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Week 10/11 Weekly Reflection

Tōtara Weekly Reflection

Term: 1               Week: 10/11

Some work I am proud of… During weeks 10/11 I am proud of my inquiry because with my group we had persevered especially when we didn't know what to do. Also with inquiry I'm proud of what we have accomplished with our final outcome.

Here is my Personal Inquiry … For my inquiry my group and I did a volcano that exploded facts about our big question we were researching and we also made a newspaper all about rocks and were they are made from.

Reflecting on my Inquiry, I have … Think I have done well with participating in my group and focusing on my work and what I need to do during our time that we had for each inquiry session. I think I need to work on I am doing everything that we need to do not making everyone do one thing, make sure that everyone does everything.

Here is my Passion Project … I think that I did well with getting all thehot gluing and getting all the props that we needed for our project to make it look like a realistic jungle with clay.

Reflecting on my Passion Project, I have … I liked the way that we both tried to make our clay animals really detailed because it would look so much better in our jungle scene we were making.

Reflecting on my term, I have … I think during the term I have showed most of our school values everyday. I also think I did well this term with showing quality in all my work I completed. I think I need to work on taking more oppotunitys in school.

In the holidays, I am doing… (a brief explanation)

Our World Geology

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Week 7 Weekly Reflection

Tōtara Weekly Reflection

Term: 1               Week: 7

Some work I am proud of… (add evidence and a brief explanation)

I am proud of my writing about our natural disasters because I think that my journal that I am doing is interesting to read and it represents my character well. Here is an some of my draft...

‘Science in Van’ were at school and I learnt...

How to make the force of something go faster or have more power to go where it needs to be. If you want something to go faster or have more power you have to put less things in something to make it easier to left or push. I also learnt that one nail will go straight through the skin because of all of your weight, but if somebody sits on hundreds of nails it won't go through there skin.

Our inquiry is about geology and our world… (what’s some new I have learned)

I have learnt that there is a lot of natural disasters that relate to some other natural disasters like... wind tunnel and tornado they are like the same things. I also learnt that here is three different plates like... the divergent plate, convergent plate and the transform plate.

What is my personal goal for next week?

My goal for next is to manage my self and show respect and all of my values all of the time not just when the teacher is looking. I also think I need to work with people I won't get distracted by.

This fortnights Tōtara goal was Time Management and I achieved/showed this by... I think I showed this by trying everything and making sure that I worked in a spot where it was not distracting or where I would not get anything done.

Week 6 Weekly Reflection

Week 6 - Reflection

Some work I am proud of… (add evidence and a brief explanation)

This week I am proud of my writing about our camp experience because I think through out all my years of school I have improved heaps every year getting better and better. Here is the start of my story.... Shivering in fear I heard the exiting and nerve wracking news "group four is doing high ropes for there next rotation" the teacher informed.

Something that has challenged me this week is… (explain why)

The thing that has most challenged me this week is getting all my work quality and done on time this is because I have been getting distracted from my friends and I am working in places I do not work well in.

A school value that I have worked hard at achieving this week is… (add evidence and a brief explanation) This week I have tried to work on is create because for passion projects Lily and I are making clay animals that are from a jungle.

A school value that I need to work on is… (explain why) The school value I think I need to work is connect because I haven't been connecting with much people only the people that I know I am playing with not anyone new.

This fortnights Tōtara goal was Time Management and I achieved/showed this by... I think I have sort of achieved this because sometimes these weeks I wasn't using my time wisely but as the weeks has gone on I have learnt to make sure I am working in a spot where I can concentrate on what I need to do.

What is my personal goal for next week? My personal goal for next week is to make sure I am connecting more with people and the environment and to also still use my time wisely and make sure I am not getting distracted by my friends.

Week 3 Winter Olympics Research Term 1

WINTER OLYMPICS RESEARCH

What is the event at the Winter Olympics you are researching?

The sport that I am doing is Snow Boarding.

History of the sport?

The idea of snowbording was triggerd by skateboarding, sledding, surfing and skiing.  It was established in the United States in the 1960's, developed into a Winter Olympic Sport at Nagano in 1980.

How the sport is played? What happens?

The sport is played by using a snowboard and riding down a track with hills and rails.  Once they have got to the end of the track the judges score out of 100 and they play 3 rounds and the last score that they get id there final score.  Who ever has the highest score at the end of all the rounds wins.

Are there different versions of the sport?

Some other versions of Snowboarding is half pipe snowboarding, freestyle snowboarding, snowboarding rail.

What equipment is used?

In snowboarding you use... Snowboard Snowboard Goggles Snowboard Gloves Snowboard Jacket and Pants Base and Mid Layers Snowboard Boots Snowboard Helmet Snowboard Socks

Interesting facts? Who is current world Champion? Medalists? When is it happening at the Olympics?

Carlos Garcia Knight from New Zealand didn't come in the top 3 but did come 5th in Snowboarding.  The men medalists are... Andreas Prommegger (Got Gold) MEN Benjamin Karl (Got Silver) MEN Nevin Galmarini (Got Bronze) MEN

Paige's Weekly Reflection Week 4 Camp

Weekly Reflection

Term:1  Week:4

Something I am proud of from camp … I am proud of when I did high ropes
because when I was walking on the thin ropes and the huge long log it
was very nerve wracking being up high. It was especially because it
was raining so everything was very slippery while I was walking across
all the rope activities.

A highlight from camp for me was … The highlight for me at camp was
the camp fire because even though there was no camp fire it was still
really fun. It was fun because of all the songs that we sung and all
the instructors were funny.

What challenged me over last two weeks? Something that has challenged
me has been trying to find out what all the math questions for homework
because some of the questions are hard.

How did I overcome these challenges or what do I need to do to overcome
them in the future? I over came these challenges by asking questions
and working in spots that I wont get distracted in and working without
electronics.

This fortnights Tōtara goal was active listening and I achieved/showed
this by… I think I have achieved this by looking at the people that
are/were talking to me and answering all the questions they might have
asked me.

Next week I would like to achieve in class is… Trying to earn more
Totara tokens during class by showing all our new and old values. (new:
Connect, Create, Reflect, Respect and Be Brave) (old: Respect, Quality,
Community, Opportunity, Arohanui and Responsibility).

Week 3 Term 1 2018 Weekly Reflection

WEEKLY REFLECTION

Tōtara Weekly Reflection Term: 1              Week: 3

Some work I am proud of… (add evidence and a brief explanation)

This week I am proud of my persuasive letter to the ministry of education because first I made my letter I didn't think that it was not the best, so I decided to do another letter.  In my letter I  thought wrote about our problem that we have been having with our  air conditioning.

What challenged me over last two weeks?

The thing that has challenged me the most was finishing all my  reading hopscotch's because I was getting distracted a lot during the prosses of us doing the reading hopscotch's.

How did I overcome these challenges or what do I need to do to overcome them in the future?

I achieved this by persevering with my work and trying to work away from friend so I could finish all my  reading activity's.

What is my personal goal for next week?

My goal is to try my best in all of the activity's at camp and push out of my convert zone even if things look  scary or nervraking.  I also think that I have to remember at camp I probably wont have all the opportunity's  after camp so try everything that is on offer.

This fortnights Tōtara goal was Active Listening and I achieved/showed this by...

I showed this by trying to looking and listening to the teacher whan they were talking and telling them the answers to the questions if they had one question.

Term 1 Weekly Reflection Week 2

Tōtara Weekly Reflection Term: 1             Week: 2

Some work I am proud of… (add evidence and a brief explanation)

This week I am proud of all my reading tasks I did especially my reading title page because I was behind because I wasn't finishing my ball about me.

What challenged me over last two weeks?

The thing that has challenged me was trying to finish and understand all my homework that we had to do because our homework last year in year 5/6 was different to this homework.

How did I overcome these challenges or what do I need to do to overcome them in the future?

I overcame this challenge by reading all the homework that we had to do probabaly so I would understand it more.

What is my personal goal for next week?

My personal goal is to try to ask more questions if I don't understand and try new things/oppotunitys that I can take.

This fortnights Tōtara goal was greetings and I achieved/showed this by...

I showed this by trying to greet everyone I saw all this week and last week in the mornings and in afternoons to be respectful to them.