Tag: Term 3

My Mini Movie – By: Zaria

 

Task description: This term for my DLO I had to present a movie of a day in the life of a person who takes care of themself and their body. This is because our theme for this Term is ‘fit for purpose’. Meaning I had to create an animation of a day in the life of a child who has a balanced and healthy lifestyle. 

Some possible factors to include could be:

  • Eating well
  • Sleeping well
  • Exercising
  • Meditating
  • Positive attitude
  • Self talk
  • Etc

Our animation were expected to include a voice over to add greater detail and information for our audience. Our animation should also include music to engage our audience and be shared on our blog. I had to explain and show what I’m doing and what we’re learning by doing this experiment. After that, I had to put my animation into “iMovie” and turn it into a full movie.

My movie had to show a day in the life of a healthy person. The first thing a healthy person would do is sleep well as it improves your brain performance, mood, and health. Anothing thing a healthy person does before they start their day is give themself a positive self-talk to improve self-esteem, stress management and wellbeing. Also brushing their teeth and washing their face because that is a part of hygiene and good personal hygiene is one of the best ways to protect yourself from getting infectious or diseases such as COVID-19, colds and flu. 

Eating healthy food because a healthy diet is essential for good health and nutrition. It protects you against many persistent noncommunicable diseases, such as heart disease, diabetes and cancer. Next is exercise which is also really important to improve your brain health, help manage weight, reduce the risk of disease, strengthen bones and muscles, and improve your ability to do everyday activities.

Lastly a good thing to do on a daily basis is something I call “Me Time ” and during that time you do what you want, something you love, something relaxing, such things could be:

Self care: Doing a self-care routine has been proven to reduce or eliminate anxiety and depression, reduce stress, increase happiness, and more.

Listening to music: Provides a total brain workout and research has shown that listening to music can reduce anxiety, blood pressure, and pain as well as improve sleep quality, mood, mental alertness, and memory.

Alone time: Alone time is a great opportunity for self-reflection and self-discovery.

It’s just some time for you to take care of yourself and relax.

Anyways now that we have come to the end of my movie I hope you enjoyed seeing things you can do to stay healthy, mentally and physically. I try my best to do most of this on a daily basis.  I enjoyed this task very much, and I hope to do more like this soon. Hope you enjoyed it. Please leave a comment; thank you for visiting my blog.

Algebro 1


Task description: This week during Math, I did Algebra 1. We had to answer 4 hard & tricky questions. I had to work with my friend. It was really tricky that we ended up working with our teacher Whaea Saf. Algebra looks hard to learn but it’s easy when you actually learn it. But today’s work was more tricky than last weeks.

 

My highlight was finishing my work pretty fast and being able to understand my work really well. My low light was that the maths problems were written properly and we had to make it up as we went. This week I don’t have anything I want to work on as I have understood my work and finished it off really fast. After that I completed the task, I posted it on my blog. I enjoyed this task very much, and I hope to do more like this soon. Hope you enjoyed. Please leave a comment; thank you for visiting my blog.

Tongan Travel (Measurement L3)

Task description: This week during Maths, we had a task to do with Tongan language week. We had to look at this Tongan Travel and answer questions. We then had to make our own graph about four of our friends. I choose Tumanako, Mary, Vika, and Lynette. My high light was finishing it really fast even though I was not able to understand my work because the task was confusing as it didn’t give us the information we need to answer the questions . Low light not being able to do DLO or Maths Whizz because we had lunch early because of cross country. For this week I don’t have anything I think I need to work on as I am very proud of myself. I worked on this task with my friend Swaimah, you can check out her blog to see her post. After I completed the task, I posted it on my blog. I enjoyed this task very much, and I hope to do more like this soon. Hope you enjoyed. Please leave a comment; thank you for visiting my blog.

Vocabulary Swap

Her jaw dropped as the phone line dialled out in a fade… The phone thumped on the ground sending shivers down my spine. She rushed to get in my car. The hospital was hours away from my house as she said to herself “I have to see her, please be okay, what will we do if she doesn’t make it!?!?. Poor Tara. I have to be with her!”

As she drove frantically thoughts ran through her head. “Turn green you f**king light” she yelled so loud that the car next to her could hear her. He gave her a ugly look, but she didn’t care, she wanted to see her sister.

Some time later…

She pulled into the carpark nearly hitting every curb she turned, but that was the least of her worries. She ran out of her car not even remembering if she locked it or not. She asked the lady at the counter desperately “what room is Aria Smith in?” The woman replied with “ room 69 level 3.“ She pressed the elevator button and waited but it wouldn’t open so she ran up the stairs.

When she reached the room, Tara was on the floor crying as her mum laid still on the bed. I rushed to her side, I couldn’t bare to see her like this. “Come my darling, we’re gonna be okay, she’s gonna be okay, don’t worry my baby” she said in Tara’s ear as she calmed her down.

They sat there crying for hours, her body hasn’t moved an inch. She was gone. “I didn’t even get to say goodbye, she left me alone in the world! What am I gonna do without her!?!? I miss her already… Why did she have to go, I need her” cried Kimmy as she sat on the floor in disbelief…

Task description: This week during Writing, I did a Vocabulary Swap. What we had to do was fill a table with 10 adjectives and/or verbs, then your friend (Swaimah was mine) will give you their 10 verbs and/or adjectives. We then had to make a story with those words and bold them. It was really fun to do because our stories came out good.

My words were: Be, gave, have, dropped, ran, come, said, see, make, get

My highlight was making a story out of random words. My low light was that my friend hated the words she had but in the end she worked it out. Something for us to work on is trying to give harder words to each other. After that we completed the task, we posted it on our blog. I enjoyed this task very much, and I hope to do more like this soon. Hope you enjoyed. Please leave a comment; thank you for visiting my blog.

Country Physical Poster

Task description: This week during Reading, we were making posters on a country of our choice. I chose to do FInland. I was gonna do it alone but then my friend Swaimah wanted to do it with me so we became partners. We reached Finland for 2 weeks and gathered information about the place and its history. We had a lot of fun doing that but it made us so happy seeing all our hard work come to life and it all being worth it.

Our highlight was making what I had in my mind coming to life. Our Low light is cutting the papers and worrying if the papers won’t fit. Usually we have something to work on but I think this week we did a good job. After that we completed the task, we posted it on our blog. I enjoyed this task very much, and I hope to do more like this soon. Hope you enjoyed. Please leave a comment; thank you for visiting my blog.

Blog Commenting – Cybersmart Challenge


Task description: This week during Cybersmart, we are learning to write quality blog comments. This is to help us write comments that are positive, thoughtful and helpful. This challenge is about quality blog commenting. Meaning we are learning to write quality blog comments is an important aspect of Smart Relationships. For this challenge you’re going to write a positive, thoughtful, helpful blog comment. This is important so you can form smart relationships online.

We had to put a comment together using the new skills and starters we had learnt about positive, thoughtful, helpful. We had to choose a blog post from your Tuhi Mai Tuhi Atu buddy class, or from another student in your class, and use the template to help us craft our comment.

High light was being able to understand my work and learning about how to write a comment, low light not being able to do faster because I got busy with other things. Some thing I can work on spending less time on the task and working faster.

After that we completed the task, we posted it on our blog. I enjoyed this task very much, and I hope to do more like this soon. Hope you enjoyed. Please leave a comment; thank you for visiting my blog.

Word Problem


Task description: This week during Maths, we are learning to do word problems. We had to show and explain our thinking not just answer the question. My high light was being able to understand my work and finishing it really fast. Low light not being able to do DLO because all the imacs were taken. Some thing I can work on is remembering to post my slides before getting busy with other work. After that we completed the task, we posted it on our blog. I enjoyed this task very much, and I hope to do more like this soon. Hope you enjoyed. Please leave a comment; thank you for visiting my blog.

Speech Reflection


Task description: This week during Writing, we are reflecting on how we did on our speech which we read last week to our class. I was freaking out so much the whole week coming to the day we read our speeches but at the end I felt I did pertty good. It was so good to see that I memorised my speech and I was really happy about that. I made some compelling arguments. I know I was nervous but I delivered it with confidence. I think because of the nerves I spoke quite quickly but I’m sure this would change if I were to do it again.

My high light was being able to understand my work and being able to say it in front of everyone. Low light not being able to concentration because I was nerves. Some thing I can work on is spending less time on my work and more time trying to calm myself so I can speak properly. After that we completed the task, we posted it on our blog. I enjoyed this task very much, and I hope to do more like this soon. Hope you enjoyed. Please leave a comment; thank you for visiting my blog.

Why do we need exercise?


Task description: This week during Inquiry, we are learning about how exercise affect your concentration and it does because when you do any type of intense physical activity it helps your blood to flow to the brain and this helps your neurons and promotes cell growth and become bigger and stronger, particularly in the hippocampus, so that means if you just take 20 minutes of exercise before you start studying it can improve your concentration and help you focus on your learning.

High light was being able to understand my work and being able to finish it really fast. Low light not being able to concentration because everyone keep talking. Some thing I can work on is spending less time on my work. After that we completed the task, we posted it on our blog. I enjoyed this task very much, and I hope to do more like this soon. Hope you enjoyed. Please leave a comment; thank you for visiting my blog.

Cybersmart challenge: Think before you share

Task description: This week during Cybersmart, we are learning to think before we share and leaving a smart footprint. This challenge is part of the Smart Footprint strand, as we will be thinking about how to promote ourselves positively online. In this challenge we had to be thinking about what images and statements are ok to post online, and which ones should be kept private.

For this Challenge we were going to be learning to think about what we sharing before we share information about yourself online. Thinking carefully about whether what we’re sharing is positive is an important part of being a Smart Learner! Always remember to think before you share.

High light was being able to understand my work and learning about things we can and can not share online, low light not being able to do faster because I got busy with other things. Some thing I can work on spending less time on the task and working faster.

After that we completed the task, we posted it on our blog. I enjoyed this task very much, and I hope to do more like this soon. Hope you enjoyed. Please leave a comment; thank you for visiting my blog.