Teacher comment

Pyper, during the course of your project based around helping the SPCA, your enthusiasm has never lacked! You have had to communicate very clearly when creating your educational poster, as small children are not always an easy audience to cater to! I was very impressed that you went to volunteer your time and energy at the SPCA, especially on your own. This act displayed a real passion for ‘getting in there’ and making a difference to the welfare of the animals. I am sure the SPCA appreciate your contributions to their cause.

Alana

Passion Project Keynote

This is my keynote I have used through out my passion project.

It is my process and it shows what I have been doing.

PMI Graphic organizer

This is my PMI on my thoughts at the end of my project.

My assessment

This is my self assessment for my passion project.

This weeks jobs

Today I have finalized my list of where I am going to put up my posters and when I am going to the SPCA to help out.

The places I am putting up my posters are Waihopai, Donovan, Sacred heart, Salford, Myrossbush and Enrich which are all primary schools around town.

I am excited and hoping I can make a difference to people caring about animals.

Be a responsible pet owner poster

This is my good copy of my poster.

I am going to hang them up where children will see them so that they will become responsible dog owners.

I also emailed the SPCA to see if I could go for a day or a few hours and help out.

Be a responsible pet owner

Today I have planned out my poster. The first time I planned in out I mucked it up and Alana said to do something a bit more eye catching so I decided to do it on two pieces of paper and stick them together.

Graphic Organizers

This is a graphic organizer for a reflection of my project so far.

It is about how you feel, what you are still wondering, what you agree with and the most important thing you have learnt.

I have thought hard about this so I hope you like it.

Abandoned puppies PMI

Today I have read through an article about 6 puppies abandoned under the Oreti river bridge.

It happened yesterday and there were actually 10 puppies all together brought into the animal shelter.

I think this mean and a criminal offence.

Told Me Made Me Wonder Cat Attacker

This is a Told me, made me wonder chart from what I have read through at Enrich today.

The article I read through was called 'Cruel' attacker shoots pets with five slug pellets.

They were articles from the Southland Times.

PMI SPCA

This is a PMI (Plus, Minus and Interesting) I have done about the SPCA.

Some things are good and some are bad!

I thought of some interesting things about the Southland SPCA and wrote them under the letter I.

SPCA movie

Two days ago (Monday) I went to the SPCA with Samantha and took a video of some of the cats and dogs. The animals that the SPCA sell are, dogs and cats but, they have their own hens, chickens and roosters and sell free range eggs for $3.00, they also have goats but they are not for sale. This is a video of the animals at the SPCA.

Passion Project

Today I have had a lot to do, one of the things I did was read through these. They are the list of shame from the SPCA and a newspaper article. Now I am going to make a poster out of comic life saying "Be a RESPONSIBLE pet owner!"

Passion Project Prior Knowledge

This is my prior knowledge about my passion project for this term and next. I chose this subject because it is my passion to care for animals.

Talent evaluation feedback

Pyper it was great to see your understanding of the planning, building and programming of NXT robots increased hugely over your talent development project. You had the strive for accuracy many times to get the programming to work in the way you wanted it to. This is a great skill to have. Well done.
You have made good links to the inputs and outputs of the robotics to systems but have you thought which part of the robot would be the processor?
I notice you mention in your reflection another Habit of Mind you used was listening with understanding and empathy, when did you use this? Was this when you were working cooperatively with your group?
It will be interesting to see which are the additional components needed for an advanced robot and the difference in the programming required.
Pania

Talent Reflection

Talent Evaluation

This is my cog art we drew around stencils to get the right shape. The colours we used were silver gold and coper. We did it to show what things do in a system.

SYSTEMS ART DIAGRAM

This is a diagram showing what we used when we were doing our art. It shows the inputs outputs throughputs/processes losses and feedbacks.

I am Pyper

This is my poem about me what i like what i fear what i value etc etc etc

Systems reflection

Our concept curriculum for this year is systems. This is what I knew at the start of the year, what I know now and what I am still wondering.