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Week 3, Sports etc

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New Zealand is blessed with a whole host of talented sportsmen and sportswomen.  However we often only hear about a few sports in the media. At our school sports is a big thing, this week we want to look into what sports you like and what makes you a great sportsmen or sportswomen. Questions: 1.What are the most important attributes that a sportsperson should posses? That they should always think of what they are doing now, not ahead, and to include your team mates in your sport. 2. What are the benefits of playing in a sports team? You can become the person you dreamed to be, and you can meet other people. 3. Should playing in a sports team be compulsory for children at primary school? Why or why not? Yes, cause they can choose what sport they want to do, but I think they should still go out and run around because if they do nothing they will probably be un-healthy. 4. How do you cope with failures on the sports field? I just smile, laugh about it positively and let it go. ...
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Week 2, Animals around the world

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  1. What are some native animals to New Zealand that are in threat of extinction? The kiwi, because the Maori hunted them in the old days, and the English bought them in. 2. How do we protect and look after our native animals in NZ? By keeping them in a safe place, where it is not endangered. 3. Where are you most likely to see New Zealand’s native animals? In the forest, or in a safe zoo, etc. 4. Many people believe that to save animals from extinction they should be bred in zoos? Do you agree/disagree with this statement and give one reason why. I think they could do that, but I don't really know how they treat them, but if it helps them to populate more of their kind, i will be happy. 5. When zoo bred animals are released back into the wild there can be serious problems. What might some of these problems be? It might be that the possums could get the eggs and take them away, or the possum eats the kiwi bird. 6. Zoos are …...a life sentence ...
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Week 1, Creativity and talent

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Pixabay.com CC0  Creative Commons This week's topic is about your creativity, passion, talent and inventive thinking. 1. What are your interests, talents or passions? I like Drawing, and creating useful things, like maybe a projector.   2. How do you get to learn about your interests in the classroom? Give us an example.   We have a rotation on every Monday called S.T.E.A.M, (or tech cause easier) and we get to pick the subjects that we picked in a survey of what we want to do. Then the subject we picked, we go to and do fun activities. 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, because it stretch's your intelligence, and so you can have fun creating the thing you wanted to.  4. What is the world's most important invention so far? How does it affect your life? The most important one for me is the, Plastic eating microscopi...
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Week 11, Classroom rules

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1. What are expectations and values? Use a dictionary to define each word. To help some of your classmates, and treat them respectfully. 2. Why do we have expectations and values in our classroom, school and community? I think it is because if we don't have everyone respect each other as it can turn into a disaster, that may course some harsh words, and possibly violence. 3. What are some of the expectations in your classroom? Be clean and tidy, be cool and do your best, treat everyone equally with respect, work hard with maximum effort, and respect and encourage others. 4. How do your classroom expectations influence your learning? It helps me to try do my work to maximum, and have my manners on me at all times. 5. What would your classroom be like if you had no expectations and you could  do whatever you wanted? I would try create the same expectations, cause if we didn't have them it would have been a problem, some kid...
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Week 10, Not giving up

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1. "Failures open the doors to success!" Tell us about a time when you failed with something? I have had many failures in my life, like giving up on a coarse on Clip'n Clime when I haven't even got up to a bit that was even high, I gave up on a lot of high places. 2. Tell us about a time when you had success? What did you do to achieve success? So I went to adrenaline forest's high ropes (by Spencer park,) and I went with my two friends. On the first one I was fine, but on the second one there was a higher coarse which scared me a lot, (I cried ...) but the people were helping someone else, so I couldn't get down, but at the end I went, and I regret nothing after that. 3. We are responsible for our own success and learning. Do you agree or disagree and why? Yes, because if we get something wrong and the other person takes responsibility, that won't be fair. I think it's right to take your own responsibility. 4. What is a cha...
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Week9, Knowing my Teacher

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How well do you know your teacher? 1. What schools did your teacher go to when they were growing up? St Clair Primary, Tahura Intermediate, and Otago boys high. 2. What is your favourite thing about your teacher and why is that important to you? He is funny, and he is always nice to everyone. 3. What does your teacher enjoy doing when they are away from school? Being with his friends/family, walking down the Beach with them. 4. What made him/her want to be a teacher? Because he did.... (He told me to write this...) 5. What is it about your school that your teacher likes the most? All the friendly Students, Teachers, and Staff members. 6. Why are you his/her favourite students? Cause we respect each other and other people, and cause we treat him like a friend. 7. If your teacher could do another job what would it be and why? He could maybe be a Kindergarten teacher. 8. What do you think your teacher would be great at if they were not a teache...
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Week 7, Census

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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? My favourite subject right now is Mahi Time, it is because we get to do heaps of cool activity's, (like choice sheets, breaking news, blogger, etc). 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 a Dog, Cat, and I have Gold fish's. My dogs name is Dash, My cats name is Poco, one fish is called Spotty (has a black circle on it's eye), and one fish is called Goldy (A big Goldfish that looks Brownish Goldish). Q3: What are some of your favourite foods? I love Chocolate, Dinner that my mum and dad made, sweets, fruits like apples and strawberry's, etc. Q4: What is your favourite sport? What do you like about it? My favourite sport is Cricket, Soccer, Touch rugby, tennis, etc, ...
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