Questions Week 11 | Term 1 10/4/18

1. What are expectations and values? Use a dictionary to define each word.
Values - the regard that something is held to deserve; the importance, worth, or usefulness of something.

Expectations - a strong belief that something will happen or be the case.

2. Why do we have expectations and values in our classroom, school, and community?

To keep the community a safe and fun place!

3. What are some of the expectations in your classroom?

Be clean, Help each other, listen to everyone and work hard!

4. How do your classroom expectations influence your learning?

They keep us in shape!

5. What would your classroom be like if you had no expectations and you could do whatever you wanted?The desks would be broken. Glass shated. Things broken. No work would be done to a high standard!

6. If you could make an expectation for your class what would it be and why?

Don't be mean like Brock!

7. What are your school values? How are they displayed in your classroom and at your

school?

The kids wear the uniform correctly and shows REP!


8. How do you get recognised for displaying your school values?

Just be a good kids.

9. When do you think your school values link to your learning in your classroom?

All the time

10. What are your family values and why are they important? If you don't have any come
up with some - what would be important values in your family and why?

The most important values in my family are be nice!

Questions Week 10 | Term 1 04/04/18

1. "Failures open the doors to success!" Tell us about a time when you failed with something? I failed when I slipped with 2 cups of juice in my hands and the juice went everywhere. (I was like 3 years old!)

2. Tell us about a time when you had success? What did you do to achieve success?

When I learnt to ride a bike without training wheels

3. We are responsible for our own success and learning. Do you agree or disagree and why? Yes, Because we control our self. So our teacher just helps us do that!

4. What is a challenge you have faced this year? Explain what happened.

Meet new people.

5. There's no such thing as an overnight success. What does this mean? Do you agree and why? Overnight success is when something succeeded very quickly.

6. Why do we give up? What can we do to avoid giving up in the future? Who can help us?

We give up because we can't be bothered doing the rest. We can avoid this by simply not give up. Our family, friends or teacher can help us do that.

7. "If you do what is easy, your life will be hard." What is this trying to tell us?

If you do something easy, the future will be hard because you don't know things that you would have learnt if you did something hard.

8. Inner confidence and self-belief are the keys to success. Do you agree or disagree and why? Yes, I believe this because you're motivating yourself.

9. Who is responsible for your success?
Yourself.

Questions Week 9 | Term 1 28/3/18

1. What schools did your teacher go to when they were growing up?

St Claire's Primary, Tahuna Intermediate, and Otago Boys High School

2. What is your favourite thing about your teacher and why is that important
to you? He is very nice and chill. He likes to mess around and have fun with some of his

students

3. What does your teacher enjoy doing when they are away from school?

Going to the beach and/or hanging out with his friends/family.

4. What made them want to be a teacher?

He just felt the urge to be a teacher.

5. What is it about your school that your teacher likes the most?

Meeting new peoples

6. Who are you his/her favourite students?

Brock, Zion, Elsie, Ruby and Jes

7. If your teacher could do another job what would it be and why?

Be the boss of a business

8. What do you think your teacher would be great at if they were not a teacher?

A Lawyer

9. Why do you think it is important that you get to know your teacher?

So he doesn't tell you off.

10. If you were your teacher what would you do differently to make your
classroom better? Have no Maori stuff (No karakia)

Questions Week 7 | Term 1 13/3/18

Q1: What is your favourite subject at school and why?

Writing, because you can write anything you want within reason.

Q2: Do you have any pets? What are they and what are their names? If you don't have a pet what pet would you have if you did?

I have a dog, her names Meg. I used to have another one but she died last year. Her name was Milly.

Q3: What are some of your favourite foods?

Chips, Thai, noodles etc

Q4: What is your favourite sport? What do you like about it?

Basketball. I like Basketball because you can get really fit and its a team game.

Q5: What are your favourite hobbies?

Playing games with my friends and playing Basketball

Q6: Who do you live with?

My parents. They are split up so I stay at dads on Monday and Tuesday, mums on Wednesday and Thursday and we share the weekends.

Q7: What is your ethnicity?

NZ European

Q8: The Census video talks about finding out if there are enough parks. Do you have a park in your suburb? Do you think your suburb needs a park or a better park? What would make it better?

Yes, we do. Tullet park. It could be improved by adding a basketball hoop or improving the playground. But the park is based on football.

Q9: Why do you think the government does a Census every 5 years?

So they can see the population so they can edit some forms.

Questions Week 6 | Term 1 6/3/18

Q1. How are you going to be more awesome in your learning
this year? Study hard.

Q2. What is one thing you will do to make this year great? Have fun

Q3. What are you looking forward to most this year and why? Make new friends.

Q4. Describe your current learning environment. Calm, lovely and chill.

Q5. What do you need to work on this year? What are your goals?
How are you going to achieve them? Get fitter, run/do more exercise

Q6. What are the things that drive your learning? Friends
What are the things that block your learning? Noise

Q7. Kid President said, "Life is School, you gotta show up."
What does this mean to you as a learner? If you don't go to school

your going to be dumb.

Q8. What would you like to learn about this year? A bit more about rugby.

Q9. Reflecting on your learning last year, what piece of advice would you have given yourself? Always stay focused.

Room 9...

Room 9 is the best class in Casebrook. We respect everyone in our class including our teacher, Mr. Foster. We do fun activities and go on fun adventures, like going to the movies, the beach, and even Hanmer Springs! Mr. Foster helps and encourages us to get our work done. Room 9 is very welcoming and everyone works hard. We all take risks and we believe in everyone. Room 9 is the best class in the world and we should be awarded for working hard. We collaborate with room 10 which makes our work more interesting.
Here is some proof that room 9 is fun...

Questions Week 9 | Term 4

Q1.  What do you use the internet for most? What's the first site that you go? YouTube.

Q2.  How can we encourage more children to learn to code? Will you get involved in the #hourofcode? 

Q3.  Who teaches you about staying safe online? Mrs. Kellaher 

Q4.  What are the best ways for learning about online safety? Visiting Websites with your parents.

Q5.  What is a digital footprint and why are they important? Watch this video to help with your answer. A digital footprint could be a post on facebook or an upload on youtube. Anyone can see it.

Q6.  What are some important things to consider when taking part in Blogger? Don't visit random peoples blogs.

Q7.  Should schools be using social media in the classroom and why? So kids and teachers can stay connected.

Q8.  How do we know which websites and people to trust online? In the URL Link of the website, it says secure if it's secure.

Q9.  Does anyone know any website/resources or Apps to share about Cybersafety? No.

Q10.  Do you have any tips or advice for Miss Mordue and Miss Bull when we are teaching cyber safety to the new Year 7's? No.

Questions Week 8 | Term 4

1. What are your interests, talents or passions? I like to game and play sport.
2. How do you get to learn about your interests in the classroom? Give us an example. ??
3. Do you think it's important for children to have time each week to learn about something that they're interested in? Why? Yes because then they actually learn something and get engaged.
4. What is the world's most important invention so far? How does it affect your life? The Car, it affects everyone's life by allowing people to get around faster
5. The Kid President wanted to invent a Catuum Cleaner. What would you like to invent to make the world more awesome? Dish Licker, Dogs lick the dishes.
6. The top 10 jobs in 2017 didn't exist in 2007. What jobs do you think there will be in 10 years time? Car doctors.
7. Inventive thinking requires taking risks, being curious and thinking skills. How do you do this in the classroom? Helping People.
8. Is creativity important? How can we encourage creativity in the classroom? Yes, doing stuff that people enjoy.
9. Sometimes we get stuck with our learning and have to problem solve. What does good problem-solving look like? Thinking with their head down.

Questions Week 7 | Term 4

1.What about your classroom do you really like?

That we have a hub.

2.What are the things that you find difficult in your classroom?

The way that our desks are laid out.

3.What would you do in your classroom to improve it?

Have a different desk layout

4.What is your favourite piece of furniture in your classroom? Why?

My desk.

5.If you have no budget what one thing would you buy for your classroom that would help your learning? Why?

Massaging chair.

6.What would your dream classroom look like? 

Nothing.

7.What would the technology look like that you would use in your dream classroom?

Computer desks. (Desks with computers in it)

8.What would a classroom look like in ten years time?

Hovering everything, Robot teacher-aids/teachers

9. Any tips or advice for Mrs Keen in terms of the room 5 - 8 refurbishment? 

No.

10. Leave three other comments on your classmate's blogs. Remember to include the correct spelling and punctuation. Get your comment on! 

Questions Week 6 | Term 4

1) Do you think that technology will be a big part of our lives in the future? Why,

Yes, because you would need to know how to use it in the future

2) Will technology disappear? yes, no, why?

No, because it's very powerful and it's useful

3) How do you use technology already in your life?

Play games, learn and research. Also maybe skype.

4) Research what the first digital device that was made it and when it was built?

Electronic Digital Calculating Device. It was built in 1942.

5) What do you think about technology at Casebrook is like? And how could we make it better? It's already good the way it is.

6) How do you think technology will change and what will be something you think will b okee created. EG: holograms, hovering cars.

Self-Drive Campervans and hovering everything

7) What are some of the positive effects of technology?

We can learn easier and communicate with friends on the other side of the world instantly

8) What are some of the negative effects of technology?

Kids get shorter lives and get rage.

9) Leave 3 other comments on other peoples page. Make sure you take the time to write a decent comment. Remember your grammar!

Okay

Questions Week 5 | Term 4

1) Research the history of athletics - when did it all start, why did it start, what country did it originate from? etc. See if you can find some information out. Type out your answers below. DETAIL/DETAIL/DETAIL...

It started in 776 BC. It started in Greece.

2) Explain what you did well in athletics day? I did discus well on athletics day.

3) Explain what you could have done better with during athletics day? Discus because I wasn't pushing hard enough.

4) What was your least favourite event and why? High Jump. Because I'm scared that I will hurt myself and get laughed at. 

5) What is your favourite event and why? 

Mini house comps. I liked Mrs Hengst one the most because it involved water and it cooled us down on the hot day

6) Explain how you showed REP on athletics day? Not complaining and being naughty

7) What was your favourite discipline while practising with your class? Explain why. We had none.

8) If you could add any athletics event what would it be and why? I think its ok.

9) What is your Year 9 athletics goal? Suprise, Suprise - yes there is athletics in high school! I have none

10) Are you keen to keep practising athletics events even when our school athletics is over? If yes  - what discipline / If no - why no, because it's enough practice around the time!

Questions Week 4 | Term 4

1. What skills or qualities does a person need to have to be a Leader of a Country? Do you have these skills? Responsibility, I sort of have it.
2. How does the Government of New Zealand affect you? Schools.
3. If you wanted to change something at your School, what would it be? Uniform strictness. 
4. How would you go about making that change? Could you lead that change and what skills would you need? I probably couldn't lead a change. But you would need to be brave.
5. What problems do you think New Zealand children are facing? Why are they having these problems? Poverty. Because their parents can't get a job.
6. How could we help the children who are having these problems? Donate money
7. Does your School do anything to help your local community? (Fundraising etc) Yes, Mufti-Days, Sausage Sizzles or baking food.
8. What is more important - helping yourself or helping others? Helping others while helping yourself. Because helping others does help yourself because they would probably like you more and you won't be down in life.