Why is it important to use our PBS CARE values?

LI: to use transitional vocab.

Vocaroo

This week we have been revising explanation writing. Next week is our assessment week so we did this collaborative challenge to remind ourselves what is needed when we write explanations... 

Something I really enjoyed learning about TEEL (Topic introduction, Explanation, Evidence, Linking).

Lowest Common Multiple

 LI: to find the Lowest Common Multiple.

For maths this week we were learning about the LCM (Lowest, Common, Multiple). The lowest common multiple is when the 2 numbers have the same multiple, that is the lowest. For an example 8 and 6, we know that 8 x 3 and 6 x 4 equals 24 and nothing is lower than 24. To find the lowest common multiple, the easiest way to do so, is to multiply both numbers. If we were to find the lowest common multiple of 4 and 5. We multiply both numbers, which makes 20. There are no lower common multiples than 20. This is a strategy we all found out, from doing the first 3 questions.

Laws of Inertia

LI: To strengthen your understanding to forces, gravity and inertia

The above presentation is made by Sakshi, RJ, Sulia and me under the topic of Science. We first wrote our opinions and important points on a piece of paper and then started to complete our task. We also watched many videos and read articles to understand the topic on more detail. We didn't know much about Inertia so we found interesting that it has three laws which are rest, motion and direction. We also came to know that it was defined by Isaac Newton in the year of 1687. We learnt many interesting facts after completing this task and enjoyed to work as a group.

Why is it important to make wise choices?

 Why is it important to make wise choices?

Do you think drugs are healthy for your body? Well you’re about to find out. There are many drugs including legal drugs and illegal drugs. Legal drugs are used for medical reasons, and illegal drugs are used for personal use that does not abide by the law.

There are drugs all around us, in our foods, medicines, .e.t.c. Some drugs are very unhealthy for your body therefore you could get sick, die or do something that would get yourself into trouble. For example, you might get high (in a state of consciousness) and think you’re a superhero and might think you can fly and jump off your house roof or a cliff, as a result you could get yourself injured or get yourself killed and this changes your action and how you act and this could affect your body. These are the drugs that are illegal. 

Next is the legal drugs, like medicines and foods. Who knew there were drugs in our foods and drinks? In milo there is a drug called sugar, if you drink or eat too much Milo you could get really hyped therefore you could get yourself in danger. If you’re told to drink or eat a limit of medicines please do so because you don’t know what is going to happen to yourself. 

Making wise choices is very important because it could affect your future making it better for your family and yourself. Making wise choices can lead you down a path where you misuse drugs or get yourself in trouble or hurt because of drugs. Using drugs, dealing drugs and planting drugs could get you into big trouble, for example life imprisonment, death sentence (Execution), .etc.

I was surprised how many people suffer from the addiction of drugs. It was also just shocking to see people look absolutely different from what they were before drugs to a short time skip later. I have seen that drugs can make a bad impact on some people's lives, it could cause them to lose their life, lose friendships/family, or even make them go into depression.

To wrap it up we have to make the right choices to have a good future and everybody's happy. We have to do things that are legal to get ourselves out of trouble, please do not do the illegal things, this is for your safety and mine. If you see someone do something bad and you think it is cool and you copy, the results are going to be bad. Do you think drugs are healthy for your body? Make a wise choice for your future.

                                                                                                                                                                           

LI: to simply write an explanation.

For writing we wrote an explanation, we could write any kind of explanation and I chose to write an explanation on drugs. My explanation explains, Why it is important to make wise choice an what it could help you with.

Inquiry

 LI: To think deeply about a change I would make

If you were Prime Minister, what one thing would you do to change NZ for the better and why?

When I become a prime minister I would make sure everyone has a home and refugees feel like they are at home by, making sure our country and land clean, make sure they live in an area they like, for example I like people that are kind and clean so I would live like that.

Next I would like to change some rules, so that people can kind of do something they want to do.

I would do this because there are some homeless people that needs a home to live in, this could help other people to stop worrying about them. The refugees also need to feel at home because they came here to find a safe place to live.

Inquiry

LI: To decide which political party will get your vote by making an informed choice.

In this DLO we had to decide which political party I would vote for. I read a summary of the policies each party wants to introduce, should they win the election and the right to form a government to run NZ. Doing this allowed me to make an informed decision. If I was 18 I would vote for Labour because they have nearly done everything to help us while the virus was spreading, they took care of us with respect and we gave back respect. The leader of the Labour Party is the Prime Minister (Jacinda Ardern). She helped us get through the Covid-19 lockdown, and she handled it very well.

This means if Labour won the election in my electorate Shirin Brown would be our member of parliament and Jacinda Ardern would stay as the Prime Minister.

DARE to make a choice

 LI: to make the right choices in life.

This week we worked in pairs to create a DLO about the “DARE to make a choice” program and were learning about how we are the most important people in the world and how to keep our body safe from drugs. In this DLO we are explaining why it is important to make wise choices in a drugs situation. We learnt about how drugs can affect us and the aftermath when you misuse drugs. In this DLO we were writing answers in paragraphs to the questions coming from the program.