Silver Attitude | Tutor Someone Who Needs Extra Help With a Skill

For my Silver Attitude award, I chose to help someone who needs extra help with a skill. The person I chose to help was Peyton. Peyton was in my activity group during camp. She wasn't too sure of what she was doing therefore, I helped her. 

Respect Silver | Thank You Letter

For my silver respect award, I chose to complete writing a thank you letter to a teacher. I wrote a thank you letter to: Mr Johnston, Mr Ogilvie and Miss Caroline. This was because they each helped with our camp experience for 2021. I enjoyed this activity because it gave me a chance to show my appreciation towards these teachers. 

Attitude Silver | Representing the School

One of the tasks I chose to complete in order to get my silver attitude badge was: representing the school at an inter-school competition. I went to Mt Wellington War Memorial Park to compete against other schools in cricket. I enjoyed the day and found it really fun. 

Confidence Silver | Leading a School Assembly

I chose to lead a school assembly for one of the five tasks in order to get my confidence badge. I was presenting the assembly with Ong. I was really nervous at first but then I got the hang of it and spoke more confidently. Ong and I made a few minor mistakes but besides that, we did really good. 

Confidence Silver | How to Stand Up to Bullies

I was completing my confidence silver tasks. This activity was based on creating a DLO that explains how people can stand up to bullies. I choose to write about using W.I.T.S. This acronym stands for: "Walk away, Ignore, Talk to an adult/teahcer and Stay away". Using these can resolve your problem because it doesn't cause any problems and is safe. I enjoyed this activity because it can help other people in the future. 

Duffy Assembly

LI: to understand why reading is very important.

Today we had our first duffy assembly of the year. Our special guest was Marc Duffy. Marc Duffy was a man who struggled to read when he was younger. As Marc struggled to read, he mixed into the wrong croud and ended up in prison. There was a teacher in his prison that took Marc under his wing and taught Marc how to read properly. Marc came to be a very successful person and is now running the biggest shopping centre in New Zealand. This story shows how successful you can be despite the devestating turns in your life. Marc has his own site: https://marcwduffy.wordpress.com/about-marc/

Key Competencies

LI: To compare the Key Competencies we think we will use on camp and the Key Competencies we actually used.

Before LS2 went to camp, our challenge was to think about when we might have used the key competencies as we overlooked each challenge. 

After coming back from camp, we looked at our key compentencies and compared how we thought we would use the key competencies to how we really used the key competencies. 

I found this activity helpful because we worked as a team to talk about our ideas and expanded the ideas more in depth.

Maori Place Names

LI: to translate Maori place names into English.

This challenge was based on translating some Maori place names into English. Some of Maori places like: Tamaki-Makau-Rau, we already knew. However, some other Maori places we didn't know. If we weren't sure of the English name, we could use the Maori Dictionary which helps us translate Maori words into English or vice versa. I enjoyed this challenge because I learnt some Maori place names.

PB4L Bus Rules

LI: to understand the rules in a bus.

Understanding the rules in a bus can help people show respect to the bus driver. In the provided presentation, it talks about how we can show respect to the bus and the rules of sitting in a bus.

We should never stand up while a bus is travelling as it can be a very bad hazard. There are no seatbelts provided in a bus which makes it even worse. 

In order to show respect to a bus driver, we can use our manners as well as follow the rules of the bus. In most buses, the rules are: no eating, no drinking. By following these rules, we can keep out of trouble.

Keeping Cybersmart

LI: to create a DLO that helps others become cybersmart.

Cybersmart means to be well-informed with devices. People are cybersmart to keep themselves and people around them safe. 

This DLO shows some features that can help someone go to one place to another faster on a chromebook or some other devices. One of the features are: shortcuts. Shortcuts are the combinations of keys that can let someone go from one place to another. 

Being cybersmart is a crutial part of learning because it can help people understand what to do with a devices.

Tidy Drive

LI: to keep a tidy drive.

Keeping a tidy drive is a part of learning properly. It creates space and organizes your drive.

For this activity, we completed an activity where we were required to differentiate Google Slides/Docs/Draws into the correct folders. 

After completing the activity, we needed to clean our own drive and provide proof via a screenshot of our tidy drive.

I enjoyed this activity because keeping a tidy drive is beneficial to my learning.

AFL

LI: to improve your skills when playing AFL. 

Today LS2 went to the field to play AFL (Austrailian Football League). The year seven's and eight's seperated and started learning some skills.

The first skill we were taught was how to catch a ball to get points. The first way to catch a ball is to use the camera technique. We need to make a 'W' shape with both hands and the ball should land in between your hands (the camera). The second way to catch a ball is to scoop the ball like people do in rugby.

After learning the skills, we played against the year eight's. The year seven's ended up winning the match. 

I enjoyed this week's session and got to learn how to play AFL properly. 

Brochure

LI: to create a collaborative brochure that tells others why Kokako Lodge is a great place to go on camp.

Over the last week, the students in LS2 have challenged themselves while participating in archery, high ropes, kayaking, raft building, camp cooking, pancake race and team building/orienteering.

Our group worked together to create a brochure that gives information and shows readers why Kokako Lodge is an amazing area to go camping.

We talked about the cabins, catering and the activities. The cabins are spacious and can hold up to 12 or 14 people per cabin. There is a large kitchen in the Kokako Lodge area and you can choose whether you would like to self-cater or receive food from caterers. 

I found this activity enjoyable because it required us to work as a team.

Camp Collage

LI: to create a collage of your camp highlights.

This week, we have been celebrating our camp. I created a collage which shows my time at camp. 

During camp, the teachers took photos of us doing our activities. I used the photos that I thought were the best and showed my highlights and added them to the collage. I thought about the size of the images and left no blank spaces.

I used a photo of our class at the Hunua waterfall in the middle to show who went as well as where our camp took place. The rest of the photos were my camp highlights and the things I enjoyed.

I found this activity pleasuring because I got to see all the types of activities I did and it showed the amount of fun I had during our camp journey.

Five Minutes of Camp

LI: to recount a 5 minute snapshot of one experience you had at camp.

Last week, LS2 went to camp at Kokako Lodge. The 5 minutes snapshot that I have written, shows my personal voice and my perspective of the activity I chose (High Beams). 

I have attempted to paint a picture of what I had done while attempting the activity. I made my 5 minute snapshot more interesting by describing my feelings during the activity. 

I hooked people in with my story by coming up with a good title that makes people want to read more of my story as well as describing the story using my thoughts at the time.

I found this activity fun because I got to write a recount about how I felt during the activity. 

Kokako Infographic

LI: to create an infographic using google draw that tells your audience facts about the kokako.

This week, LS2 has received a set of tasks to complete based around out camp for 2021. 

Using our smart searching skills, we found information about the North Island Kokako bird. A North Island Kokako is usually large and are blue. An interesting fact we have found about the Kokako bird is that they can only fly 100 metres.

To see if the information we have gathered is true and reliable, we linked three different sources that have almost the same information about the Kokakos.

I found this activity enjoyable and interesting because I found out more information about Kokakos.