here is a link to our online Modelling Book. 

Here is a link to my extended abstract task.
Here is a link to my extended abstract answer sheet

Here is some evidence of my learning.

Perimeter

Area 

Volume 

My Next Step: Is to apply this knowledge to real life situations involving perimeter, area and volume.

Reading - Evaluate Texts

In reading we have been learning to make decisions about the usefulness of the text for purpose, by using a variety of criteria to evaluate.

Here is a link to our online modelling book

We have been evaluating texts against the following four criteria:

• Readability
• Accuracy
• Relevance
• Status

These documents show evidence of my learning during this unit: 
(link your own learning for each of these activities. Please make sure your sharing settings are open)

Describing Author's Purpose
Criteria to evaluate texts
Evaluating a range of texts

My Next Step:
Is to continue to apply this new knowledge and evaluate texts as I read them, checking for readability, accuracy, relevance and quality of language/ information