Reading DLO: The life of Archibald Baxter

For these past 3 weeks, Room 1 was asked to create a DLO (Digital learning object) on their chosen topic. The topics we had to choose from were, the life of of Archibald Baxter, immigrants & asylum seekers and stand up New Zealand (protesting). The topic I chose to research about was 'the life of Archibald Baxter'. I presented my work using Prezi, and got my information from resources such as google, YouTube clips, and stories from the School Journal.

Sphynx pig: Hybrid Animal

This hybrid animal has pointy pricked ears and has a thick whip like tail. It has a snout like a
pig and is hairless like a sphynx cat. It is very flabby and has wrinkled skin folds all over.
It’s pink paws and claws are sharp as a knife. This hybrid is very skinny and boney, and it’s
face resembles a pig. If you were to touch this mysterious creature, it would feel warm,
smooth and possibly bumpy.

Persuasive writing: Should all shops be closed on ANZAC day?

Should all shops be closed on ANZAC day?

Introduction:

ANZAC day is suppose to be a day where we remember those who gave up their lives for us,
not a day where people have to waste their time going to work. It’s disappointing to think that
every single year on April 25th, shops are being opened from 1PM onwards. Men and woman
gave up their whole lives to fight for our country, and yet people are just going to the shops to
go shopping. It seems that most people are more interested in the money they make, than
paying respect to the people that died fighting for our country. Therefore, I vehemently believe
all shops should be closed on ANZAC day. (Australia New Zealand Army Corps)

Family time and paying respect:

It’s very frustrating that people are asked to go to work on ANZAC day. Most people would just
want to spend time with their families and might want to visit the graves to remember the loved
ones they lost. Every year on ANZAC Day, they have dawn parades and services. Even though
the services finish in the morning, it doesn’t mean ANZAC day is over. People tend to think of
ANZAC Day is just another one of those normal public holidays. Well, it’s not. We should spend
ANZAC Day as if it’s our last. We can’t bring back the people who died, but we can show our
love and respect to them. Another good way to show reverence is to visit the museums. The
museums are a fantastic way to learn more about ANZAC, World War 1 and 2, and to also
learn more about the soldiers and nurses that lost their lives.

War research:

The first World War started on 28th July 1914, and ended on 11th November 1918. On the 4th
August 1914, Germany invaded Belgium. Sticking by it’s promise to stand up for Belgium,
Britain declared war on Germany. Many believed that World War 1 would finish by Christmas.
They thought that Britain was so powerful that the war would end quickly, but it didn’t.
The war finished four years after it had began! In the end, Britain won the war and Germany
had lost with terror.

Conclusion:

To conclude my opinions, ANZAC Day will only be the same with people going to work if
we don’t act now. We have voices, so we need to use them. ANZAC day is when we need to
remember those who sacrificed their lives for us, not where we should be worrying about
making money. Even if your someone who can’t attend the dawn services or parades, you
could at least go to the museum to show your respects. It’s the people that matter, not the
money. Therefore, all shops should be closed on ANZAC Day.

Mandarin: Family game

In Mandarin, the senior hub have been learning to create a digital interactive game. This game teaches us the Mandarin language.

R.E: Ella Baker

In R.E, the years 7 and 8 girls had to choose a person that inspires us and does the work of the Holy Spirit. We had to research about that person and choose and app to present our work. I presented my work on google slides, and chose to research about Ella Baker.

Cybersmart: Infographic

On the second week of term 2, Mr.V came to our school and taught the years 4-8. He comes to our school every Monday and gives us tasks relating to being Cybersmart, and Cybersafe. In week 2, we created a infographic using Piktochart. Our learning focus was to create something around being Cybersmart.

Inquiry: How to apply for NZ Citizenship

For term 2, The senior hub's inquiry focus is Citizenship. We had to create a DLO (Digital learning object) based on 'How to apply for NZ Citizenship' To present my work, the app I chose was Emaze.

Inquiry Reflection: Global Warming

Inquiry Reflection- Global Warming

Over the past 2 months, the senior hub have been focusing on things that affect us, and natural causes
we face today. My partner and I chose to do Global Warming and we presented our learning through
a emaze.

I am quite content with the way our presentation turned out because we were able to give a good
source of knowledge that provided information towards our topic. Throughout the process of creating
the presentation, I detected more about Global Warming and how it really affects us. We gathered and
accumulated information using journals, YouTube clips, and Google. We explored lots of links and sites
that we could use that would be child friendly to others. We had help from our teachers, and we had
feedback from the rest of the hub which was really encouraging and supportive.

If I were to change anything, I would change the app that we had used. Although it was a stabilised app,
I thought that we could have chosen a more in depth, detailed app that would have made our
presentation stand out more and become more bulk. To modify our work, we could have added and
supplemented more information and data that would have given us a better view of what it might
be like in other countries apart from ours.

Overall, I think that my partner and I, did a really good job and I’m really proud of myself with
what we were able to achieve. We provided worthy information that was able to be understood by adults,
and younger students which made it definitely worth it.