tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16846892213198121752024-03-06T03:08:35.798+13:00KayceeThis is a record of my learning at Point England School in Auckland, NZ.PES Blog Gmailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10430434432980030044noreply@blogger.comBlogger270125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1684689221319812175.post-62637994350156112542014-12-03T09:42:00.000+13:002014-12-03T09:43:54.032+13:00Future Focused<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here is a poster we created to show what we think future focused learning is. To the left we have painted, 'The Present' and on the right is, 'The Future'. </span><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="281" mozallowfullscreen="" src="//player.vimeo.com/video/113327214" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="500"></iframe> <br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For our task we were to create two tattoo designs. The first one being a cultural one and the second being one that represented yourself. The presentation above includes the tattoos and an explanation for each I created. </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1684689221319812175.post-59967461581762891422014-11-25T10:51:00.000+13:002014-11-25T10:51:44.783+13:00Samoan Pe'a<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In extension, we have been looking at symbols and the meanings and reasons behind the tattoos. But the very tattoo we have been researching and focusing on is the samoan Tatau, or, the Pe'a.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Recently, we were visited by Mr Tele'a, who was going to show us his very own Tatau. But before we could ask questions and find out more information about it, Mrs Tele'a pointed out some of the elements included in the tattoo such as the va'a (canoe).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Va'a, is a 20-30 cm solid coloured strip that represents family. It wraps around the back and towards the front. In this case, the va'a wraps around and comes just under the ribcage. It also has an arrow point or a faaulutao at each end. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Once we had done that, we started asking him questions we had prepared before. We asked about the designs, the meanings, how long it took, etc. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">He answered the questions with detail and explained things very well</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. One thing he said that I found quite interesting, was that if you unwrap the Pe'a from around your body and look it as if you were looking at it on a piece of paper, it'll look like a bat.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We are now working on creating and designing two of our very own symbols/tattoos. One of them had to include one aspect of our culture or heritage and the other, had to represent ourselves. Currently, I am working on designing the two tattoo's. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Day 1 wasn’t that bad but it surely wasn’t my favourite. After taking a 2 hour bus drive, we stopped at Langs Bay and started our hike towards Waipu Cove. Ms Squires had planned what was supposed to be an easy walk, but due to the weather it wasn’t so. The track was not only slippery but very narrow which made it harder for everyone to avoid plummeting to their deaths. But luckily, everyone made it to the end.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">For me, my favourite day was day 3. We did many different activities such as a fire pit cooking challenge, archery, a confidence course, frisbee golf and kayaking! Then to finish the night off, we all gathered around a campfire and sang songs.</span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1684689221319812175.post-29193530818553007692014-11-03T13:21:00.001+13:002014-11-03T13:21:57.330+13:00Tangle Explanation<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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Self Management has been something we've focused on this year and in my class we have a Self Management Level Board. This board has three levels. Level 1; I need help to manage myself. Level 2; I am able to manage myself but I sometimes go off task. Level 3; I can manage myself well, inside and outside of the classroom. </div>
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Above, is my avatar that I have created. I think that I can place myself at Level 3 as I can manage myself well away from the teacher and keep on task.</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1684689221319812175.post-33149713816519404502014-10-14T10:37:00.001+13:002014-10-15T20:08:28.828+13:00Day 1 Term 4The first day of the last term had started and no one was expecting what we had just been informed about. Class 1 and Class 5 were being merged together. Now it was one large class with three teachers.<br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-6abc891c-0a18-1fdc-637e-dd9e5de69b69"><span style="font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Born in Auckland, <a href="http://www.storylines.org.nz/Profiles/Profiles+I-M/Catherine+Mayo.html">Catherine Mayo</a> writes novels for young adults. She is a musician and is apart of a band called Gentle Annie. </span></span><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-6abc891c-0a18-3d2b-9b85-10b147956eb1"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.storylines.org.nz/Profiles/Profiles+D-H/Paula_Green.html">Paula Green</a> lives with her husband on the West Coast of Auckland. She writes poets and Childrens stories. Including</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Flamingo Bendalingo and Macaroni Moon,</span><span style="font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">she has published eight poetry collections. </span></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1684689221319812175.post-10434906039279453432014-08-26T14:26:00.002+12:002014-08-26T14:26:47.901+12:00My Mascot<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">During class, we were given the task to research and create our own mascot. We learnt about the past mascots, such as Shera the tiger from the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth. Then we had to draw our own mascot and write a background story. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A mascot is something that is supposed to bring good luck to an event or organization. They can also be a representative for brands and other things. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have chosen to draw and make my mascot a sheep because of how common they are in New Zealand. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">His name is Waipounamu, meaning south. I have decided to name him this due to the popularity of sheep in the South Island of New Zealand. He has a silver fern going across his fluffy coat. </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1684689221319812175.post-73701829970849586362014-08-20T19:45:00.001+12:002014-08-20T19:45:16.671+12:00Life Education Caravan - Marijuana<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Being the age we are, our (Team 5's)</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> visits to the Life Education Caravan were mainly focused on drugs and alcohol. We learnt about the effects it can have on people and listened to a few people who shared their own experience with drugs and alcohol. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Many things were talked about and one of them was, Marijuana. I</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> have decided to write a quick paragraph, highlighting some of the main things we learnt about it. </span><br />
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-732d462f-f055-b702-f1bc-b62622d1cc56"><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Usually seen as a gateway drug, Marijuana can be easy to access, cheap and it can lead you into the web of addiction. ‘Once you start, its hard to stop.’ This drug is quite common and is referred to in a variety of ways, such as, weed, pot, herbs, tinnies, etc. The effect it can have on you, not only changes the way you think but also the way you look. It damages the brain and stops you from reaching your full potential. </span></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1684689221319812175.post-88894197283690426472014-08-18T10:43:00.000+12:002014-08-19T20:18:19.904+12:00Astria Countdown To Impact #2<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Gloria and I, tried to play the game, Astria, everyday but it we found it quite difficult, especially when we were close to finishing. It would start glitching and freezing but soon, we found out it wasn't just ours. Soon we were told that every else was having the same problem and that there was a bug in the game.</span><div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Luckily, we recieved a new link and were able to finish the game. But we did do a few things on Wednesday and Thursday when we played. We figured out that we have finished all the areas, except for the part that involved the council. So we presented our chosen solution, which was Solar Sail, to the council and waited for their approval. There were a few reasons as to why we chose it such as how, this idea resulted in less deaths and the information that was given about this idea seemed more credible. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Not long after explaining why we chose this option, out of the four, we continued on our journey to saving the planet. It ended up being quite an effective choice and we saved the planet and killed no one while doing so. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Overall, the game didn't end up being very hard but it was pretty enjoyable. I do think if it had more activites and tasks, it would've been better. But the game was quite good.</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1684689221319812175.post-36631312755107815242014-08-11T10:51:00.001+12:002014-08-18T08:40:54.646+12:00Astria Countdown To Impact #1<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Extension group have been given the opportunity to trial a new game, which is designed to help improve literacy skills. It was designed and created by a group based at the Auckland University.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Gloria and I paired up and started the game. We acted as the Alpha Leader in the future, whose duty was to prevent an astroid from destroying many lives and their planet, Astria. There are different area's to the base that you can explore to try and find clues and information. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The most difficult thing for me was finding the right people to talk to for the right information. Also, another thing I found hard was rating whether or not some of the pieces of information were very credible.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Today, I think Gloria and I did quite well for our first time. We achieved a lot more than we thought we would, especially in the time we were given.</span></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1684689221319812175.post-22158853457563266562014-07-25T11:03:00.000+12:002014-07-25T11:03:45.455+12:00Sarah Cowley<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">During the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth games, I will be following the kiwi athlete, Sarah Cowley. She was born in Rotorua on the 3rd of February 1984. In the games, she will be competing in the High Jump event. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For Sarah, this will be her second time competing in the commonwealth games. In 2006 at the Melbourne games, she placed tenth in the heptathlon event. She has also competed at the 2012 London Olympics and placed 26th in the heptathlon event. </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1684689221319812175.post-66502144859753243112014-06-27T10:05:00.000+12:002014-06-30T09:16:11.067+12:00Smart Footprint<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="281" mozallowfullscreen="" src="//player.vimeo.com/video/99201074" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="500"></iframe> <br />
<a href="http://vimeo.com/99201074">Class 1 - Smart Foot-Print</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user9281605">Team 5 PES</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br />
Here is a M.T.V we, Lisia, Jorja, Gloria, Tyla and I have created to the song, We Cant Stop by Miley Cyrus. The lyrics have been re-written to match our theme about having a smart footprint. Hope you enjoy!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1684689221319812175.post-9390402753123056172014-06-23T10:42:00.000+12:002014-07-03T18:05:12.353+12:0020 Thinkers Keys : BAR KeysFor the last few weeks we have been looking at what the 20 Thinkers Keys. Each week we have been focusing on one of the 20 and have learnt more about it. Today we looked at the B.A.R Key. B.A.R stands for B : Bigger , A : Add , R : Replace. As an activity, we were given five minutes to draw a simple house. Here is the house, below, I drew.<br />
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Five minutes passed and now came the second part of the task. We rotated around the room, skipping a few computers, then made a change on the other persons house. With the first computer we stopped at, we had to make something Bigger, following the B.A.R. Key steps. We then rotated again but on the next computer we had to add something. Lastly we replaced something on the final house we stopped at. Here are the changes people have added to my house. (Below)</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1684689221319812175.post-23705400852834350132014-06-12T18:11:00.000+12:002014-06-12T18:11:39.423+12:00Sound PresentationHere is yet another presentation. But this is all about sound.
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<iframe allowfullscreen="true" frameborder="0" height="299" mozallowfullscreen="true" src="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1WM6rEdfLnhLiHPEg_LDYo0yxSp9N9aqUiT6GWAAftlE/embed?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000" webkitallowfullscreen="true" width="480"></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1684689221319812175.post-59827180525216434322014-06-11T11:02:00.000+12:002014-06-11T11:02:02.195+12:00The PresentHere is a screenplay I have made with a few of my friends, Tyla and Lisia. We have taken a bit from our recent book, The Present and re done it.
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<a href="http://vimeo.com/97878402">Short land Street Material : The Present Screenplay</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user9281605">Team 5 PES</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1684689221319812175.post-3798170590157883262014-06-11T10:54:00.001+12:002014-06-11T10:54:38.810+12:004 Things You Need To Remember About A Smart FootprintHere's a few tips on how to have a Smart Footprint.<br />
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1. Be careful with what you search online.<br />
2. You never know when someone's watching.<br />
3. Be original! Do your own stuff.<br />
4. If it's not kind, keep it in your mind!<br />
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1684689221319812175.post-3599188073335622192014-06-11T10:32:00.000+12:002014-07-03T18:05:49.518+12:00Writing Sample<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1684689221319812175.post-35155626259113680902014-06-09T10:51:00.001+12:002014-07-03T18:11:41.404+12:00New Zealand Compared to Malawi<iframe allowfullscreen="true" frameborder="0" height="299" mozallowfullscreen="true" src="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ScXkfy2zgcwCBmmHhmUD5Afjp0I-ysMnnWZjIHErLOk/embed?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000" webkitallowfullscreen="true" width="480"></iframe><br />
Recently in extension, we have been looking at what it's like to be living in Malawi. I have created a presentation showing the differences between a kid in New Zealand's day and menu , in this case mine, and a kid in Malawi's.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1684689221319812175.post-14514100317646070662014-05-27T11:05:00.000+12:002014-06-03T10:02:08.781+12:00Swimming<span id="docs-internal-guid-dc1d6604-3ac1-f226-1b93-dd0d32aac971"></span><br />
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