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Weekly Reflection

Weekly Reflection

This week something that I improved on was my Spanish on DuoLingo, I got to a higher level and did a couple of lessons. Something that I achieved from my weekly goals was starting my language milestone, I am almost finished now. Something that I need to improve on is keeping focused sometimes and not messing around with my friends. My goal for next week is to complete my learning languages Milestone.

Weekly News

Two teenagers rescued from catacombs

Yesterday on the 19th of June two teenagers were rescued from the catacombs beneath Paris after getting lost. These catacombs are over 250 kilometres long but only 2 kilometres are open to the public, the teenagers were stuck in the tunnels for three days and no-one has ever been stuck in the 2 kilometres of the tunnel before and as well as having been stuck in there for so long they both had hypothermia. I think that they are kind of stupid seeing that no-one has ever got lost before and that they wouldn't have brought anything such as a phone to contact anyone.

Info sourced from kiwikids news 

Weekly News

Man Jailed for 35 years for Facebook posts

A man from Thailand was jailed for 35 years after insulting the  Thai monarchy through Facebook. The law in Thailand states that you are not allowed to insult ultra-rich monarchy. The man got a jail time of ten years per offence, the original sentence was seventy years but was cut down after he confessed to posting the comments. This is one of the most serious punishments ever for insulting the Thai monarchy. Personally, I think that punishment was a bit harsh seeing that it was only a Facebook post. Does the Thai monarchy even know about it? If they did I'm sure that they would get him released, that is way too harsh as a punishment!


Info sourced from kiwi kids news

Murphy IE reflection

Weekly news

Global Ransomware Attacks 

Recently a ransomware was released on the world, this ransomware which demands about NZD $430 in bitcoin currency has been reported in 74 countries including New Zealand. The virus (WannaCry) has so seriously affected the computers in the UK that the hospitals have been forced to cancel appointments and turn away surgeries.

I am very sad and worried about this ransomware, I hope that it doesn't affect New Zealand too badly and I am very sad for all the countries that have been affected.

Info sourced from kiwikids news

Riddles

Here are some riddles

1.  What belongs to you but others use it more than you do?
2. I am found in the sea and on the land but I don't walk or swim. I travel by foot but I am toeless, no matter where I go I am always at home. What am I?
3. Two in a corner, one in a room, none in a house and one in a shelter. What am I?
4. What is it that no man did ever yet see, which never was and is always to be?
5. I am a ship that can be made to ride the greatest waves. I am not built by tools but by hearts and minds. What am I?
6. Which vehicle is spelled the same forwards and backwards?
7. What is at the end of a rainbow?
8. What five letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters?
9. What is harder to catch the more you run?
10. What flies without wings?

Sourced from DoRiddles.

Answers: 

1. Your name 

2. A snail

3.The letter R

4.Tomorrow

5.Friendship

6.Racecar

7.W

8. Short

9. Your breath

10.Time

Current events weekly news

Plastic Eating Caterpillar could eat through waste

Researchers at Cambridge university made a discovery that the larvae of the honey comb moth which can chew through honey comb in bee hives can also degrade and eat plastic. Research shows that the larvae can break down the chemical bonds of plastic in a similar way to honeycomb. Generally it takes hundreds of years for plastic polythene to break down, these caterpillars can make a hole in a plastic bag in under an hour.

If you met Richie McCaw

If you met Richie McCaw

1. What OPEN question would you ask him? Are you glad you chose a career in rugby?
2. What would you thank him for? Contributing so much to New Zealand rugby and being a great role model for so many people
3. What else would you say to him/ask him about/tell him? Did you fulfill your dream of becoming a great all black?

Leadership

What does it take to be a leader?

What does it take to be a leader?Ask Richie McCaw, world famous New Zealand All Black, these are the qualities that describe him and who he is as a leader.

Camp follow up

How to be a great leader

How to be a great leader

1. Don’t be afraid to ask for help
2. Make a list of your goals
3. Learn from your mistakes
4. Keep going even when it gets tough
5. Be prepared for when something goes wrong

If you follow all of these steps then you will be on your way to becoming a great leader.

The Pekapeka Recipie

The Pekapeka Recipe

Yesterday my learning team The Pekapekas made a recipe on how to make a good team and all of the values (ingredients) required to do so

(For those of you who don't know a Pekapeka is a native NZ bat)

My Leadership

My Leadership

Leadership for on camp

What is your goal for camp? To start and finish the high ropes

Why are you coming on camp? I am coming to have fun and enjoy myself while doing new things

What skills, strengths, qualities, powers do you possess that will help you have a really successful camp experience? Connecting, Positivity, Cooperation, Resilience,

What will you do if you have a problem at camp? Tell a teacher, parent or helper

Who will you speak to? Teacher, parent or helper

What will help you solve your problem? Asking others for help and solving some problems yourself

How will you be an effective team member in your car group, activity group and cabin group? Listening to instructions and cooperating without arguing or making a fuss

What will we see or hear? We will see lots of people working together and cooperating and having a good time.

My Weekly news

Man Smuggles 600000 eels  into a Plane

On March the 9th 2017 a man in Heathrow decided to try and smuggle 600000 live endangered glass eels into Hong Kong via plane. The man's secret stash of eels was found under a pile of fish that was on it's way to Hong Kong, these eels are a delicacy in Asia, and the total weight of the eels (200kg) would've had a value of up to 2.1 million dollars on the black market. 

I am glad that the border security arrested the man because otherwise he would've sold the eels and got away with further endangering the species. 

I wonder why people like to eat those eels when they could eat any type of other eel.

Info sourced from Kiwi Kids News

The HoloLens

The Microsoft HoloLens.

Just last year a group from Microsoft made the Microsoft HoloLens, a pair of “glasses” that enable you to project holograms onto the walls and in the air, that only you can see. They are commercially available this year and are priced at around about $4700 and from what I have heard the money is well worth it. With the HoloLens you can do anything from conduct business meetings to playing video games to watching the rugby all using holograms projected onto the walls, if you don’t like the look of your house then you can simply make it so that it could look like a cottage or a mansion. There is much more that you can do but this blog would be thousands of words long I have barely scratched the surface of what this little gadget can do, there is so much more. And to think you can do all of this with the power of one little pair of glasses.

     

My IE

My Individual Endeavour

Last week at school we got to choose a subject about what we are interested in, I chose to learn about what gaming will be like in the future. With technology getting better and better every day this will be implemented into everyday life, especially gaming. I like gaming so I am quite interested to know what gaming will be like, I hope to know what this technology will be like and how it will affect everyday life, and to find out I will be researching using different websites for information. This endeavour will help me find out what technology will be like and will help with my social skills as I will be sharing my research with my group.    

Time Travel

Time Travel

If I could time travel where would I go?

I would go to ancient Egypt to see the building of the Sphinx and the Pyramids and to find out about mythology, Pharaohs and ancient curses. 

School so far.

School So Far.

I have recently started Ngatea Primary School and I have got a very very good impression of this school, it has a positive view towards learning and has a good learning system in place. They are kind and they are good at introducing new students to classrooms, I already feel like I have been at this school all my life. I have really enjoyed my time here so far and can't wait for school each morning

My Word Cloud

My Word Cloud

I made a word cloud out of different words that describe me and did the template out of a picture of me, here is the finished result: