Samoan Language Week

 This week is Samoan Language week, and we needed to research some things about Samoa. This is what I have done

IP Skills

In health last week we had been working on our interpersonal skills, and we had done a marshmallow tower challenge. We worked as a team of four, (Kayla, Nishitha, Jackson, and I). We were given 12 marshmallows, and 8 stewers to hold it together. We had a time limit of 12 minutes.

What IP skills did I show/use today? Did you use any warm fuzzies?

The warm fuzzies I used today in our task were "great tower guys".

How did it help with the success/lack if success, of the activity?

In our team of four, it was an unsuccessful activity. This was because we hadn't used our verbal communication, and we had tried working as individuals.

Who did you work with that went well today?

Nishitha helped our team out a lot by creating our base of the marshmallow tower.

If you were to do it again, how would you do it differently?

If I was to do it again, I would suggest not snapping the stewers in half again, because that's what made our tower more unsuccessful.

What level of Hellison's behaviour model were you working at in this activity and provide examples of this?

 As a team we were at a mix of a level 3 and 4. This is because I managed to work as a team, but when our tower had fallen, lack of communication was made by me. This was a lack of encouragement by me.

Hellison's 5 levels of behaviour

Hellison’s Levels of Behaviour

Level  0 

Irresponsible

• Blames and abuses others

• Calls other students names

• Disruptive - vocally loud

• Uses put downs

• Pushes and shoves others

• Inattentive during instructions

• Frequently off task

• Does not abide by the rules

Level 1

Self control (respect)

• Practices tasks but is easily distracted

• Minimal involvement - willing to sit and do nothing

• Participates without blaming or abusing others

• Requires teacher supervision to complete the tasks

• Often non productive

• Listens to instructions

Level 2

Involvement (participation)

• Is actively involved in activities

• Genuinely interested in learning

• Avoids disturbing others

• Tries new things without complaining ‘gives it a go’

• Helps set up equipment and tidies up afterwards

• Tries hard, is honest and abides by the rules 

Level 3

Self responsibility (self direction)

• Undertakes to learn and practice skills without supervision

• Sets and works towards achieving goals

• Makes sure that they return the equipment 

• Always prepared for activities

• Does not need direct supervision

• Makes own decisions about their learning - self motivated

• Works cooperatively in group situations 

Level 4

Caring

• Cares for and respects others

• Listens to and is sensitive to the needs of others

• Encourages and assists others

• Demonstrates good teamwork during activities

• Will work without rewards

Health Crisis in New Zealand

 Hi guys and welcome back to another blog. For the past 8ish weeks in Hurumanu 6 we've been looking at health crisis in New Zealand. For my health crisis I looked at PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder). I chose this health crisis because I wanted to know more about it as I know someone that has it. When I did my research about PTSD, I learnt quite a lot. I didn't know that there would be so much information about it. If I was to do this again I would want to look at schizophrenia. This is because of how serious this health crisis is. When I had finished researching about PTSD, I wanted to know people's experience about having PTSD. What they had gone through, what it was like etc. It was scary knowing that people went/go through the things that they had gone through.

EOTC Activity Taskboard

 Hi guys and welcome back to another blog. Last week we went out on some EOTC day, (education outside the classroom). Before going on these three days we had a look at what they would be like and some things that we might want to know. All of the places we had gone to I had already been there before so it wasn't going to be a 'so cool first time' moment. What we had done was learn about some of the places that we were going to go. On the three days we went to three different places, Jellie Park, Adrenalin Forest, and The City Centre. On each day we went with our own Kahui and on some days we were to go with another Kahui. For my Kahui, we went to Jellie Park on Wednesday the 2nd, Adrenalin Forest on Thursday the 3rd, and City Centre on Friday the 4th. On Friday we went with Mohua, but we didn't really see them out there. Here is my EOTC Activity Taskboard. Enjoy :). 

Women's Suffrage

Hi guys and welcome back to my blog. Lately in Hurumanu 1 we have been learning about protests in New Zealand. Women's suffrage is one of the biggest protests that have happened in the New Zealand, as well as all over the world. Women's suffrage is a big matter in many countries, and is different all round. 

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