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Blogger Prompt - Week 10, Term 1, 2018   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? I got second place in soccer 2. Tell us about a time when you had success? What did you do to achieve success? we won a soccer tournament because we never gave up   3. We are responsible for our own success and learning. Do you agree or disagree and why? I'll have success because i do it my self 4. What is a challenge you have faced this year? Explain what happened. 5. There's no such thing as an overnight success. What does this mean? Do you agree and why? ...

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.Clar Primary School,Taharua Intermediate,Otago Boys High School 2. What is your favourite thing about your teacher and why is that important to you? He always takes us out to P.E everyday and he makes learning fun. 3. What does your teacher enjoy doing when they are away from school? Going to the beach and spending time with his 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 6. Why are y...

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? Mahi Time because i'm good at it. 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? I have pet chickens there called Perry,Dani,Sebelo. Q3: What are some of your favourite foods? KFC. Q4: What is your favourite sport? What do you like about it? Soccer what i like about it is that i you only need to use your foot and there's a less chance of getting inju...

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 doing it to a high standard Q2. What is one thing you will do to make this year great? soccer Q3. What are you looking forward to most this year and why? winter sports Q4. Describe your current learning environment. good,energetic, fun Q5. What do you need to work on this year? What are your goals? How are you going to achieve them? maths Q6. What are the things that drive your learning? my family What are the things that block your learning? Games Q7. Kid President said, "Life is School, you gotta show up." What does this mean to you as a learner? To go to school dont skip school Q8. What would you like to learn about this year? Everything Q9. Reflecting on your learning last year, what piece of advice would you...

Blogger Prompt: Week 7 - Term 4 DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP With the advent of social media, mobile devices in the classroom and a range of e-learning tools in the classroom it is more important than ever that students are aware of the  long term  effects of leaving their digital footprint and learn to become good cyber citizens.  The concept of digital citizenship needs to be embedded in all aspects of work in schools with e-learning tools. A good way to start this is to build awareness of what it means to be a good citizen in our community -  local, national and global.  So what is a good citizen?  QUESTIONS Q1.  What do you use the internet for most? What's the first site that you go?  i dont go on much sites i use internet to go on my ps4 Q2.   How can we encourage more children to learn to code? Will you get involved in the #hourofcode?no Q3.  Who teaches you about staying safe online?...