Caritas Challenge Reflection

Hi last week, Week 3, St Francis of Assisi participated in the Caritas Challenge. In the Caritas Challenge we did some reflections and here is mine.
Q:  Describe your experience of our Kaupeka Caritas Challenge so far. What does “1 day of difference for a lifetime of change” mean to you?
A: I've loved it so far, it means a lot to me to know that the money that we have raised is going to people that need it most.
One day of difference to me is a lot. One day of seeing and feeling like the people that are out there today living with less that we have.
Q: What has been a challenge for you so far during the day and/or what might be a challenge for you during the night? How did you or how will you overcome this?
A: During that day the challenges have been easy for me, the biggest challenge was building the shelter it was wasn't easy to work out what we were going to build, how it was going to stand up, how we were going to fit in the shelter and how warm we can make it. During the night the challenge that I think will be hard for me is go to sleep in a cardboard box cold. I hope I can get as much sleep as I can.
Q: What connections can you make with the people of Timor-Leste/ those living in poverty from your experience in our Caritas Challenge so far?
A: I could give money, food and more to the Caritas to give to people that can use the money and food to say as healthy as possible and trying to live in a house, get a job and more things that will help them.
Q: What could you do to help those living in poverty in our local community? (Think back to our City Missioner visit this morning).
A: To give all the things that I wouldn't use to the City Mission to help the people that need a better job, a place to live, clean clothes and more.
Q: What have you learned about Social Justice and Empathy while participating in our Kaupeka Caritas Challenge?

A: I am very lucky we are to have a warm bed, a roof over my head, a warm house, a car, clean cloths and so much more then what people have that I do and don't tack as an advantage and will now.

Here is a photo of us writing our reflection:

A Way That Will Make It Easier To Get An Assessment Done

Hi,  I'm going to tell you a way that will make it easier to get an assessment done. This will come in handy when it's an assessment that you would like to  get a better mark. Before we get to know how to plan out the assessment you need to have a plan. Know what the requirements are, like how long you have to do the assessment, what it must have in it, what it needs and how it is planned, why you are doing it and when it is due.

It is a way to spread out your assessment over the  time you are given. If you had 3 weeks to write a story, in the first week you should do half of your story (50%). Then In the second week write the next half of your story (the other 50%). Then you can edit and make it better in the third week.

What Assessments do you like and dislike?

Math Maintenance

In term 1 & 2 that year 7/8 hub has been doing math's Maintenance where we've had four levels to choose from. Green is easy, Blue is median, Yellow is hard and Purple is extra hard. I'm doing blue, in blue there are questions like 15% of 70 and 3/6 of 36, those are the harder ones. The easier ones are like 7 x 8 and how many hundreds are in 234,643. We are given 10 Questions and one week to complete them, we must mark and hand them in at the end of the week. I enjoy doing math's and I can't wait for next weeks Math Maintenance.
Do you do  Math Maintenance? If you don't what do you do instead? 

Cross Country

In Week One St Francis of Assisi ran the Cross Country. The Year 7/8s ran 3 km around Walter Park and the Year 5/6 ran 2 km. I came 13th and one of my friends (Joanna) came 3rd and she will be going to Zones. I'm very happy for her and wish her good luck. I'm very proud of myself, know I really want to do more things outside know.
Did you do Cross Country? If you did did you place?

The Books I've Bean Reading

This term the books I've bean reading a series called The Hero's of Olympus. It's a good story, I would recommend it to people who like adventures, monsters and scary things. The books are about a group of 7 kids traveling from America to Rome.  They fight demons and creatures that are terrifying. The characters in the story are brave and are always ready to fight more to save the world. The books are written by Rick Riordan, he also writes Percy Jackson, Kane Chronicles,  The Magnus Chase, The Trials of Apollo and more. These books are so good every time I have to stop reading them I just want to open it again.
What books do you read?

Bridle Path And Ferrymead

On Friday of week 8, the year 7/8 hub went up the bridle path and then to ferrymead. I was in the afternoon group, witch means that I went up the bridle path at 10:00 am and then went to Ferrymead to see what it was like in the 1950s to the 1960s to 4:30 pm. My favorite was the bridle path because I love to walk and I love it even more when it's a nice and warm day witch it was. I also like it because I feell like I'm in one of my favorite books going on an adventurer.  On the bridle path we walked up it then we went in the time tunnel, then we came back down in the Gondola then we went to ferrymead. at Frerrymead we learned what it was like in the 1950s to the 1960s, the first thing I did was baking scones, we baked scones because that is what they baked back then  and they had them for tea party and when they invited there friends over. Next we went to the toy store to see what toys they played with. some of the toys were: hula hoops, fishing games, a go cart and more.  Lucky last we went to school! the school and how it worked is a lot different to what school is know. They had a row of seats for girls, a row of seats for boys, they didn't have groups or a uniform. The play grounds were a lot different to today. I had so much fun, I think that you should go. Have you?