These are the five questions I would ask Jacinda Ardern and/or Ashley Bloomfield about Delta Outbreak if I ever got the chance.
The hardest part about this was actually thinking about it and seeing what I would actually want to know. I don't really know much because I haven't really researched it. My favorite part about this was reading a few articles about it. They were cool because you could see what other people were doing, and see what you would do. To be BTB, Better Than Before, I could have added more colour or added research about the questions.
This is my Great Walks slide for our Current Events quiz. We did the quiz with Miss Farr. Green house got 14 points and tied first place with Blue House.
We had to research the 10 great walks in 45 minutes. 45 MINUTES! This may sound like a lot, but it sure isn't. We also had free time on the line. If everyone had finished their slides, we could all choose what we wanted to do for the next blocks. I just finished in time, but other people hadn't.
I enjoyed looking at the fake pictures of the tracks because they were prettier than the real ones. The hardest part would definitely have to be posting this on time because there was so much PRESSURE! To be BTB, better than before, I could have added more to my writing.
This is my writing for Careers and Literacy. I had to read an article and then pick 5 jobs. I chose Medical Doctor, Year 1 to 13 Teacher, Dentist, Veterinarian, and Chef.
I enjoyed looking for jobs. The hardest part was writing more than I wanted to write. To be BTB, I could have added more to my writing.
1. Medical Doctor
What is it? A doctor who works to maintain, restore or boost health. They treat and diagnose injuries and diseases.
Facts Why: Everywhere, there is a shortage of doctors. We now need a lot more because of Covid, and the doctors we already have are working 24/7. Being a doctor also pays well, with a median salary of around $92,00.
What has changed since 2019? Covid. We need a lot more doctors to care for not only people with Covid/Covid Symptoms but also for people that are just hurt or sick.
2. Year 1 to 13 Teacher
What is it? A person who teaches children from 5 to 18.
Facts Why: We have a huge shortage of teachers. Although Media is saying that teachers are underpaid, data shows that their starting salary is reasonable. Also, many teachers are satisfied and happy with their day-to-day routine.
What has changed since 2019? A lot of teachers are working online now because of Covid.
3. Dentist
What is it? A person who works around mouths and teeth. They are feared by a lot of kids.
Facts Why: We always need people to care for our teeth and mouths. They are also paid very well.
What has changed since 2019? Not much. Kids are still afraid of getting their teeth pulled out.
4. Veterinarian
What is it? A person who works to help, heal and care for animals. They are like a doctor except for animals.
Facts Why: There has been a reported shortage of vets across the country. Vets are also paid well, and normally do what they do because they enjoy it.
What has changed since 2019? Not much. People are still taking their pets to the vet, and everything is running smoothly so far.
5. Chef
What is it? A person who cooks meals for other people in public places, eg, a restaurant.
Facts Why: You can cook food for people, and normally if you become a chef, it is because you enjoy cooking. It is also a well paid job, and you can travel a lot of places.
What has changed since 2019? People will be more likely to eat out now that covid has died down a bit, or in other countries, people will be less likely to eat out because Covid is still large.
This is my energy inquiry. I had to choose something to do with energy then make a informative slide and a creative thing to do with whatever our topic was. We could work in pairs, but I didn't, so it made it harder. I chose to do electricity because I wanted to make a bike-powered charger, but I didn't have enough time. The first topic I chose was Hydro-energy, but it was too hard to create a thing explaining/showing what Hydro-energy was.
The hardest part was reading it out to the class because I'm not really good at that stuff. To be BTB, I could have made my slide more interesting. I wanted to draw something to do with electricity and how it worked, but I couldn't think of anything.
Today we did the Current Events Quiz. I got 9 out of 20 correct. After we did the quiz, we had to choose one of the answers to research and make a drawing out of. I didn't know what to choose at first, but in the end, I chose Scott Base. Did you know that people can visit it? That's something I want to do, along with seeing the Southern Lights and Penguins! We had to do this in 45 minutes, and we also had to plan, draft, edit, and proofread.
Scott Base is a New Zealand research base in Antarctica. It is at the southern end of Ross Island. You can see penguins, the Aurora Australis and lots of snow there!
I really enjoyed looking at pictures of Scott Base, The Southern Lights, and Antarctica. The hardest part was finding and fitting information onto the google drawing. Also doing all of this in 45 minutes. It may sound easy, but it was actually really hard! To be BTB, Better Than Before, I could have added more information about the founder and looks.
This is my third and final thing for literacy. I had to make a poster recruiting Maori soldiers to the army. The face looks really weird, and it's not the best I have done, but it's okay. I didn't have enough space for the exclamation mark at the end of "YOU", which is sad.
My favorite part was making the whole poster. Anything to do with drawing is fun for me. The hardest part was the background. I tried to blur it, but not too much, and with triangular blur. The hand was also a little bit hard, but I just copied my hand shape. To be BTB, I could have added more detail to the shapes and added guns, onomatopoeia's, and other people.
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This is my ANZAC literacy post. I had to choose one thing from the Taiao site to do. I chose the morse code because it looked really interesting and I didn't know anything about it except S.O.S and "e". Now I know my name ~ -- .. .-. --- ~ and a little but more. If your bored and want to come up with a way to communicate with your friends, use Morse. (Or Pig-latin.) If you want a way to talk in class, just tap your message in morse code with a pencil, and your teacher will never suspect a thing! (Jk.)
My favorite part was encrypting the messages. it was really hard because the messages were really long. The hardest part was making the morse code part. To be BTB, I could have added more colour.
This is my solar energy post. I had to brainstorm the questions and answer them. The blue writing is "How does the wind and the sun affect your daily life?", and the yellow writing is "What activities do you do that engage the energy of the sun and the wind?".
The hardest part was thinking of ways that the sun affects my daily life. Even though I know it affects my life heaps, I just couldn't think of ways that it did. To be BTB, I think I could have added more to the "How does the wind and sun affect your daily life?" part.
This is my third energy word map. Friction is when something rubs against something else, and causes friction. Low drag causes less friction, and high drag causes more. If I rubbed my finger against the carpet, I would create more friction than if I rubbed it against glass.
The hardest part was finding a picture that people would actually understand. The one I put on is OK, but a few people still might not be able to understand it. To be BTB, I could have added more explanation to what friction is.
This is my second energy word map. I did it about potential energy. Potential energy is in everything. If you kicked a ball up a hill, it would gain potential energy at the top of the hill. When it rolled back down again, that potential energy would turn into kinetic energy.
The hardest part was finding a picture. The first picture is really confusing, and I don't get it, but the second picture shows how much potential energy something would have. A would have low potential energy, B would have high potential energy, and C would have low potential energy. To be BTB, I could have added more facts about how potential energy related to energy.
This is my energy word for T-shaped literacy. I had to choose a word about energy then fill out the google drawing. Not knowing I was supposed to do only one word, I did three. This one was the first one I did. Solar panels are my second favorite way of getting energy. My first is wind turbines.
My favorite part was making the picture. Because I couldn't find any pictures that fitted what I wanted, I had to make one. To be BTB, I could have added more to my definition. The hardest part was saying how it related to energy. It relates in a lot of ways, but I just couldn't put it into words!
This is my energy Venn diagram that I made for literacy. I had to read text A and text B then compare them and do the usual Venn diagram stuff. It was really hard to compare them because they didn't really have much actual information.
My favorite part was looking at the Gen Less site because it had some really cool ways to conserve energy and some really different things than what you normally see energy sites. To be BTB, I could have added more to what both of the sites have in common.
Text A - https://www.eia.gov/kids/using-and-saving-energy/
Text B - https://genless.govt.nz/
This year, our teacher is teaching us french. We had to look into french speaking countries then make an information slide about one. I chose Vanuatu because I went there two years ago for the summer holidays and I really enjoyed it. There are some really fun activities to do in Vanuatu. We went swimming with turtles, climbed and looked into Mt Yasur volcano, swam at Sulfur bay next to Imale village, made friends and chatted with the locals, rode in the back of a truck (many times), and more.
I enjoyed looking at pictures of Vanuatu because they reminded me of when I was there. The hardest part was finding good information. To be BTB, I could have added more info.
This is my 3rd Summer Learning Journey activity. I had to do the things that the summer learning journey site said.
My pattern represents the waves and ocean. I was going to do a fern pattern, but it turned out to be terrible. To me, when I think of NZ summer, I think of barbeques, beaches, Christmas, and my birthday. My favorite thing about summer is swimming in the sea and in our school pool.
The hardest bit was making the background for the waves. Since I did it on Kleki, I made the background on a different layer so that the blue was behind the black. I wanted it to be a bit more gradient, but it didn't really work. My favorite part was looking at Maori wave patterns. To be BTB, I could have added more waves.
This is my News activity for the week. I had to do a quiz, then choose one of the answers to do. I chose the "NZ's Most Beautiful Town/Small City of 2020'".
It was really hard to get information about the town because the net didn't give that much. If you live in this town, then feel free to give some info about it. My favorite part was researching because I like learning new things about places that I have never been to. To be BTB, I could have added more questions to the quiz.
This is my first proper activity for the Summer Learning Journey. I'm really excited about the activities because they look really interesting. This activity was based on a real event in the Netherlands.
It was hard to make sense of the story at first because I got the characters and their roles mixed up. After I read the story a few times, it became easier to understand. The most fun part was doing the comic. It was funny to watch the video as well because it was different from the article, but based on it. To be BTB, I could have added more detail to the slides.
This is my artist profile on Banksy. It was my 4th task for T-shaped literacy. I had to research him and transfer the information into an artist's profile.
My favorite part was looking at some of his artworks. The shredded 'Balloon Girl' is probably my favorite. The hardest part was adding more detail and information. If I could add one more thing, it would probably be added more about his personal life. To be BTB, I could have added more information.
Banksy Artist Profile
Banksy is the famous multi-millionaire street-artist who chooses to hide his real identity. People are still trying to figure out who he really is. Bansky started spray-painting walls in Bristol, 1990. Some of his most famous pieces sell for millions. The most famous artwork was painted in 2002, Girl with a Balloon. This painting depicts a girl with a red heart-shaped balloon. Whether you see the girl as losing the balloon, or about to catch it, the meaning can be interpreted as a loss of innocence or the arrival of new hope and love. This painting sold for 1.37 million dollars.
Many people think that Banksy's real name is Robin Gunningham, born in Yate, 19 km from Bristol, but other people are not so sure. Banksy’s identity is still mainly a mystery to the world. Banksy’s paintings are a symbol of hope and emotions, but also of what is wrong with the world. His work should bring comfort to the disturbed, and disturb the comfortable. Banksy’s paintings are normally spray-painted and stenciled.
Banksy is an artist, not a graffitist.
