Really Frustrating Image attribution

 Kia ora bloggers, in Te Ngahere we have recently been learning how to attribute images. I have learned how to find out if I have permission to use online photos. I really enjoyed learning about image attribution because I was  able to learn new things. I think this could help me in the future because having this knowledge would save me from copyrighting and getting fined. I  The most frustrating part of this was finding the license number, but in the end I was able to find it. 

Do you have the knowledge to know if you have permission to use any certain photos online?

Fun Mosaic Art.

 Kia ora bloggers, in Te Ngahere we have recently been creating our own mosaic art to go with our Ngahere QR codes. During my time creating mine I learned how to use the polly line correctly. I thought this was a great opportunity to learn how to use different types tools to create our mosaic art. I kind of found this frustrating because everytime I stopped my line three times all of my lines would just disappear. But the positive side of this subject I enjoyed doing was able to learn something new.

Have you ever created your own mosaic art before during your time at school???

Keep up the great work!!!

Lessons Around Being Safe Online.

Kia ora bloggers, in Te Ngahere we have recently been learning how to be safe using our time online apps like instagram, tiktok, snapchat and games. So in other words any kind of apps that you are able to talk to other people. We watched a video of someone not being safe online. Because she talked to someone she didn’t know, And told him  personal information like her email address and phone number. But lucky she was smart and realized that she was doing something wrong. So she pushed the (report abuse) button on the app and the person she didn’t know went to jail. I learned that it's not good talking to strangers we don’t know on online. My reason is because we have no idea if they are who they say they are or if they live near you. To be honest I used to talk to strangers on online games until the teachers asked us if we are going to change something, so I changed by stop talking to strangers on online games. I enjoyed learning about this because we can teach other people to not talk to strangers on online games and apps. There was nothing I didn't enjoy because this is something that taught me how to be safe while I’m online. 

Here is a good tip:

Don’t take photos of yourself in your school uniform and post it because they can just find your school and find you.

Do you think you are always being safe during your time online???

Exciting Fun Technology

 Kia ora bloggers, on Tuesday the year 8, year 7’s and I went to Moerewa to do technology again. In Mr Edwards class, which I’m in we were carrying on with our own waka that we started making. I was filing my frame for my waka, and I was filing it to hard and then sadly my frame broke. So I had to restart. I learned that when we are filing or using sandpaper to file our waka, if you file it to hard it will break. And I know for a fact because I speak from experience. To make sure I don’t break mine again I now know to file it nice and softley. I enjoyed technology this week because I was able to learn something and that's good because I learned from my mistake. I didn’t enjoy restarting because I didn’t want to be the only one that's behind. But lucky it only took me like 4mins to catch up because I knew what I was doing. Have you ever had a project and you had to restart? 

Fun PE Rotations

 Kia ora bloggers, today I am posting about out PE rotations Te Maunga and Te Ngahere have been doing lately. Every Monday and Thursday we come together and get into our house groups, I’m in Pohutukawa. The other house groups were Rimu, Karaka and Kowhai. The game my group and I were learning around was soccer. My group and I were learning how to kick the ball, intercept and how to work as a team by sharing the ball. I learned how to intercept properly and how to kick the ball right. I really enjoyed doing this because I like learning around new sports because I play netball and I didn’t know how to play soccer. There was nothing I didn’t enjoy because I liked everything. Do you do PE rotations at your school with other classes?

Really Fun Technology

 Kia ora bloggers, today I am blogging about technology the year 7’s,8’s and I went to. We went to Moerewa school to do technology. But sadly the year 7’s and 8’s swapped classes, which means we are doing wood works with Mr E and the year 7’s are taking cooking classes with Whaea Dot. The first thing we did was to go through the rules, expectations, things we were allowed to do and Mr E showed us how to be sensible while we are using the power tools. The second thing we had to do is to take a photo for Mr E so he can write our names on the picture so he can remember our names. During our first day back in wood works we are making and designing our own little waka. We got a few choices which were making a waka, bling bling, a wire game or a boat, just so you know a bling bling is a metal necklace. Obviously we chose a waka, I chose to make a waka because I am moari and I think it would be an amazing fun experience.  I learned  how to make the starting of our waka and I also learned what parts of the boat litter loan a waka is called. The front of the waka is called bow, the back of the waka is called stern, the left side is called port and the right side is called starboard. I really found this challenging because we had to make sure we measured the sides correctly, the measurements for the long side was 25mm and the short side was 7mm. I really enjoyed doing this because when we are finished we get to take it home. So all this hard work is so worth it. Have you taken woodwork classes before and made a waka?

Amazingly Fun Confusing Reading Test

 Kia ora bloggers, on our first day back at school our teachers told us we are going to start our day with something fun, our teachers gave us a paper with a set of 23 instructions on it and the teachers also told us we are doing a reading test. Te Ngahere and I were really excited until the teachers said we are doing a reading test so we all started moaning until the teachers said we are doing this for a reason. The reading test was to see how well we follow instructions. The first instruction was to read everything carefully before doing anything. I read them all but I didn't read them carefully because the last step said ( Now that you have finished reading everything carefully, do only sentences one and two! Then draw quietly on the back of this paper while you wait for everyone else to finish!). So that's how I didn't read them carefully, and I chose to do them all because I did not read them all carefully. I thought this was really difficult because most of us didn't read the last instruction carefully and that made me a bit frustrated. To be honest I barely found this fun because when we were going through it with the class I now knew I was wrong. Have ever experienced something like this before? 

CAN YOU FOLLOW DIRECTIONS? 

This is a timed test--you have 4 minutes only! 

1. Read everything carefully before doing anything. 

2. Put your name in the upper right-hand corner of this paper. 

3. Loudly call out your first name. 

4. Circle the word NAME in sentence two. 

5. If you have followed directions carefully to this point, call out "I have." 

6. Draw five small squares in the upper left-hand corner. 

7. Put an "X" in each square. 

8. In your normal speaking voice, count from ten to one backwards. 

9. Put a circle around each square. 

10. Sign your name under the title of this paper. 

11. After the title write, "Yes, yes, yes." 

12. Put a circle completely around the sentence number seven. 

13. When you reach this point, LOUDLY call out, "I AM THE LEADER IN FOLLOWING DIRECTIONS." 

14. Put an "X" in the lower left-hand corner of this paper.

15. Draw a triangle around the "X" you just put down. 

16. On the back of this paper, add 703 and 66. 

17. Loudly call out, "I AM NEARLY FINISHED. I HAVE FOLLOWED DIRECTIONS." 

18. Draw a rectangle around the word "corner" in sentence six. 

19. On the reverse side of this paper, add 8950 and 9805. 

20. Put a circle around your answer, and put a square around the circle. 

21. Punch three small holes in the top of this paper with your pencil point. 

22. Underline all even numbers on the left side of this paper. 

23. Now that you have finished reading everything carefully, do only sentences one and two! Then draw quietly on the back of this paper while you wait for everyone else to finish!