A Reflection of Our Akomanga Kaihanga Journey During Term 2

  Akomanga Kaihanga Journey

                          

Hi My Name is Cherry Bacia, I'm a year 10 and I'm studying in Tamaki College. Today, I'm going to reflect our Akomanga Kaihanga Journey Group Projects and this happens during term 2. On our group projects we got  team got four members and the name of our team is "Visual Arts" and the people in my team are Leanah, David, Neveah and me.

My team's main idea is "how might we make our school a more vibrant space?". Our point is that we want to make our school more colourful like the other places or just like other schools, we want to make students in our school to be happy, inspired by showing the result of our project challenge, also we make our school more vibrant by painting benches around school. The resources that we used to make our school more vibrant space are paint, aprons, brushes, and drop cloths.

Our design thinking process that we took to answer our how might we question are to "Ideate" and "Prototype". To define our challenge, we had to come up with ideas as a group on how we could make our school environmentally friendly and vibrant. We use ideate because the process we used to figure out what we wanted our project to be about was brainstorming amongst ourselves and each coming up with different ideas that we could implement, and our prototype is that we had to write a proposal for Neil during our prototyping process. We had to make a comparison between the Glen Innes benches and the benches we have around the school for the proposal. Our original project was completely reworked, which was an unexpected outcome. Initially, we planned to hold a competition between houses, with the winning designs being painted on bins throughout the school. Due to lack of time, we chose to concentrate on making our school more colourful.

We were overjoyed because we received positive feedback from students, staff, caretakers, and teachers. We hadn't expected the students to like it, so we decided to paint all of our school's benches in the future or during present. We just need some improvements just like better time management, more participation in group discussions and activities, but our key learning skills is how to write a proposal and how to paint over timber.

When it came time for our showcase, I was so nervous because I knew we needed to be positive when we presented, but I wasn't presented when I read our project. Our families, on the other side, were incredibly proud of us because we did everything we could to demonstrate to them that their children can make our dreams come true and that we are doing the right thing, just like the other groups. We want to make our parents proud, just as we want to make ourselves proud.

We could improve our teamwork and communication skills so that we can complete some group project work on time, and maybe ask someone in our group to help us work out what to do so that we can do it better. We also want to improve is our confidence because we are very shy in front of others and to each other as a team.

Overall, the first rotation of project-based learning during term 2 taught me that we can even help each other as a team and that we need more time to work on our tasks. We also need to improve our shyness into being a positive person or a positive team so that we can do better than we did before. It is important for us to learn these things because they provide us with help and allow us to get to know each other better. Helping yourself is a key word in developing confidence and Dream is also an important word in realising your dreams.

Study Notes - Mathematics

 Today, in Mathematics we are making study notes of Number for our topic test on Friday. Now, I go to Mathematics site and we are talking about Number, Order of Operation, Rounding, Standard Form, Percentage "of mean times", Percentage increase/decrease, 

Number

• Multiples - Multiples are set of numbers that correspond to a base number that has been mulitplied by other numbers. A Multiple is formed by multiplying a given number by the counting numbers. 

Multiples: 3, 6, 9, 12...

• Factor - Factor is a number or algebraic expression that divides another number or expression evenly. Factors are the numbers you mulitply together to get a product.

Factor: 15 - 1, 3, 5, 15

• Prime Number - A Prime Number are numbers that have only 2 factors. A Prime Number is a number that can only be divided evenly (no remainders) by itself and the number 1.

• HCF (Highest Common Factor) - Highest Common Factor is found by finding all common factors of two numbers and selecting the largest one.

Highest Common Factor is 4.

8: 1, 2, 4, 8

12: 1, 2, 4, 6, 12

• LCM (Lowest Common Factor) - Lowest Common Factor is a multiple number you get when you multiply a number by a whole number. 

Lowest Common Factor is 24

6: 6, 12, 18, 24, 30, 36 ...

8: 8, 16, 24, 32, 40 ...

Order of Operation 

Here is what we did to solve problems and it's called BEDMAS: 

• B - stands for brackets.
• E - stands for exponents.
• D - stands for division.
• M - stands for multiplication.
• A - stands for addition.
• S - stands for subtraction.

Rounding 

Rounding means replacing a number with an approximate value that has a shorter, simpler, or more explicit representation.

 Example:

Replacing $23.4476 with $23.45, the fraction 312/937 with 1/3 or the expression √2 with 1.414.

Number	1dp	2dp	3dp
34.3565	34.4	34.36	34.357

Standard Form

Standard form allows us to write numbers without using as many digits. A number is standard form is written in two parts: Number from 1 to 9 x power of 10

Example: 

35 946 (first number must be from 1 - 9)

followed by power of 10

Answer: 3.5946 x 10 power of 4

Percentage (of mean times)

In mathematics, a percentage is a number or ratio expressed as a fraction of 100.

3/5 of 400 = 240

10% of 600 = 60

Increase/Decrease:

To Increase/Decrease an amount by a percentage, first calculate the percentage of the amount and then either add this answer on to increase the quantity, or subtract this answer to decrease the quantity.

Example:

Question	Working	Answer
Increase 60 by 10% Decrease 200 by 5%	60 + 10% * 60 200 - 5% * 200	66 190

Smart Goal

 "SMART GOAL"

For me, the meaning of SMART GOAL are Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and Time. It is important to us students to learn the Smart Goal so that we can help our parents and achieve our dreams in the right time. Smart Goal set us up for success by mkaing it Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and Time. The Smart method helps us to push further and gives us a sense of direction and helps us organize and to reach our goals.

What are SMART GOAL Example?

Smart Goal have different examples:

S = Specific

Specific is a clear and specific as possible with what you want to achieve. The more narrow your goal, the more you’ll understand the steps necessary to achieve it.

Example: “I want to earn a position managing a development team for a startup tech company.”

M = Measurable

Measurable is what evidence will prove you’re making progress toward your goal? For example, if your goal is to earn a position managing a development team for a startup tech company, you might measure progress by the number of management positions you’ve applied for and the number of interviews you’ve completed. Setting milestones along the way will give you the opportunity to re-evaluate and course-correct as needed. When you achieve your milestones, remember to reward yourself in small but meaningful ways.

Example: “I will apply to three open positions for the manager of a development team at a tech startup.”

A = Achievable

Achievable have you set an achievable goal? Setting goals you can reasonably accomplish within a certain time-frame will help keep you motivated and focused. Using the above example of earning a job managing a development team, you should know the credentials, experience and skills necessary to earn a leadership position. Before you begin working toward a goal, decide whether it’s something you can achieve now or whether there are additional preliminary steps you should take to become better prepared.

Example: “I will update my resume with relevant qualifications, so I can apply to three open positions for the manager of a development team at a tech startup.”

R = Realistic

Relevant is when setting goals for yourself, consider whether or not they are relevant. Each of your goals should align with your values and larger, long-term goals. If a goal doesn’t contribute toward your broader objectives, you might rethink it. Ask yourself why the goal is important to you, how achieving it will help you and how it will contribute toward your long-term goals.

Example: “To achieve my goal of being in leadership, I will update my resume with relevant qualifications so I can apply to three open positions for the manager of a development team at a tech startup.”

T = Time

Time-based is what your goal time-frame? An end-date can help provide motivation and help you prioritize. For example, if your goal is to earn a promotion to a more senior position, you might give yourself six months. If you haven’t achieved your goal in that time-frame, take time to consider why. Your time-frame might have been unrealistic, you might have run into unexpected roadblocks or your goal might have been unachievable.

Example: “To achieve my goal of being in leadership, I will update my resume with relevant qualifications so I can apply to three open positions for the manager of a development team at a tech startup this week.”

Waitangi Day

 "Waitangi Day"

Waitangi Day was signed on 6th of February 1840 when it was Waitangi Day. William Hobson was signed the Waitangi Day and the points of view are an opinions or ideas that people believe in. There are 3 different Points of View on the Waitangi Day and they are A Day of Shame, Waitangi Day is a great to remember because they want a peaceful place and the last one A Day of School and Work. 

They have their Point Of View are a story that can be told from the first person, second person or third person of point of view (POV). Writers use POV to express the personal emotions of either themselves or their characters. The POV of a story is how the writer wants to convey the experience to the reader. 

In my perpspective on wether it is important to celebrate Waitangi Day or not for me it is still important to celebrate Waitangi Day because Waitangi Day is the national day of New Zealand, marking the anniversary of the initial signing which is on the 6th of February 1840 of the Treaty of Waitangi, which is regarded as the founding document of the nation.

It is important to learn about the Treaty because we can learn more about Waitangi Day. The Principles of the Treaty are referred to in several Acts of Parliament. It is an important part of New Zealand education system and it can also show how actually New Zealand works. The Treaty governs the relationship between Maori, the indigenous people and everyone else and ensures the rights of both Maori and non-Maori are protected.