Malala's Inspirational Speech that captived UN (United Nations) Audience

It is now Week 5 and we have nearly completed our persuasive speech.

In class we viewed what happened to Malala as a 15 year out and her amazing speech to the UN as a 16 year. We had a brief discussion about what she went through and her speech content.

Malala Yousafzai

          You can view again the BBC Interview and her UN speech from the links below.

                                                 Malala's Story - BBC News

                                                 Best of Malala's UN Speech

Comment on what you think of this girl for standing up for a specific human right and why was she trying to persuade the UN and the world about terrorists, her own personal experience and human rights.

Looking forward to some very powerful comments from Room 1 that supports her powerful speech.

Cross Country Week 3

After soon terrible weather, our School Cross Country went a head on a sunny afternoon. These photos are taken on the farm section of the course and it was great to see so many students still smiling after crossing the muddiest section of the farm.

These lovely students had time to stop for a photo pose.

Write a comment about Cross Country and how did you feel at the end of the course.

Congratulations Tainui Team for taking out the Te Kotahitanga Trophy.

I am super proud of everyone!

Weeks 2 & 3 Term 3

Speeches have really kicked off in class and leading into Week 3 is the following task.

View the video link and comment on what makes this a good speech/what could be improved on. 
                                    Finnian Galbraith Yr 11 Kapiti College 2015

You might like to think about the success criteria / rubric we are using for our speeches.

Week 1 Term 3

Welcome back to Term 3.

In Week 1 we started looking at speeches and how to use effective speech devices to enhance our speeches. Speeches have an Hamburger Format ...  

Speech Format
Introduction   Body    Conclusion

Check out how well the following speaker does this from the following link.

              Dananjaya Hettiarachchi World Champion of Public Speaking 2014

Also we attended Life Education

      Comment on what you think the above image means 

 'Web of Addiction'

Week 11

What such a cool week...
ANZAC presentations in class, Secret Buddy Week for teachers and students in Rooms 1, 2 and 3,
PC Group Challenges, 50 Point Reward, conferencing about our 'Fallen Soldier Letters,
Ezekiel Food Bank donations, 2 students entered the Elsie Locke Writing competition,
Aotea Disco...and now we nearly have the holidays upon us. Yippee

                 Looking forward to students posting their Term 2 work on their personal Blogs on Friday.

Parents please comment on your students work.

We are all really proud of our Term 2 work.

Letter to a fallen soldier

ANZAC Journey

Poetry Journey

Lest We Forget Google Slides

Finally leave a comment about your best moment in Term 2.

See if we can 27 comments.

Weeks 9 & 10

What an extremely busy time over the last few weeks...Room 1 has been investigating different types of poems (Raps, Adult Poems and Limericks) and are at the moment setting up a Poetry Journey that will go on to student's Blogs.

                   

We have had many students out with production, Inter-Intermediate Hockey and Gymsport.

Also we had an awesome PC Touch Tournament in Week 10

We also had a mascot for one game.

Congratulations Riley's PC Touch Team who won the tournament.

New Zealand Flag Referendum

The New Zealand flag is the symbol of the realm, government and people of New Zealand. Its royal blue background is derived from the ensign of the Blue Squadron of the Royal Navy. The stars of the Southern Cross emphasise this country's location in the South Pacific Ocean. The Union Jack in the first quarter recognises New Zealand's historical origins as a British colony and dominion.

The New Zealand flag hasn't always been our official flag. It was adopted in 1902 amidst the pomp and patriotism of the South African War. For six decades before that, theUnion Jack fluttered from New Zealand's flagpoles. But even that wasn't our first flag. Between 1834 and 1840, the Flag of the United Tribes of New Zealand was recognised as the first 'national' flag of these islands.

New Zealand has a number of other official flags, including the maritime red and white ensigns and flags symbolising the Queen and the Governor-General. Waitangi Day 2010 saw the first official recognition of the national Māori flag, which flew alongside the New Zealand flag on the Auckland Harbour Bridge, Parliament, the Beehive, and other government buildings.

In 2016 New Zealanders will for the first time vote in a referendum on their flag. They will choose between the current New Zealand flag and the most popular choice from among four options put forward by a cross-party committee in 2015.

What do you think about having a new flag?

Do you think a new flag will honour our fallen soldiers who fought so gallantly in for our country?

Please write an opinion about this issue.