ESOL REFLECTION

ESOL REFLECTION

 The best lesson for me this term was when we did the hearing test and got free time at the end of the lesson. I enjoyed doing the hearing test because it was challenging and that you needed to carefully listen to be able to get a high score. I also enjoyed it when at the end of the lesson the teacher let us use our phones and film videos. Something I enjoyed very much throughout the year was when we had to do a slide presentation about something that was related to a movie called Penguin, A movie that thought about the process of grief. It was my favourite lesson of ESOL when we all had to present our projects and read them out loud,  although it was a bit embarrassing, we all managed to overcome our fears and present to the whole class.

I was very proud of the presentation I did since I spent a really long time practising, making the slide look interesting, and also researching about Thailand. Something that I would do differently next term is to fix my volume when I speak and carefully listen to the teacher when they are explaining something to us that is important for our learning. 

I hope next term we can do more physical activities in groups, like going on a trip somewhere, debates between each other, kahoots, quizlets, etc). I like having ESOL especially when I am together with my friends.

DLO SOCIAL STUDIES

 DLO SOCIAL STUDIES

What was the New Zealand Land March? A land march that was lead by Whina Cooper including 50000 Marchers. It was a petition that was signed by more than 60,000 people. 

Understand the events that caused the protest? The protest took place because Maori were suffering cultural loss, land alienations. Basically in the past Maori were treated unfairly compared to other people in New Zealand. The Land March was successfully led with the support of many and by a very special person called Dame Whina Cooper who led the Land March proudly.

After the New Zealand land march, the Maori finally had enough courage to stand up for themselves and everyone started being aware of the land loss and everything else. They also started letting Maori speak their own languages, share their culture with other people, making Maori language week an official event around New Zealand, and also making Maori one of the official languages in New Zealand.

For these three weeks, I've learnt more about Maori culture and about its historical past.

P.E

For the past week, we have been playing badminton in P.E. Today I am going to tell you how to score a game of badminton.

You can play badminton in singles or pairs. There are smaller lines over to the and wider/deeper lines for a double match.

If you hit the shuttlecock over to the opposition side, and they don't hit it, but it lands within the court lines, you score a point.

if a server is unsuccessful in hitting the shuttlecock over the net, or the serve doesn't go diagonal, it's a point to the other team and they get the next serve.

if you hit the shuttlecock out of the lines/court, it's a point to the other team.

if you don't hit the shuttlecock, or don't hit it back over the net, and it falls to the ground on your side of the court, its a point to the other team.

The first team to reach 21 points wins the game. There are usually 3 games played. so you might win 3-0, 2-1 or 2-0.

if the teams are both on 20 points in a game, the winner must get two points ahead to win, eg. 22-20.

Social Studies MAP

 Social Studies DLO

Today in Social studies we made a map of the Hikoi from the far North Parliament. We have been learning about the Land march that Whina Cooper lead. Making the map was very successful,  at first it was challenging figuring out how to add the locations but it got easier. What would I do next time? I wouldn't do anything differently if I had to do it again.