Questions week 9

Q1.  What do you use the internet for most? What's the first site that you go? google drive 

Q2.  How can we encourage more children to learn to code? Will you get involved in the #hourofcode? use Google's version

Q3.  Who teaches you about staying safe online? Sammy 

Q4.  What are the best ways for learning about online safety? looking it up.

Q5.  What is a digital footprint and why are they important? Watch this video to help with your answer. it is basically your history. it leaves a mark on where you have been.

Q6.  What are some important things to consider when taking part in Blogger? don't put stupid things in your posts. 

Q7.  Should schools be using social media in the classroom and why?no. some naughty kids could post bad comments.

Q8.  How do we know which websites and people to trust online? usually, it will have a lock or a.nz.

Q9.  Does anyone know any website/resources or Apps to share about Cybersafety? no.

Q10.  Do you have any tips or advice for Miss Mordue and Miss Bull when we are teaching cyber safety to the new Year 7's? don't watch videos of people who swear.

Questions | week 8

1. What are your interests, talents or passions? Minecraft and coding.
2. How do you get to learn about your interests in the classroom? Give us an example. I get to learn through coding club. 
3. Do you think it's important for children to have time each week to learn about something that they're interested in? Why? yes. It will make us like our teachers more.
4. What is the world's most important invention so far? How does it affect your life? the lightbulb. it helps us see.
5. The Kid President wanted to invent a Catuum Cleaner. What would you like to invent to make the world more awesome? Fart remover. it gets rid of stinky smells. 
6. The top 10 jobs in 2017 didn't exist in 2007. What jobs do you think there will be in 10 years time? Sewer monitor. they protect the sewers.
7. Inventive thinking requires taking risks, being curious and thinking skills. How do you do this in the classroom? focus.
8. Is creativity important? How can we encourage creativity in the classroom? give kids things like Genious Hour.
9. Sometimes we get stuck with our learning and have to problem solve. What does good problem-solving look like? fixing something.

Blogger Questions | Week 7

1.What about your classroom do you really like? I like the desks. It is a good place to store all of our stuff.

2.What are the things that you find difficult in your classroom? sometimes seeing the board.

3.What would you do in your classroom to improve it? Ask the teacher(s) to move.

4.What is your favourite piece of furniture in your classroom? Why? My desk. it is a good sized table.

5.If you have no budget what one thing would you buy for your classroom that would help your learning? Why? a massaging chair.

6.What would your dream classroom look like? nothing. I don't have a dream classroom.

7.What would the technology look like that you would use in your dream classroom? new and flashy.

8.What would a classroom look like in ten years time? flying everything.

9. Any tips or advice for Mrs Keen in terms of the room 5 - 8 refurbishment? add a decent couch.

10. Leave three other comments on your classmate's blogs. Remember to include the correct spelling and punctuation. Get your comment on! my question is, how is this a question?  

Questions Week 6

1) Do you think that technology will be a big part of our lives in the future? Why? Yes. Because we currently use it every day.

2) Will technology disappear? yes, no, why? no. We use it too much for it to go.

3) How do you use technology already in your life? I use it to do everything at school, and I play games with them sometimes at home.

4) Research what the first digital device that was made it and when it was built? Calculator. It was made in 1942.

5) What do you think about technology at Casebrook is like? And how could we make it better? it is good, but we need more Chrome Books and headphones!

6) How do you think technology will change and what will be something you think will be created. EG: holograms, hovering cars. It will become like Star Wars, and maybe we can see Boba Fett's Jetpack.

7) What are some of the positive effects of technology? We can play with our friends.

8) What are some of the negative effects of technology? We don't communicate with our family.

9) Leave 3 other comments on other peoples page. Make sure you take the time to write a decent comment. Remember your grammar!

Questions week 5

1) Research the history of athletics - when did it all start, why did it start, what country did it originate from? etc. See if you can find some information out. Type out your answers below. DETAIL/DETAIL/DETAIL... Greece. It started in 776 BC

2) Explain what you did well in athletics day? Sprints. even though I tripped.

3) Explain what you could have done better with during athletics day? Long jump.

4) What was your least favourite event and why? long jump. The teachers were slightly crabby.

5) What is your favourite event and why? Sprints. it's fast-paced.

6) Explain how you showed REP on athletics day? I cheered for others. 

7) What was your favourite discipline while practising with your class? Explain why. The way you throw a shot put.

8) If you could add any athletics event what would it be and why? Gaming. We won't get sunburnt.

9) What is your Year 9 athletics goal? Suprise, Suprise - yes there is athletics in high school! get a placing in Sprints. 

10) Are you keen to keep practising athletics events even when our school athletics is over? If yes  - what discipline / If no - why 

no. Because I don't like atheletics.

Blogger Questions | Week 4

1. What skills or qualities does a person need to have to be a Leader of a Country? Do you have these skills? Leadership, and yes, I have these
2. How does the Government of New Zealand affect you? Nothing really. I didn’t really care who the Government was.
3. If you wanted to change something at your School, what would it be? The Bathrooms.
4. How would you go about making that change? Could you lead that change and what skills would  you need? I’d say “Make the bathrooms clean.“  I could lead it and I would need plumbing.
5. What problems do you think New Zealand children are facing? Why are they having these problems? Poverty. Because there are some very bad people in this world.
6. How could we help the children who are having these problems? Give them chocolate.
7. Does your School do anything to help your local community? (Fundraising etc) we sell chocolate.
8. What is more important - helping yourself or helping others? Helping others while helping yourself.

Questions | Week 3

Q1. Who makes up your family? What position were you born in your family? Oldest? Youngest? Middle? What's it like being that position? I am the youngest. it kind of sucks because it means that you get all of the bad, used stinky clothes. Q2. What is special about your family? What do you love about your family? I love that our parents finally let us get a dog named Mitch. Q3. Would you prefer to be in a big family or small family? Why? I would rather be in a small family because it will cost less, which means more money is spent on you. Q4. Do you have any family traditions? (Holidays, fun activities etc) We generally go overseas about once every one - two years. Q5. How often do you spend time with your grandparents? Do you think it's important to spend time with them? we spend about 2 hours every three weeks. i think it is important because they give us a truckload of lollies. Q6. What's the best piece of advice a family member has given you? “There’s a will, there’s a way.” Q7. Share a story about your family. What's something interesting or funny we can learn about them? On a cruise, Iasked for some french fries with tomato sauce, and the waiter said “NO.” Q8. Kid President has a list of 10 things every Mum needs to know. What would you add to the list? What your kid is implanting into other pupil’s minds through the effects of bullying or somewhat otherwise. Q9. Just for fun! Make a poem, sentence or story using these 3 words: Kind, Proud, Hero. I feel proud when I see my dog espeically when I am in a bog he is kind, he makes me smile he is a hero, he sleeps for a while And then he does it one last time

Blogger Questions | Week 2

Q1. How often do you work in a team or group in your class? What team or group activities do you do? quite a bit. We do things like brainstorms.

Q2. Do you enjoy working in a team with others? Explain why or why not? not really. Sometimes it is better to work by yourself.

Q3. What are the key elements of teamwork? Why are they important? Listening. If no one else listens, then your ideas won't be heard.

Q4. In what ways are you a team player? What do you bring to a team? none, really. I bring compassion. (and a box of cookies to my granny)

Q5. Do you think it's important to be able to work with others? What are the benefits? yes. If you have 0 ideas, others can help you.  

Q6. What can you do when someone is not pulling their weight in a team? What could you say? "Come on, pitch into the team." (Well, they could also pitch a tent)

Q7. In one of the videos is the ex-NBA Champions San Antonio Spurs. Who is your favourite team? Why do you like them? Golden State Warriors. Because the used to have Steph Curry.

Q8. When you get older employers are looking for people who can work in a team. What other skills are they looking for? Obayence to orders

Q9. TEAM - Together Everyone Achieves More. What do you think this means? it means if you work together, you achieve more.

Reading Questions Week 1 | Term 4

1. What was your favourite part of last term?
How did this make you feel and why? My favourite part of last term was waiting behind the curtains for production. It felt thrilling. 

2. What was the most interesting thing that you have learned in Term 3? Definitely learning the dance.


3.What were some of the challenges for you? Tell us why. The dance. Because the moves were hard.


4. Do you have any artwork or blog posts that you would like to share with us? no.
5.If you could describe last term in one word, what would that word be? amazing. 
6.What would you like to do better in this term? talk / play with different friends.


7. What are you planning to do for the holidays? Fly to Auckland and drive a camper van back to Christchurch.
8.What would you like to learn about this term? how to become a professional Cameraman.

Questions Week 9/10

1. How do you celebrate Maori Language Week in your class/school? We say greetings in Maori.
2. Why is this an important week to New Zealand? Because it celebrates our ancestor’s culture.
3. How does New Zealand celebrate Maori Language Week? We say stuff in maori.
4. Can you name any local places of significance that have a Maori name?Why are they significant? Kai kora. Because of the devistating earthquake.
5. What is your favourite Maori phrase or a saying you have heard this week? Kia ora.
6. What other languages are a part of your school and are these celebrated? English.
7. What are the three official languages of New Zealand? English, sign language, and Maori.
8. If New Zealand was to officially celebrate another language what language do you think that should be? Why? Spanish. Then we could talk to people on our travels.
9. Do you know of other countries that celebrate a second language in their country? What country and how do they celebrate?
   
   

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Week 5 Prompts

Q1: What is an election? What type of election do we have in New Zealand? an election is where you vote for a candidate.

Q:2 Why do we have elections in New Zealand? so then there can be a leader.

Q3: What happens during an election? the different party's try to convince the public to vote for them.

Q4: What do you think would happen if we did not have elections and people did not vote? the world would be a massive problem

Q5: Who is the Prime Minister of New Zealand? How did he become the prime minister? Bill English. He got people to vote for him.

Q6: Why do you think it is important that people vote in elections? so then they have the leader that they want.

Q7: If you became Prime Minister what is the first thing you would change? I would make sure that no more smugglers enter the country.

Q8: How do you think our government can make New Zealand ‘more awesome’ like the Kid President? It could be better by opening more arcades.

Q9: What do you think the Prime Minister’s main job is during the day? overview the voting that goes on.

Q10: Even though you can’t vote what are some ways we can make sure our voices get heard? by uploading videos on youtube hoping that people who can vote watch it.

Questions Week 4

Q1. Where were you born and how long have you lived in NZ? I was born in Christchurch and I have lived here all my life.

Q2. What languages can you speak? or what language would you like to learn and why? I can speak Maori, Dutch, and I would like to learn Spanish.

Q3. What are the best and worst things about living in NZ? The best thing is the lovely public and the worst thing is that some people are trying to smuggle things into our country.

Q4. How many cultures/nationalities are there in your class or school? What are they? There is 1, and it is NZ/European.

Q5. What is something that you have learned about a different culture? I have learnt how the Maori make their huts

Q6. What would you put in a time capsule to celebrate NZ culture? I would put a tv set in the capsule, and I would also put a chief's stick.

Q7. If you could make another NZ public holiday, what would it be and why? Eg Matariki, Diwali, Chinese New Years or something else. It would be National Break day, and it will be for kids and parents to not go to work or school.

Q8. What does being a New Zealander or Kiwi mean to you? How does it make you feel? It means a lot. it makes me feel great about myself.

Why Obama was the best US President ever!

So today I am talking to you about the Presidency. Everybody knows that Obama was by far the best president ever! If you think that he ISN’T the best president, who do you think is?

First of all, there are MANY presidents. 45 of them. The first president was George Washington, and currently, the president is Donald Trump. (I don’t like him) But anyway, back to Obama. Obama’s wife is named Michelle Obama. Michelle married Obama on the 3rd of October 1992. They also had a family pet, Bo.

(For some reason, I am veering off the subject.) Right now, President Trump is thinking of building a wall. Lucky for us, Obama wasn’t stupid like Trump is. And also, Obama is responsible. He hasn’t even THOUGHT about banning Mexicans.

Obama (And all of the other US Presidents) lived in the White House. Obama is currently living in the Bahamas.

Obama really liked tourists, and he welcomed them with pride. He didn’t deny them like Trump is denying Mexicans.

So, before I end this speech, I will talk to you about the White House. The White House has a large number secret tunnels underneath, including security rooms, and tunnels for the presidents to get around town without the public staring at them.  

There are 132 rooms, 35 bathrooms, and 6 levels in the Residence. There are also 412 doors, 147 windows, 28 fireplaces, 8 staircases, and 3 elevators.

Well, I am Oliver Floris, and this was my speech on why Barack Obama was the best US President ever!

My Family Story

Opa (Dutch for Grandpa)

Oma (Dutch for Grandma)

It was 3:00 AM in the quiet village where Opa and Oma lived. They were both cuddled together in bed when Opa woke up to go to the bathroom. He looked out the window, and he spotted a tank. On the side of the tank, he spotted the Nazi logo. He raced to his bedroom and threw his pillow at his wife, and she woke up with a jolt.

“The Nazis are here to kill us!” yelled Opa. The Nazis came up to the front door.

“Let us in, or we will be forced to smash down the door.” firmly spoke the Nazi Party leader.

“No.” replied Oma.

“Where is your husband?” asked the Nazi Party leader.

“On a holiday in Dusseldorf.” said Oma.

“Ok, but I don’t believe you. So I will break down your door anyway.” said the Nazi Party leader.

The Nazis searched the bedrooms, while Opa quickly jumped into the secret hole that they had installed just in case for that moment. Just as Opa leaped into the secret room, Oma closed the hole, the hole was behind their piano. But just as she closed it, the Nazis walked into the room.

“What are you doing over there by the piano?” asked the Nazi Party leader.

“Looking at my piano for the last time. It has been in my family for several generations, and I don’t want to leave its side.”

Meanwhile, when Oma was chatting to the Nazis, Opa was hacking away at the wall with his spare sledgehammer that he had stored in the hole for emergencies. The wall finally gave way, so he crawled out, and then he jumped into the Nazis tank. The Nazis spotted him, so they shot the window and leaped out. Opa saw this happen, so he aimed the turret at the Nazis, and then, he pressed ‘Fire’. The Nazi Party leader screamed “NNNNOOOOOOOO!!!”

Just before the house exploded, Oma jumped off the roof and onto the tank to man the upper turret. The sky lit up like a massive orange firework, with a lot of smoke and ash, and just before the house exploded, Oma jumped off the roof and onto the tank to man the upper turret and shoot the other Nazis. They drove away together, only to find a Nazi concentration camp. They noticed that every Nazi was staring at a stage. Upon that stage, was a Jewish Citizen, and also the man himself,

Adolf Hitler…

Hitler had an extremely sharp knife in his hand, and he was holding the knife over the neck of the Jewish guy.

“Who thinks what I am doing is wrong?” yelled Hitler.

“Me Sir!” Replied a Nazi “You only should kill Jews if they do naughty things, sir.”

Hitler wasn’t looking for that answer. So he threw the knife that he was holding, straight towards the Nazi that spoke. The knife flew straight through the body of the Nazi. His body crumpled down towards the ground. He then fell through the floor, into a prison cell.

Hitler pulled out another knife, as equally sharp as the last one, and dropped it. He had spotted Oma and Opa in the hijacked tank. Opa aimed the tank straight at Hitler, so Hitler threw a rock at the tank, but Oma shot the rock. Opa shot a mega missile at Hitler. Hitler got hit by the missile, and then the world felt like it went into slow motion. Everyone sprinted towards the fallen boss of the Nazis, and Opa thought “Maybe I could kill all the Nazis right here, right now…” Opa clicked: He could throw a bomb! Opa climbed up to the upper turret, grabbed a bomb, and threw it towards the stage.

Opa and Oma blacked out…

They woke up a couple of years later, inside of a British ward. They were sitting next to each other.

After they had left the ward, they went on a boat for six weeks, from Netherlands to New Zealand, where they had four kids, Christine, Pete, Mark, and Rob. They all grew up, and they all lived happily ever after.  

  

Q1. Why are you awesome? What is your Genius (something you are good at)? My genius is probably coding.

Q2. What would you like to change in the world around you? I would like to change the way that students study at home.

Q3. How do you think that you could do this? by writing a speech about the situation.

Q4. What is the best thing that a Teacher has ever said to you? "Good work, Ollie. I think you deserve a fruit burst. Wait... no. You deserve way more than that."

Q5. Think of a time when you have achieved a goal. Tell us what this felt like. I felt really exhausted but excitied when I finally crossed the line.

Q6. Do you have some learning that you are really proud of? my coding at Cotswold 

Q7. Name five people that you would put on a "Dream Team" to encourage and inspire you. Are they famous people, successful people, members of your family? Sam, Mitch, Meg, Jake Paul & Logan Paul

Q8. Why are these people amazing to you? because they are good people to watch on YouTube

Q9. What makes you feel proud? When I finish my homework

Q10: Go on 5 different class mates blogs and leave some cool comments

McDonald's Beginnings

First of all, McDonald’s is everyone’s favourite fast food. People might love it, but also might not know how McDonald’s started and how it has evolved throughout the many years that it has lived on our planet.

McDonalds’ first store

McDonald’s was first invented by the McDonald brothers, Richard and Maurice, in 1940. The McDonald brothers were born in Manchester, New Hampshire. Their parents were travellers from Ireland. Their father worked as a shift manager in a New Hampshire shoe factory. In the late 1920s, the brothers moved to California. The first functioning McDonald’s was in Des Plaines, Illinois, USA.

Now for a question - How many McDonald’s restaurants are there in the world as of 2016? The answer -

36,899 restaurants,

They serve around 68 million customers each day, (worldwide) and

McDonald’s has employed around 375,000 people

The Founder

Now. There is a movie called The Founder, which talks about McDonald’s in the beginning. (SPOILER ALERT!!!) The brothers were making quite a lot of money, until Ray Kroc came along. The McDonalds brothers sold the McDonald’s franchise to Ray Kroc, for about 2.7 billion dollars. He then went on to make all of the McDonald’s restaurants that we know and eat from.

In real life, Kroc was a red cross driver in World War I

Now, for a question EVEN BIGGER than before. The question being - How much money is McDonald’s worth? In total McDonald’s is worth around one hundred billion dollars.

The Menu

McDonald’s used to be made up of 15c burgers, 10c fries, and so on so forth. But that was all before when we had a 1c piece.

Overall Thoughts

Anyways,  McDonald’s was (and still is) a really cheap, affordable and yummy food to have as a treat maybe once every two and a half weeks. an example of what you could get  McDonald’s for: (Getting Man Of The Match, behaving well, doing a good deed; ETC)

Symptomy Symptoms

But, kids have gotten too attached to McDonald’s, and because of it, they eat it on an everyday basis. These kids would mostly get these symptoms

1. Chubbiness
2. Obeseity
3. Handicapped
4. Type 2 Diabetes
5. Addiction

       

Macca’s Mascots

The first McDonald’s mascot was named Speedee.

Nowadays, the new McDonald’s mascot is Ronald McDonald

In conclusion,  McDonald’s has grown from being a small stand in California, USA, to being one of the biggest fast food franchises in the world.

24/07 - Great start Ollie you have included some great examples and facts to back up your report. Remember that information reports are written in 3rd person not like a speech. Also include sub-headings. EF

 WALT Show not tell.

It was the moment they had been dreading for decades. The volcano had finally erupted. The earth shook, as torrents of golden death cascaded over the helpless landscape. Clouds of ash swarmed as the beast that had been sleeping for years, now awoken smite his fury upon the world. In the distance a flash of silvery lightning licked across the sky: a snake’s forked tongue lashing out in fury to strike its prey. The world was on fire. It was nature's turn to take its revenge. 


Jack and his family were enjoying a nice cup of tea with Jack’s friend and his family. His friends name was Max. Then all of a sudden, Jack’s dad ran in the room, screaming at the top of his lungs. “THE VOLCANO ERUPTED AND THE LAVA IS GETTING WAAAAYYYY TOO CLOSE FOR MY LIKING!”

“Why are you screaming like that, Dad?” Asked Jack curiously.

“THE VOLCANO HAS ERUPTED SO WE MUST LEAVE NOW!”

“Okay, but stop SCREAMING!” Yelled Mum

Max was always a quiet one. He never put his hand up in class. He had always locked himself up in the library at lunchtimes. And, when he was at home, he played on the computer. He loved every game there was, apart from a game called Minecraft. He hated it so much, so he had decided to download a hack for Minecraft called Impact. 

Luckily, Jack’s dad was a pilot, and because they lived on top of a mountain, just across from the volcano, they had a clear view. They were thankful that they had a Concorde, so they could fly away at supersonic speed. Jack’s dad told everyone to ‘pack their bags’ for a final time. 

After they all met on the runway outside the Sayle’s house, they boarded the almighty concorde. The inner fuselage was decked out with gold, and all the seats were made of leather, there was an on-board shower, kitchen, lounge and TV room, with 3 bedrooms. The plane took off at amazing speeds. Within a minute, they were flying at the speed of sound, and they were around 60,000 feet in the air. The feeling was amazing, and the view of the massive volcano, and the surrounding mountainside. The owner of the concorde was flying, and he suddenly lost control of the last concorde in the world, and the plane veered of course and landed in the middle of the volcano.

When they were alive, they went to church every Sunday, so they believed in God and Jesus. After their plane crashed, all of them went upwards towards the heavens above. When they arrived outside heaven's gate, a guard around 10000 years old, flew over to them, and asked, “May I please see your family authentication in order to enter God’s Lair?”

Dad pulled out the family Authentication, and the guard accepted it and signed it. Everyone could now speak to God.

They all walked through the mountains, and walked up to the almighty God and his son, Jesus. Dad asked, “Excuse me, my lord, but, we have come here on a very sad trip. We were flying in our concorde, and the plane veered off course and landed smack dab in the middle of a danging volcano yall. Yah hear me lads?”

God got very sickened and annoyed at Dad because he was talking like he was a country gardener. God reached over to a coffee mug, which had a concealed button. The mug said ‘Live your Life’ on it. He clicked the button, and everyone who was on top of the hidden trapdoor fell down into a freefall. They were all back in their living room, drinking their cups of tea, and the volcano had some workers, who were pouring water onto the melting volcano.


Jack woke up covered in sweat. He thought, “Few, it was just a dream.”




The End