Paideia Seminar 2018 (Term 4)

Today the Year 7&8 extension crew had our Term 3 Paideia seminar where we came together and contributed what we learned about health and fitness from the previous term with our groups. I think I did much better job in this Paideia seminar because I contributed my ideas and my thoughts more clearly and I talked much more. One thing that stood out to me from the Paideia Seminar was that obesity(being overweight) can actually stop you from joining in sports and other active activities. 

Extension: Maori Tribe 2018

Above is the presentation me and my group: Bethan and Hineragi worked on from Term 1. In the presentation our group had to find information about the maori plants, how the maori's took care of pollution in their days and the two diffrent but deadly pollution we have here in New Zealand.

When maori ruled

What is a function and for loop? (Extension)

Today for Extension the year 7's and year 8's had to write a blog post about what a function and what a for loop is. What is a function? A function is a group of commands put together to make one specific command when coding, for example when you do the moves for the Macarena it repeats itself over and over that's just like using a function. What is a For loop? A for loop is a command that can help you repeat commands over and over.

Digital Nations 2030 Trip

Guess what on Monday the 19th of February the year 8 and 7 extension group went to a Hotel in Auckland for a very important event called Digital Nations 2030.

When we arrived at out destination we were welcomed by our close friend Zoe from OMG Tech who showed us to a room filled with computers, 3D printers and Robots. The first place that I went to with my group was the Robot stand. We had to code onto a computer and then upload into the robot so that when we press the play button the robot will do what the code says. The last stand we went to was Code Avengers. All we had to do was get through the 5 levels to the last spinning wheel that you spin to get a prize. The prize that I got was two stickers.

Overall I really enjoyed my time at the Digital Nation 2030. It has helped me improve my critical thinking about coding and taught me how to code a robot. I hope in the future some other lucky extension students will get the chance to go on this amazing event like we did.

Extension Experience this year

This year was my very first year of been in Extension and I have had a blast with Mrs Langitupu and the Year 8's and 7's. This experience of being in Extension has helped me improve more on my coding and helped me understand more about Scratch. My advise for the Year 6's who are going to be in Extension next year is to always try your best and always pay attention of what is happening. I would like to say thank you to Mrs Langitupu and Zoey from OMGT for helping me throughout the year.


One thing that I enjoyed about being in Extension was doing new tasks for a new term. I also really enjoyed working together with my friends and finding solutions for our problems throughout the year. My highlights for extension was when we were filming for our school Maniakalani Film Festival which was a lot of fun. I hope that I'm in Extension next year, Thank you Mrs Langitupu for a great experience this year.

Reflection

Last Term for extension we had a task to make a game show or make a musical instrument on Scratch with Makey-Makey and my group decided to make a game show. We had to all partner up into groups of 3 to 4 people and my group was: Alisha, Danielle and Ana, and today we hd to do a reflection of our experience.

The first thing we had to do was make up questions and search for the answer online. The next step we had to do was hook up the Makey-Makey kit on the computer, start coding the sounds and the backgrounds and we had to get Play-doh for our buzzers. In our group we all had different jobs to do, my job was to help Alisha hook up the wires and coding. The last step we had to do was test out everything with Zoey from OMG Tech and everything went smoothly.

When we presented our game we had two volunteers who were Talita and Simon. They each knew a few questions but at the end it all ended in a tie. Our group were very proud of our game and we were also proud of working together to finish of this Game for Term 3, and this task has helped me improve my knowledge for Makey-Makey.

Game Reflection

In extension this term our focus is on coding, so a few weeks ago me and my partner: Alisha have started our game for scratch where we had to make a space game. The worst problem that we had was broadcasting and making sure we had the right coding.

On the first level me and my partner: Alisha, we each did a job to finish the level, so I did the backgrounds and half of the coding while Alisha did the other half  and did the drawings of the sprites.

Problem: The problem that we had throughout the game was broadcasting because me and my partner still had problem increasing our knowledge for broadcasting.

Solution: Zoe from OMG Tech taught us there was an easier way to broadcast on scratch and she also helped us to learn more about broadcasting.

My favourite part about coding this Term for Extension was that I really got to bond with my partner and that I increased my knowledge for coding more than last term.

Space Readings

A few weeks ago the Extension group visited a website and each person read an articale and the articale that I read was How have Advances in space technology helped us on Earth


Here what I found out:

1.In the story How have Advances in Space Technology helped us on earth I have learned that the two GOES Satellites that are operating on the west and east side of the United states of America and can let us track and warn people in vulnerable places when or where a hurricane will hit.

2.I have also learned that Satellites can operate how we can see and locate oceans, deserts, Cities but some people on earth have GPS and can locate the places much easier.

3.And one thing that I have learned is that Satellites have shown that the ozone on the earth are disappearing over some parts of the Earth and are trying to find a way to use less damaging chemicals to our atmosphere.

4. The last thing that I have learned from this story is that Two other satellites: TOPEX/Poseidon and Jason 1 have been studying the oceans, and they help us understand the complex movement of ocean water.

1.In the story How have Advances in Space Technology helped us on earth I have learned that the two GOES Satellites that are operating on the west and east side of the United states of America and can let us track and warn people in

Scratch Game Reflection

Today I have finished my Scratch Game Reflection. This presentation is about how me and my buddy and I code a sprite to get through 3 levels in a game that we made.

Hidden Figures

On the 8th of March the Extension group went to Sylvia Park to watch a movie called Hidden Figures. Me and my buddy: Alisha were so exited to watch the movie. My favourite part of the movie was the last part because I the end the white people and the coloured people finally got along. I love Hidden Figures. Here is a short movie that shows us the movies.