Balanced Argumentation

Should phones be allowed in schools?

There is nothing wrong with using technology in the classroom but on the other hand, it can be distracting for students, today I am going to look at both sides of this argument.

Arguments against the use of phones at school

Most students at school would own a phone and that means a lot of kids may use their phone during class which I personally do not agree with. Firstly, it is distracting. If students are allowed to use their phone in class they can download a game and play it during class or they can check their social media, send texts to other students in class and getting them to check their phone, and it can also interrupt learning time when the teacher is telling everyone to turn devices off. Secondly, people can cheat using their phones! If they let students use their phones in class during a test, they can cheat and search up the answer online and use it! It can lead to poor understanding of the subject when they grow older.

Arguments for the use of phones at school

If everyone uses their devices correctly during class, it can be helpful for them! Firstly, if there is a emergency, they can call their child to come home while they are at school or if they had forgot something and had left it back at their house they can call they parents to come bring it to them. Finally it can be used to play educational games, watch educational videos to help better their understanding of the topic that they are doing.

I think that phones shouldn’t be allowed at school, and in case of an emergency, parents should call the school staff and not their phones as it may cause disruptions in class, if students end up bringing their phone to school I think they school bring it to the teachers at the beginning of school and collect it at the end of the day.

SLJ Paying it Forward

If I were able to go back in time to the 1930s during the great depression and help the families I would buy them clean water, Money, a house, clothing, a car, games, food, medicine and some toys to play with and education for their children.

Plan a Party

For maths this week we are planning a party! We had a budget of $200 and we had to buy food, decorations and entertainment then add them all up. The easy part for me was finding what I was gonna buy, the hard part was staying inside the budget. 

Holiday Weeks

Today in Cybersmart we were learning the number of weeks are in holidays in different countries, I did it buy opening a Google Spreadsheet and putting in the amount of weeks in the holiday fr the country and the country, then I inserted a chart changed the colors and then I posted it my blog!

Background Burner

Today in cybersmart we used this thing called Background Burner and I took a photo from online and took it to the Background burner and it took off the background for me, then I found a underwater ocean online and put it behind then I added text. The thing that was easy for me was finding a picture, the hard part was burning the background. 

Adding Decimals Animation

This week we got to do our own maths Learn Create Share about adding and subtracting decimals, I chose to do adding decimals since we just learnt about it.

Maths Challenge

For maths this week we had a challenge to do and we had to buy some food from KFC, Mcdonalds, or Burgerfuel for our friends, I bought it for Aween and Aween Bought some for me. The challenging part was totalling up the cost.

Thinking About Decimals

This week we are doing a Thinking about Decimals activity for maths.

Minecraft Hour of Code

Today we were doing Cybersmart with Mrs G, and for Cybersmart today we are doing Minecraft hour of code, I completed The Minecraft Adventurer and The Minecraft Designer coding activity.

Grocery Store Maths Activity

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For maths this week we are doing this grocery store maths activity. The easy part for me was adding them up together, and the hard part was thinking of what to eat and drink for the day.

Persuasive Plastic Bags Poster

For reading this week we are doing a persuasive poster about plastic bags or dogs on leads giving our reasons if we are for or against it and I did both of them. The easy part was finding pictures, the hard part for me was thinking of reasons to ban plastic bags.

Adding Decimals

For our maths this week we are doing this Menu Activity where we get to order from Lone Star, then we had to total up the meal after that we added it all together. The easy part for me was ordering the food, then the hard part was totalling it all up.

Me, We, Them

This week for our reading we need to do this work sheet called Me, We, Them for our conservation topic. The easy part was writing it all down, the hard part was thinking of stuff to put in my worksheet.

Conservation Word Cloud

For our reading tasks this week we need to create a word cloud about Conservation, this is my Word Cloud. The easy part was choosing the fonts, the hard part for me was thinking of words to put into my word cloud.

STEAM Information Presentation

In week 10 we are doing a STEAM Fair and here is our information for our poster board. 

New Zealand Places diagram

In this task we learnt the Maori and English names of places around New Zealand

 and found where they are placed. I found it hard to pronounce the maori words

           and I really enjoyed dicovering where in New Zealand they are.

The Data Bank Research Company

For maths, we are doing a learning game called the Data Bank Research Company.

The Ice Experiment

For one of my reading tasks we have to do 'The Ice Experiment' and design Jordan's science project.

Quality blog comment

Today in Cybersmart we did videos on blog comments.

Identifying Variables

For writing we had to do the Identifying Variables worksheet. The hard part for me was thinking of what the answers were. The easy part was getting it into the correct place.

Match the Terms

For reading we have to do a Match the Terms with their meanings worksheet, the hard part was figuring out where it goes and the easy part for me was putting the answers in the right place.

Storyboard

Star Jumps

WALT: Collect data and create a graph

We created a graph using the data we collected from the data collection stations and I wrote it in my maths book and then I went onto google draw and put all the data in. This is a pictograph.

Names	Star Jumps
Hunter	60
Aedyn	62
Jayden	60
Jessica	74

Spheros

We are using Spheros for our STEAM activities and we had to answer the following questions they put on the class site. 

How to Look After a Cat

Last week we were working on reports and we have to write our report about How To Look After a Pet and I chose a cat because I have a cat myself.

Scratch Reading

For reading we are learning about scratch which is a coding language aimed at mainly for kids.

Time Management Topic

We have to do Time Management as a part of our new topic.

Pulse Before and After Starjumps

WALT: Collect data and create a graph

For maths we had to do the Data Collection stations and we did this activity, we wrote down the data in our books and then we made a double bar graph with all the data collected! I made the double bar graph by going on google sheets, putting in the data I put below and I went to insert and then going to chart and choosing the graph I want to use!

	Before	After
Jessica	107	104
Jayden	150	115
Aedyn	106	150
Hunter	115	120

Tone Animation

Today in Cybersmart we learnt about Tone and we had to make a animation about it and this my animation!

3 Way Confrences

This is a learning reflection of what we have done in term 2. 

Greg's New Pet

For literacy we had to do a picture book.

Maths Vocab

Fairy Tales Reading

Author Study

For literacy we are doing an Author Study and we have to choose an Author, 

I chose Jeff Kinney for it.

The easy part was finding out info, The hard part for me was trying to pick an author to do.

Time Problem Solving

This week we are learning about time and we had to do problem solving using a number line.

Cybersmart Recording

A friend of you copies what you write in your diary and posts it online.
- Was your friend wrong to post your diary entry?
- How would you feel if someone did this with your diary? What do you do?
This is my video on how I would feel like.

Maths Task

In maths we had a task were we had to post on our blog our new learning we learnt in maths,

I learnt about place value! 

Advertisment For The PCS Variety Show

I made a advertising poster for the PCS Variety Show.

The technique I used for my poster was exaggeration, I used exaggeration because when I say a thousand reasons theres a thousand good reasons why but I don't actually have a thousand reasons for you to go to the show! 

Just Like Everyone Else

In reading we read a book called Just Like Everyone Else, and we had to do a summarising task.
The easy part was reading the book.
The hard part for me was thinking of Main Idea Words.

Maths Sign Language 1-10

In maths we had to do a task which was making a slide and putting on New Zealand Sign Language on it. The hard part for me was trying to figure out how to do the sign language right. The easy part was making the presentation. 

Topic

In Topic, we listed different dance moves to change up and perform.
The hard part for me was thinking of different dance moves
The easy part was writing it all down onto the presentation.

Word Clouds

 In Cybersmart today I made two word clouds, one that has information that your allowed to share and another word cloud that has information that you can't share online, like you adress or your full name.

The part that was hard for me was trying to think of words for the word cloud.

The Queens Baton Relay

Today in Cybersmart we had to make a presentation about the Queens

Baton Relay. The hardest part is finding out what the places are.

Commonwealth Games 2018 GIF

For Cybersmart today we could make a GIF about the upcoming Commonwealth Games.
I like adding the theme and text.
It was hard finding the stickers that were relevant to the Commonwealth games. 

America Trip Photos

These are the photos from our America trip! 

America Trip

My Word Cloud

We Read the book How Big is your Footprint for reading and then I made a word cloud with all the words related to the book we read! I enjoyed making this word cloud, it was a bit hard to think of all the words to put in it.

This Weeks Learning

This Week while everyone was at the Summer Sports we made Bread in Room 5! It was delicious when we got to taste it! We also have been learning about our new topic which is change, we have been doing some work around the topic Change. I have enjoyed doing swimming lessons this week too. I finished my Pepeha and its on my Korowai now, I liked scratching out my Pepeha. I used a wooden stick to scratch it out.

PCS Expectations

Chant

Chant:

We are the best

We are respectful towards others

We are responsible for our jobs

We are connected to everyone

We are learners

We are PCS.