Technological Practices

LI: To use technological practices process to design a toy.

For Mrs Fisi’iahi’s Inquiry lesson, we were focusing on the three last technological processes. They were: build, test and evaluate. We used the required materials in order to build the AUV rover. After this, we tested and compared each group’s rover to see which group was able to scramble across the floor the furthest. Evaluating our results was the last step.

Attitude Silver | Task 4

This task was based off of researching the role of the PHN (Public Health Nurse) in our school. A public health nurse is a person who helps people make sure that the community is safe. By taking on the PHN role, you are taking responsibility to help people understand the risks of being unhealthy. I enjoyed this activity because it required me to research more about a public health nurse. 

Soccer Interschool

On Wednesday, some students from Panmure Bridge School, went to Madills Farm to play soccer against other schools. There were 7 groups from Panmure Bridge School that participated in this event. 

The year 7&8 girls from LS2, had their first game against Stonefields 1. We tried our best and got tired very fast, we ended up winning 1-0. After this game, we had an interval and then played against Ruapotaka school. We ended up with points of 0-0 making it a tie. The third team we played against was Glen Brae. We won this match 2-0. After our third game and our break, we played against Stonefields 2. This was a hard game but we ended up winning 3-0. Our last opponent was Sylvia Park but they did not show up, so we played another school. This game was a tie 0-0. In the end, we ended up winning three out of five games and drew the other two games.

I enjoyed playing soccer on that day and I improved my skills in soccer by a lot. I hope that these skills I have gained will come in handy for the future.

Financial Capabilities

LI: to understand a budget is a plan to save money.

A budget is an amount of income given for a certain time period. This activity was based off of strategizing how much money is spent with the given amount of money. Each question was there to test the most efficient strategy to us. We read the questions carefully, taking in the information we required in order to answer each of the five questions. The Smith family planned a museum night with the budget of $45. The entry fee was free for all of the kids but costed $20 for both of the parents/adults. The kids were allowed to take part in every activity costing them $18 for all three of the kids. With their remainder money ($7), they had ice-cream which was $2 for one scoop. In the end, the Smith family had $1 left and successfully spent within the budget of 45 dollars.

Identify, Investigate & Design

LI: to identify, investigate and design a model of a rover.

The three technological practices were identify, investigate and design. When doing these technological practices, we need to make sure we are doing it properly for a proper trial and error project. Identify means to observe the opening problem. Investigating means to research how to solve the problem or research how to use materials for the model. Design means to draw or create a blueprint/sketch of your model. These three practices help you to build an end product of your model. Our group enjoyed looking into these practices and worked together as a group to come up with a design.

ASB Getwise

LI: To be wise choices with money.

Today, LS2 went to learn how to be smart with money. Marlon from ASB was teaching us how we can make wise decisions with our money. The process is to stop, think and decide and this will help people make correct decisions with our money. 

We played a game which helped us use our money wisely. In this game, we got into groups of five and had the total of $1800 to spend on the trip to Fiji. First, we needed to stop, think and decide whether we wanted to get our passports now or later on for a higher price. We chose the first option which was $200.

Our second challenge was about which class we wanted to take on the flight. The economy class or first class on our flight. We needed to think and decide how much money we would spend on the flight as well as how happy we are with our flights. Our group chose to take the economy class. This costed us $500 but gave us 2 happy points. 

The third challenge was our accomodation. We could chose whether we wanted to spend our time in a resort by an ocean for $500. This choice would give us 6 happy points. We could also pay an extra $100 if we wanted the resort to cover for our food .Our second choice was a rusty motel for $200. We chose to pay $600 for our accomodation and food. 

The next one was about the travel insurance. This was $300 if you wanted it. The insurance would cover your emergency bills for example, if you got hurt and needed to go to the hospital they would pay for the hospital bills. We chose to pay for insurance.

If we needed to use a credit card (money from the bank) we could ask for it. We could pay for things with the credit card but when Marlon circled the credit card money, we needed to pay the money. Our group chose not to use a credit card.

The next challenge was about the activities. Our options were to go surfing ($100), snorkeling ($200) or skydiving ($300). With our remaining money ($200) we chose to go snorkeling. 

Our last challenge was our food, but because we chose to pay for the food in the resort we did not need to pay for our food

At the end of this challenge we got food poisoning and were rushed into the hospital. The hospital bill came out as $2000. We rolled a dice to determine if we needed to pay or not. If we rolled a 5 or 6 we did not need to pay for our bill. However, if we rolled any number under 5 we needed to pay for it. Our group ended up rolling a 4 but we payed for insurance therefore, we did not need to pay for our hospital bill.

I enjoyed this activity because it helped me understand the ways of saving money.

Provocation

LI: To evaluate (form an opinion) the text and respond to provocation. 

 

A provocation is a purposeful action meant to bring out lawful or political topics with the desired caused to make someone angry or upset in mental, physical or emotional form. In short, a provocation is an action taken with desire to cause others to have strong feelings about a topic or issue. However, our DLO was not created for the purpose of making others angry but to share our opinion on the events of the 1970s, respectfully. In 1970, the New Zealand government sent armed police officers and dog squads to the homes of Polynesian people. They had batons and megaphones and would brutally force people without a current work visa out of their own houses and deport them back to their country of birth. In response, a group called the “Polynesian Panthers” were formed. The Polynesian Panthers were a group of university students protesting against the Dawn Raids and the rights for Social Injustice. ‘Power to the oppressed’. The authorities who were meant to keep New Zealand a safe place had permission to abuse their power in order to kick Pasifikan’s out of their homes. With this in mind, we think that our Government today (Labour) does not need to apologize for the actions of the past Government (National) not only because they are separate parties but also because Jacinda Ardern and her party is not at fault for the racist actions taken by National. However, we think that the current leader of National (Judith Collins) and the National Party members of today should be the one to issue an apology on behalf of those responsible for these events. This is because she is the head of National which is the party who were the cause of the Dawn Raids and deportation of polynesian people. However, they do need to issue an apology publicly as it can potentially fix the open wounds that remain today. The apology should be proposed by the correct party members as a sign of empathy and remorse.

Silver Attitude | Task Four

I completed the fourth activity for my silver attitude badge. I chose to research the role of a PHN and tell people how they help us. A PHN is a public health nurse and they help the public maintain their well-being and health. 

Isaac Newton

LI: to learn about Isaac Newton. 

This week in Reading, LS2 has been working towards Simple Machines. Apart of this, we were required to learn about Isaac Newton. Isaac Newton is a physicist, mathematician, theologian and an Astronomer. We were also required to create a DLO with the following questions: Why is his work important? What did he find out? How does his work connect to simple machines?

I found this interesting because I learnt more and new facts about Isaac Newton. 

Attitude Silver | Research Someone Who Has a Positive Attitude Despite Difficulties They have Faced

For my attitude silver task, I was researching someone who has a positive attitude despite difficulties. I chose to research on Nelson Mandela. Nelson Mandela was the former president of South Africa. He had a positive attitude despite being imprisoned. This shows that he is a great person and role model. 

Cybersmart | Smart Learners

LI: to be cybersmart. 

Being cybersmart means to be knowledgeable with devices. If you are cybersmart you can keep safe while on the web. This activity was based on being a smart learner. We needed to label the work we have completed as "completed". 

Confidence Silver | Teach a Group of Students to Play a Simple Game

For my last confidence silver task, Juel and I decided to teach some students to play a simple game. The game we taught the students is called 'Whanowhano'. In this game, two people need to face each other and shout "Whanowhano". Once the players do this, they need to jump and land in one of four positions. The positions are: legs together, legs apart, right foot forward and left foot forward. If they land on the same position, they need to shout "Hi!" and the first person to do so gets the point. The two students Juel and I taught were Jacob and Amani. 

Confidence Silver | Present a Duffy Book at a School Assembly

For my confidence silver task, I presented a Duffy book at our assembly. I talked about the Shakespearean story "Much Ado About Nothing". This book is about how people will act when they're in love. Two companions fight for a woman named 'Hero'. I was nervous when I presented this book but I was thankful for the opportunity I had.

Confidence Silver | Teaching a Junior Student How to Create a DLO

For my silver confidence task, I created a DLO that can teach junior students how to create a DLO (digital learning object). Sahil from LS1 came to LS2 so that I could teach him how to make a DLO. A digital learning object is something that has information about what you learnt or what you know. I taught Sahil what is included in a DLO and how he can create one. I hope that Sahil will make more DLO's in the future.