S.L.J practice Cyber-smart - England school days

Today in cyber-smart I'm looking at school days in England. We are seeing when they start school, when they finish school, how many hours at school, how many weeks a year at school, how many times a week they go to school. 

Education in England is free and compulsory for all children aged 5-16 years old. Some children in England rather be educated at home than public school. Children's education in England is normally divided into 2 separate stages. England begin with primary education at the ages of 5-11 years old.

England school days - When they start and finish school

8:30-9 am is when schools in England start learning. 3-4 pm is when schools in England finish learning.  

England school days - How many hours at school, how many weeks a year at school and how many times a week at school

School starts in the first week of September and ends in the third week of July. 

S.L.J Practice Cyber-smart - Curious Kiwi/England

Curious Kiwi/England

The World's Worst Children 3 

Author: David Walliams 

Illustrated: Tony Ross 

This book is amazing and I like it, even though I haven't read it all is still really amazing and funny. I also liked the pictures in the story. To me Curious Kiwi will be into this book because it's filling with children's behave.

What I enjoyed about the story: 

I enjoyed the crazy and funny sentences about the children. I also liked the way the sentences got put in the story. The different children I've read about are described really way and with great interesting words. I also liked the pictures.  

Characters:

The terrible triplets, Tandy's tantrums, Boastful barnabus, Fanny's funny faces, Hanks pranks, Honey the hogger, Vain valentine, Bonnie bossypants, Walter the wasp and Kung fu kylie.

Outdoor Education - Day Tramp 2

1. Taylor's Mistake

• Who: The name Taylor Mistake is most commonly attributed to a captain Taylor of the Volga. In 1858 Taylor beached the American ship in the bay. He also mistook the bay's identity. Sources and split, with some suggesting Sumner and others pointing to Lyttelton Harbour as Taylor's intended destination. 
• What: Taylor Mistake is a Harbour found near Sumner in the South Island of New Zealand  

2. Godley 

• Who: John Robert Godley
• What: Founder of Canterbury

3. Godley Heads

• What: Godley Head, known to Māori as Awaroa or Otokitoki for the wider area, and called Cachalot Head by early French explorers, is a prominent headland in Christchurch, New Zealand, located at the entrance to Lyttelton Harbour. The headland is named for John Robert Godley.

4. DOC

Kiwi Guardian at  Godley Head: An activity programme for kids to learn about nature, earn cool        rewards and go on epic family adventures.

Rewards: Medal and certificate 😀 

5. Tracks 

• Names: Godley Walkway 
• Distance: 7 km - 3 hours 
• Height change: 

Start and Finish - 0 metres/Highest point on our tracks - 200 metres
Total height range: 200 metres   

6. Weather: Cloudy, sunny, rainy and windy - 8/14 degrees 
7. Gear:

• Beannie/Hat
• Wool or polyester thermals/shirt  
• Jersey 
• Raincoat 
• Gloves
• Tights/tracksuit pants
• Socks 
• Sneakers    

Cyber-smart reflection

In term 3 we were learning about smart relationships. We were writing positive and negative things on padlet about our blogs. We also learnt to never put our private information online because you never know who's on the other side of that screen. 

This term we were learning about smart user. We were learning and working towards the Summer Learning Journey. The Summer Learning Journey is to help and keep your standards up in maths, writing and reading. There is 60 different activities with only 6 weeks. That you do at least 3 activities a day. That you can do the days in any order. 

My favorite thing in cyber-smart this year was? To work in groups with my friends. Also making heaps of blog posts about what we learnt and what we were learning.

Something I didn't enjoy was? Not having enough time to make a quality blog post.

Something my cyber-smart teacher did well? That Miss Morgan did well on teaching us about cyber-smart and making us understand to be smart ad safe online.

Something my cyber-smart teacher could do better? Letting us have enough time to do a quality blog post. 

Science Roadshow

Today my class, 7tz and I went to a science roadshow in the learning street plus the 3 science labs. First people from the science roadshow company introduced themselves and the helpers. The people running the science roadshow were Shane, Samantha and Dave. The helpers were years 9 & 10. After introducing themselves and the helpers they showed us some different experiments. 4 peoples volunteered and the people were Me, Kody, Tukotahi and Malakiah. There were heaps different experiments. 

I volunteered for the first experiment which was used with liquid nitrogen. I hold a black number 8 pool ball and dropped it into the metal hoop 3 times with no struggle. Then Shane put the metal hoop into the bottle of liquid nitrogen for about 5 minutes. While the metal hoop was sitting in the bottle of liquid nitrogen I was putting on safety gear. The safety gear I was putting on was gloves and glasses. I came back up and Shane took the metal hoop out. I dropped the black number 8 pool ball in the metal hoop 2 time with struggle. I pushed down 2 times also with struggle.

We had about an hour to try out the different activity. There were 70 different experiment set up for us. My favorite experiment was the swirly chair that you hold 2 medium heavy sticks. If you made your body smaller you will go faster. If you made your body bigger you will go slower. 

Outdoor Education - Day Tramp 1

Day Tramp 1

1. Harry Ell

• Who: Harry Ell was a Christchurch city councillor and a New Zealand member of the parliament  
• What: Harry Ell is famous for his conservation work around the port hills. Harry Ell also built 4 rest houses.

   2. Leave no trace

• What: Leave no trace means keeping and caring for the environment.
• How: Don’t leave rubbish floating around, only leave footprints on the ground.

The 7 principles - Leave no trace

• Plan ahead and prepare.
• Travel and camp on durable surfaces.
• Dispose of waste properly.
• Leave what you find.
• Minimize campfire impacts (be careful with fire).
• Respect wildlife.
• Be considerate of other visitors.

    3. Weather Report

• Cloudy, windly, a little raining and a little sunny - 15/11

   4. Clothing

Benne/Hat

Wool or polyester thermals/shirt  

Jersey

Raincoat

Gloves

Tights/tracksuit pants

Socks

Sneakers  

• Onion: You are wearing multiple layers of clothing top and bottom.
• Best materials: Wool, polyesters and warm

   5.

• Personal needs: Lunch, Drink bottle and Personal Medication  
• Group needs: Shelter, First Aid, Phones and Bag  

 6. Tracks

Tracks :

1. Harry Ell Walkway - 4km - 2 hours
2. Mitchells Track - 1km - 30minutes
3. Cedric Track - 1.3km - 35minutes
4. Latters Spur Track  - 2km - 1 hour

Total: 8.3km - 4hr 5min

Height Change :

1. Carpark: 290 metres
2. Sugar Loaf: 480 metres

Height Change Total: 190 metres

Duration :

4hr 5min

Summer Learning Journey - Cyber-smart

Hey Emma, 

Kia Ora my name is Shontelle, I'm a year 7 student from Hornby High School. Next year I'll become a year 8. I am European and Maori. I love playing sport and especially netball. I play outdoor and indoor netball. My outdoor netball club is called Kereru and my indoor netball group is called Taniwha's. I also love playing with my pets, I have a dog and a cat. 

Summer Learning Journey:

I will be committed to do the Summer Learning Journey activities during the school holidays. I will always try my best and try complete all the activities given. I would really love to win a a Bluetooth Speaker. 

Purple Cabbage Experiment

Today my class and I did an experiment called purple cabbage. We went in groups of two's and three's. I had a group of three and in my group there was Anneleise and Shekinah. We used 3 ingredients called Purple cabbage, white vinegar and washing powder. We used 3 different types of equipment called 3 beakers, a stirring rod and a blender. I learnt that it turned a different color to what I thought. The one without white vinegar or washing powder was purple. The one with washing powder turned to dark pink. The one with white vinegar turned tortoise. 

   

Outdoor Education - Orienteering

Orienteering  

This Thursday the outdoor education group will be going orienteering. We are orienteering at Victrola  park up in the port hills. We will be using maps not compasses. If it's raining on Thursday we are still be going orienteering, but we will be wearing layers of clothing. 

When I first heard we were going orienteering I didn't know what it was or what to do. For the past 1-2 hours in class, I've learnt heaps about orienteering now.  

What is orienteering?

Orienteering is a sport that you use a map with to find your way around the fields and tracks. You go around to find symbols and markers the means you’ve been to that spot.

What you need for orienteering

Compass

Map

A brain

S.L.J Practice Cyber-smart - England

About England  

1.The capital city of England is: London

2. Population of London:  most comm

 3. In January, the weather in London is usually: 9 degrees and 4 degrees 

4. London is located in: Northern part of England

     

5. The languages most commonly spoken in London are: After English, Polish is London's most spoken language, followed by Bengali, Gujarati, French, Urduand Arabic.  

Two fun facts: The official language in England is English and England's population is 53.1 million people 

I would really want to visit England because of there national sport.