Passion Project Reflection

Weekly Passion Project Reflection

WEEK 7 REFLECTION

What did I achieve this week during Passion Project time?

Something me and my group achieved last week was being able to finish our research links and now we are up to the building stage and finishing off our slides to show our reflection and learning and other things.

What challenges did I have?

The challenges me and my group faced were not getting distracted but me Cody I didn't get distracted I did most of the work will they were talking until near the end they started writing down the materials we needed.

What am I going to work on next week?

Something our group is going to work on this week is finishing our model that moves on water by rubber band power so then when we finish that I can get up to the slides to finish completely to show to other people.

E-portfolio Reading Sharp Reading

Maths E-portfolio Times

Bicycle Safety Weekly Reflection.

WEEK 7 REFLECTION

What Learning did you find challenging this week?

Something that I found challenging at cycle safety was that when we were at the grass it would be a hard push of and a hard time to change gears because you are slowly moving.

How did you use a growth mindset to overcome these learning challenges?

I used a growth mindset by not giving up and at the end I would change my gears to gear 3 so I have a better advantage when I had to go.

What is the piece of the work you are most proud of this week?

Something about cycle safety that I am proud of is that I could find a easier way to lift my bike and a easier way to turn around and other things.

Why are you proud if it?

I am proud of it because now when I am at my Mums or Dads house when I go on my bike I can use these skills to help me with sort of not crashing into things.

Music - E-portfolio Sample - Term 4 2018

Music - E-portfolio Sample - Term 4 2018

This term we have been learning how to play some new rhythms on our bucket drums.

We learnt to play the down beat where we play on each beat, it looks like this:

Then we learnt to play the front beat where we only play on beats 1 and 3, it looks like this:

We also learnt to play the back beat where we only play on beats 2 and 4, it looks like this:

After we had practiced the beats we learnt to play along with some songs.

What do you think is the most important thing to do so that you stay in time when you are playing on the bucket drums?

Looking at the words on the screen and not talking to your friends which helps with also being able to hear the beats so yo can copy them yourself.

Which song do you think would be good to play the bucket drums to and why?

We will rock you because it has a really good beat which sounds really good on bucket drums.

What could you do to improve your bucket drumming in the future?

Something I could do to improve my bucket drumming skills are that I could practice at home in front of a mirror and pretend there's a crowd in front of me.

Weekly Passion Project Reflection

WEEK 6 REFLECTION

What did I achieve this week during Passion Project time?

Me and my group achieved to finish most of our paragraphs which means we can get up to our building part soon after we finished it then we would research facts about Popsicle stick vehicles then we would get to the building.

What challenges did I have?

The challenges me and my group had were not getting distracted because two member Levi and Naoki went out for fitness and left me for 20 minutes.

What am I going to work on next week?

Something we are going to work on next week is to not get distracted and keep on working without getting distracted so we can get the whole thing finished and be done quicker than what we have been doing this week.

Weekly Passion Project Reflection

WEEK 5 REFLECTION

What did I achieve this week during Passion Project time?

Something Naoki, Levi and me/Cody learnt during passion project time was writing a paragraph which is almost done so next week I am going to work on the paragraph with my group and step up are game.

What challenges did I have?

The challenges are group faced was one low computer and one other that was half battery and we got distracted badly because me and my group got distracted by looking at other peoples art.

What am I going to work on next week?

Something me and my group are going to work on next week is not to get distracted by other peoples passion project and type fast and check the websites that are good and full of facts.

Athletics Reflection

Term 4 Passion Project Proposal

My Passion Project title is… Who am I working with? Cody, Naoki, Levi

Whats the physics behind boats cars and planes.

What are my big questions to guide my learning?

1. How will we make a plane, will we have to make a car base then make a plane body to put on it. 2. Once we have found how the boats cars and plains move we will research how to make pop sickle stick and rubber band vehicles so we can make our own and test them out.

I chose this particular topic because….(give three reasons why?)

1. We can find out lots of facts about cars, boats and plains of how they float fly and drive. 2. Gives us more information so we could make our own types of boats plains and cars so we can make big races. 3. It's way different to sports and we could be creative about our vehicles.

What are some possible ways I could share my learning?  Choose 3 possible ways. 1) Facebook 2) Posters 3) Slides

What materials will I need to accomplish my task?

A computer, Popsicle sticks, hot glue guns with hot glue sticks, rubber bands, Woodcut knife set from school, sandpaper.

What problems do I foresee occurring during this project and what will I do to solve them?

Rubber bands will snap and we will fix it by using new rubber bands in a packet.  There might not be the right websites so we will need to search more or type in a different sentence.

When problems come up, who can I contact for support / assistance? (Mentor)

Parents, Teachers bigger brothers or sisters.

How will this project help me, my family, the community or the world?

It might because I can share the facts with family.

Teacher approval: By Mr J 26/10/18

Weekly Reflection Week 1

WEEK 1 REFLECTION

What Learning did you find challenging this week?

Something that I found challenging this week was my writing because when we didn't finish the video I thought we were going to carry on the story not start it and explain the start and then carry on the story.

How did you use a growth mindset to overcome these learning challenges?

I used a growth mindset by not giving up and keep on trying to think of a starter of how the start of the scene was like the crunchy brown leaves.

What is the piece of the work you are most proud of this week?

Something I am proud about is my typing skills reflection.

Why are you proud if it?

I am proud of it because I finally wrote down lots on my typing skills reflection because normally I write about two to three sentences.

One Night At the Museum Production 2018

Fractions Term 3

Weekly Reflection Week 8

WEEK 8 REFLECTION

What Learning did you find challenging this week?

Something that I found challenging this week was my calendar art because I did it at the start and then the next day it wouldn't let me do it on my own device because I used print shop on a mac book and I don't have print shop on my device.

How did you use a growth mindset to overcome these learning challenges?

I used a growth mindset by not giving up and trying the last and the third day with calendar art and I used a mac book and completed it and it is now finished

What is the piece of the work you are most proud of this week?

Something that I am most proud of is my production because I made most of the stuff for the production already.

Why are you proud if it?

I am most proud of it because I have completed my helmet I just need to put goldish paint on the hot glue rivets and then I'm done an I have completed my axe at my house but it did break on the way to school which is easy to fix.

Maori Language Week

Weekly Reflection Week 7

WEEK 7 REFLECTION

What Learning did you find challenging this week?

Something that I found challenging this week was being able to remember the facts for the trip to Iceland for the quiz because we always got over 10th place because some of us weren't quick enough to think of whats the answer.

How did you use a growth mindset to overcome these learning challenges?

I used a growth mindset by not giving up and keep calm because I got a bit grumpy at the end at my team but I was trying not to show it in person and I just said good job better luck next time.

What is the piece of the work you are most proud of this week?

I am most proud of my writing because I added lots of detail and I didn't give up on it when it went down hill.

Why are you proud if it?

I am proud of it because I didn't give up when it went down hill and I just keep on going adding detail and also I put it onto my blog so now it is down and the ending is just like the end I actually ended it properly.

Geology GeoHazards in Iceland

Final Passion Project Reflection

Superhero Writing

Weekly Passion Project Reflection

WEEK 4 REFLECTION

What did I achieve this week during Passion Project time?

Something that I achieved this week with Seth was being able to finish my poster almost because we didn't really get distracted this time which is sort of good because we only have I think about one more week left and we will finish it by then.

What challenges did I have?

The challenges that I had this week with Seth was being able to think of what we could add to the poster and also where to put the paintings and words.

What am I going to work on next week?

Something that I am going to work on next week with Seth will being able to finish my poster straight away so then we are ready for the day when we share are poster we have something ready for that day.

Weekly Reflection Week 4

WEEK 4 REFLECTION

What Learning did you find challenging this week?

Something that I found challenging this week was being able to understand to see how fractions and percentages work together because I'm not that good at doing this strategy because I am not us to it but it is new for me so can find it challenges.

How did you use a growth mindset to overcome these learning challenges?

I used a growth mindset by not giving up and keep on trying to get the right answer with out giving up which sort of helped but I still got the answer wrong on some because the strategy is new to me.

What is the piece of the work you are most proud of this week?

Something that I am most proud of this week is my number knowledge sheet because I didn't give up on some hard questions that I don't really get other wise I forgot the strategy.

Why are you proud if it?

I am proud of it because I tried my best and I didn't give up on the equivalent fractions and I think I got some of them right other wise if I got one right I probably got the rest because I used the strategy on them.

Weekly Passion Project Reflection

WEEK 3 REFLECTION

What did I achieve this week during Passion Project time?

Something that I achieved this week was being able to start my passion project poster and cut out my two humming birds without messing it up because sometimes I am bad at cutting little creases out.

What challenges did I have?

The challenges I had were just one because I kept on getting distracted to the people behind me because I thought there passion project was quite cool and they also wanted help so I got distracted badly.

What am I going to work on next week?

Something that i am going to work on next week will being able to not get distracted so then we can finish more of our poster and make it look cool and not slacked because it will be like that if we rely on each other if I get distracted.

Weekly Reflection Week 3

WEEK 3 REFLECTION

What Learning did you find challenging this week?

Something that I found challenging this week was being able to figure out what my follow up math's booklet was saying because at the start it was confusing and then near the end I think I got the answers because they just went ding like a light bulb so I think I got them all right.

How did you use a growth mindset to overcome these learning challenges?

I used a growth mindset by not giving up because even if it was hard I still didn't give up at the start because I thought I got it at the start but I actually didn't because I was thinking it was like I was in sleep mode.

What is the piece of the work you are most proud of this week?

Something that I am most proud of this week is my passion project reflection because I used a bit of time to think of stuff like what will I improve on because I had to think back to last week to remember.

Why are you proud if it?

I am proud of it because I didn't give up and I kept on trying to think back to almost a week away which is sort of hard because I have done sort of a lot of things in a week that was just on the weekend.

Maori

Weekly Passion Project Reflection

WEEK 2 REFLECTION

What did I achieve this week during Passion Project time?

Something that I achieved last week for passion project was being able to finish my art / humming bird template picture and being able to tidy up all the mess before we had to pack up because the first week we had to clean it up through cleaning time.

What challenges did I have?

The challenges that Me and Seth had were being able to blend the right colours because we think this is the worst week so far for the humming bird templates because we added glitter paint witch ruined it and now they don't look that nice at all.

What am I going to work on next week?

Something that I will improve on next week with Seth will be able to mix the colours without making the wrong colours or shades so next  time we could look at the same colours and see what they can make on you tube or another website.

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Weekly Reflection Week 2

WEEK 2 REFLECTION

What Learning did you find challenging this week?

Something that I found challenging this week was when we learnt about Greece because most of the facts were short but it went quick and I had to get a new sheet because that's how fill my first one was.

How did you use a growth mindset to overcome these learning challenges?

I used a growth mindset by trying to keep up and memorize what the sentences said because I would of got three words down and no more than that so I tried my best to memorize as much of it and trying to keep up.

What is the piece of the work you are most proud of this week?

I am most proud of my speed test because I tried my best and there were some questions that I haven't done before and I think I bet my time so that is a record for me if I did.

Why are you proud if it?

I am proud of it because I tried my best on the hard questions I haven't done in a while and I got them right except for two questions that I always get stuck on witch is annoying because I get them wrong but I know how to do them now.

Weekly Passion Project Reflection

WEEK 1 REFLECTION

What did I achieve this week during Passion Project time?

Something that I achieved was getting my water colour humming bird finished before time was up because normally I don't finish art net and quickly in a bout one hour witch I am happy about.

What challenges did I have?

The challenges that I had were being able to mix the right colours to make the right shades because humming birds having lots of pretty colours on there feathers witch are really shiny. 

What am I going to work on next week?

Something that I am going to work on next week will be looking at different colour shades before I blend them or I can just make them up if they are the colours of the humming bird.

Week 1 Reflection Term 3

WEEK 1 REFLECTION

What Learning did you find challenging this week?

Something that I found challenging was my fractions test to see which group we would be put in because I knew most of them but I forgot them from last year because it was sort of a long time ago when I did fraction questions.

How did you use a growth mindset to overcome these learning challenges?

I used a growth mindset by not giving up and trying to remember from last year what the skills were so I just didn't give up.

What is the piece of the work you are most proud of this week?

I am most proud of my writing because I have quite a few similes ready to use for my story so then I can make my story sound good or great but I don't want to much similes because if you have to much it ruins the story for the reader but properly not yourself.

Why are you proud if it?

I am proud of it because I didn't use to much simile ideas so I on't have to much but I still have some good ideas for my story witch is good so then it isn't all just similes.

Term 2 Passion Project Reflection

E-portfolio Science Term 2

E-portfolio Term 2 Multiplication And Division

Weekly Reflection Week 8

WEEK 8 REFLECTION

What Learning did you find challenging this week?

Something I found challenging was my passion project because I had to think out of my head to create a really cool poster witch I pulled off in the end which is way better than last times poster that I made up.

How did you use a growth mindset to overcome these learning challenges?

I used a growth mindset by not giving up and keep on trying because I had to use the right colour scheme's so it didn't look ugly.

What is the piece of the work you are most proud of this week?

I am most proud of my math's work sheet/booklet

Why are you proud if it?

I am proud of it because I got up to the last few / two last pages which I can finish next week so then hopefully I can go up to a different booklet but the last to pages are really hard and challenging which is good because it is good to have some challenges.

Visual Art Sketching

Writing/Reading E-portfolio

Week 8 Reflection

WEEK 8 REFLECTION

What Learning did you find challenging this week?

Something I found challenging this week was my writing because I added in the right stuff I needed to but I had to restart and I didn't get why I had to restart my whole introduction witch I didn't really care because it was my first paragraph.

How did you use a growth mindset to overcome these learning challenges?

I used a growth mindset by not giving up and keep on trying because if I gave up I would of gotten told of if  I didn't do the introduction again and this time I forgot to add the time so I will add it in before I go to writing next week.

What is the piece of the work you are most proud of this week?

The thing I liked the most this week was my art because I finished my third attempt so now I am on the final attempt witch you get a peace of paper that isn't in our book and we get to use proper shading and sketching pencils so I am sited about it.

Why are you proud if it?

I am proud of it because I can see a difference between my drawings from one - three because I am not that good at drawing so i am glad for my self that I can see a difference.

Week 7 Passion Project Reflection

WEEK 7 REFLECTION

What did I achieve this week during Passion Project time?

I achieved to finish my third attempt and I thought of a new idea that I could add to my poster because I was just going to do optical illusions but now i'm doing drawings that look 3 D.

What challenges did I have?

The challenges that I faced where being able to think of good 3 D things and good optical illusions that I could re create because there's lots of optical illusions that have already been made so it is hard to think of some.What am I going to work on next week?
I am going to work on thinking of a variety of optical illusions and 3 D objects so then I can finish my poster quicker than normal so then it want look like i didn't even want to do passion project.

Week 7 Reflection

WEEK 7 REFLECTION

What Learning did you find challenging this week?

Something I found challenging this week was my rich math's task because there was boxes that went up by 19 and the width was 18 and we had to think of a number we could times and we couldn't think of another was of equaling 50 with 19 up and 18 width.

How did you use a growth mindset to overcome these learning challenges?

I used a growth mindset by not giving up and keep on trying because we thought are hardest by thinking of one but I was just like I should change my number but then it was swap over time so I couldn't.

What is the piece of the work you are most proud of this week?

I am most proud of my writing because we are writing about something different that we don't really write about and it is a cool writing story because we don't use speech we just explain.

Why are you proud if it?

I am proud of it because I can create a spooky story without speech so it's really like someone has lost there voice and they can't speak and also to make it creepier I did it based at Kaiapoi North this school.

Week 6 Passion Project Reflection

WEEK 6 REFLECTION

What did I achieve this week during Passion Project time?

I achieved to finish my second attempt of my optical illusion and now I am up to my third optical illusion witch is a big achievement for me because I thought I could only get one or two illusions finished but I've almost finished three.
What challenges did I have?
The challenges that I had this week were being able to think of a good optical illusion to re-create because there's lots of optical illusions that have already been made so it's hard to think of one.

What am I going to work on next week?

I am going to not help people as much as I did last week so then I can finish more optical illusions before I start my poster and finish it and make it look cooler.

Weekly Reflection

WEEK 6 REFLECTION

What Learning did you find challenging this week?

I found my art challenging because I am not that good at shading and also when i created it I made the bottom half of it got to small so it looked like it was bitten in half but I don't really care because it was my first attempt.

How did you use a growth mindset to overcome these learning challenges?

I used a growth mindset by not giving up and keep on trying and when I did it. It was my first attempt and I still need some feedback so after the feed back I can improve on it next time.

What is the piece of the work you are most proud of this week?

I am most proud of my rich math's task because for the first time I think I did it properly so that is a big achievement for me because my hole group finds it challenging.

Why are you proud if it?

I am proud of my rich math task because I had a group witch isn't really a group it was just me and Naoki but still we worked hard and we found lots of groups with cubes left over.

Weekly Passion Project Reflection

WEEK 4 REFLECTION

What did I achieve this week during Passion Project time?

I achieved to get on to my second optical illusion that I re-created and I almost finished it already witch is a big improvement to my first one because my first one took about three days.

What challenges did I have?

The challenges that I had were thinking of a optical illusion that I could re-create because when I was thinking of my second one it took me a while to think of a new or different illusion.

What am I going to work on next week?

I am going to work on next week by thinking of a optical illusions before it is passion project time otherwise if I didn't it would wast some of my time thinking of a illusion.

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Week 4 Reflection

WEEK 4 REFLECTION

What Learning did you find challenging this week?

I found my rich math task challenging because we didn't know we had to make a pattern showing out of a pattern that we had to change and we thought we had to make lots of patterns with five reds and five blacks.

How did you use a growth mindset to overcome these learning challenges?

I used a growth mindset by not giving up and keep on trying because you don't get smarter if you don't learn from mistakes and mistakes are good if you don't deliberately do them because if you don't mean to you can learn from them.

What is the piece of the work you are most proud of this week?

I am most proud of my sketching and shading practicing because I used to be bad at shading but not that bad at sketching but now my skills at both are way better.

Why are you proud if it?

I am most proud of my art skills because I used to be bad at shading but now I am a bit better at shading shapes and objects and also I am way better at sketching witch helps with rubbing mistakes out if I need to.