What I have learnt this week:

On Wednesday, the year 7 and 8s had sports options. A group of about 15 girls (and one boy, but unfortunately for him will soon be lady as he is in a gym where Woman Find Strength.) Emphasis on the "Women" part. Any way, so we all went to Contours Gym. We learnt a really cool way to get fit and that's the amazing fitness program called Zumba. It really fun and active way to get fit in your own home of at a gym. We danced to about 6 or 7 different songs. They were really groovy Mexican dance songs and were a fun way to move around. I found doing Zumba really awesome and i would defiantly recommend it to people who want to lose weight. This session would probably be my favourite so far cause is was actually fun exercising, but the other two sessions aren't so much fun. I wish id have given 100% to this work out because i thought it was fun, but i really want to get more fit and do it again. Next time ill be sure to do 100%. ;)

Chinese Video Dialogue

This is a Chinese video filmed by AC and SL. We have said hello, our names, greeted each other, asked for telephone numbers, asked what food and drink we like and saying goodbye. We think that we need to improve on our tones, pronunciation, and trying to not to look at the piece of paper with what we need to say. Although we have to improve on these things, we think we did a pretty good job on the video. I think [Sophie] that this is a great video, and i think i improved on my Chinese during these few terms. Me think [Anthea] that we did do a really good job for a beginner but i do agree with Sophie that we need to learn our lines better so we don't have to look at a piece of paper. It did take a lot of trys to get this right, but this is a great video for someone who has just started learning Chinese, last term. :) ENJOY!

SAMS Learner T-shirt

In room 7, we have been creating our very own SAMS learner t-shirts. We had to draw images that relate to Explorer, Self-manager, Ccommunicator, Thinker, and Contributor.. We also were aloud to choose a couple of words to have on it. For
Explorer I have drawn Green coloured paw prints going around the page and I have also drawn a map with a magnifying glass on a map of New Zealand. Its brown for the map and Green for New Zealand. I have choose these colours because i thought that having green paw prints was very creative, because animals don't usually have green paws, and i did New Zealand green because i thought it would suit it really well.
For Self-Manager I drew a piece of paper and a pencil and some history and a science book. i choose to do a light pale pink colour for the piece of paper because i didn't just want to leave it white because that would be boring. :) For Communicator i drew a telephone, a facebook sign, and a MSN sign.
For Communicator i did a telephone, a facebook sign and a MSN sign because they are all ways of communicating, through internet, and telephone. I choose to do them that colour because i thought it would really suit my t-shirt.
For Thinker, i drew a big bold orange question mark because thinking can really be anything and you can think abouth anything at all. I chose orang because its a colour that really stands out.
And Contributor. I drew a stick figure of a girl and a boy playing together and lots of people holding hands around the world. I chose all these bright colours because it helps make a statement. So if you really wanted to get a message across, people would notice the bright colours. :)

Chinese Introduction

We have been learning to speek in Chinese in roon 7.We know how to say hello, our names, to greet each other, our telephone numbers, and say goodbye.

I think i could talk really fluently, but i wasn't to sure on how to pronounce some of the chinese words prperly.
I think i also need to work on learning some of the words off by hart, because i was looking at a book that Horim was holding for me.
So next time i want to be able to talk in Chinese without having to look at a book and to be able to speek more fluently and get my pronouncination right! :)

Sams Learner

SAMS Learner

**Things I do well and what i need to work on**

Self Manager: I think i manage myself well by getting to school on time, but i really need to work on keeping my desk tidy.

Thinker: I think i think really creativly (by saying tinkerbell in a class dissuction witch has nothing to do with the subject,) but i really think i need to think more logical.

Explorer: I think i am really adverturous with my ideas and exploring, but i think i really need to challenge myself with problems and ideas more.

Contributer: I think i can give and take answer respectfully, but i need to stick to the subject more because my mind can wonder very easily and and i am not focused very long on just one subject.

Commicator: I think i am good at sharing ideas and opinions, but i need to ask more questions. (NOT about Raibies!)