Science Fair - Part 5

After the Celebration of my learning, I have been asked to write a blog post on my driving question. What is a driving question? It's not my question but the purpose of why I asked the question, which was 'how do I successfully conduct an investigation?' We learnt how to do this by conducting an experiment, my one being 'how easily can you password be hacked?' A driving question is finding out how or why we do something by asking a different question, so sort of like drawing data from your data; we look at our presentation and see how to write a question, hypothesis, list of materials, method, sum up your results, or a conclusion.

When have you ever done something involving a driving question? Tell me down below! 

Science Fair - Part 4

After about four weeks of hard work, we are finally ready to present our findings, including our experiments. There were many different topics and types of experiment, each unique and interesting one making up a large part of the presentation board. It has been a privilege to participate in such a involving and active event, especially on the afternoon when everyone displayed their research to classmates, relatives, and anyone else who came to inspect our learning! I enjoyed the way the school chose to let everyone view our handiwork, and I would definitely encourage more things like this.

Here are two links that will take you to my published results and conclusion if you would like to view them.
Results
Conclusion

Have you ever taken part in a Science-related work exhibit?
If so, tell me when and where you took part in it! Thanks for viewing!

Peer Mediation - Part 2

Peer Mediation is a great opportunity to interact with younger students at Saint Francis. Although our year 5/6 hub may not be so communal with our work, the new entrants up to the year 4 are typically cooperative with our work. It feels good knowing that you are helping the school out by performing you duty well.

Recently, during my time on Peer Mediation, I have noticed how kids are getting really good at including everyone. It is so good to see when 5-year-old students invite children who they can see are sad or lonely into their own games! I try and remember to always to do my best at role-modelling for younger pupils and will sometimes try starting up games which they can continue themselves.

How do you feel when you see people playing and/or working together? Leave an answer below!

Collaboration Post

Hi Blog Viewers, today I've been asked to answer a few questions about my collaboration in the Kaupeka Hub, and I'd be happy to share my answers from them to you, so enjoy! 

Firstly, I think I can collaborate well in a pair, sharing my ideas with other individuals, but an individual that I know I can trust. Collaborating in a small group, I try to make my ideas heard and also give everyone a turn sharing their own. As with a big group, this may be when I can struggle to truly collaborate with people in a large group, because sometimes you can be ignored or excluded in your group of friends, classmates, or sometimes at the dinner table with your family. 

I think my collaboration skills truly shine in pairs. I find it so much easier with someone else rather than a whole group of students. I still need to work on sharing my whole concepts, not just the bad parts. Sometimes I want to cling to a really good idea and keep it as my own, but that's being selfish, so I need to learn to continue sharing ideas confidently and openly. I definitely feel included when working in this hub, the teachers do a good job of making sure everyone is happy and doing a reasonable amount of work. 

I think the standard of collaboration could be higher in our hub. Although some people do really well and try really hard to work together good, some people are letting the hub down. I hope that these people can learn from themselves and others to get better.

How well do think you collaborate? Have you ever had a difficult situation to collaborate in? Tell me below!