School comparrisons

Past/Present

LI: To make comparisons between the past and present

Use the photos on picasa (or the Internet) to create a photographic comparison that shows three changes in schools over time.

Yesterday	Today
* 100 years ago teachers learnt their skills in the classroom.	* Today teachers go to university for four years before they can teach a class.
* In the olden day schools students use too get milk instead of fruit.	This is buckets of fruit. In our days we get given a bucket of fruit too every class in the school.
* This was schools doing sports in their uniform. That was in the olden days.	* This is in our days schools playing squash in our P.E kit. It was alot of fun.

This is my work I have completed. It is a comparison of the olden day school and now days. The comparisons I made was about the sport, fruit, and the teachers. Both schools were very different.

Percentages Work

Percentages

*	40% have red dots _50✔__ % have blue dots. 10 % have __green_✔_______ dots.
*	27% have green dots _23✔__  % have red dots. 20 % have ___black✔_______ dots. __30✔_  % have orange dots.
*	_27✔_ % have green dots _28✔_ % have yellow dots. 30 % have __grey_✔_______ dots. _15✔_ % have pink dots.

This is my percentages work I have completed. As you can see I got them all right. This activity was easy but as you got to the bottom of this activity then it gets harder.

Novel Study Book

This is the book I am reading for Novel Study. The group I am in is reading this book, then every time we start or finish a new page then we have to record it in our novel study then answer all the question. This task should usually take a whole week because there's day 1 or the way to day 6. I am nearly finish with my novel study. It helps me learn different words like more interesting words to use in my writing.

Xtramath Screenshot

This is my screenshot of my result on xtramath. I only got 1 wrong. I need to practice harder on learning my tables off my heart and to keep practising. Xtramaths is a fun and educational learn site that helps you with your plus, minus, and times tables.

Sugata Mitra Information Report

Agents of Change can make a difference in children’s education

Who do you know that is an agent of change? Sugata Mitra is one of them because he introduced technology to places where they had never seen a computer before because of this he also opened peoples eyes and changed lives. He used his science background to create his experiment, the hole in the wall. Professor Mitra’s experiment is a computer that is in the wall. He created it to show that children can learn without being taught by teachers physically. This has made a huge change in children's lives. What made the children learn even though the instructions were in English was the fact they helped each other and worked collaboratively.

Sugata Mitra is an agent of change. An agent of change is a person who ignites change in communities. His vision was to introduce technology to help children's education and to show that children can help each other learn so that teachers didn't need to be physically there to help them.

The effect on the children was that they achieved more because they worked collaboratively together to help each other learn. Some kids that didn't understand english on the computers would ask other children or search using the internet translator in their own language. The experiment was a huge success in children's learning because they had support from a group of grannies in Newcastle called the Granny Cloud.

The Granny Cloud communicates with the kids through Skype. They don't growl at the children they only encourage, support and keep the kids learning going. They also nurture and praise the children.

The  hole in the wall experiment was repeated in many countries because it was a successful experiment. The way that the children worked collaboratively meant they could pass on their learning to other kids who haven't learnt it yet. It’s like Professor Mitra unlocked a door to education for the kids who had never worked on a computer and couldn't understand English. Sugata Mitra is an agent of change.

By Leila

Maths Activity

This is a maths game I have played. It is called Troy's Toys. It is a hard game because it is mixed. There is a level 2 or level 1. I am playing a level 2 because I have already played the first level. What you have to do is you first have to drag how many items onto the counter then solve the problems with the cost of the items. It then gets harder.

Maths Activity

This is a maths game I have completed. What I had to do was I had to solve the maths problems and drag the answer on top of the question. This game is fun because it helps you with you times tables and I did the 9 times tables. You an pick what times tables you want to do and if you want to drag the answer or if you want to be tested. 

Synonyms Task

Went:   

Perambulate

Constitutional

Stormed

Stomped

Hoof it

Sauntered

Lumbered

Ambled

Galloped

Trudge

Waddle

Wade

Go

Traveled

Trudged

Struttered

Marched

Shuffled

Strolled

Trotted

Tread

Pace

Promenade

Walking

Paraded

Lumbered

Hike

Amble

Bushwalk

Creep

Hobble

Limp

Parade

Plod

Prowl

Ramble

Saunter

Shamble

Slink

Slog

Stagger

Stalk

Stamp

Step

Stride

Strut

Swagger

Tiptoe

Toddle

Totter

Traipse

Tramp

Trample

Tread

Trek

Troop

Trudge

Waddle

This is my List of all the synonyms for went. I found 58 words for went.

Study-ladder Result

This is my result I got when I completed the ready activity. I had to find the right words that made sense with a sentence. I got all the questions correct.

Year 7 Tech

This is a Animoto movie I have created. It is about the year 7's tech. They are planning their jewellery because they get to design their own. Enjoy my movie.:)

Year 8 tech

This is a animoto movie I have created. It is about the year 8's going to tech and we made butter chicken it was delicious. 

Xtramath result

These are the smiley faces I got on Xtramaths. I raced against the teacher and this is how many answers I got up to. When you choose to race against the teacher and if you get one answer wrong then you start all over again. I had to start over again only once. This game was very fun and it helped me get faster at solving problems. 

Current Events

Current Events

L.I: To summarise information about a current event

TITLE: Part of nose bitten off in Sydney fight

WHEN: IT happened on May 17 in Australia Sydney.

WHO: The people that were involved were the group of men, the 40 year old man, the police, the taxi driver, 41 year old man, and the court judge.

WHERE: This incident happened in Australia in Sydney.

WHAT: There were a group of men waiting outside for a taxi at 11:40pm outside of a pub in Regents Park. Then there were two men fighting that were in their 40’s. One of the men that were fighting bit part of his opponent's nose off. The 40 year old men that got bitten on the nose then went into West-mead Hospital for treatment then had surgery later on. The 41 year old man then got charge for causing grievous bodily harm on Wednesday.

WHY or HOW it happened:

It happened because the 41 year old bit the 40 year old man’s nose. It started when they had a fight in Regents Park.

PICTURE ( Paste into the space below)

What do you think the author wanted you to learn from this article?

I think the author wanted us to learn is that violence doesn't solve anything, and to be careful around fights. The author also wanted us to learn is if their is a fight walk away or tell someone.

List 2 new words you have found in this article, then write their meanings.

1) Grievous- Causing great pain or suffering.

2) Allegedly- according to what has been alleged.

This is my current events I have completed today. It was about a fight in Australia, Sydney and one person that was in the fight got bitten on his nose and had to go into hospital.

My Speech

My Speech

Should teachers drink coffee in class?

I think no because why should they

get a nice hot drink and the rest of

the class just sit and watch them

enjoy it. Why should we dehydrate

desperately waiting for the bell to ring?

Do you want to dehydrate in your

classroom? Just imagine you're sitting

at your desk waiting for the bell to go

and your teacher is drinking her coffee.

Have you ever wondered if your teacher

felt sorry for you and stop drinking

coffee or have they ever seen your mouth

water.

Well I have asked my teacher if she

would stop drinking coffee in front

of us she said “No!”. I also wonder

what if their is a world record on how

much coffee you drink? The one word

that I would describe my teacher is a

coffeeholic.

I think teachers should not drink coffee

because it is not fair on the students

that teachers get to enjoy their drink

and we just sit there all thirsty. It is also

not fair that we the students have too

wait till morning tea or lunch too get a

drink of water

The reason I think teachers should  not drink

coffee is because it has some side effects and

it is also not fair on the students.

If you are starting too drink coffee

and you have noticed it has given

you an extra boost you need to

know that if you keep drinking coffee

like 3 cups a day then you would have

these side effects: panic attacks,

irregular heartbeat, sleep deprivation,

continues stomach problems, sleep disorders,

difficult concentration, and headaches.

Why do teachers drink coffee more

than water? Do you know that coffee

has some very negative side effects and

water does not. But if you drink too much

water then there can be some side effects.

I suggest if the teachers won't stop

drinking coffee then I believe that the

students should at least be allowed

too eat like a bar of chocolate without

getting growled at, because chocolate

and coffee have caffeine in them and if

you drink too much coffee you can

get difficult concentration and headaches

too. Also if you eat too much chocolate

you can get the same side effects.

So teachers should NOT drink coffee

because it is not fair on the students

and remember teachers that you have

being saying too be a role model so

I think you too can be role models

and STOP drinking coffee. Also

remember their can be some very

dangerous side effects too drinking

too much coffee.

This is my speech I wrote. The topic was Should teachers drink coffee in class? I chose to go against so I said NO.