NZ Identity Parliament

This term we have been learning about Parliament. We have looked at the difference between government and parliament, NZ parliament, who is in government, how our government works and we compared democracy to dictatorship.

Three things that I learned are NZ parliament are:

• That the prime minister sits in the fourth seat to the speaker on the right side.(John Key)
• NZ is a democracy meaning that we all get a say.
• The person that sits on the fifth seat to the right of the speaker is the leader of the house.(Jerry Brownlee)

Here is the link to my compare and contrast map explaining the difference between democracy and dictatorship.

Librarian Distinction #4

On Monday the first day of term 4, I had my librarian duty on at lunch. When I first went in the library I saw a lot of books that needed to be returned and put away. Firstly I put all the books back that was on the returned shelf, then I started returning the books that needed to be returned and put away. Once I finally finished putting the books away I went on and started issuing other peoples books. It was kinda loud in the library and not the best for this duty but it got quite at some stage. There were mostly picture books and senior fictions to put away and not that much junior fictions. After it was time to pack up I saw a lot of books on the ground and also some cushions and pieces of papers aswell. The library duty wasn't as enjoyable but I still got some books through.

I showed community by helping put away leftover cushions and books and grabbed pieces of papers and dumped them in the bin. There were a lot of rubbish and books lying around so before I went out I just picked them up. It wasn't a lot of fun but I still did it.

I showed leadership by turning up to my duty on time even though I couldn't be bothered to turn up because being a librarian needs responsibility and I had to deal with it even though I didn't want to turn up to my duty.

I was being a role model by showing up to my duty and doing it with pride and not mucking around talking to my friends a lot. I knew I had to focus and do what I was supposed to be doing instead of playing around with my friends and being off-tasked.

Koru Games Reflection

The sport I was evolved in was Volleyball.

My two highlights of the Koru Games was meeting new people because we got to play a friendly with other people form different schools and I meet a friend called Macy. My other highlight was getting the ball over the net when it was coming back to us.

I was most proud of my serves because I could serve the ball over the net and only missed a few.

Next year I want to get better at that same sport and improve more on my serves and try make it for team 1.

PALS Distinction #3

On Wednesday at lunch, Alex, Wariesha and I, set up a game of small field football for the juniors. At the start they were a bit crazy and excited for the game to start, so we got through with the instructions fast and went on with the game. We had two even teams named bibs and non bibs and paper scissors rocked to see which team had to start. It was a really fun game to whatch and there were no major issues to deal with. Pretty much the whole game they got stuck into it. They made it really easy to ref by following instructions and fair play. They all did a good job and I gave out a lot of pozis to them. This is one of the most successful PALS activities for the year. Some of the juniors helped us out packing up the cones and bibs.

I showed excellence by running the game with pride and representing the leadership role with good attitude. I listened to any coments they made about the game and didn't take sides of what they were saying. 

I showed leadership by being goal focused and not letting anyone distract me because there were a lot of distractions around the game. I was focused into the game making sure the juniors were honest. I also showed leadership by turning up to my duty on time and setting up the field just before 1:10.

I was a role model by setting an example to the little kids how much pride we have to run a PALS actives for the juniors as it is one of the leadership roles. I showed them what behavior they're supposed to have and also making sure they have honesty and fair play.

CARE: My progress so far

The CARE award that I am working towards is Silver

The one area of CARE that I am doing best in is Excellence because i have more ticks in that area than the other ones.

The one area of CARE that I need to work harder in is Community because i don't really have as much in community.

To show my leadership qualities I am a role model to others in the CARE values by doing/showing these leadership traits: Active Thinker, Resilience,Trustworthy, Goal Focused, Integrity and motivational.

On the CARE SOLO matrix below I am at this SOLO level: Extended Abstract because: i can role model to others how to show the care values respectfully.

Prestructural	Unistructural	Multistructural	Relational	Extended Abstract
I am not aware of the CARE values yet.	I know what the CARE values mean. I need help to use them.	I can use the CARE values. I need reminding to use them.	I can use the CARE values independently.	I can use the CARE values independently. I can role model to others how to use the CARE values.

Alex and Tracy's Manderin Counting 1-20

Alex and Tracy's Manderin Counting 1-20