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Expectations and Values - What are they good for?   1. What are expectations and values? Use a dictionary to define each word. RESPECT EXCELLENCE PERSEVERANCE 2. Why do we have expectations and values in our classroom, school and community? To keep the community tidy and save same goes for the school. 3. What are some of the expectations in your classroom? Respect and encourage each other. 4. How do your classroom expectations influence your learning? By stopping others distracting one another. 5. What would your classroom be like if you had no expectations and you could do whatever you wanted? It would be really bad. 6. If you could make an expectation for your class what would it be and why? Be kind to equipment. 7. What are your school values? How are they displayed in your classroom and at your school? Respect Excellence Perseverance. 8. How do you get recognised for displaying your school values? By being ...
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Your Success - Who is responsible? This week is all about ‘not giving up’.   We are almost at the end of term one and we thought this was the perfect time to chat about what to do when things get hard! Watch the videos before answering the prompts. They may help develop your thinking around having the ‘courage to continue’. 1. "Failures open the doors to success!" Tell us about a time when you failed with something? When I didn't save an easy goal in water polo. 2. Tell us about a time when you had success? What did you do to achieve success? When I  came 2nd in a swimming comp for school. 3. We are responsible for our own success and learning. Do you agree or disagree and why? I agree because It all comes down to if we listen. 4. What is a challenge you have faced this year? Explain what happened. Goalie training for water polo. 5. There's no such thing as an overnight success. What does this mean? Do you agree and why? You c...
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Blogger Prompt - Week 9, Term 1, 2018  How Well Do We Know Our Teachers? This week is get to know your teacher time? As teachers we get to know a lot about our students, their families, their hobbies, likes/dislikes etc. How well do you know your teacher? This may require a bit of work. You may need to ask your teacher some of these questions to find out. 1. What schools did your teacher go to when they were growing up? ST Clair Primary ,Tahuna Intermediate ,Otago Boys High school 2. What is your favourite thing about your teacher and why is that important to you? That he is young and fun. 3. What does your teacher enjoy doing when they are away from school? Going to the beach and spending time with family and friends. 4. What made them want to be a teacher? Because he did. 5. What is it about your school that your teacher likes the most? All the friendly students and teachers. 6. Why are you his/her favourite students? Zi...
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Blogger Prompt - Week 7, Term 1, 2018  NZ Census Roll call! This year is a Census year. A census is a big question form that gathers lots of information about all the people in New Zealand. The census only happens every 5 years. It is a snapshot of the New Zealand population on one night every five years and is compulsory to complete. Creative Commons Image https://pixabay.com/en/users/geralt-9301/ Here are the questions for this week: Q1: What is your favourite subject at school and why? Maths because I'm good at it and I find it fun. Q2: Do you have any pets? What are they and what are their names? If you don't have a pet what pet would you have if you did? Yes I have a dog and a cat my dog's name is Bella and my cat's name is Ranga. Q3: What are some of your favourite foods? Chinese,BBQ Q4: What is your favourite sport? What do you like about it? Water polo because it's got swimming in it and I...
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How are you going to be more awesome in 2018?

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How Are You Going To Be More Awesome In 2018? Creative Commons image from  pixabay.com Q1. How are you going to be more awesome in your learning this year? By listening to the teachers and doing my work to a high standard. Q2. What is one thing you will do to make this year great? By trying new things. Q3. What are you looking forward to most this year and why? Playing water polo for the school and the south Island comp. Q4. Describe your current learning environment. Good energetic environment. Q5. What do you need to work on this year? What are your goals? How are you going to achieve them? Spelling and by doing spelling at home. Q6. What are the things that drive your learning? What are the things that block your learning? My teacher and my mum. Trainings.  Q7. Kid President said, "Life is School, you gotta show up." What does this mean to you as a learner? To go to school don't skip school. Q8....
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Q1.  What do you use the internet for most? What's the first site that you go?  My phone on Instagram.  Q2.   How can we encourage more children to learn to code? Will you get involved in the #hourofcode? No i won't and you might need to bribe the kids to join.  Q3.  Who teaches you about staying safe online?  Mrs Kellaer. Q4.  What are the best ways for learning about online safety? On  a kahoot. Q5.  What is a digital footprint and why are they important? Watch this video to help with your answer. Everything you go on leaves a footprint behind. Q6.  What are some important things to consider when taking part in Blogger?  Spelling  Q7.  Should schools be using social media in the classroom and why? yes because it can help with mean things like spelling reading and more. Q8.  How do we know which websites and people to trust online? we dont because anything can pop up. Q9....
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What are your interests, talents or passions?My interests are Water polo and swimming . How do you get to learn about your interests in the classroom? Give us an example. It's in the notices.  Do you think it's important for children to have time each week to learn about something that they're interested in? Why?Yes so they can go into more depth about what they are interested in.  What is the world's most important invention so far? How does it affect your life? A car and house a bike. The Kid President wanted to invent a Catuum Cleaner. What would you like to invent to make the world more awesome?A hover car. The top 10 jobs in 2017 didn't exist in 2007. What jobs do you think there will be in 10 years time? I think there will be 10 more fast food places. Inventive thinking requires taking risks, being curious and thinking skills. How do you do this in the classroom?When I'm doing maths and reading. Is creativity important? How can we encourage creativ...
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