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What does ideal participatory citizenship look like? In other words, what is it that someone does if they are an ideal citizen/member within a community? (e.g. follow the rules, participate in opportunities to vote etc.). Think of people in your own communities to help you provide real life examples of what an ideal citizen does.

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Take a look at the table below which illustrates the three types of citizens as described by Joel Westheimer. Return to the brainstorm above and organise your brainstormed ideas into the three categories described (Personally responsible citizen, Participatory citizen, or Justice oriented citizen).

• Which type of citizen do you want to be and why? Write a statement describing your own citizenship and what you wish for a better community. Include the following information:
• What type of citizen do you want to be?
• What issues do you care about?
• What are your personal goals?
• What kind of impact/how do you want to impact on others to make your community a better place?

Agenda: 1 March

1st, March 2016

Tomorrow is day 2

Homework:-
Refer Mondays
-Finish your brainstorm
noun, extra info about noun, verb...........

Reminders:
Teaming

Signed:

Who We Are - Anthems, School Song, Cheer

Who We Are - Anthems, Cheers & Song

New Zealand's National Anthem

New Zealand is unique for having two national anthems of equal standing - God Defend New Zealand and God Save The Queen. Both were inspired by patriotism, yet written in very different circumstances. God Defend New Zealand seems to be our most well known anthem however.

The above YouTube clip features singer Naomi Bradford and was published by MāoriLanguage.net.

The above YouTube clip by Cindy Ruakere features all 5 verses of God Defend New Zealand.

God Defend New Zealand Lyrics

School Song (Example) Matatmata Intermediate School Song

Example of a Team / House cheer or song

Ways Individuals and groups Represent themselves

 - Ways Individuals & Groups Represent Themselves

Throughout history people have used sounds/music, designs and/or symbols to represent themselves, the things they made or did for others, their family, their clan, their tribe, or their nation.

Signs or designs were a sort of picture language that could be understood and remembered easily. Similarly music could be easily understood and created a language of sorts that could be understood by all regardless of the language they spoke.

In the days of the knights in armour, knights and kingdoms had heraldic designs. Click on the link on this page for more information or have a go yourself at researching heraldic designs.

Task: Find out about how New Zealand (As a nation) represents its identity and reflects the relationships and diversity of its people by clicking on the following links

http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/new-zealand-identity/page-7

Ways in which communities are reflected:

Flags and Pennants

Shields & Coats of Arms

Logos & Mottos

Anthems, Cheers & Songs

Banners

School Murals

Trophies / Sculptures

Who We Are - Summative Assessment

UOI 1 - Who We Are - Summative Assessment Task

The Brief:

Our class is a unique and awesome community within our team, Te Aroha, and the wider, whole school community. 

Your task is to work in your group to research, select and design at least 3 different forms/methods in which you can communicate and reflect the relationships, values and diversity of your class community. 

How will you represent diversity? roles? & responsibility?

You will need to include a written blurb with each chosen design/method/form that explains/justifies your choices.

You will also need to prepare and present a 5 minute presentation explaining your inquiry/design process, your final selected methods/form and the thought behind each of them. This will be shared with the class, much like a professional marketing company would share a rebranding presentation.

Each group will present to the class and then a vote will be taken on which designs will be used to represent our class for 2016.

Task: In your UOI book - Brainstorm / Unpack the following:

- What does it mean to be a part of Room 7? What images / symbols represent the diversity of our class?
- How do these concepts relate to us as a school?
- What message do you want others to gain from your designs?

- Brainstorm - What are some other ways that communities use/d designs/symbols or music/sounds to represent themselves?

- What kinds of information are conveyed in such designs/symbols/sounds/music? Discuss with your group and record your thoughts.

Getting ideas for your designs

Think about and make a list of:
- The things our class enjoys or likes doing
- The things our class are good at
- The things you would like our class to be known for
- What special strengths does our class have?
- Our class' values, attitudes, attributes?
- Countries/ origins of students within the class
- Special features of our class/ class environment or location
- Colours that are important to our class, the team, the school
- Now alongside your list draw symbols that match.

Getting your symbols and designs into larger shapes: - Shields, Coats of Arms, Flags or Logos

- Do several little thumbnail drawings (about 3 to 5cm high).
- Show your thumbnail drawings to a few other students then choose 2 or 3 that you like best.
- Draw these a little larger and a little more carefully.
- Try adding in a space or banner for your name or your motto.
- Show other people and invite their comments.
- Choose your favourite design.
- Using bold outlines, roughly copy or trace this design 2 or 3 times.
- Think about colours that are important to your class, team, school, wider community. Remember that light colours stand out against darker colours (contrast).
- Choose your colour scheme.
- Colour in the shapes.

Vocabulary.com

Hi Class. 

Below is a link to an "Extension Vocabulary Challenge"

Copy and paste the link and get started.

Lets see who is on top of the leaderboard by the end of tomorrow:)

http://vocab.com/join/XH1JTX

29th, Feb 2016

Tomorrow is day 1

Homework:-Weekly Quiz
-Creative Writing Prompt (see blogger)

-Extra for experts
TED-ED

What do you need to FINISH ASAP?

Reminders:
Tech Arts

Signed:

Ted ED - Human Rights

TED-Ed - Term 1 Week 5

What are the universal human rights? - Benedetta Berti

The basic idea of human rights is that each one of us, no matter who we are or where we are born, is entitled to the same basic rights and freedoms. That may sound straightforward enough, but it gets incredibly complicated as soon as anyone tries to put the idea into practice. What exactly are the basic human rights? Who gets to pick them? Who enforces them—and how? Benedetta Berti explores the subtleties of human rights.

1. Human rights are universal and apply to everybody no matter where they live - True / False - What are your thoughts?

2. The basis of contemporary international human rights law is the __________

3. Within the international system, the main body tasked with protecting human rights is _________

4. What are some of the limitations of the concept of human rights?

5. Some critics argue that the concept of human rights has become little more than a buzzword with no concrete impact. What are the main limitations of human rights today, and what do you think could and should be done to strengthen the international protection of basic rights and freedoms?

6. Explain the role, content and impact of the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

7. Explain in a nutshell the concept of human rights—provide your own definition and offer a few examples of basic human rights.

Recipe for Learning

Recipe for a successful learner

WALT - Reflect on our learning PURPOSE - Describe and Instruct MODELS - Recipe for learning  -  Success Criteria: -Used 9 buzz words -Used brackets to add information - Ingredients and quantities given - Title and description - Sequenced steps Draft/ Recraft / Publish. Analyse the following recipe and identify the key features of a recipe which you might need to include in your own recipe for a successful learner. MODEL: A recipe for learning! In a large mixing bowl stir together… Recipe words: Stir together…       Cook for…. A litre of…      A dose of… A cup of..        A teaspoon of… A tablespoon of..       A jar of… A box of..      A glass of..      A shake of..        100% of… 50g of..              80ml of… 1kg of…      A pinch of..       A bowl of…    A handful of… What words could you include? Curiosity, Commitment, Nice class mates, silence, successful teacher, good resources, relaxing time, concentration, respect, experience, difference, connective thinking, good understanding, confidence, time to ask questions. Student Example: My Recipe for Learning In a large mixing bowl combine… •A pinch of Purpose (I like everyone to know that I'm helpful). •A dash of Problem Solving (To get through my school work). •A hand full of Respect (I like to treat others how I would like to be treated). •A box full of Discipline (I like to be in control of myself in class). •A flat full of Confident (To show people that I'm not afraid to do things). •A school full of Friends (Making new people every day). •A world full with Risk Taking (Pushing myself to my limits). By Harlem

Agenda: 26th Feb

26rd Feb, 2016

Monday is day 6

Homework:
Finish things that need finishing
have fun

Reminders:
Teaming

Signed:

Student Blogging Challenge 2016

Student Blogging Challenge 2016

http://studentchallenge.edublogs.org/

What’s this challenge about?

- The basics of the challenge

The challenge is run twice a year beginning March and October for a 10 week period each time.

It is organized by Miss Sue Wyatt (@tasteach) and help is given by Mrs Sue Waters and her team at Edublogs.

There are three separate sections:
- Educators who would like to mentor a group of students
- Teachers who have a class blog who want to connect with other classes globally
- Individual students who have their own personal blog and want to connect globally with other students

More Details:

- Students, mentors and classes taking part can add a special challenge badge to their blog.

- A twitter hashtag created each year #16stubc

- All blogs must be set to open to the world – the reader doesn’t need a password to leave a comment etc

The Activities Each Week:

- Each week a post is published with a list of activities for students to choose from. You only need to complete one activity each week, but if you want to do more you can.

Examples from previous years

About me – Creating their avatar and about me page so visitors get to know them – includes being digital citizenship and cybersafety

Let’s comment – Teaching what makes a quality comment, how to connect through commenting and again cybersafety and digital citizenship

Using images – Teaches about using creative commons images, giving attribution for images, videos etc, tools for using images in posts

The other weeks of the challenge are based around a topic eg food, games, government, history, maths, nature etc

The final post for the challenge is an evaluation and audit of what they have done over the 10 week period of the challenge.

OK, so you think you might be interested in joining the next set of challenges?

Fill out the March 2016 Registration form at http://studentchallenge.edublogs.org/2016/02/20/student-registration-march-2016/

To keep track, fill in the 'Subscribe by Email' with your Berkley email in the sidebar so you will be notified when a new post is published.

Agenda: 24th Feb

23rd Feb, 2016

Tomorrow is day 4

Homework:
-Weekly Quiz

-Finishing time (blogger set up, Writing wall frame, UOI - Job responsibilities)

Talk to your caregiver and get there perspective on one of the diversity questions.

Be prepared to share
Extra for Experts
-Creative writing

-Rural/ Urban/Suburban Extension (country, city, time) (Wed)

Reminders:
Tech Arts

Signed:

Agenda: 23rd Feb

23rd Feb, 2016

Tomorrow is day 3

Homework:
-Weekly Quiz

-Finishing time (blogger set up, Writing wall frame, UOI - Job responsibilities)

Extra for Experts
-Creative writing

-Rural/ Urban/Suburban Extension (country, city, time) (Wed)

Reminders:
Tech Arts

Signed:

Diversity

WALT - Reflect on how diversity impacts a community

Tuning in:

1. In what way are people diverse?

                                    Use words/ images to describe diversity

2. Fill out a T-Chart/ Advantages/ disadvantages of Diversity in different communities/groups

Extension Questions to PONDER/ Do you have any of your own Inquiry Questions?

-Can relationships and communities be built by [working together and valuing cultural diversity and differences? How? Where? What evidence do we have?

-Is diversity celebrated at Berkley, class, New Zealand? World? HOW?

-Is diversity celebrated/accepted/expected/tolerated?

-How do we build relationships and communities by working together and valuing diversity if we speak different languages?

-What does our NZC say about diversity? P. 9/10 What does this mean in terms of Aotearoa New Zealand’s biculturalism and multiculturalism?

-Are we already diverse – in our class, in our Team, in our school, in our community, our country? What does this mean?

TED-ed

TED-Ed - Term 1 Week 4

Making sense of how life fits together - Bobbi Seleski

From something as miniscule as a cell to the biosphere we all call home, living things fit together in numerous interesting ways. Bobbi Seleski catalogs biology from our body and beyond, tracking how unicellular organisms, tissues, organs, organ systems, organisms, populations, communities, ecosystems, and our biosphere build off of each other and work together.

1. Biological organisation is a way to organise:

2. An example of a tissue is:

3. What is an example of an organ system?

4. What is the definition of an ecosystem?

5. If you studied only one section of biological organisation, which would you study and why?

Agenda: 22nd Feb

22th Feb, 2016

Tomorrow is day 2

Homework:
-Weekly Quiz

-Finishing time (blogger set up, Writing wall frame, UOI - Job responsibilities)

Extra for Experts
-Creative writing

-Rural/ Urban/Suburban Extension (country, city, time) (Wed)

Reminders:
Teaming

Signed:

Roles and Responsibilities in Room 7

Community: Room 7

Role: Tech Head

Responsibilities Include:

• Set up technological equipment required for a lesson.
• Turn on the SMART board each morning and load up the informer, via the classroom blogger.
• Log in and shut down the computer everyday.
• Ensure the SMARTBoard is switched off when not in use or is refreshed when it falls asleep during class time.
• Keep the remotes tidy and accessible for everyone in class.
• Act quickly on Mr Aspden’s demands of the SMART board.

Writer's Notebook

Writer's Notebook

Purpose: To write freely and take ownership of my writing Use your notebook to breathe in the world around you. You could write about: - What amazes / surprises / angers you - What you wonder about - What you notice / what intrigues you - Memories - Lists - Photos, articles, ticket stubs or artefacts - Your own sketches, drawings or diagrams relating to our unit - Quotes or inspiring passages from books or poems Once you have gathered writing in your notebook, try the following ideas: - reread to dig out the best material - Experiment with new kinds of writing. - Write about personal things – fears, nightmares or dreams Remember these tips: - Keep your notebook handy so that you can write at any place and time - Pull your notebook out whenever you have a few minutes with nothing to do. - The notebook you keep should reflect you. - Writing can be fun. Your notebook is a place to enjoy writing. Revision is more than just a way to fix a broken piece of writing.  It is also a way to honour a good piece and make it even better.  Here are some ideas to experiment with: - Change the beginning: experiment with new sentence starters. - Change the ending: try a surprising ending / the complete opposite of what you have written. - Add a new section: Have you left out something important? - Remove a section: A piece of writing is like a rose bush – it grows healthier after you prune the unnecessary parts. - Change the genre – The story you are writing might make a great poem. - Change the point of view: Try telling the story from a different perspective – rather than using “I’,      try writing it as “she” - Change the tense: From past to present

Agenda:19th, Feb

19th Feb, 2016

Monday is day 1

Homework:
Enjoy the weekend!
Personalise your blog?


Reminders:
Tech Arts


Signed:

Agenda:18th Feb

18th Feb, 2016

Tomorrow is day 6

Homework:
20m your choice
-Who we are / Poem
Notices:
Meet the Teacher
Thursday, 6pm: Drama Studio
6:20 Room Rm 7
International Travel 8a: 7pm


Reminders:
Teaming


Signed:

11 Feb

Blogging

How to Set up a Blog:

1. Search Blogger

2. Choose person on right (create new...)

3. Title = Your name

4. Add your address       Nameroom7BNMS

5. In settings add author

raspden@berkley.school.nz

6. Template/ Background to change your background

7. Add a post "About me" 2 paragraphs describing you: Who you are

8. To view your blog click : View Blog

9. To add a new post click NEW POST on the blogger (Remember to give it a label so you can find this again.

Happy Blogging

The purpose of this blog is to showcase your learning to the wider community.

Agenda 17th Feb

17th Feb, 2016

Tomorrow is day 5

Homework:
Job Description Due Thursday at latest
Extra for Experts:
-About me blurb on your Blog
-Wonderopolis 

Notices:
Meet the Teacher
Thursday, 6pm: Drama Studio
6:20 Room Rm 7
International Travel 8a: 7pm

Year 9 Camp letter


Reminders:
Tech arts


Signed:

Agenda: 16th Feb, 2016

16th Feb, 2016
Tomorrow is day 4
Homework:
Job Description Due Thursday at latest
1. What is your turangawaewae? Use your reading to make meaning of the term

Notices:
Meet the Teacher
Thursday, 6pm: Drama Studio
6:20 Room Rm 7
International Travel 8a: 7pm


Reminders:
Tech arts
School hat is compulsory

Signed:

Tuurangawaewae

Key Questions:
-What is the clip about?

-What connections can you make between the concept of 'Tuurangawaewae', and concept of community?

Multiple Intelligencies

What is your learning Style?

Te Aroha Teaming Cycle

Te Aroha Teaming Cycle

Who AM I

Home Learning

TED-Ed

Who am I? A philosophical inquiry - Amy Adkins

Throughout the history of mankind, the subject of identity has sent poets to the blank page, philosophers to the agora and seekers to the oracles. These murky waters of abstract thinking are tricky to navigate, so it’s probably fitting that to demonstrate the complexity, the Greek historian Plutarch used the story of a ship. Amy Adkins illuminates Plutarch’s Ship of Theseus.

1. Who was Theseus?

2. What did Theseus do in Crete before sailing home to Athens?

3. How long did the Athenians maintain the ship of Theseus in the harbour?

4. To maintain the ship of Theseus, how often did Athenians replace the parts on it?

5. When two things are numerically identical, it means:

6. Why is the question "Who am I" so difficult to answer?

7. When something is a paradox, it means that it seems illogical. How is the story of the Ship

 of Theseus a paradox?

Agenda: 15th Feb

15th Feb, 2016

Tomorrow is day 3

Homework:

Job Description Due Thursday at latest

Who We Are - Blogger
TED ED talk

Notices:

Meet the Teacher

Thursday, 6pm: Drama Studio

6:20 Room Rm 7

International Travel 8a: 7pm

Reminders:

Tech arts

School hat is compulsory

Signed: