E-Asttle T3

BOTTLED UP.

Have you ever felt like no one listens to you, or you feel like you have to keep things like your emotions bottled up inside because no one will understand? Well, this is a story of a beautiful young girl who has some problems and doubts in life but doesn’t know what to do.

“HEY MOVE OUT OF MY WAY!.”

“Sorry.”

“UGH I DON’T WANT YOUR SORRY, I WANT THIS HOMEWORK DONE ASAP!.”

Somethings just don’t go your way I guess. She was struggling at home and at school. She had friends but she still felt like things were hard. When she got home that night she saw her stepfather beating her mother. It was a horrible sight. But what could she do, she was just a 13-year-old girl. So she quickly shuffled into her room without being noticed.

As she sat there she thought about her life, what’s happening around her and is it healthy for her. Her emotions took hold of her that night and she cried herself to sleep.

The next morning she lay in bed, blankets over her face and huddled up in a ball. As she left the house, her back slumped and head hung like a rope that had just fallen. She made her way to school. She sat down in class and started to work. She had not got enough sleep that night, due to the shouting. So she was finding it very hard to concentrate.

During recess she was having a fun time with her friends, forgetting about everything that had gone on last night. Until her bully came. She just ignored her, that was harder than she thought. A few seconds later she was pulled down from the monkey bars and had twisted her wrist. She got up tears sprung from her eyes but she didn’t cry, she just walked away like nothing had happened.

When she got home she put a bandage around her wrist to keep it secure. She wanted to just get a good night sleep, she knew that was impossible. She kept thinking about her bully, her mum and how everything was horrible in life. She needed a way to get out but she didn’t know how. She needed to tell someone.

“AHH!”

It was her mother's scream she knew she had to do something now because her mother couldn’t do anything, she was becoming too weak she could barely get up. So she made up her mind, she wanted to live a normal life with no problems and no more hurting.

When she woke up the next morning, she ran straight out of the house and sprinted to school. She got one of her best friends to come with her and she had a talk with the principal. She told them everything: like why she was failing in her classes, why she has no energy to do things and what was going on at home.

The principal was shocked to hear that she had been getting bullied and that she didn’t even feel safe at home, the principal knew that something had to be done. So she had a talk with the bully and asked her why she was doing this. The bully just said,

“Because it’s the only way I feel like I have power.”

The principal told her many other ways that she could feel powerful without getting the wrong attention, the bullying stopped happening. But there was still one more problem. The school contacted the police and the girl got questioned. She thought it was unnecessary because she just wanted them to go to the house and take him away, never be seen again, but that’s not how it works.

After about 3 weeks, she started to feel what she wanted to feel from the start. Happiness. She had a fresh start, no bullying, no home problems. She felt safe, secure and most of all happy.

By the way, bullying is not ok. Because the girl you call fat -  is starving herself and has lost 30lbs. The boy you just called stupid - he has a learning disability and studies for over 4 hrs a night. The girl you called ugly - she spends hours putting on makeup so people will like her. The boy you just tripped - he’s abused enough at home. That old man you called ugly because of his scars - he fought for our country.

There’s a lot more to people than you think.

So please next time you see someone don’t judge them until you actually know them.

Eva’s Reflection.

I think I was good at taking the opportunity and doing my E-asttle based around something I know lots about (me). I think that it helped me a lot because I knew how that girl felt. So it made it a lot easier for me to imagine myself as the character.

I think I need to work on my punctuation for e.g, putting the last speech mark after the full stop not before. Also trying to add in more breaks for the reader so they’re not out of breath.

Other than that I think it was a pretty good piece of writing.

Eva's Maths Learning Story.

Eva’s Maths Learning story.

“Obvious is the most dangerous word in mathematics.” (Quote by E.T Bell).

3cm

3cm

4.5cm

The problem is asking us to find how many milk cartons can fit in the square box, for e.g what is the volume.

First I multiplied the width, length, and height of the square box. The answer we got was 30,490. We multiplied it together so we could find how wide it was, how tall it was and what the length is.

I did the same to the milk carton to find how big the milk carton was. I got 135.

After that, I wanted to find how many milk cartons would fit in the square box. So I tried to multiply it but then I realized that if I multiply it I would be way too much. So I tried it divide it. The answer I got was 225.86666, then I knew the if you get a number like that then you don’t have to worry about the numbers after the point, so the answer I got was 225.

In my group I think I was good at asking questions for e.g, asking them to explain again, asking them to tell me in an easier way. This helped me to understand my groups thinking and how they help me work it out.

I think I am getting better at sharing the pen, by giving others a chance to share their thinking, so that we all have different ideas that will help us solve the problem.

I feel confident when I share my ideas because I know that it doesn’t matter if my answer is wrong because it might spark someone else's ideas.

Sometimes I find it hard to work on the problem if my whole group isn’t on board because it can be a distraction for me and the rest of my group that is trying to solve the problem. Something I will start doing about that is encouraging them to help us and not distract us.

The K.C skill I used well in maths is participating and contributing because even when the problem is hard I don’t give up and I keep trying to share different ideas even if it’s not right.

The K.C skill I need to work on is relating to others by asking if my group understand the problem, or if they need me to explain it in a different way.

Apart from that, I think I have grown a lot in maths and I hope I keep growing.

Titi's Feedback: You need to work on not blabbing the answers out and to not grab the pen and write your brainy ideas down. You are good at relating to others by asking them if they understand, sharing your clever, clever, clever ideas, handling different roles in your maths group and helping your peers in your group when you and your group share back.

Eva's 3rd Tech Learning story. (Soft Materials)

Eva’s Soft Materials Learning Story.

Prick your finger on a spinning wheel, does that remind you of anything? Well, it does to me, sewing - learning how to make things out of material.  

The 3rd subject I was in was soft materials. I find soft materials alright because I may not use it all the time in life but it is still a good skill for me to learn.

Something I found challenging was trying to make my pillow. I chose to put letters on my pillow and it made it a lot harder for me because I had to write it on a piece of fabric, then had to sew it to another piece of paper, but once I got the hang of it I got it pretty easily.

I really enjoyed making the bag because it was something useful and it’s something that I would like to make again. I learned lots of new things while making the bag, for e.g I learned how to do a zig-zag stitch.

Next time I think I would like to learn how to make clothes, or things like that so that I can make something like that as a present. It would also be a really good challenge for me.

The smell, the taste, the experience do you know where I’m going? If not I’ll tell you, I’m going where food is everything.

Swimming Learning Story

Swimming Learning Story.

“This life is like a swimming pool. You dive into the water, but you can’t see how deep it is”. (quote by Dennis Rodman).

Some things are worth learning because they are a life lesson.

Term 3, Week 1

It’s the first week of Term 3 and we are learning how to swim, a life lesson we all have to learn especially if you live around New Zealand. In New Zealand, we need to be able to swim because New Zealand is surrounded by ocean, also because of the many deaths. For e.g in 2016, there were 78 people that had drowned, (intended to be in the water) and non-recreational (no intention of being in the water) preventable drowning fatalities. In 2017 out of the 104 that drowned there were 88 that were preventable. Also in 2018, there were 40 deaths that could have been preventable.

So that’s why I went swimming. The purpose of the swimming lessons was to help us learn how to swim so we can be safe in the water.

During swimming, we learned lots of different swimming styles like backstroke, freestyle, breaststroke, chicken airplane soldier and much more. I liked learning how to breathe properly while swimming, it really helped to know when to take a breath, for e.g turn your head to the side after 3/5 strokes, the reason for this so that you have an easy time to hold your breath and you don’t struggle to breathe.

We also learned about boat safety. While we were learning about boat safety we learned things like how to flip a boat back over, how to balance the boat and how to be safe on the boat.

The K.C skill I used was managing-self because I took the lessons seriously because I know how important water safety is. I also used participating and contributing because I took a risk to do a thing I’m not quite used to, I was stepping out of my comfort zone.

Something I think I could work on is freestyle because my arms get tired but I think I could have pushed myself to keep going and not stop halfway in the lap.

I would love to learn more it was a really good experience and it was also really fun.

Marae Learning Story

Marae Learning story.

“Have you ever stayed the night at a marae before? Well I did on the 20th of june. If you want to know all the details just keep reading”.

Kia ora e hoa ma

Ko Eva Toku ingoa

Tekau ma Rua Aku ta

Ko Ardelle raua ko Helen oku kaiako

Ko Michele te tumuaki

Ko Corinna taku kura

Ko Martine toku whaea

Ko Chris toku matua tane

Ko destiny toku tuakana

Ko te whanganui a tara ahou

Tena koutou, tena koutou, tena ra tatou katoa.

So, that is who I am, where I come from and part of me. I hope we made some connections. Now onto the marae story.

Our purpose for going to the marae was to learn things about the  Maori culture and experience something new. In the end of all this I think we succeeded with the purpose of this trip because I learned so many things.

Haere Mai the karanga/call from the women. The first thing you hear when you walk in the marae. The welcome is a special thing because people are welcoming you into a new environment that you have yet to experience.

After that I helped cooked. We cooked roast veggies, lasagna, soup and apple crumble. It was like a 4 course meal, the roast veggies were a little treat, the soup was appetizers, the lasagna was the main course, and the apple crumble was the delicious dessert.

Something I found hard about cooking was trying to peel the apples for the apple crumble because the apples were really slippery and the peelers were just sliding off of the apple. I really enjoyed it though because I got to spend time with my friends and we made lots of memories cooking.

My favorite part about the marae was when we got to sleep. The reason for this is because I got to experience something new and I also found out what carvings represent Ngati Kahungunu and Ngati Porou.

I thought this trip was a great experience to learn more about my culture. It also gave me a chance to ask lots of questions about the marae and the Maori carvings.

The K.C skills I think I used the most were managing self, because I managed myself when we were cooking without an adult. I also used thinking because I had to think of ways that could help us cook faster.

I think the k.c skill I need to work is relating to others because I did not want to join in for some games for e.g, charades I thought it would be too embarrassing to play so I sat out, other then that I think I was pretty good.

I would love to stay there again it was such a great experience I had the most fun time with everyone.

Dear diary polution story

“Have you ever wondered what secrets the ocean holds? Well, this is something I found out on the 22nd of October 2012”.

Dear Diary,

Today I was at the beach having a normal day just like any other human being, I wanted to get wet but it was too cold, so I went and sat next to the ocean. Sometimes I wonder what’s in the ocean and what secrets the ocean holds. I decided to dip my hand in the ocean, at that very moment I discovered all the answers to my question. When I felt the touch of the frozen sea upon my hand, I found a pathway to the honest truth, more like the disgusting truth about what’s in the ocean.

When I looked inside the pathway I saw bottles, glass, rubber bands and much more disgusting old rubbish. The worst thing was the blackness at the end of the pathway it smelled like oil, oil that had just been dumped in the sea, I also saw something shocking, there was a turtle wrapped in a plastic six-pack can holder, the turtle was being strangled to death.

I had to do something so I laid face down on the sand and crawled into the opening of the pathway. I found it hard to breathe due to the disgusting smell of all the rubbish. Once I had grabbed a hold of the turtles back flipper I pulled it towards me and started cutting the plastic, I used the pocket knife that I keep in my pocket for emergency purpose. Well, this sure was an emergency.

Once the turtle was safe I brought it up to the surface with me, placed it on top of the ocean and watched it glide away into the far distance. On my way home I picked up lots of pieces of rubbish that was left on the streets.

When I got home I reflected on what I had seen, from that day on I vowed to clean up the streets and pick up all the rubbish. Now I know what is happening in our street and in the ocean, so I know how to help keep the world be clean and stay healthy, we are not the only ones who have to stay healthy other things too.

“BE A PART OF THE SOLUTION NOT PART OF THE POLLUTION”

      

Eva's P.e Leaning Story

Eva’s P.E Learning Story.

“There may be people that have more talent than you, but there is no excuse for anyone to work harder than you do.

(Quote by Derek Jeter)

Our P.E is purpose is to...

“Expect the best from ourselves and each other when we play team sports”.  

During the past few weeks for P.E my class has been having amazing learning experiences while playing dodgeball and working our way up to softball by playing rounders and then t ball.

While playing these sports we had a really fun time. In rounders I thought I was good at...

• Calling out our team mates names to help relay the ball in.
• Have team talks to discuss our strategies.
• Trying our best and never giving up.
• Sharing the ball.

I was good at these because I never gave up and I kept giving it my all even if my team wasn’t. If you don’t know what rounders is let me tell you a little bit about it. There are two teams one is feilding and one is throwing. Someone from the throwing team throws the ball then has to run around all four bases as many times as they can. If the fielding team catches the ball the thrower is out. The only time the runner has to stop running is when the ball has come back to base one. It is basically like softball without a bat and some slightly different rules.

The K.C skill that I think I used well for this game was…

Participating and contributing because I put all my effort in to the game and never stopped trying.

I think my next steps with this game is to spread out when my team is feilding, also try to catch the ball and get people out. I will do this by not being afraid of the ball and going in to a space and that will make it harder for the runner.

In T ball I think I was good at…

• Calling out our team mates names to help relay the ball in.
• Sharing the ball.
• Support each other by cheering and giving out high fives.
• Try our best and never give up.
• Including and encouraging our team mates.

I was good at these because I took on leadership roles by making sure everyone was having fun, playing fairly and no one was left out. T ball is just like softball, but you don’t pitch the ball, the ball is sitting on a little stand that makes it easy to hit.

The K.C skill that I think I used well was relating to others…

by explaining things to then that they might not understand, helping them when they need help, calling out for the ball, and encouraging them when they are batting.

My next steps would be to think more strategically by making sure that there are no gaps for the batter to bat the ball, making sure I hit the ball in an open space and trying to run as fast as I can. The way I will achieve this is not worrying where the ball is going and just running my heart out, making sure everyone is in there own space so that there are not gaps, and looking for an open space and hitting the ball into that direction.

In dodgeball I think I was good at...

• Sharing the ball.
• Helping others.
• Thinking strategically.
• Trying my best and never giving up.

I was good at this because I would not give up even when my whole team was out and I was the only one in. Everyone knows what dodge ball is right? Yeah I thought so, I won’t have to explain this to you.

The K.C skill I think I used was thinking...

because I had to think of ways to help my team win and to get the other team out faster.

I think my next steps would by to step out of my comfort zone a bit more because I don’t really like being hit with balls but I guess it’s all part of life. I think I will do this by just going for it trying my best and if I get hit just keep playing.

P.E is not one of my favorite subjects. I don’t mind it but when I am playing against really serious and competitive people I don’t really like it. I guess it’s all part of trying new things, what my family always say “suck it up, get on your feet and keep playing”.