Holiday

In the holidays I went to Whangarei to see my family, my aunty, my nana and my four cousins, their names are Tron, Isaiah, Avory and Jaelin. I like to go to my cousins because I barely get to see them and its nice to take a brake from my brothers every once and a while. It was pretty chill we stayed up late and jammed some games and went to McDonalds. One of my cousins is also pregnant with twins and it was pretty cool to see her. Other then that I didn’t really go out but I did talk to my friends a lot. I played call of duty mobile with Cj, Karl, Kieron and Bruce, they don’t like to admit it but I’m better then them, I top frag every game in their ranks which are higher then mine, and I always beat them in 1v1s, I’m pretty cool. I also played some Roblox with Kieron Karl and Cj, that was pretty cool. I pretty much just stayed on my phone the whole rest of the holidays because my play stations were acting up and I had no where to go out and no one to go out with. I played this game on fortnite called only up. Its pretty popular right now and I’m pretty alright at it. I’ve made it over half way up there as it is based of a game called only up which as the name suggests you go up and up until you get to the top. My dad also took me and my friend named Roman into Moerewa to get a haircut. It took pretty long about 45 minutes each but we came back looking pretty fresh and he said that he liked it and I liked mine. he got a mid taper and I got a low fade. I also got some pretty funny photos of him and he got some bad ones of me to they both somehow ended up in the class group chat and I’m pretty sure like everyone has them now. Kieron was talking some mad smack so I had to show him up in a cod 1v1. He thinks just because he is like 10 ranks above me he is better but we 1v1d and the first score was 20-18 and then we went again and it was 20-19 lets just say he’s pretty quiet now and my skill is more then just a rank. I also accidently joined one of his games on his rank and i dropped way more kills then him i second top fragged and he was like 4th or 5th lol he’s pretty trash, he should just keep his mouth quiet because now he’s trying to delete my words so the world doesn’t see that I’m better then him but not just me, Bruce and Karl too, he’s levels below, ranks don’t defy skills. get your money up not your funny up and get actually cooked Kieron better luck next time mister . tena koutou katoa

leadership

What is a leader? Everyone sees everything differently so pinpointing one thing and having everyone agree is nearly impossible, but I can still tell you what I think and try and persuade you to agree.

 

A leader is someone who chooses the pathways, the lead the way whether their leading thousands into war or their dog to the park. A leader can be anyone and I would say that everyone is a leader themselves. Making a decision can be considered as leading the way which is the attribute of a leader. But what separates a good leader from a great leader?

 

A great leader is someone who leads the way, respectfully. They are humble and don’t think they are the man because they have a higher quality and have control. They are understanding and forgiving and know how to deal with situations where others couldn’t, being calm and collective are dealing with the situation how it needs to be dealt with. They are mature and know how to have a good laugh with their people but hold them back from the dumb things they would be doing. They are kind and they’ll make time for you. Sad, they’ll be there to talk and listen to what you need to get off your shoulders. Worried, They’ll calm you and reassure you that you’re ok. Confused, and don’t know what’s going on in class, they’ll come explain it to you. That is my vision of a great leader.

 

Now let me talk about one more thing. A good leader with bad intentions, for example Hitler. You might be thinking “he’s stupid why is he talking about Hitler in leadership.” Well he led his German side into a war, the way a leader should. If he had good intentions he could’ve been a great leader but he used his leadership skills in horrible ways to make him a horrible person. Leadership is a great attribute but in times like these it’s bad used for reasons that should never be repeated, as world war is a bad thing for everyone.

 

I’ve now gone over my understanding of a leader, a great leader and a leader who used their skills for bad intentions. I hope I’ve got my points out to you all considering I put this speech together in about 20 minutes. Thank you.

Dave’s TOD Thoughts – 27/01/2023

First official day back at College and introduced to the “4 Musketeers”.  We’ve got Ruth, Ngaire, Kerry and Patsy there to provide assistance with all matters of teaching / learning / pedagogy etc.   Come to think of it we’ll also have Susan Arrowsmith on board so now they’re the “Fab Five”.  Narelle there to offer assistance as well perhaps makes for the “Super 6”.

Teaching can be challenging at times and changes in education makes for quite a fluid environment so having a support crew on board should alleviate and address those challenges.  Need to not hesitate to make use of their support otherwise countless hours can get away from you trying to figure things out on the go.

It was interesting listening to individual “moments in education” that had profound impacts on our teaching staff in one way or another.   Some of it was just sad reading / listening  but one appreciates the power of positive, caring relationships with students leading to high academic and personal growth /  development outcomes.

Our “Hoe” activity was worthwhile and provided an opportunity to look within and express one’s own strengths and qualities.  I am a value driven person and will always fall back on those and use them to drive my practices.  Still learning to remain calm in a storm.

It’s been a very productive and worthwhile day.

Ahurea

Tuakiri

is religions, beliefs, culture, blood  and race. Tuakiri is what makes everyone themselves, it is a person as a whole from race, to religion, to personality.

Turangawaewae

Turangawaewae is whare, tupuna, pepeha and such. Turangawaewaeis like your whakapapa on one being who you are and where you come from

Taonga tuku iho

Taonga tuku io is valueable passed down from generations, from whare, to jewelery, to the remains of extinct animals.

There relation to ahurea

We are leraning about ahurea, Tuakiri is who you are, Turangawaewae is where you come from and Taonga tuku iho is your valuables. This is what makes a person.

What we’ve learnt

We learnt about ourselves, our whakapapa and our valuables, we learnt who we are as a whole and what makes us, us.

Film study

In our first five weeks back of term three we have been doing film studies. For English we have been learning about camera shot and angles and watching short films to find out what angle is used and why. We created a slide using angles that we learned about and showed examples of what they are. We also made a word art about what of the angles we learned about

Creative writing

Recently we have been writing three different pieces of writing. A Poem, creative nonfiction and creative fiction. We were working around language features like adjectives, alliteration, personification and using the correct tense. Although the work I have decided to post has the least language features it is my favourite.