Merit evidence: Bake sale

18.5.16
Can do

Today the bake sale was on to day to fund raise for the yr8's trip to wellington, first we got some tables from our class and set up three stations around the school, then we got all the baking and placed them at the tables, after that we got some class for firsts. Eventually when every class had all had some we open it to everyone. I showed my care values by making sure everyone with money got some. (Community)

Merit evidence: Technology

11.5.16

Must do 

Yesterday I went to technology, I sat at the back of the bus with five other guys. I only talk to them so the bus wouldn't be so loud and so the bus driver could concentrate. When we got there I went to my class, in class I got a prizes because I was really helpful with using the computers. On the way back to school I sat next to the same people and talked to them only. I showed my care values by helping others and only talking the people next to me on the bus.

Term 1 Integrated learning-leadership

We have been learning all about What makes a good leader.

Here is a link to the Leadership modelling book --> https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1w8BjVr0EzMeFeLKwY1h0rYBsxDTyCuXyHahhEcPSicw

We identified that good leaders show 6 main character traits. These are integrity, trustworthy, resilient, goal focused, movtivational and active thinker.

The leadership trait that I think I show the most is trustworthy because I put up the flag and take it down when it is my turn

The leadership trait I would most like to develop is goal focused because I'm not that good at setting my self new goals 

Something NEW I have learned about leadership is leaders need to show many traits to be a good leader.

The SOLO level that I reached during this unit of learning is extended abstract because I can describe a good/effective leader

(see slide 2 of the leadership modelling book for this) 

My next step in learning about leadership is to apply everything that I have learned about leadership to my own leadership roles. 

Merit evidence: Leadership meeting task.

Can do 

7.4.16

Part one:

School work:

Someone who can help me is an expert or a teacher.

My school work responsibility is my priority during school time.

I am trying to complete it, that is main objective.

Leadership duties:

Honor could help me, or Mr Ladbrook and Mrs Smith.

Everyday before school or after.

Putting up the flag, taking it down and taking parents to Ell meetings.

Outside of school:

Mum, My computer.

After school and in the mornings.

Finish chores, homework and sleep.

My next step is to be able to balance my responsibilities through out the year.

Merit evidence: Leaders meeting

Can do

5.4.16

Yesterday at morning tea Mr Ladbrook held a leaders meeting. All we did yesterday at the meeting was catch up and then talk about what we're going to do later in the year. And then Mr Ladbrook let us blog or go out side.

Merit evidence: Garden show

Must do

The past few days Alex, Ryan ,Scott, Madyx and I went to Woolstons Working Men's Club for a garden show. On Wednesday and Thursday  we just had to set up our stand. It didn't take to long to set up on Wednesday because on Thursday we did most of the setting up, so today(Friday) we made some beetroot relish to put on some crackers to serve to the people so we could get votes from them, we needed those votes so we could get the people's choice award, we have also have a gold award from the judges. We were competing against 8-10 schools! I showed leadership these past few days by being resilient because some times some things kept falling apart but we kept on trying to fix it.

Merit Evidence: Leadership in the food forest

Must do

Yesterday me and other people worked on the food forest with Mr McAven because at this season that's when most of the flowers seeds come out and the group before us had already took the seeds so now all we have to do is to weed the food forest.

first we had put gloves on so we don't prick our self's.  It was pretty hard to find fitting pair because most of them weren't put together, so after I found a fitting pair I started weeding, it was really frustrating because the bushes were really prickly, after a while I got to use the scissors to cut so it was easier to pull the weeds out, also when I was weeding I found a Praying Mantis and a Snail whilst weeding.

After a while we had finished weed and my fingers were really tired when I pulled them out of the gloves, when I took my gloves of I put the in the box and then Mr McAven asked me to take the box to the shed which happily did so, after that I went to wash my hands and went back to class. I felt really happy because I enjoy gardening.

Merit evidence: Multicultural assembly

25/2/16

MERIT EVIDENCE

Can do

On Thursday the 25th of February we had a multicultural assembly which was run by Honor and I who are the cultural ambassadors for 2016, the assembly was awesome we has lots of different people from different cultures who preform, they preformed Taikwondo(Korean martial arts), dancing and lots of other things! My favourite thing was running the assembly with Honor because it was fun and also it's not something you do all the time! At the assembly the leadership trait I showed was goal focuses be cause I had to focus on my job otherwise I might muck up the assembly and everything would be out of order.

Leadership Training week 2/3

WAL: about to describe the traits of an effective leader.

These two weeks we have been learning about 6 traits that a effective leader has to be a good role model. 

The six traits are: 

Integrity. A honest person and uses their morals.

Trustworthy. Means that other people can trust you and they have your trust.

Resilient . Someone who doesn't give up and carrys on even when the job gets tough.

Active Thinker. Someone who uses their brain to conquer all sorts of challenges

Goal Focused. A person who works towards their goal and doesn't think about other things.

Motivational. Someone who inspires other people to do things to become a better person.

Our class also came up with a quote that sums up all these traits: 'leadership is a skill of motivating people/team to achieve a goal..

We also have been reading books with leaders who show these traits, we had to write down how they showed these traits, here is one of my sheets: this one is about how Sir Edmund Hilary showed leadership when he was in the Mountains.

Merit evidence: Gardening club

22.2.16
Merit Evidence 

Can do
Last week on Thursday I did Gardening club, We were starting to create our model for the competition, this session we were stuffing Scarecrows with straw, I had to show resilience because it was really hard to stuff the straw all the way down to the bottom of the Scarecrow because The straw was wet and it was really prickly, So then after I got dozens of scratches we got the little kids to help to get the dry straw. After we finally finished stuffing the scarecrows the bell rang and we then we went back to class.

Merit Evidence: Technology/Bus

Tuesday 11th August 2015

Must do

Today I just got to school on time to catch the bus to Lincon tech, when I got to the class we did the roll so the teachers know if we're at school, when we got on the buses I sat next to Joseph B, on the way to tech I talked to Joseph about the talent show and what he was going to do for it, after a while we had arrived at Lincon, so we all headed to our classes (mine is sewing/textiles), when I got to the class we just went in and started on our projects, I was working on a Hacky Sack, after I had finished the whole entire class had to start packing up, once everyone had finished cleaning, Mrs Paterson told us to stand next to our desks. Once everyone stood next to their desks, Mrs P handed out spot prizes which is a lollie. After a little think, Mrs P gave me one and to some other people, then we all got our bags and went to the bus, I got there last because I was on the other end of the school. So I just sat down next to Dominic and Reuben, and I just talked to them about what I made a some other things.

HERE IS THE HACKY SACK I MADE...

Merit Evidence: Full School Assembly

Monday 10th August 2015

Must do

Today we had an full school assembly in the afternoon, when we went the YR 7&8s sat on the chairs(which includes me), after being told to sit up straight and be quiet by the teachers the assembly finally started. Then Rm1 and 2 who hosted assembly invited the teachers to hand out certificates and talk about notices. I showed leadership in the assembly by sitting respectfully and I clapped when I meant to, also I didn't talk in the assembly.

Merit Evidence: Technology/Bus

Tuesday 4th August 2015

Must Do

Today I got to School at 8:25 so I wouldn't miss the bus for Technology, when I got into the class I sat down on the mat to do the roll. After that we got onto our specific buses to go to tech. I sat next to Alex on the way to Tech, I only talked to him, so the bus noise level won't be loud so the bus driver can concentrate on driving. When we arrived at Lincoln we went to our classes, my one is sewing/textiles. When we got into class we set up our machines and tested them, then we continued to finish off our projects, I was finishing off a frisbee filled with wheat. Awhile later I had finished the project, so I decided to make a little cushion, while I was finding the right things Ye-Joon came and asked me to help him so I happily did, after a while I had finished my cushion, then it was time to go back to School,(Oaklands) so we hopped on our buses to get ready, I sat at the back next to Scott who gave Skittles, I thanked him and asked why did he bring them, he said "The cooking Tech class had a Cupcake challenge, so we got to bring lollies to decorate them!" After talking with Scott and some others next to me, we finally reached School!!

HERE ARE THE THINGS I MADE AT SEWING...

Merit Evidence: Kauri Assembly

Friday 3rd August 2015

Must Do

Today we had Kauri Team Assembly, it was hosted by RM 11, it was a normal Assembly, but the challenge was VERY different from the other ones. Because the challenge went on all through the Assembly, the challenge was to see who could stand on one leg for the longest. It went on until the end of the Assembly and there was still two people standing, so they called it a tie. I showed leadership in the Assembly beacuse.. 1. I sat quietly(I even got a Pozi) and 2. I had a go at answering questions.

Merit evidence: Kapa Haka

Friday 12th June 2015
Can Do

Today after my class's Te Reo lesson in the hall, the people who did Kapa Haka(Maori dance) which included me, stayed behind in the hall. We got into our lines, then Matua(Teacher) Rihari told us to stand up where we were, he told us we're going to sing He Honore. Once we sung the song Mrs Baker told the boys to get on the stage to get into our performance lines, after everyone got into their lines we prepared to sing Whakate hoe which is one of the song I can't remember, we started singing and the teachers stopped us few times to correct us with something. after a few more practices with our eyes closed I FINALLY remembered some of the song better. When we finished practicing the song the teachers talked to each other quietly. I had thought we had to improve something. But the teachers started handing out lollypops to the boys. Unfortunately the teachers ran out of lollypops so they said they will hand them out next week to the girls.

When I got the lollypop, and said thank you I hoped off the stage and then went to put on my shoes. When I walked out of the hall I had a big grin on my face because I guess all the singing really paid of! This was probably the best session of Kapa Haka. 

Merit evidence: Peer mediation

Thursday 11 June 2015
CAN DO

At lunch time today, when I sat down with Dylan for lunch, we started talking and then we remembered that we had our Peer Mediation duty with Ryan in our group. Our duty starts at 01:15.

We played for awhile then it was time to go get our Peer mediation gear, I went off to room 25 or 24.(I still cant tell which is which!:P) Once I got my Peer mediation jacket I went into the Tech Hub to search for an Ipad but I couldn't find one, then Dylan and Ryan came in, so I asked them where one was then Dylan found one. So we headed back out to the field to (hopefully) sort out some problems. We started by walking slowly around the field we circled around the field once, so we decided to go around again then we (FINALLY) bumped into a problem. But when we got there it was just some little girls getting angry at some boys for jumping on their leaf pile!! I really didn't want to attend this problem but it was my job, so we tried to have a mediation but the boys ran away from us and the girls started throwing leaves at each other. Then they started throwing the leaves at US when the bell went!! So I took some photos of them for some evidence.

After we got the girls to stop and go back to class, Dylan, Ryan and I went back to send our gear back, when we put our gear back I saw Miss O'Conner walking past so I showed her the photos I took of the little girls because she's the leader of the Peer mediation, when she saw the photos she said she would sort it out. 

Well today's duty was very weird. I hope that our group doesn't experience that again.  Here is some apology letters from the girls we received a day later!

Merit evidence:PALS

Monday 4 May 2015
Can do.

Today I remembered that I had my PALS duty. I asked Cameron and Dylan if they could help me, because my team members wouldn't want to do it. My friends and I grabbed ourselves each a vest, a whistle. I also grabbed a pile of cones and then we headed out to the field.

When we got out onto the field I started to ask my friends if we should play the game we played at fitness(which I called high five tag). Everybody said yes and so I set up an area with the cones. Once I finished setting the area I asked some kids if they wanted to play. But they were already playing their own game and didn't want to join in. I asked Mr Ladbrook who was on duty if he could ask some kids to play with us . After one minute we had about 5 girls who stared to play, we played Octopus as they asked ,after that we got 3 more boys to join, supposedly Mr Ladbook invited(He also later gave me a CARE tick for thinking up that idea), that's when I started to change the game a bit. When the game got better,more people came.

I looked at the time and there was only five more minutes to the bell so I asked everyone to  play tricky tag, I also got involved. when the bell rang I thanked everyone for coming and quickly gave out posies, and then my friends and I packed up.

Merit Evidence: kapa Haka

Thursday 23 April 2015
Can do.

 

Today my class, room 26 all decided if we still wanted to do Kapa Haka(dance), and I decided to still do Kapa Haka(dance) but I stayed in the participation group, which means you are still learning the actions or songs, and is not preforming, their just learning.

 

When me and my friends walked over to the hall where we do Kapa Haka, well now its basically an Whare. When we got inside we sat down, after about 2 minutes Matua(teacher)  Rihari lead us in two song or other-wise in maori, waiata. After that Mr Brown took the boys into the hall foyer to teach us the HAKA! When everyone got inside the hall foyer Mr Brown started to teach us the words, the words were really hard and I got muddled up sometimes but when we learnt the actions to go along with the words I start to get better. But then I got muddled up on the ACTIONS!!
When the bell went off to signal that morning tea has began Mr Brown let us go to morning tea. when I got my morning tea I started to practice the actions of the Haka but then all of sudden I forgot the words. Oh well maybe next week. :}                                                                      

Merit evidence: Swimming Sports

Tuesday 24 February 2015
Must do(Kauri Team Events).

Today the whole entire Kauri team got together in the hall at 9:30 to get ready to go to Jelly Park for a fun day, after, Mr Foreman sent us in class's to the buses. Our class(26) got on the first bus but we got there last because the bus driver didn't know where to go so we kept on going in circles but I didn't complain. Eventually we got to Jelly park around 10:30.

When the races started the year 7's (which is me) and 8's got changed, after I got changed I realised 2 things. 1. That there was hardly any space to sit and 2. That I'd had to wait for a loooooong time. Soon after it was my race for freestyle,I came JUST 2nd, I also got a stick for kawhai house,so I placed it in the bucket and then sat back down, a few moments later it was my race for backstroke, in that race I came 1st!!! I was super proud of my self and again I got a stick for kawhai. After that we all went outside for lunch for about 30 minutes. Eventually is was time for the relay races and I was in one of the teams, our team can 2nd I think, then we had the house challenge games and my house won. 

Then we all got changed into our normal clothes and hopped back on the bus and most of the way was very quiet. Today was really fun and awesome. I can't wait till next year.

Merit evidence: PALS

Monday 16 February 2015
Can do(PALS)

Today after eating lunch I remembered I needed to do my PALS job but I also wanted to play soccer with my friends but I had to do my job so I wouldn't let down my group. So I got my whistle and my jacket and went to the courts to meet the other people in my group, the job was very hard because we only got about 5 children to start off with and when we asked some kids if they wanted to play they didn't won't to so we just started with a game of 'Candlestick Tag' then more and more people came in to join so we changed the game to 'What's The Time Mr Wolf'. After two rounds of that we had a quick reflection about what the children enjoyed. We also gave out posies to the people we thought were participating really well.