What are Scratch and Sphero?

What are Scratch and Sphero? 

Hi, guys today we did technology, so in technology, we had to answer a series of questions about what is scratch and sphero is and how you use these apps. 

  Scratch

This app is an app where you can make games and app. This app is good for people who are beginners in coding and I am a beginner in coding. I feel like this game will help me because I am working on peer pressure and bullying. I could make a game about 5 things to do to stop bullying. Have you used scratch before?

Sphero 

This app is an app where you can program a robot. This app is useful because it helps me get a better understanding of coding. I think that this app will help me with my topic by teaching me how to use code. If you ever get a chance to use it give it a go. You will enjoy it. Have you used sphero before?

P.E Week 3

P.E Week 3 

Last week on Thursday we had to do some maths. I was with Kya and Elisha Mae. We had to solve a series of questions that we based on one topic. The topic was about painting a football field, our group was all confused about what to do but in the end, we got an answer. 

For P.E we good to play bench ball on Monday. Do you know what bench ball is? Before we played bench ball we did warm-ups and drills. The warmups we did were 40-star jumps, 20 high knees, 10 laps of the court. The drills were Sneak Up Granny. 

 Bench Ball is sort of like netball but it is a little different. So you should first have two even teams to play against. So after that get two benches and put them on the sides of your court. The put a netball in the centre of your court. So hopefully your court looks like this. 

Now one of your players needs to go on the bench they are your target. Then your team except for the person on the bench will all go to the other side of the court.  Then you have to do paper scissors rock with the other time to see who goes first. Lets we go first we have to pass the ball without stepping (like netball.) When you make it to the side that one of your players is on the bench you have to try passing it to them if they get it you are on the bench to help out and if you didn't the ball would go to the other team. The goal is to get all of your players on the bench.  

When we played today we got to play in our year level. I, of course, played with the year 7s from Tz. We play against 7 Bh. After our team winning we had to play the year 8 from Tz and Bh. That time the year 8s won but was fun we all tried and we all contribute.  

I think I did a great job in contributing, I also think I worked successfully with others. I was tired while play but I keep playing. Hope you guys like this post BYE. 

Creating Our Own Play

Hi, guys for the last few weeks we have been making our own plays. We have worked so hard on this play and we have practised the most out of all of the groups. In my group, I have Shreya, Nevaeh, Elisha Mae and me. Our idea was to make a princess who lost her three valuable crystals and a girl has to decide to keep it or give back to the princess. The thing that we need to work on is expires our emotion.  We have put a lot of information. Here is the video and the script: 

Valuable Crystals

What is it about? 

The theme is good and bad decisions.

This is about a girl called Mabelle who’s struggling what to do with the colourful crystals that she finds on the ground.  

Problem/Conflict:  

Mabelle finds a box filled with valuable crystals on the ground while strolling to a cottage where she lives in. The devil tells her to sell the valuable crystals for some good money. 

The Angel told Mabelle to return the box to Princess Mabelle had recognised the crystal because Princess Eleanor always went around with a valuable item, and Mabelle had heard whisperings that the valuable item could possibly be crystals. 

Solution: 

Mabelle ended up following Angel’s advice.

Characters:

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Shreya - Devil

Nevaeh - Angel

Risha - Mabelle

Elisha Mae - Narrator

Elisha Mae - Princess Eleanor

Props:

Light Blue, Blue and Purple fake crystals 

Chairs

Where: 

Germany, Rothenburg St. - Colourful half-timber homes

When: 1600s Mid-day

~Script~

Narrator: A long, long time ago in the 1600’s Mabelle was walking down the colourful half-timber homes and Heading home to her small cottage. She looks down and sees... 

Mabelle: Ohh what a beautiful blue box I’ve found!

I wonder what’s inside. 

*Mabelle picks up the box and opens it*

Mabelle: Ohhh what pretty colourful crystals I’ve found! But who’s are they?

 *The devil popped out of nowhere*

Devil: Mabelle you should keep the crystal, you can make a fortune with this!

Mabelle: Who are you?!

Devil: Oh hi I’m The Devil 

*Angel pops out of nowhere*

Angel: And Hi, I’m the angel, I’ll help you choose the right decisions.

Mabelle:  Ok then, what do I do with these crystals? 

Angel: Hmm It looks like Princess Eleanor’s. You should give the crystal’s back to her.

Devil: NO! Keep it and make a fortune out of it. You will be so rich!

Narrator: Suddenly Mabelle sees a newspaper on the ground. 

*Mabelle picks up the newspaper*

Mabelle: You guys I found a newspaper!

Angel: What does it say?

Mabelle: It says that “Princess Eleanor has sadly lost her 3 valuable crystals”, it is in a Blue box. She needs it this instance for her 18th birthday. Whoever finds them will get a great award.”  

Devil: NO Keep it! Each crystal costs a lot of euros! If you keep them you won’t have to suffer living in a small cottage.

Mabelle: Yeah, you are right… I should just keep this.

Angel: No! the princess needs it for her 18th birthday! 

Mabelle: Yeah, you’re right too, but I am tired of living in the smallest cottage in the whole entire village!

Devil: You just stole the words right out of my mouth!

Angel: No, no, no, no, NO! Give the crystals back to the Princess, you will win a prize anyways, it could even be Euros!

Mabelle: You are right Angel...but what if it’s not Euros?

Devil: That’s exactly my point! 

*Everyone came out of the stage except for Mabelle*

Narrator: Later in the evening…

Narrator: Mabelle thinks to herself… what should she do? She was under pressure. She looks at the crystals meaningfully and wonders if she should give them back or not.

*The angel pops up again out of nowhere*

Angel: Hi again have you decided yet? I suggest give the crystal back to the princess. 

Mabelle: I think I will give it back to the princess it is hers  

*Devil pops up again out of nowhere*

Devil: Have you made your final decision to keep the crystal and live in a big castle?

Mabelle: No! I’m not keeping the crystal and I’ll follow the angel’s advice. I’ll return it to Princess Eleanor.

Devil: But WHY?!

Angel: Because It’s the right thing to do.  

Mabelle: Yeah, the angel is right.

Devil: Hm! *Crossed arms* I will get you back Angel!

*The Devil walks out of the scene*

Narrator: The Angel and Mabelle go to the ‘Castle’ to return the crystals.

*walk towards Elisha Mae and knock on the imaginary door*

Mabelle: Hello Princess Eleanor

Princess: Hello, how may I help you?

Mabelle: I came here to give you back the crystals that you lost I found them on the street back there

Princess: Oh my, thank you so much!

*Mabelle handed the box to the princess*

Mabelle: you're welcome It’s time for me to go. 

*Mabelle and the angel about to go when*

Princess: wait! You got these 3 crystals for my 18th birthday, You are invited to my 18th birthday and also you get 10,000 Euros for your honesty Mabelle.

Mabelle: 10,000 euros?! Thank you! That means so much to me 

*Everyone comes to the front, hold hands and bows at the same time*

Ella West - Night Vision

Ella West - Night Vision 

Hi, guys today we got to meet an author called Ella West. She creates amazing books about history but is created in an interesting and eye-catching way like in her latest book is "Night Vision." She came and told us some information about the night vision and how is started. Of course, this isn't her first book, her first book is called "Thieves: A Novel" it is a series about a girl stealing. I was so interested in her books on night vision and another book called "Rain Fall." Did you know the Ella West was born in Invercargill?  If you are interested in her books night vision, rainfall or any other book she said to visit the website "Goodreads - Ella West - Night Vision."  BYE!!!

 

Tana Mahuta - CIP

People Gardening 

For the past few Wednesdays, I have changed CIP and now I am doing gardening with Mrs Allen and Mr Ticsh. We are making an outdoor classroom with a greenhouse and also we are going to be gardening along the way. I am helping make that outdoor classroom. There was a lot of things we had to do but we first had to empty out the greenhouse and clean it. After that, we had to throw out the things we didn't need.

Outdoor Classroom 

While half of the people were cleaning inside me and some friends had to clean outside and take the IV out from the ground. IV is a plant that goes everywhere like it grows on trees and also on fences. Me and my friends had to pull all of it out. There was a lot but we only got through half of it today. We're hoping to make the outdoor classroom a better place for people to learn and use. Thank you guys so much for reading. 

Stop Bullying - Digital Tech

Stop Bullying - Digital Tech

So this week we started our new hurumaru it is a digital tech. We get to make an app about a social, environmental or ethical issue. I chose to do a social, I did bullying and peer pressure. I want to make an app about how you know if you are getting bullying or under peer pressure. I made a slide show about how my app works but I haven't finished it. I will blog about it in a different post. 



But anyways in tech, we have to back up our issue with evidence. We had to go to different websites and different video's to get information about our topic. Then on a doc, we had to write a piece of information from every website or video. I have put a lot of information in this so that is why today I will share all of my hard work. Evidence! I have linked all the website that I used on the document.   

I think that I packed a bunch of information in my document. I hope you can find some information that you didn't know about Bullying and Peer Pressure. If you have any more ideas for my app comment them on this blog post. What would you do if you were getting bullied or are under peer pressure? 

BYE!