Week One of Kiwi Can - Reflection

Today we had our first session of KiwiCan. For this term the theme is positive relationships. A positive relationship contains helpful and encouraging words. Encouraging other people boost their confidence and self-esteem. It also creates a positive environment and it lifts the teams spirit. To help us understand in a fun way we played a game. This game required team mates to encourage one an other and also good communication. Our new KiwiCan tutors Mr Matt and Miss Lily have started off 2018 in a great way.

Summary of 'The Pathway'

 

For the first week of reading with Mrs Anderson we are learning about the treaty of Waitangi. The treaty of Waiting is an agreement between the Maori and the English. During the 1700's - 1800's the British were the superpower of the world. They have colonised many countries that are now independent. The British used to buy land for things as little as a pound. A pound was useless in New Zealand because they did not use cash. British settlement had a huge impact on New Zealand. British people weren't respecting the culture and laws the Maori's put in place. The book we read was a timeline that lead up to the treaty of Waitangi.

Comparison Between Soohorang and Snow Leopard

This year the Winter Olympics is being held in pyeongchang, South Korea. For this activity we had to choose a former mascot and compare them to the current mascot which is Soohorang. The mascot we chose to compare with Soohorang is one of the three 2014 Sochi Olympic mascots. His name is Snow Leopard. He has a very interesting background. He was chosen because of Putin's (Who is the Russian President) concerns about the environment. These mascots were both interesting to learn about and they both are very distinct in a good way.

2014 Auckland Marathon - Week One

As part of our math this week Ms Kirkpatrick gave us a math problem to solve. It was based on the Auckland Marathon for 2014 and 2017. We have been looking at the average times for the full and half for 2014 and 2017. As part of the math problem we also had to search up the winners time for 2017. In this math problem we did a lot of subtracting which was pretty hard. 

Comparison Between the 1900's and the Modern day Winter Olympics

Every Olympics are the same. They all have opening ceremonies and they all get awarded with medals. They always occur every four years. This year the Winter Olympics is being held in South Korea. Above is a DLO that shows the differences and similarities between the modern and 1900's Winter Olympics. In my opinion the most surprising difference was the numbers of countries who participated back then and how much it has increased over the years. 

Blog Post - Statistical Inquiry

Our holidays are now over and we got straight back to work. Mrs Anderson instructed us to create a chart which was based on our blog post numbers. In 2016 I posted 159 blog post. It is a tremendous achievement (considering it was my first year) I also think I posted this much because I was just getting use to blogging. In 2017 I posted 171 blog post. I posted this much because I had more work to share and I set myself a goal. My goal for 2018 is to blog 5 - 10 posts a week. To show my findings I used a bar graph. Over the two years I have been blogging I have seen an increase in the numbers of post I blog. I am very proud to see that I have gotten better and I am not slacking off.

Can You Guess What I Did Over The Summer Holidays?

During the Summer Holidays I have done a lot of things like go to the Bay Of Plenty and even fly over to Brisbane. I enjoyed every part of my holiday. In my recount I have described one event that happened over the long break. Can you guess what I did? This is a Link to my holiday recount. It describes what I did and you need to find what I did by using the clues provided for you. Good luck.