School life in Malawi

Our Topic today is to compare the similarities and differences about yourself and another person from another part of a country.


omar

12 years old

walks 6 kilometers to school

wakes up 06:00

6:30 the students have to come

They clean up the playground

lessons start 7:00

sing national anthem school mornings.

the students are 12-16 years old

students have exams at the end of the year

they fail because they help their family

They don't have enough books

Most girls stay home to learn how to cook and farm.

Student need to share a textbook between 5 people

many can't afford pencils or pens.

They get 2 brakes. at 8:40 and 10:40 each for 10 minutes

Malawi doesn't have power.

omars parents died when she was younger. she now lives with her grandma and grandpa.

omar and her brothers and sisters sleep on the floor

Omars house has 1 bedroom

Her grandfather sleeps on the bed in there.

in the afternoons omar has to help with the chorus

omar gets water from the village

She walks all the way back to her house with the water bucket on her head.

Her grandfather is sick so he can't work.

When she has finished her chores she plays with her siblings.

Omars favorite sport is netball.

girls play netball and boys play football.

Students go to school at 7:00 pm to study

They sleep in the classroom

Intro: This week we are comparing our lives with a girl named Omar. She is a primary student who lives in Malawi. We recently watched her video about her life., and her school life at Mwaya.

I think we have differnt school lives, because she wakes up at 6:00 to walk to school. We wake up at 7:00 am and some people go to school at 8:00 or 8:30.

She walks 6 kilometers to school on the rocky dusty ground with no shoes., we drive to school.

At her school students are 12-16 years old  , everyone has an exam at the end of the year. If they fail they stay at the school until they pass it , If they pass it they move to secondary school. They have 2 breaks at 8:40 and 10:40 each for 10 minutes.

Some girls stay home to learn how to cook and farm from their mothers, that means they don't have time to study for exams. Its not just the girls its most of the children. They fail because they help their families

Omars life at home is really frustrating because her mother and father died when she was young.She and her brother and sisters has to sleep on the floor while the grampa sleeps on the only bed because hes sick.Omar has to do chores she walks to the well and collects water for her family that is used for bathing,cooking and cleaning

ds go to the school at night time to study for the exam. When its 9:00 they stop studying and sleep at the school.

Similarities:

we both wake up early

we do chores

they sing their national anthem

they study

Cooking

They farm their food.

differences

they have to clean their school

fetch water out of the well

their plumbing dont work

They have no power.

live so far from school

they walk 6 km

They only eat porridge!

we have big houses

They sleep on the floor

one bed

have no shoes

walks on a rocky dusty road.

We have comfortable shoes unlike omar she has bare feet and has to walk on a rocky dusty road . She has to clean her school every time she gets there.

we have the contrast things as omar here in Nz that we both clean and do chores. But her chores are more difficult than ours. some students study at school unlike people in Nz they can just study at home because they have time.

Similarly to omar we both sing our own national anthem and we study. We also have chores to do everyday. We also do exams when were in college.

My Highlights For 2013

My highlights for this year is....

This year has been awesome because I thought my class that I was going to be in would be boring as I planned it but it wasn’t. It was fantastic I made new friend’s the first day I started their name’s were Helen,Sarona and Mya And I have much much more  my teachers were awesome too my friends always have my back.

And how the year 8s went to camp because we went into room 19 it was fun with Ms Tito we baked and played and did much much more only year 7s it was the best until they came back.

I like maths but i’m not very good at it right now i'm in pyramids for my but i'm trying to be in the smartest group Icosahedrons I keep on going to this presentation called tracking my success and it helps me succeed in maths

I'm learning in maths how to Fraction,Decimals and percentages in year 7  

   

                     

Netbook Reflecton 2013

How has having a netbook connected to the internet helped my learning?


With my net book connected I can do anything no more tired hands and running out of paper without my netbook connected I wouldn't be in this position right now

I have learnt from my teacher Inverse a year 8 strategy and he also told me if I ever needed help with a strategy just click on tracking my success and there is heaps of links to click on that could help you.

Things I have learnt on my own are Learning the time and Multiplication.

I have learnt something of my friend is place value and percentages.  

I have helped people with some of their questions on math whizz.

We have our own Gmail and whenever we need to do something important you just go to create and there's all sort of things you will need It is better than pencils and paper It helps me a lot in maths reading and writing.

 

What I like about my netbook:

I love learning new things in math whizz and xtra math

Tracking my success

checklists

games when Mr Barks or Ms Nua lets me play games

Its better to use with Instead of books and pencils

  

The Most Exciting Place That I Didn't Go To

Intro:The day when the year 7’s went to an exciting heart pounding place well I stayed at school was boring.

Today was the day when the year 7s went to Action world well I stayed at school. Me and Ascena had to ask Ms Squires which class we were in, she looked very confused she didn't answer our question until the year 7s left on the bus. It was time for Assembly boring as usual.It was so akward me, Ascena and Elizabeth were the only year 7s and year 8s.

Suddenly out of nowhere out popped Ms Squires which class do you want to be in she asked “which class do you want to be in room 7 ok” Ascena and me buddied up well Elizabeth picked room 8 when the assembly was finished we both went to Ms Glazes class First we had to do breathing exercises then we had to make A movie because Ms Blake is leaving but we had to keep it a secret.

Time to film It was challenging because the little kids from room 2 were playing around
after all that drama we were finally done then we had to put this Astounding movie together It was time for lunch the year 7s were coming back then we had to go back to our intermediate classes We played and danced by the time we finished I was as exhausted as a sleeping sloth because you know sloths sleep a lot. I thought today would be awful but it just turned out okay.

Swimming Reflection

Intro:For the last two weeks team 5 has been learning how to swim so today I'm  writing a reflection about my swimming.

I learnt how to swim on the side properly and swim without touching the bottom

I think i've improved in swimming on the side and my stroke technique

In the future I need to work on:My back strokes because I am terrible at doing this and need to do better with my feet because I keep on touching the bottom of the ground.  

School Life In Malawi Mya and Sapphire

omar

12 years old

walks 6 kilometers to school

wakes up 06:00

6:30 the students have to come

They clean up the playground

lessons start 7:00

sing national anthem school mornings.

the students are 12-16 years old

students have exams at the end of the year

they fail because they help their family

They don't have enough books

Most girls stay home to learn how to cook and farm.

Student need to share a textbook between 5 people

many can't afford pencils or pens.

They get 2 brakes. at 8:40 and 10:40 each for 10 minutes

Malawi doesn't have power.

omars parents died when she was younger. she now lives with her grandma and grandpa.

omar and her brothers and sisters sleep on the floor

Omars house has 1 bedroom

Her grandfather sleeps on the bed in there.

in the afternoons omar has to help with the chorus

omar gets water from the village

She walks all the way back to her house with the water bucket on her head.

Her grandfather is sick so he can't work.

When she has finished her chores she plays with her siblings.

Omars favorite sport is netball.

girls play netball and boys play football.

Students go to school at 7:00 pm to study

They sleep in the classroom

Intro: This week we are comparing our lives with a girl named Omar. She is a primary student who lives in Malawi. We recently watched her video about her life., and her school life at Mwaya.

I think we have differnt school lives, because she wakes up at 6:00 to walk to school. We wake up at 7:00 am and some people go to school at 8:00 or 8:30.

She walks 6 kilometers to school on the rocky dusty ground with no shoes., we drive to school.

At her school students are 12-16 years old  , everyone has an exam at the end of the year. If they fail they stay at the school until they pass it , If they pass it they move to secondary school. They have 2 breaks at 8:40 and 10:40 each for 10 minutes.

Some girls stay home to learn how to cook and farm from their mothers, that means they don't have time to study for exams. Its not just the girls its most of the children. They fail because they help their families

Omars life at home is really frustrating because her mother and father died when she was young.She and her brother and sisters has to sleep on the floor while the grampa sleeps on the only bed because hes sick.Omar has to do chores she walks to the well and collects water for her family that is used for bathing,cooking and cleaning

ds go to the school at night time to study for the exam. When its 9:00 they stop studying and sleep at the school.

Similarities:

we both wake up early

we do chores

they sing their national anthem

they study

Cooking

They farm their food.

differences

they have to clean their school

fetch water out of the well

their plumbing dont work

They have no power.

live so far from school

they walk 6 km

They only eat porridge!

we have big houses

They sleep on the floor

one bed

have no shoes

walks on a rocky dusty road.

We have comfortable shoes unlike omar she has bare feet and has to walk on a rocky dusty road . She has to clean her school every time she gets there.

we have the contrast things as omar here in Nz that we both clean and do chores. But her chores are more difficult than ours. some students study at school unlike people in Nz they can just study at home because they have time.

Similarly to omar we both sing our own national anthem and we study. We also have chores to do everyday. We also do exams when were in college.