Alyssa's Learning Blog

DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP With the advent of social media, mobile devices in the classroom and a range of e-learning tools in the classroom it is more important than ever that students are aware of the  long term  effects of leaving their digital footprint and learn to become good cyber citizens.  The concept of digital citizenship needs to be embedded in all aspects of work in schools with e-learning tools. A good way to start this is to build awareness of what it means to be a good citizen in our community -  local, national and global.  So what is a good citizen?  QUESTIONS Q1.  What do you use the internet for most? What's the first site that you go?  yes for school and google doc most of the time  Q2.   How can we encourage more children to learn to code? Will you get involved in the #hourofcode? im not  sore  Q3.  Who teaches you about staying safe online?  mr foster  Q4....

  What are your interests, talents or passions? netball,singing,dance and sport   How do you get to learn about your interests in the classroom? Give us an example.  Do you think it's important for children to have time each week to learn about something that they're interested in? Why?so they are engaged in their learning  What is the world's most important invention so far? How does it affect your life?computers because they are easy to use  The Kid President wanted to invent a Catuum Cleaner. What would you like to invent to make the world more awesome? not to sore The top 10 jobs in 2017 didn't exist in 2007. What jobs do you think there will be in 10 years time? not to sore  Inventive thinking requires taking risks, being curious and thinking skills. How do you do this in the classroom? not sore  Is creativity important? How can we encourage creativity in the classroom? by doing genius hour  So...

Classrooms of the future Classrooms of the future Righto, get those imaginations going! We want you to think about your current classroom and what a classroom could look like in the future. 1.What about your classroom do you really like? my friends and learning area   2.What are the things that you find difficult in your classroom? friendships  3.What would you do in your classroom to improve it? nothing 4.What is your favourite piece of furniture in your classroom? Why? i don't have one  5.If you have no budget what one thing would you buy for your classroom that would help your learning? Why? more computers 6.What would your dream classroom look like?  i would have it the same way  7.What would the technology look like that you would use in your dream classroom? not sore but they would look cool 8.What would a classroom look like in ten years time? we would not have books we would just have compute...

Digital technologies: 1) Do you think that technology will be a big part of our lives in the future? Why, yes because people keep inventing 2) Will technology disappear? yes, no, why? no 3) How do you use technology already in your life? for school and at home for different reasons 4) Research what the first digital device that was made it and when it was built?  the Atanasoff–Berry Computer  5) What do you think about technology at C asebrook is like? And how could we make it better? more computers 6) How do you think technology will change and what will be something you think will be created. EG: holograms, hovering cars. flying cars, robots 7) What are some of the positive effects of technology? you can find stuff quicker 8) What are some of the negative effects of technology? sore eyes

What skills or qualities does a person need to have to be a Leader of a Country? Do you have these skills? they would need leadership, confidents, How does the Government of New Zealand affect you? I don't know If you wanted to change something at your School, what would it be? the class rooms How would you go about making that change? Could you lead that change and what skills would you need? not shore What problems do you think New Zealand children are facing? Why are they having these problems? homelessness and it is happening because there parents have no money How could we help the children who are having these problems? by  raising money Does your School do anything to help your local community? (Fundraising etc)  yes   What is more important - helping yourself or helping others? helping others

Questions : Q1. Who makes up your family? What position were you born in your family? Oldest? Youngest? Middle? What's it like being that position? i am the youngest in my family it can be annoying at times but also good   Q2. What is special about your family? What do you love about your family? my family is special because we all love camping and we all love going on the boat  Q3. Would you prefer to be in a big family or small family? Why? i would like to be in a middle sized family because you don't want to have to many siblings  Q4. Do you have any family traditions? (Holidays, fun activities etc) every year we go camping   Q5. How often do you spend time with your grandparents? Do you think it's important to spend time with them? i don't get to spend time with my grandparents because they live hours away from us   Q6. What's the best piece of advice a family member has given you? i don't know  Q7. Share a story abo...

Being part of a team This week we are looking at being part of a team. So often in life we have to work with other people, it could be in your classroom, the playground, a sports field. We are wanting to find out what it really means to be a 'team-player' or someone who works well in a team situation. We only have to look at the sporting victories over the weekend to see how important being a team player is; Black Ferns - World Campions All Blacks - Last minute victory over Australia K4 Crew (Bronze) - Kayaking World Championship   Here are the questions! Q1. How often do you work in a team or group in your class? What team or group activities do you do?  we don't work in groups that much and we read are book Q2. Do you enjoy working in a team with others? Explain why or why not? i do because you can contribute ideas Q3. What are the key elements of teamwork? Why are they important? including everyone so no one left out Q4. I...

Te Wiki o te Reo Māori 2017 Nau Mai Every year since 1975 New Zealand has marked Māori Language Week. This is a time for all New Zealanders to celebrate te reo Māori (the Māori language) and to use more Māori phrases in everyday life. In 2017 Māori Language Week runs from 11-17 September, the theme is 'Kia ora te reo' – which celebrates New Zealand’s indigenous greeting and the intent of te reo Māori revitalisation efforts between the Crown and Māori. How do you celebrate Maori Language Week in your class/school? we have five different maori words and we have to find the meanings Why is this an important week to New Zealand? its Important to New Zealand so we can learn maori How does New Zealand celebrate Maori Language Week? learn maori Can you name any local places of significance that have a Maori name?Why are they significant? i don't know any What is your favourite Maori phrase or a saying you have heard this week? ...

The message is  -  YOU MATTER. We want you to think about how you are awesome. We want to know how you are a genius. Everyone has their own unique talents and abilities. What are yours? We would love to hear all about them.   Questions for this week. Q1. Why are you awesome? What is your Genius (something you are good at)? I am awesome because I can do the splits and a back walk over Q2. What would you like to change in the world around you? I would like to hopefully help endangered animals Q3. How do you think that you could do this? I think that i can do it by rasing money for the animals  Remember  “We cannot all do great things, but we can do small things with great love” – Mother Teresa of Calcutta Q4. What is the best thing that a Teacher has ever said to you? That i was doing a good job Q5. Think of a time when you have achieved a goal. Tell us what this felt like. I achieved my goal not long a go and it felt really amazing ...

The New Zealand Election This week in KidsedchatNZ, we are talking about the upcoming New Zealand election. New Zealand's next general election is taking place on 23 September.   Q1: What is an election? What type of election do we have in New Zealand? election is when you vote and we have a election for prime minister Q:2 Why do we have elections in New Zealand? we have elections so we can see who gets voted for prime minister Q3: What happens during an election? people vote and listen to what people have to say Q4: What do you think would happen if we did not have elections and people did not vote? we would not have a go prime minister Q5: Who is the Prime Minister of New Zealand? How did he become the prime minister? bill English he became prime minister because he was already deputy prime minister Q6: Why do you think it is important that people vote in elections? it important to vote so we can get a good prime mi...

Did you know that there is 108g of sugar in a one liter bottle of coke. Hi my name is Alyssa and today i am going to talk to you about how much sugar is in coke and why sugar is bad for you. As i said before there is 108g of sugar in a one liter bottle of coke but how much is in a 590 millieter  bottle of coke. There is 65g of sugar in the 590ml bottle of coke. There is this thing called gulp which is practically a class of coke but it is called gulp instead of coke. There are different sizes and the biggest one is the bucket gulp which can hold up to 4 liters of coke and the second biggest one is double gulp which has 186g of sugar and can hold 2 liters of coke. There is a lot of other things that are yummy to drink that has next to no sugar. If you don't like water just just put in strawberries or raspberries or different piece of fruit in the water to make it flavored water so it stats healthy but will be tastier than bland tap water. Sugar sugar is bad of you b...

This week we are celebrating being a New Zealander and all the beautiful cultures that we have here in NZ.  Questions : Q1. Where were you born and how long have you lived in NZ? Christchurch i lived in NZ for 11 years Q2. What languages can you speak? or what language would you like to learn and why? Spanish because it is a cool langue Q3. What are the best and worst things about living in NZ? not shore Q4. How many cultures/nationalities are there in your class or school? What are they? there are lots of cultures in are school  Q5. What is something that you have learned about a different culture? nothing  Q6. What would you put in a time capsule to celebrate NZ culture? i am not to shore  Q7. If you could make another NZ public holiday, what would it be and why? Eg Matariki, Diwali, Chinese New Years or something else. a week of every thing so that you could just relaxes and not do anything...

My Sister On the sixth of December 2016 Belinda went on a trip to Fiji for a netball tournament to verse different teams from different parts of the world like Australia. She got to go on the tournament because she was training with Motivations New Zealand. The team selectors liked how she played and trained, so they asked her if she wanted to be apart of the Fiji tournament team, she agreed to be a part of the team. To go on the tournament she had to fundraise money so she could play netball for Motivations New Zealand. She managed to raise one-thousand five hundred dollars buy selling raffle tickets at her parents work and to family and friends. Some of her family members contributed huge amounts of money so she could go on the tournament. For example her grandfather gave her two-hundred dollars for her to go to Fiji to play netball. She played people from around Fiji and also versed people from Motivation Australia. Her team won two games and lost the rest but the Moti...

McDonalds In 2017 Mcdonald's became a billionaire for its meals and how has it evolved since 1955. It all started in 1940 when brothers Richard and Maurice Mcdonald moved to the airdrome building 40 miles east to San Bernardino California where they opened the first Mcdonald's restaurant. Ray Kroc was first the milkshake salesman at Mcdonalds then he decided to buy Mcdonald's and someone asked how do you create a business and become an overnight success at the age 52. Ray Kroc said I was an overnight success aright but 30 years is a long long night. The golden arches are the symbol of Mcdonald's the global fast food restaurant chain. They were incorporated to the chains logo in 1962 which resembled a stylized restaurant and in the current golden acres logo introduced in 1968 resembling an m for Mcdonalds. Mcdonald's use to have $15c hamburgers and only nine items to choose from but now there are 170 things to choose from and hamburgers are now $2.49....